des

(noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry. Synonyms: diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES.

(noun) 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. Synonyms: diethylstilbesterol, DES, stilbesterol.

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