14114
|
dab |
DAB, v.t.1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box.2. To strike gently with some soft or ... |
14115
|
dabble |
DAB'BLE, v.t. [Heb. tabal, or from the root of dip. See dip.] Literally, to dip a little or ... |
14116
|
dabbler |
DAB'BLER, n.1. One who plays in water or mud.2. One who dips slightly into any thing; one who ... |
14117
|
dabbling |
DAB'BLING, ppr. Dipping superficially or often; playing in water, or in mud; meddling. |
14118
|
dabchick |
DAB'CHICK, n. [dab or dip and chick.] A small water-fowl. |
14119
|
dabster |
DABSTER, n. One who is skilled; one who is expert; a master of his business. |
14120
|
dace |
DACE, n. A fish, the Cyprinus leuciscus; a small river fish, resembling the roach. |
14121
|
dactyl |
DACTYL, n. [Gr. A finger; L. probably a shoot.] A poetical foot consisting of three syllables, ... |
14122
|
dactylar |
DACTYLAR, a. Pertaining to a dactyl; reducing from three to two syllables. |
14123
|
dactylet |
DACTYLET, n. A dactyl. |
14124
|
dactylic |
DAC'TYLIC, a. Pertaining to or consisting of dactyls; as dactylic verses; a dactylic flute, a ... |
14125
|
dactylist |
DAC'TYLIST, n. One who writes flowing verse. |
14126
|
dactylology |
DACTYLOL'OGY, n. The act or the art of communicating ideas or thoughts by the fingers. Deaf and ... |
14127
|
dad |
DAD |
14128
|
daddle |
DAD'DLE, v.i. To walk with tottering, like a child or an old man. |
14129
|
daddy |
DADDY, n. Father; a word used by infants, from whom it is taken. The first articulations of ... |
14130
|
dade |
DADE, v.t. To hold up by leading strings. |
14131
|
dado |
D'ADO, n. The plain part of a column between the base and the cornice; the die; a cubical base of ... |
14132
|
daedal |
DAE'DAL, a. [Gr., an ingenious artist.] 1. Various; variegated.2. Skilful. |
14133
|
daedalian |
DAEDALIAN, [See Dedalian] |
14134
|
daff |
DAFF, or DAFFE, A stupid blockish fellow.DAFF, v.t. To daunt.DAFF, v.t. To toss aside; to put ... |
14135
|
daffodil |
DAF'FODIL, n. A plant of the genus Narcissus, of several species. These have a bulbous root, and ... |
14136
|
dag |
DAG, n. A dagger; a hand-gun; a pistol.DAG, n. Dew.DAG, n.1. a loose end, as of locks of wool; ... |
14137
|
dagger |
DAG'GER, n. 1. A short sword; a poniard.2. In fencing schools, a blunt blade of iron with a ... |
14138
|
daggers-drawing |
DAG'GERS-DRAWING, n. The act of drawing daggers; approach to open attack or to violence; a ... |
14139
|
daggle |
DAG'GLE, v.t. To trail in mud or wet grass; to befoul; to dirty, as the lower end of a ... |
14140
|
daggle-tail |
DAG'GLE-TAIL, a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled with mud. |
14141
|
daggled |
DAG'GLED, pp. Dipped or trailed in mud or foul water; befouled. |
14142
|
daggling |
DAG'GLING, ppr. Drawing along in mud or foul water. |
14143
|
daily |
DA'ILY, a. Happening or being every day; done day by day; bestowed or enjoyed every day; as daily ... |
14144
|
daintily |
DA'INTILY, adv. 1. Nicely; elegantly; as a hat daintily made.2. Nicely; fastidiously; with nice ... |
14145
|
daintiness |
DA'INTINESS, n. 1. Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs.2. ... |
14146
|
dainty |
DA'INTY, a. 1. Nice; pleasing to the palate; of exquisite taste; delicious; as dainty food.2. ... |
14147
|
dairy |
DA'IRY, n. 1. Milk, and all that concerns it, on a farm; or the business of managing milk, and of ... |
14148
|
dairyhouse |
DA'IRYHOUSE, or DAIRYROOM, n. A house or room appropriated to the management of milk. |
14149
|
dairymaid |
DA'IRYMAID, n. A female servant whose business is to manage milk. |
14150
|
daisied |
DA'ISIED, a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. |
14151
|
daisy |
DA'ISY, n. A plant of the genus Bellis, of several varieties. The blue daisy belongs to the genus ... |
14152
|
daker-hen |
DA'KER-HEN, n. A fowl of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat like a patridge or quail. The corn-crake ... |
14153
|
dakir |
DA'KIR, n. In English statutes, ten hides, or the twentieth part of a last of hides. |
14154
|
dale |
DALE, n. A low place between hills; a vale or valley. |
14155
|
dalliance |
DAL'LIANCE, n. 1. Literally, delay; a lingering; appropriately, acts of fondness; interchange of ... |
14156
|
dallier |
DAL'LIER, n. One who fondles; a trifler; as a dallier with pleasant words. |
14157
|
dalling |
DAL'LING, ppr. Delaying; procrastinating; trifling; wasting time in idle amusement; toying; ... |
14158
|
dally |
DAL'LY, v.i.1. Literally, to delay; to linger; to wait. Hence.2. To trifle; to lose time in ... |
14159
|
dam |
DAM, n.1. A female parent; used of beasts, particularly of quadrupeds.2. A human mother, in ... |
14160
|
damage |
DAM'AGE, n.[This word seems to be allied to the Greek, a fine or mulet.]1. Any hurt, injury or ... |
14161
|
damage-feasant |
DAMAGE-FEASANT, a. Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. |
14162
|
damageable |
DAM'AGEABLE, a.1. That may be injured or impaired; susceptible of damage; as damageable goods.2. ... |
14163
|
damaged |
DAM'AGED, pp. Hurt; impaired; injured. |
14164
|
damaging |
DAM'AGING, ppr. Injuring; impairing. |
14165
|
damascene |
DAM'ASCENE, n.1. A particular kind of plum, now pronounced damson, which see.2. It may be locally ... |
14166
|
damask |
DAM'ASK, n.1. A silk stuff, having some parts raised above the ground, representing flowers and ... |
14167
|
damask-plum |
DAM'ASK-PLUM, n. A small black plum. |
14168
|
damask-rose |
DAM'ASK-ROSE, n. A species of rose which is red, and another which is white. |
14169
|
damaskeened |
DAMASKEE'NED, pp. Carved into figures and inlaid with gold or silver wire. |
14170
|
damaskeening |
DAMASKEE'NING, ppr. Engraving and adorning with gold or silver wire inlaid.DAMASKEE'NING, n. The ... |
14171
|
damasken |
DAM'ASKEN or DAM'ASKEEN, v.t. To make incisions in iron, steel, &c., and fill them with gold or ... |
14172
|
damaskin |
DAM'ASKIN, n. A saber, so called from the manufacture of Damascus. |
14173
|
dame |
DAME, n. [Gr., to subdue] Literally, a mistress; hence, a lady; a title of honor to a woman. It ... |
14174
|
dames-violet |
DAME'S-VIOLET or DAME-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Hesperis; called also queen's gilliflower, or ... |
14175
|
damianists |
DA'MIANISTS, in church history, a sect who denied any distinction in the Godhead; believing in one ... |
14176
|
damn |
DAMN, v.t.1. To sentence to eternal torments in a future state; to punish in hell.2. To condemn; ... |
14177
|
damnable |
DAM'NABLE, a. 1. That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation; worthy of eternal ... |
14178
|
damnableness |
DAM'NABLENESS, n. The state or quality of deserving damnation. |
14179
|
damnably |
DAM'NABLY, adv. 1. In a manner to incur eternal punishment, or so as to exclude mercy.2. In a low ... |
14180
|
damnation |
DAMNA'TION, n. 1. Sentence or condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state; or the ... |
14181
|
damnatory |
DAM'NATORY, a. Containing a sentence of condemnation. |
14182
|
damned |
DAM'NED, pp.1. Sentenced to everlasting punishment in a future state; condemned.2. a. Hateful; ... |
14183
|
damnific |
DAMNIF'IC, a. Procuring loss; mischievous. |
14184
|
damnified |
DAM'NIFIED, pp. Injured; endamaged. |
14185
|
damnify |
DAM'NIFY, v.t.1. To cause loss or damage to; to hurt in estate or interest; to injure; to ... |
14186
|
damnifying |
DAM'NIFYING, ppr. Hurting; injuring; impairing. |
14187
|
damning |
DAM'NING, ppr.1. Dooming to endless punishment; condemning.2. a. That condemns or exposes to ... |
14188
|
damningness |
DAM'NINGNESS, n. Tendency to bring damnation. |
14189
|
damp |
DAMP, a.1. Moist; humid; being in a state between dry and wet; as a damp cloth; damp air; ... |
14190
|
damped |
DAMP'ED, pp. Chilled; depressed; abated; weakened; checked; discouraged. |
14191
|
damper |
DAMP'ER, n. 1. That which damps or checks; a valve or sliding plate in a furnace to stop or lessen ... |
14192
|
damping |
DAMP'ING, ppr. Chilling; deadening; dejecting; abating; checking; weakening. |
14193
|
dampish |
DAMP'ISH, a. Moderately damp, or moist. |
14194
|
dampishness |
DAMP'ISHNESS, n. A moderate degree of dampness, or moistness; slight humidity. |
14195
|
dampness |
DAMP'NESS, n. Moisture; fogginess; moistness; moderate humidity; as the dampness of the air, of ... |
14196
|
damps |
DAMPS, n. [See Damp] |
14197
|
dampy |
DAMP'Y, a. Dejected; gloomy. |
14198
|
damsel |
DAM'SEL, n. A young woman. Formerly, a young man or woman of noble or genteel extraction; as ... |
14199
|
damson |
DAM'SON, n. The fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; a small black plum. |
14200
|
dan |
DAN, n. A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakspeare, Prior, &c., but now obsolete. |
14201
|
dance |
D'ANCE, v.i.1. Primarily, to leap or spring; hence, to leap or move with measured steps, regulated ... |
14202
|
dancer |
D'ANCER, n. One who practices dancing, or is skilful in the performance. |
14203
|
dancing |
D'ANCING, ppr. Leaping and stepping to the sound of the voice or of an instrument; moving in ... |
14204
|
dancing-master |
D'ANCING-MASTER, n. One who teaches the art of dancing. |
14205
|
dancing-school |
D'ANCING-SCHOOL, n. A school in which the art of dancing is taught. |
14206
|
dandelion |
DAN'DELION, n. A well known plant of the genus Leontodon, having a naked stalk, with one large ... |
14207
|
dandiprat |
DAN'DIPRAT, n. A fellow; an urchin; a word of fondness or contempt. |
14208
|
dandled |
DAN'DLED, pp. Danced on the knee, or in the arms; fondled; amused by trifles or play. |
14209
|
dandler |
DAN'DLER, n. One who dandles or fondles children. |
14210
|
dandling |
DAN'DLING, ppr. Shaking and jolting on the knee; moving about in play or for amusement, as an ... |
14211
|
dandruff |
DANDRUFF, n. A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles. |
14212
|
dandy |
DAN'DY, n. In modern usage, a male of the human species, who dresses himself like a doll and who ... |
14213
|
dandyism |
DAN'DYISM, n. The manners and dress of a dandy. |
14214
|
dane |
DANE, n. A native of Denmark. |
14215
|
danegelt |
DA'NEGELT, n. In England, an annual tax formerly laid on the English nation, for maintaining ... |
14216
|
danewort |
DA'NEWORT, n. A plant of the genus Sambucus; a species of elder, called dwarf-elder or wall-wort. |
14217
|
danger |
DANGER, n. Peril; risk; hazard; exposure to injury, loss, pain or other evil.Our craft is in ... |
14218
|
dangerless |
DANGERLESS, a. Free from danger; without risk. |
14219
|
dangerous |
DANGEROUS, a. 1. Perilous; hazardous; exposing to loss; unsafe; full of risk; as a dangerous ... |
14220
|
dangerousness |
DANGEROUSNESS, n. Danger; hazard; peril; a state of being exposed to evil; as the dangerousness of ... |
14221
|
dangle |
DAN'GLE, v.i.1. To hang loose, flowing, shaking or waving; to hang and swing.He'd rather on a ... |
14222
|
dangler |
DAN'GLER, n. One who dangles or hangs about. |
14223
|
dangling |
DAN'GLING, ppr. Hanging loosely; busily or officiously adhering to. |
14224
|
danish |
DA'NISH, n. The language of the Danes. |
14225
|
dank |
DANK, a. Damp; moist; humid; wet.DANK, n. Moisture; humidity. |
14226
|
dankish |
DANK'ISH, a. Somewhat damp. |
14227
|
dankishness |
DANK'ISHNESS, n. Dampness; humidity. |
14228
|
daourite |
DA'OURITE, n. A mineral, called rubellite, resembling shorl, but differing from it in chimical ... |
14229
|
dap |
DAP, v.i. To drop or let fall into the water; a word used by anglers. |
14230
|
daphnate |
DAPH'NATE, n. A compound of the bitter principle of the Daphne Alpina with a base. |
14231
|
daphnin |
DAPH'NIN, n. The bitter principle of the Daphne Alpina, discovered by Vauquelin. It is obtained ... |
14232
|
dapifer |
DAP'IFER, n. One who brings meat to the table. Formerly, the title or office of the grand-master ... |
14233
|
dapper |
DAP'PER, a. Active; nimble; brisk; or little and active; neat; tight; as a dapper fellow; a dapper ... |
14234
|
dapperling |
DAP'PERLING, n. A dwarf; a dandiprat. |
14235
|
dapple |
DAP'PLE, a. Marked with spots; spotted; variegated with spots of different colors or shades of ... |
14236
|
dappled |
DAP'PLED, pp. Spotted; variegated with spots of different colors or shades of color. |
14237
|
dappling |
DAP'PLING, ppr. Variegating with spot. |
14238
|
dar |
DAR or DART, n. A fish found in the Severn. |
14239
|
dare |
DARE, v.i. pret. durst. To have courage to any purpose; to have strength of mind or hardihood to ... |
14240
|
dared |
DA'RED, pp. Challenged; defied. |
14241
|
dareful |
DA'REFUL, a. Full of defiance. |
14242
|
darer |
DA'RER, n. One who dares or defies. |
14243
|
daric |
DAR'IC, n. A gold coin of Darius the Mede, value about 556 cents. |
14244
|
daring |
DA'RING, ppr.1. Having courage sufficient for a purpose; challenging; defying. 2. a. Bold; ... |
14245
|
daringly |
DA'RINGLY, adv. Boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.The principles of our holy religion ... |
14246
|
daringness |
DA'RINGNESS, n. Boldness; courageousness; audaciousness. |
14247
|
dark |
D'ARK, a.1. Destitute of light; obscure. A dark atmosphere is one which prevents vision.2. ... |
14248
|
dark-house |
D'ARK-HOUSE, n. An old word for a madhouse. |
14249
|
dark-working |
D'ARK-WORKING, a. Working in darkness or in secrecy. |
14250
|
darken |
D'ARKEN, v.i. To grow dark or darker; also, to grow less white or clear. |
14251
|
darkened |
D'ARKENED, pp. Deprived of light; obscured; rendered dim; made black; made ignorant. |
14252
|
darkening |
D'ARKENING, ppr. Depriving of light; obscuring; making black or less white or clear; clouding. |
14253
|
darkish |
D'ARKISH, a. Dusky; somewhat dark. |
14254
|
darkling |
D'ARKLING, a. Being in the dark, or without light; a poetical word. |
14255
|
darkly |
D'ARKLY, adv. Obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly; with imperfect light, clearness or ... |
14256
|
darkness |
D'ARKNESS, n.1. Absence of light.And darkness was on the face of the deep. Gen. i.2. Obscurity; ... |
14257
|
darksome |
D'ARKSOME, a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; as a darksome house; a darksome cloud. |
14258
|
darling |
D'ARLING, a. Dearly beloved; favorite; regarded with great kindness and tenderness; as a darling ... |
14259
|
darn |
D'ARN, v.t. To mend a rent or hole, by imitating the texture of the cloth or stuff with yarn or ... |
14260
|
darnel |
D'ARNEL, n. A plant of the genus Lolium, a kind of grass; the most remarkable species are the red ... |
14261
|
darner |
D'ARNER, n. One who mends by darning. |
14262
|
darning |
D'ARNING, ppr. Mending in imitation of the original texture; sewing together; as a torn stocking, ... |
14263
|
darrain |
DAR'RAIN, v.t. To prepare, or to order; or to try; to endeavor; to prove; to apply to the ... |
14264
|
dart |
D'ART, n. [Gr., a spear or lance.] 1. A pointed missile weapon to be thrown by the hand; a short ... |
14265
|
darted |
D'ARTED, pp. Thrown or hurled as a pointed instrument; sent with velocity. |
14266
|
darter |
D'ARTER, n. One who throws a dart. |
14267
|
darting |
D'ARTING, ppr. Throwing, as a dart; hurling darts; flying rapidly. |
14268
|
dash |
DASH, v.t.1. To strike suddenly or violently, whether throwing or falling; as, to dash one stone ... |
14269
|
dashed |
DASH'ED, pp. Struck violently; driven against; bruised, broken or scattered by collision; ... |
14270
|
dashing |
DASH'ING, ppr.1. Driving and striking against; striking suddenly or violently; breaking or ... |
14271
|
dastard |
DAS'TARD, n. A coward; a poltroon; one who meanly shrinks from danger.DAS'TARD, a. Cowardly; ... |
14272
|
dastardize |
DAS'TARDIZE, v.t. To make cowardly. |
14273
|
dastardliness |
DAS'TARDLINESS, n. Cowardliness. |
14274
|
dastardly |
DAS'TARDLY, Cowardly; meanly timid; base; sneaking. |
14275
|
dastardness |
DAS'TARDNESS, n. Cowardliness; mean timorousness. |
14276
|
dastardy |
DAS'TARDY, n. Cowardliness; base timidity. |
14277
|
data |
DA'TA, n. plu. Things given, or admitted; quantities, principles or facts given, known, or ... |
14278
|
datary |
DA'TARY, n.1. An officer of the chancery of Rome, who affixes the datum Roma to the pope's ... |
14279
|
date |
DATE, n.1. That addition to a writing which specifies the year, month and day when it was given or ... |
14280
|
date-tree |
DA'TE-TREE, n. The tree that bears dates; the great palm-tree. |
14281
|
dated |
DA'TED, pp. Having the time of writing or execution specified; having the time of happening ... |
14282
|
dateless |
DA'TELESS, a. Having no date; having no fixed term.DA'TER, n. One that dates.DA'TING, ppr. ... |
14283
|
dater |
DA'TER, n. One that dates.DA'TING, ppr. Expressing the time of writing or of executing a paper or ... |
14284
|
dating |
DA'TING, ppr. Expressing the time of writing or of executing a paper or instrument; noting the ... |
14285
|
dative |
DA'TIVE, a. In grammar, the epithet of the case of nouns, which usually follows verbs that express ... |
14286
|
datolite |
DAT'OLITE or DATH'OLITE, n. The siliceous borate of lime, a mineral of two subspecies, the common ... |
14287
|
datum |
DA'TUM, n. Something given or admitted.DATU'RA, n. A vegeto-alkali obtained from Datura ... |
14288
|
datura |
DATU'RA, n. A vegeto-alkali obtained from Datura stramonium.DAUB, v.t. |
14289
|
daub |
DAUB, v.t. |
14290
|
daubed |
DAUB'ED, pp. Smeared with soft adhesive matter; plastered; painted coarsely; disguised; loaded ... |
14291
|
dauber |
DAUB'ER, n. One who daubs; a coarse painter; a low and gross flatterer. DAUB'ING, ppr. ... |
14292
|
daubing |
DAUB'ING, ppr. Plastering; painting coarsely; disguising clumsily; decking ostentatiously; ... |
14293
|
daubry |
DAUB'RY or DAUB'ERY, n, A daubing; any thing artful.DAUB'Y, a. Viscous; glutinous; slimy; ... |
14294
|
dauby |
DAUB'Y, a. Viscous; glutinous; slimy; adhesive.DAUGHTER, n, |
14295
|
daughter |
DAUGHTER, n, |
14296
|
daughterliness |
DAUGH'TERLINESS, n. |
14297
|
daughterly |
DAUGH'TERLY, a. Becoming a daughter; dutiful.D'AUNT, v.t. To repress or subdue courage; to ... |
14298
|
daunt |
D'AUNT, v.t. To repress or subdue courage; to intimidate; to dishearten; to check by fear of ... |
14299
|
daunted |
D'AUNTED, pp. Checked by fear; intimidated.D'AUNTING, ppr. Repressing courage; intimidating; ... |
14300
|
daunting |
D'AUNTING, ppr. Repressing courage; intimidating; disheartening.D'AUNTLESS, a. Bold; fearless; ... |
14301
|
dauntless |
D'AUNTLESS, a. Bold; fearless; intrepid; not timid; not discouraged; as a dauntless hero; a ... |
14302
|
dauntlessness |
D'AUNTLESSNESS, n. Fearlessness; intrepidity.DAU'PHIN, n. The eldest son of the king of France, ... |
14303
|
dauphin |
DAU'PHIN, n. The eldest son of the king of France, and presumptive heir of the crown.DAU'PHINESS, ... |
14304
|
dauphiness |
DAU'PHINESS, n. The wife or lady of the dauphin.DAVINA, n. A new Vesuvian mineral of a hexahedral ... |
14305
|
davina |
DAVINA, n. A new Vesuvian mineral of a hexahedral form and laminar texture; so called in honor of ... |
14306
|
davit |
DAV'IT, n. A beam used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top ... |
14307
|
daw |
DAW, v.i. To dawn.DAW'DLE, v.i. To waste time; to trifle.DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.DAWK, v.t. To ... |
14308
|
dawdle |
DAW'DLE, v.i. To waste time; to trifle.DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an ... |
14309
|
dawdler |
DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an incision.DAWN, v.i. |
14310
|
dawk |
DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an incision.DAWN, v.i. |
14311
|
dawn |
DAWN, v.i. |
14312
|
dawning |
DAWN'ING, ppr. 1. Growing light; first appearing luminous; opening; as the dawning day. |
14313
|
day |
DAY, n. |
14314
|
daybed |
DA'YBED, n. A bed used for idleness, indulgence, or rest during the day.DA'YBOOK, n. A journal of ... |
14315
|
daybook |
DA'YBOOK, n. A journal of accounts; a book in which are recorded the debts and credits or accounts ... |
14316
|
daybreak |
DA'YBREAK, n. The dawn or first appearance of light in the morning.DA'YCOAL, n. A name given by ... |
14317
|
daycoal |
DA'YCOAL, n. A name given by miners to the upper stratum of coal.DA'YDREAM, n. A vision to the ... |
14318
|
daydream |
DA'YDREAM, n. A vision to the waking senses.DA'YFLOWER, n. A genus of plants, the ... |
14319
|
dayflower |
DA'YFLOWER, n. A genus of plants, the Commelina.DA'YFLY, n. A genus of insects that live one day ... |
14320
|
dayfly |
DA'YFLY, n. A genus of insects that live one day only, or a very short time called Ephemera. The ... |
14321
|
daylabor |
DA'YLABOR, n. Labor hired or performed by the day.DAYLABORER, n. One who works by the ... |
14322
|
daylaborer |
DAYLABORER, n. One who works by the day.DAY'LIGHT, n. The light of the day; the light of the sun, ... |
14323
|
daylight |
DAY'LIGHT, n. The light of the day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or of a ... |
14324
|
daylily |
DA'YLILY, n. The same with asphodel. A species of Hemerocallis.DA'YLY, a. The more regular ... |
14325
|
dayly |
DA'YLY, a. The more regular orthography of daily.DA'YSMAN, n. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. |
14326
|
daysman |
DA'YSMAN, n. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. |
14327
|
dayspring |
DA'YSPRING, n. The dawn; the beginning of the day, or first appearance of light. |
14328
|
daystar |
DA'YSTAR, n. The morning star, Lucifer, Venus; the star which precedes the morning light.DA'YTIME, ... |
14329
|
dayswork |
DA'Y'SWORK, n. The work of one day. Among seamen, the account or reckoning of a ship's course for ... |
14330
|
daytime |
DA'YTIME, n. The time of the sun's light on the earth; as opposed to night.DA'YWEARIED, a. ... |
14331
|
daywearied |
DA'YWEARIED, a. Wearied with the labor of the day.DA'YWORK, Work by the day; daylabor. DA'Y'SWORK, ... |
14332
|
daywork |
DA'YWORK, Work by the day; daylabor. DA'Y'SWORK, n. The work of one day. Among seamen, the ... |
14333
|
daze |
DAZE, v.t. To overpower with light; to dim or blind by too strong a light, or to render the sight ... |
14334
|
dazzle |
DAZ'ZLE, v.t. |
14335
|
dazzled |
DAZ'ZLED, pp. Made wavering, as the sight; overpowered or dimmed by a too strong ... |
14336
|
dazzlement |
DAZ'ZLEMENT, n. The act or power of dazzling.DAZ'ZLING, ppr. Rendering unsteady or wavering as ... |
14337
|
dazzling |
DAZ'ZLING, ppr. Rendering unsteady or wavering as the sight; overpowering by a strong light; ... |
14338
|
dazzlingly |
DAZ'ZLINGLY, adv. In a dazzling manner.DE, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as ... |
14339
|
de |
DE, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, ... |
14340
|
deacon |
DE'ACON, n. [Gr., a minister or servant.] |
14341
|
deaconess |
DE'ACONESS, n. A female deacon in the primitive church.DE'ACONRY or DE'ACONSHIP, n. The office, ... |
14342
|
deaconry |
DE'ACONRY or DE'ACONSHIP, n. The office, dignity or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.DEAD, |
14343
|
dead |
DEAD, |
14344
|
dead-drunk |
DEAD-DRUNK, a. So drunk as to be incapable of helping one's self.DEAD'EN, v.t. ded'n. |
14345
|
dead-heartedness |
DEAD-HEARTEDNESS, n. Having a dull, faint heart.DEAD'-LIFT, n. A heavy weight; a hopeless ... |
14346
|
dead-reckoning |
DEAD-RECKONING, n. In navigation, the judgment or estimation of the place of a ship, without any ... |
14347
|
deaden |
DEAD'EN, v.t. ded'n. |
14348
|
deadlihood |
DEAD'LIHOOD, n. The state of the dead.DEAD'LINESS, n. ded'liness. The quality of being ... |
14349
|
deadliness |
DEAD'LINESS, n. ded'liness. The quality of being deadly.DEAD'LY, a. ded'ly. |
14350
|
deadly |
DEAD'LY, a. ded'ly. |
14351
|
deadly-carrot |
DEADLY-CARROT, n. A plant of the genus Thapsia.DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE, n. A plant of the genus ... |
14352
|
deadly-nightshade |
DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE, n. A plant of the genus Atropa.DEAD'NESS, n. ded'ness. |
14353
|
deadness |
DEAD'NESS, n. ded'ness. |
14354
|
deadnettle |
DEAD'NETTLE, n. A plant of the genus Lamium, and another of the genus Galeopsis.DEAD'PLEDGE, n. ... |
14355
|
deadpledge |
DEAD'PLEDGE, n. A mortgage or pawning of things, or thing pawned.DEAD-RECKONING, n. In ... |
14356
|
deadwater |
DEAD'WATER, n. The eddy water closing in with a ship's stern, as she passes through the ... |
14357
|
deadwood |
DEAD'WOOD, n. Blocks of timber laid on the keel of a ship, particularly at the ... |
14358
|
deadworks |
DEAD'WORKS, n. The parts of a ship which are above the surface of the water, when she is balanced ... |
14359
|
deaf |
DEAF, n. deef. |
14360
|
deafen |
DE'AFEN, v.t. dee'fn. |
14361
|
deafly |
DE'AFLY, adv. dee'fly. Without sense of sounds; obscurely heard.DE'AFNESS, n, dee'fness. |
14362
|
deafness |
DE'AFNESS, n, dee'fness. |
14363
|
deal |
DEAL, v.t. pret. and pp. dealt, pron. delt. |
14364
|
dealbate |
DEAL'BATE, n.t. To whiten.DEALBA'TION, n. The act of bleaching; a whitening.DE'ALER, n. |
14365
|
dealbation |
DEALBA'TION, n. The act of bleaching; a whitening.DE'ALER, n. |
14366
|
dealer |
DE'ALER, n. |
14367
|
dealing |
DE'ALING, ppr. |
14368
|
deambulation |
DEAMBULA'TION, n. The act of walking abroad.DEAM'BULATORY, a. Pertaining to walks.DEAM'BULATORY, ... |
14369
|
deambulatory |
DEAM'BULATORY, a. Pertaining to walks.DEAM'BULATORY, n. A place to walk in.DEAN, n. |
14370
|
dean |
DEAN, n. |
14371
|
deanery |
DE'ANERY, n. |
14372
|
deanship |
DEAN'SHIP, n. The office of a dean.DEAR, a. |
14373
|
dear |
DEAR, a. |
14374
|
dearbought |
DE'ARBOUGHT, a. Purchased at a high price; as dearbought experience; dearbought ... |
14375
|
dearling |
DE'ARLING, (See Darling)DE'ARLOVED, a. Greatly beloved.DE'ARLY, adv. |
14376
|
dearloved |
DE'ARLOVED, a. Greatly beloved.DE'ARLY, adv. |
14377
|
dearly |
DE'ARLY, adv. |
14378
|
dearn |
DEARN, a. Lonely; solitary; melancholy.DE'ARNESS, n. |
14379
|
dearness |
DE'ARNESS, n. |
14380
|
dearnly |
DEARNLY, adv. Secretly; privately.DEARTH, n. derth. |
14381
|
dearth |
DEARTH, n. derth. |
14382
|
dearticulate |
DEARTIC'ULATE, v.t. To disjoint.DEATH, n. deth. |
14383
|
death |
DEATH, n. deth. |
14384
|
death-bed |
DEATH-BED, n. deth'-bed. The bed on which a person dies or is confined in his last ... |
14385
|
death-darting |
DEATH-DARTING, a. Darting or inflicting death.DEATH'S-DOOR, n. A near approach to death; the ... |
14386
|
death-watch |
DEATH'-WATCH, n. A small insect whose ticking is weakly supposed, by superstitious and ignorant ... |
14387
|
deathful |
DEATH'FUL, a. Full of slaughter; murderous; destructive. |
14388
|
deathfulness |
DEATH'FULNESS, n. Appearance of death.DEATH'LESS, a. Immortal; not subject to death, destruction ... |
14389
|
deathless |
DEATH'LESS, a. Immortal; not subject to death, destruction or extinction; as deathless beings; ... |
14390
|
deathlike |
DEATH'LIKE, a. |
14391
|
deaths-door |
DEATH'S-DOOR, n. A near approach to death; the gates of death.DEATH'FUL, a. Full of slaughter; ... |
14392
|
deaths-man |
DEATH'S-MAN, n. An executioner; a hangman.DEATH'-SHADOWED, a. Surrounded by the shades of death. |
14393
|
deathward |
DEATH'WARD, adv. Toward death.DEATH'-WATCH, n. A small insect whose ticking is weakly supposed, ... |
14394
|
deaurate |
DEAU'RATE, v.t. To gild.DEAU'RATE, a. Gilded.DEBAC'LE, n. A breaking or bursting forth. |
14395
|
debacle |
DEBAC'LE, n. A breaking or bursting forth. |
14396
|
debar |
DEB'AR, v.t. To cut off from entrance; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry or enjoyment; ... |
14397
|
debark |
DEB'ARK, v.t. To land from a ship or boat; to remove from on board any water-craft, and place on ... |
14398
|
debarkation |
DEBARKA'TION, n. The act of disembarking.DEB'ARKED, pp. Removed to land from on board a ship or ... |
14399
|
debarked |
DEB'ARKED, pp. Removed to land from on board a ship or boat.DEB'ARKING, ppr. Removing from a ship ... |
14400
|
debarking |
DEB'ARKING, ppr. Removing from a ship to the land; going from on board a vessel.DEB'ARRED, pp. ... |
14401
|
debarred |
DEB'ARRED, pp. Hindered from approach, entrance or possession.DEB'ARRING, ppr. Preventing from ... |
14402
|
debarring |
DEB'ARRING, ppr. Preventing from approach, entrance or enjoyment.DEBA'SE, v.t. |
14403
|
debase |
DEBA'SE, v.t. |
14404
|
debased |
DEBA'SED, pp. Reduced in estimated rank; lowered in estimation; reduced in purity, fineness, ... |
14405
|
debasement |
DEBA'SEMENT, n. The act of debasing; degradation; reduction of purity, fineness, quality or value; ... |
14406
|
debaser |
DEBA'SER, n. One who debases or lowers in estimation, or in value; one who degrades or renders ... |
14407
|
debasing |
DEBA'SING, ppr. |
14408
|
debatable |
DEBA'TABLE, a. That may be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; as a ... |
14409
|
debate |
DEBATE, n. |
14410
|
debated |
DEBA'TED, pp. Disputed; argued; discussed.DEBA'TEFUL, a. |
14411
|
debateful |
DEBA'TEFUL, a. |
14412
|
debatefully |
DEBA'TEFULLY, adv. With contention.DEBA'TEMENT, n. Controversy; deliberation.DEBA'TER, n. One ... |
14413
|
debatement |
DEBA'TEMENT, n. Controversy; deliberation.DEBA'TER, n. One who debates; a disputant; a ... |
14414
|
debater |
DEBA'TER, n. One who debates; a disputant; a controvertist.DEBA'TING, ppr. Disputing; discussing; ... |
14415
|
debating |
DEBA'TING, ppr. Disputing; discussing; contending by arguments.DEBAUCH', v.t. [The general sense ... |
14416
|
debauch |
DEBAUCH', v.t. [The general sense of debauch, in English, is to lead astray, like seduce.] |
14417
|
debauched |
DEBAUCH'ED, pp. Corrupted; vitiated in morals or purity of character.DEBAUCH'EDLY, adv. In a ... |
14418
|
debauchedly |
DEBAUCH'EDLY, adv. In a profligate manner.DEBAUCH'EDNESS, n. Intemperance.DEBAUCHEE', n. A man ... |
14419
|
debauchedness |
DEBAUCH'EDNESS, n. Intemperance.DEBAUCHEE', n. A man given to intemperance, or bacchanalian ... |
14420
|
debauchee |
DEBAUCHEE', n. A man given to intemperance, or bacchanalian excesses. But chiefly, a man ... |
14421
|
debaucher |
DEBAUCH'ER, n. One who debauches or corrupts others; a seducer to lewdness, or to any dereliction ... |
14422
|
debauchery |
DEBAUCH'ERY, n. |
14423
|
debauchment |
DEBAUCH'MENT, n. The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. |
14424
|
debellation |
DEBELLA'TION, n. The act of conquering or subduing.DEBEN'TURE, n. [Fr. from L. debeo, to owe.] |
14425
|
debenture |
DEBEN'TURE, n. [Fr. from L. debeo, to owe.] |
14426
|
debentured |
DEBEN'TURED, a. Debentured goods are those for which a debenture has been given, as being entitled ... |
14427
|
debile |
DEB'ILE, a. Relaxed; weak; feeble; languid; faint; without strength.DEBIL'ITATE, v.t. To weaken; ... |
14428
|
debilitate |
DEBIL'ITATE, v.t. To weaken; to impair the strength of; to enfeeble; to make faint or languid. ... |
14429
|
debilitated |
DEBIL'ITATED, pp. Weakened; enfeebled; relaxed.DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; ... |
14430
|
debilitating |
DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; impairing strength.DEBILITA'TION, n. The act of ... |
14431
|
debilitation |
DEBILITA'TION, n. The act of weakening; relaxation.DEBIL'ITY, n. Relaxation of the solids; ... |
14432
|
debility |
DEBIL'ITY, n. Relaxation of the solids; weakness; feebleness; languor of body; faintness; ... |
14433
|
debit |
DEB'IT, n. [L. debitum, from debeo, to owe.] Debt. It is usually written debt. But it is used ... |
14434
|
debited |
DEB'ITED, pp. |
14435
|
debiting |
DEB'ITING, ppr. |
14436
|
debitor |
DEB'ITOR, n. A debtor.DEBOISE,DEBOISH, for debauch.DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; ... |
14437
|
deboise |
DEBOISE,DEBOISH, for debauch.DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; elegant.DEBOUCH, v.i. ... |
14438
|
deboish |
DEBOISH, for debauch.DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; elegant.DEBOUCH, v.i. To issue ... |
14439
|
debonnair |
DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; elegant.DEBOUCH, v.i. To issue or march out of a ... |
14440
|
debouch |
DEBOUCH, v.i. To issue or march out of a narrow place, or from defiles, as troops.DEBRIS, n. ... |
14441
|
debris |
DEBRIS, n. debree'. Fragments; rubbish; ruins; applied particularly to the fragments of ... |
14442
|
debt |
DEBT, n. det. [L. debitum, contracted.] |
14443
|
debted |
DEBT'ED, pp. det'ted. Indebted; obliged to.DEBTEE', n. dettee'. A creditor; one to whom a debt ... |
14444
|
debtee |
DEBTEE', n. dettee'. A creditor; one to whom a debt is due.DEBT'LESS, a. det'less. Free from ... |
14445
|
debtless |
DEBT'LESS, a. det'less. Free from debt.DEBT'OR, n. det'tor. |
14446
|
debtor |
DEBT'OR, n. det'tor. |
14447
|
decachord |
DEC'ACHORD,DECACHORD'ON, n. [Gr. ten or string] |
14448
|
decachordon |
DECACHORD'ON, n. [Gr. ten or string] |
14449
|
decadal |
DEC'ADAL, a. Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.DEC'ADE, n. [Gr., ten.] The sum or number of ... |
14450
|
decade |
DEC'ADE, n. [Gr., ten.] The sum or number of ten; an aggregate consisting of ten; as a decade of ... |
14451
|
decadence |
DECA'DENCE,DECA'DENCY, n. Decay. DEC'AGON, n. [Gr., ten and corner.] In geometry, a plane figure ... |
14452
|
decadency |
DECA'DENCY, n. Decay. DEC'AGON, n. [Gr., ten and corner.] In geometry, a plane figure having ten ... |
14453
|
decagon |
DEC'AGON, n. [Gr., ten and corner.] In geometry, a plane figure having ten sides and ten ... |
14454
|
decagram |
DEC'AGRAM, n. [Gr., ten and a weight.] A French weight of ten grams, or 154 grains, 44 decimals, ... |
14455
|
decagyn |
DEC'AGYN, n. [Gr., ten and female.] In botany, a plant having ten pistils.DECAGYN'IAN, a. Having ... |
14456
|
decagynian |
DECAGYN'IAN, a. Having ten pistils.DECAHE'DRAL, a. Having ten sides.DECAHE'DRON, n. [Gr., ten ... |
14457
|
decahedral |
DECAHE'DRAL, a. Having ten sides.DECAHE'DRON, n. [Gr., ten and a base.] In geometry, a figure or ... |
14458
|
decahedron |
DECAHE'DRON, n. [Gr., ten and a base.] In geometry, a figure or body having ten sides.DEC'ALITER, ... |
14459
|
decaliter |
DEC'ALITER, n. [Gr., ten and liter.] A French measure of capacity, containing ten liters, or ... |
14460
|
decalogist |
DECAL'OGIST, n. One who explains the decalogue.DEC'ALOGUE, n. dec'alog. [Gr., ten and speech.] ... |
14461
|
decalogue |
DEC'ALOGUE, n. dec'alog. [Gr., ten and speech.] The ten commandments or precepts given by God to ... |
14462
|
decameter |
DECAM'ETER, n. [Gr., ten and measure.] A French measure of length, consisting of ten meters, and ... |
14463
|
decamp |
DECAMP', v.i. To remove or depart from a camp; to march off; as, the army decamped at six ... |
14464
|
decampment |
DECAMP'MENT, n. Departure from a camp; a marching off.DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a ... |
14465
|
decanal |
DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a deanery.DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant ... |
14466
|
decander |
DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens. |
14467
|
decangular |
DECAN'GULAR, a. [Gr., ten and angular.] Having ten angles.DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, ... |
14468
|
decant |
DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its ... |
14469
|
decantation |
DECANTA'TION, n. The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel ... |
14470
|
decanted |
DECANT'ED, pp. Poured off, or from one vessel into another.DECANT'ER, n. |
14471
|
decanter |
DECANT'ER, n. |
14472
|
decanting |
DECANT'ING, ppr. Pouring off, as liquor from its lees, or from one vessel to another.DECAP'ITATE, ... |
14473
|
decaphyllous |
DECAPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. ten and a leaf.] Having ten leaves.DEC'ARBONIZE, v.t. To deprive of ... |
14474
|
decapitate |
DECAP'ITATE, v.t. [L., head.] To behead; to cut off the head.DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of ... |
14475
|
decapitation |
DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of beheading.DECAPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. ten and a leaf.] Having ten ... |
14476
|
decarbonize |
DEC'ARBONIZE, v.t. To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel.DEC'ARBONIZED, pp. Deprived of ... |
14477
|
decarbonized |
DEC'ARBONIZED, pp. Deprived of carbon.DEC'ARBONIZING, ppr. Depriving of carbon.DEC'ASTICH, n. ... |
14478
|
decarbonizing |
DEC'ARBONIZING, ppr. Depriving of carbon.DEC'ASTICH, n. [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting ... |
14479
|
decastich |
DEC'ASTICH, n. [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting of ten lines.DEC'ASTYLE, n. [Gr. ten ... |
14480
|
decastyle |
DEC'ASTYLE, n. [Gr. ten and a column.] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in ... |
14481
|
decay |
DECA'Y, v.i. [Fr. dechoir, from L. de and cado, to fall, or decedo.] |
14482
|
decayed |
DECA'YED, pp. Having fallen from a good or sound state; impaired; weakened; ... |
14483
|
decayedness |
DECA'YEDNESS, n. A state of being impaired; decayed state.DECA'YER, n. That which causes ... |
14484
|
decayer |
DECA'YER, n. That which causes decay.DECA'YING, ppr. Failing; declining; passing from a good, ... |
14485
|
decaying |
DECA'YING, ppr. Failing; declining; passing from a good, prosperous or sound state, to a worse ... |
14486
|
decease |
DECE'ASE, n. [L. to depart or to withdraw.] Literally, departure; hence, departure from this ... |
14487
|
deceased |
DECE'ASED, pp. or a. Departed from life. This is used as a passive participle. He is deceased, ... |
14488
|
deceasing |
DECE'ASING, ppr. Departing from life; dying. DECE'DENT, n. A deceased person.DECE'IT, |
14489
|
decedent |
DECE'DENT, n. A deceased person.DECE'IT, |
14490
|
deceit |
DECE'IT, |
14491
|
deceitful |
DECE'ITFUL, a. |
14492
|
deceitfully |
DECE'ITFULLY, adv. In a deceitful manner; fraudulently; with deceit; in a manner or with a view to ... |
14493
|
deceitfulness |
DECE'ITFULNESS, n. |
14494
|
deceitless |
DECE'ITLESS, a. Free from deceit.DECE'IVABLE, a. |
14495
|
deceivable |
DECE'IVABLE, a. |
14496
|
deceivableness |
DECE'IVABLENESS, n. |
14497
|
deceive |
DECE'IVE, v.t. [L to take asid, to ensnare.] |
14498
|
deceived |
DECE'IVED, pp. Misled; led into error; beguiled; cheated; deluded.DECE'IVER, n. One who deceives; ... |
14499
|
deceiver |
DECE'IVER, n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. |
14500
|
deceiving |
DECE'IVING, ppr. Misleading; ensnaring; beguiling; cheating.DECEM'BER, n. [L. december, from ... |
14501
|
december |
DECEM'BER, n. [L. december, from decem, ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, ... |
14502
|
decemdentate |
DECEMDEN'TATE, a. [L. decem, ten, and dentatus, toothed.] Having ten points or teeth.DEC'EMFID, ... |
14503
|
decemfid |
DEC'EMFID, a. [L. decem, ten, and fido, to divide.] |
14504
|
decemlocular |
DECEMLOC'ULAR, a. [L. decem, ten, and loculus, a little bag or cell.] Having ten cells for ... |
14505
|
decempedal |
DEC'EMPEDAL, a. [L. decem, ten, and pes, a foot.] Ten feet in length.DEC'EMVIR, n. [L. decem, ... |
14506
|
decemvir |
DEC'EMVIR, n. [L. decem, ten, and vir, a man.] One of ten magistrates, who had absolute ... |
14507
|
decemviral |
DECEM'VIRAL, a. Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.DECEM'VIRATE, n. |
14508
|
decemvirate |
DECEM'VIRATE, n. |
14509
|
decency |
DE'CENCY, n. [L. to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for.] |
14510
|
decennary |
DEC'ENNARY, n. [L. from decem, ten, and annus, a year.] |
14511
|
decennial |
DECEN'NIAL, a. [L. as above.] Continuing for ten years; consisting of ten years; or happening ... |
14512
|
decennoval |
DEC'ENNOVAL,DECEN'NOVARY, a. [L. decem, ten, and novem, nine.] Pertaining to the number ... |
14513
|
decennovary |
DECEN'NOVARY, a. [L. decem, ten, and novem, nine.] Pertaining to the number nineteen; ... |
14514
|
decent |
DE'CENT, a. [L. decens; Fr. decent.] |
14515
|
decentness |
DE'CENTNESS, n. Decency.DECEPTIBIL'ITY, n. The quality or state of being capable or liable to be ... |
14516
|
deceptibility |
DECEPTIBIL'ITY, n. The quality or state of being capable or liable to be deceived.DECEP'TIBLE, a. ... |
14517
|
deceptible |
DECEP'TIBLE, a. That may be deceived.DECEP'TION, n. |
14518
|
deception |
DECEP'TION, n. |
14519
|
deceptious |
DECEP'TIOUS, a. Tending to deceive; deceitful.DECEP'TIVE, a. Tending to deceive; having power to ... |
14520
|
deceptive |
DECEP'TIVE, a. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress false opinions; as a ... |
14521
|
deceptory |
DECEP'TORY, a. Tending to deceive; containing qualities or means adapted to mislead.DECERPT, a. ... |
14522
|
decerpt |
DECERPT, a. Cropped.DECERP'TION, n. [L. to pluck off.] A pulling or plucking off; a ... |
14523
|
decerption |
DECERP'TION, n. [L. to pluck off.] A pulling or plucking off; a cropping.DECERTA'TION, n. [L. ... |
14524
|
decertation |
DECERTA'TION, n. [L. To strive.] Strife; contest for mastery.DECES'SION, n. [L. to pass.] ... |
14525
|
decession |
DECES'SION, n. [L. to pass.] Departure.DECH'ARM, v.t. To remove a spell or enchantment; to ... |
14526
|
decharm |
DECH'ARM, v.t. To remove a spell or enchantment; to disenchant.DECH'ARMED, pp. ... |
14527
|
decharmed |
DECH'ARMED, pp. Disenchanted.DECH'ARMING, ppr. Removing a spell.DECHRIS'TIANIZE, v.t. To turn ... |
14528
|
decharming |
DECH'ARMING, ppr. Removing a spell.DECHRIS'TIANIZE, v.t. To turn from christianity; to banish ... |
14529
|
dechristianize |
DECHRIS'TIANIZE, v.t. To turn from christianity; to banish christian belief and principles ... |
14530
|
decidable |
DECI'DABLE, a. That may be decided. |
14531
|
decide |
DECI'DE, v.i. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion. |
14532
|
decided |
DECI'DED, pp. Determined; ended; concluded.DECI'DED, a. That implies decision; clear; ... |
14533
|
decidedly |
DECI'DEDLY, adv. In a decided or determined manner; clearly; indisputable; in a manner to preclude ... |
14534
|
decidence |
DECI'DENCE, n. A falling off.DECI'DER, n. One who determines a cause or contest.DECI'DING, ppr. ... |
14535
|
decider |
DECI'DER, n. One who determines a cause or contest.DECI'DING, ppr. Determing; ending; ... |
14536
|
deciding |
DECI'DING, ppr. Determing; ending; concluding.DECID'UOUS, a. [L. to fall.] Falling; not ... |
14537
|
deciduous |
DECID'UOUS, a. [L. to fall.] Falling; not perennial or permanent. In botany, a deciduous leaf ... |
14538
|
deciduousness |
DECID'UOUSNESS, n. The quality of falling once a year.DEC'IGRAM, n. A French weight of one tenth ... |
14539
|
decigram |
DEC'IGRAM, n. A French weight of one tenth of a gram.DE'CIL, n. An aspect or position of two ... |
14540
|
decil |
DE'CIL, n. An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth ... |
14541
|
deciliter |
DEC'ILITER, n. A French measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter. |
14542
|
decimally |
DEC'IMALLY, adv. By tens; by means of decimals.DEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. decimo, from decem, ten.] |
14543
|
decimate |
DEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. decimo, from decem, ten.] |
14544
|
decimation |
DECIMA'TION, n. |
14545
|
decimator |
DEC'IMATOR, n. One who selects every tenth man, in a company or regiment, &c.DECIM'ETER, n. A ... |
14546
|
decimeter |
DECIM'ETER, n. A French measure of length equal to the tenth part of a meter, or 3 inches and ... |
14547
|
decimo-sexto |
DECIMO-SEXTO, n. A book is in decimo-sexto, when a sheet is folded into sixteen leaves.DECI'PHER, ... |
14548
|
decipher |
DECI'PHER, v.t. |
14549
|
deciphered |
DECI'PHERED, pp. Explained; unraveled; marked.DECI'PHERER, n. One who explains what is written in ... |
14550
|
decipherer |
DECI'PHERER, n. One who explains what is written in ciphers.DECI'PHERING, ppr. Explaining; ... |
14551
|
deciphering |
DECI'PHERING, ppr. Explaining; detecting the letters represented by ciphers; unfolding; ... |
14552
|
decision |
DECIS'ION, n. |
14553
|
decisive |
DECI'SIVE, a. |
14554
|
decisively |
DECI'SIVELY, adv. In a conclusive manner; in a manner to end deliberation, controversy, doubt or ... |
14555
|
decisiveness |
DECI'SIVENESS, n. |
14556
|
decisory |
DECI'SORY, a. Able to decide or determine.DECK, v.t. |
14557
|
deck |
DECK, v.t. |
14558
|
decked |
DECK'ED, pp. Covered; adorned; furnished with a deck.DECK'ER, n. |
14559
|
decker |
DECK'ER, n. |
14560
|
decking |
DECK'ING, ppr. Covering; arraying; adorning. |
14561
|
declaim |
DECLA'IM, v.i. [L. to cry out.] |
14562
|
declaimant |
DECLA'IMANT or DECLA'IMER, n. |
14563
|
declaiming |
DECLA'IMING, ppr. Speaking rhetorically; haranguing.DECLA'IMING, n. A harangue.DECLAMA'TION, n. |
14564
|
declamation |
DECLAMA'TION, n. |
14565
|
declamator |
DECLAMA'TOR, n. A declaimer.DECLAM'ATORY, a. |
14566
|
declamatory |
DECLAM'ATORY, a. |
14567
|
declaration |
DECLARA'TION, n. |
14568
|
declarative |
DECLAR'ATIVE, a. |
14569
|
declaratorily |
DECLAR'ATORILY, adv. By declaration, or exhibition.DECLAR'ATORY, a. Making declaration, clear ... |
14570
|
declaratory |
DECLAR'ATORY, a. Making declaration, clear manifestation, or exhibition; expressive; as, this ... |
14571
|
declare |
DECLA'RE, v.t. [L. to make clear.] |
14572
|
declared |
DECLA'RED, pp. Made known; told explicitly; avowed; exhibited; manifested; published; proclaimed; ... |
14573
|
declaredly |
DECLA'REDLY, adv. Avowedly; explicitly.DECLA'RER, n. One who makes known or publishes; that which ... |
14574
|
declarer |
DECLA'RER, n. One who makes known or publishes; that which exhibits.DECLA'RING, ppr. Making known ... |
14575
|
declaring |
DECLA'RING, ppr. Making known by words or by other means; manifesting; publishing; affirming; ... |
14576
|
declatable |
DECLA'TABLE, a. That may be declared, or proved.DECLARA'TION, n. |
14577
|
declension |
DECLEN'SION, n. |
14578
|
declinable |
DECLI'NABLE, a. That may be declined; changing its termination in the oblique cases; as a ... |
14579
|
declinate |
DEC'LINATE, a. In botany, bending or bent downwards, in a curve; declining.DECLINA'TION, n. |
14580
|
declination |
DECLINA'TION, n. |
14581
|
declinator |
DECLINA'TOR,DECLIN'ATORY, n. An instrument for taking the declination, or inclination of a plane; ... |
14582
|
declinatory |
DECLIN'ATORY, n. An instrument for taking the declination, or inclination of a plane; an ... |
14583
|
decline |
DECLI'NE, v.i. [L. to lean.] |
14584
|
declined |
DECLI'NED, pp. Bent downward or from; inflected.DECLI'NING, ppr. Leaning; deviating; falling; ... |
14585
|
declining |
DECLI'NING, ppr. Leaning; deviating; falling; failing; decaying; tending to a worse state; ... |
14586
|
declivitous |
DECLIV'ITOUS, a. Gradually descending; not precipitous; sloping.DECOCT', v.t. [L. to boil.] |
14587
|
declivity |
DECLIV'ITY, n. [L. sloping.] Declination from a horizontal line; descent of land; inclination ... |
14588
|
declivous |
DECLI'VOUS,DECLIV'ITOUS, a. Gradually descending; not precipitous; sloping.DECOCT', v.t. [L. to ... |
14589
|
decoct |
DECOCT', v.t. [L. to boil.] |
14590
|
decoctible |
DECOCT'IBLE, a. That may be boiled or digested.DECOC'TION, n. |
14591
|
decoction |
DECOC'TION, n. |
14592
|
decoctive |
DECOCT'IVE, a. That may be easily decocted.DECOCT'URE, n. A substance drawn by ... |
14593
|
decocture |
DECOCT'URE, n. A substance drawn by decoction.DE'COLLATE, v.t. To behead.DE'COLLATED, pp. ... |
14594
|
decollate |
DE'COLLATE, v.t. To behead.DE'COLLATED, pp. Beheaded.DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] ... |
14595
|
decollated |
DE'COLLATED, pp. Beheaded.DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] The act of beheading; the ... |
14596
|
decollation |
DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] The act of beheading; the act of cutting off the neck ... |
14597
|
decoloration |
DECOLORA'TION, n. Absence of color.DE'COMPLEX, a. Compounded of complex ideas.DECOMPO'SABLE, a. ... |
14598
|
decomplex |
DE'COMPLEX, a. Compounded of complex ideas.DECOMPO'SABLE, a. That may be decomposed; capable of ... |
14599
|
decomposable |
DECOMPO'SABLE, a. That may be decomposed; capable of being resolved into its constituent ... |
14600
|
decompose |
DECOMPO'SE, v.t. To separate the constituent parts of a body or substance; to disunite elementary ... |
14601
|
decomposed |
DECOMPO'SED, pp. Separated or resolved into the constituent parts.DECOMPO'SING, ppr. Separating ... |
14602
|
decomposing |
DECOMPO'SING, ppr. Separating into constituent parts.DECOMPOS'ITE, a. Compounded a second time; ... |
14603
|
decomposite |
DECOMPOS'ITE, a. Compounded a second time; compounded with things already ... |
14604
|
decomposition |
DECOMPOSI'TION, n. |
14605
|
decompound |
DECOMPOUND', v.t. |
14606
|
decompoundable |
DECOMPOUND'ABLE, a. That may be decompounded.DECOMPOUND'ED, pp. Compounded a second time; ... |
14607
|
decompounded |
DECOMPOUND'ED, pp. Compounded a second time; composed of things already compounded.DECOMPOUND'ING, ... |
14608
|
decompounding |
DECOMPOUND'ING, ppr. Compounding a second time.DEC'ORATE, v.t. [L. comeliness, grace.] |
14609
|
decorate |
DEC'ORATE, v.t. [L. comeliness, grace.] |
14610
|
decorated |
DEC'ORATED, pp. Adorned; beautified; embellished.DEC'ORATING, ppr. Adorning; embellishing; ... |
14611
|
decorating |
DEC'ORATING, ppr. Adorning; embellishing; rendering beautiful to the eye, or lovely to the ... |
14612
|
decoration |
DECORA'TION, n. |
14613
|
decorator |
DEC'ORATOR, n. One who adorns or embellishes.DEC'OROUS, a. Decent; suitable to a character, or to ... |
14614
|
decorous |
DEC'OROUS, a. Decent; suitable to a character, or to the time, place and occasion; becoming; ... |
14615
|
decorously |
DEC'OROUSLY, adv. In a becoming manner.DECOR'TICATE, v.t. [L. bark.] To strip off bark; to ... |
14616
|
decorticate |
DECOR'TICATE, v.t. [L. bark.] To strip off bark; to peel; to husk; to take off the exterior ... |
14617
|
decorticated |
DECOR'TICATED, pp. Stripped of bark; peeled; husked.DECOR'TICATING, ppr. Stripping off bark or ... |
14618
|
decorticating |
DECOR'TICATING, ppr. Stripping off bark or the external coat; peeling. DECORTICA'TION, n. The act ... |
14619
|
decortication |
DECORTICA'TION, n. The act of stripping off bark or husk.DECO'RUM, n. [L. to become.] |
14620
|
decorum |
DECO'RUM, n. [L. to become.] |
14621
|
decoy |
DECOY, n. 1. Any thing intended to lead into a snare; any lure or allurement that deceives and ... |
14622
|
decoy-duck |
DECOY-DUCK, n. A duck employed to draw others into a net or situation to be taken. |
14623
|
decoy-man |
DECOY-MAN, n. A man employed in decoying and catching fowls. |
14624
|
decoyed |
DECOYED, pp. Lured or drawn into a snare or net; allured into danger by deception. |
14625
|
decoying |
DECOYING, ppr. Luring into a snare or net by deception; leading into evil or danger. |
14626
|
decrease |
DECREASE, v.i. [L. To grow.] To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, ... |
14627
|
decreased |
DECREASED, pp. Lessened; diminished. |
14628
|
decreasing |
DECREASING, ppr. Becoming less; diminishing; waning. |
14629
|
decree |
DECREE, n. [L. To judge; to divide.]1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; ... |
14630
|
decreed |
DECREED, pp. Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose. |
14631
|
decreeing |
DECREEING, ppr. Determining; resolving; appointing; ordering. |
14632
|
decrement |
DECREMENT, n.1. Decrease; waste; the state of becoming less gradually.Rocks and mountains suffer a ... |
14633
|
decrepit |
DECREPIT, a. [L. to break.] Broken down with age; wasted or worn by the infirmities of old age; ... |
14634
|
decrepitate |
DECREPITATE, v.t. [L. To break or burst, to crackle.] To roast or calcine in a strong heat, with a ... |
14635
|
decrepitated |
DECREPITATED, pp. Roasted with a crackling noise. |
14636
|
decrepitating |
DECREPITATING, ppr. Crackling; roasting with a crackling noise; suddenly bursting when exposed to ... |
14637
|
decrepitation |
DECREPITATION, n. The act of roasting with a continual crackling; or the separation of parts with ... |
14638
|
decrepitness |
DECREPITNESS, |
14639
|
decrepitude |
DECREPITUDE, n. The broken, crazy state of the body, produced by decay and the infirmities of age. |
14640
|
decrescent |
DECRESCENT, a. Decreasing; becoming less by gradual diminution; as a decrescent moon. |
14641
|
decretal |
DECRETAL, n.1. A letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. ... |
14642
|
decretion |
DECRETION, n. A decreasing. |
14643
|
decretist |
DECRETIST, n. One who studies or professes the knowledge of the decretals. |
14644
|
decretorily |
DECRETORILY, adv. In a definitive manner. |
14645
|
decretory |
DECRETORY, a.1. Judicial; definitive; established by a decree.The decretory rigors of a condemning ... |
14646
|
decrew |
DECREW, v.i. To decrease. |
14647
|
decrial |
DECRIAL, n. A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure. |
14648
|
decried |
DECRIED, pp. Cried down; descredited; brought into disrepute. |
14649
|
decrier |
DECRIER, n. One who decries. |
14650
|
decrown |
DECROWN, v.t. To deprive of a crown. |
14651
|
decry |
DECRY, v.t. 1. To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean or worthless; to clamor against; to ... |
14652
|
decubation |
DECUBATION, n. The act of lying down. |
14653
|
decumbence |
DECUMBENCE, |
14654
|
decumbency |
DECUMBENCY, n. [L. To lie down.] The act of lying down; the posture of lying down. |
14655
|
decumbent |
DECUMBENT, a. In botany, declined or bending down; having the stamens and pistils bending down to ... |
14656
|
decumbiture |
DECUMBITURE, n.1. The time at which a person takes to his bed in a disease.2. In astrology, the ... |
14657
|
decuple |
DECUPLE, a. [L. Ten.] Tenfold; containing ten times as many.DECUPLE, n. A number ten times ... |
14658
|
decurion |
DECURION, n. [L. Ten] An officer in the Roman army, who commanded a decuria, or ten soldiers, which ... |
14659
|
decurrent |
DECURRENT, a. [L. To run down; to run.] Extending downwards. A decurrent leaf is a sessile leaf ... |
14660
|
decursion |
DECURSION, n. [L. To run.] The act of running down, as a stream. |
14661
|
decursive |
DECURSIVE, a. Running down.Decursively pinnate, in botany, applied to a leaf, having the leaflets ... |
14662
|
decurt |
DECURT, v.t. To shorten by cutting off. |
14663
|
decurtation |
DECURTATION, n. [L. To shorten.] Tha act of shortening, or cutting short. |
14664
|
decury |
DECURY, n. [L. Ten.] A set of ten men under an officer called decurio. |
14665
|
decussate |
DECUSSATE, v.t. [L. To cut or strike across.] To intersect at acute angles, thus X; or in general, ... |
14666
|
decussated |
DECUSSATED, a. Crossed; intersected. In botany, decussated leaves and branches, are such as grow ... |
14667
|
decussating |
DECUSSATING, ppr. Intersecting at acute angles; crossing. |
14668
|
decussation |
DECUSSATION, n. The act of crossing at unequal angles; the crossing of two lines, rays or nerves, ... |
14669
|
dedalian |
DEDALIAN, a. Various; variegated; intricate; complex; expert. |
14670
|
dedalous |
DEDALOUS, a. Having a margin with various windings and turnings; of a beautiful and delicate ... |
14671
|
dedecorate |
DEDECORATE, v.t. To disgrace. |
14672
|
dedecoration |
DEDECORATION, n. A disgracing. |
14673
|
dedentition |
DEDENTITION, n. The shedding of teeth. |
14674
|
dedicate |
DEDICATE, v.t. [L. To vow, promise, devote, dedicate. See Class Dg. No. 12, 15, 45. The sense is ... |
14675
|
dedicated |
DEDICATED, pp. Devoted to a divine Being, or to a sacred use; consecrated; appropriated; given ... |
14676
|
dedicating |
DEDICATING, ppr. Devoting to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose; consecrating; appropriating; ... |
14677
|
dedication |
DEDICATION, n.1. The act of consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with ... |
14678
|
dedicator |
DEDICATOR, n. One who dedicates; one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron. |
14679
|
dedicatory |
DEDICATORY, a. Composing a dedication; as an epistle dedicatory. |
14680
|
dedition |
DEDITION, n. [L. To yield.] The act of yielding any thing; surrendry. |
14681
|
dedolent |
DEDOLENT, a. Feeling no compunction. |
14682
|
deduce |
DEDUCE, v.t. [L. To lead, bring or draw.]1. To draw from; to bring from.O goddess, say, shall I ... |
14683
|
deduced |
DEDUCED, pp. Drawn from; inferred; as a consequence from principles or premises. |
14684
|
deducement |
DEDUCEMENT, n. The thing drawn from or deduced; inference; that which is collected from premises. |
14685
|
deducible |
DEDUCIBLE, a. That may be deduced; inferable; collectible by reason from premises; ... |
14686
|
deducing |
DEDUCING, ppr. Drawing from; inferring; collecting from principles or facts already established or ... |
14687
|
deducive |
DEDUCIVE, a. Performing the act of deduction. |
14688
|
deduct |
DEDUCT, v.t. To take from; to subtract; to separate or remove, in numbering, estimating or ... |
14689
|
deducted |
DEDUCTED, pp. Taken from; subtracted. |
14690
|
deducting |
DEDUCTING, ppt. Taking from; subtracting. |
14691
|
deduction |
DEDUCTION, n. 1. The act of deducting.2. That which is deducted; sum or amount taken from ... |
14692
|
deductive |
DEDUCTIVE, a. Deducible; that is or may be deduced from premises.All knowledge is deductive. |
14693
|
deductively |
DEDUCTIVELY, adv. By regular deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. |
14694
|
deed |
DEED, n.1. That which is done, acted or effected; an act; a fact; a word of extensive application, ... |
14695
|
deed-achieving |
DEED-ACHIEVING, a. That accomplishes great deeds. |
14696
|
deed-poll |
DEED-POLL, n. A deed not indented, that is, shaved or even, made by one party only. |
14697
|
deedless |
DEEDLESS, a. Inactive; not performing or having performed deeds or exploits. |
14698
|
deem |
DEEM, v.t.1. To think; to judge; to be of opinion; to conclude on consideration; as, he deems it ... |
14699
|
deemed |
DEEMED, pp. Thought; judged; supposed. |
14700
|
deeming |
DEEMING, ppr. Thinking; judging; believing. |
14701
|
deemster |
DEEMSTER, n. A judge in the Isle of Man and in Jersey. |
14702
|
deep |
DEEP, a.1. Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound ; opposed ... |
14703
|
deep-mouthed |
DEEP-MOUTHED, a. Having a hoarse, loud, hollow voice; as a deep-mouthed dog. |
14704
|
deep-musing |
DEEP-MUSING, a. Contemplative; thinking closely or profoundly. |
14705
|
deep-read |
DEEP-READ, a. Having fully read; profoundly versed. |
14706
|
deep-revolving |
DEEP-REVOLVING, a. Profoundly revolving or meditating. |
14707
|
deep-throated |
DEEP-THROATED, a. With deep throats. |
14708
|
deep-toned |
DEEP-TONED, a. Having a very low or grave tone. |
14709
|
deep-vaulted |
DEEP-VAULTED, a. Formed like a deep vault or arch. |
14710
|
deep-waisted |
DEEP-WAISTED, a. Having a deep waist, as a ship when the quarter deck and forecastle are raised ... |
14711
|
deepen |
DEEPEN, v.t.1. To make deep or deeper; to sink lower; as, to deepen the channel of a river or ... |
14712
|
deepened |
DEEPENED, pp. Made more deep. |
14713
|
deepening |
DEEPENING, ppr. Sinking lower; making more deep. |
14714
|
deeply |
DEEPLY, adv. 1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as a passion deeply rooted in our ... |
14715
|
deepness |
DEEPNESS, n. 1. Depth; remoteness from the surface in a descending line; interior distance from ... |
14716
|
deer |
DEER, n. Sing. And plu. [Gr. A wild beast. The primary sense is simply roving, wild, untamed; ... |
14717
|
deer-stealer |
DEER-STEALER, n. One who steals deer. |
14718
|
deer-stealing |
DEER-STEALING, n. The act or crime of stealing deer. |
14719
|
deess |
DEESS, n. A goddess. |
14720
|
deface |
DEFACE, v.t.1. To destroy or mar the face or surface of a thing; to injure the superficies or ... |
14721
|
defacer |
DEFACER, n. He or that which defaces; one who injures, mars or disfigures. |
14722
|
defacing |
DEFACING, ppr. Injuring the face or surface; marring; disfiguring; erasing.De facto. [L.] ... |
14723
|
defailance |
DEFAILANCE, n. Failure; miscarriage. |
14724
|
defalcate |
DEFALCATE, v.t. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, ... |
14725
|
defalcation |
DEFALCATION,. N. 1. The act of cutting off, or deducting a part; deduction; diminution; ... |
14726
|
defalk |
DEFALK, v.t. To defalcate. |
14727
|
defamation |
DEFAMATION, n. The uttering of slanderous words with a view to injure anothers reputation; the ... |
14728
|
defamatory |
DEFAMATORY, a. Calumnious; slanderous; containing defamation; false and injurious to reputation; ... |
14729
|
defame |
DEFAME,1. To slander; falsely and maliciously to utter words respecting another which tend to ... |
14730
|
defamed |
DEFAMED, pp. Slandered; dishonored or injured by evil reports. |
14731
|
defamer |
DEFAMER, n. A slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. |
14732
|
defaming |
DEFAMING, ppr. Slandering; injuring the character by false reports.DEFAMING, n. Defamation; ... |
14733
|
defaticate |
DEFATICATE, v.t. [L. To tire.] To weary or tire. |
14734
|
defatigable |
DEFATIGABLE, a. Liable to be wearied. |
14735
|
defatigation |
DEFATIGATION, n. Weariness. |
14736
|
default |
DEFAULT, n.1. A failing, or failure; an omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do ... |
14737
|
defaulted |
DEFAULTED, pp. 1. Called out of court, as a defendant or his cause.2. A. Having defect. |
14738
|
defaulter |
DEFAULTER, n.1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when called.2. One who ... |
14739
|
defaulting |
DEFAULTING, ppr.1. Failing to fulfil a contract; delinquent.2. Failing to perform a duty or legal ... |
14740
|
defeasance |
DEFEASANCE,, n. S as z.1. Literally, a defeating; a rendering null; the preventing of the ... |
14741
|
defeasible |
DEFEASIBLE, a. S as z. That may be defeated, or annulled; as a defeasible title; a defeasible ... |
14742
|
defeasibleness |
DEFEASIBLENESS, n. The quality of being defeasible. |
14743
|
defeat |
DEFEAT, n.1. Overthrow; loss of battle; the check, rout, or destruction of an army by the victory ... |
14744
|
defeating |
DEFEATING, ppr. Vanquishing; subduing; opposing successfully; overthrowing; frustrating; ... |
14745
|
defeature |
DEFEATURE, n. 1. Change of feature.2. Overthrow; defeat. |
14746
|
defecate |
DEFECATE, v.t. [L. Dregs.]1. To purify; to refine; to clear from dregs or impurities; to clarify; ... |
14747
|
defecated |
DEFECATED, pp. Purtified; clarified; refined. |
14748
|
defecating |
DEFECATING, ppr. Purifying; purging of lees or impurities. |
14749
|
defecation |
DEFECATION, n. The act of separating from lees or dregs; purification from impurities or foreign ... |
14750
|
defect |
DEFECT, n. [L. To fail; to make or do.]1. Want or absence of something necessary or useful ... |
14751
|
defectibility |
DEFECTIBILITY, n. Deficiency; imperfection. |
14752
|
defectible |
DEFECTIBLE, a. Imperfect; deficient; wanting. |
14753
|
defection |
DEFECTION, n.1. Want or failure of duty; particularly, a falling away; apostasy; the act of ... |
14754
|
defective |
DEFECTIVE, a.1. Wanting either in substance, quantity or quality, or in any thing necessary; ... |
14755
|
defectively |
DEFECTIVELY, adv. In a defective manner; imperfectly. |
14756
|
defectiveness |
DEFECTIVENESS, n. Want; the state of being imperfect; faultiness. |
14757
|
defectuosity |
DEFECTUOSITY, n. Defectiveness; faultiness. |
14758
|
defectuous |
DEFECTUOUS, a. Full of defects. |
14759
|
defedation |
DEFEDATION, n. Pollution. |
14760
|
defend |
DEFEND, v.t.1. To drive from; to thrust back; hence, to deny; to repel a demand, charge, or ... |
14761
|
defendable |
DEFENDABLE, a. That may be defended. |
14762
|
defendant |
DEFENDANT, a. 1. Defensive; proper for defense.2. Making defense; being in the character of a ... |
14763
|
defended |
DEFENDED, pp. Opposed; denied; prohibited; maintained by resistance; vindicated; preserved ... |
14764
|
defender |
DEFENDER, n. One who defends by oppostition; one who maintains, supports, protects or vindicates; ... |
14765
|
defending |
DEFENDING, ppr. Denying; opposing; resisiting; forbidding; maintaining uninjured by force or by ... |
14766
|
defensative |
DEFENSATIVE, n. Guard; defense; a bandage, plaster, or the like, to secure a wound from external ... |
14767
|
defense |
DEFENSE, n.1. Any thing that opposes attack, violence, danger or injury; any thing that secures ... |
14768
|
defensed |
DEFENSED, pp. Fortified. |
14769
|
defenseless |
DEFENSELESS, a. Being without defense, or without means of repelling assault or injury; applied to ... |
14770
|
defenselessness |
DEFENSELESSNESS, n. The state of being unguarded or unprotected. |
14771
|
defensible |
DEFENSIBLE, a.1. That may be defended; as a defensible city.2. That may be vindicated, maintained ... |
14772
|
defensive |
DEFENSIVE, a.1. That serves to defend; proper for defense; as defensive armor, which repels ... |
14773
|
defensively |
DEFENSIVELY, adv. In a defensive manner; on the defensive; in defense. |
14774
|
defer |
DEFER, v.t. [L. To bear.]1. To delay; to put off; to postpone to a future time; as, to defer the ... |
14775
|
deference |
DEFERENCE, n. 1. A yielding in opinion; submission of judgment to the opinion or judgment of ... |
14776
|
deferent |
DEFERENT, a. Bearing; carrying; conveying.DEFERENT, n.1. That which carries or conveys. The ... |
14777
|
deferential |
DEFERENTIAL,, a. Expressing deference. |
14778
|
deferment |
DEFERMENT, n. Delay. |
14779
|
deferrer |
DEFERRER, n. One who delays or puts off. |
14780
|
deferring |
DEFERRING, ppr. Delaying; postponing. |
14781
|
defiance |
DEFIANCE, n.1. A daring; a challenge to fight; invitation to combat; a call to an adversary to ... |
14782
|
defiatory |
DEFIATORY, a. Bidding or bearing defiance. |
14783
|
deficience |
DEFICIENCE, |
14784
|
deficiency |
DEFICIENCY, n. [L. To fail to do.]1. A failing; a falling short; imperfection; as a deficiency in ... |
14785
|
deficient |
DEFICIENT, a.1. Wanting; defective; imperfect; not sufficient or adequate; as deficient estate; ... |
14786
|
deficit |
DEFICIT, n. Want; deficiency; as a deficit in the taxes or revenue. |
14787
|
defier |
DEFIER, n. A challenger; one who dares to combat or encounter; one who braves; one who acts in ... |
14788
|
defiguration |
DEFIGURATION, n. A disfiguring. |
14789
|
defigure |
DEFIGURE, v.t. To delineate. |
14790
|
defile |
DEFILE, v.t.1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.2. To make impure; to ... |
14791
|
defiled |
DEFILED, pp. Made dirty, or foul; polluted; soiled; corrupted; violated; vitiated. |
14792
|
defilement |
DEFILEMENT, n.1. The act of defiling, or state of being defiled; foulness; dirtiness; ... |
14793
|
defiler |
DEFILER, n. One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes. |
14794
|
defiling |
DEFILING, ppr.1. Polluting; making impure.2. Marching in a file, or with a narrow front. |
14795
|
definable |
DEFINABLE, a.1. Literally, that may be limited, or have its limits ascertained. Hence, capable of ... |
14796
|
define |
DEFINE, v.t. [L. To end, to limit, from finis, end.]1. To determine or describe the end or limit; ... |
14797
|
defined |
DEFINED, pp.1. Determined; having the extent ascertained; having the signification determined.2. ... |
14798
|
definer |
DEFINER, n. He who defines; he who ascertains or marks the limits; he who determines or explains ... |
14799
|
defining |
DEFINING, ppr. Determining the limits; ascertaining the extent; explaining the meaning; describing ... |
14800
|
definite |
DEFINITE, a.1. Having certain limits; bounded with precision; determinate; as a definite extent of ... |
14801
|
definiteness |
DEFINITENESS, n. Certainty of extent; certainty of signification; determinateness. |
14802
|
definition |
DEFINITION, n.1. A brief description of a thing by its properties; as a definition of wit or of a ... |
14803
|
definitive |
DEFINITIVE, a. 1. Limiting the extent; determinate; positive; express; as a definitive term.2. ... |
14804
|
definitively |
DEFINITIVELY, adv. 1. Determinately; positively; expressly.2. Finally; conclusively; ... |
14805
|
definitiveness |
DEFINITIVENESS, n. Determinateness; decisiveness; conclusiveness. |
14806
|
defix |
DEFIX, v.t. To fix; to fasten. |
14807
|
deflagrability |
DEFLAGRABILITY, n. Combustibility; the quality of taking fire and burning away, as a metallic ... |
14808
|
deflagrable |
DEFLAGRABLE, a. Combustible; having the quality of taking fire and burning, as alcohol, oils, &c. |
14809
|
deflagrate |
DEFLAGRATE, v.t. [L. To burn.] To set fire to; to burn; to consume; as, to deflagrate oil or ... |
14810
|
deflagration |
DEFLAGRATION, n. A kindling or setting fire to a substance; burning; combustion.The strength of ... |
14811
|
deflagrator |
DEFLAGRATOR, n. A galvanic instrument for producing combustion, particularly the combustion of ... |
14812
|
deflect |
DEFLECT, v.i. [L. To turn or bend.] To turn from or aside; to deviate from a true course or right ... |
14813
|
deflected |
DEFLECTED, pp. Turned aside, or from a direct line or course. In botany, bending downward ... |
14814
|
deflecting |
DEFLECTING, ppr. Turning aside; turning from a right line or regular course. |
14815
|
deflection |
DEFLECTION, n.1. Deviation; the act of turning aside; a turning from a true line or the regular ... |
14816
|
deflexure |
DEFLEXURE, n. A bending down; a turning aside; deviation. |
14817
|
deflorate |
DEFLORATE, a. [L. To deflour.] In botany, having cast its farin, pollen, or fecundating dust. |
14818
|
defloration |
DEFLORATION, n.1. The act of deflouring; the act of depriving of the flower or prime beauties; ... |
14819
|
deflour |
DEFLOUR, v.t. [L. A flower.] 1. To deprive a woman of her virginity, either by force or with ... |
14820
|
defloured |
DEFLOURED, pp. Deprived of maidenhood; ravished; robbed or prime beauty . |
14821
|
deflourer |
DEFLOURER, n. One who deprives a woman of her virginity. |
14822
|
deflouring |
DEFLOURING, ppr. Depriving of virginity or maidenhood; robbing of prime beauties. |
14823
|
deflow |
DEFLOW, v.i. To flow down. |
14824
|
defluous |
DEFLUOUS, a. [L. To flow.] Flowing down; falling off. |
14825
|
deflux |
DEFLUX, n. A flowing down; a running downward; as a deflux of humors. |
14826
|
defluxion |
DEFLUXION, n. [L. To flow down.]1. A flowing, running or falling of humors or fluid matter, from ... |
14827
|
defly |
DEFLY, adv. Dextrously; skilfully. |
14828
|
defoliation |
DEFOLIATION, n. [L. Foliage; a leaf.] Literally, the fall of the leaf or shedding of leaves; but ... |
14829
|
deforce |
DEFORCE, v.t. To disseize and keep out of lawful possession of an estate; to withhold the ... |
14830
|
deforced |
DEFORCED, pp. Kept out of lawful possession. |
14831
|
deforcement |
DEFORCEMENT, n. 1. The holding of lands or tenements to which another person has a right; a ... |
14832
|
deforciant |
DEFORCIANT, n. He that keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate; he against whom a ... |
14833
|
deforcing |
DEFORCING, ppr. Keeping out of lawful possession. |
14834
|
deform |
DEFORM, v.t. [L. Form.]1. To mar or injure the form; to alter that form or disposition of parts ... |
14835
|
deformation |
DEFORMATION, n. A disfiguring or defacing. |
14836
|
deformed |
DEFORMED, pp. 1. Injured in the form; disfigured; distorted; ugly; wanting natural beauty, or ... |
14837
|
deformedly |
DEFORMEDLY, adv. In an ugly manner. |
14838
|
deformedness |
DEFORMEDNESS, n. Ugliness; a disagreeable or unnatural form. |
14839
|
deformer |
DEFORMER, n. One who deforms. |
14840
|
deforming |
DEFORMING, ppr. Marring the natural form or figure; rendering ugly or disppleasing; destroying ... |
14841
|
deformity |
DEFORMITY, n.1. Any unnatural state of the shape or form; want of that uniformity or symmetry ... |
14842
|
deforser |
DEFORSER, n. One that casts out by force. |
14843
|
defraud |
DEFRAUD, v.t. [L. To cheat.] 1. To deprive of right, either by obtaining something by deception ... |
14844
|
defrauded |
DEFRAUDED, pp. Deprived of property or right by trick, artifice or deception; injured by the ... |
14845
|
defrauder |
DEFRAUDER, n. One who defrauds; one who takes from another his right by deception, or withholds ... |
14846
|
defrauding |
DEFRAUDING, ppr. Depriving another of his property or right by deception or artifice; injuring by ... |
14847
|
defraudment |
DEFRAUDMENT, n. Tha act of defrauding. |
14848
|
defray |
DEFRAY, v.t.1. To pay; to discharge, as cost or expense; to bear, as charge, cost or expense. It ... |
14849
|
defrayed |
DEFRAYED, pp. Paid; discharged; as expense, or cost. |
14850
|
defrayer |
DEFRAYER, n. One who pays or discharges expenses. |
14851
|
defraying |
DEFRAYING, ppr. Paying; discharging. |
14852
|
defrayment |
DEFRAYMENT, n. Payment. |
14853
|
deft |
DEFT, a. Neat; handsome; spruce; ready; dextrous; fit; convenient. |
14854
|
deftly |
DEFTLY, adv. Neatly; dextrously; in a skilful manner. |
14855
|
deftness |
DEFTNESS, n. Neatness; beauty. |
14856
|
defunct |
DEFUNCT, a. [L. To perform and discharge.] Having finished the course of life; dead; ... |
14857
|
defunction |
DEFUNCTION, n. Death. |
14858
|
defy |
DEFY, v.t.1. To dare; to provoke to combat or strife, by appealing to the courage of another; to ... |
14859
|
defyer |
DEFYER, [See defier.] |
14860
|
degarnish |
DEGARNISH, v.t.1. To unfurnish; to strip of furniture, ornaments or apparatus.2. To deprive of a ... |
14861
|
degarnished |
DEGARNISHED, pp. Stripped of furniture or apparatus; deprived of troops for defense. |
14862
|
degarnishing |
DEGARNISHING, ppr. Stripping of furniture, dress, apparatus or a garrison. |
14863
|
degarnishment |
DEGARNISHMENT, n. The act of depriving of furniture, apparatus or a garrison. |
14864
|
degender |
DEGENDER, v.i. To degenerate. |
14865
|
degeneracy |
DEGENERACY, n.1. A growing worse or inferior; a decline in good qualities; or a state of being ... |
14866
|
degenerate |
DEGENERATE, v.i. [L. Grown worse, ignoble, base.]1. To become worse; to decay in good qualities; ... |
14867
|
degenerately |
DEGENERATELY, adv. In a degenerate or base manner. |
14868
|
degenerateness |
DEGENERATENESS, n. A degenerate state; a state in which the natural good qualities of the species ... |
14869
|
degeneration |
DEGENERATION, n. 1. A growing worse, or losing of good qualities; a decline from the virtue and ... |
14870
|
degenerous |
DEGENEROUS, a.1. Degenerated; fallen from a state of excellence, or from the virtue and merit of ... |
14871
|
degenerously |
DEGENEROUSLY, adv. In a degenerous manner; basely; meanly. |
14872
|
deglutinate |
DEGLUTINATE,, v.t. [L. To glue.] To unglue; to loosen or separate substances glued together. |
14873
|
deglutition |
DEGLUTITION, n. [L. To swallow.]1. The act of swallowing; as, deglutition is difficult.2. The ... |
14874
|
degradation |
DEGRADATION, n.1. A reducing in rank; the act of depriving one of a degree of honor, of dignity, ... |
14875
|
degrade |
DEGRADE, v.t. [L. A step, a degree.]1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to ... |
14876
|
degraded |
DEGRADED, pp. Reduced in rank; deprived of an office or dignity; lowered; sunk; reduced in ... |
14877
|
degradement |
DEGRADEMENT, n. Deprivation of rank or office. |
14878
|
degrading |
DEGRADING, ppr.1. Reducing in rank; depriving of honors or offices; reducing in value or ... |
14879
|
degradingly |
DEGRADINGLY, adv. In a degrading manner, or in a way to depreciate. |
14880
|
degree |
DEGREE, n.1. A step; a distinct portion of space of indefinite extent; a space in progression; as, ... |
14881
|
degustation |
DEGUSTATION, n. A tasting. |
14882
|
dehiscence |
DEHISCENCE, n. [L. To gape.] A gaping. In botany, the opening of capsules; the season when ... |
14883
|
dehiscent |
DEHISCENT, a. Opening, as the capsule of a plant. |
14884
|
dehort |
DEHORT, v.t. [L. To dissuade; to advise.] To dissuade; to advise to the contrary; to counsel not ... |
14885
|
dehortation |
DEHORTATION, n. Dissuasion; advice or counsel against something. |
14886
|
dehortatory |
DEHORTATORY, a. Dissuading; belonging to dissuasion |
14887
|
dehorter |
DEHORTER, n. A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. |
14888
|
dehorting |
DEHORTING, ppr. Dissuading. |
14889
|
deicide |
DEICIDE, n. [L. God and to slay.]1. The act of putting to death Jesus Christ, our Savior.2. One ... |
14890
|
deific |
DEIFIC, a. [L. To make.]1. Divine; pertaining to the gods.2. Making divine. |
14891
|
deification |
DEIFICATION, n. The act of deifying; the act of exalting to the rank of, or enrolling among the ... |
14892
|
deified |
DEIFIED, pp. Exalted or ranked among the gods; regarded or praised as divine. |
14893
|
deifier |
DEIFIER, n. One that deifies. |
14894
|
deiform |
DEIFORM, a. [L. A god, and form.] Like a god; of a godlike form.These souls exhibit a deiform ... |
14895
|
deify |
DEIFY, v.t. [L. A god, and to make.]1. To make a god; to exalt to the rank of a heathen deity; to ... |
14896
|
deifying |
DEIFYING, ppr. Exalting to the rank of a deity; treating as divine. |
14897
|
deign |
DEIGN, v.i. Dane. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend.O deign to visit our foraken ... |
14898
|
deigning |
DEIGNING, ppr. Daning. Vouchsafing; thinking worthy. |
14899
|
deintgrate |
DEINTGRATE, v.t. To disintegrate. |
14900
|
deiparous |
DEIPAROUS, a. Bearing or bringing forth a god; an epithet applied the Virgin Mary. |
14901
|
deipnosophist |
DEIPNOSOPHIST, n. [Gr. A feast; a sophist.] One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who were famous ... |
14902
|
deism |
DEISM, n. [L. God.] The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of religious opinions ... |
14903
|
deist |
DEIST, n. One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion, but follows ... |
14904
|
deistic |
DEISTIC, |
14905
|
deistical |
DEISTICAL, a. Pertaining to deism or to deists; embracing deism, as a deistical writer; or ... |
14906
|
deity |
DEITY, n.1. Godhead; divinity; the nature and essence of the Supreme Being; as, the deity of the ... |
14907
|
deject |
DEJECT, v.t. [L. To throw.]1. To cast down; usually, to cast down the countenance; to cause to ... |
14908
|
dejected |
DEJECTED, pp. Cast down; depressed; grieved; discouraged. |
14909
|
dejectedly |
DEJECTEDLY, adv. In a dejected manner; sadly; heavily. |
14910
|
dejectedness |
DEJECTEDNESS, n. The state being cast down; lowness of spirits. |
14911
|
dejecting |
DEJECTING, ppr. Casting down; depressing; dispiriting. |
14912
|
dejection |
DEJECTION, n. 1. A casting down; depression of mind; melancholy; lowness of spirits, occasioned ... |
14913
|
dejectly |
DEJECTLY, adv. In a downcast manner. |
14914
|
dejectory |
DEJECTORY, a. Having power or tending to cast down, or to promote evacuations by stool. |
14915
|
dejecture |
DEJECTURE, n. That which is ejected; excrements. |
14916
|
delacrymation |
DELACRYMATION, n. [L. A weeping.] A preternatural discharge of watery humors from the eyes; ... |
14917
|
delactable |
DELACTABLE, a. [L. To delight.] Delightful; highly pleasing; that gives great joy or pleasure; as ... |
14918
|
delactation |
DELACTATION, n. A weaning. |
14919
|
delapsation |
DELAPSATION, n. A falling down. |
14920
|
delapse |
DELAPSE, v.i. [L. To slide. ] To fall or slide down. |
14921
|
delapsed |
DELAPSED, pp. Fallen down. |
14922
|
delapsion |
DELAPSION, n. A falling down of the uterus, anus, &c. |
14923
|
delate |
DELATE, v.t. [L. To bear.] 1. To carry; to convey.2. To accuse; to inform against; that is, to ... |
14924
|
delation |
DELATION, n.1. Carriage; conveyance; as the delation of sound.2. To accuse; to inform against; ... |
14925
|
delator |
DELATOR, n. An accuser; an informer. |
14926
|
delay |
DELAY, v.t.1. To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.My lord delayeth ... |
14927
|
delayed |
DELAYED, pp. Deferred; detained; hindered for a time; retarded. |
14928
|
delayer |
DELAYER, n. One who defers; one who lingers. |
14929
|
delaying |
DELAYING, ppr. Putting off; deferring; procrastinating; retarding; detaining. |
14930
|
delayment |
DELAYMENT, n. Hinderance. |
14931
|
dele |
DELE, v.t. Blot out; erase. |
14932
|
deleble |
DELEBLE, a. That can be blotted out. |
14933
|
delectableness |
DELECTABLENESS, n. Delightfulness. |
14934
|
delectably |
DELECTABLY, adv. Delightfully. |
14935
|
delectation |
DELECTATION, n. Great pleasure; delight. |
14936
|
delegacy |
DELEGACY, n. A number of persons delegated. |
14937
|
delegate |
DELEGATE, v.t. [L. To send.]1. To send away; appropriately, to send on an embassy; to send with ... |
14938
|
delegated |
DELEGATED, pp. Deputed; sent with a trust or commission to act for another; appointed a judge; ... |
14939
|
delegating |
DELEGATING, ppr. Deputing; sending with a commission to act for another; appointing; committing; ... |
14940
|
delegation |
DELEGATION, n.1. A sending away; the act of putting in commission, or investing with authority to ... |
14941
|
delete |
DELETE, v.t. To blot out. |
14942
|
deleterious |
DELETERIOUS, a. [L. To blot out or destroy.] 1. Having the quality of destroying, or ... |
14943
|
deletery |
DELETERY, a. Destructive; poisonous. |
14944
|
deletion |
DELETION, n. [L. To blot out.]1. The act of blotting out or erasing.2. Destruction. |
14945
|
deletory |
DELETORY, n. That which blots out. |
14946
|
delf |
DELF, n. 1. A mine; a quarry; a pit dug.2. Earthern ware, covered with enamel or white glazing ... |
14947
|
delibate |
DELIBATE, v.t. [L. To taste.] To taste; to take a sip. |
14948
|
delibation |
DELIBATION, n. A taste; an essay. |
14949
|
deliberate |
DELIBERATE, v.i. [L. To weigh.] To weigh in the mind; to consider and examine the reasons for and ... |
14950
|
deliberately |
DELIBERATELY, adv. With careful consideration, or deliberation;circumspectly; not hastily or ... |
14951
|
deliberateness |
DELIBERATENESS, n. Calm consideration; circumspection; due attention to the arguments for and ... |
14952
|
deliberation |
DELIBERATION, 1. The act of deliberating; the act of weighing and examining the reasons for and ... |
14953
|
deliberative |
DELIBERATIVE, a.1. Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by mutual ... |
14954
|
deliberatively |
DELIBERATIVELY, adv. By deliberation. |
14955
|
delicacy |
DELICACY, n. In a general sense, that which delights or pleases. Hence,1. Fineness of texture; ... |
14956
|
delicate |
DELICATE, a. [L. Connected with delight; to delight.]1. Of a fine texture; fine; soft; smooth; ... |
14957
|
delicately |
DELICATELY, adv. 1. In a delicate manner; with nice regard to propriety and the feelings of ... |
14958
|
delicateness |
DELICATENESS, n. The state of being delicate; tenderness; softness; effeminacy. Deut. 28. |
14959
|
delicious |
DELICIOUS, a.1. Highly pleasing to the taste; most sweet or grateful to the senses; affording ... |
14960
|
deliciously |
DELICIOUSLY, adv. In a delicious manner; in a manner to please the taste or gratify the mind; ... |
14961
|
deliciousness |
DELICIOUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of being delicious, or very grateful to the taste or mind; as ... |
14962
|
deligation |
DELIGATION, n. [L. To bind.] In surgery, a binding up; a bandaging. |
14963
|
delight |
DELIGHT, n.1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.His delight is in the law of ... |
14964
|
delighted |
DELIGHTED, pp. 1. Greatly pleased; rejoiced; followed by with.That ye may be delighted with the ... |
14965
|
delighter |
DELIGHTER, n. One who takes delight. |
14966
|
delightful |
DELIGHTFUL, a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction; as a delightful ... |
14967
|
delightfully |
DELIGHTFULLY, adv.1. In a manner to receive great pleasure; very agreeable; as, we were ... |
14968
|
delightfulness |
DELIGHTFULNESS, n.1. The quality of being delightful, or of affording great pleasure; as the ... |
14969
|
delightless |
DELIGHTLESS, a. Affording no pleasure or delight. |
14970
|
delightsome |
DELIGHTSOME, a. Very pleasing; delightful. |
14971
|
delightsomely |
DELIGHTSOMELY, adv. Very pleasantly; in a delightful manner. |
14972
|
delightsomeness |
DELIGHTSOMENESS, n. Delightfulness; pleasantness in a high degree. |
14973
|
delineament |
DELINEAMENT, n. Representation by delineation. |
14974
|
delineate |
DELINEATE, v.t. [L. A line.]1. To draw the lines which exhibit the form of a thing; to mark out ... |
14975
|
delineated |
DELINEATED, pp. Drawn; marked with lines exhibiting the form or figure; sketched; designed; ... |
14976
|
delineating |
DELINEATING, ppr. Drawing the form; sketching; painting; describing. |
14977
|
delineation |
DELINEATION, n. 1. First draught of a thing; outline; representation of a form or figure by ... |
14978
|
delineature |
DELINEATURE, n. Delineation. |
14979
|
deliniment |
DELINIMENT, n. Mitigation. |
14980
|
delinquency |
DELINQUENCY, n. [L. To fail or omit duty; to leave.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a ... |
14981
|
delinquent |
DELINQUENT, a. Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.DELINQUENT, n. One who fails to ... |
14982
|
deliquate |
DELIQUATE, v.t. or I. [L. To melt.] To melt or be dissolved. |
14983
|
deliquation |
DELIQUATION, n. A melting. |
14984
|
deliquesce |
DELIQUESCE, v.i. [L. To melt; to melt or become soft.] To melt gradually and become liquid by ... |
14985
|
deliquescence |
DELIQUESCENCE, n. Spontaneous liquefaction in the air; a gradual melting or becoming liquid by ... |
14986
|
deliquescent |
DELIQUESCENT, a. Liquefying in the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and ... |
14987
|
deliquiate |
DELIQUIATE, v.i. To melt and become liquid by imbibing water from the air. |
14988
|
deliquiation |
DELIQUIATION, n. A melting by attracting water from the air. |
14989
|
deliquium |
DELIQUIUM, n. 1. In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place.2. A ... |
14990
|
delirament |
DELIRAMENT, n. A wandering of the mind; foolish fancy. |
14991
|
delirious |
DELIRIOUS, a. Roving in mind; light-headed; disordered in intellect; having ideas that are wild, ... |
14992
|
deliriousness |
DELIRIOUSNESS, n. The state of being delirious; delirium. |
14993
|
delirium |
DELIRIUM, n. [L. To wander in mind, to rave; to make balks in plowing, that is, to err, wander, ... |
14994
|
delitescence |
DELITESCENCE, n. Retirement; obscurity. |
14995
|
deliver |
DELIVER, v.t. [L. Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.]1. To free; to release, as from restraint; to ... |
14996
|
deliverable |
DELIVERABLE, a. That may be or is to be delivered.A bill of lading may state that the goods are ... |
14997
|
deliverance |
DELIVERANCE, n.1. Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint.He hath sent me to ... |
14998
|
delivered |
DELIVERED, pp. Freed; released; transferred or transmitted; passed from one to another; committed; ... |
14999
|
deliverer |
DELIVERER, n.1. One who delivers; one who releases or rescues; a preserver.The Lord raised up a ... |
15000
|
delivering |
DELIVERING, ppr. Releasing; setting free; rescuing; saving; surrendering; giving over; yielding; ... |
15001
|
delivery |
DELIVERY, n.1. The act of delivering.2. Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression ... |
15002
|
dell |
DELL, n. A pit, or a hollow place; a cavity or narrow opening. |
15003
|
delph |
DELPH, [See Delf. No. 2.] |
15004
|
delphia |
DELPHIA or DELPHINIA, n. A vegetable alkali lately discovered in the Delphinium staphysagria. It ... |
15005
|
delphian |
DELPHIAN or DELPHIC, a. Relating to Delphi, and to the celebrated oracle of that place. |
15006
|
delphine |
DELPHINE, a.1. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.2. Pertaining to the dauphin of ... |
15007
|
delphinite |
DELPHINITE, n. A mineral called also pistacite and epidote. |
15008
|
deltoid |
DELTOID, n.1. Triangular; an epithet applied to a muscle of the shoulder which moves the arm ... |
15009
|
deludable |
DELUDABLE, a. That may be deluded or deceived; liable to be imposed on. |
15010
|
delude |
DELUDE, v.t.1. To deceive; to impose on; to lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or ... |
15011
|
deluded |
DELUDED, pp. Deceived; misled; led into error. |
15012
|
deluder |
DELUDER, n. One who deceives; a deceiver; an imposter; one who holds out false pretenses. |
15013
|
deluding |
DELUDING, ppr. Deceiving; leading astray; misleading the opinion or judgment.DELUDING, n. The act ... |
15014
|
deluge |
DELUGE, n. [L. To wash.]1. Any overflowing of water; an inundation; a flood; a swell of water ... |
15015
|
deluged |
DELUGED, pp. Overflowed; inundated; overwhelmed. |
15016
|
deluging |
DELUGING, ppr. Overflowing; inundating; overwhelming. |
15017
|
delusion |
DELUSION, n. S as z.1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. We are all ... |
15018
|
delusive |
DELUSIVE, a. Apt to deceive; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; as delusive arts; ... |
15019
|
delusiveness |
DELUSIVENESS, n. The quality of being delusive; tendency to deceive. |
15020
|
delusory |
DELUSORY, a. Apt to deceive; deceptive. |
15021
|
delve |
DELVE, v.t. Delv. [L. A mole, perhaps the delver.]1. To dig; to open the ground with a ... |
15022
|
delver |
DELVER, n. One who digs, as with a spade. |
15023
|
delving |
DELVING, ppr. Digging. |
15024
|
demagogue |
DEMAGOGUE, n. Demagog. [Gr. The populas, and to lead.]1. A leader of the people; an orator who ... |
15025
|
demain |
DEMAIN, n. 1. A manor-house and the land adjacent or near, which a lord keeps in his own hands or ... |
15026
|
demand |
DEMAND, v.t. [L. To command; to send; hence, to commit or entrust. To ask is to press or urge.]1. ... |
15027
|
demandable |
DEMANDABLE, a. That may be demanded, claimed, asked for, or required; as, payment is demandable at ... |
15028
|
demandant |
DEMANDANT, n. One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. |
15029
|
demanded |
DEMANDED, pp. Called for; claimed; challenged as due; requested; required; interrogated. |
15030
|
demander |
DEMANDER, n. One who demands; one who requires with authority; one who claims as due; one who ... |
15031
|
demanding |
DEMANDING, ppr. Claiming or calling for as due, or by authority; requiring; asking; pursuing a ... |
15032
|
demandress |
DEMANDRESS, n. A female demandant. |
15033
|
demarch |
DEMARCH, n. March; walk; gait. |
15034
|
demarkation |
DEMARKATION, n.1. The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit.2. A limit or bound ... |
15035
|
demean |
DEMEAN, v.t.1. To behave; to carry; to conduct; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, it is our duty to ... |
15036
|
demeanor |
DEMEANOR, n. Behavior; carriage; deportment; as decent demeanor; sad demeanor. |
15037
|
demeanure |
DEMEANURE, n. Behavior. |
15038
|
demency |
DEMENCY, n. Madness. |
15039
|
dementate |
DEMENTATE, a. Mad; infatuated.DEMENTATE, v.t. To make mad. |
15040
|
dementation |
DEMENTATION, n. The act of making frantic. |
15041
|
demephitization |
DEMEPHITIZATION, n. The act of purifying from mephitic or foul air. |
15042
|
demephitize |
DEMEPHITIZE, v.t. To purify from foul unwholesome air. |
15043
|
demephitized |
DEMEPHITIZED, pp. Purified; freed from foul air. |
15044
|
demephitizing |
DEMEPHITIZING, ppr. Purifying from foul air. |
15045
|
demerit |
DEMERIT, n. [ L. To earn or deserve.]1. That which deserves punishment, the opposite of merit; an ... |
15046
|
demersed |
DEMERSED, a. Plunged; situated or growing under water. |
15047
|
demersion |
DEMERSION, n. [L. To plunge or drown.]1. A plunging into a fluid; a drowning.2. The state of ... |
15048
|
demesne |
DEMESNE, [See Demain.] |
15049
|
demi |
DEMI, a prefix, Fr. Demi, from the L. Dimidium, signifies half. It is used only in composition. |
15050
|
demi-brigade |
DEMI-BRIGADE, n. A half-brigade. |
15051
|
demi-cadence |
DEMI-CADENCE, n. In music, an imperfect cadence, or one that falls on any other than the key note. |
15052
|
demi-cannon |
DEMI-CANNON, n. A cannon of different sizes; the lowest carries a ball of thirty pounds weight, ... |
15053
|
demi-cross |
DEMI-CROSS, n. An instrument for taking the altitude of the sun and stars. |
15054
|
demi-culverin |
DEMI-CULVERIN, n. A large gun, or piece of ordnance; the least is ten feet long, and carries a ... |
15055
|
demi-devil |
DEMI-DEVIL, n. Half a devil. |
15056
|
demi-distance |
DEMI-DISTANCE, n. In fortification, the distance between the outward polygons and the flank. |
15057
|
demi-ditone |
DEMI-DITONE, n. In music, a minor third. |
15058
|
demi-god |
DEMI-GOD, n. Half a god; one partaking of the divine nature; a fabulous hero, produced by the ... |
15059
|
demi-gorge |
DEMI-GORGE, n. In fortification, that part of the polygon which remains after the flank is raised, ... |
15060
|
demi-groat |
DEMI-GROAT, n. A half-groat. |
15061
|
demi-lance |
DEMI-LANCE, n. A light lance; a short spear; a half-pike. |
15062
|
demi-lune |
DEMI-LUNE, n. A half-moon. |
15063
|
demi-man |
DEMI-MAN, n. Half a man; a term of reproach. |
15064
|
demi-natured |
DEMI-NATURED, a. Having half the nature of another animal. |
15065
|
demi-premises |
DEMI-PREMISES, n. Plu. Half-premises. |
15066
|
demi-quaver |
DEMI-QUAVER, n. A note in music, of half the length of the quaver. |
15067
|
demi-semi-quaver |
DEMI-SEMI-QUAVER, n. The shortest note in music, two of which are equal to a semi-quaver. |
15068
|
demi-tone |
DEMI-TONE, n. In music, an interval of half a tone; a semi-tone. |
15069
|
demi-vill |
DEMI-VILL, n. A half-vill, consisting of five freemen or frank pledges. |
15070
|
demi-volt |
DEMI-VOLT, n. One of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in ... |
15071
|
demi-wolf |
DEMI-WOLF, n. Half a wolf; a mongrel dog between a dog and a wolf; lycisca. |
15072
|
demigrate |
DEMIGRATE or DEMIGRATION, [Not used. See Migrate.] |
15073
|
demirep |
DEMIREP, n. A woman of suspicious chastity. [Demi-reputation.] |
15074
|
demisable |
DEMISABLE, a. S sa z. That may be leased; as an estate demisable by copy of court roll. |
15075
|
demise |
DEMISE, n. S as z. [L. Literally, a laying down, or sending from; a removing.]1. In England, a ... |
15076
|
demission |
DEMISSION, n. A lowering; degradation; depression. |
15077
|
demissive |
DEMISSIVE or DEMISS, a. Humble. |
15078
|
demissly |
DEMISSLY, adv. In a humble manner. |
15079
|
demit |
DEMIT, v.t. To let fall; to depress; to submit. |
15080
|
demiurge |
DEMIURGE, n. [Gr., a public servant, and work.] In the mythology of Eastern Philosophers, an eon ... |
15081
|
demiurgic |
DEMIURGIC, a. Pertaining to a demiurge, or to creative power. |
15082
|
democracy |
DEMOCRACY, n. [Gr. People, and to possess, to govern.] Government by the people; a form of ... |
15083
|
democrat |
DEMOCRAT, n. One who adheres to a government by the people, or favors the extension of the right ... |
15084
|
democratic |
DEMOCRATIC, |
15085
|
democratical |
DEMOCRATICAL, a. Popular; pertaining to democracy or government by the people; as a democratical ... |
15086
|
democratically |
DEMOCRATICALLY, adv. In a democratical manner. |
15087
|
demolish |
DEMOLISH, v.t. [L. To build.] To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy, as a heap or structure; ... |
15088
|
demolished |
DEMOLISHED, pp. Pulled down; thrown down; razed; destroyed, as a fabric or structure. |
15089
|
demolisher |
DEMOLISHER, n. One who pulls or throws down; one who destroys or lays waste; as a demolisher of ... |
15090
|
demolishing |
DEMOLISHING, ppr. Pulling or throwing down; destroying. |
15091
|
demolishment |
DEMOLISHMENT, n. Ruin; overthrow. |
15092
|
demolition |
DEMOLITION, n. The act of overthrowing, pulling down or destroying a pile or structure; ruin; ... |
15093
|
demon |
DEMON, n. A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and the celestial ... |
15094
|
demoness |
DEMONESS, n. A female demon. |
15095
|
demoniac |
DEMONIAC or DEMONIACAL or DEMONIAN, a. 1. Pertaining to demons or evil spirits.2. Influenced by ... |
15096
|
demoniacs |
DEMONIACS, n. In church history, a branch of the Anabaptists, whose distinguishing tenet is, that ... |
15097
|
demonocracy |
DEMONOCRACY, n. [Gr. Demon and to hold.] The power or government of demons. |
15098
|
demonolatry |
DEMONOLATRY, n. [Gr. Demon and worship.] The worship of demons, or of evil spirits. |
15099
|
demonology |
DEMONOLOGY, n. [Gr. Demon and discourse.] A discourse on demons; a treatise on evil spirits. So ... |
15100
|
demonomist |
DEMONOMIST, n. [Gr. Demon and law.] One that lives in subjection to the devil, or to evil spirits. |
15101
|
demonomy |
DEMONOMY, n. The dominion of demons, or of evil spirits. |
15102
|
demonship |
DEMONSHIP, n. The state of a demon. |
15103
|
demonstrable |
DEMONSTRABLE, a. That may be demonstrated; that may be proved beyond doubt or contradiction; ... |
15104
|
demonstrableness |
DEMONSTRABLENESS, n. The quality of being demonstrable. |
15105
|
demonstrably |
DEMONSTRABLY, adv. In a manner to preclude doubt; beyond the possibility of contradiction. |
15106
|
demonstrate |
DEMONSTRATE, v.t. [L. To show.]1. To show or prove to be certain; to prove beyond the possibility ... |
15107
|
demonstrated |
DEMONSTRATED, pp. Proved beyond the possibility of doubt; rendered certain to the mind. |
15108
|
demonstrating |
DEMONSTRATING, ppr. Proving to be certain; evincing beyond the possibility of doubt. |
15109
|
demonstration |
DEMONSTRATION, n.1. The act of demonstrating, or of exhibiting certain proof.2. The highest ... |
15110
|
demonstrative |
DEMONSTRATIVE, a. 1. Showing or proving by certain evidence; having the power of demonstration; ... |
15111
|
demonstratively |
DEMONSTRATIVELY, adv. With certain evidence; with proof which cannot be questioned; certainly; ... |
15112
|
demonstrator |
DEMONSTRATOR, n. 1. One who demonstrates; one who proves any thing with certainty, or with ... |
15113
|
demonstratory |
DEMONSTRATORY, a. Tending to demonstrate; having a tendency to prove beyond a possibility of ... |
15114
|
demoralization |
DEMORALIZATION, n. The act of subverting or corrupting morals; destruction of moral principles. |
15115
|
demoralize |
DEMORALIZE, v.t. To corrupt or undermine the morals of ; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral ... |
15116
|
demoralized |
DEMORALIZED, pp. Corrupted in morals. |
15117
|
demoralizing |
DEMORALIZING, ppr. 1. Corrupting or destroying morals or moral principles.2. A. Tending to ... |
15118
|
demulce |
DEMULCE, v.t. Demuls. To sooth; to soften or pacify. |
15119
|
demulcent |
DEMULCENT, a. [L. To stroke, to soften; allied perhaps to mollis, mellow.] Softening; mollifying; ... |
15120
|
demur |
DEMUR, v.i. [L. To stay or delay.]1. To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to ... |
15121
|
demure |
DEMURE, a. Sober; grave; modest; downcast; as a demure countenance; a demure abasing of the ... |
15122
|
demurely |
DEMURELY, adv. With grave, solemn countenance; with a fixed look; with a solemn gravity.Esops ... |
15123
|
demureness |
DEMURENESS, n. Gravity of countenance; soberness; a modest look. |
15124
|
demurrage |
DEMURRAGE, n. An allowance made to the master of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port ... |
15125
|
demurrer |
DEMURRER, n.1. One who demure.2. In law, a stop at some point in the pleadings, and a resting of ... |
15126
|
demurring |
DEMURRING, ppr. Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a ... |
15127
|
demy |
DEMY,1. A particular size of paper; a kind of paper of small size.2. A half fellow at Magdalen ... |
15128
|
den |
DEN, n.1. A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous ... |
15129
|
denarcotize |
DENARCOTIZE, v.t. [de and narcotic.] To deprive of the narcotic principle or quality; as, to ... |
15130
|
denary |
DENARY, a. Containing ten.DENARY, n. The number ten. |
15131
|
denationalize |
DENATIONALIZE, v.t. To divest of national character or rights, by transferrence to the service of ... |
15132
|
denay |
DENAY, n. Denial; refusal.DENAY, v.t. To deny. |
15133
|
dendrachate |
DENDRACHATE, n. [Gr. A tree, and agate.] Arborescent agate; agate containing the figures of shrubs ... |
15134
|
dendrite |
DENDRITE, n. [Gr. A tree.] A stone or mineral on or in which are the figures of shrubs or trees; ... |
15135
|
dendritic |
DENDRITIC, |
15136
|
dendritical |
DENDRITICAL, a. Containing the figures of shrubs or trees. |
15137
|
dendroid |
DENDROID, a. [Gr. A tree, and form.] Resembling a shrub. |
15138
|
dendroit |
DENDROIT, n. A fossil which has some resemblance in form to the branch of a tree. |
15139
|
dendrolite |
DENDROLITE, n. [Gr. A tree and a stone.] A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. |
15140
|
dendrology |
DENDROLOGY, n. [Gr. A tree and a discourse.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural ... |
15141
|
dendrometer |
DENDROMETER, n. [Gr. Tree and to measure.] An instrument to measure the highth and diameter of ... |
15142
|
denegate |
DENEGATE, v.t. To deny. |
15143
|
denegation |
DENEGATION, n. Denial. |
15144
|
deniable |
DENIABLE, a. That may be denied, or contradicted. |
15145
|
denial |
DENIAL, n.1. An affirmation to the contrary; an assertion that a declaration or fact stated is not ... |
15146
|
denier |
DENIER, n. One who denies, or contradicts; one who refuses or rejects; a disowner; one who does ... |
15147
|
denigrate |
DENIGRATE, v.t. [L. Black.] To blacken; to make black. |
15148
|
denigration |
DENIGRATION, n. The act of making black; a blackening. |
15149
|
denitration |
DENITRATION, n. A disengaging of nitric acid. |
15150
|
denization |
DENIZATION, n. The act of making one a denizen, subject or citizen. This in England is done by ... |
15151
|
denizen |
DENIZEN, n. 1. In England, an alien who is made a subject by the kings letters patent, holding a ... |
15152
|
denomiinable |
DENOMIINABLE, a. That may be denominated, or named. |
15153
|
denominate |
DENOMINATE, v.t. [L. To name.] To name; to give a name or epithet to; as, a race of intelligent ... |
15154
|
denominated |
DENOMINATED, pp. Named; called. |
15155
|
denominating |
DENOMINATING, ppr. Naming. |
15156
|
denomination |
DENOMINATION, n.1. The act of naming.2. A name or appellation; a vocal sound, customarily used to ... |
15157
|
denominative |
DENOMINATIVE, a. That gives a name; that confers a distinct appellation. |
15158
|
denominator |
DENOMINATOR, n. 1. He that gives a name.2. In arithmetic, that number placed below the line in ... |
15159
|
denotable |
DENOTABLE, a. That may be denoted or marked. |
15160
|
denotation |
DENOTATION, n. The act of denoting. |
15161
|
denotative |
DENOTATIVE, a. Having power to denote. |
15162
|
denote |
DENOTE, v.t. [L. To note or mark.]1. To mark; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; to ... |
15163
|
denoted |
DENOTED, pp. Marked; signified, indicated. |
15164
|
denotement |
DENOTEMENT, n. Sign; indication. |
15165
|
denoting |
DENOTING, ppr. Marking; expressing; indicating. |
15166
|
denouement |
DENOUEMENT, n. The unraveling or discovery of a plot. |
15167
|
denounce |
DENOUNCE, v.t. [L. To tell, or declare.]1. To declare solemnly; to proclaim in a threatening ... |
15168
|
denounced |
DENOUNCED, pp. 1. Threatened by open declaration; as, punishment is denounced against the ... |
15169
|
denouncement |
DENOUNCEMENT, n. The declaration of a menace, or of evil; denunciation. |
15170
|
denouncer |
DENOUNCER, n. One who denounces, or declares a menace.Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. |
15171
|
denouncing |
DENOUNCING, ppr. Declaring, as a threat; threatening; accusing. |
15172
|
dense |
DENSE, a.1. Close; compact; having its constituent parts closely united; applied to solids or ... |
15173
|
denseness |
DENSENESS, n. The same as density. |
15174
|
density |
DENSITY, n. 1. Closeness of constituent parts; compactness. Density is opposed to rarity; and in ... |
15175
|
dent |
DENT, n.1. Literally, a tooth or projecting point. But it is used to express a gap or notch, or ... |
15176
|
dental |
DENTAL, a. Pertaining to the teeth. In grammar, formed or pronounced by the teeth, with the aid ... |
15177
|
dentalite |
DENTALITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus Dentalium. |
15178
|
dentate |
DENTATE, |
15179
|
dentated |
DENTATED, a. Toothed; notched.In botany, a dentated root is one that consists of a concatenation ... |
15180
|
dentato-sinuate |
DENTATO-SINUATE, a. Having points like teeth with hollows about the edge. |
15181
|
dented |
DENTED, a. Indented; impressed with little hollows. |
15182
|
dentelli |
DENTELLI, n. Modillions. |
15183
|
denticle |
DENTICLE, n. A small tooth or projecting point. |
15184
|
denticulate |
DENTICULATE, |
15185
|
denticulated |
DENTICULATED, a. [L. A tooth.] Having small teeth or notches; as a denticulate leaf, calyx or ... |
15186
|
denticulation |
DENTICULATION, n. The state of being set with small teeth, or prominences or points, resembling ... |
15187
|
dentiform |
DENTIFORM, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having the form of a tooth. |
15188
|
dentifrice |
DENTIFRICE, n. [L. A tooth and to rub] A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the ... |
15189
|
dentil |
DENTIL, n. [L. A tooth.] In architecture, an ornament in cornices bearing some resemblance to ... |
15190
|
dentist |
DENTIST, n. One whose occupation is to clean and extract teeth, or repair the loss of them. |
15191
|
dentition |
DENTITION, n. [L. To breed teeth.]1. The breeding or cutting of teeth in infancy.2. The time of ... |
15192
|
dentize |
DENTIZE, v.t. To renew the teeth, or have them renewed. |
15193
|
dentoid |
DENTOID, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having a form of teeth. |
15194
|
denudate |
DENUDATE or DENUDE, v.t. [L. To make bare; naked.] To strip; to divest of all covering; to make ... |
15195
|
denudation |
DENUDATION, n. 1. The act of stripping off covering; a making bare.2. In geology, the act of ... |
15196
|
denuded |
DENUDED, pp. Stripped; divested of covering; laid bare. |
15197
|
denuding |
DENUDING, ppr. Stripping of covering; making bare. |
15198
|
denunciate |
DENUNCIATE, v.t. To denounce, which see. |
15199
|
denunciation |
DENUNCIATION, n. 1. Publication; proclamation; annunciation; preaching; as a faithful ... |
15200
|
denunciator |
DENUNCIATOR, n. 1. He that denounces; one who publishes or proclaims, especially intended evil; ... |
15201
|
deny |
DENY, v.t.1. To contradict; to gainsay; to declare a statement or position not to be true. We ... |
15202
|
deobstruct |
DEOBSTRUCT, v.t. [L. To stop; to pile.]To remove obstructions, or impediments to a passage; to ... |
15203
|
deobstructed |
DEOBSTRUCTED, pp. Cleared of obstructions; opened. |
15204
|
deobstructing |
DEOBSTRUCTING, ppr. Removing impediments to a passage. |
15205
|
deobstruent |
DEOBSTRUENT, a. Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the ... |
15206
|
deodand |
DEODAND, n. [L. To be given to God.] In England, a personal chattel which is the immediate ... |
15207
|
deonerate |
DEONERATE, v.t. To unload. |
15208
|
deoppilate |
DEOPPILATE, v.t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage. |
15209
|
deoppilation |
DEOPPILATION, n. The removal of obstructions. |
15210
|
deoppilative |
DEOPPILATIVE, a. Deobstruent; aperient. |
15211
|
deordination |
DEORDINATION, n. Disorder. |
15212
|
deosculate |
DEOSCULATE, v.t. To kiss. |
15213
|
deosculation |
DEOSCULATION, n. A kissing. |
15214
|
deosydated |
DEOSYDATED, pp. Reduced from the state of an oxyd. |
15215
|
deoxydate |
DEOXYDATE, v.t. To deprive of oxygen, or reduce from the state of an oxyd. |
15216
|
deoxydating |
DEOXYDATING, ppr. Reducing from the state of an oxyd. |
15217
|
deoxydation |
DEOXYDATION, n. The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxyd. |
15218
|
deoxydization |
DEOXYDIZATION, n. Deoxydation. |
15219
|
deoxydize |
DEOXYDIZE, v.t. To deoxydate. |
15220
|
deoxydized |
DEOXYDIZED, pp. Deoxydated. |
15221
|
deoxydizing |
DEOXYDIZING, ppr. Deoxydating.NOTE. Deoxydate and deoxydize are synonymous; but the former is ... |
15222
|
deoxygenate |
DEOXYGENATE, v.t. To deprive of oxygen. |
15223
|
deoxygenated |
DEOXYGENATED, v.t. Deprived of oxygen. |
15224
|
deoxygenating |
DEOXYGENATING, ppr. Depriving of oxygen. |
15225
|
deoxygenation |
DEOXYGENATION, n. The act or operation of depriving of oxygen. |
15226
|
depaint |
DEPAINT, v.t. [L. To paint.]1. To paint; to picture; to represent in colors, as by painting the ... |
15227
|
depainted |
DEPAINTED, pp. Painted; represented in colors; described. |
15228
|
depainter |
DEPAINTER, n. A painter. |
15229
|
depainting |
DEPAINTING, ppr. Painting; representing in colors; describing. |
15230
|
depart |
DEPART, v.i.1. To go or move from.Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire. Matt. 25.It ... |
15231
|
departer |
DEPARTER, n. One who refines metals by separation. |
15232
|
departing |
DEPARTING, ppr. Going from; leaving; desisting; forsaking; vanishing; dying.DEPARTING, n. A going ... |
15233
|
department |
DEPARTMENT, n.1. Literally, a separation or division; hence, a separate part, or portion; a ... |
15234
|
departmental |
DEPARTMENTAL, a. Pertaining to a department, or division. |
15235
|
departure |
DEPARTURE, n.1. The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place; as a departure from ... |
15236
|
depascent |
DEPASCENT, a. [L. To feed.] Feeding. |
15237
|
depasture |
DEPASTURE, v.t. To eat up; to consume.DEPASTURE, v.i. To feed; to graze.If a man takes in a ... |
15238
|
depasturing |
DEPASTURING, ppr. Feeding; grazing; eating up. |
15239
|
depauperate |
DEPAUPERATE, v.t. [L. To beggar.] To make poor; to impoverish; to deprive of fertility or ... |
15240
|
depauperated |
DEPAUPERATED, pp. Impoverished; made poor. |
15241
|
depauperating |
DEPAUPERATING, ppr. Impoverishing; making poor. |
15242
|
depectible |
DEPECTIBLE, a. [L. To comb.] Tough; thick. |
15243
|
depeinct |
DEPEINCT, v.t. To paint. |
15244
|
depend |
DEPEND, v.i. [L. To hang.] 1. To hang; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to ... |
15245
|
dependable |
DEPENDABLE, a. That may be depended on; as dependable friendships. |
15246
|
dependence |
DEPENDENCE, |
15247
|
dependency |
DEPENDENCY, n. 1. A state of hanging down from a supporter.2. Any thing hanging down; a series ... |
15248
|
dependent |
DEPENDENT, a. 1. Hanging down; as a dependent leaf.The furs in the tails were dependent.2. ... |
15249
|
depender |
DEPENDER, n. One who depends; a dependent. |
15250
|
depending |
DEPENDING, ppr. 1. Hanging down; relying.2. A. Pending; undecided; as a suit or question. |
15251
|
deperdit |
DEPERDIT, a. That which is lost or destroyed. |
15252
|
deperdition |
DEPERDITION, n. Loss; destruction. |
15253
|
dephlegmate |
DEPHLEGMATE, v.t. [Gr. To burn.] To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or ... |
15254
|
dephlegmation |
DEPHLEGMATION, n. The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or ... |
15255
|
dephlegmedness |
DEPHLEGMEDNESS, n. A state of being freed from water. |
15256
|
dephlogisticate |
DEPHLOGISTICATE, v.t. [Gr. Burnt, inflammable.] To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed ... |
15257
|
dephlogisticated |
DEPHLOGISTICATED, pp. Deprived of phlogiston. Dephlogisticated air, is an elastic fluid capable of ... |
15258
|
depict |
DEPICT, v.t. [L. To paint.] 1. To paint; to portray; to form a likeness in colors; as, to depict ... |
15259
|
depicted |
DEPICTED, pp. Painted; represented in colors; described. |
15260
|
depicting |
DEPICTING, ppr. Painting; representing in colors, or in words. |
15261
|
depicture |
DEPICTURE, v.t. To paint; to picture; to represent in colors. |
15262
|
depilate |
DEPILATE, v.t. [L. Hair.] To strip of hair. |
15263
|
depilation |
DEPILATION, n. The act of pulling off the hair. |
15264
|
depilatory |
DEPILATORY, a. Having the quality or power to take off hair and make bald.DEPILATORY, n. Any ... |
15265
|
depilous |
DEPILOUS, a. Without hair. |
15266
|
deplantation |
DEPLANTATION, n. The act of taking up plants from beds. |
15267
|
depletion |
DEPLETION, n. [L. To fill.] The act of emptying; particularly, in the medical art, the act of ... |
15268
|
deplorable |
DEPLORABLE, a.1. That may be deplored or lamented; lamentable; that demands or causes lamentation; ... |
15269
|
deplorableness |
DEPLORABLENESS, n. The state of being deplorable; misery; wretchedness; a miserable state. |
15270
|
deplorably |
DEPLORABLY, adv. In a manner to be deplored; lamentably; miserable; as, manners are deplorably ... |
15271
|
deploration |
DEPLORATION, n. The act of lamenting. In music, a dirge or mournful strain. |
15272
|
deplore |
DEPLORE, v.t. [L. To howl; to wail.] To lament; to bewail; to mourn; to feel or express deep and ... |
15273
|
deplored |
DEPLORED, pp. Lamented; bewailed; deeply regretted. |
15274
|
deploredly |
DEPLOREDLY, adv. Lamentably. |
15275
|
deplorer |
DEPLORER, n. One who deplores, or deeply laments; a deep mourner. |
15276
|
deploring |
DEPLORING, ppr. Bewailing; deeply lamenting. |
15277
|
deploy |
DEPLOY, v.t. To display; to open; to extend; a military term.DEPLOY, v.i. To open; to extend; to ... |
15278
|
deploying |
DEPLOYING, ppr. Opening; extending; displaying. |
15279
|
deplumation |
DEPLUMATION, n. 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.2. A tumor of the eye-lids ... |
15280
|
deplume |
DEPLUME, v.t. [L. A feather.] To strip or pluck off feathers; to deprive of plumage. |
15281
|
deplumed |
DEPLUMED, pp. Stripped of feathers or plumes. |
15282
|
depluming |
DEPLUMING, ppr. Stripping off plumes or feathers. |
15283
|
depolarize |
DEPOLARIZE, v.t. To deprive of polarity. |
15284
|
depone |
DEPONE, v.t. To lay down as a pledge; to wage. |
15285
|
deponent |
DEPONENT, a.1. Laying down.2. A deponent verb, in the Latin Grammar, is a verb which has a ... |
15286
|
depopulate |
DEPOPULATE, v.t. [L. To ravage or lay waste.] To dispeople; to unpeople; to deprive of ... |
15287
|
depopulated |
DEPOPULATED, pp. Dispeopled; deprived of inhabitants. |
15288
|
depopulating |
DEPOPULATING, ppr. Dispeopling; depriving of inhabitants. |
15289
|
depopulation |
DEPOPULATION, n. The act of dispeopling; destruction or expulsion of inhabitants. |
15290
|
depopulator |
DEPOPULATOR, n. One who depopulates; one who destroys or expels the inhabitants of a city, town or ... |
15291
|
deport |
DEPORT, v.t. [L. To carry.]1. With the reciprocal pronoun, to carry; to demean; to behave.Let an ... |
15292
|
deportation |
DEPORTATION, n. Transportation; a carrying away; a removal from one country to another, or to a ... |
15293
|
deported |
DEPORTED, pp. Carried away; transported; banished. |
15294
|
deporting |
DEPORTING, ppr. Carrying away; removing to a distant place or country; transporting; banishing. |
15295
|
deportment |
DEPORTMENT, n. Carriage; manner of acting in relation to the duties of life; behavior; demeanor ; ... |
15296
|
deposable |
DEPOSABLE, a. That may be deposed, or deprived of office. |
15297
|
deposal |
DEPOSAL, n. The act of deposing, or divesting of office. |
15298
|
depose |
DEPOSE, v.t. [L. To lay or put.]1. To lay down; to throw; to let fall; as, the flood deposed fine ... |
15299
|
deposed |
DEPOSED, pp. Dethroned; degraded; testified. |
15300
|
deposer |
DEPOSER, n. One who deposes or degrades from office. |
15301
|
deposing |
DEPOSING, ppr. Dethroning; degrading; bearing witness.DEPOSING, n. The act of dethroning. |
15302
|
deposit |
DEPOSIT, v.t.1. To lay down; to lay; to throw down. A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand. A ... |
15303
|
depositary |
DEPOSITARY, n. 1. A person with whom any thing is left or lodged in trust; one to whom a thing is ... |
15304
|
depositing |
DEPOSITING, ppr. Laying down; pledging; repositing. |
15305
|
deposition |
DEPOSITION, n. 1. The act of laying or throwing down; as, soil is formed by the deposition of ... |
15306
|
depository |
DEPOSITORY, n. A place where any thing is lodged for safe-keeping. A warehouse is a depository ... |
15307
|
depositum |
DEPOSITUM, n. A deposit. |
15308
|
depot |
DEPOT. [A french word. See deposit.] |
15309
|
depravation |
DEPRAVATION, n.1. The act of making bad or worse; the act of corrupting.2. The state of being made ... |
15310
|
deprave |
DEPRAVE, v.t. [L. Crooked, perverse, wicked.]1. To make bad or worse; to impair good qualities; ... |
15311
|
depraved |
DEPRAVED, pp. 1. Made bad or worse; vitiated; tainted; corrupted.2. A. Corrupt; wicked; ... |
15312
|
depravedly |
DEPRAVEDLY, adv. In a corrupt manner. |
15313
|
depravedness |
DEPRAVEDNESS, n. Corruption; taint; a vitiated state. |
15314
|
depravement |
DEPRAVEMENT, n. A vitiated state. |
15315
|
depraver |
DEPRAVER, n. A corrupted; he who citiates; a vilifier. |
15316
|
depraving |
DEPRAVING, n. A traducing. |
15317
|
depravity |
DEPRAVITY, n.1. Corruption; a vitiated state; as the depravity of manners and morals.2. A ... |
15318
|
deprecate |
DEPRECATE, v.t. [L. To pray.]1. To pray against; to pray or intreat that a present evil may be ... |
15319
|
deprecated |
DEPRECATED, pp. Prayed against; deeply regretted. |
15320
|
deprecating |
DEPRECATING, ppr. Praying against; regretting. |
15321
|
deprecation |
DEPRECATION, n.1. A praying against; a praying that an evil may be removed or prevented.2. ... |
15322
|
deprecative |
DEPRECATIVE, a. 1. That serves to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; as ... |
15323
|
deprecator |
DEPRECATOR, n. One who deprecates. |
15324
|
deprecatory |
DEPRECATORY, |
15325
|
depreciate |
DEPRECIATE, v.t. [Low L. Price.]1. To lessen the price of a thing; to cry down the price or ... |
15326
|
depreciated |
DEPRECIATED, pp. Lessened in value or price; undervalued. |
15327
|
depreciating |
DEPRECIATING, ppr. 1. Lessening the price or worth; undervaluing.2. Falling in value. |
15328
|
depreciation |
DEPRECIATION, n.1. The act of lessening or crying down price or value.2. The falling of value; ... |
15329
|
depredate |
DEPREDATE,v.t. [L. To plunder; prey.]1. To plunder; to rob; to pillage; to take the property of an ... |
15330
|
depredated |
DEPREDATED, pp. Spoiled; plundered; wasted; pillaged. |
15331
|
depredating |
DEPREDATING, ppr. Plundering; robbing; pillaging. |
15332
|
depredation |
DEPREDATION, n. 1. The act of plundering; a robbing; a pillaging.2. Waste; consumption; a taking ... |
15333
|
depredator |
DEPREDATOR, n. One who plunders, or pillages; a spoiler; a waster. |
15334
|
depredatory |
DEPREDATORY, a. Plundering; spoiling; consisting in pillaging. |
15335
|
deprehend |
DEPREHEND, v.t. [L. To take or seize.]1. To catch; to take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as ... |
15336
|
deprehended |
DEPREHENDED, pp. Taken by surprise; caught; seized; discovered. |
15337
|
deprehending |
DEPREHENDING, ppr. Taking unawares; catching; seizing; discovering. |
15338
|
deprehensible |
DEPREHENSIBLE, a. That may be caught, or discovered. |
15339
|
deprehensibleness |
DEPREHENSIBLENESS, n. Capableness of being caught or discovered. |
15340
|
deprehension |
DEPREHENSION, n. A catching or seizing; a discovery. |
15341
|
depress |
DEPRESS, v.t. [L. To press.]1. To press down; to press to a lower state or position; as, to ... |
15342
|
depressing |
DEPRESSING, ppr. Pressing down; lowering in place; letting fall; sinking; dejecting; abasing; ... |
15343
|
depression |
DEPRESSION, n.1. The act of pressing down; or the state of being pressed down; a low state.2. A ... |
15344
|
depressive |
DEPRESSIVE, a. Able or tending to depress or cast down. |
15345
|
depressor |
DEPRESSOR, n.1. He that presses down; an oppressor.2. In anatomy, a muscle that depresses or ... |
15346
|
deprivable |
DEPRIVABLE, a. That may be deprived.A chaplain shall be deprivable by the founder, not by the ... |
15347
|
deprivation |
DEPRIVATION, n.1. The act of depriving; a taking away.2. A state of being deprived; loss; want; ... |
15348
|
deprive |
DEPRIVE, v.t. [L. To take away.]1. To take from; to bereave of something possessed or enjoyed; ... |
15349
|
deprived |
DEPRIVED, pp. Bereft; divested; hindered; stripped of office or dignity; deposed; degraded. |
15350
|
deprivement |
DEPRIVEMENT, n. The state of losing or being deprived. |
15351
|
depriver |
DEPRIVER, n. He or that which deprives or bereaves. |
15352
|
depriving |
DEPRIVING, ppr. Bereaving; taking away what is possessed; divesting; hindering from enjoying; ... |
15353
|
depth |
DEPTH, n.1. Deepness; the distance or measure of a thing from the surface to the bottom, or to the ... |
15354
|
depulsion |
DEPULSION, n. [L. To drive.] A driving or thrusting away. |
15355
|
depulsory |
DEPULSORY, a. Driving or thrusting away; averting. |
15356
|
depurate |
DEPURATE, v.t. To purify; to free from impurities, heterogeneous matter or feculence; a chimical ... |
15357
|
depurated |
DEPURATED, pp. Purified from heterogeneous matter, or from impurities. |
15358
|
depurating |
DEPURATING, ppr. Purifying; freeing from impurities. |
15359
|
depuration |
DEPURATION, n.1. The act of purifying or freeing fluids from heterogeneous matter. This is done ... |
15360
|
depuratory |
DEPURATORY, a. Cleansing; purifying; or tending to purify. A depuratory fever, is a fever that ... |
15361
|
depure |
DEPURE, v.t. To depurate. |
15362
|
deputation |
DEPUTATION, n.1. The act of appointing a substitute or representative to act for another; the act ... |
15363
|
depute |
DEPUTE, v.t. To appoint as a substitute or agent to act for another; to appoint and send with a ... |
15364
|
deputed |
DEPUTED, pp. Appointed as a substitute; appointed and sent with special authority to act for ... |
15365
|
deputing |
DEPUTING, ppr. Appointing as a substitute; appointed and sent with special authority to act for ... |
15366
|
deputize |
DEPUTIZE, v.t. To appoint a deputy; to empower to act for another, as a sheriff. |
15367
|
deputy |
DEPUTY, n.1. A person appointed or elected to act for another, especially a person sent with a ... |
15368
|
deputy-collector |
DEPUTY-COLLECTOR, n. A person appointed to perform the duties of a collector of the customs, in ... |
15369
|
deputy-marshall |
DEPUTY-MARSHALL, n. One appointed to act in the place of the marshal. |
15370
|
deputy-post-master |
DEPUTY-POST-MASTER, n. A person who is appointed to act as post-master, in subordination to the ... |
15371
|
deputy-sheriff |
DEPUTY-SHERIFF, n. A person deputed or authorized to perform the duties of the sheriff, as his ... |
15372
|
der |
DER, prefixed to names of places, may be from Sax. deor, a wild beast, or from dur, water. |
15373
|
deracinate |
DERACINATE, v.t. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. |
15374
|
deracinated |
DERACINATED, pp. Plucked up by the roots; extirpated. |
15375
|
deracinating |
DERACINATING, ppr. Tearing up by the roots; extirpating. |
15376
|
deraign |
DERAIGN or DERAIN, v.t. To prove; to justify; to vindicate, as an assertion; to clear ones self. |
15377
|
deraignment |
DERAIGNMENT, |
15378
|
derainment |
DERAINMENT, n. The act of deraining; proof; justification. A like word was formerly used in the ... |
15379
|
derange |
DERANGE, v.t.1. To put out of order; to disturb the regular order of; to throw into confusion; as, ... |
15380
|
deranged |
DERANGED, pp. Put out of order; disturbed; embarrassed; confused; disordered in mind; delirious; ... |
15381
|
derangement |
DERANGEMENT, n.1. A putting out of order; disturbance of regularity or regular course; ... |
15382
|
deranging |
DERANGING, ppr. 1. Putting out of order; disturbing regularity or regular course; embarrassment; ... |
15383
|
deray |
DERAY, v.t. Tumult; disorder; merriment. |
15384
|
dere |
DERE, v.t. To hurt. |
15385
|
derelict |
DERELICT, a. [L. To leave.] Left; abandoned.DERELICT, n.1. In law, an article of goods, or any ... |
15386
|
dereliction |
DERELICTION, n.1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim; an utter forsaking; ... |
15387
|
deride |
DERIDE, v.t. [L. To laugh.] To laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to ... |
15388
|
derided |
DERIDED, pp. Laughed at in contempt; mocked; ridiculed. |
15389
|
derider |
DERIDER, n. 1. One who laughs at another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.2. A droll or buffoon. |
15390
|
deriding |
DERIDING, ppr. Laughing at with contempt; mocking; ridiculing. |
15391
|
deridingly |
DERIDINGLY, adv. By way of derision or mockery. |
15392
|
derision |
DERISION, n.1. The act of laughing at in contempt.2. Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.I am ... |
15393
|
derisive |
DERISIVE, a. Containing derision; mocking; ridiculing.Derisive taunts. |
15394
|
derisively |
DERISIVELY, adv. With mockery or contempt. |
15395
|
derisory |
DERISORY, a. Mocking; ridiculing. |
15396
|
derivable |
DERIVABLE, a. 1. That may be derived; that may be drawn, or received, as from a source. Income is ... |
15397
|
derivate |
DERIVATE, n. A word derived from another. |
15398
|
derivation |
DERIVATION, n.1. The act of deriving, drawing or receiving from a source; as the derivation of an ... |
15399
|
derivative |
DERIVATIVE, a.1. Derived; taken or having proceeded from another or something preceding; ... |
15400
|
derivatively |
DERIVATIVELY, adv. In a derivative manner; by derivation. |
15401
|
derive |
DERIVE, v.t. [L. A stream.]1. To draw from, as in a regular course or channel; to receive from a ... |
15402
|
derived |
DERIVED, pp. Drawn, as from a source; deduced; received; regularly conveyed; descended; ... |
15403
|
deriver |
DERIVER, n. One who derives, or draws from a source. |
15404
|
deriving |
DERIVING, ppr. Drawing; receiving; deducing; communicating; diverting or turning into another ... |
15405
|
dermal |
DERMAL, a. Pertaining to skin; consisting of skin. |
15406
|
dermoid |
DERMOID, a. Pertaining to the skin; a medical term. |
15407
|
dern |
DERN, a. Solitary; sad; cruel. |
15408
|
dernful |
DERNFUL, a. Sad; mournful. |
15409
|
dernier |
DERNIER, a. Last; final; ultimate; as the dernier resort. |
15410
|
dernly |
DERNLY, adv. Sadly; mournfully. |
15411
|
derogate |
DEROGATE, v.t. [L. To ask, to propose. In ancient Rome, rogo was used in proposing new laws, and ... |
15412
|
derogated |
DEROGATED, pp. Diminished in value; degraded; damaged. |
15413
|
derogately |
DEROGATELY, adv. In a manner to lessen or take from. |
15414
|
derogating |
DEROGATING, ppr. Annulling a part. Lessening by taking from. |
15415
|
derogation |
DEROGATION, n. 1. The act of annulling or revoking a law, or some part of it. More generally, ... |
15416
|
derogative |
DEROGATIVE, a. Derogatory. |
15417
|
derogatorily |
DEROGATORILY, adv. In a detracting manner. |
15418
|
derogatoriness |
DEROGATORINESS, n. The quality of being derogatory. |
15419
|
derogatory |
DEROGATORY, a. 1. Detracting or tending to lessen by taking something from; that lessens the ... |
15420
|
derring |
DERRING, a. Daring. |
15421
|
dervis |
DERVIS, n. A turkish priest or monk, who professes extreme poverty, and leads an austere life. |
15422
|
descant |
DESCANT, n. 1. A song or tune composed in parts.2. A song or tune with various modulations.The ... |
15423
|
descanting |
DESCANTING, ppr. Singing in parts or with various modulations; discoursing freely; ... |
15424
|
descend |
DESCEND, v.i. [L. To climb.]1. To move or pass from a higher to a lower place; to move, come or go ... |
15425
|
descendant |
DESCENDANT, n. Any person proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, in the line ... |
15426
|
descendent |
DESCENDENT, a. 1. Descending; falling; sinking.2. Proceeding from an original or ancestor. |
15427
|
descendibility |
DESCENDIBILITY, n. The quality of being descendible, or capable of being trnasmitted from ... |
15428
|
descendible |
DESCENDIBLE, a.1. That may be descended, or passed down; as, the hill is descendible.2. That may ... |
15429
|
descension |
DESCENSION, n.1. The act of going downwards; descent; a falling or sinking; declension; ... |
15430
|
descensional |
DESCENSIONAL, a. Pertaining to descent. |
15431
|
descensive |
DESCENSIVE, a. Tending downwards; having power to descend. |
15432
|
descent |
DESCENT, n.1. The act of descending; the act of passing from a higher to a lower place, by any ... |
15433
|
describable |
DESCRIBABLE, a. That may be described; capable of description. |
15434
|
describe |
DESCRIBE, v.t. [L. To write.]1. To delineate or mark the form or figure; as, to describe a circle ... |
15435
|
described |
DESCRIBED, pp. Represented in form by marks or figures; delineated; represented by words or signs. |
15436
|
describer |
DESCRIBER, n. One who describes by marks, words or signs. |
15437
|
describing |
DESCRIBING, ppr. Representing the form or figure of, by lines or marks; communicating a view of, ... |
15438
|
descried |
DESCRIED, pp. Espied; discovered; seen. |
15439
|
descrier |
DESCRIER, n. One who espies, or discovers; a discoverer; a detecter. |
15440
|
description |
DESCRIPTION, n.1. The act of delineating, or representing the figure of any thing by a plan, to be ... |
15441
|
descriptiv |
DESCRIPTIV,E, a. Containing description; tending to describe; having the quality of representing; ... |
15442
|
descry |
DESCRY, v.t.1. To espy; to explore; to examine by observation.The house of Joseph sent to descry ... |
15443
|
descrying |
DESCRYING, ppr. Descovering; espying. |
15444
|
desecrate |
DESECRATE, v.t. [L. To consecrate, from sacred.]1. To divert from a sacred purpose or ... |
15445
|
desecrated |
DESECRATED, pp. Diverted from a sacred purpose or appropriation; divested of a sacred character or ... |
15446
|
desecrating |
DESECRATING, ppr. Diverting from a purpose to which a thing is consecrated; divested of a sacred ... |
15447
|
desecration |
DESECRATION, n. The act of diverting from a sacred purpose or use to which a thing had been ... |
15448
|
desert |
DESERT, a. S as z [L. To sow, plant or scatter.]1. Literally, forsaken; hence, uninhabited; as a ... |
15449
|
deserted |
DESERTED, pp. Wholly forsaken; abandoned; left. |
15450
|
deserter |
DESERTER, n. A person who forsakes his cause, his post, or his party or friend; particularly, a ... |
15451
|
desertful |
DESERTFUL, a. High in desert; meritorious. |
15452
|
deserting |
DESERTING, ppr. Forsaking utterly; abandoning. |
15453
|
desertion |
DESERTION, n. 1. The act of forsaking or abandoning, as a party, a friend, a country, an army or ... |
15454
|
desertless |
DESERTLESS, a. Without merit or claim to favor or reward. |
15455
|
desertlessly |
DESERTLESSLY, adv. Undeservedly. |
15456
|
desertrice |
DESERTRICE, |
15457
|
desertrix |
DESERTRIX, n. A female who deserts. |
15458
|
deserve |
DESERVE, v.t. [L. To serve.]1. To merit; to be worthy of; applied to good or evil.2. To merit by ... |
15459
|
deserved |
DESERVED, pp. Merited; worthy of. |
15460
|
deservedly |
DESERVEDLY, adv. Justly; according to desert, whether of good or evil. A man may be deservedly ... |
15461
|
deserver |
DESERVER, n. He who deserves or merits; one who is worthy of; used generally in a good sense. |
15462
|
deserving |
DESERVING, ppr. 1. Meriting; having a just claim to reward; justly meriting punishment.2. Worthy ... |
15463
|
deservingly |
DESERVINGLY, adv. Meritoriously; with just desert. |
15464
|
deshabille |
DESHABILLE or DESHABIL, n. An undress; a loose morning dress; hence, any home dress; as, the lady ... |
15465
|
desiccant |
DESICCANT, a. Drying.DESICCANT, n. A medicine or application that dries a sore. |
15466
|
desiccate |
DESICCATE, v.t. [L. To dry.] to dry; to exhaust of moisture; to exhale or remove moisture ... |
15467
|
desiccated |
DESICCATED, pp. Dried. |
15468
|
desiccating |
DESICCATING, ppr. Drying; exhausting moisture. |
15469
|
desiccation |
DESICCATION, n. The act of making dry; the state of being dried. |
15470
|
desiccative |
DESICCATIVE, a. Drying; tending to dry; that has the power to dry. |
15471
|
desiderate |
DESIDERATE,v.t. [from the L.] To want; to miss. |
15472
|
desideratum |
DESIDERATUM, n. Plu. Desiderata. [L. To desire.] That which is desired; that which is not ... |
15473
|
design |
DESIGN, v.t.[L. To seal or stamp, that is, to set or throw.]1. To delineate a form or figure by ... |
15474
|
designable |
DESIGNABLE, a. 1. Capable of being designed or marked out.2. Distinguishable. |
15475
|
designate |
DESIGNATE, v.t.1. To mark out or show, so as to make known; to indicate by bisible lines, marks, ... |
15476
|
designated |
DESIGNATED, pp. Marked out; indicated; shown; pointed out appointed. |
15477
|
designating |
DESIGNATING, ppr. Marking out; indicating; pointing out; appointing. |
15478
|
designation |
DESIGNATION, n.1. The act of pointing or marking out by signs or objects; as the designation of an ... |
15479
|
designative |
DESIGNATIVE, a. Serving to designate or indicate. |
15480
|
designator |
DESIGNATOR, n. A Roman officer who assigned to each person his rank and place in public shows and ... |
15481
|
designed |
DESIGNED, pp. Marked out; delineated; planned; intended. |
15482
|
designedly |
DESIGNEDLY, adv. By design; purposely; intentionally; opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or ... |
15483
|
designer |
DESIGNER, n.1. One who designs, marks out or plans; one who frames a scheme or project; a ... |
15484
|
designfulness |
DESIGNFULNESS, n. Abundance of design. |
15485
|
designing |
DESIGNING, ppr.1. Forming a design; plnning; delineating the outline; drawing figures on a ... |
15486
|
designless |
DESIGNLESS, a. Without design or intention; inadvertent. |
15487
|
designlessly |
DESIGNLESSLY, adv. Without design; inadvertently; ignorantly. |
15488
|
designment |
DESIGNMENT, n.1. Design; sketch; delineation.2. Design; purpose; aim; intent; scheme. |
15489
|
desinence |
DESINENCE, n. End; close. |
15490
|
desinent |
DESINENT, a. Ending; extreme; lower-most. |
15491
|
desipient |
DESIPIENT, a. [L. To dote; to be wise.] trifling; foolish; playful. |
15492
|
desirable |
DESIRABLE, a.1. Worthy of desire; that is to be wished for with sincerity or earnestness. An easy ... |
15493
|
desirableness |
DESIRABLENESS,n. The quality of being desirable. |
15494
|
desire |
DESIRE, n.1. An emotion or excitement of the mind, directed to the attainment or possession of an ... |
15495
|
desired |
DESIRED, pp. Wished for; coveted; requested; entreated. |
15496
|
desireless |
DESIRELESS, a. Free from desire. |
15497
|
desirer |
DESIRER, n. One who desires or asks; one who wishes. |
15498
|
desiring |
DESIRING, ppr. Wishing for; coveting; asking; expressing a wish; soliciting. |
15499
|
desirous |
DESIROUS, a. Wishing for; wishing to obtain; coveting; solicitous to possess and enjoy.Be not ... |
15500
|
desirously |
DESIROUSLY, adv. With desire; with earnest wishes. |
15501
|
desirousness |
DESIROUSNESS, n. The state or affection of being desirous. |
15502
|
desist |
DESIST, v.i. [L. To stand.] To stop; to cease to act or proceed; to forbear; with from; as, he ... |
15503
|
desistance |
DESISTANCE, n. A ceasing to act or proceed; a stopping. |
15504
|
desisting |
DESISTING, ppr. Ceasing to act or proceed. |
15505
|
desitive |
DESITIVE, a. Final; conclusive. |
15506
|
desk |
DESK, n.1. An inclining table for the use of writers and readers; usually made with a box or ... |
15507
|
desmine |
DESMINE, n. A mineral that crystalizes in little silken tufts, which accompany spinellane in the ... |
15508
|
desolate |
DESOLATE, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either ... |
15509
|
desolated |
DESOLATED, pp. Deprived of inhabitants; wasted; ruined. |
15510
|
desolately |
DESOLATELY, adv. In a desolate manner. |
15511
|
desolater |
DESOLATER, n. One who lays waste or desolates; that which desolates. |
15512
|
desolating |
DESOLATING, ppr. Depriving of inhabitants; wasting; ravaging. |
15513
|
desolation |
DESOLATION, n.1. The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; ... |
15514
|
desolatory |
DESOLATORY, a. Causing desolation. |
15515
|
despair |
DESPAIR, n.1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation.We are ... |
15516
|
despairer |
DESPAIRER, n. One without hope. |
15517
|
despairful |
DESPAIRFUL, a. Hopeless. |
15518
|
despairing |
DESPAIRING, ppr. Giving up all hope or expectation. |
15519
|
despairingly |
DESPAIRINGLY, adv. In a despairing manner; in a manner indicating hopelessness; as, he speaks ... |
15520
|
despatch |
DESPATCH, [See Dispatch.] |
15521
|
despection |
DESPECTION, n. A looking down; a despising. |
15522
|
desperado |
DESPERADO, n. A desperate fellow; a furious man; a madman; a person urged by furious passions; one ... |
15523
|
desperate |
DESPERATE, a. [L. To despair.]1. Without hope.I am desperate of obtaining her.2. Without care of ... |
15524
|
desperately |
DESPERATELY, adv. 1. In a desperate manner; as in despair; hence, furiously; with rage; madly; ... |
15525
|
desperateness |
DESPERATENESS, n. Madness; fury; rash precipitance. |
15526
|
desperation |
DESPERATION, n.1. A despairing; a giving up of hope; as desperation of success.2. Hopelessness; ... |
15527
|
despicable |
DESPICABLE, a. [Low L. To look down, to despise; to look.] That may be or deserves to be despised; ... |
15528
|
despicableness |
DESPICABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness. |
15529
|
despicably |
DESPICABLY, adv. Meanly; vilely; contemptibly; as despicably poor. |
15530
|
despisable |
DESPISABLE, a. Despicable; contemptible. |
15531
|
despisal |
DESPISAL, n. Contempt. |
15532
|
despise |
DESPISE, .v.t.1. To contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have the lowest opinion of.Fools despise ... |
15533
|
despised |
DESPISED, pp. Contemned; disdained; abhorred. |
15534
|
despisedness |
DESPISEDNESS, n. The state of being despised. |
15535
|
despiser |
DESPISER, n. A contemner; a scorner. |
15536
|
despising |
DESPISING, ppr. Contemning; scorning; disdaining.DESPISING, n. Contempt. |
15537
|
despisingly |
DESPISINGLY, adv. With contempt. |
15538
|
despite |
DESPITE, n.1. Extreme malice; violent hatred; malignity; malice irritated or enraged; active ... |
15539
|
despiteful |
DESPITEFUL, a. Full of spite; malicious; malignant; as a despiteful enemy.Hater of God, ... |
15540
|
despitefully |
DESPITEFULLY, adv. With despite; maliciously; contemptuously.Pray for them that despitefully use ... |
15541
|
despitefulness |
DESPITEFULNESS, n. Malice; extreme hatred; malignity. |
15542
|
despiteous |
DESPITEOUS, a. Malicious. |
15543
|
despiteously |
DESPITEOUSLY, adv.. Furiously. |
15544
|
despoil |
DESPOIL,v.t. [L. To spoil.]1. To strip; to take from by force; to rob; to deprive; followed by of; ... |
15545
|
despoiled |
DESPOILED, pp. Stripped; robbed; bereaved; deprived. |
15546
|
despoiler |
DESPOILER, n. One who strips by force; a plunderer. |
15547
|
despoiling |
DESPOILING, ppr. Depriving; stripping; robbing. |
15548
|
despoliation |
DESPOLIATION, n. The act of despoiling; a stripping. |
15549
|
despond |
DESPOND, v.i.[L. To promise; literally, to throw to or forward.]1. To be cast down; to be ... |
15550
|
despondency |
DESPONDENCY, n. A sinking or dejection of spirits at the loss of hope; loss of courage at the ... |
15551
|
despondent |
DESPONDENT, a. Losing courage at the loss of hope; sinking into dejection; depressed and inactive ... |
15552
|
desponder |
DESPONDER, n. One destitute of hope. |
15553
|
desponding |
DESPONDING, ppr. Losing courage to act, in consequence of loss of hope, or of deep calamity, or of ... |
15554
|
despondingly |
DESPONDINGLY, adv. In a desponding manner; with dejection of spirits; despairingly. |
15555
|
desponsate |
DESPONSATE, v.t. To betroth. |
15556
|
desponsation |
DESPONSATION, n. A betrothing. |
15557
|
despot |
DESPOT, n. An emperor, king or price invested with absolute power, or ruling without any control ... |
15558
|
despotic |
DESPOTIC, |
15559
|
despotical |
DESPOTICAL, a.1. Absolute in power; independent of control from men, constitution or laws; ... |
15560
|
despotically |
DESPOTICALLY, adv. With unlimited power; arbitrarily; in a despotic manner. |
15561
|
despoticalness |
DESPOTICALNESS, n. Absolute or arbitrary authority. |
15562
|
despotism |
DESPOTISM, n.1. Absolute power; authority unlimited and uncontrolled by men, constitution or laws, ... |
15563
|
despumate |
DESPUMATE, v.i. [L. Froth or scum.] To foam; to froth; to form froth or scum. |
15564
|
despumation |
DESPUMATION, n. The act of throwing off excrementitious matter and forming a froth or scum on the ... |
15565
|
desquamation |
DESQUAMATION, n. [L. A scale.] A scaling or exfoliation of bone; the separation of the cuticle in ... |
15566
|
dess |
DESS, for desk. |
15567
|
dessert |
DESSERT, n. A service of fruits and sweetmeats, at the close of an entertainment; the last course ... |
15568
|
destinate |
DESTINATE, v.t. To design or appoint.DESTINATE, a. Appointed; destined; determined. |
15569
|
destination |
DESTINATION, n. 1. The act of destining, or appointing.2. The purpose for which any thing is ... |
15570
|
destine |
DESTINE, v.t. [L.]1. To set, ordain or appoint to a use, purpose, state or place. We destine a son ... |
15571
|
destined |
DESTINED, pp. Ordained; appointed by previous determination; devoted; fixed unalterably. |
15572
|
destining |
DESTINING, ppr. Ordaining; appointing. |
15573
|
destiny |
DESTINY, n. 1. State or condition appointed or predetermined; ultimate fate; as, men are ... |
15574
|
destitute |
DESTITUTE, a. [L. To set. Literally, set from or away.]1. Not having or possessing; wanting; as ... |
15575
|
destitution |
DESTITUTION, n. Want; absence of a thing; a state in which something is wanted or not possessed; ... |
15576
|
destroy |
DESTROY, v.t. [L. To pile, to build.]1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an ... |
15577
|
destroyable |
DESTROYABLE, a. That may be destroyed.Plants scarcely destroyable by the weather. |
15578
|
destroyed |
DESTROYED, pp. Demolished; pulled down; ruined; annihilated; devoured; swept away; &c. |
15579
|
destroyer |
DESTROYER, n. One who destroys, or lays waste; one who kills a man, or an animal, or who ruins a ... |
15580
|
destroying |
DESTROYING, ppr. Demolishing; laying waste; killing; annihilating; putting an end to.DESTROYING, ... |
15581
|
destruct |
DESTRUCT, fro destroy, is not used. |
15582
|
destructibility |
DESTRUCTIBILITY, n. The quality of being capable of destruction. |
15583
|
destructible |
DESTRUCTIBLE, a. [L.] Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed. |
15584
|
destruction |
DESTRUCTION, n.1. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever ... |
15585
|
destructive |
DESTRUCTIVE, a. Causing destruction; having the quality of destroying; ruinous; mischievous; ... |
15586
|
destructively |
DESTRUCTIVELY, adv. With destruction; ruinously; mischievously; with power to destroy; as ... |
15587
|
destructiveness |
DESTRUCTIVENESS, n. The quality of destroying or ruining. |
15588
|
destructor |
DESTRUCTOR, n. A destroyer; a consumer. [Not used.] |
15589
|
desudation |
DESUDATION, n. [L., to sweat.] A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, succeeded by an eruption ... |
15590
|
desuetude |
DESUETUDE, n. [L.] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom or fashion. ... |
15591
|
desulphurate |
DESULPHURATE, v.t. To deprive of sulphur. |
15592
|
desulphurated |
DESULPHURATED, pp. Deprived of sulphur. |
15593
|
desulphurating |
DESULPHURATING, ppr. Depriving of sulphur. |
15594
|
desulphuration |
DESULPHURATION, n. The act or operation of depriving of sulphur. |
15595
|
desultorily |
DESULTORILY, adv. [See Desultory.] In a desultory manner; without method; loosely. |
15596
|
desultoriness |
DESULTORINESS, n. A desultory manner; unconnectedness; a passing from one thing to another without ... |
15597
|
desultory |
DESULTORY, a. [L., to leap.]1. Leaping; passing from one thing or subject to another, without order ... |
15598
|
desume |
DESUME, v.t. [L.] To take from; to borrow. [Not in use.] |
15599
|
detach |
DETACH, v.t. [See Attach.]1. To separate or disunite; to disengage; to part from; as, to detach the ... |
15600
|
detached |
DETACHED, pp. 1. Separated; parted from ; disunited; drawn and sent on a separate service.2. a. ... |
15601
|
detaching |
DETACHING, ppr. Separating; parting from; drawing and sending on a separate employment. |
15602
|
detachment |
DETACHMENT, n. 1. The act of detaching.2. A body of troops, selected or taken from the main army, ... |
15603
|
detail |
DETAIL, v.t. 1. To relate, report or narrate in particulars; to recite the particulars of; to ... |
15604
|
detailed |
DETAILED, pp. Related in particulars; minutely recited; selected. |
15605
|
detailer |
DETAILER, n. One who details. |
15606
|
detailing |
DETAILING, ppr. 1. Relating minutely; telling the particulars.2. Selecting from the rosters. |
15607
|
detainder |
DETAINDER, n. A writ. [See Detinue.] |
15608
|
detained |
DETAINED, pp. Withheld; kept back; prevented from going or coming; held; restrained. |
15609
|
detainer |
DETAINER, n. 1. One who withholds what belongs to another; one who detains, stops or prevents from ... |
15610
|
detaing |
DETAING, v.t. [L., to hold. See Tenant.]1. To keep back or from; to withhold; to keep what belongs ... |
15611
|
detaining |
DETAINING, ppr. Withholding what belongs to another; holding back; restraining from going or ... |
15612
|
detainment |
DETAINMENT, n. The act of detaining; detention. |
15613
|
detect |
DETECT, v.t. [L., to cover.] Literally, to uncover; hence, to discover; to find out; to bring to ... |
15614
|
detected |
DETECTED, pp. Discovered; found out; laid open; brought to light. |
15615
|
detecter |
DETECTER, n. A discoverer; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal. |
15616
|
detecting |
DETECTING, ppr. Discovering; finding out. |
15617
|
detection |
DETECTION, n. The act of detecting; discovery of a person or thing attempted to be concealed; as ... |
15618
|
detenebrate |
DETENEBRATE, v.t. [L.] To remove darkness. [Not in use.] |
15619
|
detent |
DETENT, n. [L.] A stop in a clock, which by being lifted up or let down, locks and unlocks the ... |
15620
|
detention |
DETENTION, n. [See Detain.]1. The act of detaining; a withholding from another his right; a keeping ... |
15621
|
deter |
DETER, v.t. [L., to frighten.] 1. To discourage and stop by fear; to stop or prevent from acting or ... |
15622
|
deterge |
DETERGE, v.t. deterj. [L., to wipe or scour.] To cleanse; to purge away foul or offending matter, ... |
15623
|
deterged |
DETERGED, pp. Cleansed; purged. |
15624
|
detergent |
DETERGENT, a. Cleansing; purging.DETERGENT, n. A medicine that has the power of cleansing the ... |
15625
|
deterging |
DETERGING, ppr. Cleansing; carrying off obstructions or foul matter. |
15626
|
deteriorate |
DETERIORATE, v.i. [L.] To grow worse; to be impaired in quality to degenerate; opposed to ... |
15627
|
deteriorated |
DETERIORATED, pp. Made worse; impaired in quality. |
15628
|
deteriorating |
DETERIORATING, ppr. Becoming worse or inferior in quality. |
15629
|
deterioration |
DETERIORATION, n. A growing or making worse; the state of growing worse. |
15630
|
deteriority |
DETERIORITY, n. Worse sate or quality; as deteriority of diet. |
15631
|
determent |
DETERMENT, n. [See Deter.] The act of deterring; the cause of deterring; that which deters. |
15632
|
determinable |
DETERMINABLE, a. [See Determine.]1. That may be decided with certainty.2. That may end or be ... |
15633
|
determinate |
DETERMINATE, a. [L.]1. Limited; fixed; definite; as a determinate quantity of matter.2. ... |
15634
|
determinately |
DETERMINATELY, adv. 1. With certainty.The principles of religion are determinately true or false.2. ... |
15635
|
determinateness |
DETERMINATENESS, n. The state of being determinate, certain, or precise. |
15636
|
determination |
DETERMINATION, n. 1. The act of determining or deciding.2. Decision of a question in the mind; firm ... |
15637
|
determinative |
DETERMINATIVE, a. 1. That uncontrollably directs to a certain end.The determinative power of a just ... |
15638
|
determinator |
DETERMINATOR, n. One who determines. |
15639
|
determine |
DETERMINE, v.t. [L., to bound; a boundary or limit. Gr. See Term.]1. To end; particularly, to end ... |
15640
|
determined |
DETERMINED, pp. 1. Ended; concluded; decided; limited; fixed; settled; resolved; directed.2. a. ... |
15641
|
determining |
DETERMINING, ppr. Ending; deciding; fixing; settling; resolving; limiting; directing. |
15642
|
deterration |
DETERRATION, n. [L., de and terra, earth.] The uncovering of any thing which is buried or covered ... |
15643
|
deterred |
DETERRED, pp. [See Deter.] Discouraged or prevented from proceeding or acting, by fear, difficulty ... |
15644
|
deterring |
DETERRING, pp. 1. Discouraging or influencing not to proceed or act, by fear, difficulty, danger, ... |
15645
|
detersion |
DETERSION, n. [L. See Deterge.] The act of cleansing, as a sore. |
15646
|
detersive |
DETERSIVE, a. [See Deterge.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse from offending matter.DETERSIVE, n. ... |
15647
|
detest |
DETEST, v.t. [L., to affirm or bear witness. The primary sense of testor is to set, throw or ... |
15648
|
detestable |
DETESTABLE, a. Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.Thou hast defiled ... |
15649
|
detestableness |
DETESTABLENESS, n. Extreme hatefulness. |
15650
|
detestably |
DETESTABLY, adv. Very hatefully; abominably. |
15651
|
detestation |
DETESTATION, n. Extreme hatred; abhorrence; with of. The good man entertains uniformly a ... |
15652
|
detested |
DETESTED, pp. Hated extremely; abhorred. |
15653
|
detester |
DETESTER, n. One who abhors. |
15654
|
detesting |
DETESTING, ppr. Hating extremely; abhorring; abominating. |
15655
|
dethrone |
DETHRONE, v.t. [L.] 1. To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of royal authority ... |
15656
|
dethroned |
DETHRONED, pp. Removed from a throne; deposed. |
15657
|
dethronement |
DETHRONEMENT, n. Removal from a throne; deposition of a king, emperor or prince. |
15658
|
dethroner |
DETHRONER, n. One who dethrones. |
15659
|
dethroning |
DETHRONING, ppr. Driving from a throne; depriving of regal power. |
15660
|
detinue |
DETINUE, n. In law, a writ of detinue is one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or ... |
15661
|
detonate |
DETONATE, v.t. [L., to thunder.] In chemistry, to cause to explode; to burn or inflame with a ... |
15662
|
detonated |
DETONATED, pp. Exploded; burnt with explosion. |
15663
|
detonating |
DETONATING, ppr. Exploding; inflaming with a sudden report. |
15664
|
detonation |
DETONATION, n. An explosion or sudden report made by the inflammation of certain combustible ... |
15665
|
detonization |
DETONIZATION, n. The acct of exploding, as certain combustible bodies. |
15666
|
detonize |
DETONIZE, v.t [See Detonate.] To cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to calcine with ... |
15667
|
detonized |
DETONIZED, pp. Exploded, as a combustible body. |
15668
|
detonizing |
DETONIZING, ppr. Exploding with a sudden report. |
15669
|
detorsion |
DETORSION, n. A turning or wresting; perversion. |
15670
|
detort |
DETORT, v.t. [L., to twist.] To twist; to wrest; to pervert; to turn from the original or plain ... |
15671
|
detorted |
DETORTED, pp. Twisted; wrested; perverted. |
15672
|
detorting |
DETORTING, ppr. Wresting; perverting. |
15673
|
detour |
DETOUR, n. A turning; a circuitous way. |
15674
|
detract |
DETRACT, v.t. [L., to draw. See Draw and Drag.]1. Literally, to draw from. Hence, to take away from ... |
15675
|
detraction |
DETRACTION, n. [L.] The act of taking something from the reputation or worth of another, with the ... |
15676
|
detractious |
DETRACTIOUS, a. Containing detraction; lessening reputation. [Not in use.] |
15677
|
detractive |
DETRACTIVE, a. Having the quality or tendency to lessen the worth or estimation. |
15678
|
detractor |
DETRACTOR, n. One who takes away or impairs the reputation of another injuriously; one who attempts ... |
15679
|
detractory |
DETRACTORY, a. Derogatory; defamatory by denial of desert; with from. |
15680
|
detractress |
DETRACTRESS, n. A female detractor; a censorious woman. |
15681
|
detrect |
DETRECT, v.t. [L.] To refuse. [Not in use.] |
15682
|
detriment |
DETRIMENT, n. [L., worn off.] Loss; damage; injury; mischief; harm; diminution. We speak of ... |
15683
|
detrimental |
DETRIMENTAL, a. Injurious; hurtful; causing loss or damage.A spirit of speculation may be ... |
15684
|
detrition |
DETRITION, n. [L.] A wearing off. |
15685
|
detritus |
DETRITUS, n. [L., worn; to wear.] In geology, a mass of substances worn off or detached from solid ... |
15686
|
detrude |
DETRUDE, v.t. [L., to thrust.] To thrust down; to push down with force. |
15687
|
detruded |
DETRUDED, pp. Thrust or forced down. |
15688
|
detruding |
DETRUDING, ppr. Thrusting or forcing down. |
15689
|
detruncate |
DETRUNCATE, v.t. [L., to cut shorter; cut short. See Trench.] To cut off; to lop; to shorten by ... |
15690
|
detruncation |
DETRUNCATION, n. The act of cutting off. |
15691
|
detrusion |
DETRUSION, n. s as z. [See Detrude.] The act of thrusting or driving down. |
15692
|
deturpate |
DETURPATE, v.t. [L.] To defile. [Little used.] |
15693
|
deuce |
DEUCE, n. Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots; a term used in gaming.DEUCE, n. A ... |
15694
|
deuterogamist |
DEUTEROGAMIST, n. [infra.] One who marries the second time. |
15695
|
deuterogamy |
DEUTEROGAMY, n. [Gr., second; marriage.] A second marriage after the death of the first husband or ... |
15696
|
deuteronomy |
DEUTERONOMY, n. [Gr., second; law.] The second law, or second giving of the law by Moses; the name ... |
15697
|
deutoxyd |
DEUTOXYD, n. [Gr., second; strictly.] In chemistry, a substance oxydized in the second degree. |
15698
|
devaporation |
DEVAPORATION, n. [L.] The change of vapor into water, as in the generation of rain. |
15699
|
devast |
DEVAST, v.t. [L.] To lay waste; to plunder. [Not in use.] |
15700
|
devastate |
DEVASTATE, v.t. [L., to waste. See Waste.] To lay waste; to waste; to ravage; to desolate; to ... |
15701
|
devastated |
DEVASTATED, pp. Laid waste; ravaged. |
15702
|
devastating |
DEVASTATING, ppr. Laying waste; desolating. |
15703
|
devastation |
DEVASTATION, n. [L.] 1. Waste; ravage; desolation; destruction of works of art and natural ... |
15704
|
develop |
DEVELOP, v.t. 1. To uncover; to unfold; to lay open; to disclose or make known something concealed ... |
15705
|
developed |
DEVELOPED, pp. Unfolded; laid open; unraveled. |
15706
|
development |
DEVELOPMENT, n. 1. An unfolding; the discovering of something secret or withheld from the knowledge ... |
15707
|
devest |
DEVEST, v.t. [L., a vest, a garment. Generally written divest.]1. To strip; to deprive of clothing ... |
15708
|
devested |
DEVESTED, pp. Stripped of clothes; deprived; freed from; alienated or lost, as title. |
15709
|
devesting |
DEVESTING, ppr. Stripping of clothes; depriving; freeing from ; alienating. |
15710
|
devex |
DEVEX, a. [L.] Bending down. [Not in use.] |
15711
|
devexity |
DEVEXITY, n. [L., to carry.] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward. |
15712
|
deviate |
DEVIATE, v.i. [L., way.]1. To turn aside or wander from the common or right way, course or line, ... |
15713
|
deviation |
DEVIATION, n. 1. A wandering or turning aside from the right way, course or line.2. Variation from ... |
15714
|
device |
DEVICE, n. [L.]1. That which is formed by design, or invented; scheme; artificial contrivance; ... |
15715
|
deviceful |
DEVICEFUL, a. Full of devices; inventive. |
15716
|
devicefully |
DEVICEFULLY, adv. In a manner curiously contrived. |
15717
|
devil |
DEVIL, n. Devl. [L., to calumniate.]1. In the Christian theology, an evil spirit or being; a fallen ... |
15718
|
deviling |
DEVILING, n. A young devil. [Not in use.] |
15719
|
devilish |
DEVILISH, a. 1. Partaking of the qualities of the devil; diabolical; very evil and mischievous; ... |
15720
|
devilishly |
DEVILISHLY, adv. 1. In a manner suiting the devil; diabolically; wickedly.2. Greatly; excessively; ... |
15721
|
devilishness |
DEVILISHNESS, n. The qualities of the devil. |
15722
|
devilism |
DEVILISM, n. The state of devils. [Not used.] |
15723
|
devilize |
DEVILIZE, v.t. To place among devils. [Not used.] |
15724
|
devilkin |
DEVILKIN, n. A little devil. |
15725
|
devilship |
DEVILSHIP, n. The character of a devil. |
15726
|
devious |
DEVIOUS, a. [L., way.]1. Out of the common way or track; as a devious course.2. Wandering; roving; ... |
15727
|
devirginate |
DEVIRGINATE, v.t. [Low L.] To deflour. |
15728
|
devisable |
DEVISABLE, a. s as z. [See the Verb.]1. That may be bequeathed or given by will.2. That can be ... |
15729
|
devise |
DEVISE, v.t. s as z. [L.] 1. To invent; to contrive; to form in the mind by new combinations of ... |
15730
|
devised |
DEVISED, pp. Given by will; bequeathed; contrived. |
15731
|
devisee |
DEVISEE, n. The person to whom a devise is made; one to whom real estate is bequeathed. |
15732
|
deviser |
DEVISER, n. One who contrives or invents; a contriver; an inventor. |
15733
|
devising |
DEVISING, ppr. 1. Contriving; inventing; forming a scheme or plan.2. Giving by will; bequeathing. |
15734
|
devisor |
DEVISOR, n. One who gives by will; one who bequeaths lands or tenements. |
15735
|
devitable |
DEVITABLE, a. Avoidable. [Not in use.] |
15736
|
devitation |
DEVITATION, n. An escaping. [Not in use.] |
15737
|
devocation |
DEVOCATION, n. [L.] A calling away; seduction. [Not in use.] |
15738
|
devoid |
DEVOID, a. [See Void.]1. Void; empty; vacant; applied to place.2. Destitute; not possessing; as ... |
15739
|
devoir |
DEVOIR, n. [L., to owe.] Primarily, service or duty. Hence, an act of civility or respect; ... |
15740
|
devolution |
DEVOLUTION, n. [L.]1. The act of rolling down; as the devolution of earth into a valley.2. Removal ... |
15741
|
devolve |
DEVOLVE, v.t. devolv. [L., to roll.]1. To roll down; to pour or flow with windings.Through splendid ... |
15742
|
devolved |
DEVOLVED, pp. Rolled down; passed over to another. |
15743
|
devolving |
DEVOLVING, ppr. Rolling down; falling to a successor. |
15744
|
devotary |
DEVOTARY, n. A votary. [Not in use.] |
15745
|
devote |
DEVOTE, v.t. [L., to vow.]1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart ro dedicate by a solemn act; to ... |
15746
|
devoted |
DEVOTED, pp. Appropriated by vow; solemnly set apart or dedicated; consecrated; addicted; given up; ... |
15747
|
devotedness |
DEVOTEDNESS, n. The state of being devoted or given; addictedness; as devotedness to religion. |
15748
|
devotee |
DEVOTEE, n. One who is wholly devoted; particularly, one given wholly to religion; one who is ... |
15749
|
devotement |
DEVOTEMENT, n. 1. Devotedness; devotion.2. Vowed dedication. |
15750
|
devoter |
DEVOTER, n. One that devotes; also, a worshiper. |
15751
|
devoting |
DEVOTING, ppr. Giving or appropriating by vow; solemnly setting apart or dedicating; consecrating; ... |
15752
|
devotion |
DEVOTION, n. 1. The state of being dedicated, consecrated, or solemnly set apart for a particular ... |
15753
|
devotional |
DEVOTIONAL, a. 1. Pertaining to devotion; used in devotion; as a devotional posture; devotional ... |
15754
|
devotionalist |
DEVOTIONALIST, DEVOTIONIST, n. A person given to devotion; or one superstitiously or formally ... |
15755
|
devotionist |
DEVOTIONALIST, DEVOTIONIST, n. A person given to devotion; or one superstitiously or formally ... |
15756
|
devoto |
DEVOTO, n. A devotee. [Not in use.] |
15757
|
devotor |
DEVOTOR, n. One who reverences or worships. |
15758
|
devour |
DEVOUR, v.t. [L., to eat.] 1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of ... |
15759
|
devoured |
DEVOURED, pp. Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain. |
15760
|
devourer |
DEVOURER, n. One who devours; he or that which eats, consumes or destroys; he that preys on. |
15761
|
devouring |
DEVOURING, ppr. Eating greedily; consuming; wasting; destroying; annihilating. |
15762
|
devouringly |
DEVOURINGLY, adv. In a devouring manner. |
15763
|
devout |
DEVOUT, a. [L. See Devote.]1. Yielding a solemn and reverential attention to God in religious ... |
15764
|
devoutless |
DEVOUTLESS, a. Destitute of devotion. |
15765
|
devoutlessness |
DEVOUTLESSNESS, n. Want of devotion. |
15766
|
devoutly |
DEVOUTLY, adv. 1. With solemn attention and reverence to God; with ardent devotion.He was devoutly ... |
15767
|
devoutness |
DEVOUTNESS, n. The quality or state of being devout. |
15768
|
devow |
DEVOW, v.t. To give up. [Not in use.] |
15769
|
dew |
DEW, n. [G. To thaw.] The water or moisture collected or deposited on or near the surface of the ... |
15770
|
dew-berry |
DEW-BERRY, n. The fruit of a species of brier or bramble, that creeps along the ground, of the ... |
15771
|
dew-bespangled |
DEW-BESPANGLED, a. Spangled with dew-drops. |
15772
|
dew-besprent |
DEW-BESPRENT, a. Sprinkled with dew. |
15773
|
dew-besprinkled |
DEW-BESPRINKLED, a. Sprinkled with dew. |
15774
|
dew-drop |
DEW-DROP, n. A drop of dew, which sparkles at sunrise; a spangle of dew. |
15775
|
dew-dropping |
DEW-DROPPING, a. Wetting as with dew. |
15776
|
dew-impearled |
DEW-IMPEARLED, a. [See Pearl.] Covered with dew-drops, like pearls. |
15777
|
dew-lap |
DEW-LAP, n. [dew and lap, to lick.]1. The flesh that hangs from the throat of oxen, which laps or ... |
15778
|
dew-lapt |
DEW-LAPT, a. Furnished with a dew-lap. |
15779
|
dew-worm |
DEW-WORM, n. A worm, called otherwise earth-worm, a species of Lumbricus, which lives just under ... |
15780
|
dewbent |
DEWBENT, a. Bent by the dew. |
15781
|
dewed |
DEWED, pp. Moistened with dew. |
15782
|
dewing |
DEWING, ppr. Wetting or moistening the dew. |
15783
|
dewy |
DEWY, a. 1. Partaking of dew; like dew; as dewy mist.2. Moist with dew; as dewy fields.His dewy ... |
15784
|
dexter |
DEXTER, a. [L., Gr.] Right, as opposed to left; a term used in heraldry, to denote the right side ... |
15785
|
dexterity |
DEXTERITY, n. [L., right, fit, prompt.]1. Readiness of limbs; adroitness; activity; expertness; ... |
15786
|
dextral |
DEXTRAL, a. Right, as opposed to left. |
15787
|
dextrality |
DEXTRALITY, n. The state of being on the right side. |
15788
|
dextrorsal |
DEXTRORSAL, a. Rising from right to left, as a spiral line or helix. |
15789
|
dextrous |
DEXTROUS, a. 1. Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active in manual ... |
15790
|
dextrously |
DEXTROUSLY, adv. With dexterity; expertly; skillfully; artfully; adroitly; promptly. |
15791
|
dextrousness |
DEXTROUSNESS, n. Dexterity; adroitness. |
15792
|
dey |
DEY, n. The title of the governor or sovereign of Algiers, under the protection of the Grand ... |
15793
|
di |
DI, a prefix, a contraction of dis, denotes from, separation or negation, or two. |
15794
|
dia |
DIA, Greek, a prefix, denotes through. |
15795
|
diabase |
DIABASE, n. Another name of greenstone. |
15796
|
diabaterial |
DIABATERIAL, a. [Gr.] Border-passing. |
15797
|
diabetes |
DIABETES, n. [Gr., to pass through; to go or pass.] A long continued increased quantity of urine; ... |
15798
|
diabetic |
DIABETIC, a. Pertaining to diabetes. |
15799
|
diabolic |
DIABOLIC, DIABOLICAL, a. [L., the devil.] Devilish; pertaining to the devil; hence, extremely ... |
15800
|
diabolical |
DIABOLIC, DIABOLICAL, a. [L., the devil.] Devilish; pertaining to the devil; hence, extremely ... |
15801
|
diabolically |
DIABOLICALLY, adv. In a diabolical manner; very wickedly; nefariously. |
15802
|
diabolicalness |
DIABOLICALNESS, n. The qualities of the devil. |
15803
|
diabolism |
DIABOLISM, n. 1. The actions of the devil.2. Possession by the devil. |
15804
|
diacaustic |
DIACAUSTIC, a. [G., to burn or inflame.] Belonging to curves formed by refraction. |
15805
|
diachylon |
DIACHYLON, n. [Gr.] An emollient plaster. |
15806
|
diaconal |
DIACONAL, a. [L.] Pertaining to a deacon. |
15807
|
diacoustic |
DIACOUSTIC, a. [Gr., to hear.] Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds. |
15808
|
diacoustics |
DIACOUSTICS, n. The science or doctrine of refracted sounds; the consideration of the properties of ... |
15809
|
diacritical |
DIACRITICAL, a. [Gr., to separate.] That separates or distinguishes; distinctive; as a diacritical ... |
15810
|
diadelph |
DIADELPH, n. [Gr., twice; a brother.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are united into two bodies ... |
15811
|
diadelphian |
DIADELPHIAN, a. Having its stamens united into two bodies by their filaments. |
15812
|
diadem |
DIADEM, n. [Gr., to gird; to bind. L.]1. Anciently, a head-band or fillet worn by kings as a badge ... |
15813
|
diademed |
DIADEMED, a. Adorned with a diadem; crowned; ornamented. |
15814
|
diadrom |
DIADROM, n. [Gr., a running about; to run.] A course or passing; a vibration; the time in which the ... |
15815
|
diagnostic |
DIAGNOSTIC, a. [Gr., to know.] Distinguishing; characteristic; indicating the nature of a ... |
15816
|
diagonal |
DIAGONAL, a. [Gr. A corner.] 1. In geometry, extending from one angle to another of a quadrilateral ... |
15817
|
diagonally |
DIAGONALLY, adv. In a diagonal direction. |
15818
|
diagram |
DIAGRAM, n. [Gr., to write.] In geometry, a figure, draught or scheme delineated for the purpose of ... |
15819
|
diagraphic |
DIAGRAPHIC, DIAGRAPHICAL, a. [Gr., to describe.] Descriptive. |
15820
|
diagraphical |
DIAGRAPHIC, DIAGRAPHICAL, a. [Gr., to describe.] Descriptive. |
15821
|
dial |
DIAL, n. An instrument for measuring time, by the aid of the sun; being a plate or plain surface, ... |
15822
|
dial-plate |
DIAL-PLATE, n. The plate of a dial on which the lines are drawn, to show the hour or time of the ... |
15823
|
dialect |
DIALECT, n. [Gr.]1. The form or idiom of a language, peculiar to a province, or to a kingdom or ... |
15824
|
dialectical |
DIALECTICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a dialect, or dialects; not radical.2. Logical; argumental. |
15825
|
dialectically |
DIALECTICALLY, adv. In the manner of dialect. |
15826
|
dialectician |
DIALECTICIAN, n. A logician; a reasoner. |
15827
|
dialectics |
DIALECTICS, n. That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning. |
15828
|
dialing |
DIALING, n. The art of constructing dials, or of drawing dials on a plane. The sciateric science, ... |
15829
|
dialist |
DIALIST, n. A constructor of dials; one skilled in dialing. |
15830
|
diallage |
DIALLAGE, n. [Gr., difference, alluding to the difference of luster between its natural joints.] A ... |
15831
|
dialogism |
DIALOGISM, n. A feigned speech between two or more. |
15832
|
dialogist |
DIALOGIST, n. [See Dialogue.] A speaker in a dialogue; also, a writer of dialogues. |
15833
|
dialogistic |
DIALOGISTIC, a. Having the form of a dialogue. |
15834
|
dialogistically |
DIALOGISTICALLY, adv. In the manner of dialogue. |
15835
|
dialogize |
DIALOGIZE, v.i. [See Dialogue.] To discourse in dialogue. |
15836
|
dialogue |
DIALOGUE, n. Dialog. [Gr., to dispute; to speak.]1. A conversation or conference between two or ... |
15837
|
dialogue-writer |
DIALOGUE-WRITER, n. A writer of dialogues or feigned conversations. |
15838
|
dialysis |
DIALYSIS, n. [Gr., to dissolve.] 1. A mark in writing or printing, consisting of two points placed ... |
15839
|
diamantine |
DIAMANTINE, for adamantine. [Not in use.] |
15840
|
diameter |
DIAMETER, n. [Gr., measure through.]1. A right line passing through the center of a circle or other ... |
15841
|
diametral |
DIAMETRAL, a. Diametrical, which see. |
15842
|
diametrally |
DIAMETRALLY, adv. Diametrically. |
15843
|
diametrical |
DIAMETRICAL, a. 1. Describing a diameter.2. Observing the direction of a diameter; direct; as ... |
15844
|
diametrically |
DIAMETRICALLY, adv. In a diametrical direction; directly; as diametrically opposite. |
15845
|
diamond |
DIAMOND, n. Dimond. [L., Gr. See Adamant.]1. A mineral, gem or precious stone, of the most valuable ... |
15846
|
diamond-mine |
DIAMOND-MINE, n. A mine in which diamonds are found. |
15847
|
diamonded |
DIAMONDED, a. Having the figure of an oblique angled parallelogram, or rhombus. |
15848
|
diander |
DIANDER, n. [Gr., twice; a male.] In botany, a plant having two stamens. |
15849
|
diandrian |
DIANDRIAN, a. Having two stamens. |
15850
|
diapase |
DIAPASON, DIAPASE, n. [Gr., through all.] 1. In music, the octave or interval which includes all ... |
15851
|
diapasm |
DIAPASM, n. [Gr., to sprinkle.] A perfume. |
15852
|
diapason |
DIAPASON, DIAPASE, n. [Gr., through all.] 1. In music, the octave or interval which includes all ... |
15853
|
diapente |
DIAPENTE, n. [Gr., five.]1. A fifth; an interval making the second of the concords, and with the ... |
15854
|
diaper |
DIAPER, n. Figured linen cloth; a cloth wove in flowers or figures; much used for towels or ... |
15855
|
diaphaned |
DIAPHANED, a. Transparent. [Little used.] |
15856
|
diaphaneity |
DIAPHANEITY, n. [Gr., to shine through; to shine.] The power of transmitting light; transparency; ... |
15857
|
diaphanic |
DIAPHANIC, a. [Gr. See supra.] Having power to transmit light; transparent. |
15858
|
diaphanous |
DIAPHANOUS, a. [See supra.] Having power to transmit rays of light, as glass; pellucid; ... |
15859
|
diaphoresis |
DIAPHORESIS, n. [Gr., to carry through; to carry.] Augmented perspiration; or an elimination of the ... |
15860
|
diaphoretic |
DIAPHORETIC, a. [supra.] Having the power to increase perspiration; sudorific; ... |
15861
|
diaphragm |
DIAPHRAGM, n. Diafram. [Gr., to break off, to defend.]1. In anatomy, the midriff, a muscle ... |
15862
|
diaporesis |
DIAPORESIS, n. [Gr., to doubt.] In rhetoric, doubt; hesitation. |
15863
|
diaresis |
DIARESIS, DIARESY, n. [Gr., a division; to take away.] The dissolution of a diphthong; the mark ... |
15864
|
diaresy |
DIARESIS, DIARESY, n. [Gr., a division; to take away.] The dissolution of a diphthong; the mark ... |
15865
|
diarian |
DIARIAN, a. [See Diary.] Pertaining to a diary; daily. |
15866
|
diarist |
DIARIST, n. One who keeps a diary. |
15867
|
diarrhea |
DIARRHEA, n. [Gr., to flow through; to flow.] Purging or flux; a frequent and copious evacuation of ... |
15868
|
diarrhetic |
DIARRHETIC, a. Promoting evacuation by stool; purgative. |
15869
|
diary |
DIARY, n. [L., a day.] An account of daily events or transactions; a journal; a register of daily ... |
15870
|
diaschism |
DIASCHISM, n. [Gr., a piece cut off; to cut off.] In music, the difference between the comma and ... |
15871
|
diaspore |
DIASPORE, n. [Gr., to disperse.] A mineral occurring in lamellar concretions, of a pearly gray ... |
15872
|
diastaltic |
DIASTALTIC, a. [Gr., dilating.] Dilated; noble; bold; an epithet given by the Greeks to certain ... |
15873
|
diastem |
DIASTEM, n. [Gr.] In music, a simple interval. |
15874
|
diastole |
DIASTOLE, DIASTOLY, n. [Gr., to set or send from.]1. Among physicians, a dilation of the heart, ... |
15875
|
diastoly |
DIASTOLE, DIASTOLY, n. [Gr., to set or send from.]1. Among physicians, a dilation of the heart, ... |
15876
|
diastyle |
DIASTYLE, n. [Gr.] An edifice in which three diameters of the columns are allowed for ... |
15877
|
diatessaron |
DIATESSARON, n. [Gr., four.] Among musicians, a concord or harmonic interval, composed of a greater ... |
15878
|
diatonic |
DIATONIC, a. [Gr., by or through, sound.] Ascending or descending, as in sound, or from sound to ... |
15879
|
diatribe |
DIATRIBE, n. [Gr.] A continued discourse or disputation. |
15880
|
diazeutic |
DIAZEUTIC, a. [Gr., to disjoin.] A diazeutic tone, in ancient Greek music, disjoined two fourths, ... |
15881
|
dibble |
DIBBLE, n. [probably from the root of top, tip, a point, and denoting a little sharp point; or ... |
15882
|
dibstone |
DIBSTONE, n. A little stone which children throw at another stone. |
15883
|
dicacity |
DICACITY, n. [L.] Pertness. [Little used.] |
15884
|
dicast |
DICAST, n. [Gr., to judge; justice.] In ancient Greece, an officer answering nearly to our juryman. |
15885
|
dice |
DICE, n. plu. of die; also, a game with dice.DICE, v.i. To play with dice. |
15886
|
dice-box |
DICE-BOX, n. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. |
15887
|
dice-maker |
DICE-MAKER, n. A maker of dice. |
15888
|
dicer |
DICER, n. A player at dice. |
15889
|
dichotomize |
DICHOTOMIZE, v.t. [See the next word.] To cut into two parts; to divide into pairs. |
15890
|
dichotomous |
DICHOTOMOUS, a. [Gr., doubly, by pairs; to cut.] In botany, regularly dividing by pairs from top to ... |
15891
|
dichotomous-corymb |
DICHOTOMOUS-CORYMBED, a. Composed of corymbs, in which the pedicles divide and subdivide by pairs. |
15892
|
dichotomy |
DICHOTOMY, n. [Gr., a division into two parts; to cut.]1. Division or distribution of ideas by ... |
15893
|
dichroit |
DICHROIT, n. [See Iolite.] |
15894
|
dicing-house |
DICING-HOUSE, n. A house where dice is played; a gaming house. [Little used.] |
15895
|
dicker |
DICKER, n. [Gr., ten. L.] In old authors, the number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or ... |
15896
|
dicoccous |
DICOCCOUS, a. [Gr., L., a grain.] Two-grained; consisting of two cohering grains or cells, with one ... |
15897
|
dicotyledon |
DICOTYLEDON, n. [Gr., two; a cavity.] A plant whose seeds divide into two lobes in germinating. |
15898
|
dicotyledonous |
DICOTYLEDONOUS, a. Having two lobes. A dicotyledonous plant is one whose seeds have two lobes, and ... |
15899
|
dictate |
DICTATE, v.t. [L., to speak.]1. To tell with authority; to deliver, as an order, command, or ... |
15900
|
dictated |
DICTATED, pp. Delivered with authority; ordered; directed; suggested. |
15901
|
dictating |
DICTATING, ppr. Uttering or delivering with authority; instructing what to say or write; ordering; ... |
15902
|
dictation |
DICTATION, n. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing.It affords security against ... |
15903
|
dictator |
DICTATOR, n. [L.]1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of ... |
15904
|
dictatorial |
DICTATORIAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a dictator; absolute; unlimited; uncontrollable.2. Imperious; ... |
15905
|
dictatorship |
DICTATORSHIP, n. 1. The office of a dictator; the term of a dictators office.2. Authority; ... |
15906
|
dictatory |
DICTATORY, a. Overbearing; dogmatical. |
15907
|
dictature |
DICTATURE, n. 1. The office of a dictator; dictatorship.2. Absolute authority; the power that ... |
15908
|
diction |
DICTION, n. [L., to speak.] Expression of ideas by words; style; manner of expression. |
15909
|
dictionary |
dictionary, n. [L., a word, or a speaking.] A book containing the words of a language arranged in ... |
15910
|
did |
DID, pret of do, contracted from doed. I did, thou didst, he did; we did, you or ye did, they ... |
15911
|
didactic |
DIDACTIC, DIDACTICAL, a. [Gr., to teach.] Adapted to teach; preceptive; containing doctrines, ... |
15912
|
didactical |
DIDACTIC, DIDACTICAL, a. [Gr., to teach.] Adapted to teach; preceptive; containing doctrines, ... |
15913
|
didactically |
DIDACTICALLY, adv. In a didactic manner; in a form to teach. |
15914
|
didapper |
DIDAPPER, n. [from dip.] A bird that dives into the water, a species of Colymbus. |
15915
|
didascalic |
DIDASCALIC, a. [Gr., to teach.] Didactic; preceptive; giving precepts. [Little used.] |
15916
|
didder |
DIDDER, v.i. To totter, as a child in walking. |
15917
|
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