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dabblingly adverb In a dabbling manner.
dactylitis noun An inflammatory affection of the fingers.
dag-tailed adjective Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
daguerrean adjective Alt. of Daguerreian
daintified imp. & past participle of Daintify
daintiness noun The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
dairywomen plural of Dairywoman
dairywoman noun A woman who attends to a dairy.
dalmanites noun Same as Dalmania.
damageable adjective Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo., Hurtful; pernicious.
damoiselle noun See Damsel.
dandifying present participle & vb. noun of Dandify
dandy-cock noun fem. Alt. of Dandy-hen
dangerless adjective Free from danger.
dapperling noun A dwarf; a dandiprat.
dare-devil noun A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
dastardize verb t. To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.
dasypaedal adjective Dasypaedic.
dasypaedes noun pl. Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
dasypaedic adjective Pertaining to the Dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.
daughterly adjective Becoming a daughter; filial.
dauphiness noun Alt. of Dauphine
davy jones The spirit of the sea; sea devil; — a term used by sailors.
daydreamer noun One given to daydreams.
dazzlement noun Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.
dazzlingly adverb In a dazzling manner.
deaconhood noun The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
deaconship noun The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
deadlihood noun State of the dead.
deadliness noun The quality of being deadly.
dealbation noun Act of bleaching; a whitening.
deambulate verb i. To walk abroad.
dear-loved adjective Greatly beloved.
deathwatch noun A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death., A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; — called also deathtick., The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
deauration noun Act of gilding.
debacchate verb i. To rave as a bacchanal.
debasement noun The act of debasing or the state of being debased.
debasingly adverb In a manner to debase.
debatement noun Controversy; deliberation; debate.
debatingly adverb In the manner of a debate.
debauching present participle & vb. noun of Debauch
debauchery noun Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance., Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.
debentured adjective Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.
debilitant adjective Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.
debilitate verb t. To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
debonairly adverb Courteously; elegantly.
deboshment noun Debauchment.
debouching present participle & vb. noun of Debouch
debouchure noun The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.
debulliate verb i. To boil over.
debulition noun A bubbling or boiling over.
decacerata noun pl. The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; — called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.
decagramme noun A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
decagynian adjective Alt. of Deccagynous
decahedral adjective Having ten sides.
decahedron noun A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.
decalogist noun One who explains the decalogue.
decampment noun Departure from a camp; a marching off.
decandrian adjective Alt. of Decandrous
decandrous adjective Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.
decangular adjective Having ten angles.
decapitate verb t. To cut off the head of; to behead., To remove summarily from office.
deccapodal adjective Alt. of Deccapodous
deceitless adjective Free from deceit.
deceivable adjective Fitted to deceive; deceitful., Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.
deceivably adverb In a deceivable manner.
decempedal adjective Ten feet in length., Having ten feet; decapodal.
decemviral adjective Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.
decenniums plural of Decennium
decennoval adjective Alt. of Decennovary
deceptible adjective Capable of being deceived; deceivable.
deceptious adjective Tending deceive; delusive.
decerption noun The act of plucking off; a cropping., That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.
decidement noun Means of forming a decision.
decigramme noun A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
decimalism noun The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
decimalize verb t. To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.
decimating present participle & vb. noun of Decimate
decimation noun A tithing., A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment., The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.
deciphered imp. & past participle of Decipher
decipherer noun One who deciphers.
decipiency noun State of being deceived; hallucination.
decivilize verb t. To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
declaiming present participle & vb. noun of Declaim
declaimant noun A declaimer.
declamator noun A declaimer.
declarable adjective Capable of being declared.
declarator noun A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.
declaredly adverb Avowedly; explicitly.
declension noun The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope., A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc., Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination., Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases., The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc., Rehearsing a word as declined.
declinable adjective Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.
declinator noun An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane., A dissentient.
decoctible adjective Capable of being boiled or digested.
decollated imp. & past participle of Decollate, Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.
decolorant noun A substance which removes color, or bleaches.
decolorate adjective Deprived of color., To decolor.
decolorize verb t. To deprive of color; to whiten.
decomposed imp. & past participle of Decompose, Separated or broken up; — said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.
decompound verb t. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time., To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose., Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time., Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite., A decomposite.
decorament verb t. Ornament.
decorating present participle & vb. noun of Decorate
decoration noun The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation., That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament., Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
decorative adjective Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.
decorement noun Ornament.
decoy-duck noun A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger.
decreasing present participle & vb. noun of Decrease, Becoming less and less; diminishing.
decreation noun Destruction; — opposed to creation.
decreeable adjective Capable of being decreed.
decrescent adjective Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon., A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
decubation noun Act of lying down; decumbence.
decumbence noun Alt. of Decumbency
decumbency noun The act or posture of lying down.
decurrence noun The act of running down; a lapse.
decussated imp. & past participle of Decussate, Crossed; intersected., Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches., Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
dedecorate verb t. To bring to shame; to disgrace.
dedecorous adjective Disgraceful; unbecoming.
dedicating present participle & vb. noun of Dedicate
dedication noun The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon’s temple., A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use., An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
dedicatory adjective Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental., Dedication.
deducement noun Inference; deduction; thing deduced.
deductible adjective Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn., Deducible; consequential.
defacement noun The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration., That which mars or disfigures.
defailance noun Failure; miscarriage.
defalcated imp. & past participle of Defalcate
defalcator noun A defaulter or embezzler.
defamation noun Act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
defamatory adjective Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
defamingly adverb In a defamatory manner.
defatigate verb t. To weary or tire out; to fatigue.
defaulting present participle & vb. noun of Default
defeasance noun A defeat; an overthrow., A rendering null or void., A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.
defeasible adjective Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title.
defeatured past participle Changed in features; deformed.
defecating present participle & vb. noun of Defecate
defecation noun The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification., The act or process of voiding excrement.
defectible adjective Liable to defect; imperfect.
defectious adjective Having defects; imperfect.
defectuous adjective Full of defects; imperfect.
defedation noun The act of making foul; pollution.
defendable adjective Capable of being defended; defensible.
defendress noun A female defender.
defensible adjective Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause., Capable of offering defense.
deficience noun Same as Deficiency.
deficiency noun The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
defilading present participle & vb. noun of Defilade, The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy’s fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.
defilement noun The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side., The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
definement noun The act of defining; definition; description.
definitely adverb In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
definition noun The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition., Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of “circle;” the definition of “wit;” an exact definition; a loose definition., Description; sort., An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence., Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
definitive adjective Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express., Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word., Determined; resolved., A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.
definitude noun Definiteness.
deflagrate verb i. To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt., To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
deflecting present participle & vb. noun of Deflect
deflection noun The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation., The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course., A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction., The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.
deflective adjective Causing deflection.
deflouring present participle & vb. noun of Deflour
deflowerer noun See Deflourer.
defoliated adjective Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.
deforciant noun One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate., One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.
defrauding present participle & vb. noun of Defraud
defrayment noun Payment of charges.
defunction noun Death.
defunctive adjective Funereal.
degeneracy adjective The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse., The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
degenerate adjective Having become worse than one’s kind, or one’s former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low., To be or grow worse than one’s kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate., To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
degenerous adjective Degenerate; base.
dehiscence noun The act of gaping., A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
dehumanize verb t. To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences.
deiformity noun Likeness to deity.
deinoceras noun See Dinoceras.
deintevous adjective Rare; excellent; costly.
dejeration noun The act of swearing solemnly.
delayingly adverb By delays.
delectable adjective Highly pleasing; delightful.
delegating present participle & vb. noun of Delegate
delegation noun The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates., One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation., A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.
delegatory adjective Holding a delegated position.
delibation noun Act of tasting; a slight trial.
deliberate adjective Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; — applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor., Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result., Not hasty or sudden; slow., To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question., To take counsel with one’s self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; — sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning.
delibrated imp. & past participle of Delibrate
delicacies plural of Delicacy
delicately adverb In a delicate manner.
deligation noun A binding up; a bandaging.
delighting present participle & vb. noun of Delight, Giving delight; gladdening.
delightful adjective Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
delightous adjective Delightful.
delineable adjective Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated.
delineated imp. & past participle of Delineate
delineator noun One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher., A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
delinition noun A smearing.
delinquent noun Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty., One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
deliquesce verb i. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
deliquiate verb i. To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
delirament noun A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.
deliration noun Aberration of mind; delirium.
delitigate verb i. To chide; to rail heartily.
delivering present participle & vb. noun of Deliver
deliveress noun A female deliverer.
deliveries plural of Delivery
delphinine noun A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
delphinoid adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
delusional adjective Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.
demagogism noun The practices of a demagogue.
demandable adjective That may be demanded or claimed.
demandress noun A woman who demands.
demeanance noun Demeanor.
demicannon noun A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.
demicircle noun An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.
demilancer noun A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.
demiquaver noun A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
demirelief noun Alt. of Demirelievo
demobilize verb t. To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
democratic adjective Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people., Relating to a political party so called., Befitting the common people; — opposed to aristocratic.
demogorgon noun A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
demography noun The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.
demoiselle noun A young lady; a damsel; a lady’s maid., The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); — so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements., A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
demolished imp. & past participle of Demolish
demolisher noun One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
demolition noun The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; — opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
demonetize verb t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
demoniacal adjective Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices., Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.
demonizing present participle & vb. noun of Demonize
demonology noun A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.
demonomagy noun Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic.
demonomist noun One in subjection to a demon, or to demons.
demoralize verb t. To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
demureness noun The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
demurrable adjective That may be demurred to.
dendriform adjective Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
dendroc/la noun pl. A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.
dendroidal adjective Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
dendrolite noun A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
dendrology noun A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
denegation noun Denial.
denigrator noun One who, or that which, blackens.
denization noun The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.
denizenize verb t. To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen.
denominate verb t. To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate., Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.
denotation noun The marking off or separation of anything.
denotative adjective Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
denotement noun Sign; indication.
denouement noun The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance., The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
denouncing present participle & vb. noun of Denounce
densimeter noun An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.
dentifrice noun A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.
dentilated adjective Toothed.
dentiloquy noun The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.
dentiphone noun An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
dentiscalp noun An instrument for scraping the teeth.
denudation noun The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare., The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
denunciate verb t. To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly.
deobstruct verb t. To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.
deodorizer noun He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.
deontology noun The science relat/ to duty or moral obligation.
deoppilate verb t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through.
deosculate verb t. To kiss warmly.
deoxidizer noun That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.
depainting present participle & vb. noun of Depaint
depardieux interj. In God’s name; certainly.
departable adjective Divisible.
department verb i. Act of departing; departure., A part, portion, or subdivision., A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province., Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics., A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire., A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
depatriate verb t. & i. To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one’s country; to banish.
depectible adjective Tough; thick; capable of extension.
dependable adjective Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.
dependance noun Alt. of Dependancy
dependancy noun See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.
dependence noun The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support., The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause)., Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation., Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one’s self., A resting with confidence; reliance; trust., That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence., That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else., A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.
dependency noun State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust., A thing hanging down; a dependence., That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like., A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
depertible adjective Divisible.
depictured imp. & past participle of Depicture
depilating present participle & vb. noun of Depilate
depilation noun Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.
depilatory adjective Having the quality or power of removing hair., An application used to take off hair.
deplorable adjective Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life’s evils are deplorable.
deplorably adverb In a deplorable manner.
deploredly adverb Lamentably.
deployment noun The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.
depolarize verb t. To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition., To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.
depopulacy noun Depopulation; destruction of population.
depopulate verb t. To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople., To become dispeopled.
deportment noun Manner of deporting or demeaning one’s self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing.
depositing present participle & vb. noun of Deposit
depositary noun One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; — the correlative of depositor., A storehouse; a depository., One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.
deposition noun The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation., The act of bringing before the mind; presentation., The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal., That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter., An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration., The act of laying down one’s testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.
depository noun A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk’s office is a depository for records., One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.
depositure noun The act of depositing; deposition.
depravedly adverb In a depraved manner.
deprecable adjective That may or should be deprecated.
deprecated imp. & past participle of Deprecate
deprecator noun One who deprecates.
depreciate verb t. To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue., To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.
depredable adjective Liable to depredation.
depredated imp. & past participle of Depredate
depredator noun One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.
depreicate verb t. To proclaim; to celebrate.
depressing present participle & vb. noun of Depress
depressant noun An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
depression noun The act of depressing., The state of being depressed; a sinking., A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions., Humiliation; abasement, as of pride., Dejection; despondency; lowness., Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness., The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon., The operation of reducing to a lower degree; — said of equations., A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
depressive adjective Able or tending to depress or cast down.
deprivable adjective Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.
depucelate verb t. To deflour; to deprive of virginity.
depudicate verb t. To deflour; to dishonor.
depurating present participle & vb. noun of Depurate
depuration noun The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.
depurative adjective Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory., A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.
depuratory adjective Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
depurition noun See Depuration.
deputation noun The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency., The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.
deracinate verb t. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
derainment noun The act of deraigning., The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.
derailment noun The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
deridingly adverb By way of derision or mockery.
derivation noun A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source., The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence., The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root., The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted., That from which a thing is derived., That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction., The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration., A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
derivative adjective Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word., That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another., A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root., A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord., An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense)., A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process., A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc.
derivement noun That which is derived; deduction; inference.
dermaptera noun Alt. of Dermapteran
dermatitis noun Inflammation of the skin.
dermatogen noun Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition., Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
dermestoid adjective Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
dermophyte noun A dermatophyte.
dermoptera noun pl. The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae)., A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo., An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.
dermopteri noun pl. Same as Dermopterygii.
derogating present participle & vb. noun of Derogate
derogately adverb In a derogatory manner.
derogation noun The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; — followed by of, from, or to., An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.
derogative adjective Derogatory.
derogatory adjective Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; — with from to, or unto.
descanting present participle & vb. noun of Descant
descending present participle & vb. noun of Descend, Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
descendant adjective Descendent., One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; — correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
descendent adjective Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
descension noun The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
descensive adjective Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.
descensory noun A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
describing present participle & vb. noun of Describe
describent noun Same as Generatrix.
desecrated imp. & past participle of Desecrate
desecrater noun One who desecrates; a profaner.
desecrator noun One who desecrates.
desertless adjective Without desert.
desertness noun A deserted condition.
desertrice noun A feminine deserter.
deservedly adverb According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
deshabille noun An undress; a careless toilet.
desiccated imp. & past participle of Desiccate
desiccator noun One who, or that which, desiccates., A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.
desiderata noun pl. See Desideratum., of Desideratum
desiderate verb t. To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
designable adjective Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable.
designated imp. & past participle of Designate
designator noun An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies., One who designates.
designedly adverb By design; purposely; intentionally; — opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
designless adjective Without design.
designment noun Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention., Design; purpose; scheme.
desireless adjective Free from desire.
desirously adverb With desire; eagerly.
desistance noun The act or state of desisting; cessation.
desolating present participle & vb. noun of Desolate
desolately adverb In a desolate manner.
desolation noun The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation., The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess., A place or country wasted and forsaken.
desolatory adjective Causing desolation.
despairing present participle & vb. noun of Despair, Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
despairful adjective Hopeless.
despection noun A looking down; a despising.
despicable adjective Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
despicably adverb In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy.
despisable adjective Despicable; contemptible.
despiteful adjective Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
despiteous adjective Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.
despoiling present participle & vb. noun of Despoil
desponding present participle & vb. noun of Despond
despondent adjective Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner.
desponsage noun Betrothal.
desponsate verb t. To betroth.
desponsory noun A written pledge of marriage.
despotical adjective Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary.
despumated imp. & past participle of Despumate
desquamate verb i. To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
destinable adjective Determined by destiny; fated.
destinably adverb In a destinable manner.
destituent adjective Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition.
destroying present participle & vb. noun of Destroy
destructor noun A destroyer.
desudation noun A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
detachable adjective That can be detached.
detachment noun The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached., That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service., Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
detainment noun Detention.
detectable adjective Alt. of Detectible
detectible adjective Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.
detergency noun A cleansing quality or power.
determined imp. & past participle of Determine, Decided; resolute.
determiner noun One who, or that which, determines or decides.
deterrence noun That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.
detestable adjective Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
detestably adverb In a detestable manner.
detesttate verb t. To detest.
dethroning present participle & vb. noun of Dethrone
dethronize verb t. To dethrone or unthrone.
detonating present participle & vb. noun of Detonate, from Detonate.
detonation noun An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances’ as, the detonation of gun cotton.
detonizing present participle & vb. noun of Detonize
detracting present participle & vb. noun of Detract
detraction noun A taking away or withdrawing., The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny.
detractive adjective Tending to detractor draw., Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
detractory adjective Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.
deutoplasm noun The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.
devanagari noun The character in which Sanskrit is written.
devastated imp. & past participle of Devastate
devastator noun One who, or that which, devastates.
devastavit noun Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.
developing present participle & vb. noun of Develop
devergence noun Alt. of Devergency
devergency noun See Divergence.
devil bird noun A small water bird. See Dabchick.
deviltries plural of Deviltry
devitalize verb t. To deprive of life or vitality.
devitation noun An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning.
devocalize verb t. To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
devocation noun A calling off or away.
devolution noun The act of rolling down., Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.
devoration noun The act of devouring.
devotement noun The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
devotional adjective Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.
devourable adjective That may be devoured.
devoutless adjective Destitute of devotion.
devoutness noun Quality or state of being devout.
dewretting noun Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.
dexterical adjective Dexterous.
dextrality noun The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.
dextrorsal adjective Alt. of Dextrorse
dextrously noun Alt. of Dextrousness
diabetical adjective Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment.
diabolical adjective Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act.
diacaustic adjective Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic., That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun’s rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery., A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
diacoustic adjective Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.
diadelphia noun pl. A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.
diaglyphic adjective Alt. of Diaglyphtic
diagnostic adjective Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease., The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
diagometer noun A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.
diagonally adverb In a diagonal direction.
diagraphic adjective Alt. of Diagraphical
dialectics noun That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.
dialogical adjective Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical.
diamantine adjective Adamantine.
diamondize verb t. To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich.
diapedesis noun The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.
diaphanous adjective Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
diaphonics noun The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
diarrhoeal adjective Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.
diarrhetic adjective Alt. of Diarrhoetic
diathermal adjective Freely permeable by radiant heat.
diathermic adjective Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.
diatribist noun One who makes a diatribe or diatribes.
diazeuctic adjective Alt. of Diazeutic
dibasicity noun The property or condition of being dibasic.
dicarbonic adjective Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.
dichloride noun Same as Bichloride.
dichroitic adjective Dichroic.
dichromate noun A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; — called also bichromate.
dickcissel noun The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana).
dictatress noun A woman who dictates or commands.
dictionary noun A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook., Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.
dicynodont noun One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.
didactical adjective Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
didascalar adjective Didascalic.
didascalic adjective Didactic; preceptive.
didelphian adjective Of or relating to the Didelphia., One of the Didelphia.
didelphous adjective Didelphic., Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix.
diducement noun Diduction; separation into distinct parts.
didynamian adjective Didynamous.
didynamous adjective Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
dielectric noun Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.
diesinking noun The process of engraving dies.
dietetical adjective Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
difference noun The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?, Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy., That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute., Choice; preference., An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency., The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia., The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other., To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
difficulty noun The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; — opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty., Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology., A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil., Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; — usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
diffidence noun The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others., Distrust of one’s self or one’s own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
diffidency noun See Diffidence.
diffission noun Act of cleaving or splitting.
difflation noun A blowing apart or away.
diffluence noun Alt. of Diffluency
diffluency noun A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
difformity noun Irregularity of form; diversity of form; want of uniformity.
diffracted imp. & past participle of Diffract
diffusible adjective Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused., Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.
digammated adjective Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek /.
digestedly adverb In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.
digestible adjective Capable of being digested.
digitation noun A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
digitiform adjective Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.
digitorium noun A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; — called also dumb piano.
digladiate verb i. To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.
diglottism noun Bilingualism.
dignifying present participle & vb. noun of Dignify
digressing present participle & vb. noun of Digress
digression noun The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject., A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense., The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; — said chiefly of the inferior planets.
digressive adjective Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
diisatogen noun A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dijudicant noun One who dijudicates.
dijucating present participle & vb. noun of Dijudicate
dijudicate verb i. To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
dilacerate verb t. To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.
dilapidate verb t. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; — said of a building., To impair by waste and abuse; to squander., To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.
dilatation noun Prolixity; diffuse discourse., The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation., A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
dilatorily adverb With delay; tardily.
dilettanti plural of Dilettante
dilettante verb t. An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
diligently adverb In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity.
dilucidate verb t. To elucidate.
diluteness noun The quality or state of being dilute.
dimication noun A fight; contest.
dimidiated imp. & past participle of Dimidiate
diminished imp. & past participle of Diminish
diminisher noun One who, or that which, diminishes anything.
diminuendo adverb In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; — expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.
diminutely adverb Diminutively.
diminution noun The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; — opposed to augmentation or increase., The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement., Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record., In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.
diminutive adjective Below the average size; very small; little., Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word., Tending to diminish., Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing., A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
dimorphism noun Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly., Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
dimorphous adjective Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic., Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.
dimplement noun The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
dinaphthyl noun A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.
dingthrift noun A spendthrift.
dinichthys noun A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.
dinnerless adjective Having no dinner.
dinosauria noun pl. An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large “bird tracks,” so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.
diocesener noun One who belongs to a diocese.
dioptrical adjective Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope.
diorthotic adjective Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
dipetalous adjective Having two petals; two-petaled.
diphtheria noun A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.
diphtheric adjective Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.
diphygenic adjective Having two modes of embryonic development.
diphyllous adjective Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc.
diphyodont adjective Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; — opposed to monophyodont., An animal having two successive sets of teeth.
diplococci plural of Diplococcus
diplogenic adjective Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.
diplomatic adjective Alt. of Diplomatical, A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist., The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
dipneumona noun pl. A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.
diprotodon noun An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; — so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.
dipsomania noun A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
dipyrenous adjective Containing two stones or nutlets.
dipyridine noun A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.
directness noun The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
directress noun A woman who directs.
diremption noun A tearing apart; violent separation.
disability noun State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like., Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
disabusing present participle & vb. noun of Disabuse
disacidify verb t. To free from acid.
disadvance verb t. & i. To draw back, or cause to draw back.
disageeing present participle & vb. noun of Disagree
disalliege verb t. To alienate from allegiance.
disallowed imp. & past participle of Disallow
disanimate verb t. To deprive of life., To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.
disapparel verb t. To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.
disappoint verb t. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil., To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
disapprove verb t. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others., To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.
disarrange verb t. To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
disarrayed imp. & past participle of Disarray
disasterly adverb Disastrously.
disastrous adjective Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding., Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
disaugment verb t. To diminish.
disavaunce verb t. To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
disavowing present participle & vb. noun of Disavow
disbanding present participle & vb. noun of Disband
disbarring present participle & vb. noun of Disbar
disbarment noun Act of disbarring.
disbelieve verb t. Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.
disburgeon verb t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud.
disbursing present participle & vb. noun of Disburse
disburthen verb t. To disburden; to relieve of a load.
discarding present participle & vb. noun of Discard
discardure noun Rejection; dismissal.
discarnate adjective Stripped of flesh.
discerning present participle & vb. noun of Discern, Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.
discession noun Departure.
discharged imp. & past participle of Discharge
discharger noun One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.
dischevele adjective Disheveled.
discipling present participle & vb. noun of Disciple
discipless noun A female disciple.
discipline noun The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral., Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill., Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience., Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc., Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training., The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge., The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member., Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge., A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline., To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train., To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill., To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct., To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
disclaimed imp. & past participle of Disclaim
disclaimer noun One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces., A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate., A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.
disclosing present participle & vb. noun of Disclose
disclosure verb t. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure., That which is disclosed or revealed.
disclusion noun A shutting off; exclusion.
discobolus noun A thrower of the discus., A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.
discolored imp. & past participle of Discolor, Altered in color; /tained., Variegated; of divers colors.
discomfort verb t. To discourage; to deject., To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family., Discouragement., Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.
discommend verb t. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove., To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.
discommode verb t. To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.
discompany verb t. To free from company; to dissociate.
discompose verb t. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up., To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate., To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
disconcert verb t. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy., To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash., Want of concert; disagreement.
disconnect verb t. To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
discontent adjective Not content; discontented; dissatisfied., To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy., Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet., A discontented person; a malcontent.
discophora noun pl. A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species.
discordant noun Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious., Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds., Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
discordful adjective Full of discord; contentious.
discordous adjective Full of discord.
discounsel verb t. To dissuade.
discounted imp. & past participle of Discount
discounter noun One who discounts; a discount broker.
discourage verb t. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; — the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt., To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts., Lack of courage; cowardliness.
discoursed imp. & past participle of Discourse
discourser noun One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer., The writer of a treatise or dissertation.
discovered imp. & past participle of Discover
discoverer noun One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact., A scout; an explorer.
discrepant adjective Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different., A dissident.
discretely adverb Separately; disjunctively.
discretion noun Disjunction; separation., The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness., Discrimination., Freedom to act according to one’s own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
discretive adjective Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
discrowned imp. & past participle of Discrown
disculpate verb t. To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
discurrent adjective Not current or free to circulate; not in use.
discursion noun The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.
discursist noun A discourser.
discursive adjective Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory., Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
discursory adjective Argumentative; discursive; reasoning.
discussing present participle & vb. noun of Discuss
discussion noun The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like., The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
discussive adjective Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter., Doubt-dispelling; decisive., A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.
discutient adjective Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application., An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter.
disdaining present participle & vb. noun of Disdain
disdainful adjective Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
disdainous adjective Disdainful.
diseaseful adjective Causing uneasiness., Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.
diselenide noun A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
disembayed imp. & past participle of Disembay
disembogue verb t. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc., To eject; to cast forth., To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out contents.
disembowel verb t. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate., To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
disembroil verb t. To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.
disempower verb t. To deprive of power; to divest of strength.
disenchant verb t. To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
disencharm verb t. To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
disenclose verb t. See Disinclose.
disencrese verb i. To decrease., Decrease.
disengaged imp. & past participle of Disengage, Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant.
disennoble verb t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
disenslave verb t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.
disentitle verb t. To deprive of title or claim.
disentrail verb t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.
disentwine verb t. To free from being entwined or twisted.
disepalous adjective Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
disespouse verb t. To release from espousal or plighted faith.
disfashion verb t. To disfigure.
disfavored imp. & past participle of Disfavor
disfavorer noun One who disfavors.
disfeature verb t. To deprive of features; to mar the features of.
disfigured imp. & past participle of Disfigure
disfigurer noun One who disfigures.
disformity noun Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
disfurnish verb t. To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.
disgallant verb t. To deprive of gallantry.
disgarland verb t. To strip of a garland.
disgarnish verb t. To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
disgaveled imp. & past participle of Disgavel, of Disgavel
disgestion noun Digestion.
disglorify verb t. To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
disgorging present participle & vb. noun of Disgorge
disgracing present participle & vb. noun of Disgrace
disgracive adjective Disgracing.
disgregate verb t. To disperse; to scatter; — opposite of congregate.
disgruntle verb t. To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger.
disguising present participle & vb. noun of Disguise, A masque or masquerade.
disgusting present participle & vb. noun of Disgust, That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.
disgustful adjective Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.
dishabille noun An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.
dishabited p. adjective Rendered uninhabited.
disharmony noun Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.
dishearten verb t. To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
disherison noun The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion.
disherited imp. & past participle of Disherit
disheritor noun One who puts another out of his inheritance.
disheveled imp. & past participle of Dishevel, Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair., Having the hair in loose disorder.
dishonesty noun Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame., Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness., Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act., Lewdness; unchastity.
dishonored imp. & past participle of Dishonor
dishonorer noun One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity.
dishwasher noun One who, or that which, washes dishes., A European bird; the wagtail.
disimprove verb t. To make worse; — the opposite of improve., To grow worse; to deteriorate.
disincline verb t. To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
disinclose verb t. To free from being inclosed.
disinflame verb t. To divest of flame or ardor.
disinherit verb t. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent., To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
disinuring present participle & vb. noun of Disinure
disinvolve verb t. To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
disjection noun Destruction; dispersion.
disjoining present participle & vb. noun of Disjoin
disjointed imp. & past participle of Disjoint, Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.
disjointly adverb In a disjointed state.
dislikeful adjective Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable.
dislocated imp. & past participle of Dislocate
dislodging present participle & vb. noun of Dislodge
disloyally adverb In a disloyal manner.
disloyalty noun Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.
dismalness noun The quality of being dismal; gloominess.
dismantled imp. & past participle of Dismantle
dismarshal verb t. To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder.
dismasting present participle & vb. noun of Dismast
dismettled adjective Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit.
dismissing present participle & vb. noun of Dismiss
dismission noun The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury., Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace., Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.
dismissive adjective Giving dismission.
dismounted imp. & past participle of Dismount
disnatured adjective Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.
disobeying present participle & vb. noun of Disobey
disobliged imp. & past participle of Disoblige
disobliger noun One who disobliges.
disopinion noun Want or difference of belief; disbelief.
disordered imp. & past participle of Disorder, Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment., Disorderly.
disorderly adjective Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state., Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind., Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies., Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house., In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
disownment noun Act of disowning.
disoxidate verb t. To deoxidate; to deoxidize.
dispansion noun Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded.
disparaged imp. & past participle of Disparage
disparager noun One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.
disparates noun pl. Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
disparting present participle & vb. noun of Dispart
dispassion noun Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.
dispatched imp. & past participle of Dispatch
dispatcher noun One who dispatches.
dispathies plural of Dispathy
dispelling present participle & vb. noun of Dispel
dispensary noun A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price., A dispensatory.
dispensing present participle & vb. noun of Dispense
dispeopled imp. & past participle of Dispeople
dispeopler noun One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
dispersing present participle & vb. noun of Disperse
dispersion noun The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel., The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
dispersive adjective Tending to disperse.
dispirited imp. & past participle of Dispirit, Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.
dispiteous adjective Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.
displacing present participle & vb. noun of Displace
di/planted imp. & past participle of Displant
displaying present participle & vb. noun of Display
displeased imp. & past participle of Displease
displeaser noun One who displeases.
displenish verb t. To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disploding present participle & vb. noun of Displode
displosion noun Explosion.
displosive adjective Explosive.
displuming present participle & vb. noun of Displume
disporting present participle & vb. noun of Disport
disposable adjective Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
disposited adjective Disposed.
dispositor noun A disposer., The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is.
dispossess verb t. To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; — usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
dispraised imp. & past participle of Dispraise
dispraiser noun One who blames or dispraises.
dispreader noun One who spreads abroad.
disprepare verb t. To render unprepared.
disprofess verb t. To renounce the profession or pursuit of.
disproving present participle & vb. noun of Disprove
disprovide verb t. Not to provide; to fail to provide.
dispurpose verb t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots.
disputable verb i. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions., Disputatious; contentious.
disputison noun Dispute; discussion.
disqualify verb t. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; — with for or from before the purpose, state, or act., To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
disquieted imp. & past participle of Disquiet
disquietal noun The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet.
disquieter noun One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
disquietly adverb In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night.
disrealize verb t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain.
disrespect noun Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy., To show disrespect to.
disrooting present participle & vb. noun of Disroot
disrupting present participle & vb. noun of Disrupt
disruption noun The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.
disruptive adjective Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.
disrupture noun Disruption.
dissatisfy verb t. To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one’s fortune.
dissecting present participle & vb. noun of Dissect, Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery., Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound., Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.
dissection noun The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I., Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination., Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
disseizing present participle & vb. noun of Disseize
disseizure noun Disseizin.
dissembled imp. & past participle of Dissemble
dissembler noun One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
dissension noun Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
dissenting present participle & vb. noun of Dissent
dissentany adjective Dissentaneous; inconsistent.
dissentive adjective Disagreeing; inconsistent.
dissertate verb i. To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.
disserving present participle & vb. noun of Disserve
disservice noun Injury; mischief.
dissevered imp. & past participle of Dissever
dissheathe verb i. To become unsheathed.
dissidence adjective Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
dissilient adjective Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
dissimilar adjective Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
dissimuler noun A dissembler.
dissipable adjective Capable of being scattered or dissipated.
dissipated imp. & past participle of Dissipate, Squandered; scattered., Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
disslander verb t. To slander., Slander.
dissociate verb t. To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
dissoluble adjective Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid., Capable of being disunited.
dissolving present participle & vb. noun of Dissolve, Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
dissolvent adjective Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach., That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent., A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
dissonance noun A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord., Want of agreement; incongruity.
dissonancy noun Discord; dissonance.
dissuading present participle & vb. noun of Dissuade
dissuasion noun The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation., A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
dissuasive adjective Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice., A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.
dissuasory noun A dissuasive.
dissweeten verb t. To deprive of sweetness.
distaining present participle & vb. noun of Distain
distancing present participle & vb. noun of Distance
distantial adjective Distant.
distasting present participle & vb. noun of Distaste
distasture noun Something which excites distaste or disgust.
distending present participle & vb. noun of Distend
distension noun Same as Distention.
distensive adjective Distending, or capable of being distended.
distention noun The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs., Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
distichous noun Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.
distilling present participle & vb. noun of Distill
distillate noun The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
distillery noun The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on., The act of distilling spirits.
distinctly adverb With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly., With meaning; significantly.
distorting present participle & vb. noun of Distort
distortion noun The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body., A wresting from the true meaning., The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion., An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
distortive adjective Causing distortion.
distracted imp. & past participle of Distract, Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
distraught past participle of Distract, Torn asunder; separated., Distracted; perplexed.
distracter noun One who, or that which, distracts away.
distrained imp. & past participle of Distrain
distrainer noun Same as Distrainor.
distrainor noun One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
distressed imp. & past participle of Distress
distribute verb t. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot., To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice., To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc., To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases., To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table., To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise., To make distribution.
districted imp. & past participle of District
districtly adverb Strictly.
distringas noun A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
distrouble verb t. To trouble.
distrusted imp. & past participle of Distrust
distruster noun One who distrusts.
disturbing present participle & vb. noun of Disturb
disulphate noun A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate., An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide noun A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; — formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
disuniform adjective Not uniform.
disuniting present participle & vb. noun of Disunite
disutilize verb t. To deprive of utility; to render useless.
disventure noun A disadventure.
disworship verb t. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy., A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
diterebene noun See Colophene.
ditheistic adjective Alt. of Ditheistical
ditrochean adjective Containing two trochees.
diuretical adjective Diuretic.
diurnalist noun A journalist.
diurnation noun Continuance during the day., The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.
diuturnity noun Long duration; lastingness.
divagation noun A wandering about or going astray; digression.
divaricate verb i. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork., To diverge; to be divaricate., To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart., Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging., Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
divedapper noun A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.
divergence noun Alt. of Divergency
divergency noun A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines., Disagreement; difference.
divertible adjective Capable of being diverted.
diverticle noun A turning; a byway; a bypath., A diverticulum.
divestible adjective Capable of being divested.
divestment noun The act of divesting.
dividingly adverb By division.
dividually adverb By dividing.
divination noun The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means., An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
divinatory adjective Professing, or relating to, divination.
divinement noun Divination.
divineness noun The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.
divineress noun A woman who divines.
diviningly adverb In a divining manner.
divinistre noun A diviner.
divinities plural of Divinity
divisional adjective That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
divisionor noun One who divides or makes division.
divorcible adjective Divorceable.
divulgater noun A divulger.
docibility noun Alt. of Docibleness
docimastic adjective Proving by experiments or tests.
docimology noun A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.
dock-cress noun Nipplewort.
docoglossa noun pl. An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.
doctorally adverb In the manner of a doctor.
doctorship noun Doctorate.
documental adjective Of or pertaining to instruction., Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.
doggedness noun Sullenness; moroseness., Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
dog-headed adjective Having a head shaped like that of a dog; — said of certain baboons.
dog-legged adjective Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.
dogmatical adjective Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet., Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.
dogmatized imp. & past participle of Dogmatize
dogmatizer noun One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
dog’s-bane noun See Dogbane.
dokimastic adjective Docimastic.
dolcemente adverb Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.
domestical adjective Domestic., A family; a household.
domiciling present participle & vb. noun of Domicile
domiciliar noun A member of a household; a domestic.
dominating present participle & vb. noun of Dominate
domination noun The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway., A ruling party; a party in power., A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning given by the schoolmen.
dominative adjective Governing; ruling; imperious.
domineered imp. & past participle of Domineer
dominicide noun The act of killing a master., One who kills his master.
donatistic adjective Pertaining to Donatism.
doniferous adjective Bearing gifts.
do-nothing adjective Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
doob grass A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States.
doodlesack noun The Scotch bagpipe.
doorkeeper noun One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
dopplerite noun A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.
dorsimeson noun (Anat.) See Meson.
doryphoros noun A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
doub grass Doob grass.
double-dye verb t. To dye again or twice over.
doubleness noun The state of being double or doubled., Duplicity; insincerity.
doubletree noun The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
doubtfully adverb In a doubtful manner.
doughiness noun The quality or state of being doughy.
doulocracy noun A government by slaves.
dove plant A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; — called also Holy Spirit plant.
dovetailed imp. & past participle of Dovetail
dowagerism noun The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.
downfallen adjective Fallen; ruined.
downlooked adjective Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
down-share noun A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
downstairs adverb Down the stairs; to a lower floor., Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.
downsteepy adjective Very steep.
downstream adverb Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
downstroke noun A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
doxologize verb i. To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.
doxologies plural of Doxology
dracontine adjective Belonging to a dragon.
dracunculi plural of Dracunculus
dragantine noun A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth.
dragonlike adjective Like a dragon.
dragonnade noun The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.
dragooning present participle & vb. noun of Dragoon
dragoonade noun See Dragonnade.
drakestone noun A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; — sometimes called ducks and drakes.
dramatical adjective Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.
dramatized imp. & past participle of Dramatize
dramaturgy noun The art of dramatic composition and representation.
dramseller noun One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.
drap d’ete A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino.
draughting present participle & vb. noun of Draught
drawbridge noun A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.
drawcansir noun A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.
drawfiling noun The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
drawgloves noun pl. An old game, played by holding up the fingers.
drawspring noun The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
dreadfully adverb In a dreadful manner; terribly.
dreadingly adverb With dread.
dreaminess noun The state of being dreamy.
dreamingly adverb In a dreamy manner.
drearihead noun Alt. of Drearihood
drearihood noun Affliction; dreariness.
dreariment noun Dreariness.
dreariness noun Sorrow; wretchedness., Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
drearisome adjective Very dreary.
dregginess noun Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.
dress coat A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.
dressiness noun The state of being dressy.
dressmaker noun A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker.
driftpiece noun An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
drillstock noun A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.
drivelling of Drivel
drolleries plural of Drollery
drollingly adverb In a jesting manner.
dronkelewe adjective Given to drink; drunken.
droopingly adverb In a drooping manner.
drosometer noun An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.
drowsihead noun Drowsiness.
drowsiness noun State of being drowsy.
drudgingly adverb In a drudging manner; laboriously.
drum major ., The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers., The marching leader of a military band., A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4.
drupaceous adjective Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; as, drupaceous trees or fruits.
dry-fisted adjective Niggardly.
dry-rubbed imp. & past participle of Dry-rub
drysaltery noun The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.
dubitation noun Act of doubting; doubt.
dubitative adjective Tending to doubt; doubtful.
dulcamarin noun A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).
dulcifying present participle & vb. noun of Dulcify
dulciloquy noun A soft manner of speaking.
dumfounded imp. & past participle of Dumfound
dumfounder verb t. To dumfound; to confound.
dunderhead noun A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.
dunderpate noun See Dunderhead.
duodecimal adjective Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves., A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch., A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.
duodecimos plural of Duodecimo
duodecuple adjective Consisting of twelves.
duoliteral adjective Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.
duplicated imp. & past participle of Duplicate
durability noun The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.
dura mater The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; — frequently abbreviated to dura.
dust-point noun An old rural game.
duumvirate noun The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.
dynamitard noun A political dynamiter. [A form found in some newspapers.]
dynamiting noun Destroying by dynamite, for political ends.
dynamitism noun The work of dynamiters.
dynastical adjective Dynastic.
dynastidan noun One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.
dyscrasite noun A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.
discrasies plural of Dyscrasy
dysenteric adjective Alt. of Dysenterical
dysgenesic adjective Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another.
dysgenesis noun A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race.
dyspeptone noun An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice.