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- DETOXDetoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
- DETOXIFYTo remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
- DETRACTTo take away; to withdraw or remove.
- DETRACTIONThe act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
- DETRAINTo exit from a train; to disembark.
- DETRIBALIZETo cause (the members of a tribe) to lose their tribal culture.
- DETRIMENTHarm, hurt, damage.
- DETRIMENTALCausing damage or harm.
- DETRIMENTALLYIn a detrimental manner.
- DETRITALConsisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
- DETRITUSPieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
- DETUMESCENTExhibiting detumescence; deflated.
- DETUNETo intentionally lower or raise the pitch produced by a musical instrument, often to produce sounds not normally possible, or to reduce tension in a stringed instrument for the pur
- 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.
- DEUTERAGONISTA secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).
- DEUTERANOMALYA form of anomalous trichromacy involving a reduction in sensitivity to the green area of the spectrum.
- DEUTERANOPIAA form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color green, resulting in an inability to distinguish red fr
- DEUTERANOPICExhibiting, or relating to, deuteranopia.
- DEUTERICOf or pertaining to reactions of liquids derived from magma with the solidified rock from the same magma.
- DEUTERIUMAn isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.
- DEUTEROGAMYA second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.
- DEUTERONthe nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron
- DEUTONdeuteron
- DEUTOPLASMThe food matter located in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
- DEUTZIAAny of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
- DEVAA god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
- DEVALORISEAlternative form of devalorize.
- DEVALORIZETo devalue.
- DEVALUATIONThe removal or lessening of something's value.
- DEVALUETo lower or remove the value of something.
- DEVEINTo remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
- DEVELOPTo discover, find out; to uncover.
- DEVELOPMENTThe process of developing; growth, directed change.
- DEVESTTo divest; to undress.
- DEVIANCEActions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
- 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.
- DEVIATORThat which deviates, or causes deviation
- DEVIATORYTending to deviate.
- DEVICEAny piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- DEVICEFULFull of devices; inventive.
- DEVILThe chief devil; Satan.
- DEVILFISHAny of several not closely related marine animals: The octopus. The giant squid or kraken. The gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus. The piranha. The anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius.
- DEVILINGpresent participle and gerund of devil
- DEVILISHResembling a devil.
- DEVILISMThe character or doctrines of the Devil or devils; devilry.
- DEVILMENTDevilish action or conduct; wickedness; troublemaking behaviour; mischief; an instance of this.
- DEVILRYMischief.
- DEVILSHIPThe character or person of a devil or Satan.
- DEVILTRYDevilry.
- DEVIOUSCunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
- DEVIOUSLYIn a devious manner.
- DEVISABLEThat can be devised or invented.
- DEVISALAn act of devising.
- DEVISETo use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
- DEVISEEThe person or entity to whom property is devised in a will.
- DEVISERA person who devises something; a planner or inventor.
- DEVISORA testator.
- DEVITALIZETo deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
- DEVITRIFYTo become crystalline and brittle
- DEVOCALISEAlternative form of devocalize.
- DEVOCALIZETo make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
- DEVOICETo pronounce a sound with little or no vibration of the vocal cords, especially a sound that is normally pronounced with such vibration (i.e. a voiced sound).
- DEVOIRDuty, business; something that one must do.
- DEVOLUTETo devolve.
- DEVOLUTIONA rolling down.
- DEVOLUTIONARYOf, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
- DEVOLUTIONISTA proponent of devolution.
- DEVOTEto give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
- DEVOTEEAn ardent enthusiast or admirer.
- DEVOTIONThe act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
- DEVOTIONALA brief religious service.
- DEVOURTo eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- DEVOURINGLYIn a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- DEVOURMENTThe act of devouring something.
- DEVOUTDevoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
- DEVOUTLYIn a devout manner.
- DEWANA holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.
- DEWARA vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide the
- DEWATERTo remove water from.
- DEWAXTo remove wax from (a material or surface).
- DEWBERRYSmall brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground. European dewberry, Rubus caesius. American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
- DEWILYIn a dewy manner.
- DEWINESSThe state or quality of being dewy.
- DEWLAPThe pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
- DEWLAPTObsolete form of dewlapped.
- DEWOOLTo remove the wool from.
- DEWORMTo cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
- DEWYCovered by dew.
- DEXTERRight; on the right-hand side.
- DEXTEROUSSkillful with one's hands.
- DEXTEROUSLYIn a dexterous manner; skillfully; with precision.
- DEXTRANASEAn enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran.
- DEXTROSEThe naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.
- DEXTROUSAlternative spelling of dexterous.
- DEXTROUSLYAlternative form of dexterously.
- DEXYA tablet of dexedrine.
- DEZINCTo deprive of zinc.