Definition of Des

Noun: des res
Usage: Brit

1. (informal) a desirable residence

1. Synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of oestrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
   - diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol
    
2. A potent oestrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
   - diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol

1. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
   - Delaware, Diamond State, First State

See also:
dervishes
desacralise

Anagrams containing the word des

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