(rare) A phobia, or fear, of crowds, masses, or people.
demorphism
dendraspis
dendrophil
dennisport
dentiphone
dentiphone
noun
(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
dentiscalp
dentiscalp
noun
An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.
deoppilant
deoppilate
deoppilate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through.
depaganize
depaganize
verb
To remove the pagan qualities or elements of.
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depatriate
depatriate
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.
depauville
depectible
depectible
adj
(obsolete, rare) tough; thick; capable of extension
depeopling
depeopling
verb
present participle of depeople
deperition
depertible
depertible
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) divisible
depetalize
depictions
depictions
noun
plural of depiction
depictment
depictured
depictured
adj
(now rare) Depicted, portrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depicture
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depilation
depilation
noun
Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
depilitant
depletions
depletions
noun
plural of depletion
depolarise
depolarise
verb
Alternative spelling of depolarize
depolarize
depolarize
verb
(transitive) To demagnetize.
(transitive) To remove the polarization from something.
depolished
depolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolish
depolishes
depolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolish
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
deposition
deposition
noun
(chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
(law) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
(meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
(religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.
The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
The removal of someone from office.
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
depositors
depositors
noun
plural of depositor
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depreciant
depreciate
depreciate
verb
(intransitive) To decline in value over time.
(transitive) To belittle or disparage.
(transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
depression
depression
noun
(biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
(economics) A period of major economic contraction.
(economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
(psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
The act of lowering or pressing something down.
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
depriorize
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
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.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
deputative
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
descriptor
descriptor
noun
(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
desipience
desipience
noun
silliness, folly
desipiency
desmopexia
desorption
desorption
noun
The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
despicable
despicable
adj
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
noun
A wretched or wicked person.
despicably
despicably
adv
In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
despisable
despisable
adj
(archaic) Worthy to be despised.
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
despoilers
despoilers
noun
plural of despoiler
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
despotical
despotical
adj
Despotic.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
despotisms
despotisms
noun
plural of despotism
desynapsis
desynapsis
noun
The separation of homologous chromosomes in the diplotene period of meiotic prophase
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
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
developist
developoid
deviascope
dexiotrope
diabolepsy
diadelphia
diadelphic
diapedeses
diapedeses
noun
plural of diapedesis
diapedesis
diapedesis
noun
The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue.
diapedetic
diapedetic
adj
Relating to diapedesis.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diaphyseal
diaphyseal
adj
Of or pertaining to diaphysis
diaporesis
diaspidine
diastrophe
dicephalus
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
didelphian
didelphian
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to opossums.
didelphine
didelphine
adj
Of, or pertaining to, opossums, of the family Didelphidae.
didelphoid
didelphoid
noun
A member of the superfamily Didelphoidea, often used in a more restricted sense to refer to any member of a paraphyletic group of stem marsupialiforms.
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
diipenates
dikephobia
dilapidate
dilapidate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse.
(transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
dimplement
dimplement
noun
The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
dinophilea
diophysite
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diotrephes
diparentum
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
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
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
diphycercy
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
diphyletic
diphyletic
adj
(biology) Of or relating to two phylums.
diphylleia
diplacuses
dipladenia
diplanetic
dipleurula
dipleurule
diplogenic
diplogenic
adj
Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.
diploidies
diploidies
noun
plural of diploidy
diploidize
diploidize
verb
To cause, or to undergo diploidization
diplomates
diplomates
noun
plural of diplomate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate
diplophase
diplophase
noun
(biology) The diploid phase in the life cycle of an organism
diplophyte
diplophyte
noun
(biology) sporophyte
diploptera
diplotegia
dipneumona
dipneustal
dipolarize
dipsaceous
dipsaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Dipsaceae, including teasels.
dipsadinae
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
disapostle
disapparel
disapparel
verb
(transitive) To disrobe; to strip of clothing.
disappears
disappears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappear
disapprove
disapprove
verb
(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
(transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
disaproned
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
discipline
discipline
noun
(Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
A state of order based on submission to authority.
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
An enforced compliance or control.
verb
(transitive) To impose order on someone.
(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
discompose
discompose
verb
(transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
(transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
discrepate
disculpate
disculpate
verb
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.