| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| deaconess | noun | A female deacon, One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons., A woman set apart for church work by a bishop., A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. |
| dead beat | See Beat, n., 7. | |
| deadening | present participle & vb. noun | of Deaden |
| deadhouse | noun | A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies. |
| deadlatch | noun | A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. |
| deadlight | noun | A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm. |
| deadworks | noun pl. | The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden. |
| deafening | present participle & vb. noun | of Deafen, The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging. |
| deaf-mute | noun | A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. |
| deaneries | plural | of Deanery |
| dearworth | adjective | Precious. |
| deathbird | noun | Tengmalm’s or Richardson’s owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); — so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death. |
| deathblow | noun | A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. |
| deathless | adjective | Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame. |
| deathlike | adjective | Resembling death., Deadly. |
| deathsman | noun | An executioner; a headsman or hangman. |
| deathward | adverb | Toward death. |
| debarring | present participle & vb. noun | of Debar |
| debarking | present participle & vb. noun | of Debark |
| debarment | noun | Hindrance from approach; exclusion. |
| debarrass | verb t. | To disembarrass; to relieve. |
| debatable | adjective | Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. |
| debateful | adjective | Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. |
| debauched | imp. & past participle | of Debauch, Dissolute; dissipated. |
| debauchee | verb t. | One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine. |
| debaucher | noun | One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness. |
| debellate | verb t. | To subdue; to conquer in war. |
| debenture | noun | A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due., A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. |
| debouched | imp. & past participle | of Debouch |
| debruised | adjective | Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut. |
| debuscope | noun | A modification of the kaleidoscope; — used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs. |
| debutante | A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. | |
| decachord | noun | Alt. of Decachordon |
| decadence | noun | Alt. of Decadency |
| decadency | noun | A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. “The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.” |
| decagonal | adjective | Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides. |
| decagynia | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles. |
| decahedra | plural | of Decahedron |
| decalcify | verb t. | To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin. |
| decaliter | noun | Alt. of Decalitre |
| decalitre | noun | A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons. |
| decalogue | noun | The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. |
| decameron | noun | A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; — written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian. |
| decameter | noun | Alt. of Decametre |
| decametre | noun | A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches. |
| decamping | present participle & vb. noun | of Decamp |
| decandria | noun pl. | A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens. |
| decanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Decant |
| decantate | verb t. | To decant. |
| decastere | noun | A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters. |
| decastich | noun | A poem consisting of ten lines. |
| decastyle | adjective | Having ten columns in front; — said of a portico, temple, etc., A portico having ten pillars or columns in front. |
| deceasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Decease |
| deceitful | adjective | Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. |
| deceiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Deceive |
| decemvirs | plural | of Decemvir |
| decemviri | plural | of Decemvir |
| decencies | plural | of Decency |
| decennary | noun | A period of ten years., A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. |
| decennial | adjective | Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games., A tenth year or tenth anniversary. |
| decennium | noun | A period of ten years. |
| deception | noun | The act of deceiving or misleading., The state of being deceived or misled., That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud. |
| deceptive | adjective | Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. |
| deceptory | adjective | Deceptive. |
| decession | noun | Departure; decrease; — opposed to accesion. |
| decidable | adjective | Capable of being decided; determinable. |
| decidedly | adverb | In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly. |
| decidence | noun | A falling off. |
| deciduata | noun pl. | A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species. |
| deciduate | adjective | Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua. |
| deciduity | noun | Deciduousness. |
| deciduous | adjective | Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane. |
| deciliter | noun | Alt. of Decilitre |
| decilitre | noun | A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces. |
| decillion | noun | According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.] |
| decimally | adverb | By tens; by means of decimals. |
| decimated | imp. & past participle | of Decimate |
| decimator | noun | One who decimates. |
| decimeter | noun | Alt. of Decimetre |
| decimetre | noun | A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches. |
| decistere | noun | The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere. |
| declaimed | imp. & past participle | of Declaim |
| declaimer | noun | One who declaims; an haranguer. |
| declarant | noun | One who declares. |
| declaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Declare |
| declinate | adjective | Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined. |
| declining | present participle & vb. noun | of Decline |
| declinous | adjective | Declinate. |
| declivous | adjective | Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill. |
| declivity | noun | Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; — opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity., A descending surface; a sloping place. |
| decocting | present participle & vb. noun | of Decoct |
| decoction | noun | The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues., An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. |
| decocture | noun | A decoction. |
| decollate | verb t. | To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate. |
| decollete | adjective | Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress. |
| decolling | noun | Beheading. |
| decomplex | adjective | Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents. |
| decompose | verb t. | To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay., To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot. |
| deconcoct | verb t. | To decompose. |
| decorated | imp. & past participle | of Decorate |
| decorator | noun | One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration. |
| decoy-men | plural | of Decoy-man |
| decoy-man | noun | A man employed in decoying wild fowl. |
| decreased | imp. & past participle | of Decrease |
| decreeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Decree |
| decrement | noun | The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss., The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; — opposed to increment., A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced., The quantity by which a variable is diminished. |
| decretion | noun | A decrease. |
| decretist | noun | One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals. |
| decretive | noun | Having the force of a decree; determining. |
| decretory | adjective | Established by a decree; definitive; settled., Serving to determine; critical. |
| decubitus | noun | An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus. |
| decumbent | adjective | Lying down; prostrate; recumbent., Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. |
| decupling | present participle & vb. noun | of Decuple |
| decurrent | adjective | Extending downward; — said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. |
| decursion | noun | A flowing; also, a hostile incursion. |
| decursive | adjective | Running down; decurrent. |
| decussate | verb t. | To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; — said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc., Alt. of Decussated |
| dedicated | imp. & past participle | of Dedicate |
| dedicatee | noun | One to whom a thing is dedicated; — correlative to dedicator. |
| dedicator | noun | One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment. |
| deducible | adjective | Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence., Capable of being brought down. |
| deducibly | adverb | By deduction. |
| deducting | present participle & vb. noun | of Deduct |
| deduction | noun | Act or process of deducing or inferring., Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend., That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion., That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent. |
| deductive | adjective | Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. |
| deed poll | A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. | |
| deepening | present participle & vb. noun | of Deepen |
| deep-laid | adjective | Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans. |
| deep-read | adjective | Profoundly book- learned. |
| deerberry | noun | A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; — called also squaw huckleberry. |
| deergrass | noun | An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, — the only genus of the order Melastomaceae inhabiting a temperate clime. |
| deerhound | noun | One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound. |
| deer-neck | noun | A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse. |
| defailure | noun | Failure. |
| defalcate | verb t. | To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; — used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc., To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. |
| defaulted | imp. & past participle | of Default |
| defaulter | noun | One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called., One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator. |
| defeating | present participle & vb. noun | of Defeat |
| defeature | noun | Overthrow; defeat., Disfigurement; deformity. |
| defecated | imp. & past participle | of Defecate |
| defecator | noun | That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. |
| defection | noun | Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. |
| defective | adjective | Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; — applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules., Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. |
| defending | present participle & vb. noun | of Defend |
| defendant | adjective | Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive., Making defense., One who defends; a defender., A person required to make answer in an action or suit; — opposed to plaintiff. |
| defensive | adjective | Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor., Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; — opposed to offensive; as, defensive war., In a state or posture of defense., That which defends; a safeguard. |
| defensory | adjective | Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations. |
| deferring | present participle & vb. noun | of Defer |
| deference | noun | A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance. |
| deferment | noun | The act of delaying; postponement. |
| defiatory | adjective | Bidding or manifesting defiance. |
| deficient | adjective | Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. |
| defiladed | imp. & past participle | of Defilade |
| definable | adjective | Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. |
| deflected | imp. & past participle | of Deflect, Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course., Bent downward; deflexed. |
| deflector | noun | That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion). |
| deflexion | noun | See Deflection. |
| deflexure | noun | A bending or turning aside; deflection. |
| deflorate | adjective | Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. |
| defloured | imp. & past participle | of Deflour |
| deflourer | noun | One who deflours; a ravisher. |
| defluxion | noun | A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; — sometimes used synonymously with inflammation. |
| defoliate | adjective | Alt. of Defoliated |
| deforcing | present participle & vb. noun | of Deforce |
| deforceor | noun | Same as Deforciant. |
| deforming | present participle & vb. noun | of Deform |
| deformity | adjective | The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness., Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. |
| defrauded | imp. & past participle | of Defraud |
| defrauder | noun | One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator. |
| defraying | present participle & vb. noun | of Defray |
| degarnish | verb t. | To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish; as, to degarnish a house, etc., To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. |
| deglazing | noun | The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means. |
| degloried | adjective | Deprived of glory; dishonored. |
| degrading | present participle & vb. noun | of Degrade |
| dehiscent | adjective | Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant. |
| dehorning | present participle & vb. noun | of Dehorn |
| dehorting | present participle & vb. noun | of Dehort |
| dehydrate | verb t. | To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol. |
| deinornis | noun | See Dinornis. |
| deinosaur | noun | See Dinosaur. |
| deinteous | adjective | Alt. of Deintevous |
| deiparous | adjective | Bearing or bringing forth a god; — said of the Virgin Mary. |
| deistical | adjective | Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book. |
| dejecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Deject |
| dejection | noun | A casting down; depression., The act of humbling or abasing one’s self., Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy., A low condition; weakness; inability., The discharge of excrement., Faeces; excrement. |
| dejectory | adjective | Having power, or tending, to cast down., Promoting evacuations by stool. |
| dejecture | noun | That which is voided; excrements. |
| dekaliter | noun | Same as Decaliter. |
| dekameter | noun | Same as Decameter. |
| dekastere | noun | Same as Decastere. |
| delapsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Delapse |
| delapsion | noun | A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. |
| delawares | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory. |
| delayment | noun | Hindrance. |
| delectate | verb t. | To delight; to charm. |
| delegated | imp. & past participle | of Delegate |
| delftware | noun | Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence:, Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like. |
| delibrate | verb t. | To strip off the bark; to peel. |
| deliciate | verb t. | To delight one’s self; to indulge in feasting; to revel. |
| delicious | adjective | Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming., Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate. |
| delighted | imp. & past participle | of Delight, Endowed with delight. |
| delighter | noun | One who gives or takes delight. |
| delineate | adjective | Delineated; portrayed., To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation., To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. |
| deliquate | verb i. | To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce., To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. |
| deliquium | noun | A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium., A sinking away; a swooning., A melting or maudlin mood. |
| delirancy | noun | Delirium. |
| deliriant | noun | A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna). |
| delirious | adjective | Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. |
| delitable | adjective | Delightful; delectable. |
| delivered | imp. & past participle | of Deliver |
| deliverer | noun | One who delivers or rescues; a preserver., One who relates or communicates. |
| deliverly | adverb | Actively; quickly; nimbly. |
| delphinic | noun | Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic., Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria). |
| delphinus | noun | A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1., The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila. |
| delthyris | noun | A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer. |
| deltidium | noun | The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells. |
| deludable | adjective | Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible. |
| delundung | noun | An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. |
| demagogic | adjective | Alt. of Demagogical |
| demagogue | noun | A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader. |
| demanding | present participle & vb. noun | of Demand |
| demandant | noun | One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. |
| demantoid | noun | A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name. |
| demarcate | verb t. | To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. |
| demeaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Demean |
| demeanure | noun | Behavior. |
| dementate | verb t. | Deprived of reason., To deprive of reason; to dement. |
| demersion | noun | The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning., The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water. |
| demesnial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne. |
| demideify | verb t. | To deify in part. |
| demidevil | noun | A half devil. |
| demigorge | noun | Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion. |
| demigrate | verb i. | To emigrate. |
| demigroat | noun | A half groat. |
| demilance | noun | A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer. |
| demimonde | noun | Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. |
| demisable | adjective | Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate. |
| demission | noun | The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection., Resignation of an office. |
| demissive | adjective | Downcast; submissive; humble. |
| demitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Demit |
| demiurgic | adjective | Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. |
| democracy | noun | Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people., Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic., Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government., The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. |
| democraty | noun | Democracy. |
| demoniasm | noun | See Demonianism. |
| demonized | imp. & past participle | of Demonize |
| demonship | noun | The state of a demon. |
| demulcent | adjective | Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent., A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents. |
| demulsion | noun | The act of soothing; that which soothes. |
| demurring | present participle & vb. noun | of Demur |
| demurrage | noun | The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing., The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention. |
| dendritic | adjective | Alt. of Dendritical |
| denigrate | verb t. | To blacken thoroughly; to make very black., Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. |
| denitrify | verb t. | To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen. |
| denotable | adjective | Capable of being denoted or marked. |
| denounced | imp. & past participle | of Denounce |
| denouncer | noun | One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. |
| denseless | noun | The quality of being dense; density. |
| dentalism | noun | The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth. |
| dentalium | noun | A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell. |
| dentately | adverb | In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc. |
| dentation | noun | Formation of teeth; toothed form. |
| denticete | noun pl. | The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc. |
| dentiform | adjective | Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped. |
| dentilave | noun | A wash for cleaning the teeth. |
| dentistic | adjective | Alt. of Dentistical |
| dentistry | noun | The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery. |
| dentition | noun | The development and cutting of teeth; teething., The system of teeth peculiar to an animal. |
| dentizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Dentize |
| denyingly | adverb | In the manner of one denies a request. |
| deodorant | noun | A deodorizer. |
| deodorize | verb t. | To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities. |
| deonerate | verb t. | To unload; to disburden. |
| deoxidate | verb t. | To deoxidize. |
| deoxidize | verb t. | To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide. |
| depainted | imp. & past participle | of Depaint |
| depainter | noun | One who depaints. |
| departing | present participle & vb. noun | of Depart |
| departure | noun | Division; separation; putting away., Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away., Removal from the present life; death; decease., Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose., The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another., The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line. |
| depascent | adjective | Feeding. |
| depasture | verb t. & i. | To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. |
| depending | present participle & vb. noun | of Depend |
| dependant | noun | Alt. of Dependancy |
| dependent | adjective | Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf., Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; — often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends., One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents., That which depends; corollary; consequence. |
| depicting | present participle & vb. noun | of Depict |
| depiction | noun | A painting or depicting; a representation. |
| depicture | verb t. | To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict. |
| depilated | imp. & past participle | of Depilate |
| deplanate | verb t. | Flattened; made level or even. |
| depleting | present participle & vb. noun | of Deplete |
| depletion | noun | The act of depleting or emptying., the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea. |
| depletive | adjective | Able or fitted to deplete., A substance used to deplete. |
| depletory | adjective | Serving to deplete. |
| deplorate | adjective | Deplorable. |
| deploring | present participle & vb. noun | of Deplore |
| deploying | present participle & vb. noun | of Deploy |
| deplumate | adjective | Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed. |
| depluming | present participle & vb. noun | of Deplume |
| deporting | present participle & vb. noun | of Deport |
| deporture | noun | Deportment. |
| deposable | adjective | Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. |
| deposited | imp. & past participle | of Deposit |
| depositor | noun | One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; — the correlative of depository. |
| depositum | noun | Deposit. |
| depraving | present participle & vb. noun | of Deprave |
| depravity | noun | The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle. |
| deprecate | verb t. | To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly. |
| depredate | verb t. | To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon., To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. |
| deprehend | verb t. | To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend., To detect; to discover; to find out. |
| depressed | imp. & past participle | of Depress, Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled., Concave on the upper side; — said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border., Lying flat; — said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground., Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; — said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. |
| depressor | noun | One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor., A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. |
| depriment | adjective | Serving to depress. |
| deprisure | noun | Low estimation; disesteem; contempt. |
| depriving | present participle & vb. noun | of Deprive |
| depthless | adjective | Having no depth; shallow., Of measureless depth; unfathomable. |
| depulsion | noun | A driving or thrusting away. |
| depulsory | adjective | Driving or thrusting away; averting. |
| depurated | imp. & past participle | of Depurate |
| depurator | noun | One who, or that which, cleanses. |
| deputable | adjective | Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. |
| deputator | noun | One who deputes, or makes a deputation. |
| derailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Derail |
| deranging | present participle & vb. noun | of Derange |
| derivable | adjective | That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources. |
| derivably | adverb | By derivation. |
| dermatine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the skin. |
| dermatoid | adjective | Resembling skin; skinlike. |
| dermestes | noun | A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle. |
| derogated | imp. & past participle | of Derogate |
| derogator | noun | A detractor. |
| derringer | noun | A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball. |
| descanted | imp. & past participle | of Descant |
| descanter | noun | One who descants. |
| descended | imp. & past participle | of Descend |
| descender | noun | One who descends. |
| described | imp. & past participle | of Describe |
| describer | noun | One who describes. |
| descrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Descry |
| desecrate | verb t. | To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; — the opposite of consecrate. |
| deserting | present participle & vb. noun | of Desert |
| desertful | adjective | Meritorious. |
| desertion | noun | The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one’s duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service., The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion., Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency. |
| desertrix | noun | Alt. of Desertrice |
| deserving | present participle & vb. noun | of Deserve, Desert; merit., Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. |
| desiccant | adjective | Drying; desiccative., A medicine or application for drying up a sore. |
| desiccate | verb t. | To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit., To become dry. |
| desidiose | adjective | Alt. of Desidious |
| desidious | adjective | Idle; lazy. |
| designing | present participle & vb. noun | of Design, Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man., The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans. |
| designate | verb t. | Designated; appointed; chosen., To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested., To call by a distinctive title; to name., To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. |
| designful | adjective | Full of design; scheming. |
| desinence | noun | Termination; ending. |
| desipient | adjective | Foolish; silly; trifling. |
| desirable | verb t. | Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable. |
| desirably | adverb | In a desirable manner. |
| desireful | adjective | Filled with desire; eager. |
| desisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Desist |
| desistive | adjective | Final; conclusive; ending. |
| desmidian | noun | A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves. |
| desmodont | noun | A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire. |
| desmology | noun | The science which treats of the ligaments. |
| desolated | imp. & past participle | of Desolate |
| desolater | noun | One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. |
| desolator | noun | Same as Desolater. |
| desoxalic | adjective | Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid. |
| despaired | imp. & past participle | of Despair |
| despairer | noun | One who despairs. |
| desparple | verb t. & i. | To scatter; to disparkle. |
| desperado | noun | A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. |
| desperate | adjective | Without hope; given to despair; hopeless., Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune., Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort., Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; — used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality., One desperate or hopeless. |
| despising | present participle & vb. noun | of Despise |
| despiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Despite |
| despitous | adjective | Despiteous; very angry; cruel. |
| despoiled | imp. & past participle | of Despoil |
| despoiler | noun | One who despoils. |
| desponded | imp. & past participle | of Despond |
| desponder | noun | One who desponds. |
| despotism | noun | The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny., A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy. |
| despotist | noun | A supporter of despotism. |
| despotize | verb t. | To act the despot. |
| despumate | verb t. & i. | To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. |
| destemper | noun | A kind of painting. See Distemper. |
| destinate | adjective | Destined., To destine, design, or choose. |
| destining | present participle & vb. noun | of Destine |
| destinist | noun | A believer in destiny; a fatalist. |
| destinies | plural | of Destiny |
| destitute | adjective | Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; — often followed by of., Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor., To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon., To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; — followed by of., To disappoint. |
| destroyed | imp. & past participle | of Destroy |
| destroyer | noun | One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates. |
| desuetude | noun | The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. |
| desultory | adjective | Leaping or skipping about., Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds., Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark. |
| detaching | present participle & vb. noun | of Detach |
| detailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Detail |
| detaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Detain |
| detainder | noun | A writ. See Detinue. |
| detecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Detect |
| detection | noun | The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. |
| detective | adjective | Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer., One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy. |
| detention | noun | The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding., The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity., Confinement; restraint; custody. |
| deterring | present participle & vb. noun | of Deter |
| deterging | present participle & vb. noun | of Deterge |
| detergent | adjective | Cleansing; purging., A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc. |
| determent | noun | The act of deterring; also, that which deters. |
| determine | verb t. | To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate., To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish., To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle., To fix the course of; to impel and direct; — with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another’s will determined me to this course., To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name., To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause., To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately., To define or limit by adding a differentia., To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water., To come to an end; to end; to terminate., To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; — often with on. |
| deterrent | adjective | Serving to deter., That which deters or prevents. |
| detersion | noun | The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore. |
| detersive | adjective | Cleansing; detergent., A cleansing agent; a detergent. |
| detesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Detest |
| dethroned | imp. & past participle | of Dethrone |
| dethroner | noun | One who dethrones. |
| detonated | imp. & past participle | of Detonate |
| detonator | noun | One who, or that which, detonates. |
| detonized | imp. & past participle | of Detonize |
| detorsion | noun | Same as Detortion. |
| detorting | present participle & vb. noun | of Detort |
| detortion | noun | The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping. |
| detracted | imp. & past participle | of Detract |
| detracter | noun | One who detracts; a detractor. |
| detriment | noun | That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; — used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc., A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy., To do injury to; to hurt. |
| detrition | noun | A wearing off or away. |
| detruding | present participle & vb. noun | of Detrude |
| detuncate | verb t. | To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off. |
| detrusion | noun | The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. |
| deturbate | verb t. | To evict; to remove. |
| deturpate | verb t. | To defile; to disfigure. |
| deutoxide | noun | A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; — usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide. |
| devastate | verb t. | To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. |
| developed | imp. & past participle | of Develop |
| developer | noun | One who, or that which, develops., A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible. |
| devesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Devest |
| deviating | present participle & vb. noun | of Deviate |
| deviation | noun | The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty., The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense., The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. |
| deviatory | adjective | Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. |
| deviceful | adjective | Full of devices; inventive. |
| devilling | of Devil | |
| devilfish | noun | A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera., A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus., The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale., The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler. |
| devilment | noun | Deviltry. |
| devilries | plural | of Devilry |
| devilship | noun | The character or person of a devil or the devil. |
| devilwood | noun | A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive. |
| devisable | adjective | Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived., Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will. |
| devitable | adjective | Avoidable. |
| devitrify | verb t. | To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from. |
| devolving | present participle & vb. noun | of Devolve |
| devouring | present participle & vb. noun | of Devour |
| devoutful | adjective | Full of devotion., Sacred. |
| dewlapped | adjective | Furnished with a dewlap. |
| dew-point | noun | The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
| dexterity | noun | Right-handedness., Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel., Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness. |
| dexterous | adjective | Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman., Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager., Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. |
| dextrally | adverb | Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally. |
| dextronic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid. |
| dextrorse | adjective | Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory. |
| dezincify | verb t. | To deprive of, or free from, zinc. |