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  • DEPUTATIONnounLatin2 findersThe act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  • DEPUTEverbLatin4 findersTo assign (someone or something) to or for something.
  • DEPUTIZEverb7 findersTo officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
  • DEPUTYnounLatin24 findersOne appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
  • DEQUEnoun5 findersA linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
  • DERACIALISEverb1 finderAlternative spelling of deracialize.
  • DERACINATEverbLatin24 findersTo pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  • DERACINEadjectiveFrench5 findersHaving been uprooted.
  • DERAIGNverbLatin4 findersTo prove or refute, especially through combat.
  • DERAILnounFrench17 findersSynonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
  • DERAILMENTnounFrench9 findersThe action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
  • DERANGEverbOld French43 findersTo cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
  • DERANGERnoun1 finderSomeone or something that deranges.
  • DERATverb1 finderTo rid of rats.
  • DERATEverb1 finderTo lower the rated capability of any rated equipment or material.
  • DERATIONverb1 finderTo remove rationing restrictions from (a product or commodity), so that the amounts one can buy or obtain are no longer limited by regulation.
  • DERAYnounLatin1 finderDisorder, disturbance.
  • DERBYnoun20 findersAny of several annual horse races.
  • DEREnounProto-Indo-European3 findersHurt; harm; injury.
  • DEREALIZATIONnoun2 findersThe psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.
  • DEREGULATIONnoun37 findersThe process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
  • DERELICTadjectiveProto-Indo-European102 findersGiven up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
  • DERELICTIONnounLatin32 findersWillful neglect of one's duty.
  • DERIDEverbProto-Indo-European10 findersTo laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  • DERIDERnoun1 finderA person who derides or mocks.
  • DERIGverb4 findersTo remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
  • DERISIBLEadjectiveProto-Indo-European6 findersDeserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
  • DERISIONnounLatin54 findersAct of treating with disdain.
  • DERISIVEadjectiveLatin30 findersExpressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
  • DERISIVELYadverb15 findersIn a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
  • DERISORYadjectiveMiddle French2 findersLaughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision.
  • DERIVABLEadjective5 findersable to be derived; deducible.
  • DERIVABLYadverb1 finderSuch that it can be derived; by derivation.
  • DERIVATEadjectiveLatin28 findersDerived; derivative.
  • DERIVATIONnounLatin40 findersA leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  • DERIVATIONALadjective13 findersOf or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
  • DERIVEverbLatin22 findersTo obtain or receive (something) from something else.
  • DERMnounAncient Greek8 findersAnimal skin.
  • DERMAnounAncient Greek22 findersThe inner layer of the skin.
  • DERMALadjective25 findersOf or pertaining to skin or integument (or other forms of tissue)
  • DERMATICadjectiveAncient Greek11 findersOf or relating to the skin.
  • DERMATITISnounLatin13 findersInflammation of the skin.
  • DERMATOGENnoun2 findersNascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
  • DERMATOGLYPHICadjective18 findersRelating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
  • DERMATOGLYPHICSnoun39 findersThe patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
  • DERMATOLOGISTnoun1 finderA person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.
  • DERMATOLOGYnounAncient Greek58 findersThe study of the skin and its diseases.
  • DERMATOPHYTEnoun4 findersAny parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot). Microsporum species Epidermophyton species Trichophyton species Arthroderma speci
  • DERMICadjective8 findersOf or relating to the dermis or skin.
  • DERMISnounAncient Greek53 findersThe tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
  • DERNnounOld English4 findersA secret; secrecy.
  • DERNFULadjective1 findersecret, lonely, sad, or mournful
  • DERNLYadverb1 finderSecretly.
  • DEROGATEverbLatin22 findersTo partially repeal (a law etc.).
  • DEROGATIONnounLatin11 findersAn act which belittles; disparagement.
  • DEROGATIVEadjective7 findersDisparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
  • DEROGATIVELYadverb9 findersIn a derogative way or manner: derogatorily.
  • DEROGATORILYadverb1 finderIn a derogatory manner.
  • DEROGATORYadjectiveLatin3 findersDisparaging.
  • DERRYinterjection1 finderA meaningless refrain or chorus.
  • DERVnoun2 findersDiesel fuel for motor vehicles.
  • DERVISHnounSanskrit268 findersAn itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
  • DESACRALIZEverb3 findersTo remove the sacredness of.
  • DESALINATEverb109 findersTo remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
  • DESALINATORnoun32 findersA device that performs desalination.
  • DESALINIZEverb3 findersTo remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.
  • DESALTverb1 finderTo remove salt from; to desalinate.
  • DESALTERnoun2 findersA machine or facility that removes salt, as from crude oil or agricultural runoff.
  • DESANCTIFYverb1 finderTo remove the sanctified status of.
  • DESCALEverb30 findersTo remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
  • DESCANTnounLatin78 findersA lengthy discourse on a subject.
  • DESCANTERnoun9 findersOne who descants.
  • DESCENDverbProto-Indo-European1 finderSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position. To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
  • DESCENDANTadjectiveLatin2 findersDescending; going down.
  • DESCENTnounMiddle English20 findersAn instance of descending; act of coming down.
  • DESCRAMBLEverb5 findersTo decode or unscramble a coded signal
  • DESCRIBEverbLatin17 findersTo represent in words.
  • DESCRIERnounOld French1 finderA person who descries.
  • DESCRIPTIONnounLatin27 findersA sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
  • DESCRIPTIVEadjectiveLatin10 findersOf, relating to, or providing a description.
  • DESCRIPTIVELYadverb4 findersIn a descriptive manner.
  • DESCRIVEverbOld French3 findersTo describe.
  • DESCRYverbLatin48 findersTo announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
  • DESECRATEverb2 findersTo profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
  • DESECRATORnoun1 finderA person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something.
  • DESELECTverb1 finderTo not select; to rule out of selection.
  • DESERTnounLatin34 findersA 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,
  • DESERTIFYverb11 findersTo become desert.
  • DESERTIONnounMiddle French4 findersThe act of deserting.
  • DESERVINGLYadverb6 findersIn a deserving manner.
  • DESEXverb9 findersTo remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
  • DESICCANTnounLatin6 findersA substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high affinity for water.
  • DESIDERATUMnounLatin2 findersSomething that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.
  • DESIGNnounLatin10 findersA specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
  • DESIGNATEadjectiveLatin21 findersDesignated; appointed; chosen.
  • DESIGNATIVEadjective2 findersServing to designate.
  • DESIGNATORnoun21 findersA person who, or term that, designates.
  • DESIGNATORYadjective6 findersServing to designate.
  • DESIGNEEnoun1 finderOne who has been designated
  • DESIGNERnoun14 findersA person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

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