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.
deputational
deputational
adj
Of or relating to a deputation.
deputationist
deputationize
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
deputative
deputatively
deputies
deputies
noun
plural of deputy
deputing
deputing
verb
present participle of depute
deputise
deputise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.
deputised
deputised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deputise
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputization
deputization
noun
The process of becoming a deputy.
deputize
deputize
verb
(intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
(transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
deputized
deputized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deputize
deputizes
deputizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deputize
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
desmatippus
desmepithelium
desoxyribonucleoprotein
despiritualization
despiritualization
noun
The process of despiritualizing.
despiritualize
despiritualize
verb
To remove the spiritual element from.
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
despitefully
despitefully
adv
(archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
despitefulness
despitefulness
noun
The state or quality of being despiteful.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
despiteously
despiteously
adv
In a despiteous manner.
despitous
despitous
adj
Obsolete form of despiteous.
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
deutencephalic
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.
deuteroprism
deuteroscopic
deutoplasmic
deutoplastic
deutoplastic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
dexiotropous
dialypetalous
dialypetalous
adj
(botany) Having separate petals; polypetalous.
dibothriocephalus
dichapetalum
dictyograptus
dictyosiphonaceous
dietotherapeutics
dietotherapeutics
noun
dietotherapy
dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diparentum
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
diphenylquinomethane
diphenylthiourea
diphthongous
diphyllobothrium
diplacanthus
diplarthrous
dipleurobranchiate
dipleurogenetic
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
diplocaulescent
diplomatique
diploplaculate
diplopterous
diplostemonous
diplostemonous
adj
(botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals.
(botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals.
diplostichous
dipneust
dipneustal
dipneusti
dipotassium
dipotassium
noun
(inorganic chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of potassium in a compound
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
diruption
diruption
noun
(archaic) disruption
discircumspection
discourtship
discourtship
noun
(obsolete) Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
disculpate
disculpate
verb
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
disculpation
disculpation
noun
exculpation
disculpatory
disculpatory
adj
Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.
disoccupation
disoccupation
noun
The state of being unemployed; lack of occupation.
disoperculate
disparatum
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.