Overview of noun des

The noun des has 2 senses

• diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES -- (a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry)


• diethylstilbesterol, DES, stilbesterol -- (synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy)

Overview of noun de

The noun de has 1 sense

• Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE -- (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)