1. empathy understanding and entering into another's feelings
  2. dampen lessen in force or effect
  3. December the last (12th) month of the year
  4. disembowel remove the entrails of
  5. dissemble behave unnaturally or affectedly
  6. disembody free from a body or physical form or reality
  7. sampan an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
  8. disseminate cause to become widely known
  9. Despoina daughter of Zeus and Demeter
  10. distemper any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
  11. decimation destroying or killing a large part of the population
  12. dissembling pretending with intention to deceive
  13. deepen make deeper
  14. December 8 Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
  15. dispense administer or bestow, as in small portions
  16. despise look down on with disdain or disgust
  17. disembark exit from a ship, vehicle, or aircraft
  18. recompense make payment to
  19. resemblance similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
  20. Des Moines the capital and largest city in Iowa