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- DEFLAGRATIONThe act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
- DEFLATETo remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- 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.
- DELEGATIONAn act of delegating.
- 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.
- DEMONIACPossessed or controlled by a demon.
- DEMONIACALPertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon or evil spirit; devilish, demonic, fiendish.
- DEMONOLATRYWorship of demons.
- DEMONSTRATETo show how to use (something).
- DEMONSTRATIVEThat serves to demonstrate, show or prove.
- DEMULCENTSoothing or softening.
- DEMUREModest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
- DEMURRAGEthe detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
- DENARThe currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.
- DENARIUSA small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker.
- DENARYAn ancient coin, the denarius.
- DENIA subdivision of currency, equal to 0.01 Macedonian denar.
- DENIERAn old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
- DENIGRATETo criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- DENOTATETo mark off; to denote.
- DENOTATIVEThat denotes or names; designative.
- DENOTETo indicate; to mark.
- DENSITYThe amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).
- DENTALOf or concerning the teeth.
- DENTATEHaving teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
- DENTICLEA small tooth.
- DENTICULATEFinely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.
- DENTIFORMHaving the shape or structure of a tooth.
- DENTIFRICEToothpaste or any other substance, such as a powder or liquid, for cleaning the teeth.
- DENTIGEROUSBearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
- DENTILAny one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.
- DENTINThe hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth.
- DENTUREA set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.