| deprive | (verb) take away | Synonyms: impoverish |
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| (verb) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | - |
| (verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: divest, strip |
| deprived | (adjective) marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | Synonyms: disadvantaged |
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| 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 |
| depute | (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: delegate |
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| (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, designate |
| deputise | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputize |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputize, step in, substitute |
| deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
| deputy | (noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Synonyms: lieutenant |
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| (noun) someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies | Synonyms: deputy sheriff |
| (noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others | Synonyms: surrogate |
| (noun) a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) | - |
| deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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| (verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
| deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
| derail | (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: jump |
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| (verb) cause to run off the tracks | - |
| derailment | (noun) an accident in which a train runs off its track | - |
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| derange | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: perturb, throw out of kilter |
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| (verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: unbalance |
| deranged | (adjective) driven insane | Synonyms: crazed, half-crazed |
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| derangement | (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: overthrow, upset |
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| (noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: mental unsoundness, unbalance |
| derate | (verb) lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus | - |
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| derby | (noun) a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim | Synonyms: bowler, bowler hat, derby hat, plug hat |
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| derecognise | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognize |
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| derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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| deregulate | (verb) lift the regulations on | - |
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| deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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| deregulation | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulating |
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| derelict | (adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down |
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| (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: delinquent, neglectful, remiss |
| (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: abandoned, deserted |
| (adjective) worn and broken down by hard use | Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone |
| (noun) a ship abandoned on the high seas | Synonyms: abandoned ship |
| (noun) a person without a home, job, or property | - |
| dereliction | (noun) willful negligence | - |
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| (noun) a tendency to be negligent and uncaring | Synonyms: delinquency, willful neglect |
| derequisition | (verb) release from government control | - |
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| derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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| deride | (verb) treat or speak of with contempt | - |
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| derision | (noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt | Synonyms: ridicule |
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| (noun) contemptuous laughter | - |
| derisive | (adjective) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | Synonyms: gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting |
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| derisively | (adverb) in a disrespectful and mocking manner | Synonyms: derisorily, mockingly, scoffingly |
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| derisorily | (adverb) in a disrespectful and mocking manner | Synonyms: derisively, mockingly, scoffingly |
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| derisory | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| derivable | (adjective) capable of being derived | - |
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| derivation | (noun) the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin | - |
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| (noun) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation | - |
| (noun) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body | - |
| (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: ancestry, filiation, lineage |
| (noun) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions | - |
| (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: deriving, etymologizing |
| (noun) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | - |
| (noun) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation | - |
| derivational | (adjective) characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base | - |
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| derivative | (adjective) resulting from or employing derivation | - |
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| (noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative |
| (noun) (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word | - |
| (noun) a financial instrument whose value is based on another security | Synonyms: derivative instrument |
| (noun) a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound | - |
| derive | (verb) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state | Synonyms: educe |
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| (verb) obtain from a particular source | - |
| (verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction | Synonyms: deduce, deduct, infer |
| (verb) obtain | Synonyms: gain |
| (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, descend |
| derived | (adjective) formed or developed from something else; not original | - |
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| deriving | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, etymologizing |
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| derma | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: corium, dermis |
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| dermabrasion | (noun) removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer | - |
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| dermal | (adjective) of or relating to or located in the dermis | Synonyms: dermic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, epidermal, epidermic |
| (adjective) relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | Synonyms: cutaneal, cutaneous |
| dermatitis | (noun) inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters | - |
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| dermatoglyphic | (noun) the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | - |
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| dermatoglyphics | (noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet | - |
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| dermatologic | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing dermatology | Synonyms: dermatological |
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| dermatological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing dermatology | Synonyms: dermatologic |
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| dermatologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin | Synonyms: skin doctor |
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| dermatology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases | - |
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| dermatome | (noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin | - |
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| dermatomycosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatophytosis |
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| dermatomyositis | (noun) myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals | - |
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| dermatophytosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatomycosis |
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| dermatosclerosis | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: scleroderma |
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| dermatosis | (noun) disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation) | - |
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| dermic | (adjective) of or relating to or located in the dermis | Synonyms: dermal |
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| dermis | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: corium, derma |
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| derogate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, minimize |
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| derogation | (noun) (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law | - |
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| (noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: depreciation, disparagement |
| derogative | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogatory, disparaging |
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| derogatory | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogative, disparaging |
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| derp | (adjective) appearing silly or stupid especially in a cute manner | - |
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| (noun) someone who is silly or stupid especially when seeming cute | - |
| (adverb) reacting to a stupid but cute action | - |
| derrick | (noun) a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom | - |
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| (noun) a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered | - |
| derriere | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| derringer | (noun) a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel | - |
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| derris | (noun) any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons | - |
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| derv | (noun) diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle) | - |
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| dervish | (noun) an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements | - |
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| desacralize | (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: secularize |
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| desalinate | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinise, desalinize, desalt |
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| desalination | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalinisation, desalinization |
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| desalinisation | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinization |
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| desalinise | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinize, desalt |
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| desalinization | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinisation |
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| desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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| desalt | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalinize |
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| descale | (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: scale |
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| descant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: discant |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
| (verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
| (verb) sing in descant | - |
| descend | (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: fall, settle |
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| (verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, deign |
| (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, derive |
| descendant | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendent |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
| (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
| descendants | (noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor | Synonyms: posterity |
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| descendent | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendant |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
| (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
| descender | (noun) (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters | - |
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| (noun) a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters | - |
| (noun) someone who descends | - |
| descending | (adjective) coming down or downward | - |
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| descensus | (noun) the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | Synonyms: prolapse, prolapsus |
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| descent | (noun) the act of changing your location in a downward direction | - |
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| (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: extraction, origin |
| (noun) a movement downward | - |
| (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall |
| (noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | Synonyms: filiation, line of descent, lineage |
| describable | (adjective) capable of being described | - |
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| describe | (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
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| (verb) give a description of | Synonyms: depict, draw |
| (verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: account, report |
| (verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, draw, line, trace |
| described | (adjective) represented in words especially with sharpness and detail | - |
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| description | (noun) sort or variety | - |
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| (noun) the act of describing something | - |
| (noun) a statement that represents something in words | Synonyms: verbal description |
| descriptive | (adjective) of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage | - |
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| (adjective) serving to describe or inform or characterized by description | - |
| descriptively | (adverb) by giving a description | - |
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| descriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics | - |
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| (noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value | - |
| descriptor | (noun) a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | - |
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| (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: form, signifier, word form |
| descry | (verb) catch sight of | Synonyms: espy, spot, spy |
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| desecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: deconsecrate, unhallow |
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| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: outrage, profane, violate |
| desecrated | (adjective) treated with disrespect and contempt | - |
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| desecration | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege |
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| desegrated | (adjective) rid of segregation; having had segregation ended | Synonyms: nonsegregated, unsegregated |
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