demulcent | (noun) a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin | - |
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demur | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demurral, demurrer |
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demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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(noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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demurrer | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, denial |
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(noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurral |
(noun) (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings | - |
demyelination | (noun) loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function | - |
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demythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologization |
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demythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologisation |
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den | (noun) a room that is comfortable and secluded | - |
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(noun) a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts | - |
(noun) the habitation of wild animals | Synonyms: lair |
(noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: hideaway, hideout |
denationalisation | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalization, privatisation, privatization |
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denationalization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, privatisation, privatization |
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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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