| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| derain | verb t. | To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one’s self). |
| derail | verb t. | To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. |
| derbio | noun | A large European food fish (Lichia glauca). |
| deride | verb t. | To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. |
| derive | verb t. | To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; — followed by to, into, on, upon., To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; — followed by from., To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon., To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon., To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. |
| dermal | adjective | Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions., Pertaining to the dermis or true skin. |
| dermic | adjective | Relating to the derm or skin., Pertaining to the dermis; dermal. |
| dermis | noun | The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; — called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix. |
| dernly | adverb | Secretly; grievously; mournfully. |
| dervis | noun | A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life. |