Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
dachshund |
noun |
One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; — called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired. |
dactylist |
noun |
A writer of dactylic verse. |
daedalian |
adjective |
Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious., Crafty; deceitful. |
daedalous |
adjective |
Having a variously cut or incised margin; — said of leaves. |
dailiness |
noun |
Daily occurence. |
dairymaid |
noun |
A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy. |
daker hen |
|
The corncrake or land rail. |
dalliance |
noun |
The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play., Delay or procrastination., Entertaining discourse. |
dalmatian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. |
dalmatica |
noun |
Alt. of Dalmatic |
dal segno |
|
A direction to go back to the sign / and repeat from thence to the close. See Segno. |
daltonian |
noun |
One afflicted with color blindness. |
daltonism |
noun |
Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. |
damascene |
adjective |
Of or relating to Damascus., A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson., Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. |
damasking |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Damask |
damaskeen |
verb |
Alt. of Damasken |
dambonite |
noun |
A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc. |
damianist |
noun |
A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. |
damnation |
noun |
The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation., Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself., A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. |
damnatory |
adjective |
Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. |
damosella |
noun |
Alt. of Damoiselle |
damourite |
noun |
A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. |
dampening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dampen |
danburite |
noun |
A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. |
danceress |
noun |
A female dancer. |
dandelion |
noun |
A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. |
dandified |
adjective |
Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish., of Dandify |
dandiprat |
noun |
A little fellow; — in sport or contempt., A small coin. |
dandy-hen |
noun fem. |
A bantam fowl. |
dandyling |
noun |
A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop. |
dangerful |
adjective |
Full of danger; dangerous. |
dangerous |
adjective |
Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe., Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury., In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death., Hard to suit; difficult to please., Reserved; not affable. |
dannebrog |
noun |
The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. |
dantesque |
adjective |
Dantelike; Dantean. |
dapatical |
adjective |
Sumptuous in cheer. |
daphnetin |
noun |
A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin. |
dardanian |
adjective & noun |
Trojan. |
darkening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Darken, Twilight; gloaming. |
dartingly |
adverb |
Like a dart; rapidly. |
darwinian |
adjective |
Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements., An advocate of Darwinism. |
darwinism |
noun |
The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above. |
dashboard |
noun |
A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; — in England commonly called splashboard., The float of a paddle wheel., A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; — called also sprayboard. |
dashingly |
adverb |
Conspicuously; showily. |
dastardly |
adjective |
Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage. |
dasymeter |
noun |
An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density. |
dasyurine |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures. |
daughters |
plural |
of Daughter |
daughtren |
plural |
of Daughter |
dauntless |
adjective |
Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. |
davenport |
noun |
A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. |
davy lamp |
|
See Safety lamp, under Lamp. |
dawsonite |
noun |
A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals. |
dayflower |
noun |
A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers. |
day-labor |
noun |
Labor hired or performed by the day. |
dayspring |
noun |
The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. |
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. |
diablerie |
noun |
Alt. of Diabley |
diabolify |
verb t. |
To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil. |
diabolism |
noun |
Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil., Possession by the devil. |
diabolize |
verb t. |
To render diabolical. |
diachylon |
noun |
Alt. of Diachylum |
diachylum |
noun |
A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids. |
diacodium |
noun |
A sirup made of poppies. |
diaconate |
noun |
The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons., Governed by deacons. |
diacritic |
adjective |
Alt. of Diacritical |
diactinic |
adjective |
Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media. |
diaereses |
plural |
of Dieresis |
diaeresis |
noun |
Alt. of Dieresis |
diaeretic |
adjective |
Caustic. |
diagnoses |
plural |
of Diagnosis |
diagnosis |
noun |
The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at., Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species., Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character. |
diagonial |
adjective |
Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed. |
dialectal |
adjective |
Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant. |
dialectic |
noun |
Same as Dialectics., Alt. of Dialectical |
dialector |
noun |
One skilled in dialectics. |
dialogism |
noun |
An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. |
dialogist |
noun |
A speaker in a dialogue., A writer of dialogues. |
dialogite |
noun |
Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite. |
dialogize |
verb t. |
To discourse in dialogue. |
dialyzate |
noun |
The material subjected to dialysis. |
dialyzing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dialyze |
diamagnet |
noun |
A body having diamagnetic polarity. |
diametral |
adjective |
Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical., A diameter. |
diametric |
adjective |
Alt. of Diametrical |
diamonded |
adjective |
Having figures like a diamond or lozenge., Adorned with diamonds; diamondized. |
diamylene |
noun |
A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene. |
diandrian |
adjective |
Diandrous. |
diandrous |
noun |
Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens. |
dianoetic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. |
diapering |
noun |
Same as Diaper, n., 2. |
diaphaned |
adjective |
Transparent or translucent. |
diaphanic |
adjective |
Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous. |
diaphanie |
noun |
The art of imitating //ined glass with translucent paper. |
diaphonic |
adjective |
Alt. of Diaphonical |
diaphragm |
noun |
A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it., The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff., A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts., A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope., A partition in any compartment, for various purposes. |
diaphysis |
noun |
An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence., The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified. |
diarrhoea |
noun |
A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux. |
diarrheal |
adjective |
Alt. of Diarrhoeal |
diastasic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment. |
diastasis |
noun |
A forcible of bones without fracture. |
diastatic |
adjective |
Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar. |
diastolic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to diastole. |
diathesis |
noun |
Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases. |
diathetic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease. |
diatomous |
adjective |
Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; — said of crystals. |
diazeutic |
adjective |
Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth. |
diazotize |
verb t. |
To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution. |
dicacious |
adjective |
Talkative; pert; saucy. |
dicastery |
noun |
A court of justice; judgment hall. |
dichastic |
adjective |
Capable of subdividing spontaneously. |
dichogamy |
noun |
The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves. |
dichotomy |
noun |
A cutting in two; a division., Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts., That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures., Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation., The place where a stem or vein is forked., Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white. |
dichroism |
noun |
The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes. |
dichroite |
noun |
Iolite; — so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See Iolite. |
dichromic |
adjective |
Furnishing or giving two colors; — said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three. |
dichroous |
adjective |
Dichroic. |
diclinous |
adjective |
Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. |
dicoccous |
adjective |
Composed of two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccous capsule. |
dicrotous |
adjective |
Dicrotic. |
dicrotism |
noun |
A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
dictamnus |
noun |
A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable. |
dictating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dictate |
dictation |
noun |
The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated., The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation. |
dictatory |
adjective |
Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. |
dictatrix |
noun |
A dictatress. |
dictature |
noun |
Office of a dictator; dictatorship. |
dictyogen |
noun |
A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc. |
dicyanide |
noun |
A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; — called also bicyanide. |
dicyemata |
noun pl. |
An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms. |
didactics |
noun |
The art or science of teaching. |
didelphia |
noun pl. |
The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia. |
didelphic |
adjective |
Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia. |
didelphid |
adjective |
Same as Didelphic., A marsupial animal. |
didelphyc |
adjective |
Same as Didelphic. |
didrachma |
noun |
A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents. |
diduction |
noun |
The act of drawing apart; separation. |
didynamia |
noun pl. |
A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. |
diesinker |
noun |
An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc. |
dies irae |
|
Day of wrath; — the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment. |
dietarian |
noun |
One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter. |
dietaries |
plural |
of Dietary |
dietetics |
noun |
That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. |
dietetist |
noun |
A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. |
dietitian |
noun |
One skilled in dietetics. |
differing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Differ |
different |
adjective |
Distinct; separate; not the same; other., Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence. |
difficile |
adjective |
Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn. |
difficult |
adjective |
Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous., Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person., To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. |
diffident |
adjective |
Wanting confidence in others; distrustful., Wanting confidence in one’s self; distrustful of one’s own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve. |
diffluent |
adjective |
Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. |
diffusate |
noun |
Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. |
diffusing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Diffuse |
diffusely |
adverb |
In a diffuse manner. |
diffusion |
noun |
The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion., The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate. |
diffusive |
adjective |
Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. |
digammate |
adjective |
Alt. of Digammated |
digastric |
adjective |
Having two bellies; biventral; — applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw., Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. |
digenesis |
noun |
The faculty of multiplying in two ways; — by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis. |
digesting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Digest |
digestion |
noun |
The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration., The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood., Generation of pus; suppuration. |
digestive |
adjective |
Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments., That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine., A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration., A tonic. |
digesture |
noun |
Digestion. |
digitalis |
noun |
A genus of plants including the foxglove., The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc. |
digitated |
adjective |
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. |
dignation |
noun |
The act of thinking worthy; honor. |
dignified |
adjective |
Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge., of Dignify |
dignitary |
noun |
One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman. |
dignities |
plural |
of Dignity |
dignotion |
noun |
Distinguishing mark; diagnostic. |
digraphic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a digraph. |
digressed |
imp. & past participle |
of Digress |
dilaniate |
verb t. |
To rend in pieces; to tear. |
dilatable |
adjective |
Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; — opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat. |
dilatator |
noun |
A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator. |
dilatedly |
adverb |
In a dilated manner. |
dilection |
noun |
Love; choice. |
dilettant |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation., A dilettante. |
diligence |
noun |
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; — the opposite of negligence., Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service., Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings., A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France. |
diligency |
noun |
Diligence; care; persevering endeavor. |
dilogical |
adjective |
Ambiguous; of double meaning. |
diluviate |
verb i. |
To run as a flood. |
diluviums |
plural |
of Diluvium |
dimension |
noun |
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; — usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom., Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions., The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension., A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree., The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities. |
dimensity |
noun |
Dimension. |
dimensive |
adjective |
Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits. |
dimidiate |
adjective |
Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form., Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed., Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism., To divide into two equal parts., To represent the half of; to halve. |
diminuent |
adjective |
Lessening. |
diminutal |
adjective |
Indicating or causing diminution. |
dimission |
noun |
Leave to depart; a dismissing. |
dimissory |
adjective |
Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart. |
dimorphic |
adjective |
Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous. |
dimyarian |
adjective |
Like or pertaining to the Dimya., One of the Dimya. |
diner-out |
noun |
One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company. |
dinetical |
adjective |
Revolving on an axis. |
dinginess |
noun |
Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue. |
dinoceras |
noun |
A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; — called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix. |
dinothere |
noun |
Alt. of Dinotherium |
dioecious |
adjective |
Having the sexes in two separate individuals; — applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; — opposed to monoecious. |
dionysian |
adjective |
Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era. |
dioptrics |
noun |
The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; — distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light. |
dioristic |
adjective |
Distinguishing; distinctive; defining. |
dioscorea |
noun |
A genus of plants. See Yam. |
dioxindol |
noun |
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; — hence its name. |
dipaschal |
adjective |
Including two passovers. |
diphthong |
noun |
A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; — called a proper diphthong., A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; — called an improper diphthong., To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. |
diploetic |
adjective |
Diploic. |
diplomacy |
noun |
The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed., Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact., The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body. |
diplomate |
noun |
A diplomatist., To invest with a title o/ privilege by diploma. |
diplopoda |
noun pl. |
An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. |
dipterous |
adjective |
Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera., Having two wings; two-winged. |
dipyridil |
noun |
A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine. |
directing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Direct |
direction |
noun |
The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank., That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants., The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter., The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction., The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors., The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; — distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. |
directive |
adjective |
Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way., Able to be directed; manageable. |
directory |
adjective |
Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial., A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book., A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory., A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic., Direction; guide. |
directrix |
noun |
A directress., A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface., A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus. |
direption |
noun |
The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. |
dirigible |
adjective |
Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon. |
dirtiness |
noun |
The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness. |
diruption |
adjective |
Disruption. |
disabling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disable |
disabused |
imp. & past participle |
of Disabuse |
disaccord |
verb i. |
To refuse to assent., Disagreement. |
disadvise |
verb t. |
To advise against; to dissuade from. |
disaffect |
verb t. |
To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness., To disturb the functions of; to disorder., To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. |
disaffirm |
verb t. |
To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; — said of that which has been asserted., To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal. |
disagreed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disagree |
disagreer |
noun |
One who disagrees. |
disanchor |
verb t. & i. |
To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. |
disanoint |
verb t. |
To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. |
disappear |
verb i. |
To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port., To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared. |
disarming |
imp. & past participle |
of Disarm, of Disarm |
disassent |
verb i. |
To dissent., Dissent. |
disattire |
verb t. |
To unrobe; to undress. |
disavouch |
verb t. |
To disavow. |
disavowed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disavow |
disavowal |
noun |
The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial. |
disavower |
noun |
One who disavows. |
disbanded |
imp. & past participle |
of Disband |
disbarred |
imp. & past participle |
of Disbar |
disbecome |
verb t. |
To misbecome. |
disbelief |
noun |
The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief. |
disbodied |
adjective |
Disembodied. |
disbranch |
verb |
To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. |
disburden |
verb t. |
To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve., To relieve one’s self of a burden; to ease the mind. |
disbursed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disburse |
disburser |
noun |
One who disburses money. |
discalced |
adjective |
Unshod; barefooted; — in distinction from calced. |
discarded |
imp. & past participle |
of Discard |
discerned |
imp. & past participle |
of Discern |
discerner |
noun |
One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong. |
discharge |
verb t. |
To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel., To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, — to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar., To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear., To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss., To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner., To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo., To let fly, as a missile; to shoot., To set aside; to annul; to dismiss., To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one’s self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part., To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one’s debt or obligation to., To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath., To prohibit; to forbid., To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely., The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo., Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery., Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor., Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty., Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer., Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner., The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal., That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document., A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe. |
dischurch |
verb t. |
To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. |
disciform |
adjective |
Discoid. |
discipled |
imp. & past participle |
of Disciple |
disclosed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disclose, Represented with wings expanded; — applied to doves and other birds not of prey. |
discloser |
noun |
One who discloses. |
discoboli |
plural |
of Discobolus |
discoidal |
adjective |
Disk-shaped; discoid. |
discolith |
noun |
One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter. |
discomfit |
verb t. |
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat., To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert., Discomfited; overthrown., Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. |
discommon |
verb t. |
To deprive of the right of common., To deprive of privileges., To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating. |
discosent |
verb i. |
To differ; to disagree; to dissent. |
discourse |
noun |
The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty., Conversation; talk., The art and manner of speaking and conversing., Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty., Dealing; transaction., To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason., To express one’s self in oral discourse; to expose one’s views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse., To relate something; to tell., To treat of something in writing and formally., To treat of; to expose or set forth in language., To utter or give forth; to speak., To talk to; to confer with. |
discovert |
adjective |
Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; — applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow., An uncovered place or part. |
discovery |
noun |
The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot., A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets., Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of the blood., That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery., Exploration; examination. |
discradle |
verb t. |
To take from a cradle. |
discredit |
noun |
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit., Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; — applied to persons or things., To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited., To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of., To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. |
discumber |
verb t. |
To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber. |
discursus |
noun |
Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning. |
discussed |
imp. & past participle |
of Discuss |
discusser |
noun |
One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. |
disdained |
imp. & past participle |
of Disdain, Disdainful. |
diseasing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disease |
disembark |
verb t. |
To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops., To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. |
disembody |
verb t. |
To divest of the body or corporeal existence., To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers. |
disemploy |
verb t. |
To throw out of employment. |
disenable |
verb t. |
To disable; to disqualify. |
disenamor |
verb t. |
To free from the captivity of love. |
disengage |
verb t. |
To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study., To release one’s self; to become detached; to free one’s self. |
disenroll |
verb i. |
To erase from a roll or list. |
disentail |
verb t. |
To free from entailment. |
disentomb |
verb t. |
To take out from a tomb; a disinter. |
disesteem |
noun |
Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute., To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight., To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. |
disfigure |
verb t. |
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform., Disfigurement; deformity. |
disforest |
verb t. |
To disafforest., To clear or deprive of forests or trees. |
disgorged |
imp. & past participle |
of Disgorge |
disgospel |
verb i. |
To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. |
disgraced |
imp. & past participle |
of Disgrace |
disgracer |
noun |
One who disgraces. |
disguised |
imp. & past participle |
of Disguise |
disguiser |
noun |
One who, or that which, disguises., One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. |
disgusted |
imp. & past participle |
of Disgust |
dishallow |
verb t. |
To make unholy; to profane. |
dishcloth |
noun |
A cloth used for washing dishes. |
dishclout |
noun |
A dishcloth. |
dishevele |
past participle & adjective |
Disheveled. |
dishonest |
adjective |
Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd., Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured., Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man., Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust., To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. |
dishwater |
noun |
Water in which dishes have been washed. |
disimpark |
verb t. |
To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. |
disinfect |
verb t. |
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. |
disinhume |
verb t. |
To disinter. |
disinsure |
verb t. |
To render insecure; to put in danger. |
disinured |
imp. & past participle |
of Disinure |
disjoined |
imp. & past participle |
of Disjoin |
disliking |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dislike |
dislocate |
verb t. |
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones., Dislocated. |
dislodged |
imp. & past participle |
of Dislodge |
dismantle |
verb t. |
To strip or deprive of dress; to divest., To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship., To disable; to render useless. |
dismasted |
imp. & past participle |
of Dismast |
dismaying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dismay |
dismayful |
adjective |
Terrifying. |
dismember |
verb t. |
To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up., To deprive of membership. |
dismissed |
imp. & past participle |
of Dismiss |
dismissal |
noun |
Dismission; discharge. |
disobeyed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disobey |
disobeyer |
noun |
One who disobeys. |
disoblige |
verb t. |
To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to., To release from obligation. |
disorient |
verb t. |
To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one’s bearings. |
disowning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disown |
disparage |
verb t. |
To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage., To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue., Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. |
disparate |
adjective |
Unequal; dissimilar; separate., Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions. |
disparity |
noun |
Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; — followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. |
disparkle |
verb t. |
To scatter abroad. |
disparted |
imp. & past participle |
of Dispart |
dispauper |
verb t. |
To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis. |
dispelled |
imp. & past participle |
of Dispel |
dispender |
noun |
One who dispends or expends; a steward. |
dispensed |
imp. & past participle |
of Dispense |
dispenser |
noun |
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors. |
dispeople |
verb t. |
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. |
disperple |
verb t. |
To scatter; to sprinkle. |
dispersal |
noun |
The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. |
dispersed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disperse, Scattered. |
disperser |
noun |
One that disperses. |
displaced |
imp. & past participle |
of Displace |
displacer |
noun |
One that displaces., The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. |
displayed |
imp. & past participle |
of Display, Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously., With wings expanded; — said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle., Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye. |
displayer |
noun |
One who, or that which, displays. |
displease |
verb t. |
To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; — often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke., To fail to satisfy; to miss of., To give displeasure or offense. |
disploded |
imp. & past participle |
of Displode |
displumed |
imp. & past participle |
of Displume |
dispoline |
noun |
One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids. |
dispondee |
noun |
A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables. |
disporous |
adjective |
Having two spores. |
disported |
imp. & past participle |
of Disport |
disposing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dispose |
disposure |
noun |
The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction., Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. |
dispraise |
verb t. |
To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame., The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. |
disprince |
verb t. |
To make unlike a prince. |
disprison |
verb t. |
To let loose from prison, to set at liberty. |
disprofit |
noun |
Loss; damage., To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. |
disproval |
noun |
Act of disproving; disproof. |
disproved |
imp. & past participle |
of Disprove |
disprover |
noun |
One who disproves or confutes. |
dispurvey |
verb t. |
To disfurnish; to strip. |
disputant |
verb i. |
Disputing; engaged in controversy., One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition. |
disputing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dispute |
disregard |
verb t. |
Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience., The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. |
disrelish |
noun |
Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food., Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness., Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at., To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. |
disrepair |
noun |
A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. |
disrepute |
noun |
Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit., To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. |
disrobing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Disrobe |
disrooted |
imp. & past participle |
of Disroot |
disrudder |
verb t. |
To deprive of the rudder, as a ship. |
disrulily |
adverb |
In a disorderly manner. |
disrupted |
imp. & past participle |
of Disrupt |
dissected |
imp. & past participle |
of Dissect, Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map., Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf. |
dissector |
noun |
One who dissects; an anatomist. |
disseized |
imp. & past participle |
of Disseize |
disseizee |
noun |
A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; — correlative to disseizor. |
disseizin |
noun |
The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. |
disseizor |
noun |
One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. |
dissemble |
verb t. |
To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask., To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign., To conceal the real fact, motives, /tention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. |
dissented |
imp. & past participle |
of Dissent |
dissenter |
noun |
One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement., One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. |
dissertly |
adverb |
See Disertly. |
dissettle |
verb t. |
To unsettle. |
disshadow |
verb t. |
To free from shadow or shade. |
disshiver |
verb t. & i. |
To shiver or break in pieces. |
dissident |
adjective |
No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different., One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. |
dissimile |
noun |
Comparison or illustration by contraries. |
dissimule |
verb t. & i. |
To dissemble. |
dissipate |
verb t. |
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; — used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored., To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander., To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates., To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation. |
dissocial |
verb t. |
Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings. |
dissolute |
adjective |
With nerves unstrung; weak., Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. |
dissolved |
imp. & past participle |
of Dissolve |
dissolver |
noun |
One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate. |
dissonant |
adjective |
Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious., Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, — with from or to. |
disspirit |
verb t. |
See Dispirit. |
dissuaded |
imp. & past participle |
of Dissuade |
dissuader |
noun |
One who dissuades; a dehorter. |
dissunder |
verb t. |
To separate; to sunder; to destroy. |
distained |
imp. & past participle |
of Distain |
distanced |
imp. & past participle |
of Distance |
distantly |
adverb |
At a distance; remotely; with reserve. |
distasted |
imp. & past participle |
of Distaste |
distemper |
verb t. |
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of., To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease., To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant., To intoxicate., To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size., An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts., Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold., A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; — at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle., Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor., Political disorder; tumult., A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms., A painting done with this preparation. |
distended |
imp. & past participle |
of Distend |
disthrone |
verb t. |
To dethrone. |
distilled |
imp. & past participle |
of Distill |
distiller |
noun |
One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation., The condenser of a distilling apparatus. |
distorted |
imp. & past participle |
of Distort |
distorter |
noun |
One who, or that which, distorts. |
distraint |
noun |
The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. |
disturbed |
imp. & past participle |
of Disturb |
disturber |
noun |
One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler., One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right. |
disunited |
imp. & past participle |
of Disunite |
disuniter |
noun |
One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion. |
diswitted |
adjective |
Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. |
dithecous |
adjective |
Having two thecae, cells, or compartments. |
dithionic |
adjective |
Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. |
dithyramb |
noun |
A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. |
ditionary |
adjective |
Under rule; subject; tributary., A subject; a tributary. |
ditrochee |
noun |
A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees. |
dittander |
noun |
A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium). |
dittology |
noun |
A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. |
ditty-bag |
noun |
A sailor’s small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; — also called sailor’s housewife. |
ditty-box |
noun |
A small box to hold a sailor’s thread, needless, comb, etc. |
diurnally |
adverb |
Daily; every day. |
diuturnal |
adjective |
Of long continuance; lasting. |
divellent |
adjective |
Drawing asunder. |
diverging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Diverge, Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. |
divergent |
adjective |
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; — opposed to convergent., Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens., Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement. |
diversely |
adverb |
In different ways; differently; variously., In different directions; to different points. |
diversify |
verb t. |
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects. |
diversion |
noun |
The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business., That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth., The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts. |
diversity |
noun |
A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness., Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety., Variegation. |
diversory |
adjective |
Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing., A wayside inn. |
diverting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Divert, Amusing; entertaining. |
divertise |
verb t. |
To divert; to entertain. |
divertive |
adjective |
Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. |
divesting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Divest |
divesture |
noun |
Divestiture. |
dividable |
adjective |
Capable of being divided; divisible., Divided; separated; parted. |
dividedly |
adverb |
Separately; in a divided manner. |
divi-divi |
noun |
A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers. |
dividuous |
adjective |
Divided; dividual. |
divinator |
noun |
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. |
divisible |
adjective |
Capable of being divided or separated., A divisible substance. |
divorcing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Divorce |
divorcive |
adjective |
Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. |
divulgate |
adjective |
Published., To divulge. |
divulging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Divulge |
divulsive |
adjective |
Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting. |
dizziness |
noun |
Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo. |
docketing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Docket |
doctoring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Doctor |
doctorate |
noun |
The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor., To make (one) a doctor. |
doctoress |
noun |
A female doctor. |
doctrinal |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation., Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching., A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. |
dodecagon |
noun |
A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles. |
dog-brier |
noun |
The dog-rose. |
dog-eared |
adjective |
Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; — said of a book. |
dog-faced |
adjective |
Having a face resembling that of a dog. |
doggerman |
noun |
A sailor belonging to a dogger. |
dogmatics |
noun |
The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology. |
dogmatism |
noun |
The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. |
dogmatist |
noun |
One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles. |
dogmatize |
verb i. |
To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance., To deliver as a dogma. |
dog’s-ear |
noun |
The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. |
dog-weary |
adjective |
Extremely weary. |
doleritic |
adjective |
Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava. |
dolioform |
adjective |
Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form. |
do-little |
noun |
One who performs little though professing much. |
dollardee |
noun |
A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; — called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream. |
dolomitic |
adjective |
Pertaining to dolomite. |
dolorific |
adjective |
Alt. of Dolorifical |
dolphinet |
noun |
A female dolphin. |
domeykite |
noun |
A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper. |
domiciled |
imp. & past participle |
of Domicile |
dominance |
noun |
Alt. of Dominancy |
dominancy |
noun |
Predominance; ascendency; authority. |
dominated |
imp. & past participle |
of Dominate |
dominator |
noun |
A ruler or ruling power. |
dominical |
adjective |
Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord’s day, or Sunday., Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord’s) prayer., The Lord’s day or Sunday; also, the Lord’s prayer. |
dominican |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him., One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins. |
domitable |
adjective |
That can be tamed. |
do-naught |
noun |
A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow. |
doom palm |
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A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. |
doorcheek |
noun |
The jamb or sidepiece of a door. |
doorplane |
noun |
A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant. |
doorstead |
noun |
Entrance or place of a door. |
doorstone |
noun |
The stone forming a threshold. |
dorbeetle |
noun |
See 1st Dor. |
dormitive |
adjective |
Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium., A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate. |
dormitory |
noun |
A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school., A burial place. |
doryphora |
noun |
A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle. |
doubtable |
adjective |
Capable of being doubted; questionable., Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. |
doubtance |
noun |
State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. |
doubtless |
adjective |
Free from fear or suspicion., Undoubtedly; without doubt. |
doucepere |
noun |
One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. |
doughbird |
noun |
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew. |
doughface |
noun |
A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. |
doughtily |
adverb |
In a doughty manner. |
doughtren |
noun pl. |
Daughters. |
doum palm |
|
See Doom palm. |
dove-eyed |
adjective |
Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace. |
dowelling |
|
of Dowel |
dowerless |
adjective |
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. |
dowitcher |
noun |
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); — called also brownback, and grayback. |
downgyved |
adjective |
Hanging down like gyves or fetters. |
downiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being downy. |
downlying |
noun |
The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. |
downright |
adverb |
Straight down; perpendicularly., In plain terms; without ceremony., Without delay; at once; completely., Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way., Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. |
downthrow |
noun |
The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n. |
downwards |
adverb |
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards., From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin., From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. |
downweigh |
verb t. |
To weigh or press down. |
drabbling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Drabble |
draconian |
adjective |
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. |
dracontic |
adjective |
Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon’s head, under Dragon. |
draftsman |
noun |
See Draughtsman. |
draggling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Draggle |
dragomans |
plural |
of Dragoman |
dragonish |
adjective |
resembling a dragon. |
dragooned |
imp. & past participle |
of Dragoon |
dragooner |
noun |
A dragoon. |
drainable |
adjective |
Capable of being drained. |
drainpipe |
noun |
A pipe used for carrying off surplus water. |
draintile |
noun |
A hollow tile used in making drains; — called also draining tile. |
draintrap |
noun |
See 4th Trap, 5. |
dramatist |
noun |
The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays. |
dramatize |
verb t. |
To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. |
draperied |
adjective |
Covered or supplied with drapery. |
draperies |
plural |
of Drapery |
draughted |
imp. & past participle |
of Draught |
dravidian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Dravida. |
drawbench |
noun |
A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; — also called drawing bench. |
drawknife |
noun |
A joiner’s tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; — called also drawshave, and drawing shave., A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood. |
drawlatch |
noun |
A housebreaker or thief. |
drawplate |
noun |
A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated. |
drawshave |
noun |
See Drawing knife. |
dreadable |
adjective |
Worthy of being dreaded. |
dreadless |
adjective |
Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart., Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure., Without doubt. |
dreamland |
noun |
An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland. |
dreamless |
adjective |
Free from, or without, dreams. |
dreissena |
noun |
A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. |
drenching |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Drench |
driftbolt |
noun |
A bolt for driving out other bolts. |
driftless |
adjective |
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless. |
driftweed |
noun |
Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. |
driftwind |
noun |
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. |
driftwood |
noun |
Wood drifted or floated by water., Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water. |
drinkable |
adjective |
Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. |
drinkless |
adjective |
Destitute of drink. |
dripstone |
noun |
A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2. |
drivebolt |
noun |
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home. |
drivelled |
|
of Drivel |
driveling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Drivel |
drivepipe |
noun |
A pipe for forcing into the earth. |
drizzling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Drizzle |
droitural |
adjective |
relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. |
dromedary |
noun |
The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps. |
drone bee |
|
The male of the honeybee; a drone. |
drone fly |
|
A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis. |
dronepipe |
noun |
One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe. |
droplight |
noun |
An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant. |
droppinly |
adverb |
In drops. |
dropsical |
adjective |
Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient., Of or pertaining to dropsy. |
drossless |
adjective |
Free from dross. |
drowsihed |
noun |
Drowsihead. |
druidical |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids. |
drumstick |
noun |
A stick with which a drum is beaten., Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl. |
drunkenly |
adverb |
In a drunken manner. |
drunkship |
noun |
The state of being drunk; drunkenness. |
dry-boned |
adjective |
Having dry bones, or bones without flesh. |
dry goods |
|
A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., — in distinction from groceries. |
dry nurse |
|
A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; — in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it. |
drysalter |
noun |
A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. |
dry-stone |
adjective |
Constructed of uncemented stone. |
dualistic |
adjective |
Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality. |
dubieties |
plural |
of Dubiety |
dubiosity |
noun |
The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. |
dubiously |
adverb |
In a dubious manner. |
dubitable |
adjective |
Liable to be doubted; uncertain. |
dubitancy |
noun |
Doubt; uncertainty. |
duboisine |
noun |
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye. |
ductility |
noun |
The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments., Tractableness; pliableness. |
dufrenite |
noun |
A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron. |
dulcamara |
noun |
A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a). |
dulceness |
noun |
Sweetness. |
dulcified |
adjective |
Sweetened; mollified., of Dulcify |
dulciness |
noun |
See Dulceness. |
dulcitude |
noun |
Sweetness. |
dulcorate |
verb t. |
To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. |
dull-eyed |
adjective |
Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. |
dulocracy |
noun |
See Doulocracy. |
dumb-bell |
noun |
A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise. |
dumbledor |
noun |
A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. |
dumpiness |
noun |
The state of being dumpy. |
duodecimo |
adjective |
Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc., A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; — usually written 12mo or 12ยก. |
duodenary |
adjective |
Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal. |
duplicate |
adjective |
Double; twofold., That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart., An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original., To double; to fold; to render double., To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of., To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves. |
duplicity |
noun |
Doubleness; a twofold state., Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith., The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient., In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses. |
durometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like. |
duskiness |
noun |
The state of being dusky. |
dustbrush |
noun |
A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture. |
dustiness |
noun |
The state of being dusty. |
duumviral |
adjective |
Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate. |
duykerbok |
noun |
A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); — called also impoon, and deloo. |
dwarfling |
noun |
A diminutive dwarf. |
dwindling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dwindle |
dyingness |
noun |
The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment. |
dynameter |
noun |
A dynamometer., An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power. |
dynamical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force., Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology. |
dynamiter |
noun |
One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property. |
dynasties |
plural |
of Dynasty |
dyscrasia |
noun |
An ill habit or state of the constitution; — formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors. |
dysentery |
noun |
A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood. |
dyspepsia |
|
Alt. of Dyspepsy |
dyspeptic |
adjective |
Alt. of Dyspeptical, A person afflicted with dyspepsia. |
dysphagia |
noun |
Alt. of Dysphagy |
dysphonia |
noun |
Alt. of Dysphony |
dysphoria |
noun |
Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets. |
dziggetai |
noun |
The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus). |