Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
dactylology |
noun |
The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; — a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. |
dactylonomy |
noun |
The art of numbering or counting by the fingers. |
daggle-tail |
adjective |
Alt. of Daggle-tailed, A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. |
daguerreian |
adjective |
Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype. |
daintifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Daintify |
damnability |
noun |
The quality of being damnable; damnableness. |
damningness |
noun |
Tendency to bring damnation. |
dangleberry |
noun |
A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. |
daphnomancy |
noun |
Divination by means of the laurel. |
dastardized |
imp. & past participle |
of Dastardize |
dastardness |
noun |
Dastardliness. |
daubreelite |
noun |
A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons. |
day-laborer |
noun |
One who works by the day; — usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. |
dead-stroke |
adjective |
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. |
deaf-mutism |
noun |
The condition of being a deaf-mute. |
dear-bought |
adjective |
Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience. |
deathliness |
noun |
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. |
debarkation |
noun |
Disembarkation. |
debatefully |
adverb |
With contention. |
debauchedly |
adverb |
In a profligate manner. |
debauchment |
noun |
The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. |
debauchness |
noun |
Debauchedness. |
debellation |
noun |
The act of conquering or subduing. |
debilitated |
imp. & past participle |
of Debilitate |
debonairity |
noun |
Debonairness. |
decachordon |
noun |
An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp., Something consisting of ten parts. |
deccagynous |
adjective |
Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles. |
decahedrons |
plural |
of Decahedron |
decalcified |
imp. & past participle |
of Decalcify |
decantation |
noun |
The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another. |
decapitated |
imp. & past participle |
of Decapitate |
deccapodous |
adjective |
Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. |
decarbonate |
verb t. |
To deprive of carbonic acid. |
decarbonize |
verb t. |
To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. |
decarburize |
verb t. |
To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from. |
deceitfully |
adverb |
With intent to deceive. |
decemvirate |
noun |
The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome., A body of ten men in authority. |
decennaries |
plural |
of Decennary |
decennovary |
adjective |
Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. |
deceptively |
adverb |
In a manner to deceive. |
deceptivity |
noun |
Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham. |
decerniture |
noun |
A decree or sentence of a court. |
decerptible |
adjective |
That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. |
decertation |
noun |
Contest for mastery; contention; strife. |
decillionth |
adjective |
Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion., The quotient of unity divided by a decillion., One of a decillion equal parts. |
decimosexto |
noun |
A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; — usually written 16mo or 16ยก., Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. |
deciphering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Decipher |
decipheress |
noun |
A woman who deciphers. |
declamation |
noun |
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students., A set or harangue; declamatory discourse., Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation. |
declamatory |
adjective |
Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme., Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style. |
declaration |
noun |
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc., That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal., The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington)., That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff’s case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3. |
declarative |
adjective |
Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. |
declaratory |
adjective |
Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature. |
declarement |
noun |
Declaration. |
declination |
noun |
The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head., The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline., The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal., The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness., The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward., The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south., The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4. |
declinatory |
adjective |
Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. |
declinature |
noun |
The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office. |
declivitous |
adjective |
Alt. of Declivous |
declivities |
plural |
of Declivity |
decollating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Decollate |
decollation |
noun |
The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; — especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist., A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist. |
decomposing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Decompose |
decomposite |
adjective |
Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite., See Decompound, a., 2., Anything decompounded. |
decorticate |
verb t. |
To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. |
decrepitate |
verb t. |
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt., To crackle, as salt in roasting. |
decrepitude |
noun |
The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age. |
decrescendo |
adjective & adverb |
With decreasing volume of sound; — a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign. |
decretorial |
adjective |
Decretory; authoritative. |
decretorily |
adverb |
In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree. |
decumbently |
adverb |
In a decumbent posture. |
decumbiture |
noun |
Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one’s bed from sickness., Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one’s sick bed, by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made. |
decurionate |
noun |
The office of a decurion. |
decursively |
adverb |
In a decursive manner. |
decurtation |
noun |
Act of cutting short. |
decussating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Decussate |
decussately |
adverb |
In a decussate manner. |
decussation |
noun |
Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc. |
decussative |
adjective |
Intersecting at acute angles. |
dedentition |
noun |
The shedding of teeth. |
deductively |
adverb |
By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. |
deerstalker |
noun |
One who practices deerstalking. |
defalcating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Defalcate |
defalcation |
noun |
A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off., That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated., An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement. |
defatigable |
adjective |
Capable of being wearied or tired out. |
defeasanced |
adjective |
Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited. |
defensative |
noun |
That which serves to protect or defend. |
defenseless |
adjective |
Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. |
defensively |
adverb |
On the defensive. |
deferential |
adjective |
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer. |
defeudalize |
verb t. |
To deprive of the feudal character or form. |
defibrinate |
verb t. |
To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs. |
defibrinize |
verb t. |
To defibrinate. |
defiliation |
noun |
Abstraction of a child from its parents. |
deflagrable |
adjective |
Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt. |
deflagrated |
imp. & past participle |
of Deflagrate |
deflagrator |
noun |
A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion. |
deflectable |
adjective |
Capable of being deflected. |
defloration |
noun |
The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin., That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. |
defoedation |
noun |
Defedation. |
defoliation |
noun |
The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. |
deforcement |
noun |
A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right., Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. |
deformation |
noun |
The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed., Transformation; change of shape. |
deformities |
plural |
of Deformity |
defraudment |
noun |
Privation by fraud; defrauding. |
degarnished |
imp. & past participle |
of Degarnish |
degenerated |
imp. & past participle |
of Degenerate |
deglutinate |
verb t. |
To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue. |
deglutition |
noun |
The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. |
deglutitory |
adjective |
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. |
degradation |
noun |
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one’s standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop., The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement., Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration., A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc., The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration., Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. |
degradement |
noun |
Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. |
degradingly |
adverb |
In a degrading manner. |
degravation |
adjective |
The act of making heavy. |
degustation |
noun |
Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. |
dehonestate |
verb t. |
To disparage. |
dehortation |
noun |
Dissuasion; advice against something. |
dehortative |
adjective |
Dissuasive. |
dehortatory |
adjective |
Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. |
dehydration |
noun |
The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed. |
deictically |
adverb |
In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely. |
deification |
noun |
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise. |
deintegrate |
verb t. |
To disintegrate. |
deistically |
adverb |
After the manner of deists. |
delactation |
noun |
The act of weaning. |
delapsation |
noun |
See Delapsion. |
delassation |
noun |
Fatigue. |
del credere |
|
An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due. |
delectation |
noun |
Great pleasure; delight. |
delenifical |
adjective |
Assuaging pain. |
deleterious |
adjective |
Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. |
deletitious |
adjective |
Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; — said of paper. |
deliberated |
imp. & past participle |
of Deliberate |
deliberator |
noun |
One who deliberates. |
delibrating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Delibrate |
delibration |
noun |
The act of stripping off the bark. |
deliciously |
adverb |
Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained. |
delightable |
adjective |
Capable of delighting; delightful. |
delightedly |
adverb |
With delight; gladly. |
delightless |
adjective |
Void of delight. |
delightsome |
adjective |
Very pleasing; delightful. |
delineament |
/. |
Delineation; sketch. |
delineating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Delineate |
delineation |
noun |
The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively., A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. |
delineatory |
adjective |
That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating. |
delineature |
noun |
Delineation. |
delinquency |
noun |
Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime. |
deliquation |
noun |
A melting. |
deliquesced |
imp. & past participle |
of Deliquesce |
delitescent |
adjective |
Lying hid; concealed. |
deliverable |
adjective |
Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. |
deliverance |
noun |
The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive., Act of bringing forth children., Act of speaking; utterance., The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint., Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly., Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. |
deliverness |
noun |
Nimbleness; agility. |
deltohedron |
noun |
A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron. |
demagnetize |
verb t. |
To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize., To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. |
demagogical |
adjective |
Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious. |
demarcation |
noun |
The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. |
demarkation |
noun |
Same as Demarcation. |
dementation |
noun |
The act of depriving of reason; madness. |
demephitize |
verb t. |
To purify from mephitic or foul air. |
demesmerize |
verb t. |
To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize. |
demibastion |
noun |
A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank. |
demibrigade |
noun |
A half brigade. |
demicadence |
noun |
An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note. |
demigoddess |
noun |
A female demigod. |
demigration |
noun |
Emigration. |
demi-island |
noun |
Peninsula. |
deminatured |
adjective |
Having half the nature of another. |
demirelievo |
noun |
Half relief. See Demi-rilievo. |
democracies |
plural |
of Democracy |
democratism |
noun |
The principles or spirit of a democracy. |
democratist |
noun |
A democrat. |
democratize |
verb t. |
To render democratic. |
demolishing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Demolish |
demoniacism |
noun |
The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs. |
demonianism |
noun |
The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons. |
demonocracy |
noun |
The power or government of demons. |
demonolatry |
noun |
The worship of demons. |
demonologer |
noun |
One versed in demonology. |
demonologic |
adjective |
Alt. of Demonological |
demonomania |
noun |
A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. |
demonstrate |
verb t. |
To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident., To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial., To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation). |
demoralized |
imp. & past participle |
of Demoralize |
demosthenic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator. |
denarcotize |
verb t. |
To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. |
dendrachate |
noun |
Arborescent or dendritic agate. |
dendritical |
adjective |
Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent. |
dendrometer |
noun |
An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees. |
denigration |
noun |
The act of making black., Fig.: A blackening; defamation. |
denitration |
noun |
A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid. |
denizenship |
noun |
State of being a denizen. |
denominable |
adjective |
Capable of being denominated or named. |
denominated |
imp. & past participle |
of Denominate |
denominator |
noun |
One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name., That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided., That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division. |
denticulate |
adjective |
Alt. of Denticulated |
dentiferous |
adjective |
Bearing teeth; dentigerous. |
dentigerous |
adjective |
Bearing teeth or toothlike structures. |
dentilabial |
adjective |
Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed., A dentilabial sound or letter. |
dentilation |
noun |
Dentition. |
dentiroster |
noun |
A dentirostral bird. |
dentistical |
adjective |
Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. |
denunciator |
noun |
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses. |
denutrition |
noun |
The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue. |
deobstruent |
adjective |
Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient., A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. |
deoxidation |
noun |
The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide. |
deoxygenate |
verb t. |
To deoxidize. |
deoxygenize |
verb t. |
To deoxidize. |
depauperate |
verb t. & i. |
To make poor; to impoverish., Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. |
depauperize |
verb t. |
To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. |
dependently |
adverb |
In a dependent manner. |
dependingly |
adverb |
As having dependence. |
deperditely |
adverb |
Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. |
deperdition |
noun |
Loss; destruction. |
dephlegmate |
verb t. |
To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; — used of spirits and acids. |
depicturing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Depicture |
deplication |
noun |
An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. |
deploration |
noun |
The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. |
deplorement |
noun |
Deploration. |
deploringly |
adverb |
In a deploring manner. |
deplumation |
noun |
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers., A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes. |
depolarized |
imp. & past participle |
of Depolarize |
depolarizer |
noun |
A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery. |
depolishing |
noun |
The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain. |
depopulated |
imp. & past participle |
of Depopulate |
depopulator |
noun |
One who depopulates; a dispeopler. |
deportation |
noun |
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. |
depravation |
noun |
Detraction; depreciation., The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting., The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity., Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. |
depravement |
noun |
Depravity. |
depravingly |
adverb |
In a depraving manner. |
deprecating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Deprecate |
deprecation |
noun |
The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation., Entreaty for pardon; petitioning., An imprecation or curse. |
deprecative |
adjective |
Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. |
deprecatory |
adjective |
Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. |
depreciated |
imp. & past participle |
of Depreciate |
depreciator |
noun |
One who depreciates. |
depredating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Depredate |
depredation |
noun |
The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land. |
depredatory |
adjective |
Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion. |
deprehended |
imp. & past participle |
of Deprehend |
deprivation |
noun |
The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity., The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement., the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. |
deprivement |
noun |
Deprivation. |
deprostrate |
adjective |
Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. |
depurgatory |
adjective |
Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. |
deracinated |
imp. & past participle |
of Deracinate |
deraination |
noun |
The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. |
deraignment |
noun |
Alt. of Derainment |
derangement |
noun |
The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. |
dereliction |
noun |
The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment., A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment., The state of being left or abandoned., A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained. |
dermapteran |
noun |
See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. |
dermatology |
noun |
The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases. |
dermohaemal |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures; as, the dermohaemal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes. |
dermoneural |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. |
dermopathic |
adjective |
Dermatopathic. |
dermopteran |
noun |
An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig. |
dermostosis |
noun |
Ossification of the dermis. |
derotremata |
noun pl. |
The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; — called also Cryptobranchiata. |
dertrotheca |
noun |
The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds. |
descendible |
adjective |
Admitting descent; capable of being descended., That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. |
describable |
adjective |
That can be described; capable of description. |
description |
noun |
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs., A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species., A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. |
descriptive |
adjective |
Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. |
desecrating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Desecrate |
desecration |
noun |
The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated. |
desiccating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Desiccate |
desiccation |
noun |
The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated. |
desiccative |
adjective |
Drying; tending to dry., An application for drying up secretions. |
desiccatory |
adjective |
Desiccative. |
desiderable |
adjective |
Desirable. |
desiderated |
imp. & past participle |
of Desiderate |
desideratum |
noun |
Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge. |
desightment |
noun |
The act of making unsightly; disfigurement. |
designating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Designate |
designation |
noun |
The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication., Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction., That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation., Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. |
designative |
adjective |
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. |
designatory |
adjective |
Serving to designate; designative; indicating. |
desilverize |
verb t. |
To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from. |
desinential |
adjective |
Terminal. |
desmomyaria |
noun pl. |
The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa. |
desperadoes |
plural |
of Desperado |
desperately |
adverb |
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately. |
desperation |
noun |
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope., A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. |
despiciency |
noun |
A looking down; despection. |
despisement |
noun |
A despising. |
despisingly |
adverb |
Contemptuously. |
despoilment |
noun |
Despoliation. |
despondence |
noun |
Despondency. |
despondency |
noun |
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. |
despumating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Despumate |
despumation |
noun |
The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification. |
destination |
noun |
The act of destining or appointing., Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design., The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
destitutely |
adverb |
In destitution. |
destitution |
noun |
The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution. |
destroyable |
adjective |
Destructible. |
destruction |
noun |
The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation., The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated., A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. |
destructive |
adjective |
Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; — often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth., One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist. |
desultorily |
adverb |
In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically. |
detenebrate |
verb t. |
To remove darkness from. |
deteriorate |
verb t. |
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind., To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. |
deteriority |
noun |
Worse state or quality; inferiority. |
determinacy |
noun |
Determinateness. |
determinant |
adjective |
Serving to determine or limit; determinative., That which serves to determine; that which causes determination., The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws, A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise. |
determinate |
adjective |
Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite., Conclusive; decisive; positive., Determined or resolved upon., Of determined purpose; resolute., To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. |
determining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Determine |
determinism |
noun |
The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives. |
determinist |
noun |
One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories. |
deterration |
noun |
The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. |
detersively |
adverb |
In a way to cleanse. |
detestation |
noun |
The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. |
detractious |
adjective |
Containing detraction; detractory. |
detractress |
noun |
A female detractor. |
detrimental |
adjective |
Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful. |
detruncated |
imp. & past participle |
of Detuncate |
deturbation |
noun |
The act of deturbating. |
deturpation |
noun |
A making foul. |
deuterogamy |
noun |
A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; — in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. |
deuteronomy |
noun |
The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses. |
devastating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Devastate |
devastation |
noun |
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste., Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. |
developable |
adjective |
Capable of being developed. |
development |
noun |
The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state., The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization., The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning., The equivalent expression into which another has been developed., The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. |
devenustate |
verb t. |
To deprive of beauty or grace. |
devicefully |
adverb |
In a deviceful manner. |
devil-diver |
noun |
Alt. of Devil bird |
devirginate |
adjective |
Deprived of virginity., To deprive of virginity; to deflour. |
devolvement |
noun |
The act or process of devolving;; devolution. |
devotionist |
noun |
One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion. |
devouringly |
adverb |
In a devouring manner. |
devulgarize |
verb t. |
To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow. |
dexterously |
adverb |
In a dexterous manner; skillfully. |
diabaterial |
adjective |
Passing over the borders. |
diacoustics |
noun |
That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; — called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics. |
diacritical |
adjective |
That separates or distinguishes; — applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc. |
diadelphian |
adjective |
Alt. of Diadelphous |
diadelphous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens). |
diaglyphtic |
adjective |
Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; — opposed to anaglyphic. |
diagnostics |
noun |
That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. |
diagraphics |
noun |
The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule. |
dialectical |
adjective |
Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental., Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. |
dialogistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Dialogistical |
dialyzation |
noun |
The act or process of dialysis. |
diamagnetic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic., Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet. |
diametrally |
adverb |
Diametrically. |
diametrical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a diameter., As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse. |
dianoialogy |
noun |
The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations. |
diaphaneity |
noun |
The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness. |
diaphonical |
adjective |
Diacoustic. |
diaphoresis |
noun |
Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration. |
diaphoretic |
adjective |
Alt. of Diaphoretical, A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration. |
diapophysis |
noun |
The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra. |
diarrhoetic |
adjective |
Producing diarrhea, or a purging. |
diarthrosis |
noun |
A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation. |
diatessaron |
noun |
The interval of a fourth., A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament., An electuary compounded of four medicines. |
diathermous |
adjective |
Same as Diathermal. |
dicephalous |
adjective |
Having two heads on one body; double-headed. |
dichogamous |
adjective |
Manifesting dichogamy. |
dichotomist |
noun |
One who dichotomizes. |
dichotomize |
verb t. |
To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect., To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, 3., To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous. |
dichotomous |
adjective |
Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. |
dichromatic |
adjective |
Having or exhibiting two colors., Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects. |
dichroscope |
noun |
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. |
dicotyledon |
noun |
A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating. |
dictatorial |
adjective |
Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute., Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. |
dictatorian |
adjective |
Dictatorial. |
didacticism |
noun |
The didactic method or system. |
didacticity |
noun |
Aptitude for teaching. |
didactylous |
adjective |
Having only two digits; two-toed. |
differenced |
imp. & past participle |
of Difference |
differentia |
noun |
The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference. |
differently |
adverb |
In a different manner; variously. |
differingly |
adverb |
In a differing or different manner. |
difficultly |
adverb |
With difficulty. |
diffidently |
adverb |
In a diffident manner. |
diffinitive |
adjective |
Definitive; determinate; final. |
diffracting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Diffract |
diffraction |
noun |
The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars. |
diffractive |
adjective |
That produces diffraction. |
diffuseness |
noun |
The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity. |
diffusively |
adverb |
In a diffusive manner. |
diffusivity |
noun |
Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium. |
digitigrade |
adjective |
Walking on the toes; — distinguished from plantigrade., An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; — distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot. |
dignitaries |
plural |
of Dignitary |
dihexagonal |
adjective |
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base., Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism. |
dijudicated |
imp. & past participle |
of Dijudicate |
dilacerated |
imp. & past participle |
of Dilacerate |
dilaniation |
noun |
A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. |
dilapidated |
imp. & past participle |
of Dilapidate, Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect. |
dilapidator |
noun |
One who causes dilapidation. |
dilatometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid. |
dilly-dally |
verb i. |
To loiter or trifle; to waste time. |
diluvialist |
noun |
One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. |
dimensional |
adjective |
Pertaining to dimension. |
dimensioned |
adjective |
Having dimensions. |
dimidiating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dimidiate |
dimidiation |
noun |
The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being dimidiate. |
diminishing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Diminish |
diminutival |
adjective |
Indicating diminution; diminutive., A diminutive. |
dim-sighted |
adjective |
Having dim sight; lacking perception. |
dinosaurian |
noun |
One of the Dinosauria. |
dinotherium |
noun |
A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. |
dioeciously |
adverb |
In a dioecious manner. |
diophantine |
adjective |
Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra. |
diphtherial |
adjective |
Alt. of Diphtheric |
diphthongal |
adjective |
Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. |
diphthongic |
adjective |
Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. |
diphycercal |
adjective |
Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal. |
diphyozooid |
noun |
One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora. |
diplococcus |
noun |
A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus. |
diplomatial |
adjective |
Diplomatic. |
diplomatism |
noun |
Diplomacy. |
diplomatist |
noun |
A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat. |
diprismatic |
adjective |
Doubly prismatic. |
dipropargyl |
noun |
A pungent, mobile, volatile liquid, C6H6, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives. Though isomeric with benzine, it is very different in its chemical relations. Called also dipropinyl. |
dipsomaniac |
noun |
One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks. |
dipterygian |
adjective |
Having two dorsal fins; — said of certain fishes. |
diradiation |
noun |
The emission and diffusion of rays of light. |
directorate |
noun |
The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly. |
directorial |
adjective |
Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive., Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3. |
directories |
plural |
of Directory |
directrixes |
plural |
of Directrix |
disablement |
noun |
Deprivation of ability; incapacity. |
disaccustom |
verb t. |
To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. |
disacquaint |
verb t. |
To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. |
disaffected |
imp. & past participle |
of Disaffect, Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. |
disafforest |
verb t. |
To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. |
disallowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disallow |
disanimated |
imp. & past participle |
of Disanimate |
disannuller |
noun |
One who disannuls. |
disappeared |
imp. & past participle |
of Disappear |
disapointed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disappoint |
disapproval |
noun |
Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment. |
disapproved |
imp. & past participle |
of Disapprove |
disapprover |
noun |
One who disapproves. |
disarmament |
noun |
The act of disarming. |
disarmature |
noun |
The act of divesting of armature. |
disarranged |
imp. & past participle |
of Disarrange |
disarraying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disarray |
disassenter |
noun |
One who disassents; a dissenter. |
disaventure |
noun |
Misfortune. |
disavowance |
noun |
Disavowal. |
disavowment |
noun |
Disavowal. |
disbandment |
noun |
The act of disbanding. |
disbelieved |
imp. & past participle |
of Disbelieve |
disbeliever |
noun |
One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. |
discalceate |
verb t. |
To pull off shoes or sandals from. |
disceptator |
noun |
One who arbitrates or decides. |
discernance |
noun |
Discernment. |
discernible |
adjective |
Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. |
discernibly |
adverb |
In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. |
discernment |
noun |
The act of discerning., The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment. |
discerpible |
adjective |
Alt. of Discerptible |
discerption |
noun |
The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. |
discerptive |
adjective |
Tending to separate or disunite parts. |
discharging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Discharge |
disciferous |
adjective |
Bearing disks. |
discifloral |
adjective |
Alt. of Disciflorous |
disciplinal |
adjective |
Relating to discipline. |
disciplined |
imp. & past participle |
of Discipline |
discipliner |
noun |
One who disciplines. |
disclaiming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disclaim |
disclaunder |
verb t. |
To injure one’s good name; to slander. |
discodactyl |
noun |
One of the tree frogs. |
discoherent |
adjective |
Incoherent. |
discoloring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Discolor |
discolorate |
verb t. |
To discolor. |
discomfited |
imp. & past participle |
of Discomfit |
discommoded |
imp. & past participle |
of Discommode |
discomposed |
imp. & past participle |
of Discompose, Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. |
discontinue |
verb t. |
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off., To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off., To be separated or severed; to part. |
discordable |
adjective |
That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. |
discordance |
noun |
Alt. of Discordancy |
discordancy |
noun |
State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. |
discounting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Discount |
discouraged |
imp. & past participle |
of Discourage |
discourager |
noun |
One who discourages. |
discoursing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Discourse |
discoursive |
adjective |
Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive., Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory., Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man., The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. |
discourtesy |
noun |
Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. |
discovenant |
verb t. |
To dissolve covenant with. |
discovering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Discover |
discoveries |
plural |
of Discovery |
discredited |
imp. & past participle |
of Discredit |
discreditor |
noun |
One who discredits. |
discrepance |
noun |
Alt. of Discrepancy |
discrepancy |
noun |
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. |
discriminal |
adjective |
In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm. |
discrowning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Discrown |
discruciate |
verb t. |
To torture; to excruciate. |
discubitory |
adjective |
Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. |
disculpated |
imp. & past participle |
of Disculpate |
discumbency |
noun |
The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals. |
disdiaclast |
noun |
One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers. |
disdiapason |
noun |
An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; — called also bisdiapason. |
diseasement |
noun |
Uneasiness; inconvenience. |
disembarked |
imp. & past participle |
of Disembark |
disembaying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disembay |
disembitter |
verb t. |
To free from |
disembodied |
adjective |
Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal., of Disembody |
disembogued |
imp. & past participle |
of Disembogue |
disembossom |
verb t. |
To separate from the bosom. |
disencumber |
verb t. |
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. |
disengaging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disengage, Loosing; setting free; detaching. |
disenrolled |
imp. & past participle |
of Disenroll |
disensanity |
noun |
Insanity; folly. |
disentangle |
verb t. |
To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn., To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. |
disenthrall |
verb t. |
To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. |
disenthrone |
verb t. |
To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. |
disentrance |
verb t. |
To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. |
disertitude |
noun |
Eloquence. |
disesteemed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disesteem |
disesteemer |
noun |
One who disesteems. |
disexercise |
verb t. |
To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. |
disfavoring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disfavor |
disfiguring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disfigure |
disgarrison |
verb t. |
To deprive of a garrison. |
disgaveling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disgavel |
disgraceful |
adjective |
Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. |
disgracious |
adjective |
Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. |
disgraduate |
verb t. |
To degrade; to reduce in rank. |
disguisedfy |
adverb |
In disguise. |
disheriting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disherit |
dishevelled |
|
of Dishevel |
disheveling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dishevel |
dishonestly |
adverb |
In a dishonest manner. |
dishonoring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dishonor |
dishonorary |
adjective |
Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. |
disillusion |
noun |
The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom., To free from an illusion; to disillusionize. |
disimbitter |
verb t. |
To free from bitterness. |
disinclined |
imp. & past participle |
of Disincline |
disinfected |
imp. & past participle |
of Disinfect |
disinfector |
noun |
One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants. |
disinterred |
imp. & past participle |
of Disinter |
disinteress |
verb t. |
To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. |
disinterest |
p. adjective |
Disinterested., What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage., Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness., To divest of interest or interested motives. |
disinthrall |
verb t. |
To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. |
disjointing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disjoint |
disjunctive |
adjective |
Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining., Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords., A disjunctive conjunction., A disjunctive proposition. |
disjuncture |
noun |
The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation. |
diskindness |
noun |
Unkindness; disservice. |
dislikeness |
noun |
Unlikeness. |
dislocating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dislocate |
dislocation |
noun |
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced., The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations., The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. |
dislodgment |
noun |
The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged. |
dismantling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dismantle |
dismastment |
noun |
The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. |
dismembered |
imp. & past participle |
of Dismember |
dismortaged |
imp. & past participle |
of Dismortgage |
dismortgage |
verb t. |
To redeem from mortgage. |
dismounting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dismount |
disobedient |
adjective |
Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; — applied to persons and acts., Not yielding. |
disobeisant |
adjective |
Disobedient. |
disobliging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disoblige, Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act., Displeasing; offensive. |
disoccident |
verb t. |
To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. |
disoppilate |
verb t. |
To open. |
disordeined |
adjective |
Inordinate; irregular; vicious. |
disordering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disorder |
disordinate |
adjective |
Inordinate; disorderly. |
disorganize |
verb t. |
To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange. |
disparaging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disparage |
disparition |
noun |
Act of disappearing; disappearance. |
disparities |
plural |
of Disparity |
dispatching |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dispatch |
dispatchful |
adjective |
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. |
dispensable |
adjective |
Capable of being dispensed or administered., Capable of being dispensed with. |
dispensator |
noun |
A distributer; a dispenser. |
dispeopling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dispeople |
disspermous |
adjective |
Containing only two seeds; two-seeded. |
dispiriting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dispirit |
displacency |
noun |
Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. |
displanting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Displant |
displeasant |
adjective |
Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. |
displeasing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Displease, Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. |
displeasure |
noun |
The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation., That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury., State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor., To displease. |
displicence |
noun |
Alt. of Displicency |
displicency |
noun |
Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. |
disportment |
noun |
Act of disporting; diversion; play. |
disposement |
noun |
Disposal. |
disposingly |
adverb |
In a manner to dispose. |
disposition |
noun |
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man’s property by will., The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice., Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction., Conscious inclination; propension or propensity., Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one’s fellow-men; temper of mind., Mood; humor. |
dispositive |
adjective |
Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive., Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. |
dispraising |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dispraise |
disproperty |
verb t. |
To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. |
disprovable |
adjective |
Capable of being disproved or refuted. |
disputacity |
verb i. |
Proneness to dispute. |
disputation |
verb i. |
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument., A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed. |
disputative |
adjective |
Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. |
disputeless |
adjective |
Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. |
disquantity |
verb t. |
To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. |
disquieting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disquiet |
disquietful |
adjective |
Producing inquietude or uneasiness. |
disquietive |
adjective |
Tending to disquiet. |
disquietous |
adjective |
Causing uneasiness. |
disregarded |
imp. & past participle |
of Disregard |
disregarder |
noun |
One who disregards. |
disrelished |
imp. & past participle |
of Disrelish |
disremember |
verb t. |
To fail to remember; to forget. |
dissectible |
adjective |
Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. |
dissembling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dissemble, That dissembles; hypocritical; false. |
disseminate |
verb t. & i. |
To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation., To spread or extend by dispersion. |
dissensious |
adjective |
Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. |
dissentiate |
verb t. |
To throw into a state of dissent. |
dissentient |
verb i. |
Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting., One who dissents. |
dissentious |
adjective |
Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. |
dissepiment |
noun |
A separating tissue; a partition; a septum., One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells., One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral. |
dissertator |
noun |
One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. |
dissevering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dissever |
dissidently |
adverb |
In a dissident manner. |
dissilience |
noun |
Alt. of Dissiliency |
dissiliency |
noun |
The act of leaping or starting asunder. |
dissilition |
noun |
The act of bursting or springing apart. |
dissimilate |
verb t. |
To render dissimilar. |
dissimulate |
adjective |
Feigning; simulating; pretending., To dissemble; to feign; to pretend. |
dissimulour |
noun |
A dissembler. |
dissipating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dissipate |
dissipation |
noun |
The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste., A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness., A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. |
dissipative |
adjective |
Tending to dissipate. |
dissociable |
adjective |
Not /ell associated or assorted; incongruous., Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable. |
dissociated |
imp. & past participle |
of Dissociate |
dissolutely |
adverb |
In a dissolute manner. |
dissolution |
noun |
The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation., Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting., Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution., The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership., The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death., The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction., The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution., Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin., Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. |
dissolvable |
adjective |
Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble. |
dissundered |
imp. & past participle |
of Dissunder |
dissyllabic |
adjective |
Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. |
dissyllable |
noun |
A word of two syllables; as, pa-per. |
dissymmetry |
noun |
Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry. |
dissympathy |
noun |
Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. |
distasteful |
adjective |
Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome., Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth., Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. |
distasteive |
adjective |
Tending to excite distaste., That which excites distaste or aversion. |
distempered |
imp. & past participle |
of Distemper |
distensible |
adjective |
Capable of being distended or dilated. |
disthronize |
verb t. |
To dethrone. |
distillable |
adjective |
Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable. |
distillment |
noun |
Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. |
distinction |
noun |
A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division., The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination., That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good., Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance., Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction. |
distinctive |
adjective |
Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar., Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. |
distincture |
noun |
Distinctness. |
distinguish |
verb t. |
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic., To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low., To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum., To constitute a difference; to make to differ., To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; — with by or for., To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; — with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle., To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one’s self or itself discernible. |
distracting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Distract, Tending or serving to distract. |
distractful |
adjective |
Distracting. |
distractile |
adjective |
Tending or serving to draw apart. |
distraction |
noun |
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation., That which diverts attention; a diversion., A diversity of direction; detachment., State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity., Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions., Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair., Derangement of the mind; madness. |
distractive |
adjective |
Causing perplexity; distracting. |
distraining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Distrain |
distressing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Distress, Causing distress; painful; unpleasant., In a distressing manner. |
distressful |
adjective |
Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. |
distributed |
imp. & past participle |
of Distribute |
distributer |
noun |
One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. |
districting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of District |
distriction |
noun |
Sudden display; flash; glitter. |
distrusting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Distrust, That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. |
distrustful |
adjective |
Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one’s powers., Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. |
disturbance |
noun |
An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current., Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness., Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult., The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. |
disulphuret |
noun |
See Disulphide. |
disulphuric |
adjective |
Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation. |
disunionist |
noun |
An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States. |
dithyrambic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous., A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb. |
dithyrambus |
noun |
See Dithyramb. |
diurnalness |
noun |
The quality of being diurnal. |
divaricated |
imp. & past participle |
of Divaricate |
divaricator |
noun |
One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda. |
divellicate |
verb t. |
To pull in pieces. |
diverberate |
verb t. |
To strike or sound through. |
divergement |
noun |
Divergence. |
divergingly |
adverb |
In a diverging manner. |
diverseness |
noun |
The quality of being diverse. |
diversified |
adjective |
Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape., of Diversify |
diversifier |
noun |
One who, or that which, diversifies. |
diversiform |
adjective |
Of a different form; of varied forms. |
diversities |
plural |
of Diversity |
diverticula |
plural |
of Diverticulum |
divestiture |
noun |
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. |
divisionary |
adjective |
Divisional. |
divorceable |
adjective |
Capable of being divorced. |
divorceless |
adjective |
Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce. |
divorcement |
noun |
Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation. |
divulgation |
noun |
The act of divulging or publishing. |
docibleness |
noun |
Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility. |
doctrinable |
adjective |
Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. |
doctrinaire |
noun |
One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. |
doctrinally |
adverb |
In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction. |
documentary |
adjective |
Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. |
dodecagynia |
noun pl. |
A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles. |
dodecandria |
noun pl. |
A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen. |
dodecastyle |
adjective |
Having twelve columns in front., A dodecastyle portico, or building. |
dog fancier |
|
One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs. |
dog-hearted |
adjective |
Inhuman; cruel. |
dogmatician |
noun |
A dogmatist. |
dogmatizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dogmatize |
dolabriform |
adjective |
Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish. |
dolorifical |
adjective |
Causing pain or grief. |
domableness |
noun |
Tamableness. |
domesticant |
adjective |
Forming part of the same family. |
domesticate |
adjective |
To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one’s self., To cause to be, as it were, of one’s family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word., To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. |
domesticity |
noun |
The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life. |
domicillary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family. |
domiciliate |
verb t. |
To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile., To domesticate. |
domiculture |
noun |
The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. |
domineering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Domineer, Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. |
dormitories |
plural |
of Dormitory |
dorsiferous |
|
Bearing, or producing, on the back; — applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous. |
dorsiparous |
adjective |
Same as Dorsiferous. |
dotting pen |
|
See under Pun. |
douay bible |
|
A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; — done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. |
double-bank |
verb t. |
To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
double-dyed |
adjective |
Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain. |
double-eyed |
adjective |
Having a deceitful look. |
double-hung |
adjective |
Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; — said of a window. |
double-lock |
verb t. |
To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. |
doubtlessly |
adverb |
Unquestionably. |
dough-baked |
adjective |
Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. |
dough-faced |
adjective |
Easily molded; pliable. |
doughtiness |
noun |
The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery. |
douroucouli |
noun |
See Durukuli. |
dove’s-foot |
noun |
A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; — so called from the shape of the leaf., The columbine. |
dovetailing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dovetail |
downfalling |
adjective |
Falling down. |
downhearted |
adjective |
Dejected; low-spirited. |
downsitting |
noun |
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. |
downtrodden |
adjective |
Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. |
doxological |
adjective |
Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. |
doxologized |
imp. & past participle |
of Doxologize |
dracunculus |
noun |
A fish; the dragonet., The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis). |
dramatizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dramatize |
dramaturgic |
adjective |
Relating to dramaturgy. |
draughtsmen |
plural |
of Draughtsman |
draughtsman |
noun |
One who draws pleadings or other writings., One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind., A “man” or piece used in the game of draughts., One who drinks drams; a tippler. |
dreadnaught |
noun |
A fearless person., Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught. |
dress goods |
|
A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; — most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes. |
dressmaking |
noun |
The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses. |
drillmaster |
noun |
One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. |
drill press |
|
A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw. |
droitzschka |
noun |
See Drosky. |
dromedaries |
plural |
of Dromedary |
drunkenhead |
noun |
Drunkenness. |
drunkenness |
noun |
The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; — used of the casual state or the habit., Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage. |
drunkenship |
noun |
Alt. of Drunkship |
dry-rubbing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dry-rub |
dubiosities |
plural |
of Dubiosity |
dubiousness |
noun |
State of being dubious. |
duces tecum |
|
A judicial process commanding a person to appear in court and bring with him some piece of evidence or other thing to be produced to the court. |
duck-billed |
adjective |
Having a bill like that of a duck. |
duck-legged |
adjective |
Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. |
duck’s-meat |
noun |
Duckweed. |
duck’s-bill |
adjective |
Having the form of a duck’s bill. |
duck’s-foot |
noun |
The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). |
dulcifluous |
adjective |
Flowing sweetly. |
dulcoration |
noun |
The act of sweetening. |
dull-browed |
adjective |
Having a gloomy look. |
dull-witted |
adjective |
Stupid. |
dumb-waiter |
noun |
A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves. |
dumfounding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dumfound |
duodecimfid |
adjective |
Divided into twelve parts. |
duplicating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Duplicate |
duplication |
noun |
The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold., The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. |
duplicative |
adjective |
Having the quality of duplicating or doubling., Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. |
duplicature |
noun |
A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane. |
duplicities |
plural |
of Duplicity |
durableness |
noun |
Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability. |
dwindlement |
noun |
The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. |
dynamically |
adverb |
In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces. |
dynamograph |
noun |
A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power. |
dynamometer |
noun |
An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. |
dynamometry |
noun |
The art or process of measuring forces doing work. |
dyslogistic |
adjective |
Unfavorable; not commendatory; — opposed to eulogistic. |
dyspeptical |
adjective |
Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom. |