(biology, of a cell, tissue culture etc) Having a precise and well-formed limit or boundary.
delphinapterus
delphocurarine
demipauldron
demultiplexer
demultiplexer
noun
(computing, electronics) A device or piece of software used to separate signals that were previously combined using a multiplexer.
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
dendrophilous
dendrophilous
adj
Thriving in an environment with trees; living in or on trees.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
deoperculate
deoperculate
adj
(botany) Having the lid removed; said of the capsules of mosses.
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
depardieu
departure
departure
noun
(euphemistic) A death.
(law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
(obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.
(surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
A deviation from a plan or procedure.
The act of departing or something that has departed.
There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
departures
departures
noun
plural of departure
depasturable
depasturage
depasturation
depasture
depasture
verb
(archaic) To eat up, consume; to strip.
(archaic) To feed or pasture; to graze.
depastured
depastured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depasture
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depauperate
depauperate
adj
(botany, of a plant etc) Having stunted growth
Having a limited biodiversity.
Impoverished.
verb
To impoverish.
To stunt the growth of.
depauperation
depauperation
noun
(genetics) The removal of variety (of species, genes, or biodiversity)
depauperization
depauperization
noun
The process, or the result of depauperizing
depauperize
depauperize
verb
(transitive) To free from paupers.
(transitive) To impoverish, to make poor (to make depauperate).
(transitive) To rescue from poverty.
depauperized
depauperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depauperize
depicture
depicture
noun
(archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.
(transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
(transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.
(transitive, archaic) To represent in words.
depictured
depictured
adj
(now rare) Depicted, portrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depicture
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
depopularize
depopulator
depopulator
noun
A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.
depopulators
depopulators
noun
plural of depopulator
deporture
deporture
noun
(obsolete) deportment
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
deposure
depressure
depressure
verb
To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize
depressurize
depressurize
verb
(intransitive) To have the pressure of one's environmental atmosphere reduced.
(transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.
(obsolete) Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.
verb
(transitive) To make impure.
(transitive) To remove impurities from; to purify.
depurated
depurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depurate
depurates
depurates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depurate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
depurator
depurator
noun
One who, or that which, cleanses.
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
depure
depure
verb
(obsolete) to depurate; to purify
depurge
depurged
depurging
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
depursement
deputator
deputator
noun
One who deputes, or makes a deputation.
deradelphus
derencephalus
dermapterous
dermatophagus
dermopterous
desoxyribonucleoprotein
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
despairfulness
despairfulness
noun
The quality of being despairful.
despiritualization
despiritualization
noun
The process of despiritualizing.
despiritualize
despiritualize
verb
To remove the spiritual element from.
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonful
noun
A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons.
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
desulphur
desulphur
verb
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of desulfur
desulphurate
desulphurate
verb
(transitive) To deprive of sulphur.
desulphurated
desulphurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desulphurate
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
desulphuret
desulphurise
desulphurise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of desulfurize (American spelling)
desulphurised
desulphurised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desulphurise
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
desulphurize
desulphurize
verb
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurize (American spelling)
desulphurized
desulphurized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desulphurize
desulphurizer
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
desuperheater
desuperheater
noun
A device that reduces the temperature of superheated steam, and recovers useful heat in the process
deturpate
deturpate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To defile; to disfigure.
deuteranope
deuteranope
noun
One who has deuteranopia.
deuteranopes
deuteranopes
noun
plural of deuteranope
deuteranopia
deuteranopia
noun
A 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 from green.
deuteranopic
deuteranopic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, deuteranopia.
deuteromorphic
deuteropathic
deuteropathic
adj
Of or pertaining to deuteropathy.
deuteropathy
deuteropathy
noun
(medicine, dated) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, such as headache from an overloaded stomach.
deuteroplasm
deuteroplasm
noun
Synonym of deutoplasm
deuteroprism
deuteroproteose
deuteroscopic
deuteroscopy
deuteroscopy
noun
(obsolete) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense, ulterior signification.
Second sight.
deuterotype
deutonephron
dexiotropous
dextrotropous
dibothriocephalus
dietotherapeutics
dietotherapeutics
noun
dietotherapy
dihydrocupreine
dioeciodimorphous
diospyraceous
diparentum
diphenylthiourea
dipleura
dipleural
dipleuric
dipleurobranchiate
dipleurogenesis
dipleurogenetic
dipleurula
dipleurulas
dipleurule
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
diplopterous
dipperful
dipperful
noun
(US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
dipteraceous
dipterocarpaceous
dipterocarpaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Dipterocarpaceae.
dipterocarpous
dipterocarpus
dipterocecidium
dipterous
dipterous
adj
Having two wings.
Of, or pertaining to, Diptera or the dipterans.
dipterus
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
discircumspection
discomposure
discomposure
noun
(obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.
The state of being discomposed.
disoperculate
dispauper
dispauper
verb
(transitive) To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.
dispauperize
dispauperize
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To free from pauperism, or from paupers.
dispenditure
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
displeasurable
displeasurable
adj
Causing displeasure; displeasing; offensive.
displeasurably
displeasurably
adv
In a displeasurable manner.
displeasure
displeasure
noun
A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
A state of disgrace or disfavour.
That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
verb
(archaic) To displease or offend.
displeasureable
displeasureably
displeasured
displeasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of displeasure
displeasurement
displeasures
displeasures
noun
plural of displeasure
displeasuring
displeasuring
verb
present participle of displeasure
dispopularize
disposure
disposure
noun
(rare) Disposition.
The way things are disposed or laid out; arrangement.
disprejudice
disprejudice
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from prejudice.
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
dispurse
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.