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  • DEFORMALIZEverb1 finderTo make informal.
  • DEFORMATIONnounOld French18 findersThe act of deforming, or state of being deformed. Physically so.
  • DEFORMATIONALadjective4 findersPertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
  • DEFORMITYnounLatin15 findersThe state of being deformed.
  • DEFOULverbOld French5 findersTo trample underfoot.
  • DEFRAGverb22 findersClipping of defragment.
  • DEFRAGGERnoun1 finderA defragmenter.
  • DEFRAGMENTverb22 findersTo run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
  • DEFRAUDverbOld French1 finderTo obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
  • DEFRAUDMENTnounOld French1 finderPrivation by fraud; defrauding
  • DEFRAYverbOld French15 findersTo pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
  • DEFRAYABLEadjective2 findersCapable of being defrayed.
  • DEFRAYALnoun4 findersThe act of defraying.
  • DEFRAYMENTnoun5 findersThe payment of charges, expenses, grants, etc.
  • DEFROCKverbFrench48 findersTo divest of a frock.
  • DEFROSTverb9 findersTo remove frost from.
  • DEFTadjectiveLatin63 findersQuick and neat in action; skillful.
  • DEFTLYadverb94 findersIn a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.
  • DEFTNESSnoun3 findersSkilfulness, being quick in action.
  • DEFUELverb7 findersTo remove the fuel from.
  • DEFUNCTadjectiveLatin128 findersNo longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
  • DEFUNCTIVEadjectiveLatin6 findersfunereal or deathly
  • DEFUNCTNESSnoun2 findersThe state or quality of being defunct.
  • DEFUSEverb8 findersTo remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
  • DEFUSERnoun20 findersOne who, or that which, defuses.
  • DEFUZEverb2 findersUncommon spelling of defuse.
  • DEFYverbLatin11 findersTo challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).
  • DEGASverb15 findersTo remove the gas from.
  • DEGAUSSverb4 findersTo reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
  • DEGAUSSERnoun3 findersA device that performs degaussing.
  • DEGENERATEadjectiveLatin10 findersHaving deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
  • DEGENERATELYadverb3 findersIn a degenerate manner
  • DEGENERATIVEadjective7 findersCharacterized by or causing degeneration.
  • DEGERMverb1 finderTo remove the germ from (a cereal grain etc.).
  • DEGLACIATIONnoun5 findersThe removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
  • DEGLAMORIZATIONnoun2 findersThe process of deglamorizing.
  • DEGLAMORIZEverb1 finderTo make less glamorous
  • DEGLAZEverb18 findersTo remove glaze from.
  • DEGLOVEverb43 findersTo peel back the skin from part of the body as if removing a glove, especially as the result of an accident.
  • DEGLUTITIONnounLatin7 findersThe act or process of swallowing.
  • DEGRASnounFrench2 findersA semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly used as a dressing for hides.
  • DEGREASEverb2 findersTo remove grease from something.
  • DEGROWTHnounFrench1 finderA negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
  • DEGUnounSpanish14 findersAny species of the genus Octodon, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.
  • DEGUSTverbFrench45 findersTo taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour
  • DEGUSTATIONnounLatin11 finderstasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation
  • DEHISCEverbLatin35 findersTo burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
  • DEHISCENTadjectiveLatin26 findersOf or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
  • DEHORNverb4 findersTo remove the horns from.
  • DEHORTverbProto-Indo-European6 findersTo dissuade.
  • DEHUMANISEverb19 findersNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
  • DEHUMANIZEverb5 findersTo take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
  • DEHYPNOTISEverb2 findersAlternative spelling of dehypnotize.
  • DEHYPNOTIZEverb3 findersTo release from a hypnotic state.
  • DEICEverb7 findersTo remove ice from (something).
  • DEICERnoun7 findersA chemical substance used to melt ice or snow deposited on roads, vehicles or other surfaces.
  • DEICIDEnounLatin23 findersThe killing of a deity; godslaughter.
  • DEICTICadjectiveAncient Greek1 finderOf or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context.
  • DEIFICadjectiveLatin39 findersdivine; of or relating to a deity or deities.
  • DEIFIERnoun14 findersOne who deifies.
  • DEIFORMadjectiveLatin9 findersGodlike.
  • DEIFYverbLatin169 findersTo make into a god.
  • DEIGNverbProto-Indo-European131 findersTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe. To consider it appropriate or worthy to
  • DEIONISEverb8 findersAlternative spelling of deionize.
  • DEIONIZEverb8 findersTo remove the ions from; to deprive of ions. To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule.
  • DEIONIZERnoun3 findersA device that deionizes something.
  • DEISMnounLatin51 findersA 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
  • DEISTadjectiveLatin41 findersOf or relating to deism and deists.
  • DEISTICadjective32 findersOf or relating to deism.
  • DEITYnounLatin148 findersSynonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
  • DEIXISnounAncient Greek26 findersThe use of a word, such as a particle or pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the immediate physical, temporal, or grammatical context; a word used in such a
  • DEJECTverbLatin4 findersMake sad or dispirited.
  • DEJECTAnounLatin2 findersany 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
  • DEJECTIONnounLatin9 findersA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
  • DEJECTORYadjectiveLatin1 finderHaving power, or tending, to cast down.
  • DEKAGRAMnoun11 findersAlternative form of decagram.
  • DEKEnoun52 findersA feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
  • DEKEINGnoun10 findersA feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
  • DELAINEnounFrench1 finderA kind of mixed fabric previously used to make women's dresses.
  • DELAMINATEverb45 findersTo cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
  • DELATEverbLatin7 findersTo carry; to convey.
  • DELATIONnounLatin6 findersConveyance.
  • DELATORnounLatin3 findersAn accuser; an informer.
  • DELAYnounProto-Indo-European5 findersA period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
  • DELAYERnoun4 findersOne who delays.
  • DELEverbLatin8 findersTo delete.
  • DELECTATIONnounLatin2 findersGreat pleasure; delight.
  • DELEGATEnounLatin1 finderA person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
  • DELEGATEEnoun1 finderSomeone or something to which something is delegated.
  • DELEGATIONnounLatin25 findersAn act of delegating.
  • DELEGATORnoun10 findersOne who delegates.
  • DELETERIOUSadjectiveAncient Greek28 findersHarmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
  • DELETIONnounLatin7 findersAn item that has been or will be deleted.
  • DELETORYnoun4 findersThat which blots out.
  • DELEVERAGEverb3 findersTo reduce debt by rapidly selling assets.
  • DELFnounProto-Germanic12 findersA mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
  • DELFTnounDutch26 findersAlternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”).
  • DELInounLatin7 findersA shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
  • DELIBATEverbLatin5 findersTo taste; to take a sip of.
  • DELIBERATEadjectiveLatin2 findersDone on purpose; intentional.

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