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- DENUDATETo denude.
- DENUDETo divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
- DEPARTTo leave.
- DEPICTTo render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
- DEPICTIONA lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- DEPILATETo remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.
- DEPLETETo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
- DEPLETIONThe act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- DEPLORETo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- DEPLOYTo prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
- DEPLUMETo strip of feathers or plumage.
- DEPONETo testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
- DEPOPULATETo reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
- DEPOPULATIONThe act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
- DEPORTTo comport (oneself); to behave.
- DEPOSITSediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- DEPOSITARYActing as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
- DEPOSITIONThe removal of someone from office.
- DEPOSITORYA place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
- DEPOTA storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- DEPRAVATIONDetraction; depreciation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- DEPRAVETo speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
- DEPRECATETo express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- DEPRECATIONThe act of deprecating.
- DEPRECIATETo lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
- DEPRIVEUsed with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- DEPURATETo remove impurities from; to purify.
- DEPURATIONThe removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
- DEPUTATIONThe act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
- DEPUTETo assign (someone or something) to or for something.
- DEPUTYOne appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- DERACINATETo pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- DERAIGNTo prove or refute, especially through combat.
- DERAYDisorder, disturbance.
- DERELICTIONWillful neglect of one's duty.
- DERISIONAct of treating with disdain.
- DERISIVEExpressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
- DERIVATEDerived; derivative.
- DERIVATIONA leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- DERIVETo obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- DERMATITISInflammation of the skin.
- DEROGATETo partially repeal (a law etc.).
- DEROGATIONAn act which belittles; disparagement.
- DEROGATORYDisparaging.
- DESCANTA lengthy discourse on a subject.
- DESCENDANTDescending; going down.
- DESCRIBETo represent in words.
- DESCRIPTIONA sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- DESCRIPTIVEOf, relating to, or providing a description.
- DESCRYTo announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
- DESERTA barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky,
- DESICCANTA substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high affinity for water.
- DESIDERATUMSomething that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.
- DESIGNA specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
- DESIGNATEDesignated; appointed; chosen.
- DESIPIENCEsilliness, folly
- DESIPIENTfoolish; silly
- DESIRETo want; to wish for earnestly.
- DESISTTo cease to proceed or act; to stop .
- DESKA table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository under
- DESMANEither of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semiaquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.
- DESOLATIONThe act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- DESPAIRTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- DESPERATEIn dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
- DESPERATIONThe act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
- DESPICABLEFit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
- DESPITEIn spite of, notwithstanding.
- DESPOILTo plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
- DESPOLIATIONA stripping or plundering; spoliation.
- DESPUMATETo skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify.
- DESPUMATIONThe act of giving off froth or scum.
- DESQUAMATETo remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
- DESQUAMATIONThe shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
- DESTINYThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- DESTITUTELacking something; devoid.
- DESTITUTIONThe action of deserting or abandoning.
- DESTROYTo damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
- DESTRUCTIONThe act of destroying.
- DESTRUCTIVECausing destruction; damaging.
- DESULTORYJumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
- DETECTTo discover or notice, especially by careful search, examination, or probing.
- DETECTIONThe act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
- DETENTThat which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
- DETERTo prevent something from happening.
- DETERGENTAny non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
- DETERMINATETo bring to an end; to determine.
- DETESTTo dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
- DETORSIONAlternative form of detortion.
- DETRACTTo take away; to withdraw or remove.
- DETRACTIONThe act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
- DETRIMENTHarm, hurt, damage.
- DETRIMENTALCausing damage or harm.
- DETRITUSPieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
- DEUCEA card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- DEUCINGA card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- DEVIANTCharacterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
- DEVIATETo go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- DEVIATIONThe act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- DEVICEAny piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- DEVIOUSCunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.