demagnetisation | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetization |
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demagnetization | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetisation |
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demagog | (noun) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices | Synonyms: demagogue, rabble-rouser |
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demagogue | (noun) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices | Synonyms: demagog, rabble-rouser |
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demagoguery | (noun) impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace | Synonyms: demagogy |
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demagogy | (noun) impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace | Synonyms: demagoguery |
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demand | (noun) the act of demanding | - |
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(noun) required activity | Synonyms: requirement |
(noun) an urgent or peremptory request | - |
(noun) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services | - |
(noun) a condition requiring relief | Synonyms: need |
demander | (noun) a person who makes demands | - |
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demantoid | (noun) a green andradite used as a gemstone | - |
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demarcation | (noun) a conceptual separation or distinction | Synonyms: contrast, dividing line, line |
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(noun) the boundary of a specific area | Synonyms: demarcation line, limit |
demarche | (noun) a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs | - |
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demeanor | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment |
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demeanour | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, deportment |
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dementedness | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementia |
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dementia | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementedness |
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demerara | (noun) light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana | Synonyms: demerara sugar |
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(noun) dark rum from Guyana | Synonyms: demerara rum |
(noun) a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana | - |
demerit | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: fault |
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(noun) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces | - |
demesne | (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: domain, land |
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(noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, estate, land, landed estate |
demiglace | (noun) sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry | Synonyms: demi-glaze |
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demigod | (noun) a person who is part mortal and part god | Synonyms: daemon |
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(noun) a person with great powers and abilities | Synonyms: superman, Ubermensch |
demijohn | (noun) large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork | - |
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demimondaine | (noun) a female prostitute | - |
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demimonde | (noun) a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior | - |
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demineralisation | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralization |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralization |
demineralization | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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demister | (noun) heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car | - |
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demitasse | (noun) small coffee cup; for serving black coffee | - |
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(noun) small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream | Synonyms: cafe noir |
demiurge | (noun) a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe | - |
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demo | (noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demonstration |
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demobilisation | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilization |
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demobilization | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilisation |
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democracy | (noun) the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | - |
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(noun) the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group | Synonyms: majority rule |
(noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: commonwealth, republic |
democrat | (noun) an advocate of democratic principles | - |
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democratisation | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratization |
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democratism | (noun) the theory, system, or principles of democracy. | - |
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democratization | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratisation |
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demodulation | (noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave | - |
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demodulator | (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: detector |
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demographer | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographist, population scientist |
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demographic | (noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | - |
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demographist | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographer, population scientist |
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demography | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | Synonyms: human ecology |
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demoiselle | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: damselfish |
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(noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel |
demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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demolition | (noun) the act of demolishing | - |
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(noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: destruction, wipeout |
demon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: devil, fiend, monster, ogre |
(noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | - |
demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demoniac | (noun) someone who acts as if possessed by a demon | - |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demonism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: diabolism, Satanism |
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demonization | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonisation |
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demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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demonstration | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: presentation, presentment |
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(noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: manifestation |
(noun) a show of military force or preparedness | - |
(noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demo |
(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: monstrance |
demonstrative | (noun) a pronoun that points out an intended referent | Synonyms: demonstrative pronoun |
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demonstrativeness | (noun) tending to express your feelings freely | - |
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demonstrator | (noun) someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | Synonyms: protester |
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(noun) someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer | Synonyms: sales demonstrator |
(noun) a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught | - |
demoralisation | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralization |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralization |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralization |
demoralization | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralisation |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralisation |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralisation |
demotion | (noun) act of lowering in rank or position | - |
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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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