That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
That is declining in value.
verb
present participle of depreciate
depreciatingly
depreciatingly
adv
So as to disparage or belittle.
depredating
depredating
verb
present participle of depredate
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
depressingly
depressingly
adv
In a depressing manner.
depressingness
depressingness
noun
The state or quality of being depressing.
depriving
depriving
verb
present participle of deprive
deproceduring
deprogram
deprogram
verb
(transitive) To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt to persuade (a person) to abandon allegiance to a cult.
deprogramed
deprograming
deprogrammed
deprogrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deprogram
deprogrammer
deprogrammer
noun
One who deprograms.
deprogrammers
deprogrammers
noun
plural of deprogrammer
deprogramming
deprogramming
noun
The removal of the programming instilled into a person by a religious, political, economic, or social group associated with the belief system.
verb
present participle of deprogram
present participle of deprogramme
deprogrammings
deprogrammings
noun
plural of deprogramming
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
depthing
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depurge
depurged
depurging
deputing
deputing
verb
present participle of depute
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
derepressing
derepressing
verb
present participle of derepress
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
dermatophagus
dermatopnagic
dermographia
dermographia
Noun
dermatographia
dermographic
dermographic
adj
Relating to dermography.
dermographism
dermographism
Noun
dermatographia
dermography
dermography
noun
A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
desmopathologist
desmopathology
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
despairingly
despairingly
adv
In a despairing manner.
despairingness
despairingness
noun
The state or quality of being despairing.
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
despising
despising
noun
An act of despising.
verb
present participle of despise
despisingly
despisingly
adv
Contemptuously; with scorn.
despiting
despiting
verb
present participle of despite
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
despondingly
despondingly
adv
In a desponding manner.
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
developing
developing
adj
In the process of development.
Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.
noun
A process of development.
verb
present participle and gerund of develop
dgp
diageotropic
diageotropic
adj
(botany) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
diageotropism
diageotropism
noun
(botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the centre of the Earth.
diageotropy
diaglyph
diaglyph
noun
Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem.
diaglyphic
diaglyphic
adj
Represented or formed by depressions in the surface.
diaglyptic
diagraph
diagraph
noun
(dated) A drawing instrument that combines a protractor and scale.
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
diagraphical
diagraphical
adj
Alternative form of diagraphic
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
diagraphs
diagraphs
noun
plural of diagraph
diapausing
diapausing
adj
Undergoing a diapause
diapering
diapering
noun
A regular pattern of the same shape, evenly spaced.
The act of clothing somebody in a diaper.
verb
present participle of diaper
diaphragm
diaphragm
noun
(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
verb
(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
diaphragmal
diaphragmal
adj
Of or relating to the diaphragm.
diaphragmatic
diaphragmatic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or using a diaphragm.
diaphragmatically
diaphragmatically
adv
(Of breathing) by expanding/contracting the lungs by lowering/raising the diaphragm, instead of by expanding the chest
By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way
diaphragmed
diaphragmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diaphragm
diaphragming
diaphragming
verb
present participle of diaphragm
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
dictyograptus
didachographer
digitipinnate
digitoplantar
diglyph
diglyph
noun
A member with two vertical channels or grooves, without the two lateral half grooves which characterize the triglyph.
diglyphic
digonoporous
digraph
digraph
noun
(computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
(divination of the Taixuanjing) a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
(graph theory) A directed graph.
(linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
digraphic
digraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to a digraph.
digraphically
digraphically
adv
In terms of digraphs.
digraphs
digraphs
noun
plural of digraph
dihydrosphingosine
dihydrosphingosine
noun
(organic chemistry) sphinganine
dilapidating
dilapidating
verb
present participle of dilapidate
dimpling
dimpling
noun
The formation of a dimple.
verb
present participle of dimple
dioeciopolygamous
dioptograph
diphenylguanidine
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphosgenes
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
diphthongal
diphthongal
adj
Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
diphthongalize
diphthongally
diphthongally
adv
By means of a diphthong.
diphthongation
diphthongation
noun
diphthongisation
diphthonged
diphthongia
diphthongic
diphthongic
adj
Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.
diphthonging
diphthongisation
diphthongisation
noun
The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongised
diphthongised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongise
diphthongising
diphthongising
verb
present participle of diphthongise
diphthongization
diphthongization
noun
Alternative spelling of diphthongisation
diphthongize
diphthongize
verb
(intransitive, phonetics) To become a diphthong.
(transitive, phonetics) To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.
diphthongized
diphthongized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize
diphthongizing
diphthongizing
verb
present participle of diphthongize
diphthongous
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
diplegia
diplegia
noun
(medicine) Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
diplegias
diplegias
noun
plural of diplegia
diplegic
diplegic
noun
One who suffers from diplegia.
dipleurogenesis
dipleurogenetic
diplogangliate
diplogenesis
diplogenesis
noun
(medicine) The double formation of something that is normally single, such as a body organ.
diplogenetic
diplogenetic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to diplogenesis.
diplogenic
diplogenic
adj
Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.
diploglossata
diploglossate
diplograph
diplograph
noun
(historical) An instrument used for double writing, such as one for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time.
diplographic
diplographic
Adjective
Relating to diplography or the diplograph.
diplographical
diplographical
adj
Relating to diplography or the diplograph.
diplography
diplography
noun
double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
diplomaing
diplomatology
diplomatology
noun
The study or science of diplomatics, charters, decrees, etc.
diplopteryga
diplotegia
dipping
dipping
noun
(US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
(birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
An act or process of immersing.
The act of inclining downward.
The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
verb
present participle of dip
dippings
dippings
noun
plural of dipping
dipropargyl
dipropargyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent volatile liquid, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives and isomeric with benzene.
dipterological
dipterological
adj
Of or relating to dipterology, the scientific study of flies.