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Dash(n.) A mark or line
(v. i.) To rust with violence
(v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision
Dastard(a.) Meanly shrinking from danger
(n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger
(v. t.) To dastardize.
Dasyure(n.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species
Date(n.) Assigned end
(v. i.) To have beginning
(v. t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event
Dative(a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
(n.) The dative case.
Datolite(n.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
Datum(n.) Something given or admitted
Daub(n.) A picture coarsely executed.
(v. i.) To smear
(v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior
Daughter(n.) A female descendant
Daunt(v. t.) To overcome
Dauphin(n.) The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued
Davenport(n.) A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir
Davit(n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship
Daw(n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins
(v. i.) To dawn.
(v. t.) To daunt
Dawdle(n.) A dawdler.
(v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment
(v. t.) To waste by trifling
Dawn(n.) First opening or expansion
(v. i.) To began to give promise
Day(n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
Daybook(n.) A journal of accounts
Daybreak(n.) The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
Daydream(n.) A vain fancy speculation
Dayflower(n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers
Dayfly(n.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state
Daylight(n.) The eyes.
Dayspring(n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light
Daytime(n.) The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.
Daze(n.) A glittering stone.
(v. t.) To stupefy with excess of light
Dazzle(n.) A light of dazzling brilliancy.
(v. i.) To be overpowered by light
(v. t.) To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.
Deacon(n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions
(v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it
Dead(a.) Bringing death
(adv.) To a degree resembling death
(n.) One who is dead
(v. i.) To die
(v. t.) To make dead
Deaf(a.) Decayed
(v. t.) To deafen.
Deal(n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties
(v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs
Dean(n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies
Dear(adv.) Dearly
(n.) A dear one
(superl.) Bearing a high price
(v. t.) To endear.
Death(v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.
Debacle(n.) A breaking or bursting forth
Debar(v. t.) To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier
Debase(a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.
Debatable(a.) Liable to be debated
Debate(v. i.) To contend in words
(v. t.) A fight or fighting
Debauch(n.) An act or occasion of debauchery.
Debenture(n.) A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation
Debilitate(v. t.) To impair the strength of
Debility(a.) The state of being weak
Debit(n.) A debt
(v. t.) To charge with debt
Debonair(a.) Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness
Debouch(v. i.) To issue
Debris(n.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively
Debt(n.) A duty neglected or violated
Debut(n.) A beginning or first attempt
Decade(n.) A group or division of ten
Decagon(n.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles
Decahedron(n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.
Decalcification(n.) The removal of calcareous matter.
Decalcify(v. t.) To deprive of calcareous matter
Decalogue(n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone
Decamp(v. i.) Hence, to depart suddenly
Decanal(a.) Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
Decani(a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed
Decant(v. t.) To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment
Decapitate(v. t.) To cut off the head of
Decapitation(n.) The act of beheading
Decapod(n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab
Decarbonate(v. t.) To deprive of carbonic acid.
Decarbonize(v. t.) To deprive of carbon
Decarburize(v. t.) To deprive of carbon
Decastyle(a.) Having ten columns in front
(n.) A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
Decathlon(n.) In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run
Decay(n.) Cause of decay.
(v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution
(v. t.) To cause to decay
Decease(n.) Departure, especially departure from this life
(v. i.) To depart from this life
Decedent(a.) Removing
(n.) A deceased person.
Deceit(n.) An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error
Deceive(v. t.) To beguile
Decembrist(n.) One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I
Decemvir(n.) A member of any body of ten men in authority.
Decency(n.) That which is proper or becoming.
Decennary(n.) A period of ten years.
Decennial(a.) Consisting of ten years
(n.) A tenth year or tenth anniversary.
Decennium(n.) A period of ten years.
Decent(a.) Comely
Deception(n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive
Deceptive(a.) Tending to deceive
Decide(v. i.) To determine
(v. t.) To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party
Decidua(n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it
Deciduous(a.) 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
Decile(n.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡
Decimal(a.) Of or pertaining to decimals
(n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens
Decimate(v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of
Decimation(n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
Decipher(v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of
Decision(n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause
Decisive(a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy
Deck(n.) A main aeroplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane.
(v.) A heap or store.
(v. t.) To cover
Declaim(v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display
(v. t.) To defend by declamation
Declamation(n.) A set or harangue
Declamatory(a.) Characterized by rhetorical display
Declarant(n.) One who declares.
Declaration(n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint
Declarative(a.) Making declaration, proclamation, or publication
Declaratory(a.) Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition
Declare(v. i.) To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal
(v. t.) To make clear
Declension(n.) Act of courteously refusing
Declination(n.) The act of deviating or turning aside
Decline(v. i.) A falling off
(v. t.) To bend downward
Declinometer(n.) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.
Declivity(n.) A descending surface
Decoct(v. t.) To prepare by boiling
Decollate(v. t.) To sever from the neck
Decolor(v. t.) To deprive of color
Decompose(v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations
(v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of
Deconcentrate(v. t.) To withdraw from concentration
Deconsecrate(v. t.) To deprive of sacredness
Decorate(v. t.) To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary
Decoration(n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc
Decorative(a.) Suited to decorate or embellish
Decorator(n.) One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes
Decorous(a.) Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion
Decorticate(v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating
Decorum(n.) Propriety of manner or conduct
Decoy(n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot
(v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice
Decrease(n.) To grow less
(v.) A becoming less
(v. t.) To cause to grow less
Decree(n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
(v. i.) To make decrees
(v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree
Decrement(n.) 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
Decrepit(a.) Broken down with age
Decrescendo(a. & adv.) With decreasing volume of sound
Decrescent(a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution
(n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Decretal(a.) An authoritative order or decree
Decretory(a.) Established by a decree
Decry(v. t.) To cry down
Decubitus(n.) An attitude assumed in lying down
Decumbent(a.) Lying down
Decuple(a.) Tenfold.
(n.) A number ten times repeated.
(v. t.) To make tenfold
Decurion(n.) A head or chief over ten
Decurrent(a.) Extending downward
Decury(n.) A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.
Decussate(v. t.) To cross at an acute angle
Dedans(n.) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
Dedicate(p. a.) Dedicated
(v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
Dedication(n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose
Deduce(v. t.) To derive or draw
Deduct(v. t.) To lead forth or out.
Deed(a.) Dead.
(v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract
Deem(n.) Opinion
(v.) To account
(v. i.) To be of opinion
Deep(adv.) To a great depth
(n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean
(superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part
Deer(n. sing. & pl.) Any animal
Deface(v. t.) To destroy
Defalcate(v. i.) To commit defalcation
(v. t.) To cut off
Defalcation(n.) A lopping off
Defamation(n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral
Defamatory(a.) Containing defamation
Defame(n.) Dishonor.
(v. t.) To charge
Default(n.) A failing or failure
(v. i.) To fail in duty
(v. t.) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear
Defeasance(n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void
Defeasible(a.) Capable of being annulled or made void
Defeat(v.) An overthrow, as of an army in battle
(v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army
Defecate(a.) Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.
(v. i.) To become clear, pure, or free.
(v. t.) To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.
Defect(n.) Failing
(v. i.) To fail
(v. t.) To injure
Defence(n.) Act or skill in making defense
Defend(v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged)
Defense(v. t.) To furnish with defenses
Defensible(a.) Capable of being defended
Defensive(a.) Carried on by resisting attack or aggression
(n.) That which defends
Defer(v. i.) To put off
(v. t.) To lay before
Defiance(n.) A casting aside
Defiant(a.) Full of defiance
Deficiency(n.) The state of being deficient
Deficit(n.) Deficiency in amount or quality
Defier(n.) One who dares and defies
Defilade(v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point
Defile(n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front
(v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file
Define(v. i.) To determine
(v. t.) To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of
Definite(a.) Determined
(n.) A thing defined or determined.
Definition(n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification
Definitive(a.) Determinate
(n.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns
Definitude(n.) Definiteness.
Deflagrate(v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter
(v. t.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat
Deflate(v. t.) To reduce from an inflated condition.
Deflect(v. i.) To turn aside
(v. t.) To cause to turn aside
Deflexed(a.) Bent abruptly downward.
Defloration(n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part
Deforest(v. t.) To clear of forests
Deform(a.) Deformed
(v. t.) To render displeasing
Defraud(v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device
Defray(v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off
Deft(a.) Apt
Defunct(a.) Having finished the course of life
(n.) A dead person
Defuse(v. t.) To disorder
Defy(n.) A challenge.
(v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife
Degeneracy(a.) The act of becoming degenerate
Degenerate(a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state
(v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally
Degeneration(n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs
Degenerative(a.) Undergoing or producing degeneration
Deglutinate(v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties
Deglutition(n.) The act or process of swallowing food
Degradation(n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc
Degrade(v. i.) To degenerate
(v. t.) To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree
Degrease(v. t.) To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk.
Degree(n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles
Degust(v. t.) To taste.
Dehisce(v. i.) To gape
Dehorn(v. t.) To deprive of horns
Dehumanize(v. t.) To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.
Dehydrate(v. t.) To deprive of water
Dehydration(n.) The act or process of freeing from water
Dehydrogenate(v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.
Deicide(n.) One concerned in putting Christ to death.
Deictic(a.) Direct
Deification(n.) The act of deifying
Deify(v. t.) To make a god of
Deign(v. i.) To think worthy
(v. t.) To condescend to give or bestow
Deism(n.) The doctrine or creed of a deist
Deity(n.) A god or goddess
Deject(a.) Dejected.
(v. t.) To cast down.
Del(n.) Share
Delaine(n.) A kind of fabric for women's dresses.
Delamination(n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers
Delaware(n.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor
Delay(n.) To allay
(v.) A putting off or deferring
(v. i.) To move slowly
Dele(imperative sing.) Erase
(v. t.) To deal
Delftware(n.) Earthenware made in imitation of the above
Deliberate(a.) Formed with deliberation
(v. i.) To take counsel with one's self
(v. t.) To weigh in the mind
Deliberation(n.) Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure
Deliberative(a.) Pertaining to deliberation
(n.) A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
Delicacy(a.) Addiction to pleasure
Delicate(a.) Addicted to pleasure
(n.) A choice dainty
Delicious(a.) Addicted to pleasure
Delict(n.) An offense or transgression against law
Delight(v. i.) To have or take great delight or pleasure
(v. t.) A high degree of gratification of mind
Delimit(v. t.) To fix the limits of
Delineate(a.) Delineated
(v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of
Delineator(n.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
Delinquency(n.) Failure or omission of duty
Delinquent(n.) Failing in duty
Deliquesce(v. i.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies
Delirious(a.) Having a delirium
Delirium(n.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent
Deliver(v. t.) Free
Dell(n.) A small, retired valley
Delphic(a.) Ambiguous
Delphinus(n.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin.
Delta(n.) an object having the shape of the capital /.
Deltoid(a.) Shaped like the Greek / (delta)
Delude(v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint.
Deluge(n.) A washing away
(v. t.) To overflow with water
Delusion(n.) That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
Delusive(a.) Apt or fitted to delude
Delusory(a.) Delusive
Delve(v. i.) To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade
(v. t.) A place dug
Demagnetize(v. t.) To deprive of magnetic properties.
Demagog(n.) Demagogue.
Demand(v. i.) To make a demand
(v. t.) A diligent seeking or search
Demantoid(n.) 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(v. t.) To mark by bounds
Demarcation(n.) The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit
Dematerialize(v. t.) To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.
Deme(n.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.
Demibastion(n.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
Demigod(n.) A half god, or an inferior deity
Demijohn(n.) A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
Demimonde(n.) Persons of doubtful reputation
Demirep(n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character
Demise(n.) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter
(v. t.) To convey, as an estate, by lease
Demission(n.) Resignation of an office.
Demit(n.) The act of demitting
(v. i.) To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like
(v. t.) To lay down, as an office
Demiurge(n.) According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man
Demobilize(v. t.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
Democracy(n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
Democrat(n.) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
Demography(n.) The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.
Demoiselle(n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
Demolish(v. t.) To throw or pull down
Demolition(n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure
Demon(n.) An evil spirit
Demoralize(v. t.) To corrupt or undermine in morals
Demote(v. t.) To reduce to a lower grade, as in school.
Demotic(a.) Of or pertaining to the people
Demount(v. i.) To dismount.
Demulcent(a.) Softening
(n.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation
Demur(v. i.) Stop
(v. t.) To cause delay to
Demy(a.) Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy
(n.) A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Den(n.) A narrow glen
(v. i.) To live in, or as in, a den.
Denarius(n.) A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents
Denary(a.) Containing ten
(n.) A coin
Denationalize(v. t.) To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Denaturalize(v. t.) To render unnatural
Denature(v. t.) To deprive of its natural qualities
Dendriform(a.) Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
Dendrite(n.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate
Dendrology(n.) A discourse or treatise on trees
Denegation(n.) Denial.
Dengue(n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism
Deniable(a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
Denial(n.) A refusal to acknowledge
Denier(n.) A small copper coin of insignificant value.
Denim(n.) A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
Denitrify(v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
Denizen(n.) A dweller
(v. t.) To constitute (one) a denizen
Denominate(a.) Having a specific name or denomination
(v. t.) To give a name to
Denomination(n.) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name
Denominative(a.) Conferring a denomination or name.
(n.) A denominative name or term
Denominator(n.) One who, or that which, gives a name
Denotation(n.) The marking off or separation of anything.
Denotative(a.) Having power to denote
Denote(v. t.) To be the sign of
Denouement(n.) The solution of a mystery
Denounce(v. t.) To make known in a solemn or official manner
Dense(a.) Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together
Densimeter(n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.
Density(n.) Depth of shade.
Dent(n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure
(v. t.) To make a dent upon
Denude(v. t.) To divest of all covering
Denunciate(v. t.) To denounce
Denunciation(n.) Proclamation
Deny(v. i.) To answer in /// negative
(v. t.) To declare not to be true
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