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Deodar(n.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree
Deodorant(n.) A deodorizer.
Deodorize(v. t.) To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.
Deontological(a.) Pertaining to deontology.
Deontology(n.) The science relat/ to duty or moral obligation.
Deoxidize(v. t.) To deprive of oxygen
Deoxygenate(v. t.) To deoxidize.
Deoxygenize(v. t.) To deoxidize.
Depart(n.) A going away
(v. i.) To forsake
(v. t.) To divide in order to share
Depasture(v. t. & i.) To pasture
Depauperate(a.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.
(v. t. & i.) To make poor
Depend(v. i.) To hang down
Depict(p. p.) Depicted.
(v. t.) To form a colored likeness of
Depilate(v. t.) To strip of hair
Depilation(n.) Act of pulling out or removing the hair
Depilatory(a.) Having the quality or power of removing hair.
(n.) An application used to take off hair.
Deplete(a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Deplorable(a.) Worthy of being deplored or lamented
Deplore(v. i.) To lament.
(v. t.) To complain of.
Deploy(v. t. & i.) To open out
Deplume(v. t.) To lay bare
Depolarize(v. t.) To deprive of polarity
Depone(v. i.) To testify under oath
(v. t.) To assert under oath
Depopulate(v. i.) To become dispeopled.
(v. t.) To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion
Deport(n.) Behavior
(v. t.) To carry or demean
Deposal(n.) The act of deposing from office
Depose(v. i.) To bear witness
(v. t.) To lay down
Deposit(n.) To lay aside
(v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Depot(n.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled
Deprave(n. t.) To make bad or worse
Depravity(n.) The state of being depraved or corrupted
Deprecate(v. t.) To pray against, as an evil
Deprecatory(a.) Serving to deprecate
Depreciate(v. i.) To fall in value
(v. t.) To lessen in price or estimated value
Depreciation(n.) The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.
Depreciative(a.) Tending, or intended, to depreciate
Depreciatory(a.) Tending to depreciate
Depredate(v. i.) To take plunder or prey
(v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage
Depredation(n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated
Depress(a.) Having the middle lower than the border
(v. t.) To bring down or humble
Deprivation(n.) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving
Deprive(v. t.) To dispossess
Depth(n.) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.
Depurate(a.) Depurated
(v. t.) To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence
Depurative(a.) Purifying the blood or the humors
(n.) A depurative remedy or agent
Deputation(n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative
Depute(n.) A person deputed
(v. t.) To appoint
Deputize(v. t.) To appoint as one's deputy
Deputy(n.) A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Deracinate(v. t.) To pluck up by the roots
Derail(v. t.) To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
Derange(v. t.) To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism
Derby(n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780
Derelict(a.) Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian
(n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea
Deride(v. t.) To laugh at with contempt
Derision(n.) An object of derision or scorn
Derisive(a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.
Derisory(a.) Derisive
Derivate(a.) Derived
(n.) A thing derived
(v. t.) To derive.
Derivation(n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process
Derivative(a.) Obtained by derivation
(n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion
Derive(v. i.) To flow
(v. t.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution
Dermal(a.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.
Dermatitis(n.) Inflammation of the skin.
Dermatoid(a.) Resembling skin
Dermatology(n.) The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.
Dermatophyte(n.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.
Dermic(a.) Pertaining to the dermis
Dermis(n.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis
Derogate(n.) Diminished in value
(v. i.) To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character
(v. t.) To annul in part
Derogation(n.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.
Derogative(a.) Derogatory.
Derogatory(a.) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value
Derrick(n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building
Derringer(n.) A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball
Descant(v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air
Descend(v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock
(v. t.) To go down upon or along
Descent(n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
Describe(v. i.) To use the faculty of describing
(v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes
Description(n.) A class to which a certain representation is applicable
Descriptive(a.) Tending to describe
Descry(n.) Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.
(v. t.) To discover
Desecrate(v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office
Desert(a.) Of or pertaining to a desert
(n.) A deserted or forsaken region
(v. i.) To abandon a service without leave
(v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave
Deserve(v. i.) To be worthy of recompense
(v. t.) To earn by service
Deserving(a.) Meritorious
(n.) Desert
Deshabille(n.) An undress
Desiccant(a.) Drying
(n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Desiccate(v. i.) To become dry.
(v. t.) To dry up
Desiccator(n.) A machine or apparatus for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat
Desiderate(v. t.) To desire
Desiderative(a.) Denoting desire
(n.) An object of desire.
Desideratum(n.) Anything desired
Design(n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done
(v. i.) To form a design or designs
Desinence(n.) Termination
Desirable(v. t.) Worthy of desire or longing
Desire(v. t.) An expressed wish
Desirous(n.) Feeling desire
Desist(v. i.) To cease to proceed or act
Desk(n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached
(v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk
Desman(n.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers
Desolate(a.) Destitute of
(v. t.) To lay waste
Desolation(n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Despair(n.) Loss of hope
(v. i.) To be hopeless
(v. t.) To cause to despair.
Desperado(n.) A reckless, furious man
Desperate(a.) Beyond hope
(n.) One desperate or hopeless.
Desperation(n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless
Despicable(a.) Fit or deserving to be despised
Despise(v. t.) To look down upon with disfavor or contempt
Despite(n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance
(prep.) In spite of
Despoil(n.) Spoil.
(v. t.) To deprive for spoil
Despoliation(n.) A stripping or plundering
Despond(n.) Despondency.
(v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit
Despot(n.) A master
Despumate(v. t. & i.) To throw off impurities in spume
Desquamate(v. i.) To peel off in the form of scales
Dessert(n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment
Destination(n.) Purpose for which anything is destined
Destine(v. t.) To determine the future condition or application of
Destiny(n.) That to which any person or thing is destined
Destitute(a.) Forsaken
(v. t.) To disappoint.
Destitution(n.) The state of being deprived of anything
Destroy(v. t.) To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of
Destruct(v. t.) To destroy.
Desuetude(n.) The cessation of use
Desultory(a.) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
Detach(v. i.) To push asunder
(v. t.) To part
Detail(n.) A detail drawing.
Detain(n.) Detention.
(v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
Detect(a.) Detected.
(v. t.) To inform against
Detent(n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement
Deter(v. t.) To prevent by fear
Detest(v. t.) To hate intensely
Dethrone(v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne
Detinue(n.) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.
Detonate(v. i.) To explode with a sudden report
(v. t.) To cause to explode
Detonation(n.) An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton
Detonator(n.) A case containing detonating powder, the explosion of which serves as a signal, as on railroads
Detour(n.) A turning
Detract(v. i.) To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit
(v. t.) To take away
Detrain(v. i. & t.) To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train.
Detriment(n.) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy
(v. t.) To do injury to
Detrition(n.) A wearing off or away.
Detritus(n.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions
Detrude(v. t.) To thrust down or out
Detumescence(n.) Diminution of swelling
Deuce(n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game
Deuterocanonical(a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority
Deuteronomist(n.) The writer of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy(n.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.
Deutoplasm(n.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm
Deutzia(n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
Deva(n.) A god
Develop(v. i.) To become apparent gradually
(v. t.) To advance
Devi(n.)
Devocalize(v. t.) To make toneless
Devoid(v. t.) Destitute
Devolution(n.) The act of rolling down.
Devolve(v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession
(v. t.) To roll onward or downward
Devonian(a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England
(n.) The Devonian age or formation.
Devote(a.) Devoted
(n.) A devotee.
(v. t.) To appropriate by vow
Devotion(n.) Act of devotedness or devoutness
Devour(v. t.) To eat up with greediness
Devout(n.) A devotee.
(v. t.) Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties
Dew(n.) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.
(v. t.) To wet with dew or as with dew
Dewberry(n.) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus)
Dewclaw(n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground
Dewdrop(n.) A drop of dew.
Dewfall(n.) The falling of dew
Dewlap(n.) The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.
Dewy(a.) Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
Dexter(a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side
(n.) One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable both for beef and milk
Dextral(a.) Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
Dextrin(n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc
Dextrorotatory(a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand
Dextrose(n.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits
Dey(n.) A servant who has charge of the dairy
Dhole(n.) A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs
Dhow(n.) A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail
Diabase(n.) A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron
Diabetes(n.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal
Diabolical(a.) Pertaining to the devil
Diabolism(n.) Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil.
Diabolize(v. t.) To render diabolical.
Diacid(a.) Divalent
Diaconal(a.) Of or pertaining to a deacon.
Diaconate(a.) Governed by deacons.
(n.) The office of a deacon
Diacritical(a.) That separates or distinguishes
Diadelphous(a.) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia
Diadem(n.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center
(v. t.) To adorn with a diadem
Diageotropism(n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth
Diagnose(v. t. & i.) To ascertain by diagnosis
Diagnosis(n.) Critical perception or scrutiny
Diagnostic(a.) Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis
(n.) The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
Diagonal(a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure
(n.) A diagonal cloth
Diagram(n.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration
(v. t.) To put into the form of a diagram.
Diagraph(n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.
Dial(n.) A miner's compass.
(v. t.) To measure with a dial.
Diamagnet(n.) A body having diamagnetic polarity.
Diamantine(a.) Adamantine.
Diameter(n.) A diametral plane.
Diametral(a.) Pertaining to a diameter
(n.) A diameter.
Diametrically(adv.) In a diametrical manner
Diamine(n.) A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals
Diamond(a.) Resembling a diamond
(n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse
Diana(n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona
Diandrous(n.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria
Dianthus(n.) A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William
Diapason(n.) A standard of pitch
Diapedesis(n.) The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels
Diapente(n.) A composition of five ingredients.
Diaper(n.) An infant's breechcloth.
(v. i.) To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
(v. t.) To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving
Diaphanous(a.) Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain
Diaphoresis(n.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.
Diaphoretic(n.) A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.
Diaphragm(n.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.
Diaphysis(n.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
Diarchy(n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
Diarist(n.) One who keeps a diary.
Diarthrosis(n.) A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion
Diary(a.) lasting for one day
(n.) A register of daily events or transactions
Diaspora(n.) Lit., "Dispersion."—applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen
Diaspore(n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster
Diastase(n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.
Diastasis(n.) A forcible of bones without fracture.
Diastema(n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.
Diastole(n.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.
Diatessaron(n.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
Diathermic(a.) Affording a free passage to heat
Diathesis(n.) Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases
Diatom(n.) A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.
Diatonic(a.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.
Diatribe(n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion
Diazotize(v. t.) To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution
Dibasic(a.) Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts
Dibber(n.) A dibble.
Dibble(v. i.) A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds
(v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.
Dibranchiate(a.) Having two gills.
(n.) One of the Dibranchiata.
Dibs(n.) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
Dicast(n.) A functionary in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modern juryman.
Dice(n.) Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance
(v. i.) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Dichogamy(n.) 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
Dichotomize(v. i.) To separate into two parts
(v. t.) To cut into two parts
Dichotomy(n.) A cutting in two
Dichroic(a.) Having the property of dichroism
Dichroite(n.) Iolite
Dichromate(n.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base
Dichromatic(a.) Having or exhibiting two colors.
Dichromatism(n.) The state of being dichromatic.
Dichromic(a.) Furnishing or giving two colors
Dicker(n.) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares
(v. i. & t.) To negotiate a dicker
Dicky(n.) A false shirt front or bosom.
Diclinous(a.) Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers.
Dicotyledon(n.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
Dicrotism(n.) A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart
Dictaphone(n.) A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business
Dictate(v. i.) To compose literary works
(v. t.) A statement delivered with authority
Dictation(n.) The act of dictating
Dictator(n.) One invested with absolute authority
Diction(n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas
Dictum(n.) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it
Dicynodont(n.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks
Didactic(n.) A treatise on teaching or education.
Diddle(v. i.) To totter, as a child in walking.
(v. t.) To cheat or overreach.
Dido(n.) A shrewd trick
Didymium(n.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium
Die(n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc
(v. i.) To become indifferent
Dielectric(n.) Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction
Diencephalon(n.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon
Dieresis(n.) A mark consisting of two dots
Diesis(n.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals
Diestock(n.) A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
Diet(n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health
(v. i.) To eat
(v. t.) To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules
Differ(v. i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion
(v. t.) To cause to be different or unlike
Difficult(a.) Hard to do or to make
(v. t.) To render difficult
Diffidence(n.) Distrust of one's self or one's own powers
Diffident(a.) Wanting confidence in one's self
Diffract(v. t.) To break or separate into parts
Diffuse(a.) Poured out
(v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
(v. t.) To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid
Diffusible(a.) Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions
Diffusion(n.) The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused
Diffusive(a.) Having the quality of diffusing
Dig(n.) = Gouge.
(v. i.) Of a tool: To cut deeply into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the work
(v. t.) A plodding and laborious student.
Digamma(n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.
Digamy(n.) Act, or state, of being twice married
Digastric(a.) Having two bellies
Digest(v. i.) To suppurate
(v. t.) A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics
Digger(n.) One who, or that which, digs.
Dight(imp. & p. p.) of Dight
(v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
Digit(n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
(v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
Dignified(a.) Marked with dignity
Dignify(v. t.) To invest with dignity or honor
Dignitary(n.) One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor
Dignity(n.) Elevated rank
Digraph(n.) Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound
Digress(n.) Digression.
(v. i.) To step or turn aside
Dihedral(a.) Having two plane faces
Dike(n.) A ditch
(v. i.) To work as a ditcher
(v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.
Dilapidate(v. i.) To get out of repair
(v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect
Dilatation(n.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Dilatator(n.) A muscle which dilates any part
Dilate(a.) Extensive
(v. i.) To grow wide
(v. t.) To enlarge upon
Dilation(n.) Delay.
Dilatometer(n.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid
Dilator(n.) A muscle that dilates any part.
Dilemma(n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses
Dilettante(v. t.) An admirer or lover of the fine arts
Diligence(n.) A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
Diligent(a.) Interestedly and perseveringly attentive
Dill(a.) To still
(n.) An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children
Diluent(a.) Diluting
(n.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood
Dilute(a.) Diluted
(v. i.) To become attenuated, thin, or weak
(v. t.) To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing
Dilution(n.) The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted.
Diluvial(a.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water
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