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- DECURSIONA flowing.
- DECURYA group of ten men under the command of a decurion.
- DECUSSATIONA crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
- DEDUCTTo take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- DEFACETo damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
- DEFALCATETo misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
- DEFALCATIONThe act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
- DEFAMATIONThe act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
- DEFAMATORYDamaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
- DEFAMETo disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
- DEFAULTThe condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- DEFEASIBLECapable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
- DEFECATETo excrete feces from one's bowels.
- DEFECATIONThe act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
- DEFECTA fault or malfunction.
- DEFECTIONAn act or incidence of defecting.
- DEFECTIVEHaving one or more defects.
- DEFECTOROne who defects.
- DEFENCEThe action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- DEFENDANTServing, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- DEFENESTRATETo eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
- DEFENSEThe action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- DEFENSIBLECapable of being defended against armed attack.
- DEFERTo delay or postpone.
- DEFICIENTLacking something essential; often construed with in.
- DEFICITDeficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- DEFINETo determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- DEFINITEHaving distinct limits.
- DEFINITUDEdefiniteness
- DEFLAGRATETo burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
- DEFLAGRATIONThe act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
- DEFLECTTo make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
- DEFLECTIONThe act of deflecting or something deflected.
- DEFLORATIONthe act of deflowering
- DEFLOWERTo take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
- DEFLUXIONA flowing down; a running down.
- DEFORMITYThe state of being deformed.
- DEFTQuick and neat in action; skillful.
- DEFUNCTNo longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
- DEFUNCTIVEfunereal or deathly
- DEFYTo challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).
- DEGENERATEHaving deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
- DEGLUTITIONThe act or process of swallowing.
- DEGUSTATIONtasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation
- DEHISCETo burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
- DEHISCENTOf or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
- DEICIDEThe killing of a deity; godslaughter.
- DEIFICdivine; of or relating to a deity or deities.
- DEIFORMGodlike.
- DEIFYTo make into a god.
- DEISMA philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural pheno
- DEISTOf or relating to deism and deists.
- DEITYSynonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
- DEJECTMake sad or dispirited.
- DEJECTAany liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can
- DEJECTIONA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
- DEJECTORYHaving power, or tending, to cast down.
- DELATETo carry; to convey.
- DELATIONConveyance.
- DELATORAn accuser; an informer.
- DELETo delete.
- DELECTATIONGreat pleasure; delight.
- DELEGATEA person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- DELETIONAn item that has been or will be deleted.
- DELIA shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
- DELIBATETo taste; to take a sip of.
- DELIBERATEDone on purpose; intentional.
- DELIBERATIONThe act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
- DELIBLEThat which can be deleted or erased.
- DELICATEEasily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- DELICEDelight, pleasure, especially sensual pleasure.
- DELICIOUSPleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- DELICTA wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
- DELIGHTJoy; pleasure.
- DELIMITTo mark or fix the limits of.
- DELINEATETo sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
- DELIQUIUMLiquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
- DELIRATIONaberration of the mind; delirium
- DELIRIOUSBeing in the state of delirium.
- DELIRIUMA temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations.
- DELITESCENTLying uncovered inside; latent.
- DELIVERTo set free from restraint or danger.
- DELPHINObsolete spelling of dolphin (“animal”)
- DELUBRUMA temple or shrine.
- DELUGEA great flood or rain.
- DELUSIONAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
- DELUXEVery fine in quality or luxurious.
- DEMANDThe desire to purchase goods and services.
- DEMARKTo demarcate.
- DEMEANORThe social, non-verbal behaviors (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.
- DEMENTDemented.
- DEMENTIAA progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, atten
- DEMERITA quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
- DEMERSALThat lives near the bottom of a body of water.
- DEMESNEA lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own
- DEMIGRATIONemigration
- DEMISEThe conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- DEMITTo let fall; to depress; to yield.
- DEMOLISHTo destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
- DEMOLITIONThe process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.