Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
denary |
adjective |
Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale., The number ten; a division into ten., A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. |
dengue |
noun |
A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; — called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. |
denial |
noun |
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; — the contrary of affirmation., A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction., A refusal to grant; rejection of a request., A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; — the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. |
denier |
noun |
One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ., A small copper coin of insignificant value. |
denize |
verb t. |
To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. |
dennet |
noun |
A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. |
denote |
verb t. |
To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour., To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean. |
dented |
imp. & past participle |
of Dent, Indented; impressed with little hollows. |
dental |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery., Formed by the aid of the teeth; — said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters., An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth., A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium. |
dentel |
noun |
Same as Dentil. |
dentex |
noun |
An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidae. |
dentil |
noun |
A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; — used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. |
denude |
verb t. |
To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands. |
denied |
imp. & past participle |
of Deny |