| denaturant | (noun) any substance that serves as a denaturing agent | - |
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| denazification | (noun) social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism | Synonyms: de-Nazification |
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| dendrite | (noun) short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron | - |
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| dendrobium | (noun) a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers | - |
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| dendrology | (noun) the study of wooden plants | - |
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| dengue | (noun) an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints | Synonyms: breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever |
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| denial | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, demurrer |
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| (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
| (noun) the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) | - |
| (noun) the act of asserting that something alleged is not true | Synonyms: disaffirmation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts | - |
| denier | (noun) any of various former European coins of different denominations | - |
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| (noun) a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon | - |
| (noun) one who denies | - |
| denigration | (noun) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) | Synonyms: deprecation |
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| (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, calumny, defamation, slander |
| (noun) a belittling comment | Synonyms: belittling |
| denim | (noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | Synonyms: dungaree, jean |
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| (noun) (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear | Synonyms: blue jeans, jeans |
| denitrator | (noun) Any device used to remove nitrates or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water. | - |
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| denivelation | (noun) the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. | - |
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| denizen | (noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region | - |
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| (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
| denomination | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, designation |
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| (noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | - |
| (noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | - |
| denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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| (noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
| denominator | (noun) the divisor of a fraction | - |
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| denotation | (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: extension, reference |
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| (noun) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | Synonyms: indication |
| denotatum | (noun) an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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| denouement | (noun) the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work | - |
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| (noun) the outcome of a complex sequence of events | - |
| denouncement | (noun) a public act of denouncing | Synonyms: denunciation |
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| denseness | (noun) the amount per unit size | Synonyms: density |
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| (noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, density, tightness |
| (noun) the quality of being mentally slow and limited | Synonyms: dumbness, slow-wittedness |
| densification | (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, compression, concretion |
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| densimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densitometer |
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| densitometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density | - |
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| (noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densimeter |
| densitometry | (noun) measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission | - |
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| density | (noun) the amount per unit size | Synonyms: denseness |
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| (noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, denseness, tightness |
| dent | (noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | Synonyms: ding, gouge, nick |
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| (noun) an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) | - |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: incision, prick, scratch, slit |
| dental | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental consonant |
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| denticle | (noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod | - |
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| dentifrice | (noun) a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush | - |
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| dentin | (noun) bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth | Synonyms: dentine |
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| (noun) a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth | Synonyms: dentine |
| dentine | (noun) bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth | Synonyms: dentin |
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| (noun) a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth | Synonyms: dentin |
| dentist | (noun) a person qualified to practice dentistry | Synonyms: dental practitioner, tooth doctor |
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| dentistry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth | Synonyms: dental medicine, odontology |
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| dentition | (noun) the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | Synonyms: teeth |
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| (noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | Synonyms: odontiasis, teething |
| denture | (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, plate |
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| denturist | (noun) someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) | Synonyms: dental technician |
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| denudation | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, husking, stripping, uncovering |
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| denunciation | (noun) a public act of denouncing | Synonyms: denouncement |
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| deodar | (noun) tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber | Synonyms: Cedrus deodara, deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar |
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| deodorant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodourant |
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| deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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| deossification | (noun) the loss of the mineral content of bone tissue | - |
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| deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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| deoxycytidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: cytidine |
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| deoxyephedrine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| deoxyguanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: guanosine |
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| deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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| deoxyribose | (noun) a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids | - |
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| deoxythymidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: thymidine |
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| departed | (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent |
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| departer | (noun) someone who leaves | Synonyms: goer, leaver |
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| department | (noun) a specialized sphere of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a specialized division of a large organization | Synonyms: section |
| (noun) the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) | - |
| departure | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: going, going away, leaving |
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| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: deviation, difference, divergence |
| dependability | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependableness, reliability, reliableness |
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| dependableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, reliability, reliableness |
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| dependance | (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | Synonyms: dependence, dependency |
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| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation |
| dependant | (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependent |
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| dependence | (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | Synonyms: dependance, dependency |
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| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation |
| dependency | (noun) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | Synonyms: colony |
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| (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | Synonyms: dependance, dependence |
| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation |
| dependent | (noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependant |
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| depersonalisation | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalization, reification |
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| (noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
| (noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalization |
| depersonalization | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalisation, reification |
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| (noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
| (noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalisation |
| depicting | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal, portraying |
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| depiction | (noun) representation by drawing or painting etc | Synonyms: delineation, portrayal |
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| (noun) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | Synonyms: delineation, limning, line drawing |
| (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, portrayal, portraying |
| (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, picture, word-painting, word picture |
| depigmentation | (noun) absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair | - |
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| depilation | (noun) the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin) | Synonyms: epilation |
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| (noun) the condition of being void of hair | Synonyms: hairlessness |
| depilator | (noun) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair | Synonyms: depilatory, epilator |
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| depilatory | (noun) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair | Synonyms: depilator, epilator |
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| (noun) a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides | - |
| depletion | (noun) the act of decreasing something markedly | - |
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| (noun) the state of being depleted | - |
| deployment | (noun) the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work | - |
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| depolarisation | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarization |
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| depolarization | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarisation |
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| deponent | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deposer, testifier |
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| depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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| deportation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: exile, expatriation, transportation |
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| (noun) the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | - |
| deportee | (noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: exile |
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| deportment | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour |
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| deposer | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deponent, testifier |
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| deposit | (noun) the act of putting something somewhere | Synonyms: deposition |
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| (noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping | Synonyms: depositary, depository, repository |
| (noun) a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met | - |
| (noun) matter that has been deposited by some natural process | Synonyms: sediment |
| (noun) the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | Synonyms: alluviation, sedimentation |
| (noun) a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later | Synonyms: down payment |
| (noun) money deposited in a bank or some similar institution | Synonyms: bank deposit |
| (noun) money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use | - |
| (noun) the natural process of laying down a deposit of something | Synonyms: deposition |
| depositary | (noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping | Synonyms: deposit, depository, repository |
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| deposition | (noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | Synonyms: dethronement |
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| (noun) the act of putting something somewhere | Synonyms: deposit |
| (noun) (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office | - |
| (noun) the natural process of laying down a deposit of something | Synonyms: deposit |
| depositor | (noun) a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution | - |
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| depository | (noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping | Synonyms: deposit, depositary, repository |
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| depot | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: terminal, terminus |
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| (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: entrepot, storage, store, storehouse |
| depravation | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravity, putrefaction |
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| depravity | (noun) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | Synonyms: turpitude |
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| (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction |
| deprecatio | (noun) a praying against evil, against others, or oneself; a prayer for the removal of some evil. | - |
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| deprecation | (noun) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) | Synonyms: denigration |
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| (noun) a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster | - |
| depreciation | (noun) a decrease in price or value | - |
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| (noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: derogation, disparagement |
| (noun) decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use | Synonyms: wear and tear |
| depreciator | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: detractor, disparager, knocker |
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| depredation | (noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: predation |
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| (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: ravage |
| depressant | (noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
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| depression | (noun) pushing down | - |
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| (noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | - |
| (noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation | Synonyms: natural depression |
| (noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
| (noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: impression, imprint |
| (noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | - |
| (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: low |
| (noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | Synonyms: economic crisis, slump |
| (noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | Synonyms: clinical depression, depressive disorder |
| depressive | (noun) someone suffering psychological depression | - |
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| depressor | (noun) a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | - |
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| (noun) any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | Synonyms: depressor muscle |
| (noun) any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | Synonyms: depressor nerve |
| deprivation | (noun) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | Synonyms: privation |
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| (noun) the disadvantage that results from losing something | Synonyms: loss |
| (noun) a state of extreme poverty | Synonyms: neediness, privation, want |
| depth | (noun) the extent downward or backward or inward | Synonyms: deepness |
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| (noun) degree of psychological or intellectual profundity | - |
| (noun) the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense | - |
| (noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: astuteness, deepness, profoundness, profundity |
| (noun) (usually plural) a low moral state | - |
| depths | (noun) (plural) the deepest and most remote part | - |
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| deputation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, delegation, mission |