Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defend
defenestrate
defenestrate
verb
(computing, transitive, humorous, slang) To remove a Windows operating system from a computer.
(transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
(transitive) To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
defenestrated
defenestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate
defenestrates
defenestrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate
defenestrating
defenestrating
verb
present participle of defenestrate
defenestration
defenestration
noun
(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
(computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
defense
defense
noun
(government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
(law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
(law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
(team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
(team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
defensed
defenseless
defenseless
adj
Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
defenselessly
defenselessly
adv
In a defenseless manner.
defenselessness
defenselessness
noun
The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
defenseman
defenseman
noun
(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of defenceman
defensemen
defensemen
noun
plural of defenseman
defenser
defenses
defenses
noun
plural of defense
defensibility
defensibility
noun
The state or quality of being defensible
defensible
defensible
adj
(of an argument etc) capable of being justified
(of an installation etc) capable of being defended against armed attack
defensibleness
defensibleness
noun
Capability of being defended; defensibility.
defensibly
defensibly
adv
Defendably
In a defensible manner.
defensing
defension
defensive
defensive
adj
(chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
(cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
In a state or posture of defense.
Intended for defence; protective.
Intended to deter attack.
Performed so as to minimise risk.
noun
A means, attitude or position of defense.
defensively
defensively
adv
In a defensive manner.
defensiveness
defensiveness
noun
The state or quality of being defensive.
defensor
defensor
noun
(ecclesiastical) the patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church
(law) a defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector
one who defends; a defender
defensorship
defensorship
noun
The state or business of a defensor.
defensory
defensory
adj
(archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
noun
(archaic) That which defends.
deferences
deferences
noun
plural of deference
deferens
deferentitis
deferentitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the vas deferens
deferents
deferents
noun
plural of deferent
deferments
deferments
noun
plural of deferment
defervescence
defervescence
noun
The departure or subsiding of a fever.
defervescent
defervescent
adj
Causing reduction of fever.
noun
Any remedy that reduces a fever.
defervescing
defervescing
verb
present participle of defervesce.
defiances
defiances
noun
plural of defiance
defiantness
defiantness
noun
The state or quality of being defiant.
defibrinates
defibrinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defibrinate
deficiencies
deficiencies
noun
plural of deficiency
defiledness
defiledness
noun
The quality of being defiled.
defilements
defilements
noun
plural of defilement
definements
definements
noun
plural of definement
definers
definers
noun
plural of definer
defines
defines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of define
definiens
definiens
noun
(semantics) The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
definish
definiteness
definiteness
noun
The state or quality of being definite.
definitiones
definitions
definitions
noun
plural of definition
definitise
definitised
definitising
definitiveness
definitiveness
noun
The state or quality of being definitive.
definitives
definitives
noun
plural of definitive
definitizes
definitizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of definitize
definitudes
definitudes
noun
plural of definitude
deflagrations
deflagrations
noun
plural of deflagration
deflationist
deflationist
noun
A supporter of deflationism.
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
deflections
deflections
noun
plural of deflection
deflorations
deflorations
noun
plural of defloration
deflorescence
deflorescence
noun
(pathology) disappearance of an eruption of the skin
defocussing
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
defoliations
defoliations
noun
plural of defoliation
deforcements
deforcements
noun
plural of deforcement
deforestation
deforestation
noun
(computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
deforesting
deforesting
verb
present participle of deforest
deformations
deformations
noun
plural of deformation
deformedness
deformedness
noun
(obsolete, rare) The quality or state of being deformed.
defossion
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
deftness
deftness
noun
The characteristic of being deft.
deftnesses
deftnesses
noun
plural of deftness
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
defusing
defusing
verb
present participle of defuse
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
degasification
degasification
noun
The removal of gas from something, especially from a liquid
dehnstufe
dehnstufe
noun
(Indo-European linguistics) The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
deifications
deifications
noun
plural of deification
delightfulness
delightfulness
noun
The state or quality of being delightful.
demifusion
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
demystifying
demystifying
verb
present participle of demystify
denazifies
denazifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denazify
denitrifiers
denitrifiers
noun
plural of denitrifier
denitrifies
denitrifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denitrify
densification
densification
noun
The act or process of making or becoming dense.
densified
densified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of densify
densifier
densifier
noun
Any machine or substance that increases the density of a material
densifies
densifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of densify
densify
densify
verb
(intransitive) To become (more) dense.
(transitive) To make (more) dense.
densifying
densifying
verb
present participle of densify
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dentifrices
dentifrices
noun
plural of dentifrice
deossification
deossification
noun
The demineralization of bone
dereferences
dereferences
noun
plural of dereference
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dereference
derfness
dermoossification
desaccharification
desertification
desertification
noun
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
desertifying
desertifying
verb
present participle of desertify
designful
designful
adj
Full of designs; scheming.
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
designfulness
designfulness
noun
The state or quality of being designful.
desilicification
desilicification
noun
The removal of impregnated silica
desirefulness
desirefulness
noun
The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.
despairfulness
despairfulness
noun
The quality of being despairful.
despecification
despecification
noun
(obsolete) discrimination
The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
despitefulness
despitefulness
noun
The state or quality of being despiteful.
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonful
noun
A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons.
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
destuffing
desulfurating
desulfurating
verb
present participle of desulfurate
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
desulfurisation
desulfurising
desulfurising
verb
present participle of desulfurise
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
desulfurizing
desulfurizing
verb
present participle of desulfurize
deuterofibrinose
devicefulness
devicefulness
noun
The quality of being deviceful.
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
differences
differences
noun
plural of difference
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of difference
differentials
differentials
noun
plural of differential
differentiates
differentiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of differentiate
differentiations
differentiations
noun
plural of differentiation
differentiators
differentiators
noun
plural of differentiator
differentness
differentness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being different.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being different.
difficileness
difficileness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being difficile.
difficultness
difficultness
noun
The state or quality of being difficult.
diffidences
diffidences
noun
plural of diffidence
diffidentness
diffidentness
noun
The state or quality of being diffident.
diffractions
diffractions
noun
plural of diffraction
diffractiveness
diffranchise
diffusedness
diffusedness
noun
The state or quality of being diffused.
diffuseness
diffuseness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being diffuse.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being diffuse.
diffusibleness
diffusibleness
noun
diffusibility
diffusing
diffusing
adj
(of a category) broken down so that its elements are placed in its most specific subset available
verb
present participle of diffuse
diffusion
diffusion
noun
(marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
(physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
diffusionism
diffusionism
noun
The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West.