simple past tense and past participle of cultivate
curdsville
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
daredevils
daredevils
noun
plural of daredevil
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
davisville
deactivate
deactivate
verb
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
deatsville
deceivable
deceivable
adj
Able to be deceived; gullible.
deceivably
deceivably
adv
In a deceivable way.
deceivance
deceivance
noun
deceit, deception
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decennoval
decennoval
adj
Of or related to a nineteen-year period.
Of or related to the number nineteen.
decisively
decisively
adv
In a decisive manner.
decivilize
decivilize
verb
(intransitive) To become less civilized.
(transitive) To make less civilized.
deconvolve
deconvolve
verb
To subject data or a signal to deconvolution
decorative
decorative
adj
That serves to decorate
noun
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
decreative
dedicative
dedicative
adj
Relating to dedication.
deedsville
deersville
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
defervesce
defervesce
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To become less agitated; to cool down.
(intransitive, medicine) To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.
definitive
definitive
adj
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
explicitly defined
limiting; determining
noun
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
deflective
deflective
adj
capable of causing deflection.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
degressive
degressive
adj
Decreasing in steps.
Tending to decrease.
delegative
delineavit
deliverers
deliverers
noun
plural of deliverer
deliveress
deliveress
noun
(archaic) A female deliverer.
deliveries
deliveries
noun
plural of delivery
delivering
delivering
noun
An act of delivering.
verb
present participle of deliver
deltaville
delusively
delusively
adv
In a delusive or deluded manner.
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demisavage
demivierge
demivirgin
demivotary
demiwivern
denotative
denotative
adj
Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
That denotes or names; designative.
denudative
denudative
adj
That causes denudation.
depauville
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.
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
derisively
derisively
adv
In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
derivately
derivation
derivation
noun
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
derivatist
derivative
derivative
adj
(finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
(law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Imitative of the work of someone else.
Lacking originality.
Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
(Of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
(Of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
(chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
(finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
(generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
(linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
Something derived.
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
dervishism
descensive
descensive
adj
Tending to descend or move downward; descending.
deservedly
deservedly
adv
(degree, manner) In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
deservings
deservings
noun
plural of deserving
desilvered
desilvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desilver
desolative
detectives
detectives
noun
plural of detective
detonative
detonative
adj
(of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously
detractive
detractive
adj
Tending to detract or draw.
Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
devalorize
devalorize
verb
To devalue.
devaluated
devaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devaluate
devaluates
devaluates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate
devanagari
devaporate
devastated
devastated
adj
Extremely upset and shocked.
Ruined, ravaged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devastate
devastates
devastates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devastate
devastator
devastator
noun
one who devastates.
devastavit
devastavit
noun
(property law) In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.
(property law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
developers
developers
noun
plural of developer
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
developpes
developpes
noun
plural of developpe
deviancies
deviancies
noun
plural of deviancy
deviascope
deviations
deviations
noun
plural of deviation
devilishly
devilishly
adv
In a devilish manner.
devilizing
devilizing
verb
present participle of devilize
devilments
devilments
noun
plural of devilment
deviltries
deviltries
noun
plural of deviltry
devirilize
devirilize
verb
(transitive) To take away the virility of; to emasculate.
devitalise
devitalise
verb
Alternative form of devitalize
devitalize
devitalize
verb
To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
devitation
devitation
noun
(obsolete) A warning.
(obsolete) An avoiding or escaping.
devocalise
devocalise
verb
Alternative form of devocalize
devocalize
devocalize
verb
(transitive) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
(transitive) To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
devocation
devocation
noun
A calling off or away.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devolutive
devonshire
devonshire
Proper noun
The former (pre-1974) name for the county of Devon, England.
devoration
devoration
noun
(obsolete) The act of devouring.
devorative
devoteeism
devoteeism
noun
The role or state of a devotee.
devotement
devotement
noun
The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
devotional
devotional
adj
(usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
noun
A brief religious service.
A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
devourable
devourable
adj
Able to be devoured.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
devoutless
devoutless
adj
Destitute of devotion.
devoutness
devoutness
noun
The state or quality of being devout.
deweyville
dichlorvos
dichlorvos
noun
(pharmacology) A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
digressive
digressive
adj
Marked by digression; rambling
dilatative
dilatative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing dilatation
dillonvale
diminutive
diminutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
noun
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
directives
directives
noun
plural of directive
disadvance
disadvance
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To draw back, pull back.
disadvised
disadvised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvise
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.
disavaunce
disavaunce
verb
(obsolete) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
disavowals
disavowals
noun
plural of disavowal
disavowing
disavowing
verb
present participle of disavow
disbelieve
disbelieve
verb
To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception).
To cease to believe.
To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
disclosive
disclosive
adj
Relating to disclosure.
discovered
discovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discover
discoverer
discoverer
noun
One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.
discretive
discretive
adj
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
discursive
discursive
adj
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
discussive
discussive
adj
(dated) Doubt-dispelling; decisive.
(medicine, dated) Able or tending to discuss, or disperse, tumors or coagulated matter.
noun
(medicine, dated) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humours; a discutient.
disdeceive
disenslave
disenslave
verb
(obsolete) To free from slavery, to emancipate.
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
disfavored
disfavored
adj
Not favored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavor
disfavorer
disfavorer
noun
Alternative form of disfavourer
disgaveled
disgracive
disgracive
adj
(obsolete) Causing disgrace.
disheveled
disheveled
adj
Alternative form of dishevelled
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
disinvolve
disinvolve
verb
(transitive) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
disleaving
disleaving
verb
present participle of disleave
dismissive
dismissive
adj
Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
dispansive
dispensive
dispersive
dispersive
adj
That becomes dispersed
That causes dispersion
disportive
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
dissective
dissective
adj
(grammar) Referring to a number of individual or separate things rather than a mass (e.g. snowflakes rather than snow).
Tending to dissect.
dissentive
dissentive
adj
(obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent
disservice
disservice
noun
One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
verb
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
disserving
disserving
verb
present participle of disserve
dissevered
dissevered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dissever
dissolvent
dissolvent
adj
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve a solid body.
noun
A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
dissolving
dissolving
noun
The act by which something dissolves.
verb
present participle of dissolve
dissuasive
dissuasive
adj
Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.