Name Report For First Name DEL:

DEL

First name DEL's origin is French. DEL means "surname prefix meaning of the. also used as an independent name and an abbreviation of names beginning with del-". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DEL below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of del.(Brown names are of the same origin (French) with DEL and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with DEL - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming DEL

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DEL AS A WHOLE:

odelia udele trudel flordelis adele adelaide adeline adelpha delbin delta odele odelet suadela adelajda delia nedelcu adelinda abdelahi asadel crudel delano delphinus adelbert adela adelheid adelheide adelia adelina adelise adelita adella adelle adelynn ardel ardelia ardella ardelle audelia awendela bidelia brandelyn cindel cindelyz cordelia delanie delcine delfina delice delicia delight delila delilah delinda delisa delisha delissa delit deliza della delma delmara delmi delmira delmy delora delores deloris delphia delphina delphine delyssa edelina fedelm fidelma idelisa idelle jadelyn kendele madel madelaine madeleina madeleine madelena madelene madelhari madelina madeline madelynn maidel meridel odeletta odelina odelinda odella odelyn odelyna ordella rudella udela adel adelhard arndell audel blaisdell brandeles brandelis cnidel cordell crandell delaney delbert delman delmer delmore delray delrick delrico delron delroy delsin delton delvin delvon eadelmarr edelmarr fidel fidele kendel kendell kordell lendell lindel lindell lydell mardel odel odell radeliffe randel randell rendell rodel rodell sidell truesdell udell verdell waydell wendel wendell wodeleah wyndell mandel delmar weddell wardell siddell eadelm edelmar arundel ardell odelle delfi delbine delbina rudelle edeline odelette radella breindel abdel grendel adelyte edel delmare cadell jordell blondell blondelle claudelle dell codell delmon delmont videl windell adelisa delaine delancy delane madelon

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEL (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (el) - Names That Ends with el:

engel hadeel carmel maribel ya-el ysabel mabel izel barbel azekel basel daleel galeel gameel zameel hilel dodinel danel gabirel hoel kozel axel mikkel niel karel vogel nouel pinabel kermichael stoffel abiel haskel hillel vencel tlacaelel tlacelel anghel aurel costel apsel fishel yankel yossel abaigael annabel ariel ariellel averyel avriel aziel bel celestiel chanel chantel chauntel christabel christel claribel ethel gael grizel gunnel haesel hazel isabel isobel jennabel jezebel karasel katriel kestrel lael laurel lauriel liezel liriel loriel lyriel maricel meheytabel meriel mettabel moriel muiel murel muriel nicquel norabel orabel rachael rakel raquel raychel richael shawntel abel acel acwel adniel adriel

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEL (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (de) - Names That Begins with de:

dea deacon deagan deaglan deagmund deakin dealbeorht dealber dealbert dean deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deane deann deanna deanne dearbhail dearborn dearbourne deardriu dearg deasach deasmumhan deavon debbee debbie debby debora deborah debra debrah debralee dechtere dechtire decla declan dedr dedre dedric dedrick dedrik dee deeana deeandra deeann deeanna deedra deegan deems deen deena deerwa deerward defena dehaan deheune deianira deidra deidre deiene deikun deina deiphobus deirdra deirdre deja deka deke dekel dekle deman demarcus demario demas demason demasone demelza demet demeter demetri demetria demetrius demi demissie demodocus demogorgon demophon demos demothi dempsey dempster den dena denby dendera dene deneen

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEL:

First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'l':

daegal dael daffodil dal dalal dall dalyell dalziel danell daniel danil dannell dantel dantrell darcel darcell darel dariel dariell darnall darneil darnel darnell darrel darrell darrill darroll darryl darryll darvell daryl daryll daviel denzel denzell denzil deogol derell derforgal derrall derrell derrill derryl derval deveral deverel deverell diorbhall domhnall domhnull donal donall donel donell donnel donnell dontell dontrell donzel dorrel dorrell dougal doughal doughall dracul driscol driscoll driskell dubhgml dughall durell durrell duval

English Words Rhyming DEL

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DEL AS A WHOLE:

adelantadillonoun (n.) A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

adelantadonoun (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.

adelasternoun (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

adelingnoun (n.) Same as Atheling.

adelocodonicadjective (a.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

adelopodnoun (n.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

adelphianoun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

adelphousadjective (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.

aludelnoun (n.) One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation.

arundelianadjective (a.) Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.

asphodelnoun (n.) A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

bandeletnoun (n.) Alt. of Bandlet

bdelliumnoun (n.) An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.
 noun (n.) A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.

bdelloideanoun (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

bdellometernoun (n.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.

bdellomorphanoun (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

bedelnoun (n.) Alt. of Bedell

bedellnoun (n.) Same as Beadle.

bedelrynoun (n.) Beadleship.

bordelnoun (n.) Alt. of Bordello

bordellonoun (n.) A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.

bordelaisadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

bordellernoun (n.) A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel.

burdelaisnoun (n.) A sort of grape.

candelabrumnoun (n.) A lamp stand of any sort.
 noun (n.) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.
 noun (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches.

chandeliernoun (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
 noun (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.

citadelnoun (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.

cordeliernoun (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
 noun (n.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

cordelingadjective (a.) Twisting.

cordellenoun (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel.

coromandelnoun (n.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.

dandelionnoun (n.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.

delnoun (n.) Share; portion; part.

delacerationnoun (n.) A tearing in pieces.

delacrymationnoun (n.) An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

delactationnoun (n.) The act of weaning.

delainenoun (n.) A kind of fabric for women's dresses.

delaminationnoun (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

delapsationnoun (n.) See Delapsion.

delapsingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delapse

delapsionnoun (n.) A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.

delassationnoun (n.) Fatigue.

delatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delate

delationnoun (n.) Conveyance.
 noun (n.) Accusation by an informer.

delatornoun (n.) An accuser; an informer.

delawarenoun (n.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

delawaresnoun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

delayingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delay

delaynoun (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
 noun (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
 noun (n.) To allay; to temper.
 verb (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
 verb (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEL (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (el) - English Words That Ends with el:


aielnoun (n.) See Ayle.

algazelnoun (n.) The true gazelle.

amselnoun (n.) Alt. of Amzel

amzelnoun (n.) The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

angelnoun (n.) A messenger.
 noun (n.) A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
 noun (n.) One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
 noun (n.) A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
 noun (n.) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
 noun (n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
 noun (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.

antechapelnoun (n.) The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.

antiparalleladjective (a.) Running in a contrary direction.

apparelnoun (n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
 noun (n.) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
 noun (n.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
 verb (v. t.) To dress or clothe; to attire.
 verb (v. t.) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

archangelnoun (n.) A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
 noun (n.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

astelnoun (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.

astrofelnoun (n.) Alt. of Astrofell

astrophelnoun (n.) See Astrofel.

auncelnoun (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.

appelnoun (n.) A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.

arielnoun (n.) In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and graceful spirit of the air.
  () Alt. of Ariel gazelle

babelnoun (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
 noun (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

barbastelnoun (n.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

barbelnoun (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
 noun (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
 noun (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

barbicelnoun (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

barrelnoun (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
 noun (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
 noun (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
 noun (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
 noun (n.) A jar.
 noun (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
 verb (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

battelnoun (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
 noun (n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively.
 adjective (a.) Fertile; fruitful; productive.
 verb (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
 verb (v. i.) To make fertile.

bawrelnoun (n.) A kind of hawk.

bechamelnoun (n.) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

belnoun (n.) The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal.
 noun (n.) A thorny rutaceous tree (Aegle marmelos) of India, and its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also Bengal quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.

besaielnoun (n.) Alt. of Besayle

betelnoun (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.

bethelnoun (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
 noun (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
 noun (n.) A house of worship for seamen.

bevelnoun (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.
 noun (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.
 adjective (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
 verb (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
 verb (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.

bezelnoun (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

boltelnoun (n.) See Boultel.

bonnibelnoun (n.) A handsome girl.

bonspielnoun (n.) A cur/ing match between clubs.

borelnoun (n.) See Borrel.

borrelnoun (n.) Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
 noun (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
 noun (n.) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

boultelnoun (n.) Alt. of Boultin

bowelnoun (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
 noun (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
 noun (n.) The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
 noun (n.) Offspring.
 verb (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

bowtelnoun (n.) See Boultel.

breastwheelnoun (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

bretzelnoun (n.) See Pretzel.

brocatelnoun (n.) A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
 noun (n.) A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.

broteladjective (a.) Brittle.

brothelnoun (n.) A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.

bulbelnoun (n.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.

bultelnoun (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran.

burelnoun (n. & a.) Same as Borrel.

burhelnoun (n.) Alt. of Burrhel

burrhelnoun (n.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

burrelnoun (n.) A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
 noun (n.) Same as Borrel.

bushelnoun (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
 noun (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
 noun (n.) A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
 noun (n.) A large indefinite quantity.
 noun (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments.

backheelnoun (n.) A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way.
 verb (v. t. ) To trip (a person) in this way.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEL (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (de) - Words That Begins with de:


deaconnoun (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
 noun (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company.
 verb (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
 verb (v. t.) With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

deaconessnoun (n.) A female deacon
 noun (n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
 noun (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
 noun (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

deaconhoodnoun (n.) The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

deaconrynoun (n.) See Deaconship.

deaconshipnoun (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

deadnoun (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
 noun (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
 adjective (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
 adjective (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
 adjective (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
 adjective (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
 adjective (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
 adjective (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
 adjective (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
 adjective (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
 adjective (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
 adjective (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
 adjective (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
 adjective (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
 adjective (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
 adjective (a.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.
 adjective (a.) Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
 adverb (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
 verb (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
 verb (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

deadbeatadjective (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

deadbornadjective (a.) Stillborn.

deadeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden

deadenadjective (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
 adjective (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
 adjective (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
 adjective (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
 verb (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

deadenernoun (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

deadheadnoun (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.
 noun (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

deadhousenoun (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

deadishadjective (a.) Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

deadlatchnoun (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

deadlightnoun (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

deadlihoodnoun (n.) State of the dead.

deadlinessnoun (n.) The quality of being deadly.

deadlocknoun (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
 noun (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

deadlyadjective (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
 adjective (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
 adjective (a.) Subject to death; mortal.
 adverb (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.
 adverb (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
 adverb (adv.) In an implacable manner; destructively.
 adverb (adv.) Extremely.

deadnessnoun (n.) The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

deadsnoun (n. pl.) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

deadwoodnoun (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
 noun (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

deadworksnoun (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

deafadjective (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
 adjective (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
 adjective (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
 adjective (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
 verb (v. t.) To deafen.

deafeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen
 noun (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

deaflyadjective (a.) Lonely; solitary.
 adverb (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

deafnessnoun (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
 noun (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

dealnoun (n.) A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
 noun (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
 noun (n.) Distribution; apportionment.
 noun (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
 noun (n.) The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
 noun (n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
 noun (n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
 noun (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
 verb (v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
 verb (v. i.) To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
 verb (v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
 verb (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
 verb (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

dealingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deal
 noun (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.

dealbationnoun (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.

dealernoun (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.
 noun (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.

dealfishnoun (n.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

dealthnoun (n.) Share dealt.

deambulationnoun (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading.

deambulatorynoun (n.) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
 adjective (a.) Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory.

deannoun (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
 noun (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
 noun (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
 noun (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
 noun (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.

deanerynoun (n.) The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
 noun (n.) The residence of a dean.
 noun (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.

deanshipnoun (n.) The office of a dean.

dearnoun (n.) A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
 superlative (superl.) Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
 superlative (superl.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
 superlative (superl.) Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
 superlative (superl.) Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
 superlative (superl.) Of agreeable things and interests.
 superlative (superl.) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
 adverb (adv.) Dearly; at a high price.
 verb (v. t.) To endear.

dearbornnoun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

dearienoun (n.) Same as Deary.

dearlingnoun (n.) A darling.

dearnadjective (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
 verb (v. t.) Same as Darn.

dearnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.
 noun (n.) Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.

dearthnoun (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

dearworthadjective (a.) Precious.

dearynoun (n.) A dear; a darling.

deasnoun (n.) See Dais.

deathbednoun (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEL:

English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'l':

dactylnoun (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
 noun (n.) A finger or toe; a digit.
 noun (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

daedaladjective (a.) Alt. of Daedalian

daffodilnoun (n.) A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
 noun (n.) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.

daintrelnoun (n.) Adelicacy.

dalnoun (n.) Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.

damoselnoun (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle

damselnoun (n.) A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
 noun (n.) A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
 noun (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.

dangerfuladjective (a.) Full of danger; dangerous.

danielnoun (n.) A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.

dapaticaladjective (a.) Sumptuous in cheer.

darefuladjective (a.) Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.

darkfuladjective (a.) Full of darkness.

darnelnoun (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.

dasypaedaladjective (a.) Dasypaedic.

deathfuladjective (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
 adjective (a.) Liable to undergo death; mortal.

debatefuladjective (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

decadaladjective (a.) Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.

decagonaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.

decahedraladjective (a.) Having ten sides.

decanaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

deccapodaladjective (a.) Alt. of Deccapodous

deceitfuladjective (a.) Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

decempedaladjective (a.) Ten feet in length.
 adjective (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.

decemviraladjective (a.) Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.

decennialnoun (n.) A tenth year or tenth anniversary.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.

decennovaladjective (a.) Alt. of Decennovary

decilnoun (n.) Alt. of Decile

decimalnoun (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

deckelnoun (n.) Same as Deckle.

declensionaladjective (a.) Belonging to declension.

declinaladjective (a.) Declining; sloping.

decretaladjective (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
 adjective (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.
 adjective (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.

decretorialadjective (a.) Decretory; authoritative.

decrialnoun (n.) A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

decylnoun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.

dedicatorialadjective (a.) Dedicatory.

deedfuladjective (a.) Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.

deferentialadjective (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

definitionaladjective (a.) Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.

defrayalnoun (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

deificaladjective (a.) Making divine; producing a likeness to God; god-making.

deilnoun (n.) Devil; -- spelt also deel.

deisticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.

delenificaladjective (a.) Assuaging pain.

delightfuladjective (a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.

dellnoun (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine.
 noun (n.) A young woman; a wench.

deloulnoun (n.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

delusionaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

demagogicaladjective (a.) Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

demesnialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.

demidevilnoun (n.) A half devil.

demivillnoun (n.) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.

democraticaladjective (a.) Democratic.

demoniacaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
 adjective (a.) Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.

demonialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon.

demonologicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to demonology.

demurralnoun (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

dendriticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.

dendroidaladjective (a.) Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.

denialnoun (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
 noun (n.) A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
 noun (n.) A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
 noun (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.

denominationaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society.

dentaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
 adjective (a.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.
 adjective (a.) An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
 adjective (a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

dentelnoun (n.) Same as Dentil.

dentilnoun (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

dentilabialnoun (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.
 adjective (a.) Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed.

dentilingualnoun (n.) A dentilingual sound or letter.
 adjective (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

dentialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to dentine.

dentirostraladjective (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

dentisticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.

dentolingualadjective (a.) Dentilingual.

deontologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to deontology.

departmentaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a department or division.

deposalnoun (n.) The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.

derivalnoun (n.) Derivation.

derivationaladjective (a.) Relating to derivation.

dermaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

dermohaemaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures; as, the dermohaemal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.

dermoneuraladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes.

dernfuladjective (a.) Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.

descensionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to descension.

desertfuladjective (a.) Meritorious.

designfuladjective (a.) Full of design; scheming.

desinentialadjective (a.) Terminal.

desirefuladjective (a.) Filled with desire; eager.

despairfuladjective (a.) Hopeless.

despisalnoun (n.) A despising; contempt.

despitefuladjective (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.

despoilnoun (n.) Spoil.
 verb (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
 verb (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.

despoticaladjective (a.) Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary.

destinaladjective (a.) Determined by destiny; fated.

detailnoun (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
 noun (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
 noun (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
 noun (n.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
 noun (n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
 noun (n.) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower.
 noun (n.) A detail drawing.

detrimentaladjective (a.) Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.

detritaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.

deuterocanonicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.

developmentaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

devicefuladjective (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

devilnoun (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
 noun (n.) An evil spirit; a demon.
 noun (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
 noun (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
 noun (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
 noun (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
 verb (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

devisalnoun (n.) A devising.

devotionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

devoutfuladjective (a.) Full of devotion.
 adjective (a.) Sacred.