10 letter word starting with de

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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