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- deficiency n
- Lack or insufficiency
- deficient adj
- Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount
- definite adj
- Having an exact signification or positive meaning
- deflect v
- To cause to turn aside or downward
- deforest v
- To clear of forests
- deform v
- To disfigure
- deformity n
- A disfigurement
- defraud v
- To deprive of something dishonestly
- defray v
- To make payment for
- degeneracy n
- A becoming worse
- degenerate v
- To become worse or inferior
- degradation n
- Diminution, as of strength or magnitude
- degrade v
- To take away honors or position from
- dehydrate v
- To deprive of water
- deify v
- To regard or worship as a god
- deign v
- To deem worthy of notice or account
- deist n
- One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation
- deity n
- A god, goddess, or divine person
- deject v
- To dishearten
- dejection n
- Melancholy
- delectable adj
- Delightful to the taste or to the senses
- delectation n
- Delight
- deleterious adj
- Hurtful, morally or physically
- delicacy n
- That which is agreeable to a fine taste
- delineate v
- To represent by sketch or diagram
- deliquesce v
- To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air
- delirious adj
- Raving
- delude v
- To mislead the mind or judgment of
- deluge v
- To overwhelm with a flood of water
- delusion n
- Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring
- demagnetize v
- To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism
- demagogue n
- An unprincipled politician
- demeanor n
- Deportment
- demented adj
- Insane
- demerit n
- A mark for failure or bad conduct
- demise n
- Death
- demobilize v
- To disband, as troops
- demolish v
- To annihilate
- demonstrable adj
- Capable of positive proof
- demonstrate v
- To prove indubitably
- demonstrative adj
- Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts
- demonstrator n
- One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner
- demulcent n
- Any application soothing to an irritable surface
- demurrage n
- the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing
- dendroid adj
- Like a tree
- dendrology n
- The natural history of trees
- denizen n
- Inhabitant
- denominate v
- To give a name or epithet to
- denomination n
- A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline
- denominator n
- Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided
- denote v
- To designate by word or mark
- denouement n
- That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up
- denounce v
- To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium
- dentifrice n
- Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth
- denude v
- To strip the covering from
- denunciation n
- The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment
- deplete v
- To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste
- deplorable adj
- Contemptible
- deplore v
- To regard with grief or sorrow
- deponent adj
- Laying down
- depopulate v
- To remove the inhabitants from
- deport v
- To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony
- deportment n
- Demeanor
- deposition n
- Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court
- depositor n
- One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited
- depository n
- A place where anything is kept in safety
- deprave v
- To render bad, especially morally bad
- deprecate v
- To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite
- depreciate v
- To lessen the worth of
- depreciation n
- A lowering in value or an underrating in worth
- depress v
- To press down
- depression n
- A falling of the spirits
- depth n
- Deepness
- derelict adj
- Neglectful of obligation
- deride v
- To ridicule
- derisible adj
- Open to ridicule
- derision n
- Ridicule
- derivation n
- That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning
- derivative adj
- Coming or acquired from some origin
- derive v
- To deduce, as from a premise
- dermatology n
- The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases
- derrick n
- An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights
- descendant n
- One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc
- descendent adj
- Proceeding downward
- descent n
- The act of moving or going downward
- descry v
- To discern
- desert v
- To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
- desiccant n
- Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds
- designate v
- To select or appoint, as by authority
- desist v
- To cease from action
- desistance n
- Cessation
- despair n
- Utter hopelessness and despondency
- desperado n
- One without regard for law or life
- desperate adj
- Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair
- despicable adj
- Contemptible
- despite prep
- In spite of
- despond v
- To lose spirit, courage, or hope
- despondent adj
- Disheartened
- despot n
- An absolute and irresponsible monarch
- despotism n
- Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part
- destitute adj
- Poverty-stricken
- desultory adj
- Not connected with what precedes
- deter v
- To frighten away
- deteriorate v
- To grow worse
- determinate adj
- Definitely limited or fixed
- determination n
- The act of deciding
- deterrent adj
- Hindering from action through fear
- detest v
- To dislike or hate with intensity
- detract v
- To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation
- detriment n
- Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss
- detrude v
- To push down forcibly
- deviate v
- To take a different course
- devilry n
- Malicious mischief
- deviltry n
- Wanton and malicious mischief
- devious adj
- Out of the common or regular track
- devise v
- To invent
- devout adj
- Religious
- dexterity n
- Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work
- diabolic adj
- Characteristic of the devil
- diacritical adj
- Marking a difference
- diagnose v
- To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena
- diagnosis n
- Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease
- dialect n
- Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district
- dialectician n
- A logician
- dialogue n
- A formal conversation in which two or more take part
- diaphanous adj
- Transparent
- diatomic adj
- Containing only two atoms
- diatribe n
- A bitter or malicious criticism
- dictum n
- A positive utterance
- didactic adj
- Pertaining to teaching
- difference n
- Dissimilarity in any respect
- differentia n
- Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species
- differential adj
- Distinctive
- differentiate v
- To acquire a distinct and separate character
- diffidence n
- Self-distrust
- diffident adj
- Affected or possessed with self-distrust
- diffusible adj
- Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly
- diffusion n
- Dispersion
- dignitary n
- One who holds high rank
- digraph n
- A union of two characters representing a single sound
- digress v
- To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter
- dilapidated pa
- Fallen into decay or partial ruin
- dilate v
- To enlarge in all directions
- dilatory adj
- Tending to cause delay
- dilemma n
- A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary
- dilettante n
- A superficial amateur
- diligence n
- Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken
- dilute v
- To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something
- diminution n
- Reduction
- dimly adv
- Obscurely
- diphthong n
- The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds
- diplomacy n
- Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters
- diplomat n
- A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another
- diplomatic adj
- Characterized by special tact in negotiations
- diplomatist n
- One remarkable for tact and shrewd management
- disagree v
- To be opposite in opinion
- disallow v
- To withhold permission or sanction
- disappear v
- To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being
- disappoint v
- To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of
- disapprove v
- To regard with blame
- disarm v
- To deprive of weapons
- disarrange v
- To throw out of order
- disavow v
- To disclaim responsibility for
- disavowal n
- Denial
- disbeliever n
- One who refuses to believe
- disburden v
- To disencumber
- disburse v
- To pay out or expend, as money from a fund
- discard v
- To reject
- discernible adj
- Perceivable
- disciple n
- One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine
- disciplinary adj
- Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority
- discipline v
- To train to obedience
- disclaim v
- To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to
- discolor v
- To stain
- discomfit v
- To put to confusion
- discomfort n
- The state of being positively uncomfortable
- disconnect v
- To undo or dissolve the connection or association of
- disconsolate adj
- Grief-stricken
- discontinuance n
- Interruption or intermission
- discord n
- Absence of harmoniousness
- discountenance v
- To look upon with disfavor
- discover v
- To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived
- discredit v
- To injure the reputation of
- discreet adj
- Judicious
- discrepant adj
- Opposite
- discriminate v
- To draw a distinction
- discursive adj
- Passing from one subject to another
- discussion n
- Debate
- disenfranchise v
- To deprive of any right privilege or power
- disengage v
- To become detached
- disfavor n
- Disregard
- disfigure v
- To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of
- dishabille n
- Undress or negligent attire
- dishonest adj
- Untrustworthy
- disillusion v
- To disenchant
- disinfect v
- To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases
- disinfectant n
- A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases
- disinherit v
- To deprive of an inheritance
- disinterested adj
- Impartial
- disjunctive adj
- Helping or serving to disconnect or separate
- dislocate v
- To put out of proper place or order
- dismissal n
- Displacement by authority from an office or an employment
- dismount v
- To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like
- disobedience n
- Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction
- disobedient adj
- Neglecting or refusing to obey
- disown v
- To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself
- disparage v
- To regard or speak of slightingly
- disparity n
- Inequality
- dispel v
- To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions
- dispensation n
- That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power
- displace v
- To put out of the proper or accustomed place
- dispossess v
- To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate
- disputation n
- Verbal controversy
- disqualify v
- To debar
- disquiet v
- To deprive of peace or tranquillity
- disregard v
- To take no notice of
- disreputable adj
- Dishonorable or disgraceful
- disrepute n
- A bad name or character
- disrobe v
- To unclothe
- disrupt v
- To burst or break asunder
- dissatisfy v
- To displease
- dissect v
- To cut apart or to pieces
- dissection n
- The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal
- dissemble v
- To hide by pretending something different
- disseminate v
- To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown
- dissension n
- Angry or violent difference of opinion
- dissent n
- Disagreement
- dissentient n
- One who disagrees
- dissentious adj
- Contentious
- dissertation n
- Thesis
- disservice n
- An ill turn
- dissever v
- To divide
- dissimilar adj
- Different
- dissipate v
- To disperse or disappear
- dissipation n
- The state of being dispersed or scattered
- dissolute adj
- Lewd
- dissolution n
- A breaking up of a union of persons
- dissolve v
- To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture
- dissonance n
- Discord
- dissonant adj
- Harsh or disagreeable in sound
- dissuade v
- To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading
- dissuasion n
- The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading
- disyllable n
- A word of two syllables
- distemper n
- A disease or malady
- distend v
- To stretch out or expand in every direction
- distensible adj
- Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction
- distention n
- Expansion
- distill v
- To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation
- distillation n
- Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile
- distiller n
- One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors