Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun des

2 senses of des

Sense 1
diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES -- (a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry)
       => estrogen, oestrogen -- (a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics)

Sense 2
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)
       => nonsteroid, nonsteroidal -- (an organic compound that does no contain a steroid)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun de

1 sense of de

Sense 1
Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE -- (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)