| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| deads | noun pl. | The substances which inclose the ore on every side. |
| dealt | imp. & past participle | of Deal |
| deare | variant of Dere, v. t. & n. | |
| dearn | adjective | Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful., Same as Darn. |
| deary | noun | A dear; a darling. |
| death | verb i. | The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants., Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory., Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life., Cause of loss of life., Personified: The destroyer of life, — conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe., Danger of death., Murder; murderous character., Loss of spiritual life., Anything so dreadful as to be like death. |
| deave | verb t. | To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. |
| debar | verb t. | To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; — with from, and sometimes with of. |
| debel | verb t. | To conquer. |
| debit | noun | A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; — mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account., To charge with debt; — the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold., To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold. |
| debut | noun | A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker. |
| deca- | A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit. | |
| decad | noun | A decade. |
| decay | verb i. | To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay., To cause to decay; to impair., To destroy., Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay., Destruction; death., Cause of decay. |
| decil | noun | Alt. of Decile |
| decoy | verb t. | To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net., Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait., A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot., A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them., A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection. |
| decry | verb t. | To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. |
| decyl | noun | A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series. |
| deedy | adjective | Industrious; active. |
| deess | noun | A goddess. |
| defer | verb t. | To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold., To put off; to delay to act; to wait., To render or offer., To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; — with to., To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; — with to. |
| defix | verb t. | To fix; to fasten; to establish. |
| defly | adverb | Deftly. |
| deify | verb t. | To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified., To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money., To render godlike. |
| deign | verb t. | To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; — opposed to disdain., To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant., To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; – – followed by an infinitive. |
| deism | noun | The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation. |
| deist | noun | One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker. |
| deity | noun | The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works., A god or goddess; a heathen god. |
| deka- | A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-. | |
| dekle | noun | See Deckle. |
| delay | verb | A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance., To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before., To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow., To allay; to temper., To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. |
| deled | imp. & past participle | of Dele |
| delft | noun | Same as Delftware. |
| delit | noun | Delight. |
| deloo | noun | The duykerbok. |
| delph | noun | Delftware., The drain on the land side of a sea embankment. |
| delta | noun | A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. |
| delve | verb t. | To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade., To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom., To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge., A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. |
| demi- | A prefix, signifying half. | |
| demit | verb t. | To let fall; to depress., To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one’s self to humble duties., To lay down, as an office; to resign. |
| demon | noun | A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology., One’s genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates., An evil spirit; a devil. |
| demur | verb i. | To linger; to stay; to tarry., To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair., To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement., To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2., To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about., To cause delay to; to put off., Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. |
| denay | verb t. | To deny., Denial; refusal. |
| denim | noun | A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc. |
| dense | adjective | Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog., Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance. |
| depot | noun | A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse., A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled., The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for., A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight. |
| depth | noun | The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops., Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color., Lowness; as, depth of sound., That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter., The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content., A pair of toothed wheels which work together. |
| deray | noun | Disorder; merriment. |
| derby | noun | A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780., A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown. |
| derma | noun | See Dermis. |
| derne | adjective | To hide; to skulk. |
| derre | adjective | Dearer. |
| derth | noun | Dearth; scarcity. |
| deter | verb t. | To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc. |
| dette | noun | Debt. |
| detur | noun | A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize. |
| deuce | noun | Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts., A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned “40 all”), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game., The devil; a demon. |
| deuse | adjective | Alt. of Deused |
| deut- | A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi-or di-, although little used. | |
| devex | adjective | Bending down; sloping., Devexity. |
| devil | noun | The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind., An evil spirit; a demon., A very wicked person; hence, any great evil., An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation., A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper., A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil., To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. |
| devon | noun | One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen. |
| devow | verb t. | To give up; to devote., To disavow; to disclaim. |
| dewed | imp. & past participle | of Dew |