D () The fourth letter of the
English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which
is from Greek, which took it from Ph/nician, the probable ultimate origin being
Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng.
daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation,
Ã178, 179, 229.
D () The nominal of the second
tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative
minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of
F.
D () As a numeral D stands for
500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter,
but one half of the sign / (or / ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.
Dab (n.) A skillful hand;
a dabster; an expert.
Dab (n.) A name given to
several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda.
The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Dabbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Dab
Dabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dab
Dab (v. i.) To strike or
touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with
a dabber.
Dab (v. i.) To strike by a
thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
Dab (n.) A gentle blow
with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
Dab (n.) A small mass of
anything soft or moist.
Dabb (n.) A large,
spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine;
-- called also dhobb, and dhabb.
Dabber (n.) That with
which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc.,
as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.
Dabbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dabble
Dabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dabble
Dabble (v. t.) To wet by
little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.
Dabble (v. i.) To play in
water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
Dabble (v. i.) To work in
slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.
Dabbler (n.) One who
dabbles.
Dabbler (n.) One who dips
slightly into anything; a superficial meddler.
Dabblingly (adv.) In a
dabbling manner.
Dabchick (n.) A small
water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its
quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper,
dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.
Daboia (n.) A large and
highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).
Dabster (n.) One who is
skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept.
Dacapo () From the beginning; a
direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the
letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.
Dace (n.) A small European
cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.
Dachshund (n.) 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.
Dacian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.
Dacian (n.) A native of
ancient Dacia.
Dacoit (n.) One of a class
of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
Dacoity (n.) The practice
of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.
Dacotahs (n. pl.) Same as
Dacotas.
Dactyl (n.) A poetical
foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented
followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from
the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
Dactyl (n.) A finger or
toe; a digit.
Dactyl (n.) The claw or
terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.
Dactylar (a.) Pertaining
to dactyl; dactylic.
Dactylar (a.) Of or
pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.
Dactylet (n.) A dactyl.
Dactylic (a.) Pertaining
to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
Dactylic (n.) A line
consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
Dactylic (n.) Dactylic
meters.
Dactylioglyph (n.) An
engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.
Dactylioglyph (n.) The
inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.
Dactylioglyphi (n.) The
art or process of gem engraving.
Dactyliography (n.) The
art of writing or engraving upon gems.
Dactyliography (n.) In
general, the literature or history of the art.
Dactyliology (n.) That
branch of archaeology which has to do with gem engraving.
Dactyliology (n.) That
branch of archaeology which has to do with finger rings.
Dactyliomancy (n.)
Divination by means of finger rings.
Dactylist (n.) A writer of
dactylic verse.
Dactylitis (n.) An
inflammatory affection of the fingers.
Dactylology (n.) The art
of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a
method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
Dactylomancy (n.)
Dactyliomancy.
Dactylonomy (n.) The art
of numbering or counting by the fingers.
Dactylopterous (a.) Having
the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the
gurnards.
Dactylotheca (n.) The
scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.
Dactylozooid (n.) A kind
of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one
tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.
Dad (n.) Father; -- a word
sometimes used by children.
Daddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dadle
Daddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dadle
Dadle (v. i.) To toddle;
to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or
feebly.
Daddock (n.) The rotten
body of a tree.
Daddy (n.) Diminutive of
Dad.
Daddy longlegs () An arachnidan
of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs
of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.
Daddy longlegs () A name applied
to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera,
with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also
father longlegs.
Dade (v. t.) To hold up by
leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.
Dade (v. i.) To walk
unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move
slowly.
Dadoes (pl. ) of Dado
Dado (n.) That part of a
pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See
Illust. of Column.
Dado (n.) In any wall,
that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See
Base course, under Base.
Dado (n.) In interior
decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with
moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
Daedal (a.) Alt. of
Daedalian
Daedalian (a.) Cunningly
or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
Daedalian (a.) Crafty;
deceitful.
Daedalous (a.) Having a
variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.
Daemon (a.) Alt. of
Daemonic
Daemonic (a.) See Demon,
Demonic.
Daff (v. t.) To cast
aside; to put off; to doff.
Daff (n.) A stupid,
blockish fellow; a numskull.
Daff (v. i.) To act
foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy.
Daff (v. t.) To daunt.
Daffodil (n.) A plant of
the genus Asphodelus.
Daffodil (n.) A plant of
the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful
flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly,
daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.
Daft (a.) Stupid; foolish;
idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.
Daft (a.) Gay; playful;
frolicsome.
Daftness (n.) The quality
of being daft.
Dag (n.) A dagger; a
poniard.
Dag (n.) A large pistol
formerly used.
Dag (n.) The unbranched
antler of a young deer.
Dag (n.) A misty shower;
dew.
Dag (n.) A loose end; a
dangling shred.
Dag (v. t.) To daggle or
bemire.
Dag (v. t.) To cut into
jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment.
Dag (v. i.) To be misty;
to drizzle.
Dagger (n.) A short weapon
used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife,
Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
Dagger (n.) A mark of
reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than
one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.
Dagger (v. t.) To pierce
with a dagger; to stab.
Dagger (n.) A timber
placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
Dagges (n. pl.) An
ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346,
according to the Chronicles of St Albans.
Daggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Daggle
Daggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Daggle
Daggle (v. t.) To trail,
so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
Daggle (v. i.) To run, go,
or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of
Daggle-tailed
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having
the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Daggle-tail (n.) A
slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Daglock (n.) A dirty or
clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
Dagos (pl. ) of Dago
Dago (n.) A nickname given
to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped
structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Dagon () The national god of the
Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and
the tail of a fish.
Dagon (n.) A slip or
piece.
Dagswain (n.) A coarse
woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.
Dag-tailed (a.)
Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
Daguerrean (a.) Alt. of
Daguerreian
Daguerreian (a.)
Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype (n.) An
early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered
with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and
bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed
by the vapor of mercury.
Daguerreotype (n.) The
process of taking such pictures.
Daguerreotyped (imp. & p. p.)
of Daguerreotype
Daguerreotyping (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Daguerreotype
Daguerreotype (v. t.) To
produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.
Daguerreotype (v. t.) To
impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
Daguerreotyper (n.) Alt.
of Daguerreotypist
Daguerreotypist (n.) One
who takes daguerreotypes.
Daguerreotypy (n.) The art
or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat
constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
Dahlias (pl. ) of Dahlia
Dahlia (n.) A genus of
plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any
plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear
conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
Dahlin (n.) A variety of
starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
Dailiness (n.) Daily
occurence.
Daily (a.) Happening, or
belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Dailies (pl. ) of Daily
Daily (n.) A publication
which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
Daily (adv.) Every day;
day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
Daimios (pl. ) of Daimio
Daimio (n.) The title of
the feudal nobles of Japan.
Daint (n.) Something of
exquisite taste; a dainty.
Daint (a.) Dainty.
Daintified (imp. & p. p.)
of Daintify
Daintifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Daintify
Daintify (v. t.) To render
dainty, delicate, or fastidious.
Daintily (adv.) In a
dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
Daintiness (n.) The
quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness;
fastidiousness; squeamishness.
Daintrel (n.) Adelicacy.
Dainties (pl. ) of Dainty
Dainty (n.) Value;
estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.
Dainty (n.) That which is
delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
Dainty (n.) A term of
fondness.
Dainty (superl.) Rare;
valuable; costly.
Dainty (superl.) Delicious
to the palate; toothsome.
Dainty (superl.) Nice;
delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
Dainty (superl.) Requiring
dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous;
ceremonious.
Dairies (pl. ) of Dairy
Dairy (n.) The place,
room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
Dairy (n.) That department
of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into
butter and cheese.
Dairy (n.) A dairy farm.
Dairying (n.) The business
of conducting a dairy.
Dairymaid (n.) A female
servant whose business is the care of the dairy.
Dairymen (pl. ) of
Dairyman
Dairyman (n.) A man who
keeps or takes care of a dairy.
Dairywomen (pl. ) of
Dairywoman
Dairywoman (n.) A woman
who attends to a dairy.
Dais (n.) The high or
principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated;
also, the chief seat at the high table.
Dais (n.) A platform
slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to
the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
Dais (n.) A canopy over
the seat of a person of dignity.
Daisied (a.) Full of
daisies; adorned with daisies.
Daisies (pl. ) of Daisy
Daisy (n.) A genus of low
herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and
classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish
rays.
Daisy (n.) The whiteweed
(Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America;
-- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
Dak (n.) Post; mail; also,
the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
Daker (n.) Alt. of Dakir
Dakir (n.) A measure of
certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as,
a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.
Daker hen () The corncrake or
land rail.
Dakoit (n.) Alt. of
Dakoity
Dakoity (n.) See Dacoit,
Dacoity.
Dakota group () A subdivision at
the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from
the region where the strata were first studied.
Dakotas (n. pl) An
extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west
of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.
Dal (n.) Split pulse, esp.
of Cajanus Indicus.
Dale (n.) A low place
between hills; a vale or valley.
Dale (n.) A trough or
spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Dalesmen (pl. ) of
Dalesman
Dalesman (n.) One living
in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in
the north of England, Norway, etc.
Dalf () imp. of Delve.
Dalliance (n.) The act of
dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
Dalliance (n.) Delay or
procrastination.
Dalliance (n.)
Entertaining discourse.
Dallier (n.) One who
fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.
Dallop (n.) A tuft or
clump.
Dallied (imp. & p. p.) of
Dally
Dallying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dally
Dally (v. i.) To waste
time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time;
to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
Dally (v. i.) To
interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling;
to wanton; to sport.
Dally (v. t.) To delay
unnecessarily; to while away.
Dalmania (n.) A genus of
trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.
Dalmanites (n.) Same as
Dalmania.
Dalmatian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Dalmatia.
Dalmatica (n.) Alt. of
Dalmatic
Dalmatic (n.) A vestment
with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops
at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.
Dalmatic (n.) A robe worn
on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.
Dal segno () A direction to go
back to the sign / and repeat from thence to the close. See Segno.
Daltonian (n.) One
afflicted with color blindness.
Daltonism (n.) 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.
Dam (n.) A female parent;
-- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a
human mother.
Dam (n.) A kind or crowned
piece in the game of draughts.
Dam (n.) A barrier to
prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of
masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing
water.
Dam (n.) A firebrick wall,
or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
Dammed (imp. & p. p.) of
Dam
Damming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dam
Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or
restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of
water; -- generally used with in or up.
Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to
stop up; to close; to restrain.
Damage (n.) Injury or harm
to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt;
mischief.
Damage (n.) The estimated
reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation,
recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to
him by another.
Damages (imp. & p. p.) of
Damage
Damaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damage
Damage (n.) To ocassion
damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.
Damage (v. i.) To receive
damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors
in /oth damage in sunlight.
Damageable (a.) Capable of
being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a
damageable cargo.
Damageable (a.) Hurtful;
pernicious.
Damage feasant () Doing injury;
trespassing, as cattle.
Daman (n.) A small
herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria
is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko,
dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.
Damar (n.) See Dammar.
Damascene (a.) Of or
relating to Damascus.
Damascene (n.) A kind of
plume, now called damson. See Damson.
Damascene (v. t.) Same as
Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t.
Damascus (n.) A city of
Syria.
Damask (n.) Damask silk;
silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
Damask (n.) Linen so woven
that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without
contrast of color.
Damask (n.) A heavy woolen
or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; --
made for furniture covering and hangings.
Damask (n.) Damask or
Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
Damask (n.) A deep pink or
rose color.
Damask (a.) Pertaining to,
or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures
of Damascus.
Damask (a.) Having the
color of the damask rose.
Damasked (imp. & p. p.) of
Damask
Damasking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damask
Damask (v. t.) To decorate
in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with
flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with
a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen.
Damaskeen (v.) Alt. of
Damasken
Damasken (v.) To decorate,
as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process
of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another
metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask.
Damaskin (n.) A sword of
Damask steel.
Damasse (a.) Woven like
damask.
Damasse (n.) A damasse
fabric, esp. one of linen.
Damassin (n.) A kind of
modified damask or brocade.
Dambonite (n.) A white,
crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.
Dambose (n.) A crystalline
variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.
Dame (n.) A mistress of a
family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
Dame (n.) The mistress of
a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's
school.
Dame (n.) A woman in
general, esp. an elderly woman.
Dame (n.) A mother; --
applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
Damewort (n.) A
cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance,
especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet.
Damiana (n.) A Mexican
drug, used as an aphrodisiac.
Damianist (n.) A follower
of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical
opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
Dammar (n.) Alt. of
Dammara
Dammara (n.) An oleoresin
used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain
resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar
pine.
Dammara (n.) A large tree
of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called
also Agathis. There are several species.
Damned (imp. & p. p.) of
Damn
Damning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damn
Damn (v. t.) To condemn;
to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
Damn (v. t.) To doom to
punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.
Damn (v. t.) To condemn as
bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting,
etc.
Damn (v. i.) To invoke
damnation; to curse.
Damnability (n.) The
quality of being damnable; damnableness.
Damnable (a.) Liable to
damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning
nature.
Damnable (a.) Odious;
pernicious; detestable.
Damnableness (n.) The
state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
Damnably (adv.) In a
manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment.
Damnably (adv.) Odiously;
detestably; excessively.
Damnation (n.) The state
of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
Damnation (n.)
Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment
itself.
Damnation (n.) A sin
deserving of everlasting punishment.
Damnatory (a.) Dooming to
damnation; condemnatory.
Damned (a.) Sentenced to
punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.
Damned (a.) Hateful;
detestable; abominable.
Damnific (a.) Procuring or
causing loss; mischievous; injurious.
Damnification (n.) That
which causes damage or loss.
Damnify (v. t.) To cause
loss or damage to; to injure; to impair.
Damning (a.) That damns;
damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.
Damningness (n.) Tendency
to bring damnation.
damnum (n.) Harm;
detriment, either to character or property.
Damosel (n.) Alt. of
Damoiselle
Damosella (n.) Alt. of
Damoiselle
Damoiselle (n.) See
Damsel.
Damourite (n.) A kind of
Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
Damp (n.) Moisture;
humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Damp (n.) Dejection;
depression; cloud of the mind.
Damp (n.) A gaseous
product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
Damp (superl.) Being in a
state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
Damp (superl.) Dejected;
depressed; sunk.
Damped (imp. & p. p.) of
Damp
Damping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damp
Damp (n.) To render damp;
to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
Damp (n.) To put out, as
fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action
or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
Dampened (imp. & p. p.) of
Dampen
Dampening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dampen
Dampen (v. t.) To make
damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
Dampen (v. t.) To depress;
to check; to make dull; to lessen.
Dampen (v. i.) To become
damp; to deaden.
Damper (n.) That which
damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a
stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A
contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of
mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
Dampish (a.) Moderately
damp or moist.
Dampne (v. t.) To damn.
Dampness (n.) Moderate
humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Damp off () To decay and perish
through excessive moisture.
Dampy (a.) Somewhat damp.
Dampy (a.) Dejected;
gloomy; sorrowful.
Damsel (n.) A young
person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin;
Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
Damsel (n.) A young
unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
Damsel (n.) An attachment
to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Damson (n.) A small oval
plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called
also damask plum.
Dan (n.) A title of honor
equivalent to master, or sir.
Dan (n.) A small truck or
sledge used in coal mines.
Danaide (n.) A water wheel
having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are
vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
Danaite (n.) A
cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
Danalite (n.) A mineral
occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a
silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur.
Danburite (n.) A
borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in
form.
Danced (imp. & p. p.) of
Dance
Dancing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dance
Dance (v. i.) To move with
measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in
company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the
sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically.
Dance (v. i.) To move
nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip
about.
Dance (v. t.) To cause to
dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
Dance (v. i.) The leaping,
tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the
movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with
music.
Dance (v. i.) A tune by
which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
Dancer (n.) One who dances
or who practices dancing.
Danceress (n.) A female
dancer.
Dancette (a.) Deeply
indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the
whole width of the escutcheon.
Dancing (p. a. & vb. n.)
from Dance.
Dancy (a.) Same as
Dancette.
Dandelion (n.) 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.
Dander (n.) Dandruff or
scurf on the head.
Dander (n.) Anger or
vexation; rage.
Dander (v. i.) To wander
about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.
Dandi (n.) A boatman; an
oarsman.
Dandie (n.) One of a breed
of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.
Dandified (a.) Made up
like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.
Dandified (imp. & p. p.)
of Dandify
Dandifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dandify
Dandify (v. t.) To cause
to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.
Dandiprat (n.) A little
fellow; -- in sport or contempt.
Dandiprat (n.) A small
coin.
Dandled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dandle
Dandling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dandle
Dandle (v. t.) To move up
and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
Dandle (v. t.) To treat
with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
Dandle (v. t.) To play
with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
Dandler (n.) One who
dandles or fondles.
Dandriff (n.) See
Dandruff.
Dandruff (n.) A scurf
which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.
Dandies (pl. ) of Dandy
Dandy (n.) One who affects
special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
Dandy (n.) A sloop or
cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
Dandy (n.) A small sail
carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
Dandy (n.) A dandy roller.
See below.
Dandy-cock (n. fem.) Alt.
of Dandy-hen
Dandy-hen (n. fem.) A
bantam fowl.
Dandyish (a.) Like a
dandy.
Dandyism (n.) The manners
and dress of a dandy; foppishness.
Dandyise (v. t. & i.) To
make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.
Dandyling (n.) A little or
insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.
Dane (n.) A native, or a
naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.
Danegeld (n.) Alt. of
Danegelt
Danegelt (n.) An annual
tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish
invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent
tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two
shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.
Danewort (n.) A fetid
European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort;
-- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots
where battles were fought against the Danes.]
Dang () imp. of Ding.
Dang (v. t.) To dash.
Danger (n.) Authority;
jurisdiction; control.
Danger (n.) Power to harm;
subjection or liability to penalty.
Danger (n.) Exposure to
injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
Danger (n.) Difficulty;
sparingness.
Danger (n.) Coyness;
disdainful behavior.
Danger (v. t.) To
endanger.
Dangerful (a.) Full of
danger; dangerous.
Dangerless (a.) Free from
danger.
Dangerous (a.) Attended or
beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Dangerous (a.) Causing
danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Dangerous (a.) In a
condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Dangerous (a.) Hard to
suit; difficult to please.
Dangerous (a.) Reserved;
not affable.
Dangled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dangle
Dangling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dangle
Dangle (v. i.) To hang
loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
Dangle (v. t.) To cause to
dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
Dangleberry (n.) A dark
blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa)
closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle,
and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.
Dangler (n.) One who
dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.
Daniel (n.) A Hebrew
prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a
sagacious and upright judge.
Danish (a.) Belonging to
the Danes, or to their language or country.
Danish (n.) The language
of the Danes.
Danite (n.) A descendant
of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.
Danite (n.) One of a
secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church
in all things.
Dank (a.) Damp; moist;
humid; wet.
Dank (n.) Moisture;
humidity; water.
Dank (n.) A small silver
coin current in Persia.
Dankish (a.) Somewhat
dank.
Dannebrog (n.) The ancient
battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.
Danseuse (n.) A
professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a
ballet.
Dansk (a.) Danish.
Dansker (n.) A Dane.
Dantean (a.) Relating to,
emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.
Dantesque (a.) Dantelike;
Dantean.
Danubian (a.) Pertaining
to, or bordering on, the river Danube.
Dap (v. i.) To drop the
bait gently on the surface of the water.
Dapatical (a.) Sumptuous
in cheer.
Daphne (n.) A genus of
diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
Daphne (n.) A nymph of
Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
Daphnetin (n.) A colorless
crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.
Daphnia (n.) A genus of
the genus Daphnia.
Daphnin (n.) A dark green
bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the
essential principle of the plant.
Daphnin (n.) A white,
crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from
Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
Daphnomancy (n.)
Divination by means of the laurel.
Dapifer (n.) One who
brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the
grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.
Dapper (a.) Little and
active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
Dapperling (n.) A dwarf; a
dandiprat.
Dapple (n.) One of the
spots on a dappled animal.
Dapple (a.) Alt. of
Dappled
Dappled (a.) Marked with
spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.
Dappled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dapple
Dappling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dapple
Dapple (v. t.) To
variegate with spots; to spot.
Darbies (n. pl.) Manacles;
handcuffs.
Darby (n.) A plasterer's
float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
Darbyite (n.) One of the
Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one
of the leaders of the Brethren.
Dardanian (a. & n.)
Trojan.
Durst (imp.) of Dare
Dared () of Dare
Dared (p. p.) of Dare
Daring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dare
Dare (v. i.) To have
adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not
to be afraid; to venture.
Dared (imp. & p. p.) of
Dare
Daring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dare
Dare (v. t.) To have
courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
Dare (v. t.) To challenge;
to provoke; to defy.
Dare (n.) The quality of
daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
Dare (n.) Defiance;
challenge.
Dare (v. i.) To lurk; to
lie hid.
Dare (v. t.) To terrify;
to daunt.
Dare (n.) A small fish;
the dace.
Dare-devil (n.) A reckless
fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
Dare-deviltries (pl. ) of
Dare-deviltry
Dare-deviltry (n) Reckless
mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
Dareful (a.) Full of
daring or of defiance; adventurous.
Darer (n.) One who dares
or defies.
Darg (n.) Alt. of Dargue
Dargue (n.) A day's work;
also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day.
Daric (n.) A gold coin of
ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on
one side the figure of an archer.
Daric (n.) A silver coin
of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times,
called a daric.
Daric (n.) Any very pure
gold coin.
Daring (n.) Boldness;
fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
Daring (a.) Bold;
fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
Dark (a.) Destitute, or
partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light;
wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored;
as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
Dark (a.) Not clear to the
understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
Dark (a.) Destitute of
knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
Dark (a.) Evincing black
or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark
deed.
Dark (a.) Foreboding evil;
gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
Dark (a.) Deprived of
sight; blind.
Dark (n.) Absence of
light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
Dark (n.) The condition of
ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
Dark (n.) A dark shade or
dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are
well contrasted.
Dark (v. t.) To darken to
obscure.
Darkened (imp. & p. p.) of
Darken
Darkening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Darken
Darken (a.) To make dark
or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
Darken (a.) To render dim;
to deprive of vision.
Darken (a.) To cloud,
obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
Darken (a.) To cast a
gloom upon.
Darken (a.) To make foul;
to sully; to tarnish.
Darken (v. i.) To grow or
darker.
Darkener (n.) One who, or
that which, darkens.
Darkening (n.) Twilight;
gloaming.
Darkful (a.) Full of
darkness.
Darkish (a.) Somewhat
dark; dusky.
Darkle (v. i.) To grow
dark; to show indistinctly.
Darkling (adv.) In the
dark.
Darkling (p. pr. & a.)
Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
Darkling (p. pr. & a.)
Dark; gloomy.
Darkly (adv.) With
imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly;
uncertainly.
Darkly (adv.) With a dark,
gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.
Darkness (n.) The absence
of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
Darkness (n.) A state of
privacy; secrecy.
Darkness (n.) A state of
ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence,
wickedness; impurity.
Darkness (n.) Want of
clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a
discussion.
Darkness (n.) A state of
distress or trouble.
Darksome (a.) Dark;
gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.
Darky (n.) A negro.
Darling (n.) One dearly
beloved; a favorite.
Darling (a.) Dearly
beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.
Darlingtonia (n.) A genus
of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular
leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the
secretion of the leaves.
Darned (imp. & p. p.) of
Darn
Darning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Darn
Darn (v. t.) To mend as a
rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle;
to sew together with yarn or thread.
Darn (n.) A place mended
by darning.
Darn (v. t.) A colloquial
euphemism for Damn.
Darnel (n.) Any grass of
the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of
which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass
or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly
esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
Darner (n.) One who mends
by darning.
Darnex (n.) Alt. of Darnic
Darnic (n.) Same as
Dornick.
Daroo (n.) The Egyptian
sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
Darr (n.) The European
black tern.
Darraign (v. t.) Alt. of
Darrain
Darrain (v. t.) To make
ready to fight; to array.
Darrain (v. t.) To fight
out; to contest; to decide by combat.
Darrein (a.) Last; as,
darrein continuance, the last continuance.
Dart (n.) A pointed
missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin;
hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
Dart (n.) Anything
resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
Dart (n.) A spear set as a
prize in running.
Dart (n.) A fish; the
dace. See Dace.
Darted (imp. & p. p.) of
Dart
Darting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dart
Dart (v. t.) To throw with
a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
Dart (v. t.) To throw
suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth
his beams.
Dart (v. i.) To fly or
pass swiftly, as a dart.
Dart (v. i.) To start and
run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
Dartars (n.) A kind of
scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
Darter (n.) One who darts,
or who throw darts; that which darts.
Darter (n.) The snakebird,
a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long,
snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
Darter (n.) A small
fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species,
all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
Dartingly (adv.) Like a
dart; rapidly.
Dartle (v. t. & i.) To
pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Dartoic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the dartos.
Dartoid (a.) Like the
dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.
Dartos (n.) A thin layer
of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.
Dartrous (a.) Relating to,
or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
Darwinian (a.) 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.
Darwinian (n.) An advocate
of Darwinism.
Darwinianism (n.)
Darwinism.
Darwinism (n.) The theory
or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.
Dase (v. t.) See Daze.
Dasewe (v. i.) To become
dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled.
Dashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Dash
Dashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dash
Dash (v. t.) To throw with
violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with
against.
Dash (v. t.) To break, as
by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
Dash (v. t.) To put to
shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
Dash (v. t.) To throw in
or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in
something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to
touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
Dash (v. t.) To form or
sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; --
with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
Dash (v. t.) To erase by a
stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
Dash (v. i.) To rust with
violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon
rocks.
Dash (n.) Violent striking
together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Dash (n.) A sudden check;
abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
Dash (n.) A slight
admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a
dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
Dash (n.) A rapid
movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or
rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
Dash (n.) Energy in style
or action; animation; spirit.
Dash (n.) A vain show; a
blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
Dash (n.) A mark or line
[--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a
sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause,
or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes
used instead of marks or parenthesis.
Dash (n.) The sign of
staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to
be performed in a short, distinct manner.
Dash (n.) The line drawn
through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a
semitone.
Dash (n.) A short,
spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing,
when a single trial constitutes the race.
Dashboard (n.) 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.
Dashboard (n.) The float
of a paddle wheel.
Dashboard (n.) A screen at
the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Dasher (n.) That which
dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
Dasher (n.) A dashboard or
splashboard.
Dasher (n.) One who makes
an ostentatious parade.
Dashing (a.) Bold;
spirited; showy.
Dashingly (adv.)
Conspicuously; showily.
Dashism (n.) The character
of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic
or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam
engine, to prevent shock.
Dashy (a.) Calculated to
arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Dastard (n.) One who
meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
Dastard (a.) Meanly
shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
Dastard (v. t.) To
dastardize.
Dastardized (imp. & p. p.)
of Dastardize
Dastardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dastardize
Dastardize (v. t.) To make
cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.
Dastardliness (n.) The
quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.
Dastardly (a.) Meanly
timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.
Dastardness (n.)
Dastardliness.
Dastardy (n.) Base
timidity; cowardliness.
Daswe (v. i.) See Dasewe
Dasymeter (n.) 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.
Dasypaedal (a.)
Dasypaedic.
Dasypaedes (n. pl.) Those
birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
Dasypaedic (a.) Pertaining
to the Dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.
Dasyure (n.) A carnivorous
marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are
several species.
Dasyurine (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, the dasyures.
Data (n. pl.) See Datum.
Datable (a.) That may be
dated; having a known or ascertainable date.
Dataria (n.) Formerly, a
part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or
favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name
is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time
and place of granting the gift or favor).
Datary (n.) An officer in
the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.
Datary (n.) The office or
employment of a datary.
Date (n.) The fruit of the
date palm; also, the date palm itself.
Date (n.) That addition to
a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and
year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the
date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.
Date (n.) The point of
time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place;
a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.
Date (n.) Assigned end;
conclusion.
Date (n.) Given or
assigned length of life; dyration.
Dated (imp. & p. p.) of
Date
Dating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Date
Date (v. t.) To note the
time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its
execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
Date (v. t.) To note or
fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building
of the pyramids.
Date (v. i.) To have
beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
Dateless (a.) Without
date; having no fixed time.
Dater (n.) One who dates.
Datiscin (n.) A white
crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).
Dative (a.) Noting the
case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in
English by to or for with the objective.
Dative (a.) In one's gift;
capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
Dative (a.) Removable, as
distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.
Dative (a.) Given by a
magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
Dative (n.) The dative
case. See Dative, a., 1.
Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Datolite (n.) A
borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
Data (pl. ) of Datum
Datum (n.) Something given
or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an
argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Datum (n.) The quantities
or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
Datura (n.) A genus of
solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular
fruit.
Daturine (n.) Atropine; --
called also daturia and daturina.
Daubed (imp. & p. p.) of
Daub
Daubing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Daub
Daub (v. t.) To smear with
soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to
besmear.
Daub (v. t.) To paint in a
coarse or unskillful manner.
Daub (v. t.) To cover with
a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
Daub (v. t.) To flatter
excessively or glossy.
Daub (v. t.) To put on
without taste; to deck gaudily.
Daub (v. i.) To smear; to
play the flatterer.
Daub (n.) A viscous,
sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
Daub (n.) A picture
coarsely executed.
Dauber (n.) One who, or
that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
Dauber (n.) A pad or ball
of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
Dauber (n.) A low and
gross flatterer.
Dauber (n.) The mud wasp;
the mud dauber.
Daubery (n.) Alt. of
Daubry
Daubry (n.) A daubing;
specious coloring; false pretenses.
Daubing (n.) The act of
one who daubs; that which is daubed.
Daubing (n.) A rough coat
of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
Daubing (n.) In currying,
a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing.
Daubreelite (n.) A
sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
Dauby (a.) Smeary;
viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
Daughters (pl. ) of
Daughter
Daughtren (pl. ) of
Daughter
Daughter (n.) The female
offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to
the lower animals.
Daughter (n.) A female
descendant; a woman.
Daughter (n.) A son's
wife; a daughter-in-law.
Daughter (n.) A term of
address indicating parental interest.
Daughters-in-law (pl. ) of
Daughter-in-law
Daughter-in-law (n.) The
wife of one's son.
Daughterliness (n.) The
state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
Daughterly (a.) Becoming a
daughter; filial.
Dauk (v. t.) See Dawk, v.
t., to cut or gush.
Daun (n.) A variant of
Dan, a title of honor.
Daunted (imp. & p. p.) of
Daunt
Daunting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Daunt
Daunt (v. t.) To overcome;
to conquer.
Daunt (v. t.) To repress
or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to
dishearten.
Daunter (n.) One who
daunts.
Dauntless (a.) Incapable
of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
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.
Dauphiness (n.) Alt. of
Dauphine
Dauphine (n.) The title of
the wife of the dauphin.
Dauw (n.) The striped
quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also
peechi, or peetsi.
Davenport (n.) A kind of
small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of
furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
Davidic (a.) Of or
pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
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; -- called also the fish
davit.
Davit (n.) Curved arms of
timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise
or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called
also boat davits.
Davy Jones () The spirit of the
sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
Davy lamp () See Safety lamp,
under Lamp.
Davyne (n.) A variety of
nephelite from Vesuvius.
Davyum (n.) A rare
metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance.
Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
Daw (n.) A European bird
of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins;
a jackdaw.
Daw (v. i.) To dawn.
Daw (v. t.) To rouse.
Daw (v. t.) To daunt; to
terrify.
Dawdled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dawdle
Dawdling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dawdle
Dawdle (v. i.) To waste
time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by
trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
Dawdle (n.) A dawdler.
Dawdler (n.) One who
wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
Dawe (n.) Day.
Dawish (a.) Like a daw.
Dawk (n.) See Dak.
Dawk (v. t.) To cut or
mark with an incision; to gash.
Dawk (n.) A hollow, crack,
or cut, in timber.
Dawned (imp. & p. p.) of
Dawn
Dawning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dawn
Dawn (v. i.) To begin to
grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the
day dawns; the morning dawns.
Dawn (v. i.) To began to
give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
Dawn (n.) The break of
day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
Dawn (n.) First opening or
expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
Dawsonite (n.) A hydrous
carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.
Day (n.) The time of
light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and
sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
Day (n.) The period of the
earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It
is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body
over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus,
if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the
sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a
sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day,
below.
Day (n.) Those hours, or
the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
Day (n.) A specified time
or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a
person or thing; age; time.
Day (n.) (Preceded by the)
Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
Dayaks (n. pl.) See Dyaks.
Daybook (n.) A journal of
accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or
accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the
journal.
Daybreak (n.) The time of
the first appearance of light in the morning.
Day-coal (n.) The upper
stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
Daydream (n.) A vain fancy
speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Daydreamer (n.) One given
to daydreams.
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; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it
commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly,
under Ephemeral.
Day-labor (n.) Labor hired
or performed by the day.
Day-laborer (n.) One who
works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does
not work at any particular trade.
Daylight (n.) The light of
day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to
that of the moon or to artificial light.
Daylight (n.) The eyes.
Day lily () A genus of plants
(Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks
instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow
or tawny-orange flowers.
Day lily () A genus of plants
(Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white
or blue flowers.
Daymaid (n.) A dairymaid.
Daymare (n.) A kind of
incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on
the chest which characterizes nightmare.
Day-net (n.) A net for
catching small birds.
Day-peep (n.) The dawn.
Daysman (n.) An umpire or
arbiter; a mediator.
Dayspring (n.) The
beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the
beginning.
Day-star (n.) The morning
star; the star which ushers in the day.
Day-star (n.) The sun, as
the orb of day.
Daytime (n.) The time
during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.
Daywoman (n.) A dairymaid.
Dazed (imp. & p. p.) of
Daze
Dazing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Daze
Daze (v. t.) To stupefy
with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to
benumb.
Daze (n.) The state of
being dazed; as, he was in a daze.
Daze (n.) A glittering
stone.
Dazzled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dazzle
Dazzling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dazzle
Dazzle (v. t.) To
overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Dazzle (v. t.) To bewilder
or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.
Dazzle (v. i.) To be
overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Dazzle (v. i.) To be
overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
Dazzle (n.) A light of
dazzling brilliancy.
Dazzlement (n.) Dazzling
flash, glare, or burst of light.
Dazzlingly (adv.) In a
dazzling manner.
De- () A prefix from Latin de
down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from
the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf.
Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is
intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.
Deacon (n.) An officer in
Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in
different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person
admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and
priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders,
and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the
care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor,
and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
Deacon (n.) The chairman
of an incorporated company.
Deacon (v. t.) To read
aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
Deaconess (n.) A female
deacon
Deaconess (n.) One of an
order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
Deaconess (n.) A woman set
apart for church work by a bishop.
Deaconess (n.) A woman
chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
Deaconhood (n.) The state
of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
Deaconry (n.) See
Deaconship.
Deaconship (n.) The office
or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
Dead (a.) Deprived of
life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which
the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
Dead (a.) Destitute of
life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
Dead (a.) Resembling death
in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
Dead (a.) Still as death;
motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
Dead (a.) So constructed
as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
Dead (a.) Unproductive;
bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
Dead (a.) Lacking spirit;
dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
Dead (a.) Monotonous or
unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
Dead (a.) Sure as death;
unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
Dead (a.) Bringing death;
deadly.
Dead (a.) Wanting in
religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
Dead (a.) Flat; without
gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
Dead (a.) Not brilliant;
not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
Dead (a.) Cut off from the
rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property;
as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
Dead (a.) Not imparting
motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
Dead (adv.) To a degree
resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
Dead (n.) The most quiet
or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as,
the dead of winter.
Dead (n.) One who is dead;
-- commonly used collectively.
Dead (v. t.) To make dead;
to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
Dead (v. i.) To die; to
lose life or force.
Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7.
Deadbeat (a.) Making a
beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said
of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the
extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Deadborn (a.) Stillborn.
Deadened (imp. & p. p.) of
Deaden
Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deaden
Deaden (a.) To make as
dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or
acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden
a sound.
Deaden (a.) To lessen the
velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
Deaden (a.) To make vapid
or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
Deaden (a.) To deprive of
gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
Deadener (n.) One who, or
that which, deadens or checks.
Dead-eye (n.) A round,
flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with
three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and
for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.
Deadhead (n.) One who
receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.
Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See
under Dead, a.
Dead-hearted (a.) Having a
dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
Deadhouse (n.) A morgue; a
place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
Deadish (a.) Somewhat
dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.
Deadlatch (n.) 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 (n.) A strong
shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.
Deadlihood (n.) State of
the dead.
Deadliness (n.) The
quality of being deadly.
Deadlock (n.) A lock which
is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
Deadlock (n.) A
counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete
obstruction of action.
Deadly (a.) Capable of
causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as,
a deadly blow or wound.
Deadly (a.) Aiming or
willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly
enemies.
Deadly (a.) Subject to
death; mortal.
Deadly (adv.) In a manner
resembling, or as if produced by, death.
Deadly (adv.) In a manner
to occasion death; mortally.
Deadly (adv.) In an
implacable manner; destructively.
Deadly (adv.) Extremely.
Deadness (n.) The state of
being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness;
languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body,
or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of
beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.
Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn
for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
Dead-reckoning (n.) See
under Dead, a.
Deads (n. pl.) The
substances which inclose the ore on every side.
Dead-stroke (a.) Making a
stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Deadwood (n.) A mass of
timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
Deadwood (n.) Dead trees
or branches; useless material.
Deadworks (n. pl.) The
parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.
Deaf (a.) Wanting the
sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of
hearing; as, a deaf man.
Deaf (a.) Unwilling to
hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to
facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
Deaf (a.) Deprived of the
power of hearing; deafened.
Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard;
stifled; deadened.
Deaf (a.) Decayed;
tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Deaf (v. t.) To deafen.
Deafened (imp. & p. p.) of
Deafen
Deafening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deafen
Deafen (v. t.) To make
deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving
sounds distinctly.
Deafen (v. t.) To render
impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with
mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
Deafening (n.) 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.
Deafly (adv.) Without
sense of sounds; obscurely.
Deafly (a.) Lonely;
solitary.
Deaf-mute (n.) 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.
Deaf-mutism (n.) The
condition of being a deaf-mute.
Deafness (n.) Incapacity
of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression
which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
Deafness (n.)
Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the
understanding.
Deal (n.) A part or
portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or
extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
Deal (n.) The process of
dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
Deal (n.) Distribution;
apportionment.
Deal (n.) An arrangement
to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to
stock speculations and political bargains.
Deal (n.) The division of
a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or
plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in
length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
Deal (n.) Wood of the pine
or fir; as, a floor of deal.
Dealt (imp. & p. p.) of
Deal
Dealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deal
Deal (n.) To divide; to
separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow
successively; -- sometimes with out.
Deal (n.) Specifically: To
distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal
the cards; to deal one a jack.
Deal (v. i.) To make
distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
Deal (v. i.) To do a
distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer
or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
Deal (v. i.) To act as an
intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; --
followed by between or with.
Deal (v. i.) To conduct
one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
Deal (v. i.) To contend
(with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has
turbulent passions to deal with.
Dealbate (v. t.) To
whiten.
Dealbation (n.) Act of
bleaching; a whitening.
Dealer (n.) One who deals;
one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a
shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in
stocks; a retail dealer.
Dealer (n.) One who
distributes cards to the players.
Dealfish (n.) A long, thin
fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).
Dealing (n.) The act of
one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of
business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.
Dealth (n.) Share dealt.
Deambulate (v. i.) To walk
abroad.
Deambulation (n.) A
walking abroad; a promenading.
Deambulatory (a.) Going
about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory.
Deambulatory (n.) A
covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
Dean (n.) A dignitary or
presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an
ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
Dean (n.) The collegiate
officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other
duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
Dean (n.) The head or
presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
Dean (n.) A registrar or
secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or
theological, or scientific department.
Dean (n.) The chief or
senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic
corps; -- so called by courtesy.
Deaneries (pl. ) of
Deanery
Deanery (n.) The office or
the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
Deanery (n.) The residence
of a dean.
Deanery (n.) The
territorial jurisdiction of a dean.
Deanship (n.) The office
of a dean.
Dear (superl.) Bearing a
high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
Dear (superl.) Marked by
scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
Dear (superl.) Highly
valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
Dear (superl.) Hence,
close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
Dear (superl.) Of
agreeable things and interests.
Dear (superl.) Of
disagreeable things and antipathies.
Dear (n.) A dear one;
lover; sweetheart.
Dear (adv.) Dearly; at a
high price.
Dear (v. t.) To endear.
Dearborn (n.) A
four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.
Dear-bought (a.) Bought at
a high price; as, dear-bought experience.
Deare () variant of Dere, v. t. &
n.
Dearie (n.) Same as Deary.
Dearling (n.) A darling.
Dear-loved (a.) Greatly
beloved.
Dearly (adv.) In a dear
manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
Dearly (adv.) At a high
rate or price; grievously.
Dearly (adv.) Exquisitely.
Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely;
solitary; dreadful.
Dearn (v. t.) Same as
Darn.
Dearness (n.) The quality
or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.
Dearness (n.) Fondness;
preciousness; love; tenderness.
Dearth (n.) Scarcity which
renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of
crops; famine.
Dearticulate (v. t.) To
disjoint.
Dearworth (a.) Precious.
Deary (n.) A dear; a
darling.
Deas (n.) See Dais.
Death (v. i.) The
cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in
animals or plants.
Death (v. i.) Total
privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.
Death (v. i.) Manner of
dying; act or state of passing from life.
Death (v. i.) Cause of
loss of life.
Death (v. i.) Personified:
The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a
scythe.
Death (v. i.) Danger of
death.
Death (v. i.) Murder;
murderous character.
Death (v. i.) Loss of
spiritual life.
Death (v. i.) Anything so
dreadful as to be like death.
Deathbed (n.) The bed in
which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by
sickness or the like; the last sickness.
Deathbird (n.) Tengmalm's
or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the
North American Indians that its note presages death.
Deathblow (n.) A mortal or
crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
Deathful (a.) Full of
death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
Deathful (a.) Liable to
undergo death; mortal.
Deathfulness (n.)
Appearance of death.
Deathless (a.) Not subject
to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as,
deathless beings; deathless fame.
Deathlike (a.) Resembling
death.
Deathlike (a.) Deadly.
Deathliness (n.) The
quality of being deathly; deadliness.
Deathly (a.) Deadly;
fatal; mortal; destructive.
Deathly (adv.) Deadly; as,
deathly pale or sick.
Death's-head (n.) A naked
human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification
of death.
Death's-herb (n.) The
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Deathsman (n.) An
executioner; a headsman or hangman.
Deathward (adv.) Toward
death.
Deathwatch (n.) A small
beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its
head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to
each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.
Deathwatch (n.) A small
wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter
sound; -- called also deathtick.
Deathwatch (n.) The guard
set over a criminal before his execution.
Deaurate (a.) Gilded.
Deaurate (v. t.) To gild.
Deauration (n.) Act of
gilding.
Deave (v. t.) To stun or
stupefy with noise; to deafen.
Debacchate (v. i.) To rave
as a bacchanal.
Debacchation (n.) Wild
raving or debauchery.
Debacle (n.) A breaking or
bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing
barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris.
Debarred (imp. & p. p.) of
Debar
Debarring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debar
Debar (v. t.) To cut off
from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach,
entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from,
and sometimes with of.
Debarb (v. t.) To deprive
of the beard.
Debarked (imp. & p. p.) of
Debark
Debarking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debark
Debark (v. t. & i.) To go
ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.
Debarkation (n.)
Disembarkation.
Debarment (n.) Hindrance
from approach; exclusion.
Debarrass (v. t.) To
disembarrass; to relieve.
Debased (imp. & p. p.) of
Debase
Debasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debase
Debase (a.) To reduce from
a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to
degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by
crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.
Debased (a.) Turned upside
down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
Debasement (n.) The act of
debasing or the state of being debased.
Debaser (n.) One who, or
that which, debases.
Debasingly (adv.) In a
manner to debase.
Debatable (a.) Liable to
be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question
or dispute; as, a debatable question.
Debated (imp. & p. p.) of
Debate
Debating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debate
Debate (v. t.) To engage
in combat for; to strive for.
Debate (v. t.) To contend
for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to
contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Debate (v. i.) To engage
in strife or combat; to fight.
Debate (v. i.) To contend
in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine
different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon.
Debate (v. t.) A fight or
fighting; contest; strife.
Debate (v. t.) Contention
in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or
influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in
Parliament or in Congress.
Debate (v. t.) Subject of
discussion.
Debateful (a.) Full of
contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
Debatefully (adv.) With
contention.
Debatement (n.)
Controversy; deliberation; debate.
Debater (n.) One who
debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Debating (n.) The act of
discussing or arguing; discussion.
Debatingly (adv.) In the
manner of a debate.
Debauched (imp. & p. p.)
of Debauch
Debauching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debauch
Debauch (n.) To lead away
from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to
vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to
debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
Debauch (n.) Excess in
eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
Debauch (n.) An act or
occasion of debauchery.
Debauched (a.) Dissolute;
dissipated.
Debauchedly (adv.) In a
profligate manner.
Debauchedness (n.) The
state of being debauched; intemperance.
Debauchee (v. t.) One who
is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a
libertine.
Debaucher (n.) One who
debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.
Debaucheries (pl. ) of
Debauchery
Debauchery (n.) Corruption
of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.
Debauchery (n.) Excessive
indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust;
intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.
Debauchment (n.) The act
of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
Debauchness (n.)
Debauchedness.
Debeige (n.) A kind of
woolen or mixed dress goods.
Debel (v. t.) To conquer.
Debellate (v. t.) To
subdue; to conquer in war.
Debellation (n.) The act
of conquering or subduing.
De bene esse () Of well being; of
formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
Debenture (n.) 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.
Debenture (n.) A
customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of
duties paid on their importation.
Debentured (a.) Entitled
to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.
Debile (a.) Weak.
Debilitant (a.)
Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.
Debilitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Debilitate
Debilitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debilitate
Debilitate (v. t.) To
impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by
intemperance.
Debilitation (n.) The act
or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated;
weakness.
Debility (a.) The state of
being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.
Debit (n.) A debt; an
entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as,
the debit side of an account.
Debited (imp. & p. p.) of
Debit
Debiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debit
Debit (v. t.) To charge
with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a
purchaser for the goods sold.
Debit (v. t.) To enter on
the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
Debitor (n.) A debtor.
Debituminization (n.) The
act of depriving of bitumen.
Debituminize (v. t.) To
deprive of bitumen.
Deblai (n.) The cavity
from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.
Debonair (a.)
Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance
and manners; graceful; complaisant.
Debonairity (n.)
Debonairness.
Debonairly (adv.)
Courteously; elegantly.
Debonairness (n.) The
quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.
Debosh (v. t.) To debauch.
Deboshment (n.)
Debauchment.
Debouched (imp. & p. p.)
of Debouch
Debouching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Debouch
Debouch (v. i.) To march
out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.
Debouche (n.) A place for
exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.
Debouchure (n.) The
outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.
Debris (n.) Broken and
detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a
rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.
Debris (n.) Rubbish,
especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.
Debruised (a.) Surmounted
by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed
over it, as in the cut.
Debt (n.) That which is
due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which
one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing
owed; obligation; liability.
Debt (n.) A duty neglected
or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
Debt (n.) An action at law
to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
Debted (p. a.) Indebted;
obliged to.
Debtee (n.) One to whom a
debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.
Debtless (a.) Free from
debt.
Debtor (n.) One who owes a
debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
Debulliate (v. i.) To boil
over.
Debulition (n.) A bubbling
or boiling over.
Deburse (v. t. & i.) To
disburse.
Debuscope (n.) A
modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form
beautiful designs.
Debut (n.) A beginning or
first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or
public speaker.
Debutant () Alt. of Debutante
Debutante () A person who makes
his (or her) first appearance before the public.
Deca- () A prefix, from Gr.
de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the
weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.
Decacerata (n. pl.) The
division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others
having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.]
See Dibranchiata.
Decachord (n.) Alt. of
Decachordon
Decachordon (n.) An
ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.
Decachordon (n.) Something
consisting of ten parts.
Decucuminated (a.) Having
the point or top cut off.
Decad (n.) A decade.
Decadal (a.) Pertaining to
ten; consisting of tens.
Decade (n.) A group or
division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years
or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.
Decadence (n.) Alt. of
Decadency
Decadency (n.) A falling
away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived
in their decadence."
Decadent (a.) Decaying;
deteriorating.
Decadist (n.) A writer of
a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist.
Decagon (n.) A plane
figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular
decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.
Decagonal (a.) Pertaining
to a decagon; having ten sides.
Decagram (n.) Alt. of
Decagramme
Decagramme (n.) A weight
of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
Decagynia (n. pl.) A
Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles.
Decagynian (a.) Alt. of
Deccagynous
Deccagynous (a.) Belonging
to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
Decahedral (a.) Having ten
sides.
Decahedrons (pl. ) of
Decahedron
Decahedra (pl. ) of
Decahedron
Decahedron (n.) A solid
figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.
Decalcification (n.) The
removal of calcareous matter.
Decalcified (imp. & p. p.)
of Decalcify
Decalcifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decalcify
Decalcify (v. t.) To
deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony
part, and leave only the gelatin.
Decalcomania (n.) Alt. of
Decalcomanie
Decalcomanie (n.) The art
or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc.,
and permanently fixing them thereto.
Decaliter (n.) Alt. of
Decalitre
Decalitre (n.) 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.
Decalog (n.) Decalogue.
Decalogist (n.) One who
explains the decalogue.
Decalogue (n.) The Ten
Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally
written on two tables of stone.
Decameron (n.) A
celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written
in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.
Decameter (n.) Alt. of
Decametre
Decametre (n.) A measure
of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Decamped (imp. & p. p.) of
Decamp
Decamping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decamp
Decamp (v. i.) To break up
a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
Decamp (v. i.) Hence, to
depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
Decampment (n.) Departure
from a camp; a marching off.
Decanal (a.) Pertaining to
a dean or deanery.
Decandria (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.
Decandrian (a.) Alt. of
Decandrous
Decandrous (a.) Belonging
to the Decandria; having ten stamens.
Decane (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric
modifications.
Decangular (a.) Having ten
angles.
Decani (a.) Used of the
side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative
to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.
Decanted (imp. & p. p.) of
Decant
Decanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decant
Decant (v. t.) To pour off
gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel
into another; as, to decant wine.
Decantate (v. t.) To
decant.
Decantation (n.) The act
of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one
vessel into another.
Decanter (n.) A vessel
used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass
bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are
filled.
Decanter (n.) One who
decants liquors.
Decaphyllous (a.) Having
ten leaves.
Decapitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decapitate
Decapitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decapitate
Decapitate (v. t.) To cut
off the head of; to behead.
Decapitate (v. t.) To
remove summarily from office.
Decapitation (n.) The act
of beheading; beheading.
Decapod (n.) A crustacean
with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
Decapoda (n. pl.) The
order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
Decapoda (n. pl.) A
division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids.
See Decacera.
Deccapodal (a.) Alt. of
Deccapodous
Deccapodous (a.) Belonging
to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.
Decarbonate (v. t.) To
deprive of carbonic acid.
Decarbonization (n.) The
action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
Decarbonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Decarbonize
Decarbonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decarbonize
Decarbonize (v. t.) To
deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.
Decarbonizer (n.) He who,
or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
Decarburization (n.) The
act, process, or result of decarburizing.
Decarburize (v. t.) To
deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.
Decard (v. t.) To discard.
Decardinalize (v. t.) To
depose from the rank of cardinal.
Decastere (n.) A measure
of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.
Decastich (n.) A poem
consisting of ten lines.
Decastyle (a.) Having ten
columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.
Decastyle (n.) A portico
having ten pillars or columns in front.
Decasyllabic (a.) Having,
or consisting of, ten syllables.
Decatoic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, decane.
Decayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Decay
Decaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decay
Decay (v. i.) To pass
gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection,
adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak,
corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay;
hopes decay.
Decay (v. t.) To cause to
decay; to impair.
Decay (v. t.) To destroy.
Decay (n.) Gradual failure
of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or
perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness;
decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the
decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
Decay (n.) Destruction;
death.
Decay (n.) Cause of decay.
Decayed (a.) Fallen, as to
physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed
vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.
Decayer (n.) A causer of
decay.
Decease (n.) Departure,
especially departure from this life; death.
Deceased (imp. & p. p.) of
Decease
Deceasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decease
Decease (v. i.) To depart
from this life; to die; to pass away.
Deceased (a.) Passed away;
dead; gone.
Decede (n.) To withdraw.
Decedent (a.) Removing;
departing.
Decedent (n.) A deceased
person.
Deceit (n.) An attempt or
disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or
practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a
contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.
Deceit (n.) Any trick,
collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to
defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it
called, lies for compensation.
Deceitful (a.) Full of, or
characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent;
cheating; insincere.
Deceitfully (adv.) With
intent to deceive.
Deceitfulness (n.) The
disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.
Deceitfulness (n.) The
quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices.
Deceitfulness (n.)
Tendency to mislead or deceive.
Deceitless (a.) Free from
deceit.
Deceivable (a.) Fitted to
deceive; deceitful.
Deceivable (a.) Subject to
deceit; capable of being misled.
Deceivableness (n.)
Capability of deceiving.
Deceivableness (n.)
Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child.
Deceivably (adv.) In a
deceivable manner.
Deceived (imp. & p. p.) of
Deceive
Deceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deceive
Deceive (v. t.) To lead
into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to
impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.
Deceive (v. t.) To
beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as
if by deception.
Deceive (v. t.) To deprive
by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Deceiver (n.) One who
deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
December (n.) The twelfth
and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs
the winter solstice.
December (n.) Fig.: With
reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of
his life.
Decemdentate (a.) Having
ten points or teeth.
Decemfid (a.) Cleft into
ten parts.
Decemlocular (a.) Having
ten cells for seeds.
Decempedal (a.) Ten feet
in length.
Decempedal (a.) Having ten
feet; decapodal.
Decemvirs (pl. ) of
Decemvir
Decemviri (pl. ) of
Decemvir
Decemvir (n.) One of a
body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.
Decemvir (n.) A member of
any body of ten men in authority.
Decemviral (a.) Pertaining
to the decemvirs in Rome.
Decemvirate (n.) The
office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.
Decemvirate (n.) A body of
ten men in authority.
Decemvirship (n.) The
office of a decemvir.
Decence (n.) Decency.
Decencies (pl. ) of
Decency
Decency (n.) The quality
or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety
of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality;
becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum;
modesty.
Decency (n.) That which is
proper or becoming.
Decene (n.) One of the
higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.
Decennaries (pl. ) of
Decennary
Decennary (n.) A period of
ten years.
Decennary (n.) A tithing
consisting of ten neighboring families.
Decennial (a.) Consisting
of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial
games.
Decennial (n.) A tenth
year or tenth anniversary.
Decenniums (pl. ) of
Decennium
Decennia (pl. ) of
Decennium
Decennium (n.) A period of
ten years.
Decennoval (a.) Alt. of
Decennovary
Decennovary (a.)
Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years.
Decent (a.) Suitable in
words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly;
as, decent conduct; decent language.
Decent (a.) Free from
immodesty or obscenity; modest.
Decent (a.) Comely;
shapely; well-formed.
Decent (a.) Moderate, but
competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable
or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
Decentralization (n.) The
action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.
Decentralize (v. t.) To
prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of
concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated);
-- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.
Deceptible (a.) Capable of
being deceived; deceivable.
Deception (n.) The act of
deceiving or misleading.
Deception (n.) The state
of being deceived or misled.
Deception (n.) That which
deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat;
fraud.
Deceptious (a.) Tending
deceive; delusive.
Deceptive (a.) Tending to
deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a
deceptive countenance or appearance.
Deceptively (adv.) In a
manner to deceive.
Deceptiveness (n.) The
power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.
Deceptivity (n.)
Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.
Deceptory (a.) Deceptive.
Decern (v. t.) To
perceive, discern, or decide.
Decern (v. t.) To decree;
to adjudge.
Decerniture (n.) A decree
or sentence of a court.
Decerp (v. t.) To pluck
off; to crop; to gather.
Decerpt (a.) Plucked off
or away.
Decerptible (a.) That may
be plucked off, cropped, or torn away.
Decerption (n.) The act of
plucking off; a cropping.
Decerption (n.) That which
is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.
Decertation (n.) Contest
for mastery; contention; strife.
Decession (n.) Departure;
decrease; -- opposed to accesion.
Decharm (v. t.) To free
from a charm; to disenchant.
Dechristianized (imp. & p. p.)
of Dechristianize
Dechristianizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Dechristianize
Dechristianize (v. t.) To
turn from, or divest of, Christianity.
Decidable (a.) Capable of
being decided; determinable.
Decided (imp. & p. p.) of
Decide
Deciding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decide
Decide (v. t.) To cut off;
to separate.
Decide (v. t.) To bring to
a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to
one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.
Decide (v. i.) To
determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give
decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant.
Decided (a.) Free from
ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a
decided advantage.
Decided (a.) Free from
doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive;
resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.
Decidedly (adv.) In a
decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
Decidement (n.) Means of
forming a decision.
Decidence (n.) A falling
off.
Decider (n.) One who
decides.
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.
Deciduata (n. pl.) A group
of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in
the human species.
Deciduate (a.) Possessed
of, or characterized by, a decidua.
Deciduity (n.)
Deciduousness.
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.; also, shedding leaves or parts at
certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous
membrane.
Deciduousness (n.) The
quality or state of being deciduous.
Decigram (n.) Alt. of
Decigramme
Decigramme (n.) A weight
in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
Decil (n.) Alt. of Decile
Decile (n.) An aspect or
position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of
the zodiac, or 36¡.
Deciliter (n.) Alt. of
Decilitre
Decilitre (n.) 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 (n.) 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.]
Decillionth (a.)
Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
Decillionth (n.) The
quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
Decillionth (n.) One of a
decillion equal parts.
Decimal (a.) Of or
pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold
increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as,
decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
Decimal (n.) A number
expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as
synonymous with a decimal fraction.
Decimalism (n.) The system
of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
Decimalize (v. t.) To
reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.
Decimally (adv.) By tens;
by means of decimals.
Decimated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decimate
Decimating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decimate
Decimate (v. t.) To take
the tenth part of; to tithe.
Decimate (v. t.) To select
by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a
punishment for mutiny.
Decimate (v. t.) To
destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a
people by disease.
Decimation (n.) A tithing.
Decimation (n.) A
selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
Decimation (n.) The
destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.
Decimator (n.) One who
decimates.
Decime (n.) A French coin,
the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.
Decimeter (n.) Alt. of
Decimetre
Decimetre (n.) A measure
of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
Decimosexto (n.) A book
consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence,
indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or
16¡.
Decimosexto (a.) Having
sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.
Decine (n.) One of the
higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene.
Deciphered (imp. & p. p.)
of Decipher
Deciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decipher
Decipher (v. t.) To
translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to
decipher a letter written in secret characters.
Decipher (v. t.) To find
out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as
words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.
Decipher (v. t.) To stamp;
to detect; to discover.
Decipherable (a.) Capable
of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.
Decipherer (n.) One who
deciphers.
Decipheress (n.) A woman
who deciphers.
Decipherment (n.) The act
of deciphering.
Decipiency (n.) State of
being deceived; hallucination.
Decipium (n.) A supposed
rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral
samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.
Decision (n.) Cutting off;
division; detachment of a part.
Decision (n.) The act of
deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment
on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement;
conclusion.
Decision (n.) An account
or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial
determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision
of the Supreme Court.
Decision (n.) The quality
of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to
manifest great decision.
Decisive (a.) Having the
power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to
contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Decisive (a.) Marked by
promptness and decision.
Decisory (a.) Able to
decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Decistere (n.) The tenth
part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.
Decitizenize (v. t.) To
deprive of the rights of citizenship.
Decivilize (v. t.) To
reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Decked (imp. & p. p.) of
Deck
Decking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deck
Deck (v. t.) To cover; to
overspread.
Deck (v. t.) To dress, as
the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance;
to array; to adorn; to embellish.
Deck (v. t.) To furnish
with a deck, as a vessel.
Deck (v.) The floorlike
covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels
have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
Deck (v.) The upper part
or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
Deck (v.) The roof of a
passenger car.
Deck (v.) A pack or set of
playing cards.
Deck (v.) A heap or store.
Deckel (n.) Same as
Deckle.
Decker (n.) One who, or
that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
Decker (n.) A vessel which
has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a
three-decker.
Deckle (n.) A separate
thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India
rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a
paper machine and determines the width of the paper.
Declaimed (imp. & p. p.)
of Declaim
Declaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Declaim
Declaim (v. i.) To speak
rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to
recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice
public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
Declaim (v. i.) To speak
for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an
empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
Declaim (v. t.) To utter
in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
Declaim (v. t.) To defend
by declamation; to advocate loudly.
Declaimant (n.) A
declaimer.
Declaimer (n.) One who
declaims; an haranguer.
Declamation (n.) The act
or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public;
especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and
colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
Declamation (n.) A set or
harangue; declamatory discourse.
Declamation (n.)
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere
declamation.
Declamator (n.) A
declaimer.
Declamatory (a.)
Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a
declamatory theme.
Declamatory (a.)
Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid
sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
Declarable (a.) Capable of
being declared.
Declarant (n.) One who
declares.
Declaration (n.) The act
of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a
ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the
declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
Declaration (n.) That
which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal
expression; avowal.
Declaration (n.) The
document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the
Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
Declaration (n.) That part
of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause
of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or
counts. See Count, n., 3.
Declarative (a.) Making
declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.
Declaratively (adv.) By
distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.
Declarator (n.) A form of
action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.
Declaratorily (adv.) In a
declaratory manner.
Declaratory (a.) Making
declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative;
expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature.
Declared (imp. & p. p.) of
Declare
Declaring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Declare
Declare (v. t.) To make
clear; to free from obscurity.
Declare (v. t.) To make
known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way;
to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.
Declare (v. t.) To make
declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the
story to be false.
Declare (v. t.) To make
full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
Declare (v. i.) To make a
declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often
with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies.
Declare (v. i.) To state
the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff
declares in trespass.
Declaredly (adv.)
Avowedly; explicitly.
Declaredness (n.) The
state of being declared.
Declarement (n.)
Declaration.
Declarer (n.) One who
makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits.
Declension (n.) The act or
the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Declension (n.) A falling
off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the
declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
Declension (n.) Act of
courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the
declension of a nomination.
Declension (n.) Inflection
of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
Declension (n.) The form
of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second
declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
Declension (n.) Rehearsing
a word as declined.
Declensional (a.)
Belonging to declension.
Declinable (a.) Capable of
being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of
speech.
Declinal (a.) Declining;
sloping.
Declinate (a.) Bent
downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.
Declination (n.) The act
or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
Declination (n.) The act
or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection;
deterioration; decay; decline.
Declination (n.) The act
of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.
Declination (n.) The act
or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
Declination (n.) The
angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or
southward.
Declination (n.) The arc
of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical
circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the
plane, reckoned from the north or south.
Declination (n.) The act
of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4.
Declinator (n.) An
instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the
horizontal plane.
Declinator (n.) A
dissentient.
Declinatory (a.)
Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge
or sentence.
Declinature (n.) The act
of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.
Declined (imp. & p. p.) of
Decline
Declining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decline
Decline (v. i.) To bend,
or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as
from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
Decline (v. i.) To tend or
draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to
become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the
day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.
Decline (v. i.) To turn or
bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from
straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.
Decline (v. i.) To turn
away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined,
upon principle.
Decline (v. t.) To bend
downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
Decline (v. t.) To cause
to decrease or diminish.
Decline (v. t.) To put or
turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with;
reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he
declined any participation with them.
Decline (v. t.) To
inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline
a noun or an adjective.
Decline (v. t.) To run
through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
Decline (v. i.) A falling
off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the
period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as,
the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and
religion.
Decline (v. i.) That
period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence;
as, the decline of a fever.
Decline (v. i.) A gradual
sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp.
pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline.
Declined (a.) Declinate.
Decliner (n.) He who
declines or rejects.
Declinometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.
Declinous (a.) Declinate.
Declivitous (a.) Alt. of
Declivous
Declivous (a.) Descending
gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.
Declivities (pl. ) of
Declivity
Declivity (n.) 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.
Declivity (n.) A
descending surface; a sloping place.
Decocted (imp. & p. p.) of
Decoct
Decocting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decoct
Decoct (v. t.) To prepare
by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor
of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
Decoct (v. t.) To prepare
by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
Decoct (v. t.) To warm,
strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
Decoctible (a.) Capable of
being boiled or digested.
Decoction (n.) The act or
process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
Decoction (n.) An extract
got from a body by boiling it in water.
Decocture (n.) A
decoction.
Decollated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decollate
Decollating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decollate
Decollate (v. t.) To sever
from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
Decollated (a.)
Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain
univalve shells.
Decollation (n.) The act
of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of
St. John the Baptist.
Decollation (n.) A
painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the
Baptist.
Decollete (a.) Leaving the
neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.
Decolling (n.) Beheading.
Decolor (v. t.) To deprive
of color; to bleach.
Decolorant (n.) A
substance which removes color, or bleaches.
Decolorate (a.) Deprived
of color.
Decolorate (v. t.) To
decolor.
Decoloration (n.) The
removal or absence of color.
Decolorize (v. t.) To
deprive of color; to whiten.
Decomplex (a.) Repeatedly
compound; made up of complex constituents.
Decomposable (a.) Capable
of being resolved into constituent elements.
Decomposed (imp. & p. p.)
of Decompose
Decomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decompose
Decompose (v. 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.
Decompose (v. i.) To
become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution;
to decay; to rot.
Decomposed (a.) Separated
or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.
Decomposite (a.)
Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
Decomposite (a.) See
Decompound, a., 2.
Decomposite (n.) Anything
decompounded.
Decomposition (n.) The act
or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance
into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay
or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the
ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks,
etc.
Decomposition (n.) The
state of being reduced into original elements.
Decomposition (n.)
Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.
Decompounded (imp. & p. p.)
of Decompound
Decompounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decompound
Decompound (v. t.) To
compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
Decompound (v. t.) To
reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
Decompound (a.) Compound
of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
Decompound (a.) Several
times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Decompound (n.) A
decomposite.
Decompoundable (a.)
Capable of being decompounded.
Deconcentrate (v. t.) To
withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
Deconcentration (n.) Act
of deconcentrating.
Deconcoct (v. t.) To
decompose.
Deconsecrate (v. t.) To
deprive of sacredness; to secularize.
Decorament (v. t.)
Ornament.
Decorated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decorate
Decorating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decorate
Decorate (v. t.) To deck
with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to
embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a
lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
with honors.
Decoration (n.) The act of
adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
Decoration (n.) That which
adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment;
ornament.
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; adorning.
Decorator (n.) One who
decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is
the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.
Decore (v. t.) To
decorate; to beautify.
Decorement (n.) Ornament.
Decorous (a.) Suitable to
a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming;
proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous
dress for a judge.
Decorticated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decorticate
Decorticating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decorticate
Decorticate (v. t.) To
divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.
Decortication (n.) The act
of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.
Decorticator (n.) A
machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for
removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.
Decorum (n.) Propriety of
manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to
one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct;
seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.
Decoyed (imp. & p. p.) of
Decoy
Decoying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decoy
Decoy (v. t.) To lead into
danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to
allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a
net.
Decoy (n.) Anything
intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or
into the power of an enemy; a bait.
Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the
likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within
shot.
Decoy (n.) A place into
which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
Decoy (n.) A person
employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a
suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his
detection.
Decoy-duck (n.) A duck
used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others
into danger.
Decoyer (n.) One who
decoys another.
Decoy-men (pl. ) of
Decoy-man
Decoy-man (n.) A man
employed in decoying wild fowl.
Decreased (imp. & p. p.)
of Decrease
Decreasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decrease
Decrease (n.) To grow
less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree,
number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days
decrease in length from June to December.
Decrease (v. t.) To cause
to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
Decrease (v.) A becoming
less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
Decrease (v.) The wane of
the moon.
Decreaseless (a.)
Suffering no decrease.
Decreasing (a.) Becoming
less and less; diminishing.
Decreation (n.)
Destruction; -- opposed to creation.
Decree (n.) An order from
one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a
determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place;
edict, law; authoritative ru// decision.
Decree (n.) A decision,
order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
Decree (n.) A
determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
Decree (n.) An edict or
law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as,
the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
Decreed (imp. & p. p.) of
Decree
Decreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decree
Decree (v. t.) To
determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to
appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees
a restoration of property.
Decree (v. t.) To ordain
by fate.
Decree (v. i.) To make
decrees; -- used absolutely.
Decreeable (a.) Capable of
being decreed.
Decreer (n.) One who
decrees.
Decreet (n.) The final
judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question
at issue is decided.
Decrement (n.) The state
of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Decrement (n.) The
quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
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.
Decrement (n.) The
quantity by which a variable is diminished.
Decrepit (a.) Broken down
with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.
Decrepitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decrepitate
Decrepitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decrepitate
Decrepitate (v. t.) To
roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
Decrepitate (v. i.) To
crackle, as salt in roasting.
Decrepitation (n.) The act
of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.
Decrepitness (n.)
Decrepitude.
Decrepitude (n.) The
broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.
Decrescendo (a. & adv.)
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written
upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Decrescent (a.) Becoming
less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
Decrescent (n.) A crescent
with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Decretal (a.) Appertaining
to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
Decretal (a.) An
authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining
some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part
of the canon law.
Decretal (a.) The
collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory
IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.
Decrete (n.) A decree.
Decretion (n.) A decrease.
Decretist (n.) One who
studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
Decretive (n.) Having the
force of a decree; determining.
Decretorial (a.)
Decretory; authoritative.
Decretorily (adv.) In a
decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
Decretory (a.) Established
by a decree; definitive; settled.
Decretory (a.) Serving to
determine; critical.
Decrew (v. i.) To
decrease.
Decrial (n.) A crying
down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.
Decrier (n.) One who
decries.
Decrown (v. t.) To deprive
of a crown; to discrown.
Decrustation (n.) The
removal of a crust.
Decried (imp. & p. p.) of
Decry
Decrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decry
Decry (v. t.) To cry down;
to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame
clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
Decubation (n.) Act of
lying down; decumbence.
Decubitus (n.) An attitude
assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus.
Decuman (a.) Large; chief;
-- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in
order. [R.] Also used substantively.
Decumbence (n.) Alt. of
Decumbency
Decumbency (n.) The act or
posture of lying down.
Decumbent (a.) Lying down;
prostrate; recumbent.
Decumbent (a.) Reclining
on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or
apex; as, a decumbent stem.
Decumbently (adv.) In a
decumbent posture.
Decumbiture (n.)
Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness.
Decumbiture (n.) Aspect of
the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed, by which the prognostics of
recovery or death were made.
Decuple (a.) Tenfold.
Decuple (n.) A number ten
times repeated.
Decupled (imp. & p. p.) of
Decuple
Decupling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decuple
Decuple (v. t.) To make
tenfold; to multiply by ten.
Decurion (n.) A head or
chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.
Decurionate (n.) The
office of a decurion.
Decurrence (n.) The act of
running down; a lapse.
Decurrent (a.) Extending
downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along
the stem.
Decursion (n.) A flowing;
also, a hostile incursion.
Decursive (a.) Running
down; decurrent.
Decursively (adv.) In a
decursive manner.
Decurt (v. t.) To cut
short; to curtail.
Decurtation (n.) Act of
cutting short.
Decuries (pl. ) of Decury
Decury (n.) A set or squad
of ten men under a decurion.
Decussated (imp. & p. p.)
of Decussate
Decussating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Decussate
Decussate (v. 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.
Decussate (a.) Alt. of
Decussated
Decussated (a.) Crossed;
intersected.
Decussated (a.) Growing in
pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as,
decussated leaves or branches.
Decussated (a.) Consisting
of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each
other; as, a decussated period.
Decussately (adv.) In a
decussate manner.
Decussation (n.) Act of
crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in
the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.
Decussative (a.)
Intersecting at acute angles.
Decussatively (adv.)
Crosswise; in the form of an X.
Decyl (n.) A hydrocarbon
radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic
constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.
Decylic (a.) Allied to, or
containing, the radical decyl.
Dedalian (a.) See
Daedalian.
Dedalous (a.) See
Daedalous.
Dedans (n.) A division, at
one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
Dede (a.) Dead.
Dedecorate (v. t.) To
bring to shame; to disgrace.
Dedecoration (n.)
Disgrace; dishonor.
Dedecorous (a.)
Disgraceful; unbecoming.
Dedentition (n.) The
shedding of teeth.
Dedicate (p. a.)
Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Dedicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Dedicate
Dedicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dedicate
Dedicate (v. t.) To set
apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally
and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a
religious use.
Dedicate (v. t.) To
devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
Dedicate (v. t.) To
inscribe or address, as to a patron.
Dedicatee (n.) One to whom
a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator.
Dedication (n.) The act of
setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with
religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's
temple.
Dedication (n.) A devoting
or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public
use.
Dedication (n.) An address
to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often
recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
Dedicator (n.) One who
dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron,
or to one whom he desires to compliment.
Dedicatorial (a.)
Dedicatory.
Dedicatory (a.)
Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental.
Dedicatory (n.)
Dedication.
Dedimus (n.) A writ to
commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a
witness, etc.
Dedition (n.) The act of
yielding; surrender.
Dedolent (a.) Feeling no
compunction; apathetic.
Deduced (imp. & p. p.) of
Deduce
Deducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deduce
Deduce (v. t.) To lead
forth.
Deduce (v. t.) To take
away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole.
Deduce (v. t.) To derive
or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of
reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from
premises; to infer; -- with from or out of.
Deducement (n.) Inference;
deduction; thing deduced.
Deducibility (n.)
Deducibleness.
Deducible (a.) Capable of
being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.
Deducible (a.) Capable of
being brought down.
Deducibleness (n.) The
quality of being deducible; deducibility.
Deducibly (adv.) By
deduction.
Deducive (a.) That
deduces; inferential.
Deducted (imp. & p. p.) of
Deduct
Deducting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deduct
Deduct (v. t.) To lead
forth or out.
Deduct (v. t.) To take
away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to
subtract; -- often with from or out of.
Deduct (v. t.) To reduce;
to diminish.
Deductible (a.) Capable of
being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.
Deductible (a.) Deducible;
consequential.
Deduction (n.) Act or
process of deducing or inferring.
Deduction (n.) Act of
deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from
the minuend.
Deduction (n.) That which
is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a
conclusion.
Deduction (n.) That which
is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly
rent.
Deductive (a.) Of or
pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Deductively (adv.) By
deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.
Deductor (n.) The pilot
whale or blackfish.
Deduit (n.) Delight;
pleasure.
Deduplication (n.) The
division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the
division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
Deed (a.) Dead.
Deed (v. t.) That which is
done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a
word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great
or small.
Deed (v. t.) Illustrious
act; achievement; exploit.
Deed (v. t.) Power of
action; agency; efficiency.
Deed (v. t.) Fact;
reality; -- whence we have indeed.
Deed (v. t.) A sealed
instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered,
containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
Deed (v. t.) Performance;
-- followed by of.
Deed (v. t.) To convey or
transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.
Deedful (a.) Full of deeds
or exploits; active; stirring.
Deedless (a.) Not
performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
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.
Deedy (a.) Industrious;
active.
Deemed (imp. & p. p.) of
Deem
Deeming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deem
Deem (v.) To decide; to
judge; to sentence; to condemn.
Deem (v.) To account; to
esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
Deem (v. i.) To be of
opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
Deem (v. i.) To pass
judgment.
Deem (n.) Opinion;
judgment.
Deemster (n.) A judge in
the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.
Deep (superl.) Extending
far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the
surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to
the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.
Deep (superl.) Extending
far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured
backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess
or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.
Deep (superl.) Low in
situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
Deep (superl.) Hard to
penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial;
intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
Deep (superl.) Of
penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled;
sagacious; cunning.
Deep (superl.) Profound;
thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep
melancholy; deep horror.
Deep (superl.) Strongly
colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
Deep (superl.) Of low
tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
Deep (superl.) Muddy;
boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
Deep (adv.) To a great
depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Deep (n.) That which is
deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
Deep (n.) That which is
profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth
or abyss.
Deepened (imp. & p. p.) of
Deepen
Deepening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deepen
Deepen (v. t.) To make
deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or
a channel.
Deepen (v. t.) To make
darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
Deepen (v. t.) To make
more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or
sorrow.
Deepen (v. t.) To make
more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
Deepen (v. i.) To become
deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
Deep-fet (a.) Deeply
fetched or drawn.
Deep-laid (a.) Laid
deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
Deeply (adv.) At or to a
great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply.
Deeply (adv.) Profoundly;
thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled
in ethics.
Deeply (adv.) Very; with a
tendency to darkness of color.
Deeply (adv.) Gravely;
with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument.
Deeply (adv.) With
profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.
Deep-mouthed (a.) Having a
loud and sonorous voice.
Deepness (n.) The state or
quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity;
-- opposed to shallowness.
Deepness (n.) Craft;
insidiousness.
Deep-read (a.) Profoundly
book- learned.
Deep-sea (a.) Of or
pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to
take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings,
explorations, etc.
Deep-waisted (a.) Having a
deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above
the deck.
Deer (n. sing. & pl.) Any
animal; especially, a wild animal.
Deer (n. sing. & pl.) A
ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the
family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers,
often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are
hunted, is called venison.
Deerberry (n.) A shrub of
the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white
berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.
Deergrass (n.) 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 (n.) One of a
large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Deerlet (n.) A chevrotain.
See Kanchil, and Napu.
Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike,
or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.
Deerskin (n.) The skin of
a deer, or the leather which is made from it.
Deerstalker (n.) One who
practices deerstalking.
Deerstalking (n.) The
hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant
(Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to
vanilla.
Dees (n. pl.) Dice.
Dees (n.) A dais.
Deesis (n.) An invocation
of, or address to, the Supreme Being.
Deess (n.) A goddess.
Deev (n.) See Dev.
Defaced (imp. & p. p.) of
Deface
Defacing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deface
Deface (v. t.) To destroy
or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or
mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to
deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note,
deed, or bond; to deface a record.
Deface (v. t.) To destroy;
to make null.
Defacement (n.) The act of
defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior;
obliteration.
Defacement (n.) That which
mars or disfigures.
Defacer (n.) One who, or
that which, defaces or disfigures.
De facto () Actually; in fact; in
reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
Defail (v. t.) To cause to
fail.
Defailance (n.) Failure;
miscarriage.
Defailure (n.) Failure.
Defalcated (imp. & p. p.)
of Defalcate
Defalcating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defalcate
Defalcate (v. t.) To cut
off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts,
rents, income, etc.
Defalcate (v. i.) To
commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
Defalcation (n.) A lopping
off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by
deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
Defalcation (n.) That
which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
Defalcation (n.) An
abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an
embezzlement.
Defalcator (n.) A
defaulter or embezzler.
Defalk (v. t.) To lop off;
to abate.
Defamation (n.) Act of
injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral;
the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction;
calumny; aspersion.
Defamatory (a.) Containing
defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory
words; defamatory writings.
Defamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Defame
Defaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defame
Defame (v. t.) To harm or
destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil
of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
Defame (v. t.) To render
infamous; to bring into disrepute.
Defame (v. t.) To charge;
to accuse.
Defame (n.) Dishonor.
Defamer (n.) One who
defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
Defamingly (adv.) In a
defamatory manner.
Defamous (a.) Defamatory.
Defatigable (a.) Capable
of being wearied or tired out.
Defatigate (v. t.) To
weary or tire out; to fatigue.
Defatigation (n.)
Weariness; fatigue.
Default (n.) A failing or
failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law
requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.
Default (n.) Fault;
offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
Default (n.) A neglect of,
or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a
failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a
suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.
Defaulted (imp. & p. p.)
of Default
Defaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Default
Default (v. i.) To fail in
duty; to offend.
Default (v. i.) To fail in
fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
Default (v. i.) To fail to
appear in court; to let a case go by default.
Default (v. t.) To fail to
perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.
Default (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; to enter a default against.
Default (v. t.) To leave
out of account; to omit.
Defaulter (n.) One who
makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
Defaulter (n.) 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.
Defeasance (n.) A defeat;
an overthrow.
Defeasance (n.) A
rendering null or void.
Defeasance (n.) A
condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or
rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or
other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate
then created may be defeated.
Defeasanced (a.) Liable to
defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
Defeasible (a.) Capable of
being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title.
Defeated (imp. & p. p.) of
Defeat
Defeating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defeat
Defeat (v. t.) To undo; to
disfigure; to destroy.
Defeat (v. t.) To render
null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
Defeat (v. t.) To overcome
or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
Defeat (v. t.) To resist
with success; as, to defeat an assault.
Defeat (v.) An undoing or
annulling; destruction.
Defeat (v.) Frustration by
rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan
or design.
Defeat (v.) An overthrow,
as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; --
opposed to victory.
Defeature (n.) Overthrow;
defeat.
Defeature (n.)
Disfigurement; deformity.
Defeatured (p. p.) Changed
in features; deformed.
Defecate (a.) Freed from
anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Defecated (imp. & p. p.)
of Defecate
Defecating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defecate
Defecate (v. t.) To clear
from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
Defecate (v. t.) To free
from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which
materializes.
Defecate (v. i.) To become
clear, pure, or free.
Defecate (v. i.) To void
excrement.
Defecation (n.) The act of
separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
Defecation (n.) The act or
process of voiding excrement.
Defecator (n.) That which
cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices
and sirups.
Defect (n.) Want or
absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; --
opposed to superfluity.
Defect (n.) Failing;
fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear
or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
Defect (v. i.) To fail; to
become deficient.
Defect (v. t.) To injure;
to damage.
Defectibility (n.)
Deficiency; imperfection.
Defectible (a.) Liable to
defect; imperfect.
Defection (n.) 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.
Defectionist (n.) One who
advocates or encourages defection.
Defectious (a.) Having
defects; imperfect.
Defective (a.) 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.
Defective (a.) Lacking
some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or
verb.
Defectuosity (n.) Great
imperfection.
Defectuous (a.) Full of
defects; imperfect.
Defedation (n.) The act of
making foul; pollution.
Defence (n. & v. t.) See
Defense.
Defended (imp. & p. p.) of
Defend
Defending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defend
Defend (v. t.) To ward or
fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Defend (v. t.) To
prohibit; to forbid.
Defend (v. t.) To repel
danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against
force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause;
to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or
against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
Defend (v. t.) To deny the
right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose
or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
Defendable (a.) Capable of
being defended; defensible.
Defendant (a.) Serving, or
suitable, for defense; defensive.
Defendant (a.) Making
defense.
Defendant (n.) One who
defends; a defender.
Defendant (n.) A person
required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
Defendee (n.) One who is
defended.
Defender (n.) One who
defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an
advocate; a vindicator.
Defendress (n.) A female
defender.
Defensative (n.) That
which serves to protect or defend.
Defense (n.) Alt. of
Defence
Defence (n.) The act of
defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or
danger.
Defence (n.) That which
defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or
danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.
Defence (n.) Protecting
plea; vindication; justification.
Defence (n.) The
defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of
the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the
defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
Defence (n.) Act or skill
in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in
fencing, boxing, etc.
Defence (n.) Prohibition;
a prohibitory ordinance.
Defense (v. t.) To furnish
with defenses; to fortify.
Defenseless (a.) Destitute
of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.
Defenser (n.) Defender.
Defensibility (n.)
Capability of being defended.
Defensible (a.) Capable of
being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.
Defensible (a.) Capable of
offering defense.
Defensibleness (n.)
Capability of being defended; defensibility.
Defensive (a.) Serving to
defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive
armor.
Defensive (a.) Carried on
by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.
Defensive (a.) In a state
or posture of defense.
Defensive (n.) That which
defends; a safeguard.
Defensively (adv.) On the
defensive.
Defensor (n.) A defender.
Defensor (n.) A defender
or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
Defensor (n.) The patron
of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.
Defensory (a.) Tending to
defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.
Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of
Defer
Deferring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defer
Defer (v. t.) To put off;
to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Defer (v. i.) To put off;
to delay to act; to wait.
Defer (v. t.) To render or
offer.
Defer (v. t.) To lay
before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
Defer (v. i.) To yield
deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to
authority; -- with to.
Deference (n.) A yielding
of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another;
submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.
Deferent (a.) Serving to
carry; bearing.
Deferent (n.) That which
carries or conveys.
Deferent (n.) An imaginary
circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the
center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Deferential (a.)
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
Deferentially (adv.) With
deference.
Deferment (n.) The act of
delaying; postponement.
Deferrer (n.) One who
defers or puts off.
Defervescence (n.) Alt. of
Defervescency
Defervescency (n.) A
subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.
Defervescency (n.) The
subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.
Defeudalize (v. t.) To
deprive of the feudal character or form.
Defiance (n.) The act of
defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a
provocation; a summons to combat.
Defiance (n.) A state of
opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of
opposition.
Defiance (n.) A casting
aside; renunciation; rejection.
Defiant (a.) Full of
defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.
Defiatory (a.) Bidding or
manifesting defiance.
Defibrinate (v. t.) To
deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.
Defibrination (n.) The act
or process of depriving of fibrin.
Defibrinize (v. t.) To
defibrinate.
Deficience (n.) Same as
Deficiency.
Deficiencies (pl. ) of
Deficiency
Deficiency (n.) The state
of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming;
defect.
Deficient (a.) 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.
Deficit (n.) Deficiency in
amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.
Defier (n.) One who dares
and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.
Defiguration (n.)
Disfiguration; mutilation.
Defigure (v. t.) To
delineate.
Defiladed (imp. & p. p.)
of Defilade
Defilading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defilade
Defilade (v. t.) To raise,
as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
Defilading (n.) The art or
act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with
reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire
from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.
Defiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Defile
Defiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defile
Defile (v. i.) To march
off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Defile (v. t.) Same as
Defilade.
Defile (n.) Any narrow
passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow
front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.
Defile (n.) The act of
defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the
interior. See Defilade.
Defile (v. t.) To make
foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
Defile (v. t.) To soil or
sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
Defile (v. t.) To injure
in purity of character; to corrupt.
Defile (v. t.) To corrupt
the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
Defile (v. t.) To make
ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
Defilement (n.) The
protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as
by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Defilement (n.) The act of
defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution;
foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Defiler (n.) One who
defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.
Defiliation (n.)
Abstraction of a child from its parents.
Definable (a.) Capable of
being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition;
ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations;
definable words.
Defined (imp. & p. p.) of
Define
Defining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Define
Define (v. t.) To fix the
bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
Define (v. t.) To
determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to
define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Define (v. t.) To
determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit
clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Define (v. t.) To
determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe
accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase,
or a scientific term.
Define (v. i.) To
determine; to decide.
Definement (n.) The act of
defining; definition; description.
Definer (n.) One who
defines or explains.
Definite (a.) Having
certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as,
definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
Definite (a.) Having
certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact;
clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
Definite (a.) Determined;
resolved.
Definite (a.) Serving to
define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
Definite (n.) A thing
defined or determined.
Definitely (adv.) In a
definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
Definiteness (n.) The
state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
Definition (n.) The act of
defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
Definition (n.) Act of
ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its
properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition
of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
Definition (n.)
Description; sort.
Definition (n.) An exact
enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
Definition (n.)
Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument;
precision in detail.
Definitional (a.) Relating
to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.
Definitive (a.)
Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
Definitive (a.) Limiting;
determining; as, a definitive word.
Definitive (a.)
Determined; resolved.
Definitive (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.
Definitively (adv.) In a
definitive manner.
Definitiveness (n.) The
quality of being definitive.
Definitude (n.)
Definiteness.
Defix (v. t.) To fix; to
fasten; to establish.
Deflagrability (n.) The
state or quality of being deflagrable.
Deflagrable (a.) Burning
with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive;
liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.
Deflagrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Deflagrate
Deflagrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deflagrate
Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn
with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with
slight explosions when heated, as salt.
Deflagrate (v. t.) To
cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense
heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the
oxyhydrogen flame.
Deflagration (n.) A
burning up; conflagration.
Deflagration (n.) The act
or process of deflagrating.
Deflagrator (n.) A form of
the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful
combustion.
Deflate (v. t.) To reduce
from an inflated condition.
Deflected (imp. & p. p.)
of Deflect
Deflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deflect
Deflect (v. t.) To cause
to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
Deflect (v. i.) To turn
aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position,
course or direction; to swerve.
Deflectable (a.) Capable
of being deflected.
Deflected (a.) Turned
aside; deviating from a direct line or course.
Deflected (a.) Bent
downward; deflexed.
Deflection (n.) The act of
turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or
proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.
Deflection (n.) The
deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
Deflection (n.) A
deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection;
diffraction.
Deflection (n.) The
bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a
load.
Deflectionization (n.) The
act of freeing from inflections.
Deflectionize (v. t.) To
free from inflections.
Deflective (a.) Causing
deflection.
Deflector (n.) 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).
Deflexed (a.) Bent
abruptly downward.
Deflexion (n.) See
Deflection.
Deflexure (n.) A bending
or turning aside; deflection.
Deflorate (a.) Past the
flowering state; having shed its pollen.
Defloration (n.) The act
of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
Defloration (n.) That
which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.
Defloured (imp. & p. p.)
of Deflour
Deflouring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deflour
Deflour (v. t.) To deprive
of flowers.
Deflour (v. t.) To take
away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Deflour (v. t.) To deprive
of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.
Deflourer (n.) One who
deflours; a ravisher.
Deflow (v. i.) To flow
down.
Deflower (v. t.) Same as
Deflour.
Deflowerer (n.) See
Deflourer.
Defluous (a.) Flowing
down; falling off.
Deflux (n.) Downward flow.
Defluxion (n.) A discharge
or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes
used synonymously with inflammation.
Defly (adv.) Deftly.
Defoedation (n.)
Defedation.
Defoliate (a.) Alt. of
Defoliated
Defoliated (a.) Deprived
of leaves, as by their natural fall.
Defoliation (n.) The
separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of
the leaves.
Deforced (imp. & p. p.) of
Deforce
Deforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deforce
Deforce (v.) To keep from
the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a
freehold.
Deforce (v.) To resist the
execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his
duty.
Deforcement (n.) A keeping
out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to
which another has a right.
Deforcement (n.)
Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
Deforceor (n.) Same as
Deforciant.
Deforciant (n.) One who
keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
Deforciant (n.) One
against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.
Deforciation (n.) Same as
Deforcement, n.
Deforest (v. t.) To clear
of forests; to disforest.
Deformed (imp. & p. p.) of
Deform
Deforming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deform
Deform (v. t.) To spoil
the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Deform (v. t.) To render
displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
Deform (a.) Deformed;
misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
Deformation (n.) The act
of deforming, or state of anything deformed.
Deformation (n.)
Transformation; change of shape.
Deformed (a.) Unnatural or
distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed
person; a deformed head.
Deformer (n.) One who
deforms.
Deformities (pl. ) of
Deformity
Deformity (a.) The state
of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape;
distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.
Deformity (a.) 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.
Deforser (n.) A
deforciant.
Defoul (v. t.) To tread
down.
Defoul (v. t.) To make
foul; to defile.
Defrauded (imp. & p. p.)
of Defraud
Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defraud
Defraud (v. t.) To deprive
of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from
wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a
servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or
withheld.
Defraudation (n.) The act
of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
Defrauder (n.) One who
defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Defraudment (n.) Privation
by fraud; defrauding.
Defrayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Defray
Defraying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defray
Defray (v. t.) To pay or
discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses,
costs, etc.
Defray (v. t.) To avert or
appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.
Defrayal (n.) The act of
defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.
Defrayer (n.) One who pays
off expenses.
Defrayment (n.) Payment of
charges.
Deft (a.) Apt; fit;
dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.
Deftly (adv.) Aptly;
fitly; dexterously; neatly.
Deftness (n.) The quality
of being deft.
Defunct (a.) Having
finished the course of life; dead; deceased.
Defunct (n.) A dead
person; one deceased.
Defunction (n.) Death.
Defunctive (a.) Funereal.
Defuse (v. t.) To
disorder; to make shapeless.
Defied (imp. & p. p.) of
Defy
Defying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Defy
Defy (v. t.) To renounce
or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse,
or renounce.
Defy (v. t.) To provoke to
combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set
at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of
a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.
Defy (n.) A challenge.
Degarnished (imp. & p. p.)
of Degarnish
Degarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Degarnish
Degarnish (v. t.) To strip
or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish; as, to
degarnish a house, etc.
Degarnish (v. t.) To
deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a
city or fort.
Degarnishment (n.) The act
of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison.
Degender (v. i.) Alt. of
Degener
Degener (v. i.) To
degenerate.
Degeneracy (a.) The act of
becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Degeneracy (a.) The state
of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
Degenerate (a.) Having
become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth;
having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.
Degenerated (imp. & p. p.)
of Degenerate
Degenerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Degenerate
Degenerate (v. i.) To be
or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be
inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities;
to deteriorate.
Degenerate (v. i.) To fall
off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a
lower type.
Degenerately (adv.) In a
degenerate manner; unworthily.
Degenerateness (n.)
Degeneracy.
Degeneration (n.) The act
or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline;
degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.
Degeneration (n.) That
condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either
diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of
structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
Degeneration (n.) A
gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or
any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
Degeneration (n.) The
thing degenerated.
Degenerationist (n.) A
believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as,
the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a
superior state.
Degenerative (a.)
Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.
Degenerous (a.)
Degenerate; base.
Degenerously (adv.)
Basely.
Deglazing (n.) The process
of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means.
Degloried (a.) Deprived of
glory; dishonored.
Deglutinated (imp. & p. p.)
of Deglutinate
Deglutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deglutinate
Deglutinate (v. t.) To
loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Deglutination (n.) The act
of ungluing.
Deglutition (n.) The act
or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Deglutitious (a.)
Pertaining to deglutition.
Deglutitory (a.) Serving
for, or aiding in, deglutition.
Degradation (n.) The act
of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from
one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of
a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
Degradation (n.) The state
of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical,
or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
Degradation (n.)
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration;
deterioration.
Degradation (n.) A gradual
wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost
etc.
Degradation (n.) The state
or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Degradation (n.) Arrest of
development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
Degraded (imp. & p. p.) of
Degrade
Degrading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Degrade
Degrade (v. t.) To reduce
from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office
or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer.
Degrade (v. t.) To reduce
in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the
physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or
contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.
Degrade (v. t.) To reduce
in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
Degrade (v. i.) To
degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of
plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.
Degraded (a.) Reduced in
rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base.
Degraded (a.) Having the
typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking
certain parts.
Degraded (a.) Having
steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing
larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.
Degradement (n.)
Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Degradingly (adv.) In a
degrading manner.
Degravation (a.) The act
of making heavy.
Degree (n.) A step, stair,
or staircase.
Degree (n.) One of a
series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement,
and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and
virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
Degree (n.) The point or
step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life;
position.
Degree (n.) Measure of
advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.
Degree (n.) Grade or rank
to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of
their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.
Degree (n.) A certain
distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood;
one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth
degree.
Degree (n.) Three figures
taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
Degree (n.) State as
indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is
indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a
term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its
index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown
quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both
equations of the fourth degree.
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. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the
minute into 60 seconds.
Degree (n.) A division,
space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a
thermometer.
Degree (n.) A line or
space of the staff.
Degu (n.) A small South
American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidae.
Degust (v. t.) To taste.
Degustation (n.) Tasting;
the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs.
Dehisce (v. i.) To gape;
to open by dehiscence.
Dehiscence (n.) The act of
gaping.
Dehiscence (n.) A gaping
or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing,
as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit
seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals,
for the expulsion of their contents.
Dehiscent (a.)
Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a
plant.
Dehonestate (v. t.) To
disparage.
Dehonestation (n.) A
dishonoring; disgracing.
Dehorned (imp. & p. p.) of
Dehorn
Dehorning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dehorn
Dehorn (v. t.) To deprive
of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends
soon after they start. See Dishorn.
Dehors (prep.) Out of;
without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
Dehors (n.) All sorts of
outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for
protection or cover.
Dehorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Dehort
Dehorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dehort
Dehort (v. t.) To urge to
abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
Dehortation (n.)
Dissuasion; advice against something.
Dehortative (a.)
Dissuasive.
Dehortatory (a.) Fitted or
designed to dehort or dissuade.
Dehorter (n.) A dissuader;
an adviser to the contrary.
Dehumanize (v. t.) To
divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing
influences.
Dehusk (v. t.) To remove
the husk from.
Dehydrate (v. t.) To
deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.
Dehydration (n.) The act
or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the
water has been removed.
Dehydrogenate (v. t.) To
deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.
Dehydrogenation (n.) The
act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the
removal of hydrogen.
Deicide (n.) The act of
killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus
Christ.
Deicide (n.) One concerned
in putting Christ to death.
Deictic (a.) Direct;
proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or
refutative.
Deictically (adv.) In a
manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely.
Deific (a.) Alt. of
Deifical
Deifical (a.) Making
divine; producing a likeness to God; god-making.
Deification (n.) The act
of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
Deified (a.) Honored or
worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike.
Deifier (n.) One who
deifies.
Deiform (a.) Godlike, or
of a godlike form.
Deiform (a.) Conformable
to the will of God.
Deiformity (n.) Likeness
to deity.
Deified (imp. & p. p.) of
Deify
Deifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deify
Deify (v. t.) To make a
god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to
apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.
Deify (v. t.) To praise or
revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.
Deify (v. t.) To render
godlike.
Deigned (imp. & p. p.) of
Deign
Deigning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deign
Deign (v. t.) To esteem
worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain.
Deign (v. t.) To
condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to
grant.
Deign (v. i.) To think
worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive.
Deignous (a.) Haughty;
disdainful.
Deil (n.) Devil; -- spelt
also deel.
Deinoceras (n.) See
Dinoceras.
Deinornis (n.) See
Dinornis.
Deinosaur (n.) See
Dinosaur.
Deinotherium (n.) See
Dinotherium.
Deintegrate (v. t.) To
disintegrate.
Deinteous (a.) Alt. of
Deintevous
Deintevous (a.) Rare;
excellent; costly.
Deiparous (a.) Bearing or
bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.
Deipnosophist (n.) One of
an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.
Deis (n.) See Dais.
Deism (n.) The doctrine or
creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of
one God, but deny revelation.
Deist (n.) One who
believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.
Deistic (a.) Alt. of
Deistical
Deistical (a.) Pertaining
to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical
book.
Deistically (adv.) After
the manner of deists.
Deisticalness (n.) State
of being deistical.
Deitate (a.) Deified.
Deities (pl. ) of Deity
Deity (n.) The collection
of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the
deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.
Deity (n.) A god or
goddess; a heathen god.
Dejected (imp. & p. p.) of
Deject
Dejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deject
Deject (v. t.) To cast
down.
Deject (v. t.) To cast
down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
Deject (a.) Dejected.
Dejecta (n. pl.)
Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.
Dejected (a.) Cast down;
afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance.
Dejecter (n.) One who
casts down, or dejects.
Dejection (n.) A casting
down; depression.
Dejection (n.) The act of
humbling or abasing one's self.
Dejection (n.) Lowness of
spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
Dejection (n.) A low
condition; weakness; inability.
Dejection (n.) The
discharge of excrement.
Dejection (n.) Faeces;
excrement.
Dejectly (adv.)
Dejectedly.
Dejectory (a.) Having
power, or tending, to cast down.
Dejectory (a.) Promoting
evacuations by stool.
Dejecture (n.) That which
is voided; excrements.
Dejerate (v. i.) To swear
solemnly; to take an oath.
Dejeration (n.) The act of
swearing solemnly.
Dejeune (n.) A dejeuner.
Dejeuner (n.) A breakfast;
sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.
De jure () By right; of right; by
law; -- often opposed to de facto.
Deka- () A prefix signifying ten.
See Deca-.
Dekagram (n.) Same as
Decagram.
Dekaliter (n.) Same as
Decaliter.
Dekameter (n.) Same as
Decameter.
Dekastere (n.) Same as
Decastere.
Dekle (n.) See Deckle.
Del (n.) Share; portion;
part.
Delaceration (n.) A
tearing in pieces.
Delacrymation (n.) An
involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.
Delactation (n.) The act
of weaning.
Delaine (n.) A kind of
fabric for women's dresses.
Delamination (n.)
Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the
various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Delapsation (n.) See
Delapsion.
Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of
Delapse
Delapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delapse
Delapse (v. i.) To pass
down by inheritance; to lapse.
Delapsion (n.) A falling
down, or out of place; prolapsion.
Delassation (n.) Fatigue.
Delated (imp. & p. p.) of
Delate
Delating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delate
Delate (v.) To carry; to
convey.
Delate (v.) To carry
abroad; to spread; to make public.
Delate (v.) To carry or
bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce.
Delate (v.) To carry on;
to conduct.
Delate (v. i.) To dilate.
Delation (n.) Conveyance.
Delation (n.) Accusation
by an informer.
Delator (n.) An accuser;
an informer.
Delaware (n.) An American
grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good
flavor.
Delawares (n. pl.) A tribe
of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly
located in the Indian Territory.
Delays (pl. ) of Delay
Delay (v.) A putting off
or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Delayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Delay
Delaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delay
Delay (n.) To put off; to
defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Delay (n.) To retard; to
stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival,
of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
Delay (n.) To allay; to
temper.
Delay (v. i.) To move
slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Delayer (n.) One who
delays; one who lingers.
Delayingly (adv.) By
delays.
Delayment (n.) Hindrance.
Del credere () An agreement by
which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or
commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on
credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the
purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is
not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due.
Dele (imperative sing.)
Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type;
usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: /.
Deled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dele
Deleing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dele
Dele (v. t.) To erase; to
cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
Dele (v. t.) To deal; to
divide; to distribute.
Deleble (a.) Capable of
being blotted out or erased.
Delectable (a.) Highly
pleasing; delightful.
Delectate (v. t.) To
delight; to charm.
Delectation (n.) Great
pleasure; delight.
Delectus (n.) A name given
to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.
Delegacy (a.) The act of
delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.
Delegacy (a.) A body of
delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
Delegate (n.) Any one sent
and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a
representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
Delegate (n.) One elected
by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the
right of debating, but not of voting.
Delegate (n.) One sent by
any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to
a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
Delegate (a.) Sent to act
for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
Delegated (imp. & p. p.)
of Delegate
Delegating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delegate
Delegate (v. t.) To send
as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to
transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
Delegate (v. t.) To
intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
Delegation (n.) The act of
delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a
delegate or delegates.
Delegation (n.) One or
more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a
convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the
delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.
Delegation (n.) A kind of
novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third
person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person
appointed by him.
Delegatory (a.) Holding a
delegated position.
Delenda (n. pl.) Things to
be erased or blotted out.
Delenifical (a.) Assuaging
pain.
Deleted (imp. & p. p.) of
Delete
Deleting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delete
Delete (v. t.) To blot
out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
Deleterious (a.) Hurtful;
noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a
deleterious example.
Deletery (a.) Destructive;
poisonous.
Deletery (n.) That which
destroys.
Deletion (n.) Act of
deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
Deletitious (a.) Of such a
nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.
Deletive (a.) Adapted to
destroy or obliterate.
Deletory (n.) That which
blots out.
Delf (n.) A mine; a
quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.
Delf (n.) Same as
Delftware.
Delft (n.) Same as
Delftware.
Delftware (n.) Pottery
made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence:
Delftware (n.) Earthenware
made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and
the like.
Delibate (v. t.) To taste;
to take a sip of; to dabble in.
Delibation (n.) Act of
tasting; a slight trial.
Deliber (v. t. & i.) To
deliberate.
Deliberate (a.) Weighing
facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering
the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; --
applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor.
Deliberate (a.) Formed
with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a
deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.
Deliberate (a.) Not hasty
or sudden; slow.
Deliberated (imp. & p. p.)
of Deliberate
Deliberating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deliberate
Deliberate (v. t.) To
weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider
maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.
Deliberate (v. i.) To take
counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed
course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes
with on, upon, about, concerning.
Deliberately (adv.) With
careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or
rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
Deliberateness (n.) The
quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.
Deliberation (n.) The act
of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a
choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
Deliberation (n.) Careful
discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the
deliberations of a legislative body or council.
Deliberative (a.)
Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by
discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.
Deliberative (n.) A
discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
Deliberative (n.) A kind
of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in
order to persuade them to adopt it.
Deliberatively (adv.) In a
deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.
Deliberator (n.) One who
deliberates.
Delibrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Delibrate
Delibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delibrate
Delibrate (v. t.) To strip
off the bark; to peel.
Delibration (n.) The act
of stripping off the bark.
Delicacies (pl. ) of
Delicacy
Delicacy (a.) The state or
condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as,
delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
Delicacy (a.) Nicety or
fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness;
tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a
thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy
of frame.
Delicacy (a.) Nice
propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling;
refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as,
great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character
that unfits for earnest action.
Delicacy (a.) Addiction to
pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
Delicacy (a.) Nice and
refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
Delicacy (a.) The state of
being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's
balance.
Delicacy (a.) That which
is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to
the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the
table.
Delicacy (a.) Pleasure;
gratification; delight.
Delicate (a.) Addicted to
pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
Delicate (a.) Pleasing to
the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated
taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
Delicate (a.) Slight and
shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."
Delicate (a.) Fine or
slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate
cotton.
Delicate (a.) Slight or
smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
Delicate (a.) Soft and
fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate
complexion.
Delicate (a.) Light, or
softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
Delicate (a.) Refined;
gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners,
conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate
thoughtfulness.
Delicate (a.) Tender; not
able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution,
health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.
Delicate (a.) Requiring
careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a
delicate subject or question.
Delicate (a.) Of exacting
tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
Delicate (a.) Nicely
discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a
delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
Delicate (a.) Affected by
slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.
Delicate (n.) A choice
dainty; a delicacy.
Delicate (n.) A delicate,
luxurious, or effeminate person.
Delicately (adv.) In a
delicate manner.
Delicateness (n.) The
quality of being delicate.
Delices (n. pl.)
Delicacies; delights.
Deliciate (v. t.) To
delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel.
Delicious (a.) Affording
exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially
to the taste; charming.
Delicious (a.) Addicted to
pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.
Deliciously (adv.)
Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.
Deliciousness (n.) The
quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.
Deliciousness (n.) Luxury.
Delict (n.) An offense or
transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a
misdemeanor.
Deligate (v. t.) To bind
up; to bandage.
Deligation (n.) A binding
up; a bandaging.
Delight (v. t.) A high
degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling;
lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Delight (v. t.) That which
gives great pleasure or delight.
Delight (v. t.) Licentious
pleasure; lust.
Delighted (imp. & p. p.)
of Delight
Delighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delight
Delight (v. t.) To give
delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful
landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
Delight (v. i.) To have or
take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed
by an infinitive, or by in.
Delightable (a.) Capable
of delighting; delightful.
Delighted (a.) Endowed
with delight.
Delightedly (adv.) With
delight; gladly.
Delighter (n.) One who
gives or takes delight.
Delightful (a.) Highly
pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
Delighting (a.) Giving
delight; gladdening.
Delightless (a.) Void of
delight.
Delightous (a.)
Delightful.
Delightsome (a.) Very
pleasing; delightful.
Delilah (n.) The mistress
of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.
Delimit (v. t.) To fix the
limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
Delimitation (n.) The act
or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.
Deline (v. t.) To
delineate.
Deline (v. t.) To mark
out.
Delineable (a.) Capable of
being, or liable to be, delineated.
Delineament (/.)
Delineation; sketch.
Delineate (a.) Delineated;
portrayed.
Delineated (imp. & p. p.)
of Delineate
Delineating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delineate
Delineate (v. t.) 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.
Delineate (v. t.) To
portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Delineation (n.) The act
of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches,
etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and
engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from
representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation,
as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them
excessively.
Delineation (n.) A
delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
Delineator (n.) One who,
or that which, delineates; a sketcher.
Delineator (n.) A
perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
Delineatory (a.) That
delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
Delineature (n.)
Delineation.
Delinition (n.) A
smearing.
Delinquencies (pl. ) of
Delinquency
Delinquency (n.) Failure
or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.
Delinquent (n.) Failing in
duty; offending by neglect of duty.
Delinquent (n.) One who
fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who
commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Delinquently (adv.) So as
to fail in duty.
Deliquate (v. i.) To melt
or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
Deliquate (v. t.) To cause
to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste.
Deliquation (n.) A
melting.
Deliquesced (imp. & p. p.)
of Deliquesce
Deliquescing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deliquesce
Deliquesce (v. i.) To
dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from
the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
Deliquescence (n.) The act
of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency
to melt.
Deliquescent (a.)
Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture
from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
Deliquescent (a.)
Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
Deliquiate (v. i.) To melt
and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
Deliquiation (n.) The act
of deliquiating.
Deliquium (n.) A melting
or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt
falls into a deliquium.
Deliquium (n.) A sinking
away; a swooning.
Deliquium (n.) A melting
or maudlin mood.
Deliracy (n.) Delirium.
Delirament (n.) A
wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.
Delirancy (n.) Delirium.
Delirant (a.) Delirious.
Delirate (v. t. & i.) To
madden; to rave.
Deliration (n.) Aberration
of mind; delirium.
Deliriant (n.) A poison
which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).
Delirifacient (a.)
Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
Delirifacient (n.) Any
substance which tends to cause delirium.
Delirious (a.) Having a
delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious
patient; delirious fancies.
Delirium (n.) A state in
which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and
incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually
dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or
madness.
Delirium (n.) Strong
excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
Delit (n.) Delight.
Delitable (a.) Delightful;
delectable.
Delitescence (n.)
Concealment; seclusion; retirement.
Delitescence (n.) The
sudden disappearance of inflammation.
Delitescency (n.)
Concealment; seclusion.
Delitescent (a.) Lying
hid; concealed.
Delitigate (v. i.) To
chide; to rail heartily.
Delitigation (n.) Chiding;
brawl.
Delivered (imp. & p. p.)
of Deliver
Delivering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deliver
Deliver (v. t.) To set
free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from
control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; --
often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of
death.
Deliver (v. t.) To give or
transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to
commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.
Deliver (v. t.) To make
over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
Deliver (v. t.) To give
forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a
broadside, or a ball.
Deliver (v. t.) To free
from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring
forth; -- often with of.
Deliver (v. t.) To
discover; to show.
Deliver (v. t.) To
deliberate.
Deliver (v. t.) To admit;
to allow to pass.
Deliver (v. t.) Free;
nimble; sprightly; active.
Deliverable (a.) Capable
of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.
Deliverance (n.) The act
of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue;
as, the deliverance of a captive.
Deliverance (n.) Act of
bringing forth children.
Deliverance (n.) Act of
speaking; utterance.
Deliverance (n.) The state
of being delivered, or freed from restraint.
Deliverance (n.) Anything
delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly.
Deliverance (n.) Any fact
or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or
philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
Deliverer (n.) One who
delivers or rescues; a preserver.
Deliverer (n.) One who
relates or communicates.
Deliveress (n.) A female
deliverer.
Deliverly (adv.) Actively;
quickly; nimbly.
Deliverness (n.)
Nimbleness; agility.
Deliveries (pl. ) of
Delivery
Delivery (n.) The act of
delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a
captive from his dungeon.
Delivery (n.) The act of
delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing;
distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods,
of letters.
Delivery (n.) The act or
style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
Delivery (n.) The act of
giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its
membranes.
Delivery (n.) The act of
exerting one's strength or limbs.
Delivery (n.) The act or
manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
Dell (n.) A small, retired
valley; a ravine.
Dell (n.) A young woman; a
wench.
Della Crusca () A shortened form
of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th
century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language.
Dellacruscan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.
Deloo (n.) The duykerbok.
Deloul (n.) A special
breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also
herire, and maharik.
Delph (n.) Delftware.
Delph (n.) The drain on
the land side of a sea embankment.
Delphian (a.) Delphic.
Delphic (a.) Of or
relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
Delphic (a.) Ambiguous;
mysterious.
Delphin (a.) Alt. of
Delphine
Delphine (a.) Pertaining
to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin
classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in
usum Delphini).
Delphin (n.) A fatty
substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also
phocenin.
Delphine (a.) Pertaining
to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
Delphinic (n.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
Delphinic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre
(Delphinium staphisagria).
Delphinine (n.) A
poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a
colorless amorphous powder.
Delphinoid (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, the dolphin.
Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The
division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
Delphinus (n.) A genus of
Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
Delphinus (n.) The
Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
Deltas (pl. ) of Delta
Delta (n.) A tract of land
shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and
inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of
the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
Deltafication (n.) The
formation of a delta or of deltas.
Deltaic (a.) Relating to,
or like, a delta.
Delthyris (n.) A name
formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.
Deltic (a.) Deltaic.
Deltidium (n.) The
triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.
Deltohedron (n.) A solid
bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric
system, allied to the tetrahedron.
Deltoid (a.) Shaped like
the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.
Deludable (a.) Capable of
being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible.
Deluded (imp. & p. p.) of
Delude
Deluding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delude
Delude (v. t.) To lead
from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to
impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.
Delude (v. t.) To
frustrate or disappoint.
Deluder (n.) One who
deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
Deluge (n.) A washing
away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically,
The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything
which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
Deluged (imp. & p. p.) of
Deluge
Deluging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deluge
Deluge (v. t.) To overflow
with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Deluge (v. t.) To
overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge;
to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies;
the land is deluged with woe.
Delundung (n.) An East
Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but
without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.
Delusion (n.) The act of
deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Delusion (n.) The state of
being deluded or misled.
Delusion (n.) That which
is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Delusional (a.) Of or
pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.
Delusive (a.) Apt or
fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory;
as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.
Delusory (a.) Delusive;
fallacious.
Delved (imp. & p. p.) of
Delve
Delving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delve
Delve (v. t.) To dig; to
open (the ground) as with a spade.
Delve (v. t.) To dig into;
to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
Delve (v. i.) To dig or
labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
Delve (v. t.) A place dug;
a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
Delver (n.) One who digs,
as with a spade.
Demagnetize (v. t.) To
deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize.
Demagnetize (v. t.) To
free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize.
Demagog (n.) Demagogue.
Demagogic (a.) Alt. of
Demagogical
Demagogical (a.) Relating
to, or like, a demagogue; factious.
Demagogism (n.) The
practices of a demagogue.
Demagogue (n.) 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.
Demagogy (n.) Demagogism.
Demain (n.) Rule;
management.
Demain (n.) See Demesne.
Demanded (imp. & p. p.) of
Demand
Demanding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demand
Demand (v. t.) To ask or
call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to
claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a
debt; to demand obedience.
Demand (v. t.) To inquire
authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
Demand (v. t.) To require
as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the
case demands care.
Demand (v. t.) To call
into court; to summon.
Demand (v. i.) To make a
demand; to inquire.
Demand (v. t.) The act of
demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming
or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable
on demand.
Demand (v. t.) Earnest
inquiry; question; query.
Demand (v. t.) A diligent
seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for
certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.
Demand (v. t.) That which
one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands
on an estate.
Demand (v. t.) The asking
or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
Demand (v. t.) The right
or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand
against a person.
Demand (v. t.) A thing or
amount claimed to be due.
Demandable (a.) That may
be demanded or claimed.
Demandant (n.) One who
demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.
Demander (n.) One who
demands.
Demandress (n.) A woman
who demands.
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; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.
Demarcation (n.) The act
of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.
Demarch (n.) March; walk;
gait.
Demarch (n.) A chief or
ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
Demarkation (n.) Same as
Demarcation.
Dematerialize (v. t.) To
deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.
Deme (n.) A territorial
subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
Deme (n.) An
undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.
Demeaned (imp. & p. p.) of
Demean
Demeaning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demean
Demean (v. t.) To manage;
to conduct; to treat.
Demean (v. t.) To conduct;
to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Demean (v. t.) To debase;
to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Demean (v. t.) Management;
treatment.
Demean (v. t.) Behavior;
conduct; bearing; demeanor.
Demean (n.) Demesne.
Demean (n.) Resources;
means.
Demeanance (n.) Demeanor.
Demeanor (v. t.)
Management; treatment; conduct.
Demeanor (v. t.) Behavior;
deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
Demeanure (n.) Behavior.
Demency (n.) Dementia;
loss of mental powers. See Insanity.
Dement (v. t.) To deprive
of reason; to make mad.
Dement (a.) Demented;
dementate.
Dementate (v. t.) Deprived
of reason.
Dementate (v. t.) To
deprive of reason; to dement.
Dementation (n.) The act
of depriving of reason; madness.
Demented (a.) Insane; mad;
of unsound mind.
Dementia (n.) Insanity;
madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and
reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.
Demephitized (imp. & p. p.)
of Demephitize
Demephitizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demephitize
Demephitize (v. t.) To
purify from mephitic or foul air.
Demerge (v. t.) To plunge
down into; to sink; to immerse.
Demerit (n.) That which
one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
Demerit (n.) That which
deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of
merit.
Demerit (n.) The state of
one who deserves ill.
Demerit (n.) To deserve;
-- said in reference to both praise and blame.
Demerit (n.) To depreciate
or cry down.
Demerit (v. i.) To deserve
praise or blame.
Demerse (v. t.) To
immerse.
Demersed (a.) Situated or
growing under water, as leaves; submersed.
Demersion (n.) The act of
plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
Demersion (n.) The state
of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water.
Demesmerize (v. t.) To
relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.
Demesne (n.) A lord's
chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not
been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the
proprietor's own use.
Demesnial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.
Demi- () A prefix, signifying
half.
Demi (n.) See Demy, n.
Demibastion (n.) A half
bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
Demibrigade (n.) A half
brigade.
Demicadence (n.) An
imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note.
Demicannon (n.) A kind of
ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.
Demicircle (n.) An
instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor,
but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.
Demiculverin (n.) A kind
of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.
Demideify (v. t.) To deify
in part.
Demidevil (n.) A half
devil.
Demigod (n.) A half god,
or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Demigoddess (n.) A female
demigod.
Demigorge (n.) Half the
gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the
center of the bastion.
Demigrate (v. i.) To
emigrate.
Demigration (n.)
Emigration.
Demigroat (n.) A half
groat.
Demi-island (n.)
Peninsula.
Demijohn (n.) A glass
vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
Demilance (n.) A light
lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.
Demilancer (n.) A soldier
of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.
Demilune (n.) A work
constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain
between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
Demilune (n.) A crescentic
mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Demiman (n.) A half man.
Demimonde (n.) Persons of
doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public
prostitutes; demireps.
Deminatured (a.) Having
half the nature of another.
Demiquaver (n.) A note of
half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Demirelief (n.) Alt. of
Demirelievo
Demirelievo (n.) Half
relief. See Demi-rilievo.
Demirep (n.) A woman of
doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Demi-rilievo (n.) Half
relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by
one half their full roundness.
Demi-rilievo (n.) A work
of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.
Demisability (n.) The
state of being demisable.
Demisable (a.) Capable of
being leased; as, a demisable estate.
Demise (n.) Transmission
by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially,
the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Demise (n.) The decease of
a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
Demise (n.) The conveyance
or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the
latter.
Demised (imp. & p. p.) of
Demise
Demising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demise
Demise (v. t.) To transfer
or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to
bequeath.
Demise (v. t.) To convey;
to give.
Demise (v. t.) To convey,
as an estate, by lease; to lease.
Demisemiquaver (n.) A
short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part
of a whole note.
Demiss (a.) Cast down;
humble; submissive.
Demission (n.) The act of
demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering;
dejection.
Demission (n.) Resignation
of an office.
Demissionary (a.)
Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed.
Demissionary (a.) Tending
to lower, depress, or degrade.
Demissive (a.) Downcast;
submissive; humble.
Demissly (adv.) In a
humble manner.
Demisuit (n.) A suit of
light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the
legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.
Demitted (imp. & p. p.) of
Demit
Demitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demit
Demit (v. t.) To let fall;
to depress.
Demit (v. t.) To yield or
submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.
Demit (v. t.) To lay down,
as an office; to resign.
Demitint (n.) That part of
a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full
light.
Demitint (n.) The shade
itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half
tint.
Demitone (n.) Semitone.
Demiurge (n.) The chief
magistrate in some of the Greek states.
Demiurge (n.) God, as the
Maker of the world.
Demiurge (n.) According to
the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the
material universe and man.
Demiurgic (a.) Pertaining
to a demiurge; formative; creative.
Demivill (n.) A half vill,
consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.
Demivolt (n.) A half
vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his
fore legs in a particular manner.
Demiwolf (n.) A half wolf;
a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
Demobilization (n.) The
disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or
called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.
Demobilize (v. t.) To
disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
Democracies (pl. ) of
Democracy
Democracy (n.) Government
by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and
directly exercised by the people.
Democracy (n.) 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.
Democracy (n.)
Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
Democracy (n.) The
principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
Democrat (n.) One who is
an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
Democrat (n.) A member of
the Democratic party.
Democratic (a.) Pertaining
to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of
government by the people.
Democratic (a.) Relating
to a political party so called.
Democratic (a.) Befitting
the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
Democratical (a.)
Democratic.
Democratically (adv.) In a
democratic manner.
Democratism (n.) The
principles or spirit of a democracy.
Democratist (n.) A
democrat.
Democratize (v. t.) To
render democratic.
Democraty (n.) Democracy.
Demogorgon (n.) A
mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of
creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits
of the lower world. See Gorgon.
Demography (n.) The study
of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.
Demoiselle (n.) A young
lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
Demoiselle (n.) The
Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and
symmetry of its form and movements.
Demoiselle (n.) A
beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
Demolished (imp. & p. p.)
of Demolish
Demolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demolish
Demolish (v. t.) To throw
or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as,
to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
Demolisher (n.) One who,
or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
Demolishment (n.)
Demolition.
Demolition (n.) The act of
overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by
violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a
house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
Demolitionist (n.) A
demolisher.
Demon (n.) A spirit, or
immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan
mythology.
Demon (n.) One's genius; a
tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.
Demon (n.) An evil spirit;
a devil.
Demoness (n.) A female
demon.
Demonetization (n.) The
act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.
Demonetize (v. t.) To
deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
Demoniac (a.) Alt. of
Demoniacal
Demoniacal (a.) Pertaining
to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac
being; demoniacal practices.
Demoniacal (a.) Influenced
or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.
Demoniac (n.) A human
being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly
controlled by a demon.
Demoniac (n.) One of a
sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be
saved.
Demoniacally (adv.) In a
demoniacal manner.
Demoniacism (n.) The state
of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.
Demonial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a demon.
Demonian (a.) Relating to,
or having the nature of, a demon.
Demonianism (n.) The state
of being possessed by a demon or by demons.
Demoniasm (n.) See
Demonianism.
Demonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.
Demonism (n.) The belief
in demons or false gods.
Demonist (n.) A believer
in, or worshiper of, demons.
Demonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Demonize
Demonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demonize
Demonize (v. t.) To
convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.
Demonize (v. t.) To
control or possess by a demon.
Demonocracy (n.) The power
or government of demons.
Demonographer (n.) A
demonologist.
Demonolatry (n.) The
worship of demons.
Demonologer (n.) One
versed in demonology.
Demonologic (a.) Alt. of
Demonological
Demonological (a.) Of or
pertaining to demonology.
Demonologist (n.) One who
writes on, or is versed in, demonology.
Demonology (n.) A treatise
on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their
manifestations.
Demonomagy (n.) Magic in
which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic.
Demonomania (n.) A form of
madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.
Demonomist (n.) One in
subjection to a demon, or to demons.
Demonomy (n.) The dominion
of demons.
Demonry (n.) Demoniacal
influence or possession.
Demonship (n.) The state
of a demon.
Demonstrability (n.) The
quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.
Demonstrable (a.) Capable
of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question.
Demonstrable (a.) Proved;
apparent.
Demonstrableness (n.) The
quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.
Demonstrably (adv.) In a
demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.
Demonstrance (n.)
Demonstration; proof.
Demonstrate (v. t.) To
point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
Demonstrate (v. t.) To
show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to
establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial.
Demonstrate (v. t.) To
exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).
Demonstrater (n.) See
Demonstrator.
Demonstration (n.) The act
of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility
of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
Demonstration (n.) An
expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.
Demonstration (n.) The
exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.
Demonstration (n.) (Mil.)
a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.
Demonstration (n.) The act
of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.
Demonstration (n.) A
course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of
assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously
established propositions.
Demonstrative (a.) Having
the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting
clearly or conclusively.
Demonstrative (a.)
Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her
nature was demonstrative.
Demonstrative (a.)
Consisting of eulogy or of invective.
Demonstrative (n.) A
demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
Demonstratively (adv.) In
a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.
Demonstrativeness (n.) The
state or quality of being demonstrative.
Demonstrator (n.) One who
demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by
indubitable evidence.
Demonstrator (n.) A
teacher of practical anatomy.
Demonstratory (a.) Tending
to demonstrate; demonstrative.
Demorage (n.) Demurrage.
Demoralization (n.) The
act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or
subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or
subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or
navy.
Demoralized (imp. & p. p.)
of Demoralize
Demoralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demoralize
Demoralize (v. t.) To
corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral
principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in
courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
Demosthenic (a.)
Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.
Demotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the people; popular; common.
Demount (v. i.) To
dismount.
Dempne (v. t.) To damn; to
condemn.
Dempster (n.) Alt. of
Demster
Demster (n.) A deemster.
Demster (n.) An officer
whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.
Demulce (v. t.) To soothe;
to mollify; to pacify; to soften.
Demulcent (a.) Softening;
mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.
Demulcent (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. Gum
Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents.
Demulsion (n.) The act of
soothing; that which soothes.
Demurred (imp. & p. p.) of
Demur
Demurring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Demur
Demur (v. i.) To linger;
to stay; to tarry.
Demur (v. i.) To delay; to
pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to
hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Demur (v. i.) To scruple
or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
Demur (v. i.) To interpose
a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Demur (v. t.) To suspend
judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
Demur (v. t.) To cause
delay to; to put off.
Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause;
hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Demure (a.) Of sober or
serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Demure (a.) Affectedly
modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Demure (v. i.) To look
demurely.
Demurely (adv.) In a
demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity
or modesty.
Demureness (n.) The state
of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
Demurity (n.) Demureness;
also, one who is demure.
Demurrable (a.) That may
be demurred to.
Demurrage (n.) The
detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter
party for loading, unloading, or sailing.
Demurrage (n.) The
allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
Demurral (n.) Demur; delay
in acting or deciding.
Demurrer (n.) One who
demurs.
Demurrer (n.) A stop or
pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question,
whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is
sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party
resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
Demies (pl. ) of Demy
Demy (n.) A printing and a
writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
Demy (n.) A half fellow at
Magdalen College, Oxford.
Demy (a.) Pertaining to,
or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
Den (n.) A small cavern or
hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild
beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
Den (n.) A squalid place
of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.
Den (n.) Any snug or close
retreat where one goes to be alone.
Den (n.) A narrow glen; a
ravine; a dell.
Den (v. i.) To live in, or
as in, a den.
Denarcotize (v. t.) To
deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium.
Denarii (pl. ) of Denarius
Denarius (n.) A Roman
silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New
Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.
Denary (a.) Containing
ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
Denary (n.) The number
ten; a division into ten.
Denary (n.) A coin; the
Anglicized form of denarius.
Denationalization (n.) The
or process of denationalizing.
Denationalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Denationalize
Denationalizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Denationalize
Denationalize (v. t.) To
divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Denaturalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Denaturalize
Denaturalizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Denaturalize
Denaturalize (v. t.) To
render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
Denaturalize (v. t.) To
renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to
denationalize.
Denay (v. t.) To deny.
Denay (n.) Denial;
refusal.
Dendrachate (n.)
Arborescent or dendritic agate.
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; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or
silver; an arborization.
Dendritic (a.) Alt. of
Dendritical
Dendritical (a.)
Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form
resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.
Dendroc/la (n. pl.) A
division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral
branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.
Dendroid (a.) Alt. of
Dendroidal
Dendroidal (a.) Resembling
a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Dendrolite (n.) A
petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
Dendrologist (n.) One
versed in the natural history of trees.
Dendrologous (a.) Relating
to dendrology.
Dendrology (n.) A
discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Dendrometer (n.) An
instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
Denegate (v. t.) To deny.
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; -- called also breakbone
fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration,
and rarely fatal.
Deniable (a.) Capable of
being, or liable to be, denied.
Denial (n.) The act of
gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
Denial (n.) A refusal to
admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the
untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
Denial (n.) A refusal to
grant; rejection of a request.
Denial (n.) A refusal to
acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of
confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
Deniance (n.) Denial.
Denier (n.) One who
denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.
Denier (n.) A small copper
coin of insignificant value.
Denigrate (v. t.) To
blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Denigrate (v. t.) Fig.: To
blacken or sully; to defame.
Denigration (n.) The act
of making black.
Denigration (n.) Fig.: A
blackening; defamation.
Denigrator (n.) One who,
or that which, blackens.
Denim (n.) A coarse cotton
drilling used for overalls, etc.
Denitration (n.) A
disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.
Denitrification (n.) The
act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the
removal of nitrogen.
Denitrify (v. t.) To
deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
Denization (n.) The act of
making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.
Denize (v. t.) To make a
denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
Denizen (n.) A dweller; an
inhabitant.
Denizen (n.) One who is
admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did
not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
Denizen (n.) One admitted
to residence in a foreign country.
Denizen (v. t.) To
constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and
privileges.
Denizen (v. t.) To provide
with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
Denizenation (n.)
Denization; denizening.
Denizenize (v. t.) To
constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen.
Denizenship (n.) State of
being a denizen.
Denmark satin () See under Satin.
Dennet (n.) A light, open,
two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig.
Denominable (a.) Capable
of being denominated or named.
Denominated (imp. & p. p.)
of Denominate
Denominating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Denominate
Denominate (v. t.) To give
a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
Denominate (a.) Having a
specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract;
thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or
number. See Compound number, under Compound.
Denomination (n.) The act
of naming or designating.
Denomination (n.) That by
which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or
title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a
category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of
shillings, or of tons.
Denomination (n.) A class,
or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination
of Christians.
Denominational (a.)
Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society.
Denominationalism (n.) A
denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or
denomination.
Denominationalist (n.) One
imbued with a denominational spirit.
Denominationally (adv.) In
a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
Denominative (a.)
Conferring a denomination or name.
Denominative (a.)
Connotative; as, a denominative name.
Denominative (a.)
Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation;
denominable.
Denominative (a.) Derived
from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
Denominative (n.) A
denominative name or term; denominative verb.
Denominatively (adv.) By
denomination.
Denominator (n.) One who,
or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
Denominator (n.) That
number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts
the integer or unit is divided.
Denominator (n.) That part
of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal
line signifying division.
Denotable (a.) Capable of
being denoted or marked.
Denotate (v. t.) To mark
off; to denote.
Denotation (n.) The
marking off or separation of anything.
Denotative (a.) Having
power to denote; designating or marking off.
Denoted (imp. & p. p.) of
Denote
Denoting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Denote
Denote (v. t.) To mark out
plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to
indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.
Denote (v. t.) To be the
sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
Denotement (n.) Sign;
indication.
Denotive (a.) Serving to
denote.
Denouement (n.) The
unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a
romance.
Denouement (n.) The
solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
Denounced (imp. & p. p.)
of Denounce
Denouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Denounce
Denounce (v. t.) To make
known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an
evil).
Denounce (v. t.) To
proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or
expression.
Denounce (v. t.) To point
out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening
manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Denouncement (n.) Solemn,
official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.
Denouncer (n.) One who
denounces, or declares, as a menace.
Dense (a.) Having the
constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing
much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest;
a dense fog.
Dense (a.) Stupid; gross;
crass; as, dense ignorance.
Densely (adv.) In a dense,
compact manner.
Denseless (n.) The quality
of being dense; density.
Densimeter (n.) An
instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.
Density (n.) The quality
of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.
Density (n.) The ratio of
mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass
and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.
Density (n.) Depth of
shade.
Dent (n.) A stroke; a
blow.
Dent (n.) A slight
depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an
indentation.
Dented (imp. & p. p.) of
Dent
Denting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dent
Dent (v. t.) To make a
dent upon; to indent.
Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a
card, a gear wheel, etc.
Dental (a.) Of or
pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
Dental (a.) Formed by the
aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing
them; as, d t are dental letters.
Dental (a.) An
articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
Dental (a.) A marine
mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth.
See Dentalium.
Dentalism (n.) The quality
of being formed by the aid of the teeth.
Dentalium (n.) A genus of
marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.
Dentary (a.) Pertaining
to, or bearing, teeth.
Dentary (n.) The distal
bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
Dentate (a.) Alt. of
Dentated
Dentated (a.) Toothed;
especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward
or backward; as, a dentate leaf.
Dentated (a.) Having teeth
or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.
Dentate-ciliate (a.)
Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.
Dentately (adv.) In a
dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.
Dentate-sinuate (a.)
Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.
Dentation (n.) Formation
of teeth; toothed form.
Dented (v. t.) Indented;
impressed with little hollows.
Dentel (n.) Same as
Dentil.
Dentelle (n.) An
ornamental tooling like lace.
Dentelli (n. pl.)
Modillions.
Dentex (n.) An edible
European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidae.
Denticete (n. pl.) The
division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale,
dolphins, etc.
Denticle (n.) A small
tooth or projecting point.
Denticulate (a.) Alt. of
Denticulated
Denticulated (a.)
Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a
denticulate leaf of calyx.
Denticulation (n.) The
state of being set with small notches or teeth.
Denticulation (n.) A
diminutive tooth; a denticle.
Dentiferous (a.) Bearing
teeth; dentigerous.
Dentiform (a.) Having the
form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Dentifrice (n.) A powder
or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.
Dentigerous (a.) Bearing
teeth or toothlike structures.
Dentil (n.) A small square
block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental
band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
Dentilabial (a.) Formed by
the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed.
Dentilabial (n.) A
dentilabial sound or letter.
Dentilated (a.) Toothed.
Dentilation (n.)
Dentition.
Dentilave (n.) A wash for
cleaning the teeth.
Dentile (n.) A small
tooth, like that of a saw.
Dentilingual (a.) Produced
by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so
formed.
Dentilingual (n.) A
dentilingual sound or letter.
Dentiloquist (n.) One who
speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.
Dentiloquy (n.) The habit
or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.
Dential (a.) Of or
pertaining to dentine.
Dentine (n.) The dense
calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal
matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.
Dentiphone (n.) An
instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve;
an audiphone.
Dentirostres (pl. ) of
Dentiroster
Dentiroster (n.) A
dentirostral bird.
Dentirostral (a.) Having a
toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched,
and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under
Beak.
Dentirostrate (a.)
Dentirostral.
Dentiscalp (n.) An
instrument for scraping the teeth.
Dentist (n.) One whose
business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and
insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.
Dentistic (a.) Alt. of
Dentistical
Dentistical (a.)
Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.
Dentistry (n.) The art or
profession of a dentist; dental surgery.
Dentition (n.) The
development and cutting of teeth; teething.
Dentition (n.) The system
of teeth peculiar to an animal.
Dentized (imp. & p. p.) of
Dentize
Dentizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dentize
Dentize (v. t. & i.) To
breed or cut new teeth.
Dentoid (a.) Shaped like a
tooth; tooth-shaped.
Dentolingual (a.)
Dentilingual.
Denture (n.) An artificial
tooth, block, or set of teeth.
Denudate (v. t.) To
denude.
Denudation (n.) The act of
stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
Denudation (n.) The laying
bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the
excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
Denude (v. t.) To divest
of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one
of clothing, or lands.
Denunciate (v. t.) To
denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly.
Denunciation (n.)
Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
Denunciation (n.) The act
of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against,
stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
Denunciation (n.) That by
which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation;
arraignment.
Denunciative (a.) Same as
Denunciatory.
Denunciator (n.) One who
denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who
threatens or accuses.
Denunciatory (a.)
Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening;
as, severe and denunciatory language.
Denutrition (n.) The
opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of
tissue.
Denied (imp. & p. p.) of
Deny
Denying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deny
Deny (v. t.) To declare
not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or
admit.
Deny (v. t.) To refuse (to
do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
Deny (v. t.) To refuse to
grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
Deny (v. t.) To disclaim
connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to
disown; to abjure; to disavow.
Deny (v. i.) To answer in
/// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
Denyingly (adv.) In the
manner of one denies a request.
Deobstruct (v. t.) To
remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the
passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.
Deobstruent (a.) Removing
obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and
secretions of the body; aperient.
Deobstruent (n.) A
medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.
Deodand (n.) A personal
chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to
God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and
distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and
killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.
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.
Deodate (n.) A gift or
offering to God.
Deodorant (n.) A
deodorizer.
Deodorization (n.) The act
of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
Deodorize (v. t.) To
deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.
Deodorizer (n.) He who, or
that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.
Deonerate (v. t.) To
unload; to disburden.
Deontological (a.)
Pertaining to deontology.
Deontologist (n.) One
versed in deontology.
Deontology (n.) The
science relat/ to duty or moral obligation.
Deoperculate (a.) Having
the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.
Deoppilate (v. t.) To free
from obstructions; to clear a passage through.
Deoppilation (n.) Removal
of whatever stops up the passages.
Deoppilative (a. & n.)
Deobstruent; aperient.
Deordination (n.)
Disorder; dissoluteness.
Deosculate (v. t.) To kiss
warmly.
Deoxidate (v. t.) To
deoxidize.
Deoxidation (n.) The act
or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.
Deoxidization (n.)
Deoxidation.
Deoxidize (v. t.) To
deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.
Deoxidizer (n.) That which
removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.
Deoxygenate (v. t.) To
deoxidize.
Deoxygenation (n.) The act
or operation of depriving of oxygen.
Deoxygenize (v. t.) To
deoxidize.
Depaint (p. p.) Painted.
Depainted (imp. & p. p.)
of Depaint
Depainting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depaint
Depaint (v. t.) To paint;
to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict.
Depaint (v. t.) To mark
with, or as with, color; to color.
Depainter (n.) One who
depaints.
Depardieux (interj.) In
God's name; certainly.
Departed (imp. & p. p.) of
Depart
Departing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depart
Depart (v. i.) To part; to
divide; to separate.
Depart (v. i.) To go forth
or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw;
-- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing
left, and for or to before the destination.
Depart (v. i.) To forsake;
to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we
can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal
pleading.
Depart (v. i.) To pass
away; to perish.
Depart (v. i.) To quit
this world; to die.
Depart (v. t.) To part
thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
Depart (v. t.) To divide
in order to share; to apportion.
Depart (v. t.) To leave;
to depart from.
Depart (n.) Division;
separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.
Depart (n.) A going away;
departure; hence, death.
Departable (a.) Divisible.
Departer (n.) One who
refines metals by separation.
Departer (n.) One who
departs.
Department (v. i.) Act of
departing; departure.
Department (v. i.) A part,
portion, or subdivision.
Department (v. i.) A
distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk;
province.
Department (v. i.)
Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal
divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war
department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the
medical department; the department of physics.
Department (v. i.) A
territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed
of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental
purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
Department (v. i.) A
military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
Departmental (a.)
Pertaining to a department or division.
Departure (n.) Division;
separation; putting away.
Departure (n.) Separation
or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.
Departure (n.) Removal
from the present life; death; decease.
Departure (n.) Deviation
or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.
Departure (n.) The
desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last
antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.
Departure (n.) The
distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an
oblique line.
Depascent (a.) Feeding.
Depasture (v. t. & i.) To
pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture.
Depatriate (v. t. & i.) To
withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.
Depauperated (imp. & p. p.)
of Depauperate
Depauperating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depauperate
Depauperate (v. t. & i.)
To make poor; to impoverish.
Depauperate (a.) Falling
short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.
Depauperize (v. t.) To
free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.
Depeach (v. t.) To
discharge.
Depectible (a.) Tough;
thick; capable of extension.
Depeculation (n.) A
robbing or embezzlement.
Depeinct (v. t.) To paint.
Depended (imp. & p. p.) of
Depend
Depending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depend
Depend (v. i.) To hang
down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
Depend (v. i.) To hang in
suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending
in court.
Depend (v. i.) To rely for
support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a
cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon,
formerly by of.
Depend (v. i.) To trust;
to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon;
as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at
the usual hour.
Depend (v. i.) To serve;
to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
Depend (v. i.) To impend.
Dependable (a.) Worthy of
being depended on; trustworthy.
Dependant (n.) Alt. of
Dependancy
Dependance (n.) Alt. of
Dependancy
Dependancy (n.) See
Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.
Dependence (n.) The act or
state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension
from a support.
Dependence (n.) The state
of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to
its cause).
Dependence (n.) Mutu///
/onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.
Dependence (n.) Subjection
to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's
self.
Dependence (n.) A resting
with confidence; reliance; trust.
Dependence (n.) That on
which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.
Dependence (n.) That which
depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or
contingent on, something else.
Dependence (n.) A matter
depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or
quarrel.
Dependencies (pl. ) of
Dependency
Dependency (n.) State of
being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination;
concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Dependency (n.) A thing
hanging down; a dependence.
Dependency (n.) That which
is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and
the like.
Dependency (n.) A
territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to
its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa,
and America.
Dependent (a.) Hanging
down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
Dependent (a.) 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.
Dependent (n.) 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.
Dependent (n.) That which
depends; corollary; consequence.
Dependently (adv.) In a
dependent manner.
Depender (n.) One who
depends; a dependent.
Dependingly (adv.) As
having dependence.
Depeople (v. t.) To
depopulate.
Deperdit (n.) That which
is lost or destroyed.
Deperditely (adv.)
Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked.
Deperdition (n.) Loss;
destruction.
Depertible (a.) Divisible.
Dephlegm (v. t.) To rid of
phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
Dephlegmated (imp. & p. p.)
of Dephlegmate
Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dephlegmate
Dephlegmate (v. t.) To
deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of
aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.
Dephlegmation (n.) The
operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated
distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the
subject of it.
Dephlegmator (n.) An
instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or
distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the
vapors is effected.
Dephlegmatory (a.)
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
Dephlegmedness (n.) A
state of being freed from water.
Dephlogisticated (imp. & p. p.)
of Dephlogisticcate
Dephlogisticating (p. pr. &
vb. n.) of Dephlogisticcate
Dephlogisticcate (v. t.)
To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability.
Dephosphorization (n.) The
act of freeing from phosphorous.
Depict (p. p.) Depicted.
Depict (p. p.) Depicted.
Depicted (imp. & p. p.) of
Depict
Depicting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depict
Depict (v. t.) To form a
colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
Depict (v. t.) To
represent in words; to describe vividly.
Depiction (n.) A painting
or depicting; a representation.
Depictured (imp. & p. p.)
of Depicture
Depicturing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depicture
Depicture (v. t.) To make
a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.
Depilated (imp. & p. p.)
of Depilate
Depilating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depilate
Depilate (v. t.) To strip
of hair; to husk.
Depilation (n.) Act of
pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.
Depilatory (a.) Having the
quality or power of removing hair.
Depilatory (n.) An
application used to take off hair.
Depilous (a.) Hairless.
Deplanate (v. t.)
Flattened; made level or even.
Deplant (v. t.) To take up
(plants); to transplant.
Deplantation (n.) Act of
taking up plants from beds.
Depleted (imp. & p. p.) of
Deplete
Depleting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deplete
Deplete (a.) To empty or
unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Deplete (a.) To reduce by
destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its
strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
Depletion (n.) The act of
depleting or emptying.
Depletion (n.) 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 (a.) Able or
fitted to deplete.
Depletive (n.) A substance
used to deplete.
Depletory (a.) Serving to
deplete.
Deplication (n.) An
unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting.
Deploitation (n.) Same as
Exploitation.
Deplorability (n.)
Deplorableness.
Deplorable (a.) Worthy of
being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous;
grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
Deplorableness (n.) State
of being deplorable.
Deplorably (adv.) In a
deplorable manner.
Deplorate (a.) Deplorable.
Deploration (n.) The act
of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
Deplored (imp. & p. p.) of
Deplore
Deploring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deplore
Deplore (v. t.) To feel or
to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to
sorrow over.
Deplore (v. t.) To
complain of.
Deplore (v. t.) To regard
as hopeless; to give up.
Deplore (v. i.) To lament.
Deploredly (adv.)
Lamentably.
Deploredness (n.) The
state of being deplored or deplorable.
Deplorement (n.)
Deploration.
Deplorre (n.) One who
deplores.
Deploringly (adv.) In a
deploring manner.
Deployed (imp. & p. p.) of
Deploy
Deploying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deploy
Deploy (v. t. & i.) To
open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they
shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to
deploy a column of troops into line of battle.
Deploy (n.) Alt. of
Deployment
Deployment (n.) The act of
deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.
Deplumate (a.) Destitute
or deprived of features; deplumed.
Deplumation (n.) The
stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
Deplumation (n.) A disease
of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.
Deplumed (imp. & p. p.) of
Deplume
Depluming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deplume
Deplume (v. t.) To strip
or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.
Deplume (v. t.) To lay
bare; to expose.
Depolarization (n.) The
act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an
unpolarized condition.
Depolarized (imp. & p. p.)
of Depolarize
Depolarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depolarize
Depolarize (v. t.) To
deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.
Depolarize (v. t.) To free
from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.
Depolarizer (n.) A
substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic
battery.
Depolish (v. t.) To remove
the polish or glaze from.
Depolishing (n.) The
process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster
of the surface of ivory porcelain.
Deponed (imp. & p. p.) of
Depone
Deponing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depone
Depone (v. t.) To lay, as
a stake; to wager.
Depone (v. t.) To lay
down.
Depone (v. t.) To assert
under oath; to depose.
Depone (v. i.) To testify
under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
Deponent (v. t.) One who
deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who
testifies in writing.
Deponent (v. t.) A
deponent verb.
Deponent (a.) Having a
passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.
Depopulacy (n.)
Depopulation; destruction of population.
Depopulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Depopulate
Depopulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depopulate
Depopulate (v. t.) To
deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the
populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.
Depopulate (v. i.) To
become dispeopled.
Depopulation (n.) The act
of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of
inhabitants.
Depopulator (n.) One who
depopulates; a dispeopler.
Deported (imp. & p. p.) of
Deport
Deporting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deport
Deport (v. t.) To
transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
Deport (v. t.) To carry or
demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Deport (n.) Behavior;
carriage; demeanor; deportment.
Deportation (n.) The act
of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment;
transportation.
Deportment (n.) Manner of
deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage;
especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life;
behavior; demeanor; bearing.
Deporture (n.) Deportment.
Deposable (a.) Capable of
being deposed or deprived of office.
Deposal (n.) The act of
deposing from office; a removal from the throne.
Deposed (imp. & p. p.) of
Depose
Deposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depose
Depose (v. t.) To lay
down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
Depose (v. t.) To let
fall; to deposit.
Depose (v. t.) To remove
from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of
office.
Depose (v. t.) To testify
under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which
is officially written down for future use.
Depose (v. t.) To put
under oath.
Depose (v. i.) To bear
witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Deposer (n.) One who
deposes or degrades from office.
Deposer (n.) One who
testifies or deposes; a deponent.
Deposited (imp. & p. p.)
of Deposit
Depositing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deposit
Deposit (n.) To lay down;
to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile
deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
Deposit (n.) To lay up or
away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
Deposit (n.) To lodge in
some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to
intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
Deposit (n.) To lay aside;
to rid one's self of.
Deposit (v. t.) That which
is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially,
matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs),
or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a
river).
Deposit (v. t.) A natural
occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.
Deposit (v. t.) That which
is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted
to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to
order; anything given as pledge or security.
Deposit (v. t.) A bailment
of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Deposit (v. t.) Money
lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed
by the person depositing.
Deposit (v. t.) A place of
deposit; a depository.
Depositaries (pl. ) of
Depositary
Depositary (n.) One with
whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the
correlative of depositor.
Depositary (n.) A
storehouse; a depository.
Depositary (n.) One to
whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.
Deposition (n.) The act of
depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
Deposition (n.) The act of
bringing before the mind; presentation.
Deposition (n.) The act of
setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and
dignity; displacement; removal.
Deposition (n.) That which
is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks
are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.
Deposition (n.) An
opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.
Deposition (n.) The act of
laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in
writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply
to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.
Depositor (n.) One who
makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of
depository.
Depositories (pl. ) of
Depository
Depository (n.) A place
where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository
for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.
Depository (n.) One with
whom something is deposited; a depositary.
Depositum (n.) Deposit.
Depositure (n.) The act of
depositing; deposition.
Depot (n.) A place of
deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
Depot (n.) A military
station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled
and drilled.
Depot (n.) The
headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed,
recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken
care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.
Depot (n.) A railway
station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers
or freight.
Depper (a.) Deeper.
Depravation (n.)
Detraction; depreciation.
Depravation (n.) The act
of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
Depravation (n.) The state
of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
Depravation (n.) Change
for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Depraved (imp. & p. p.) of
Deprave
Depraving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deprave
Deprave (n. t.) To speak
ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
Deprave (n. t.) To make
bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
Depravedly (adv.) In a
depraved manner.
Depravedness (n.)
Depravity.
Depravement (n.)
Depravity.
Depraver (n.) One who
deprave or corrupts.
Depravingly (adv.) In a
depraving manner.
Depravity (n.) 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.
Deprecable (a.) That may
or should be deprecated.
Deprecated (imp. & p. p.)
of Deprecate
Deprecating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deprecate
Deprecate (v. 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.
Deprecatingly (adv.) In a
deprecating manner.
Deprecation (n.) The act
of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or
prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
Deprecation (n.) Entreaty
for pardon; petitioning.
Deprecation (n.) An
imprecation or curse.
Deprecative (a.) Serving
to deprecate; deprecatory.
Deprecator (n.) One who
deprecates.
Deprecatory (a.) Serving
to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Depreciated (imp. & p. p.)
of Depreciate
Depreciating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depreciate
Depreciate (v. t.) To
lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of
little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
Depreciate (v. i.) To fall
in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency
will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.
Depreciation (n.) The act
of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.
Depreciation (n.) The
falling of value; reduction of worth.
Depreciation (n.) the
state of being depreciated.
Depreciative (a.) Tending,
or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing.
Depreciator (n.) One who
depreciates.
Depreciatory (a.) Tending
to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.
Depredable (a.) Liable to
depredation.
Depredated (imp. & p. p.)
of Depredate
Depredating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depredate
Depredate (v. t.) To
subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
Depredate (v. i.) To take
plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
Depredation (n.) The act
of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or
making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
Depredator (n.) One who
plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.
Depredatory (a.) Tending
or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a
depredatory incursion.
Depreicate (v. t.) To
proclaim; to celebrate.
Deprehended (imp. & p. p.)
of Deprehend
Deprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deprehend
Deprehend (v. t.) To take
unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to
catch; to apprehend.
Deprehend (v. t.) To
detect; to discover; to find out.
Deprehensible (a.) That
may be caught or discovered; apprehensible.
Deprehension (n.) A
catching; discovery.
Depressed (imp. & p. p.)
of Depress
Depressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depress
Depress (v. t.) To press
down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a
gun; to depress the eyes.
Depress (v. t.) To bring
down or humble; to abase, as pride.
Depress (v. t.) To cast a
gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.
Depress (v. t.) To lessen
the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.
Depress (v. t.) To lessen
in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
Depress (v. t.) To reduce
(an equation) in a lower degree.
Depress (a.) Having the
middle lower than the border; concave.
Depressant (n.) An agent
or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
Depressed (a.) Pressed or
forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
Depressed (a.) Concave on
the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
Depressed (a.) Lying flat;
-- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
Depressed (a.) Having the
vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the
bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.
Depressingly (adv.) In a
depressing manner.
Depression (n.) The act of
depressing.
Depression (n.) The state
of being depressed; a sinking.
Depression (n.) A falling
in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as,
roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
Depression (n.)
Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
Depression (n.) Dejection;
despondency; lowness.
Depression (n.)
Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
Depression (n.) The
angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
Depression (n.) The
operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
Depression (n.) A method
of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
Depressive (a.) Able or
tending to depress or cast down.
Depressomotor (a.)
Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves,
which lower or inhibit muscular activity.
Depressomotor (n.) Any
agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc.
Depressor (n.) One who, or
that which, presses down; an oppressor.
Depressor (n.) A muscle
that depresses or tends to draw down a part.
Depriment (a.) Serving to
depress.
Deprisure (n.) Low
estimation; disesteem; contempt.
Deprivable (a.) Capable of
being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.
Deprivation (n.) The act
of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of
some dignity.
Deprivation (n.) The state
of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
Deprivation (n.) the
taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or
dignity.
Deprived (imp. & p. p.) of
Deprive
Depriving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deprive
Deprive (v. t.) To take
away; to put an end; to destroy.
Deprive (v. t.) To
dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut
out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of.
Deprive (v. t.) To divest
of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.
Deprivement (n.)
Deprivation.
Depriver (n.) One who, or
that which, deprives.
Deprostrate (a.) Fully
prostrate; humble; low; rude.
Deprovincialize (v. t.) To
divest of provincial quality or characteristics.
Depth (n.) The quality of
being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or
horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the
depth of a body of troops.
Depth (n.) Profoundness;
extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge,
or color.
Depth (n.) Lowness; as,
depth of sound.
Depth (n.) That which is
deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the
depth of night, or of winter.
Depth (n.) The number of
simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the
comprehension or content.
Depth (n.) A pair of
toothed wheels which work together.
Depthen (v. t.) To deepen.
Depthless (a.) Having no
depth; shallow.
Depthless (a.) Of
measureless depth; unfathomable.
Depucelate (v. t.) To
deflour; to deprive of virginity.
Depudicate (v. t.) To
deflour; to dishonor.
Depulse (v. t.) To drive
away.
Depulsion (n.) A driving
or thrusting away.
Depulsory (a.) Driving or
thrusting away; averting.
Depurant (a. & n.)
Depurative.
Depurate (a.) Depurated;
cleansed; freed from impurities.
Depurated (imp. & p. p.)
of Depurate
Depurating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depurate
Depurate (v. t.) To free
from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.
Depuration (n.) The act or
process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or
wound.
Depurative (a.) Purifying
the blood or the humors; depuratory.
Depurative (n.) A
depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.
Depurator (n.) One who, or
that which, cleanses.
Depuratory (a.)
Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
Depure (v. t.) To
depurate; to purify.
Depurgatory (a.) Serving
to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.
Depurition (n.) See
Depuration.
Deputable (a.) Fit to be
deputed; suitable to act as a deputy.
Deputation (n.) The act of
deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office
of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
Deputation (n.) The person
or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to
act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the
enemy to propose a truce.
Deputator (n.) One who
deputes, or makes a deputation.
Deputed (imp. & p. p.) of
Depute
Deputing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depute
Depute (v. t.) To appoint
as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
Depute (v. t.) To appoint;
to assign; to choose.
Depute (n.) A person
deputed; a deputy.
Deputize (v. t.) To
appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.
Deputies (pl. ) of Deputy
Deputy (n.) One appointed
as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his
behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a
vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
Deputy (n.) A member of
the Chamber of Deputies.
Dequantitate (v. t.) To
diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.
Deracinated (imp. & p. p.)
of Deracinate
Deracinating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deracinate
Deracinate (v. t.) To
pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
Deraination (n.) The act
of pulling up by the roots; eradication.
Deraign (v. t.) Alt. of
Derain
Derain (v. t.) To prove or
to refute by proof; to clear (one's self).
Deraignment (n.) Alt. of
Derainment
Derainment (n.) The act of
deraigning.
Derainment (n.) The
renunciation of religious or monastic vows.
Derailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Derail
Derailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Derail
Derail (v. t.) To cause to
run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
Derailment (n.) The act of
going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
Deranged (imp. & p. p.) of
Derange
Deranging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Derange
Derange (v. t.) To put out
of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to
throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange;
as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
Derange (v. t.) To disturb
in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or
organism.
Derange (v. t.) To disturb
in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
Deranged (a.) Disordered;
especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.
Derangement (n.) The act
of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged;
disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.
Deranger (n.) One who
deranges.
Deray (n.) Disorder;
merriment.
Derbio (n.) A large
European food fish (Lichia glauca).
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.
Derby (n.) A stiff felt
hat with a dome-shaped crown.
Derbyshire spar () A massive
variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and
other ornamental work.
Derdoing (v. t.) Doing
daring or chivalrous deeds.
Dere (v. t.) To hurt; to
harm; to injure.
Dere (n.) Harm.
Dereine (v. t.) Alt. of
Dereyne
Dereyne (v. t.) Same as
Darraign.
Derelict (a.) Given up or
forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict
lands.
Derelict (a.) Lost;
adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
Derelict (n.) A thing
voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a
ship abandoned at sea.
Derelict (n.) A tract of
land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
Dereliction (n.) The act
of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking
abandonment.
Dereliction (n.) A neglect
or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Dereliction (n.) The state
of being left or abandoned.
Dereliction (n.) A
retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is
gained.
Dereligionize (v. t.) To
make irreligious; to turn from religion.
Dereling (n.) Darling.
Dereling (n.) Darling.
Derf (a.) Strong;
powerful; fierce.
Derided (imp. & p. p.) of
Deride
Deriding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deride
Deride (v. t.) To laugh at
with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock;
to scoff at.
Derider (n.) One who
derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.
Deridingly (adv.) By way
of derision or mockery.
Derision (n.) The act of
deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous
treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
Derision (n.) An object of
derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Derisive (a.) Expressing,
serving for, or characterized by, derision.
Derisory (a.) Derisive;
mocking.
Derivable (a.) 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 (adv.) By
derivation.
Derival (n.) Derivation.
Derivate (a.) Derived;
derivative.
Derivate (n.) A thing
derived; a derivative.
Derivate (v. t.) To
derive.
Derivation (n.) A leading
or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Derivation (n.) The act of
receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause,
means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from
evidence.
Derivation (n.) The act of
tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a
word from an Aryan root.
Derivation (n.) The state
or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
Derivation (n.) That from
which a thing is derived.
Derivation (n.) That which
is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
Derivation (n.) The
operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law,
called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
Derivation (n.) A drawing
of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a
morbid process.
Derivational (a.) Relating
to derivation.
Derivative (a.) Obtained
by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating,
deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance;
a derivative word.
Derivative (n.) That which
is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another.
Derivative (n.) A word
formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or
some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.
Derivative (n.) A chord,
not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a
ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.
Derivative (n.) An agent
which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).
Derivative (n.) A derived
function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic
process.
Derivative (n.) A
substance so related to another substance by modification or partial
substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are
derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane,
benzene, etc.
Derived (imp. & p. p.) of
Derive
Deriving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Derive
Derive (v. t.) To turn the
course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to
diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon.
Derive (v. t.) To receive,
as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to
deduce; -- followed by from.
Derive (v. t.) To trace
the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he
derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
Derive (v. t.) To obtain
one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive
an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Derive (v. i.) To flow; to
have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
Derivement (n.) That which
is derived; deduction; inference.
Deriver (n.) One who
derives.
Derk (a.) Dark.
-derm (n.) A suffix or
terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin,
integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
Derm (v. t.) The
integument of animal; the skin.
Derm (v. t.) See Dermis.
Derma (n.) See Dermis.
Dermal (a.) Pertaining to
the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.
Dermal (a.) Pertaining to
the dermis or true skin.
Dermaptera (n.) Alt. of
Dermapteran
Dermapteran (n.) See
Dermoptera, Dermopteran.
Dermatic (a.) Alt. of
Dermatine
Dermatine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the skin.
Dermatitis (n.)
Inflammation of the skin.
Dermatogen (n.) Nascent
epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
Dermatogen (n.) Nascent
epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
Dermatography (n.) An
anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin.
Dermatoid (a.) Resembling
skin; skinlike.
Dermatologist (n.) One who
discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.
Dermatology (n.) The
science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.
Dermatopathic (a.) Of or
pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure.
Dermatophyte (n.) A
vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.
Dermestes (n.) 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.
Dermestoid (a.) Pertaining
to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
Dermic (a.) Relating to
the derm or skin.
Dermic (a.) Pertaining to
the dermis; dermal.
Dermis (n.) The deep
sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also
true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in
Appendix.
Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) A
group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.
Dermobranchiate (a.)
Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.
Dermohaemal (a.)
Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures; as, the
dermohaemal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.
Dermoid (a.) Same as
Dermatoid.
Dermoneural (a.)
Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the
dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes.
Dermopathic (a.)
Dermatopathic.
Dermophyte (n.) A
dermatophyte.
Dermoptera (n. pl.) The
division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).
Dermoptera (n. pl.) A
group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore
and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.
Dermoptera (n. pl.) An
order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.
Dermopteran (n.) An insect
which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in
flight, as the earwig.
Dermopteri (n. pl.) Same
as Dermopterygii.
Dermopterygii (n. pl.) A
group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.
Dermoskeleton (n.) See
Exoskeleton.
Dermostosis (n.)
Ossification of the dermis.
Dern (n.) A gatepost or
doorpost.
Dern (a.) Hidden;
concealed; secret.
Dern (a.) Solitary; sad.
Derne (a.) To hide; to
skulk.
Dernful (a.) Secret;
hence, lonely; sad; mournful.
Dernier (a.) Last; final.
Dernly (adv.) Secretly;
grievously; mournfully.
Derogant (a.) Derogatory.
Derogated (imp. & p. p.)
of Derogate
Derogating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Derogate
Derogate (v. t.) To annul
in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a
law.
Derogate (v. t.) To
lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or
thing.
Derogate (v. i.) To take
away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.
Derogate (v. i.) To act
beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.
Derogate (n.) Diminished
in value; dishonored; degraded.
Derogately (adv.) In a
derogatory manner.
Derogation (n.) The act of
derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction;
depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.
Derogation (n.) An
alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.
Derogative (a.)
Derogatory.
Derogator (n.) A
detractor.
Derogatorily (adv.) In a
derogatory manner; disparagingly.
Derogatoriness (n.)
Quality of being derogatory.
Derogatory (a.) Tending to
derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; --
with from to, or unto.
Derotremata (n. pl.) The
tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have
permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata.
Derre (a.) Dearer.
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.
Derring (a.) Daring or
warlike.
Derringer (n.) A kind of
short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce
ball.
Derth (n.) Dearth;
scarcity.
Dertrotheca (n.) The horny
covering of the end of the bill of birds.
Dervish (n.) Alt. of
Dervis
Dervise (n.) Alt. of
Dervis
Dervis (n.) A Turkish or
Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere
life.
Derworth (a.) Precious.
Descant (v. i.)
Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of
the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or
plain song.
Descant (v. i.) The upper
voice in part music.
Descant (v. i.) The canto,
cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
Descant (v. i.) A
discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or
comments.
Descanted (imp. & p. p.)
of Descant
Descanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Descant
Descant (v. i.) To sing a
variation or accomplishment.
Descant (v. i.) To comment
freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
Descanter (n.) One who
descants.
Descended (imp. & p. p.)
of Descend
Descending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Descend
Descend (v. i.) To pass
from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any
way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline
downward; -- the opposite of ascend.
Descend (v. i.) To enter
mentally; to retire.
Descend (v. i.) To make an
attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with
violence; -- with on or upon.
Descend (v. i.) To come
down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or
station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
Descend (v. i.) To pass
from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters
to be considered.
Descend (v. i.) To come
down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by
generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar
may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
Descend (v. i.) To move
toward the south, or to the southward.
Descend (v. i.) To fall in
pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
Descend (v. t.) To go down
upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the
river in boats; to descend a ladder.
Descendant (a.)
Descendent.
Descendant (n.) One who
descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or
ascendant.
Descendent (a.)
Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
Descender (n.) One who
descends.
Descendibility (n.) The
quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors;
as, the descendibility of an estate.
Descendible (a.) Admitting
descent; capable of being descended.
Descendible (a.) That may
descend from an ancestor to an heir.
Descending (a.) Of or
pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
Descendingly (adv.) In a
descending manner.
Descension (n.) The act of
going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Descensional (a.)
Pertaining to descension.
Descensive (a.) Tending to
descend; tending downwards; descending.
Descensory (n.) A vessel
used in alchemy to extract oils.
Descent (n.) The act of
descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
Descent (n.) Incursion;
sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon
or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
Descent (n.) Progress
downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a
higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the
less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
Descent (n.) Derivation,
as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
Descent (n.) Transmission
of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending
line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
Descent (n.) Inclination
downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a
steep descent.
Descent (n.) That which is
descended; descendants; issue.
Descent (n.) A step or
remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a
generation.
Descent (n.) Lowest place;
extreme downward place.
Descent (n.) A passing
from a higher to a lower tone.
Describable (a.) That can
be described; capable of description.
Described (imp. & p. p.)
of Describe
Describing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Describe
Describe (v. t.) To
represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as,
to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a
way as to describe a circle.
Describe (v. t.) To
represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to
others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
Describe (v. t.) To
distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Describe (v. i.) To use
the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with
uncommon force and beauty.
Describent (n.) Same as
Generatrix.
Describer (n.) One who
describes.
Descrier (n.) One who
descries.
Description (n.) The act
of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
Description (n.) A sketch
or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an
enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Description (n.) A class
to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
Descriptive (a.) Tending
to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a
descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story
descriptive of the age.
Descrive (v. t.) To
describe.
Descried (imp. & p. p.) of
Descry
Descrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Descry
Descry (v. t.) To spy out
or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to
discern; to discover.
Descry (v. t.) To
discover; to disclose; to reveal.
Descry (n.) Discovery or
view, as of an army seen at a distance.
Desecate (v. t.) To cut,
as with a scythe; to mow.
Desecrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Desecrate
Desecrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desecrate
Desecrate (v. 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.
Desecrater (n.) One who
desecrates; a profaner.
Desecration (n.) The act
of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.
Desecrator (n.) One who
desecrates.
Desegmentation (n.) The
loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the
body.
Desert (n.) That which is
deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually
in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
Desert (n.) A deserted or
forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast
sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
Desert (n.) A tract, which
may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and
uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
Desert (a.) Of or
pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive;
waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
Deserted (imp. & p. p.) of
Desert
Deserting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desert
Desert (v. t.) To leave
(especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the
lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of
localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.
Desert (v. t.) To abandon
(the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from;
as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
Desert (v. i.) To abandon
a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the
expiration of one's term; to abscond.
Deserter (n.) One who
forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes
service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without
leave; one guilty of desertion.
Desertful (a.)
Meritorious.
Desertion (n.) 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.
Desertion (n.) The state
of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
Desertion (n.) Abandonment
by God; spiritual despondency.
Desertless (a.) Without
desert.
Desertlessly (adv.)
Undeservedly.
Desertness (n.) A deserted
condition.
Desertrix (n.) Alt. of
Desertrice
Desertrice (n.) A feminine
deserter.
Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of
Deserve
Deserving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deserve
Deserve (v. t.) To earn by
service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be
entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves
praise.
Deserve (v. t.) To serve;
to treat; to benefit.
Deserve (v. i.) To be
worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
Deservedly (adv.)
According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Deservedness (n.)
Meritoriousness.
Deserver (n.) One who
deserves.
Deserving (n.) Desert;
merit.
Deserving (a.)
Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.
Deshabille (n.) An
undress; a careless toilet.
Desiccant (a.) Drying;
desiccative.
Desiccant (n.) A medicine
or application for drying up a sore.
Desiccated (imp. & p. p.)
of Desiccate
Desiccating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desiccate
Desiccate (v. t.) To dry
up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate
fish or fruit.
Desiccate (v. i.) To
become dry.
Desiccation (n.) The act
of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.
Desiccative (a.) Drying;
tending to dry.
Desiccative (n.) An
application for drying up secretions.
Desiccator (n.) One who,
or that which, desiccates.
Desiccator (n.) A short
glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent,
as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to
be dried, or preserved from moisture.
Desiccatory (a.)
Desiccative.
Desiderable (a.)
Desirable.
Desiderata (n. pl.) See
Desideratum.
Desiderated (imp. & p. p.)
of Desiderate
Desiderating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desiderate
Desiderate (v. t.) To
desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Desideration (n.) Act of
desiderating; also, the thing desired.
Desiderative (a.) Denoting
desire; as, desiderative verbs.
Desiderative (n.) An
object of desire.
Desiderative (n.) A verb
formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire
of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb.
Desiderata (pl. ) of
Desideratum
Desideratum (n.) Anything
desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.
Desidiose (a.) Alt. of
Desidious
Desidious (a.) Idle; lazy.
Desidiousness (n.) The
state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent.
Desight (n.) An unsightly
object.
Desightment (n.) The act
of making unsightly; disfigurement.
Designed (imp. & p. p.) of
Design
Designing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Design
Design (n.) To draw
preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to
delineate; to trace out; to draw.
Design (n.) To mark out
and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
Design (n.) To create or
produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to
invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem,
a statue, or a cathedral.
Design (n.) To intend or
purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
Design (v. i.) To form a
design or designs; to plan.
Design (n.) A preliminary
sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed,
as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.
Design (n.) A plan or
scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea
intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention;
purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme;
plot.
Design (n.) Specifically,
intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an
end; as, the argument from design.
Design (n.) The
realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art
considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as,
this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.
Design (n.) The invention
and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order
of the whole.
Designable (a.) Capable of
being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable.
Designate (v. t.)
Designated; appointed; chosen.
Designated (imp. & p. p.)
of Designate
Designating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Designate
Designate (v. t.) 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.
Designate (v. t.) To call
by a distinctive title; to name.
Designate (v. t.) 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.
Designation (n.) The act
of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
Designation (n.) Selection
and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
Designation (n.) That
which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
Designation (n.) Use or
application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
Designative (a.) Serving
to designate or indicate; pointing out.
Designator (n.) An officer
who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
Designator (n.) One who
designates.
Designatory (a.) Serving
to designate; designative; indicating.
Designedly (adv.) By
design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or
inadvertently.
Designer (n.) One who
designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.
Designer (n.) One who
produces or creates original works of art or decoration.
Designer (n.) A plotter; a
schemer; -- used in a bad sense.
Designful (a.) Full of
design; scheming.
Designing (a.) Intriguing;
artful; scheming; as, a designing man.
Designing (n.) The act of
making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.
Designless (a.) Without
design.
Designment (n.)
Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention.
Designment (n.) Design;
purpose; scheme.
Desilver (v. t.) To
deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead.
Desilverization (n.) The
act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from
the removal of silver.
Desilverize (v. t.) To
deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.
Desinence (n.)
Termination; ending.
Desinent (a.) Ending;
forming an end; lowermost.
Desinential (a.) Terminal.
Desipient (a.) Foolish;
silly; trifling.
Desirability (n.) The
state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.
Desirable (v. t.) Worthy
of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing;
agreeable.
Desirableness (n.) The
quality of being desirable.
Desirably (adv.) In a
desirable manner.
Desired (imp. & p. p.) of
Desire
Desiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desire
Desire (v. t.) To long
for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Desire (v. t.) To express
a wish for; to entreat; to request.
Desire (v. t.) To require;
to demand; to claim.
Desire (v. t.) To miss; to
regret.
Desire (v. t.) The natural
longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels
to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or
enjoy.
Desire (v. t.) An
expressed wish; a request; petition.
Desire (v. t.) Anything
which is desired; an object of longing.
Desire (v. t.) Excessive
or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
Desire (v. t.) Grief;
regret.
Desireful (a.) Filled with
desire; eager.
Desirefulness (n.) The
state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.
Desireless (a.) Free from
desire.
Desirer (n.) One who
desires, asks, or wishes.
Desirous (n.) Feeling
desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
Desirously (adv.) With
desire; eagerly.
Desirousness (n.) The
state of being desirous.
Desisted (imp. & p. p.) of
Desist
Desisting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desist
Desist (v. i.) To cease to
proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
Desistance (n.) The act or
state of desisting; cessation.
Desistive (a.) Final;
conclusive; ending.
Desition (n.) An end or
ending.
Desitive (a.) Final;
serving to complete; conclusive.
Desitive (n.) A
proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion.
Desk (n.) A table, frame,
or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers
and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
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; also (esp. in the
United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical
profession."
Desked (imp. & p. p.) of
Desk
Desking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desk
Desk (v. t.) To shut up,
as in a desk; to treasure.
Deskwork (n.) Work done at
a desk, as by a clerk or writer.
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.
Desmid (n.) Alt. of
Desmidian
Desmidian (n.) 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.
Desmine (n.) Same as
Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.
Desmobacteria (n. pl.) See
Microbacteria.
Desmodont (n.) A member of
a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and
Diphylla. See Vampire.
Desmognathous (a.) Having
the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds
(Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and
herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
Desmoid (a.) Resembling,
or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
Desmology (n.) The science
which treats of the ligaments.
Desmomyaria (n. pl.) The
division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.
Desolate (a.) Destitute or
deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate
isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
Desolate (a.) Laid waste;
in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
Desolate (a.) Left alone;
forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Desolate (a.) Lost to
shame; dissolute.
Desolate (a.) Destitute
of; lacking in.
Desolated (imp. & p. p.)
of Desolate
Desolating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Desolate
Desolate (v. t.) To make
desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly
desolated by the flood.
Desolate (v. t.) To lay
waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Desolately (adv.) In a
desolate manner.
Desolateness (n.) The
state of being desolate.
Desolater (n.) One who, or
that which, desolates or lays waste.
Desolation (n.) The act of
desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Desolation (n.) The state
of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
Desolation (n.) A place or
country wasted and forsaken.
Desolator (n.) Same as
Desolater.
Desolatory (a.) Causing
desolation.
Desophisticate (v. t.) To
clear from sophism or error.
Desoxalic (a.) Made or
derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.
Despaired (imp. & p. p.)
of Despair
Despairing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Despair
Despair (v. i.) To be
hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
Despair (v. t.) To give up
as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Despair (v. t.) To cause
to despair.
Despair (n.) Loss of hope;
utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
Despair (n.) That which is
despaired of.
Despairer (n.) One who
despairs.
Despairful (a.) Hopeless.
Despairing (a.) Feeling or
expressing despair; hopeless.
Desparple (v. t. & i.) To
scatter; to disparkle.
Despatch (n. & v.) Same as
Dispatch.
Despecificate (v. t.) To
discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to
specificate; to desynonymize.
Despecfication (n.)
Discrimination.
Despect (n.) Contempt.
Despection (n.) A looking
down; a despising.
Despeed (v. t.) To send
hastily.
Despend (v. t.) To spend;
to squander. See Dispend.
Desperadoes (pl. ) of
Desperado
Desperado (n.) A reckless,
furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence;
a wild ruffian.
Desperate (a.) Without
hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Desperate (a.) Beyond
hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at
least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Desperate (a.) Proceeding
from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless;
furious; as, a desperate effort.
Desperate (a.) Extreme, in
a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad
quality.
Desperate (n.) One
desperate or hopeless.
Desperately (adv.) In a
desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as,
the troops fought desperately.
Desperateness (n.)
Desperation; virulence.
Desperation (n.) The act
of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
Desperation (n.) A state
of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness;
reckless fury.
Despicability (n.)
Despicableness.
Despicable (a.) Fit or
deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable
man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
Despicableness (n.) The
quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
Despicably (adv.) In a
despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy.
Despiciency (n.) A looking
down; despection.
Despisable (a.)
Despicable; contemptible.
Despisal (n.) A despising;
contempt.
Despised (imp. & p. p.) of
Despise
Despising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Despise
Despise (v. t.) To look
down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a
low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Despisedness (n.) The
state of being despised.
Despisement (n.) A
despising.
Despiser (n.) One who
despises; a contemner; a scorner.
Despisingly (adv.)
Contemptuously.
Despite (n.) Malice;
malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
Despite (n.) An act of
malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
Despited (imp. & p. p.) of
Despite
Despiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Despite
Despite (n.) To vex; to
annoy; to offend contemptuously.
Despite (prep.) In spite
of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
Despiteful (a.) Full of
despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
Despiteous (a.) Feeling or
showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.
Despiteously (adv.)
Despitefully.
Despitous (a.) Despiteous;
very angry; cruel.
Despoiled (imp. & p. p.)
of Despoil
Despoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Despoil
Despoil (v. t.) To strip,
as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
Despoil (v. t.) To deprive
for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually
followed by of.
Despoil (n.) Spoil.
Despoiler (n.) One who
despoils.
Despoilment (n.)
Despoliation.
Despoliation (n.) A
stripping or plundering; spoliation.
Desponded (imp. & p. p.)
of Despond
Desponding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Despond
Despond (v. i.) To give
up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all
courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
Despond (n.) Despondency.
Despondence (n.)
Despondency.
Despondency (n.) The state
of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression
or dejection of the mind.
Despondent (a.) Marked by
despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a
despondent prisoner.
Desponder (n.) One who
desponds.
Despondingly (adv.) In a
desponding manner.
Desponsage (n.) Betrothal.
Desponsate (v. t.) To
betroth.
Desponsation (n.) A
betrothing; betrothal.
Desponsories (pl. ) of
Desponsory
Desponsory (n.) A written
pledge of marriage.
Desport (v. t. & i.) See
Disport.
Despot (n.) A master; a
lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.
Despot (n.) One who rules
regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.
Despotat (n.) The station
or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot.
Despotic (a.) Alt. of
Despotical
Despotical (a.) Having the
character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and
abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary.
Despotism (n.) The power,
spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical
sway; tyranny.
Despotism (n.) A
government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism;
autocracy.
Despotist (n.) A supporter
of despotism.
Despotize (v. t.) To act
the despot.
Despread (v. t. & i.) See
Dispread.
Despumated (imp. & p. p.)
of Despumate
Despumating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Despumate
Despumate (v. t. & i.) To
throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.
Despumation (n.) The act
of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids;
scumming; clarification.
Despume (v. t.) To free
from spume or scum.
Desquamate (v. i.) To peel
off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
Desquamation (n.) The
separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or
scales; exfoliation, as of bones.
Desquamative (a.) Alt. of
Desquamatory
Desquamatory (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.
Desquamatory (n.) An
instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.
Dess (n.) Dais.
Dessert (n.) A service of
pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry,
fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.
Destemper (n.) A kind of
painting. See Distemper.
Destin (n.) Destiny.
Destinable (a.) Determined
by destiny; fated.
Destinably (adv.) In a
destinable manner.
Destinal (a.) Determined
by destiny; fated.
Destinate (a.) Destined.
Destinate (v. t.) To
destine, design, or choose.
Destination (n.) The act
of destining or appointing.
Destination (n.) Purpose
for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate
design.
Destination (n.) The place
set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point
aimed at.
Destined (imp. & p. p.) of
Destine
Destining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Destine
Destine (v. t.) To
determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a
future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to
doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object
preceded by to or for.
Destinist (n.) A believer
in destiny; a fatalist.
Destinies (pl. ) of
Destiny
Destiny (n.) That to which
any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by
the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
Destiny (n.) The fixed
order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency
conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
Destituent (a.) Deficient;
wanting; as, a destituent condition.
Destitute (a.) Forsaken;
not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient;
lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.
Destitute (a.) Not
possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without
possessions or resources; very poor.
Destitute (v. t.) To leave
destitute; to forsake; to abandon.
Destitute (v. t.) To make
destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.
Destitute (v. t.) To
disappoint.
Destitutely (adv.) In
destitution.
Destituteness (n.)
Destitution.
Destitution (n.) The state
of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy,
or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the
inundation caused general destitution.
Destrer (n.) Alt. of
Dextrer
Dextrer (n.) A war horse.
Destrie (v. t.) To
destroy.
Destroyed (imp. & p. p.)
of Destroy
Destroying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Destroy
Destroy (v. t.) To
unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent
parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Destroy (v. t.) To ruin;
to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Destroy (v. t.) To put an
end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
Destroyable (a.)
Destructible.
Destroyer (n.) One who
destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Destruct (v. t.) To
destroy.
Destructibility (n.) The
quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.
Destructible (a.) Liable
to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Destructibleness (n.) The
quality of being destructible.
Destruction (n.) The act
of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition;
ruin; slaying; devastation.
Destruction (n.) The state
of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.
Destruction (n.) A
destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Destructionist (n.) One
who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and
influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.
Destructionist (n.) One
who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; --
called also annihilationist.
Destructive (a.) Causing
destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal;
productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as,
intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the
morals of youth.
Destructive (n.) One who
destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Destructively (adv.) In a
destructive manner.
Destructiveness (n.) The
quality of destroying or ruining.
Destructiveness (n.) The
faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity
to destroy.
Destructor (n.) A
destroyer.
Destruie (v. t.) To
destroy.
Desudation (n.) A
sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small
pimples.
Desuete (a.) Disused; out
of use.
Desuetude (n.) The
cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
Desulphurated (imp. & p. p.)
of Desulphurate
Desulphurating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Desulphurate
Desulphurate (v. t.) To
deprive of sulphur.
Desulphuration (n.) The
act or process of depriving of sulphur.
Desulphurize (v. t.) To
desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur.
Desultorily (adv.) In a
desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.
Desultoriness (n.) The
quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.
Desultorious (a.)
Desultory.
Desultory (a.) Leaping or
skipping about.
Desultory (a.) Jumping, or
passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational
connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as,
desultory minds.
Desultory (a.) Out of
course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a
desultory remark.
Desume (v. t.) To select;
to borrow.
Desynonymization (n.) The
act of desynonymizing.
Desynonymize (v. t.) To
deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words
which have been employed as synonyms.
Detached (imp. & p. p.) of
Detach
Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detach
Detach (v. t.) To part; to
separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the
coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a
party.
Detach (v. t.) To separate
for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to
detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
Detach (v. i.) To push
asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
Detachable (a.) That can
be detached.
Detached (a.) Separate;
unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.
Detachment (n.) The act of
detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
Detachment (n.) That which
is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main
body on special service.
Detachment (n.)
Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Detail (n.) A minute
portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the
plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
Detail (n.) A narrative
which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Detail (n.) The selection
for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the
body of men so selected.
Detailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Detail
Detailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detail
Detail (n.) To relate in
particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate;
to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
Detail (n.) To tell off or
appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Detailer (n.) One who
details.
Detained (imp. & p. p.) of
Detain
Detaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detain
Detain (v. t.) To keep
back or from; to withhold.
Detain (v. t.) To restrain
from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
Detain (v. t.) To hold or
keep in custody.
Detain (n.) Detention.
Detainder (n.) A writ. See
Detinue.
Detainer (n.) One who
detains.
Detainer (n.) The keeping
possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even
though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable
at common law.
Detainer (n.) A writ
authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.
Detainment (n.) Detention.
Detect (a.) Detected.
Detected (imp. & p. p.) of
Detect
Detecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detect
Detect (v. t.) To uncover;
to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a
criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
Detect (v. t.) To inform
against; to accuse.
Detectable (a.) Alt. of
Detectible
Detectible (a.) Capable of
being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.
Detecter (n.) One who, or
that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts
to conceal; a detector.
Detection (n.) 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 (a.) Fitted for,
or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a
detective officer.
Detective (n.) One who
business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
Detector (n.) One who, or
that which, detects; a detecter.
Detenebrate (v. t.) To
remove darkness from.
Detent (n.) That which
locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork,
the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
Detention (n.) The act of
detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Detention (n.) The state
of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Detention (n.)
Confinement; restraint; custody.
Deterred (imp. & p. p.) of
Deter
Deterring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deter
Deter (v. t.) To prevent
by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or
difficulty, risk, etc.
Deterged (imp. & p. p.) of
Deterge
Deterging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deterge
Deterge (v. t.) To
cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an
ulcer.
Detergency (n.) A
cleansing quality or power.
Detergent (a.) Cleansing;
purging.
Detergent (n.) A substance
which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers,
etc.
Deteriorated (imp. & p. p.)
of Deteriorate
Deteriorating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deteriorate
Deteriorate (v. t.) To
make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate
the mind.
Deteriorate (v. i.) To
grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Deterioration (n.) The
process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
Deteriority (n.) Worse
state or quality; inferiority.
Determent (n.) The act of
deterring; also, that which deters.
Determinability (n.) The
quality of being determinable; determinableness.
Determinable (v. t.)
Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to
a conclusion.
Determinableness (n.)
Capability of being determined; determinability.
Determinacy (n.)
Determinateness.
Determinant (a.) Serving
to determine or limit; determinative.
Determinant (n.) That
which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
Determinant (n.) The sum
of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed
according to certain specified laws
Determinant (n.) A mark or
attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both,
but rendering them more definite and precise.
Determinate (a.) Having
defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Determinate (a.)
Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Determinate (a.)
Determined or resolved upon.
Determinate (a.) Of
determined purpose; resolute.
Determinate (v. t.) To
bring to an end; to determine. See Determine.
Determinately (adv.) In a
determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.
Determinately (adv.)
Resolutely; unchangeably.
Determinateness (n.) State
of being determinate.
Determination (n.) The act
of determining, or the state of being determined.
Determination (n.)
Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
Determination (n.)
Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
Determination (n.) The
quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character;
resoluteness.
Determination (n.) The
state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
Determination (n.) That
which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed;
fixed resolution.
Determination (n.) A flow,
rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the
head.
Determination (n.) The
act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume,
weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length
of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.
Determination (n.) The act
of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
Determination (n.) The
addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; --
the opposite of generalization.
Determination (n.) The act
of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the
referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong;
classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of
these shells.
Determinative (a.) Having
power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Determinative (n.) That
which serves to determine.
Determinator (n.) One who
determines.
Determined (imp. & p. p.)
of Determine
Determining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Determine
Determine (v. t.) To fix
the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
Determine (v. t.) To set
bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end;
to finish.
Determine (v. t.) To fix
the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to
settle.
Determine (v. t.) 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.
Determine (v. t.) 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.
Determine (v. t.) 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.
Determine (v. t.) 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.
Determine (v. t.) To
define or limit by adding a differentia.
Determine (v. t.) To
ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax;
to determine the salt in sea water.
Determine (v. i.) To come
to an end; to end; to terminate.
Determine (v. i.) To come
to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.
Determined (a.) Decided;
resolute.
Determinedly (adv.) In a
determined manner; with determination.
Determiner (n.) One who,
or that which, determines or decides.
Determinism (n.) The
doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined
by motives.
Determinist (n.) One who
believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.
Deterration (n.) The
uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth
or ground.
Deterrence (n.) That which
deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.
Deterrent (a.) Serving to
deter.
Deterrent (n.) That which
deters or prevents.
Detersion (n.) The act of
deterging or cleansing, as a sore.
Detersive (a.) Cleansing;
detergent.
Detersive (n.) A cleansing
agent; a detergent.
Detersively (adv.) In a
way to cleanse.
Detersiveness (n.) The
quality of cleansing.
Detested (imp. & p. p.) of
Detest
Detesting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detest
Detest (v. t.) To witness
against; to denounce; to condemn.
Detest (v. t.) To hate
intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible
or evil.
Detestability (n.)
Capacity of being odious.
Detestable (a.) Worthy of
being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving
abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
Detestableness (n.) The
quality or state of being detestable.
Detestably (adv.) In a
detestable manner.
Detesttate (v. t.) To
detest.
Detestation (n.) The act
of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.
Detester (n.) One who
detes//
Dethroned (imp. & p. p.)
of Dethrone
Dethroning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dethrone
Dethrone (v. t.) To remove
or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.
Dethronement (n.) Deposal
from a throne; deposition from regal power.
Dethroner (n.) One who
dethrones.
Dethronization (n.)
Dethronement.
Dethronize (v. t.) To
dethrone or unthrone.
Detinue (n.) A person or
thing detained
Detinue (n.) A form of
action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.
Detonated (imp. & p. p.)
of Detonate
Detonating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detonate
Detonate (v. i.) To
explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Detonate (v. t.) To cause
to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Detonating (a. & n.) from
Detonate.
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.) One who, or
that which, detonates.
Detonization (n.) The act
of detonizing; detonation.
Detonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Detonize
Detonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detonize
Detonize (v. t. & i.) To
explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
Detorsion (n.) Same as
Detortion.
Detorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Detort
Detorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detort
Detort (v. t.) To turn
form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.
Detortion (n.) The act of
detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
Detour (n.) A turning; a
circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the
Mississippi.
Detracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Detract
Detracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detract
Detract (v. t.) To take
away; to withdraw.
Detract (v. t.) To take
credit or reputation from; to defame.
Detract (v. i.) To take
away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to
derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
Detracter (n.) One who
detracts; a detractor.
Detractingly (adv.) In a
detracting manner.
Detraction (n.) A taking
away or withdrawing.
Detraction (n.) The act of
taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or
cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from
envy or malice; calumny.
Detractious (a.)
Containing detraction; detractory.
Detractive (a.) Tending to
detractor draw.
Detractive (a.) Tending to
lower in estimation; depreciative.
Detractiveness (n.) The
quality of being detractive.
Detracor (n.) One who
detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
Detractory (a.) Defamatory
by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.
Detractress (n.) A female
detractor.
Detrain (v. i. & t.) To
alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train.
Detrect (v. t.) To refuse;
to decline.
Detriment (n.) That which
injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very
generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.
Detriment (n.) A charge
made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
Detriment (v. t.) To do
injury to; to hurt.
Detrimental (a.) Causing
detriment; injurious; hurtful.
Detrimentalness (n.) The
quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.
Detrital (a.) Pertaining
to, or composed of, detritus.
Detrite (a.) Worn out.
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; as, diluvial detritus.
Detritus (n.) Hence: Any
fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of
disintegration.
Detruded (imp. & p. p.) of
Detrude
Detruding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detrude
Detrude (v. t.) To thrust
down or out; to push down with force.
Detruncated (imp. & p. p.)
of Detuncate
Detruncating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Detuncate
Detuncate (v. t.) To
shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.
Detruncation (n.) The act
of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.
Detrusion (n.) The act of
thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Dette (n.) Debt.
Detteles (a.) Free from
debt.
Detumescence (n.)
Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.
Detur (n.) A present of
books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.
Deturb (v. t.) To throw
down.
Deturbate (v. t.) To
evict; to remove.
Deturbation (n.) The act
of deturbating.
Deturn (v. t.) To turn
away.
Deturpate (v. t.) To
defile; to disfigure.
Deturpation (n.) A making
foul.
Deuce (n.) Two; a card or
a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
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.
Deuce (n.) The devil; a
demon.
Deuced (a.) Devilish;
excessive; extreme.
Deuse (a.) Alt. of Deused
Deused (a.) See Deuce,
Deuced.
Deuterocanonical (a.)
Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority;
-- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.
Deuterogamist (n.) One who
marries the second time.
Deuterogamy (n.) A second
marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from
bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy.
Deuterogenic (a.) Of
secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from
older rocks.
Deuteronomist (n.) The
writer of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy (n.) The fifth
book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.
Deuteropathia (n.) Alt. of
Deuteropathy
Deuteropathy (n.) A
sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded
stomach.
Deuteropathic (a.)
Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.
Deuteroscopy (n.) Second
sight.
Deuteroscopy (n.) That
which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second
intention; a hidden signification.
Deuterozooid (n.) One of
the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from
the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms,
the joints are deuterozooids.
Deuthydroguret (n.) Same
as Deutohydroguret.
Deuto- () Alt. of Deut-
Deut- () A prefix which formerly
properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and
not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as
bi-or di-, although little used.
Deutohydroguret (n.) A
compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other
element or radical.
Deutoplasm (n.) The
lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished
from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.
Deutoplastic (a.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
Deutosulphuret (n.) A
disulphide.
Deutoxide (n.) A compound
containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or
radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.
Deutzia (n.) A genus of
shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
Dev (n.) Alt. of Deva
Deva (n.) A god; a deity;
a divine being; an idol; a king.
Devanagari (n.) The
character in which Sanskrit is written.
Devaporation (n.) The
change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.
Devast (v. t.) To
devastate.
Devastated (imp. & p. p.)
of Devastate
Devastating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devastate
Devastate (v. t.) To lay
waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Devastation (n.) The act
of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
Devastation (n.) Waste of
the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
Devastator (n.) One who,
or that which, devastates.
Devastavit (n.) Waste or
misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an
administrator.
Devata (n.) A deity; a
divine being; a good spirit; an idol.
Deve (a.) Deaf.
Develin (n.) The European
swift.
Developed (imp. & p. p.)
of Develop
Developing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Develop
Develop (v. t.) To free
from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in
detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to
develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
Develop (v. t.) To unfold
gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of
states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by
a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower
state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud
into a flower; to develop the mind.
Develop (v. t.) To
advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
Develop (v. t.) To change
the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated
operations without changing the value.
Develop (v. t.) To cause
to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it
to chemical agents; to bring to view.
Develop (v. i.) To go
through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a
less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a
simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function;
as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo
develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
Develop (v. i.) To become
apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application
of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
Developable (a.) Capable
of being developed.
Developer (n.) One who, or
that which, develops.
Developer (n.) 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.
Development (n.) The act
of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process
by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a
photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of
progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
Development (n.) The
series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage
from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of
organization.
Development (n.) The act
or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent
value or meaning.
Development (n.) The
equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
Development (n.) The
elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the
evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
Developmental (a.)
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the
developmental power of a germ.
Devenustate (v. t.) To
deprive of beauty or grace.
Devergence (n.) Alt. of
Devergency
Devergency (n.) See
Divergence.
Devested (imp. & p. p.) of
Devest
Devesting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devest
Devest (v. t.) To divest;
to undress.
Devest (v. t.) To take
away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
Devest (v. i.) To be taken
away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Devex (a.) Bending down;
sloping.
Devex (n.) Devexity.
Devexity (a.) A bending
downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.
Devi (n.) ; fem. of Deva.
A goddess.
Deviant (a.) Deviating.
Deviated (imp. & p. p.) of
Deviate
Deviating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Deviate
Deviate (v. i.) To go out
of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to
err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Deviate (v. t.) To cause
to deviate.
Deviation (n.) 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.
Deviation (n.) The state
or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an
offense.
Deviation (n.) 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.
Deviator (n.) One who, or
that which, deviates.
Deviatory (a.) Tending to
deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion.
Device (n.) That which is
devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme;
often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Device (n.) Power of
devising; invention; contrivance.
Device (n.) An emblematic
design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart
from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the
desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
Device (n.) Improperly, an
heraldic bearing.
Device (n.) Anything
fancifully conceived.
Device (n.) A spectacle or
show.
Device (n.) Opinion;
decision.
Deviceful (a.) Full of
devices; inventive.
Devicefully (adv.) In a
deviceful manner.
Devil (n.) The Evil One;
Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
Devil (n.) An evil spirit;
a demon.
Devil (n.) A very wicked
person; hence, any great evil.
Devil (n.) An expletive of
surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
Devil (n.) A dish, as a
bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne
pepper.
Devil (n.) A machine for
tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
Deviled (imp. & p. p.) of
Devil
Devilled () of Devil
Deviling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devil
Devilling () of Devil
Devil (v. t.) To make like
a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
Devil (v. t.) To grill
with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
Devil-diver (n.) Alt. of
Devil bird
Devil bird (n.) A small
water bird. See Dabchick.
Deviless (n.) A she-devil.
Devilet (n.) A little
devil.
Devilfish (n.) 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.
Devilfish (n.) A large
cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See
Octopus.
Devilfish (n.) The gray
whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.
Devilfish (n.) The
goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.
Deviling (n.) A young
devil.
Devilish (a.) Resembling,
characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the
extreme.
Devilish (a.) Extreme;
excessive.
Devilism (n.) The state of
the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.
Devilize (v. t.) To make a
devil of.
Devilkin (n.) A little
devil; a devilet.
Devilment (n.) Deviltry.
Devilries (pl. ) of
Devilry
Devilry (n.) Conduct
suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
Devilry (n.) The whole
body of evil spirits.
Devil's darning-needle () A
dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.
Devilship (n.) The
character or person of a devil or the devil.
Deviltries (pl. ) of
Deviltry
Deviltry (n.) Diabolical
conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.
Devilwood (n.) A kind of
tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.
Devious (a.) Out of a
straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.
Devious (a.) Going out of
the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
Devirginate (a.) Deprived
of virginity.
Devirginate (v. t.) To
deprive of virginity; to deflour.
Devirgination (n.) A
deflouring.
Devisable (a.) Capable of
being devised, invented, or contrived.
Devisable (a.) Capable of
being bequeathed, or given by will.
Devisal (n.) A devising.
Devised (imp. & p. p.) of
Devise
Devising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devise
Devise (v. t.) To form in
the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new
arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to
invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a
plan of defense, or an argument.
Devise (v. t.) To plan or
scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
Devise (v. t.) To say; to
relate; to describe.
Devise (v. t.) To imagine;
to guess.
Devise (v. t.) To give by
will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
Devise (v. i.) To form a
scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
Devise (n.) The act of
giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a
bequest of personal estate.
Devise (n.) A will or
testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real
property.
Devise (n.) Property
devised, or given by will.
Devise (n.) Device. See
Device.
Devisee (n.) One to whom a
devise is made, or real estate given by will.
Deviser (n.) One who
devises.
Devisor (n.) One who
devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.
Devitable (a.) Avoidable.
Devitalize (v. t.) To
deprive of life or vitality.
Devitation (n.) An
avoiding or escaping; also, a warning.
Devitrification (n.) The
act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically,
the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the
result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy
base, which are then called devitrification products.
Devitrify (v. t.) To
deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency
from.
Devocalize (v. t.) To make
toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
Devocation (n.) A calling
off or away.
Devoid (v. t.) To empty
out; to remove.
Devoid (v. t.) Void;
empty; vacant.
Devoid (v. t.) Destitute;
not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.
Devoir (n.) Duty; service
owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as,
they paid their devoirs to the ladies.
Devolute (v. t.) To
devolve.
Devolution (n.) The act of
rolling down.
Devolution (n.)
Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a
successor.
Devolved (imp. & p. p.) of
Devolve
Devolving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devolve
Devolve (v. t.) To roll
onward or downward; to pass on.
Devolve (v. t.) To
transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally
with upon, sometimes with to or into.
Devolve (v. i.) To pass by
transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or
upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command
devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.
Devolvement (n.) The act
or process of devolving;; devolution.
Devon (n.) One of a breed
of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure
blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons,
is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.
Devonian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or
system.
Devonian (n.) The Devonian
age or formation.
Devoration (n.) The act of
devouring.
Devotary (n.) A votary.
Devoted (imp. & p. p.) of
Devote
Devoting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devote
Devote (v. t.) To
appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate;
also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city
was devoted to the flames.
Devote (v. t.) To
execrate; to curse.
Devote (v. t.) To give up
wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; --
often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's
friends, to piety, etc.
Devote (a.) Devoted;
addicted; devout.
Devote (n.) A devotee.
Devoted (a.) Consecrated
to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer.
Devotee (n.) One who is
wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously
given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
Devotement (n.) The state
of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
Devoter (n.) One who
devotes; a worshiper.
Devotion (n.) The act of
devoting; consecration.
Devotion (n.) The state of
being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or
affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts
of worship; devoutness.
Devotion (n.) Act of
devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship;
prayer.
Devotion (n.) Disposal;
power of disposal.
Devotion (n.) A thing
consecrated; an object of devotion.
Devotional (a.) Pertaining
to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional
exercises; a devotional frame of mind.
Devotionalist (n.) Alt. of
Devotionist
Devotionist (n.) One given
to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.
Devotionality (n.) The
practice of a devotionalist.
Devotionally (adv.) In a
devotional manner; toward devotion.
Devoto (n.) A devotee.
Devotor (n.) A worshiper;
one given to devotion.
Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of
Devour
Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Devour
Devour (v. t.) To eat up
with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a
glutton; to prey upon.
Devour (v. t.) To seize
upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to
swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.
Devour (v. t.) To enjoy
with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.
Devourable (a.) That may
be devoured.
Devourer (n.) One who, or
that which, devours.
Devouringly (adv.) In a
devouring manner.
Devout (v. t.) Devoted to
religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises;
given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
Devout (v. t.) Expressing
devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
Devout (v. t.) Warmly
devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.
Devout (n.) A devotee.
Devout (n.) A devotional
composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
Devoutful (a.) Full of
devotion.
Devoutful (a.) Sacred.
Devoutless (a.) Destitute
of devotion.
Devoutly (adv.) In a
devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.
Devoutly (adv.) Sincerely;
solemnly; earnestly.
Devoutness (n.) Quality or
state of being devout.
Devove (v. t.) To devote.
Devow (v. t.) To give up;
to devote.
Devow (v. t.) To disavow;
to disclaim.
Devulgarize (v. t.) To
free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
Dew (n.) Moisture from the
atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
Dew (n.) Figuratively,
anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
Dew (n.) An emblem of
morning, or fresh vigor.
Dewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Dew
Dewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dew
Dew (v. t.) To wet with
dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
Dew (a. & n.) Same as Due,
or Duty.
Dewberry (n.) The fruit of
certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which
has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species
of low blackberries.
Dewberry (n.) The plant
which bears the fruit.
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; the time when dew begins to fall.
Dewiness (n.) State of
being dewy.
Dewlap (n.) The pendulous
skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
Dewlap (n.) The flesh upon
the human throat, especially when with age.
Dewlapped (a.) Furnished
with a dewlap.
Dewless (a.) Having no
dew.
Dew-point (n.) The
temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and
temperature of the atmosphere.
Dewret (v. t.) To ret or
rot by the process called dewretting.
Dewretting (n.)
Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and
setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.
Dewrot (v. t.) To rot, as
flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.
Dewworm (n.) See
Earthworm.
Dewy (a.) Pertaining to
dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
Dewy (a.) Falling gently
and beneficently, like the dew.
Dewy (a.) Resembling a
dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.
Dexter (a.) Pertaining to,
or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.
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.
Dexterical (a.) Dexterous.
Dexterity (n.)
Right-handedness.
Dexterity (n.) Readiness
and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in
manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.
Dexterity (n.) Readiness
in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any
complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
Dexterous (a.) 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.
Dexterous (a.) Skillful in
contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
Dexterous (a.) Done with
dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.
Dexterously (adv.) In a
dexterous manner; skillfully.
Dexterousness (n.) The
quality of being dexterous; dexterity.
Dextrad (adv.) Toward the
right side; dextrally.
Dextral (a.) Right, as
opposed to sinistral, or left.
Dextrality (n.) The state
of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed;
right-handedness.
Dextrally (adv.) Towards
the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.
Dextrer (n.) A war horse;
a destrer.
Dextrin (n.) A
translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as
a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action
of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing
several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of
sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right;
-- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See
Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.
Dextro- () A prefix, from L.
dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right
Dextro- () having the property of
turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.
Dextrogerous (a.) See
Dextrogyrate.
Dextroglucose (n.) Same as
Dextrose.
Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as
Dextrorotatory.
Dextronic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid.
Dextrorotary (a.) See
Dextrotatory.
Dextrorotatory (a.)
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of
polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory
crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.
Dextrorsal (a.) Alt. of
Dextrorse
Dextrorse (a.) Turning
from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination
of the stem of the common morning-glory.
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. Dextrose and
levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence
called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and
acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from
starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic
juice.
Dextrous (n.) Alt. of
Dextrousness
Dextrously (n.) Alt. of
Dextrousness
Dextrousness (n.) Same as
Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.
Dey (n.) A servant who has
charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
Deys (pl. ) of Dey
Dey (n.) The governor of
Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
Deye (v. i.) To die.
Deynte (n. & a.) Alt. of
Deyntee
Deyntee (n. & a.) See
Dainty.
Dezincification (n.) The
act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the
removal of zinc.
Dezincify (v. t.) To
deprive of, or free from, zinc.
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.
Dhony (n.) A Ceylonese
boat. See Doni.
Dhoorra (n.) Alt. of
Dhurra
Dhourra (n.) Alt. of
Dhurra
Dhurra (n.) Indian millet.
See Durra.
Dhow (n.) A coasting
vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one
mast and a lateen sail.
Di- () A prefix, signifying
twofold, double, twice
Di- () denoting two atoms,
radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2.
Dia- () Alt. of Di-
Di- () A prefix denoting through;
also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as,
diactinic; dielectric, etc.
Diabase (n.) A basic,
dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a
triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks
pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.
Diabaterial (a.) Passing
over the borders.
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.
Diabetic (a.) Alt. of
Diabetical
Diabetical (a.) Pertaining
to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment.
Diablerie (n.) Alt. of
Diabley
Diabley (n.) Devilry;
sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.
Diabolic (a.) Alt. of
Diabolical
Diabolical (a.) Pertaining
to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil;
devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a
diabolic or diabolical temper or act.
Diabolify (v. t.) To
ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil.
Diabolism (n.) Character,
action, or principles appropriate to the devil.
Diabolism (n.) Possession
by the devil.
Diabolize (v. t.) To
render diabolical.
Diacatholicon (n.) A
universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.
Diacaustic (a.) Pertaining
to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by
refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
Diacaustic (n.) That which
burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by
such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.
Diacaustic (n.) A curved
formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a
lens.
Diachylon (n.) Alt. of
Diachylum
Diachylum (n.) 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.
Diacid (a.) Divalent; --
said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a
dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid.
Diacodium (n.) A sirup
made of poppies.
Diaconal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a deacon.
Diaconate (n.) The office
of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
Diaconate (a.) Governed by
deacons.
Diacope (n.) Tmesis.
Diacoustic (a.) Pertaining
to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.
Diacoustics (n.) That
branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected
by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note
under Acoustics.
Diacritic (a.) Alt. of
Diacritical
Diacritical (a.) That
separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish
letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /,
/, etc.
Diactinic (a.) Capable of
transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.
Diadelphia (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by
their filaments.
Diadelphian (a.) Alt. of
Diadelphous
Diadelphous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by
their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by
coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).
Diadem (n.) Originally, an
ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty;
hence (later), also, a crown, in general.
Diadem (n.) Regal power;
sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
Diadem (n.) An arch rising
from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over
its center.
Diadem (v. t.) To adorn
with a diadem; to crown.
Diadrom (n.) A complete
course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum.
Diaereses (pl. ) of
Dieresis
Diereses (pl. ) of
Dieresis
Diaeresis (n.) Alt. of
Dieresis
Dieresis (n.) The
separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of
synaeresis.
Dieresis (n.) A mark
consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to
denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate,
aerial.
Diaeretic (a.) Caustic.
Diageotropic (a.) Relating
to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
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.
Diaglyph (n.) An intaglio.
Diaglyphic (a.) Alt. of
Diaglyphtic
Diaglyphtic (a.)
Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic
sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic.
Diagnose (v. t. & i.) To
ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.
Diagnoses (pl. ) of
Diagnosis
Diagnosis (n.) 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.
Diagnosis (n.) Scientific
determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a
species.
Diagnosis (n.) Critical
perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or
judgment concerning, motives and character.
Diagnostic (a.) Pertaining
to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.
Diagnostic (n.) The mark
or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
Diagnosticate (v. t. & i.)
To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease.
Diagnostics (n.) That part
of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of
their symptoms or signs.
Diagometer (n.) A sort of
electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure
the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their
conducting power.
Diagonal (a.) Joining two
not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across
from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
Diagonal (n.) A right line
drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides,
and dividing it into two parts.
Diagonal (n.) A member, in
a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.
Diagonal (n.) A diagonal
cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the
weaving.
Diagonally (adv.) In a
diagonal direction.
Diagonial (a.) Diagonal;
diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed.
Diagram (n.) A figure or
drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.
Diagram (n.) Any simple
drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal
explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an
artistical one.
Diagram (v. t.) To put
into the form of a diagram.
Diagrammatic (a.)
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram.
Diagraph (n.) A drawing
instrument, combining a protractor and scale.
Diagraphic (a.) Alt. of
Diagraphical
Diagraphical (a.)
Descriptive.
Diagraphics (n.) The art
or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by
mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.
Diaheliotropic (a.)
Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.
Diaheliotropism (n.) A
tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced
towards the rays of light.
Dial (n.) An instrument,
formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or
gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and
astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but
the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.
Dial (n.) The graduated
face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.
Dial (n.) A miner's
compass.
Dialed (imp. & p. p.) of
Dial
Dialled () of Dial
Dialing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dial
Dialling () of Dial
Dial (v. t.) To measure
with a dial.
Dial (v. t.) To survey
with a dial.
Dialect (n.) Means or mode
of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Dialect (n.) The form of
speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly
related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by
local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were
dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
Dialectal (a.) Relating to
a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.
Dialectic (n.) Same as
Dialectics.
Dialectic (a.) Alt. of
Dialectical
Dialectical (a.)
Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
Dialectical (a.)
Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.
Dialectically (adv.) In a
dialectical manner.
Dialectician (n.) One
versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.
Dialectics (n.) That
branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application
of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of
discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.
Dialectology (n.) That
branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.
Dialector (n.) One skilled
in dialectics.
Dialing (n.) The art of
constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials.
Dialing (n.) A method of
surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the
angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the
circumferentor.
Dialist (n.) A maker of
dials; one skilled in dialing.
Diallage (n.) A figure by
which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one
point.
Diallage (n.) A dark green
or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous
rocks.
Diallel (a.) Meeting and
intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel.
Diallyl (n.) A volatile,
pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and
belonging to the acetylene series.
Dialogical (a.) Relating
to a dialogue; dialogistical.
Dialogically (adv.) In the
manner or nature of a dialogue.
Dialogism (n.) An
imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue.
Dialogist (n.) A speaker
in a dialogue.
Dialogist (n.) A writer of
dialogues.
Dialogistic (a.) Alt. of
Dialogistical
Dialogistical (a.)
Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue.
Dialogite (n.) Native
carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite.
Dialogize (v. t.) To
discourse in dialogue.
Dialogue (n.) A
conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in
theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.
Dialogue (n.) A written
composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or
reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Dialogue (v. i.) To take
part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
Dialogue (v. t.) To
express as in dialogue.
Dialypetalous (a.) Having
separate petals; polypetalous.
Dialyses (pl. ) of
Dialysis
Dialysis (n.) Diaeresis.
See Diaeresis, 1.
Dialysis (n.) Same as
Asyndeton.
Dialysis (n.) Debility.
Dialysis (n.) A solution
of continuity; division; separation of parts.
Dialysis (n.) The
separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by
means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial
membranes.
Dialytic (a.) Having the
quality of unloosing or separating.
Dialyzate (n.) The
material subjected to dialysis.
Dialyzation (n.) The act
or process of dialysis.
Dialyzed (imp. & p. p.) of
Dialyze
Dialyzing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dialyze
Dialyze (v. t.) To
separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal
membrane; to subject to dialysis.
Dialyzed (a.) Prepared by
diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron.
Dialyzer (n.) The
instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis.
Diamagnet (n.) A body
having diamagnetic polarity.
Diamagnetic (a.)
Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of
a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See
Paramagnetic.
Diamagnetic (n.) Any
substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic
force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that
is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic
force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet.
Diamagnetically (adv.) In
the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.
Diamagnetism (n.) The
science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of
diamagnetic bodies.
Diamagnetism (n.) That
form or condition of magnetic action which characterizes diamagnetics.
Diamantiferous (a.)
Yielding diamonds.
Diamantine (a.)
Adamantine.
Diameter (n.) Any right
line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section,
sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line
which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.
Diameter (n.) A diametral
plane.
Diameter (n.) The length
of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width;
thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock.
Diameter (n.) The distance
through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for
all parts of the order. See Module.
Diametral (a.) Pertaining
to a diameter; diametrical.
Diametral (n.) A diameter.
Diametrally (adv.)
Diametrically.
Diametric (a.) Alt. of
Diametrical
Diametrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a diameter.
Diametrical (a.) As remote
as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.
Diametrically (adv.) In a
diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.
Diamide (n.) Any compound
containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals,
-- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide,
under Amide.
Diamido- (a.) A prefix or
combining form of Diamine. [Also used adjectively.]
Diamine (n.) A compound
containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals,
-- as contrasted with a diamide.
Diamond (n.) A precious
stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and
remarkable for extreme hardness.
Diamond (n.) A geometrical
figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior
angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
Diamond (n.) One of a suit
of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
Diamond (n.) A pointed
projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
Diamond (n.) The infield;
the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
Diamond (n.) The smallest
kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom
seen.
Diamond (a.) Resembling a
diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond
field.
Diamond-back (n.) The
salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).
Diamonded (a.) Having
figures like a diamond or lozenge.
Diamonded (a.) Adorned
with diamonds; diamondized.
Diamondize (v. t.) To set
with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich.
Diamond-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a diamond or rhombus.
Diamylene (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of
amylene.
Dian (a.) Diana.
Diana (n.) The daughter of
Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and
marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
Diandria (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants having two stamens.
Diandrian (a.) Diandrous.
Diandrous (n.) Of or
pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.
Dianium (n.) Same as
Columbium.
Dianoetic (a.) Pertaining
to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
Dianoialogy (n.) The
science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations.
Dianthus (n.) A genus of
plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the
pink, carnation, and Sweet William.
Diapase (n.) Same as
Diapason.
Diapasm (n.) Powdered
aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together.
Diapason (n.) The octave,
or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.
Diapason (n.) Concord, as
of notes an octave apart; harmony.
Diapason (n.) The entire
compass of tones.
Diapason (n.) A standard
of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.
Diapason (n.) One of
certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of
the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason,
double diapason, and the like.
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.) The interval
of the fifth.
Diapente (n.) A
composition of five ingredients.
Diaper (n.) Any textile
fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
Diaper (n.) Surface
decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more
simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
Diaper (n.) A towel or
napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
Diaper (n.) An infant's
breechcloth.
Diaper (v. t.) To ornament
with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
Diaper (v. t.) To put a
diaper on (a child).
Diaper (v. i.) To draw
flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
Diapering (n.) Same as
Diaper, n., 2.
Diaphane (n.) A woven silk
stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.
Diaphaned (a.) Transparent
or translucent.
Diaphaneity (n.) The
quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness.
Diaphanic (a.) Having
power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.
Diaphanie (n.) The art of
imitating //ined glass with translucent paper.
Diaphanometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the transparency of the air.
Diaphanoscope (n.) A dark
box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.
Diaphanotype (n.) A
colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over
a strong uncolored one.
Diaphanous (a.) Allowing
light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid;
clear.
Diaphanously (adv.)
Translucently.
Diaphemetric (a.) Relating
to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric
compasses.
Diaphonic (a.) Alt. of
Diaphonical
Diaphonical (a.)
Diacoustic.
Diaphonics (n.) The
doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
Diaphoresis (n.)
Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.
Diaphoretic (a.) Alt. of
Diaphoretical
Diaphoretical (a.) Having
the power to increase perspiration.
Diaphoretic (n.) A
medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.
Diaphote (n.) An
instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph.
Diaphragm (n.) A dividing
membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
Diaphragm (n.) The
muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of
the abdomen; the midriff.
Diaphragm (n.) A
calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.
Diaphragm (n.) 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.
Diaphragm (n.) A partition
in any compartment, for various purposes.
Diaphragmatic (a.)
Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic
arteries and nerves.
Diaphysis (n.) An abnormal
prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
Diaphysis (n.) The shaft,
or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.
Diapnoic (a.) Slightly
increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic.
Diapnoic (n.) A gentle
diaphoretic.
Diapophysical (a.)
Pertaining to a diapophysis.
Diapophysis (n.) The
dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.
Diarchy (n.) A form of
government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
Diarial (a.) Alt. of
Diarian
Diarian (a.) Pertaining to
a diary; daily.
Diarist (n.) One who keeps
a diary.
Diarrhea (n.) Alt. of
Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea (n.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Diarrhoeal
Diarrhoeal (a.) Of or
pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.
Diarrhetic (a.) Alt. of
Diarrhoetic
Diarrhoetic (a.) Producing
diarrhea, or a purging.
Diarthrodial (a.) Relating
to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.
Diarthrosis (n.) A form of
articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint;
abarticulation. See Articulation.
Diaries (pl. ) of Diary
Diary (n.) A register of
daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for
the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary.
Diary (a.) lasting for one
day; as, a diary fever.
Diaspore (n.) A hydrate of
alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster;
-- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
Diastase (n.) A soluble,
nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.
Diastasic (a.) Pertaining
to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment.
Diastasis (n.) A forcible
of bones without fracture.
Diastatic (a.) Relating to
diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch
into sugar.
Diastem (n.) Intervening
space; interval.
Diastem (n.) An interval.
Diastema (n.) A vacant
space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.
Diaster (n.) A double
star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops
of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of
two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.
Diastole (n.) The
rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to
systole, or contraction.
Diastole (n.) A figure by
which a syllable naturally short is made long.
Diastolic (a.) Of or
pertaining to diastole.
Diastyle (n.) See under
Intercolumniation.
Diatessaron (n.) The
interval of a fourth.
Diatessaron (n.) A
continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
Diatessaron (n.) An
electuary compounded of four medicines.
Diathermal (a.) Freely
permeable by radiant heat.
Diathermancy (n.) Alt. of
Diathermaneity
Diathermaneity (n.) The
property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous.
Diathermanism (n.) The
doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat.
Diathermanous (a.) Having
the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to
athermanous.
Diathermic (a.) Affording
a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.
Diathermometer (n.) An
instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of
liquids.
Diathermous (a.) Same as
Diathermal.
Diathesis (n.) Bodily
condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular
disease, or class of diseases.
Diathetic (a.) Pertaining
to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as,
diathetic disease.
Diatom (n.) One of the
Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of
great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some
authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.
Diatom (n.) A particle or
atom endowed with the vital principle.
Diatomic (a.) Containing
two atoms.
Diatomic (a.) Having two
replaceable atoms or radicals.
Diatomous (a.) Having a
single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of crystals.
Diatonic (a.) Pertaining
to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.
Diatonically (adv.) In a
diatonic manner.
Diatribe (n.) A prolonged
or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a
strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
Diatribist (n.) One who
makes a diatribe or diatribes.
Diatryma (n.) An extinct
eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.
Diazeuctic (a.) Alt. of
Diazeutic
Diazeutic (a.) 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.
Diazo- () A combining form (also
used adjectively), meaning pertaining to, or derived from, a series of compounds
containing a radical of two nitrogen atoms, united usually to an aromatic
radical; as, diazo-benzene, C6H5.N2.OH.
Diazotize (v. t.) To
subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their
derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.
Dib (v. i.) To dip.
Dib (n.) One of the small
bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
Dib (n.) A child's game,
played with dib bones.
Dibasic (a.) Having two
acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in
forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf.
Diacid, Bibasic.
Dibasicity (n.) The
property or condition of being dibasic.
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.
Dibbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Dibble
Dibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dibble
Dibble (v. i.) To dib or
dip frequently, as in angling.
Dibble (v. t.) To plant
with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
Dibble (v. t.) To make
holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.
Dibbler (n.) One who, or
that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the ground for seed.
Dibranchiata (n. pl.) An
order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for
emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or
hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda.
Dibranchiate (a.) Having
two gills.
Dibranchiate (n.) One of
the Dibranchiata.
Dibs (n.) A sweet
preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
Dibstone (n.) A pebble
used in a child's game called dibstones.
Dibutyl (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon, C8H18, of the marsh-gas series, being one of several octanes, and
consisting of two butyl radicals. Cf. Octane.
Dicacious (a.) Talkative;
pert; saucy.
Dicacity (n.) Pertness;
sauciness.
Dicalcic (a.) Having two
atoms or equivalents of calcium to the molecule.
Dicarbonic (a.) Containing
two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a
dicarbonic acid.
Dicast (n.) A functionary
in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modern juryman.
Dicastery (n.) A court of
justice; judgment hall.
Die (pl. ) of Dice
Dice (n.) Small cubes used
in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die,
n.
Diced (imp. & p. p.) of
Dice
Dicing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dice
Dice (v. i.) To play games
with dice.
Dice (v. i.) To ornament
with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Dicebox (n.) A box from
which dice are thrown in gaming.
Dicentra (n.) A genus of
herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers,
including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D.
spectabilis).
Dicephalous (a.) Having
two heads on one body; double-headed.
Dicer (n.) A player at
dice; a dice player; a gamester.
Dich (v. i.) To ditch.
Dichastic (a.) Capable of
subdividing spontaneously.
Dichlamydeous (a.) Having
two coverings, a calyx and in corolla.
Dichloride (n.) Same as
Bichloride.
Dichogamous (a.)
Manifesting dichogamy.
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.
Dichotomist (n.) One who
dichotomizes.
Dichotomized (imp. & p. p.)
of Dichotomize
Dichotomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dichotomize
Dichotomize (v. t.) To cut
into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.
Dichotomize (v. t.) To
exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, 3.
Dichotomize (v. i.) To
separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.
Dichotomous (a.) Regularly
dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem.
Dichotomy (n.) A cutting
in two; a division.
Dichotomy (n.) Division or
distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.
Dichotomy (n.) That phase
of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the
quadratures.
Dichotomy (n.) 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.
Dichotomy (n.) The place
where a stem or vein is forked.
Dichotomy (n.) 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.
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