deflower | (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: impair, mar, spoil, vitiate |
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(verb) deprive of virginity | Synonyms: ruin |
defog | (verb) free from mist | Synonyms: demist |
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defoliant | (noun) a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off | - |
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defoliate | (adjective) deprived of leaves | Synonyms: defoliated |
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(verb) strip the leaves or branches from | - |
defoliated | (adjective) deprived of leaves | Synonyms: defoliate |
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defoliation | (noun) causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals) | - |
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(noun) the loss of foliage | - |
defoliator | (noun) an insect that strips the leaves from plants | - |
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deforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: disafforest, disforest |
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deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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(noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
deform | (verb) become misshapen | - |
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(verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: distort, strain |
(verb) assume a different shape or form | Synonyms: change form, change shape |
(verb) make formless | - |
(verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, flex, turn, twist |
(verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, distort, wring |
deformation | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: contortion |
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(noun) a change for the worse | Synonyms: distortion |
(noun) alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it | - |
deformational | (adjective) relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure | - |
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deformed | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen |
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deformity | (noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement |
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(noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: malformation, misshapenness |
defraud | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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defrauder | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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defray | (verb) bear the expenses of | - |
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defrayal | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayment, payment |
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defrayment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, payment |
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defrock | (verb) divest of the frock; of church officials | Synonyms: unfrock |
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defrost | (verb) make or become free of frost or ice | Synonyms: de-ice, deice |
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defroster | (noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) | Synonyms: deicer |
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deft | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: dexterous, dextrous |
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deftly | (adverb) in a deft manner | - |
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(adverb) with dexterity; in a dexterous manner | Synonyms: dexterously, dextrously |
deftness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, facility, quickness |
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defunct | (adjective) having ceased to exist or live | - |
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(adjective) no longer in force or use; inactive | - |
defunctness | (noun) no longer in existence | Synonyms: extinction |
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defuse | (verb) remove the triggering device from | - |
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defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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defy | (verb) challenge | Synonyms: dare |
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(verb) resist or confront with resistance | Synonyms: hold, hold up, withstand |
(verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: refuse, resist |
degage | (adjective) free and relaxed in manner | - |
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(adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: detached, uninvolved |
degas | (verb) remove gas from | - |
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degauss | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: demagnetise, demagnetize |
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degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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degeneracy | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
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(noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneration |
degenerate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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(noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
(verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: deteriorate, devolve, drop |
degeneration | (noun) passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Synonyms: retrogression |
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(noun) the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Synonyms: devolution |
(noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneracy |
degenerative | (adjective) (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function | - |
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deglaze | (verb) dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring | - |
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deglutition | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: drink, swallow |
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deglycerolise | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolize |
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deglycerolize | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolise |
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degradation | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: debasement |
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(noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, abjection |
degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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(verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
degraded | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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(adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, devalued |
degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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degrading | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: debasing |
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(adjective) harmful to the mind or morals | Synonyms: corrupting |
degras | (noun) a semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. | - |
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degrease | (verb) remove grease or oil from (a pan) | - |
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degreaser | (noun) a chemical substance that dissolves water-insoluble substances, such as greases and oils. | - |
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degree | (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: grade, level |
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(noun) the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) | - |
(noun) the highest power of a term or variable | - |
(noun) an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study | Synonyms: academic degree |
(noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: arcdegree |
(noun) a unit of temperature on a specified scale | - |
(noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: level, point, stage |
degressive | (adjective) going down by steps | - |
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(adjective) (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount | - |
degust | (verb) taste with relish | - |
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degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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dehisce | (verb) burst or split open | - |
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dehiscence | (noun) (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound | - |
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dehiscent | (adjective) (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds | - |
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dehorn | (verb) take the horns off (an animal) | - |
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(verb) prevent the growth of horns of certain animals | - |
dehumanisation | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanization |
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dehumanise | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanize |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanize |
dehumanised | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanized, unhuman |
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dehumanization | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanisation |
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dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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dehumidifier | (noun) an appliance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable | - |
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dehumidify | (verb) make less humid | - |
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dehydrate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: desiccate, dry up, exsiccate |
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(verb) remove water from | Synonyms: desiccate |
(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: desiccate |
dehydrated | (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: desiccated, dried |
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(adjective) suffering from excessive loss of water from the body | - |
dehydration | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: desiccation, drying up, evaporation |
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(noun) dryness resulting from the removal of water | Synonyms: desiccation |
(noun) depletion of bodily fluids | - |
dehydrogenate | (verb) remove hydrogen from | - |
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dehydroretinol | (noun) a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1 | Synonyms: vitamin A2 |
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deice | (verb) make or become free of frost or ice | Synonyms: de-ice, defrost |
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deicer | (noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) | Synonyms: defroster |
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deictic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use | - |
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(noun) a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs | Synonyms: deictic word |
deific | (adjective) characterized by divine or godlike nature | - |
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deification | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | Synonyms: apotheosis, exaltation |
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(noun) an embodiment of the qualities of a god | - |
(noun) the condition of being treated like a god | - |
deify | (verb) exalt to the position of a God | - |
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(verb) consider as a god or godlike | - |
deign | (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, descend |
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deinocheirus | (noun) lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck | - |
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deinonychus | (noun) swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous | - |
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deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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deism | (noun) the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation | Synonyms: free thought |
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deist | (adjective) of or relating to deism | Synonyms: deistic |
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(noun) a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it | - |
deistic | (adjective) of or relating to deism | Synonyms: deist |
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deity | (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: divinity, god, immortal |
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deixis | (noun) the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs | - |
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deject | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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dejected | (adjective) affected or marked by low spirits | - |
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dejectedly | (adverb) in a dejected manner | Synonyms: in low spirits |
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dejectedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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dejection | (noun) a state of melancholy depression | - |
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(noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool |
dejeuner | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: lunch, luncheon, tiffin |
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dekagram | (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: dag, decagram, dkg |
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dekaliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekalitre, dkl |
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dekalitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dkl |
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dekameter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: dam, decameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm |
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dekametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dkm |
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dekko | (noun) British slang for a look | - |
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delabialization | (noun) the pronouncing of a sound without lip rounding. | - |
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