(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demographical
demographical
adj
Of or relating to demography; demographic.
demographically
demographically
adv
In a demographic manner.
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
demonograph
demonographer
demonographer
noun
Synonym of demonologist
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
demospongiae
demultiplexing
demultiplexing
verb
present participle of demultiplex
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
dendrography
dendrography
noun
The scientific description of trees
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
dendropogon
depaganize
depaganize
verb
To remove the pagan qualities or elements of.
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
departmentalising
departmentalising
verb
present participle of departmentalise
departmentalizing
departmentalizing
verb
present participle of departmentalize
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depending
depending
verb
present participle of depend
dependingly
dependingly
adv
As having dependence.
depeopling
depeopling
verb
present participle of depeople
deperming
deperming
verb
present participle of deperm
depersonalising
depersonalising
verb
present participle of depersonalise
depersonalizing
depersonalizing
verb
present participle of depersonalize
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
dephlegmate
dephlegmate
verb
(chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
dephlegmated
dephlegmated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlegmate
dephlegmation
dephlegmation
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; concentration.
dephlegmatize
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
dephlegmedness
dephlegmedness
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A state of being freed from water.
dephlogisticate
dephlogisticate
verb
To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
dephlogisticated
dephlogisticated
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) From which the phlogiston has been removed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate
dephlogistication
dephlogistication
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The process of dephlogisticating; removal of the phlogiston, or supposed ability to burn.
depicting
depicting
verb
present participle of depict
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
depigmentate
depigmentation
depigmentation
noun
(pathology) The loss of the skin's normal pigmentation.
depigmentize
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
deplaning
deplaning
verb
present participle of deplane
depleting
depleting
verb
present participle of deplete
deploring
deploring
verb
present participle of deplore
deploringly
deploringly
adv
In a deploring manner.
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
depluming
depluming
verb
present participle of deplume
depolarising
depolarising
verb
present participle of depolarise
depolarizing
depolarizing
verb
present participle of depolarize
depolishing
depolishing
verb
present participle of depolish
depoliticizing
depoliticizing
verb
present participle of depoliticize
depolymerizing
depolymerizing
adj
That depolymerizes
verb
present participle of depolymerize
deponing
deponing
verb
present participle of depone
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
deposing
deposing
verb
present participle of depose
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
deprecatingly
deprecatingly
adv
In a deprecating manner.
depreciating
depreciating
adj
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
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
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
diaphragmed
diaphragmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diaphragm
didachographer
digitipinnate
dihydrosphingosine
dihydrosphingosine
noun
(organic chemistry) sphinganine
dioeciopolygamous
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
diphthongalize
diphthonged
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongised
diphthongised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongise
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