14114
|
dab |
DAB, v.t.1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box.2. To strike gently with some soft or ... |
14115
|
dabble |
DAB'BLE, v.t. [Heb. tabal, or from the root of dip. See dip.] Literally, to dip a little or ... |
14116
|
dabbler |
DAB'BLER, n.1. One who plays in water or mud.2. One who dips slightly into any thing; one who ... |
14117
|
dabbling |
DAB'BLING, ppr. Dipping superficially or often; playing in water, or in mud; meddling. |
14118
|
dabchick |
DAB'CHICK, n. [dab or dip and chick.] A small water-fowl. |
14119
|
dabster |
DABSTER, n. One who is skilled; one who is expert; a master of his business. |
14120
|
dace |
DACE, n. A fish, the Cyprinus leuciscus; a small river fish, resembling the roach. |
14121
|
dactyl |
DACTYL, n. [Gr. A finger; L. probably a shoot.] A poetical foot consisting of three syllables, ... |
14122
|
dactylar |
DACTYLAR, a. Pertaining to a dactyl; reducing from three to two syllables. |
14123
|
dactylet |
DACTYLET, n. A dactyl. |
14124
|
dactylic |
DAC'TYLIC, a. Pertaining to or consisting of dactyls; as dactylic verses; a dactylic flute, a ... |
14125
|
dactylist |
DAC'TYLIST, n. One who writes flowing verse. |
14126
|
dactylology |
DACTYLOL'OGY, n. The act or the art of communicating ideas or thoughts by the fingers. Deaf and ... |
14127
|
dad |
DAD |
14128
|
daddle |
DAD'DLE, v.i. To walk with tottering, like a child or an old man. |
14129
|
daddy |
DADDY, n. Father; a word used by infants, from whom it is taken. The first articulations of ... |
14130
|
dade |
DADE, v.t. To hold up by leading strings. |
14131
|
dado |
D'ADO, n. The plain part of a column between the base and the cornice; the die; a cubical base of ... |
14132
|
daedal |
DAE'DAL, a. [Gr., an ingenious artist.] 1. Various; variegated.2. Skilful. |
14133
|
daedalian |
DAEDALIAN, [See Dedalian] |
14134
|
daff |
DAFF, or DAFFE, A stupid blockish fellow.DAFF, v.t. To daunt.DAFF, v.t. To toss aside; to put ... |
14135
|
daffodil |
DAF'FODIL, n. A plant of the genus Narcissus, of several species. These have a bulbous root, and ... |
14136
|
dag |
DAG, n. A dagger; a hand-gun; a pistol.DAG, n. Dew.DAG, n.1. a loose end, as of locks of wool; ... |
14137
|
dagger |
DAG'GER, n. 1. A short sword; a poniard.2. In fencing schools, a blunt blade of iron with a ... |
14138
|
daggers-drawing |
DAG'GERS-DRAWING, n. The act of drawing daggers; approach to open attack or to violence; a ... |
14139
|
daggle |
DAG'GLE, v.t. To trail in mud or wet grass; to befoul; to dirty, as the lower end of a ... |
14140
|
daggle-tail |
DAG'GLE-TAIL, a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled with mud. |
14141
|
daggled |
DAG'GLED, pp. Dipped or trailed in mud or foul water; befouled. |
14142
|
daggling |
DAG'GLING, ppr. Drawing along in mud or foul water. |
14143
|
daily |
DA'ILY, a. Happening or being every day; done day by day; bestowed or enjoyed every day; as daily ... |
14144
|
daintily |
DA'INTILY, adv. 1. Nicely; elegantly; as a hat daintily made.2. Nicely; fastidiously; with nice ... |
14145
|
daintiness |
DA'INTINESS, n. 1. Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs.2. ... |
14146
|
dainty |
DA'INTY, a. 1. Nice; pleasing to the palate; of exquisite taste; delicious; as dainty food.2. ... |
14147
|
dairy |
DA'IRY, n. 1. Milk, and all that concerns it, on a farm; or the business of managing milk, and of ... |
14148
|
dairyhouse |
DA'IRYHOUSE, or DAIRYROOM, n. A house or room appropriated to the management of milk. |
14149
|
dairymaid |
DA'IRYMAID, n. A female servant whose business is to manage milk. |
14150
|
daisied |
DA'ISIED, a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. |
14151
|
daisy |
DA'ISY, n. A plant of the genus Bellis, of several varieties. The blue daisy belongs to the genus ... |
14152
|
daker-hen |
DA'KER-HEN, n. A fowl of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat like a patridge or quail. The corn-crake ... |
14153
|
dakir |
DA'KIR, n. In English statutes, ten hides, or the twentieth part of a last of hides. |
14154
|
dale |
DALE, n. A low place between hills; a vale or valley. |
14155
|
dalliance |
DAL'LIANCE, n. 1. Literally, delay; a lingering; appropriately, acts of fondness; interchange of ... |
14156
|
dallier |
DAL'LIER, n. One who fondles; a trifler; as a dallier with pleasant words. |
14157
|
dalling |
DAL'LING, ppr. Delaying; procrastinating; trifling; wasting time in idle amusement; toying; ... |
14158
|
dally |
DAL'LY, v.i.1. Literally, to delay; to linger; to wait. Hence.2. To trifle; to lose time in ... |
14159
|
dam |
DAM, n.1. A female parent; used of beasts, particularly of quadrupeds.2. A human mother, in ... |
14160
|
damage |
DAM'AGE, n.[This word seems to be allied to the Greek, a fine or mulet.]1. Any hurt, injury or ... |
14161
|
damage-feasant |
DAMAGE-FEASANT, a. Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. |
14162
|
damageable |
DAM'AGEABLE, a.1. That may be injured or impaired; susceptible of damage; as damageable goods.2. ... |
14163
|
damaged |
DAM'AGED, pp. Hurt; impaired; injured. |
14164
|
damaging |
DAM'AGING, ppr. Injuring; impairing. |
14165
|
damascene |
DAM'ASCENE, n.1. A particular kind of plum, now pronounced damson, which see.2. It may be locally ... |
14166
|
damask |
DAM'ASK, n.1. A silk stuff, having some parts raised above the ground, representing flowers and ... |
14167
|
damask-plum |
DAM'ASK-PLUM, n. A small black plum. |
14168
|
damask-rose |
DAM'ASK-ROSE, n. A species of rose which is red, and another which is white. |
14169
|
damaskeened |
DAMASKEE'NED, pp. Carved into figures and inlaid with gold or silver wire. |
14170
|
damaskeening |
DAMASKEE'NING, ppr. Engraving and adorning with gold or silver wire inlaid.DAMASKEE'NING, n. The ... |
14171
|
damasken |
DAM'ASKEN or DAM'ASKEEN, v.t. To make incisions in iron, steel, &c., and fill them with gold or ... |
14172
|
damaskin |
DAM'ASKIN, n. A saber, so called from the manufacture of Damascus. |
14173
|
dame |
DAME, n. [Gr., to subdue] Literally, a mistress; hence, a lady; a title of honor to a woman. It ... |
14174
|
dames-violet |
DAME'S-VIOLET or DAME-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Hesperis; called also queen's gilliflower, or ... |
14175
|
damianists |
DA'MIANISTS, in church history, a sect who denied any distinction in the Godhead; believing in one ... |
14176
|
damn |
DAMN, v.t.1. To sentence to eternal torments in a future state; to punish in hell.2. To condemn; ... |
14177
|
damnable |
DAM'NABLE, a. 1. That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation; worthy of eternal ... |
14178
|
damnableness |
DAM'NABLENESS, n. The state or quality of deserving damnation. |
14179
|
damnably |
DAM'NABLY, adv. 1. In a manner to incur eternal punishment, or so as to exclude mercy.2. In a low ... |
14180
|
damnation |
DAMNA'TION, n. 1. Sentence or condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state; or the ... |
14181
|
damnatory |
DAM'NATORY, a. Containing a sentence of condemnation. |
14182
|
damned |
DAM'NED, pp.1. Sentenced to everlasting punishment in a future state; condemned.2. a. Hateful; ... |
14183
|
damnific |
DAMNIF'IC, a. Procuring loss; mischievous. |
14184
|
damnified |
DAM'NIFIED, pp. Injured; endamaged. |
14185
|
damnify |
DAM'NIFY, v.t.1. To cause loss or damage to; to hurt in estate or interest; to injure; to ... |
14186
|
damnifying |
DAM'NIFYING, ppr. Hurting; injuring; impairing. |
14187
|
damning |
DAM'NING, ppr.1. Dooming to endless punishment; condemning.2. a. That condemns or exposes to ... |
14188
|
damningness |
DAM'NINGNESS, n. Tendency to bring damnation. |
14189
|
damp |
DAMP, a.1. Moist; humid; being in a state between dry and wet; as a damp cloth; damp air; ... |
14190
|
damped |
DAMP'ED, pp. Chilled; depressed; abated; weakened; checked; discouraged. |
14191
|
damper |
DAMP'ER, n. 1. That which damps or checks; a valve or sliding plate in a furnace to stop or lessen ... |
14192
|
damping |
DAMP'ING, ppr. Chilling; deadening; dejecting; abating; checking; weakening. |
14193
|
dampish |
DAMP'ISH, a. Moderately damp, or moist. |
14194
|
dampishness |
DAMP'ISHNESS, n. A moderate degree of dampness, or moistness; slight humidity. |
14195
|
dampness |
DAMP'NESS, n. Moisture; fogginess; moistness; moderate humidity; as the dampness of the air, of ... |
14196
|
damps |
DAMPS, n. [See Damp] |
14197
|
dampy |
DAMP'Y, a. Dejected; gloomy. |
14198
|
damsel |
DAM'SEL, n. A young woman. Formerly, a young man or woman of noble or genteel extraction; as ... |
14199
|
damson |
DAM'SON, n. The fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; a small black plum. |
14200
|
dan |
DAN, n. A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakspeare, Prior, &c., but now obsolete. |
14201
|
dance |
D'ANCE, v.i.1. Primarily, to leap or spring; hence, to leap or move with measured steps, regulated ... |
14202
|
dancer |
D'ANCER, n. One who practices dancing, or is skilful in the performance. |
14203
|
dancing |
D'ANCING, ppr. Leaping and stepping to the sound of the voice or of an instrument; moving in ... |
14204
|
dancing-master |
D'ANCING-MASTER, n. One who teaches the art of dancing. |
14205
|
dancing-school |
D'ANCING-SCHOOL, n. A school in which the art of dancing is taught. |
14206
|
dandelion |
DAN'DELION, n. A well known plant of the genus Leontodon, having a naked stalk, with one large ... |
14207
|
dandiprat |
DAN'DIPRAT, n. A fellow; an urchin; a word of fondness or contempt. |
14208
|
dandled |
DAN'DLED, pp. Danced on the knee, or in the arms; fondled; amused by trifles or play. |
14209
|
dandler |
DAN'DLER, n. One who dandles or fondles children. |
14210
|
dandling |
DAN'DLING, ppr. Shaking and jolting on the knee; moving about in play or for amusement, as an ... |
14211
|
dandruff |
DANDRUFF, n. A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles. |
14212
|
dandy |
DAN'DY, n. In modern usage, a male of the human species, who dresses himself like a doll and who ... |
14213
|
dandyism |
DAN'DYISM, n. The manners and dress of a dandy. |
14214
|
dane |
DANE, n. A native of Denmark. |
14215
|
danegelt |
DA'NEGELT, n. In England, an annual tax formerly laid on the English nation, for maintaining ... |
14216
|
danewort |
DA'NEWORT, n. A plant of the genus Sambucus; a species of elder, called dwarf-elder or wall-wort. |
14217
|
danger |
DANGER, n. Peril; risk; hazard; exposure to injury, loss, pain or other evil.Our craft is in ... |
14218
|
dangerless |
DANGERLESS, a. Free from danger; without risk. |
14219
|
dangerous |
DANGEROUS, a. 1. Perilous; hazardous; exposing to loss; unsafe; full of risk; as a dangerous ... |
14220
|
dangerousness |
DANGEROUSNESS, n. Danger; hazard; peril; a state of being exposed to evil; as the dangerousness of ... |
14221
|
dangle |
DAN'GLE, v.i.1. To hang loose, flowing, shaking or waving; to hang and swing.He'd rather on a ... |
14222
|
dangler |
DAN'GLER, n. One who dangles or hangs about. |
14223
|
dangling |
DAN'GLING, ppr. Hanging loosely; busily or officiously adhering to. |
14224
|
danish |
DA'NISH, n. The language of the Danes. |
14225
|
dank |
DANK, a. Damp; moist; humid; wet.DANK, n. Moisture; humidity. |
14226
|
dankish |
DANK'ISH, a. Somewhat damp. |
14227
|
dankishness |
DANK'ISHNESS, n. Dampness; humidity. |
14228
|
daourite |
DA'OURITE, n. A mineral, called rubellite, resembling shorl, but differing from it in chimical ... |
14229
|
dap |
DAP, v.i. To drop or let fall into the water; a word used by anglers. |
14230
|
daphnate |
DAPH'NATE, n. A compound of the bitter principle of the Daphne Alpina with a base. |
14231
|
daphnin |
DAPH'NIN, n. The bitter principle of the Daphne Alpina, discovered by Vauquelin. It is obtained ... |
14232
|
dapifer |
DAP'IFER, n. One who brings meat to the table. Formerly, the title or office of the grand-master ... |
14233
|
dapper |
DAP'PER, a. Active; nimble; brisk; or little and active; neat; tight; as a dapper fellow; a dapper ... |
14234
|
dapperling |
DAP'PERLING, n. A dwarf; a dandiprat. |
14235
|
dapple |
DAP'PLE, a. Marked with spots; spotted; variegated with spots of different colors or shades of ... |
14236
|
dappled |
DAP'PLED, pp. Spotted; variegated with spots of different colors or shades of color. |
14237
|
dappling |
DAP'PLING, ppr. Variegating with spot. |
14238
|
dar |
DAR or DART, n. A fish found in the Severn. |
14239
|
dare |
DARE, v.i. pret. durst. To have courage to any purpose; to have strength of mind or hardihood to ... |
14240
|
dared |
DA'RED, pp. Challenged; defied. |
14241
|
dareful |
DA'REFUL, a. Full of defiance. |
14242
|
darer |
DA'RER, n. One who dares or defies. |
14243
|
daric |
DAR'IC, n. A gold coin of Darius the Mede, value about 556 cents. |
14244
|
daring |
DA'RING, ppr.1. Having courage sufficient for a purpose; challenging; defying. 2. a. Bold; ... |
14245
|
daringly |
DA'RINGLY, adv. Boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.The principles of our holy religion ... |
14246
|
daringness |
DA'RINGNESS, n. Boldness; courageousness; audaciousness. |
14247
|
dark |
D'ARK, a.1. Destitute of light; obscure. A dark atmosphere is one which prevents vision.2. ... |
14248
|
dark-house |
D'ARK-HOUSE, n. An old word for a madhouse. |
14249
|
dark-working |
D'ARK-WORKING, a. Working in darkness or in secrecy. |
14250
|
darken |
D'ARKEN, v.i. To grow dark or darker; also, to grow less white or clear. |
14251
|
darkened |
D'ARKENED, pp. Deprived of light; obscured; rendered dim; made black; made ignorant. |
14252
|
darkening |
D'ARKENING, ppr. Depriving of light; obscuring; making black or less white or clear; clouding. |
14253
|
darkish |
D'ARKISH, a. Dusky; somewhat dark. |
14254
|
darkling |
D'ARKLING, a. Being in the dark, or without light; a poetical word. |
14255
|
darkly |
D'ARKLY, adv. Obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly; with imperfect light, clearness or ... |
14256
|
darkness |
D'ARKNESS, n.1. Absence of light.And darkness was on the face of the deep. Gen. i.2. Obscurity; ... |
14257
|
darksome |
D'ARKSOME, a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; as a darksome house; a darksome cloud. |
14258
|
darling |
D'ARLING, a. Dearly beloved; favorite; regarded with great kindness and tenderness; as a darling ... |
14259
|
darn |
D'ARN, v.t. To mend a rent or hole, by imitating the texture of the cloth or stuff with yarn or ... |
14260
|
darnel |
D'ARNEL, n. A plant of the genus Lolium, a kind of grass; the most remarkable species are the red ... |
14261
|
darner |
D'ARNER, n. One who mends by darning. |
14262
|
darning |
D'ARNING, ppr. Mending in imitation of the original texture; sewing together; as a torn stocking, ... |
14263
|
darrain |
DAR'RAIN, v.t. To prepare, or to order; or to try; to endeavor; to prove; to apply to the ... |
14264
|
dart |
D'ART, n. [Gr., a spear or lance.] 1. A pointed missile weapon to be thrown by the hand; a short ... |
14265
|
darted |
D'ARTED, pp. Thrown or hurled as a pointed instrument; sent with velocity. |
14266
|
darter |
D'ARTER, n. One who throws a dart. |
14267
|
darting |
D'ARTING, ppr. Throwing, as a dart; hurling darts; flying rapidly. |
14268
|
dash |
DASH, v.t.1. To strike suddenly or violently, whether throwing or falling; as, to dash one stone ... |
14269
|
dashed |
DASH'ED, pp. Struck violently; driven against; bruised, broken or scattered by collision; ... |
14270
|
dashing |
DASH'ING, ppr.1. Driving and striking against; striking suddenly or violently; breaking or ... |
14271
|
dastard |
DAS'TARD, n. A coward; a poltroon; one who meanly shrinks from danger.DAS'TARD, a. Cowardly; ... |
14272
|
dastardize |
DAS'TARDIZE, v.t. To make cowardly. |
14273
|
dastardliness |
DAS'TARDLINESS, n. Cowardliness. |
14274
|
dastardly |
DAS'TARDLY, Cowardly; meanly timid; base; sneaking. |
14275
|
dastardness |
DAS'TARDNESS, n. Cowardliness; mean timorousness. |
14276
|
dastardy |
DAS'TARDY, n. Cowardliness; base timidity. |
14277
|
data |
DA'TA, n. plu. Things given, or admitted; quantities, principles or facts given, known, or ... |
14278
|
datary |
DA'TARY, n.1. An officer of the chancery of Rome, who affixes the datum Roma to the pope's ... |
14279
|
date |
DATE, n.1. That addition to a writing which specifies the year, month and day when it was given or ... |
14280
|
date-tree |
DA'TE-TREE, n. The tree that bears dates; the great palm-tree. |
14281
|
dated |
DA'TED, pp. Having the time of writing or execution specified; having the time of happening ... |
14282
|
dateless |
DA'TELESS, a. Having no date; having no fixed term.DA'TER, n. One that dates.DA'TING, ppr. ... |
14283
|
dater |
DA'TER, n. One that dates.DA'TING, ppr. Expressing the time of writing or of executing a paper or ... |
14284
|
dating |
DA'TING, ppr. Expressing the time of writing or of executing a paper or instrument; noting the ... |
14285
|
dative |
DA'TIVE, a. In grammar, the epithet of the case of nouns, which usually follows verbs that express ... |
14286
|
datolite |
DAT'OLITE or DATH'OLITE, n. The siliceous borate of lime, a mineral of two subspecies, the common ... |
14287
|
datum |
DA'TUM, n. Something given or admitted.DATU'RA, n. A vegeto-alkali obtained from Datura ... |
14288
|
datura |
DATU'RA, n. A vegeto-alkali obtained from Datura stramonium.DAUB, v.t. |
14289
|
daub |
DAUB, v.t. |
14290
|
daubed |
DAUB'ED, pp. Smeared with soft adhesive matter; plastered; painted coarsely; disguised; loaded ... |
14291
|
dauber |
DAUB'ER, n. One who daubs; a coarse painter; a low and gross flatterer. DAUB'ING, ppr. ... |
14292
|
daubing |
DAUB'ING, ppr. Plastering; painting coarsely; disguising clumsily; decking ostentatiously; ... |
14293
|
daubry |
DAUB'RY or DAUB'ERY, n, A daubing; any thing artful.DAUB'Y, a. Viscous; glutinous; slimy; ... |
14294
|
dauby |
DAUB'Y, a. Viscous; glutinous; slimy; adhesive.DAUGHTER, n, |
14295
|
daughter |
DAUGHTER, n, |
14296
|
daughterliness |
DAUGH'TERLINESS, n. |
14297
|
daughterly |
DAUGH'TERLY, a. Becoming a daughter; dutiful.D'AUNT, v.t. To repress or subdue courage; to ... |
14298
|
daunt |
D'AUNT, v.t. To repress or subdue courage; to intimidate; to dishearten; to check by fear of ... |
14299
|
daunted |
D'AUNTED, pp. Checked by fear; intimidated.D'AUNTING, ppr. Repressing courage; intimidating; ... |
14300
|
daunting |
D'AUNTING, ppr. Repressing courage; intimidating; disheartening.D'AUNTLESS, a. Bold; fearless; ... |
14301
|
dauntless |
D'AUNTLESS, a. Bold; fearless; intrepid; not timid; not discouraged; as a dauntless hero; a ... |
14302
|
dauntlessness |
D'AUNTLESSNESS, n. Fearlessness; intrepidity.DAU'PHIN, n. The eldest son of the king of France, ... |
14303
|
dauphin |
DAU'PHIN, n. The eldest son of the king of France, and presumptive heir of the crown.DAU'PHINESS, ... |
14304
|
dauphiness |
DAU'PHINESS, n. The wife or lady of the dauphin.DAVINA, n. A new Vesuvian mineral of a hexahedral ... |
14305
|
davina |
DAVINA, n. A new Vesuvian mineral of a hexahedral form and laminar texture; so called in honor of ... |
14306
|
davit |
DAV'IT, n. A beam used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top ... |
14307
|
daw |
DAW, v.i. To dawn.DAW'DLE, v.i. To waste time; to trifle.DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.DAWK, v.t. To ... |
14308
|
dawdle |
DAW'DLE, v.i. To waste time; to trifle.DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an ... |
14309
|
dawdler |
DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an incision.DAWN, v.i. |
14310
|
dawk |
DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an incision.DAWN, v.i. |
14311
|
dawn |
DAWN, v.i. |
14312
|
dawning |
DAWN'ING, ppr. 1. Growing light; first appearing luminous; opening; as the dawning day. |
14313
|
day |
DAY, n. |
14314
|
daybed |
DA'YBED, n. A bed used for idleness, indulgence, or rest during the day.DA'YBOOK, n. A journal of ... |
14315
|
daybook |
DA'YBOOK, n. A journal of accounts; a book in which are recorded the debts and credits or accounts ... |
14316
|
daybreak |
DA'YBREAK, n. The dawn or first appearance of light in the morning.DA'YCOAL, n. A name given by ... |
14317
|
daycoal |
DA'YCOAL, n. A name given by miners to the upper stratum of coal.DA'YDREAM, n. A vision to the ... |
14318
|
daydream |
DA'YDREAM, n. A vision to the waking senses.DA'YFLOWER, n. A genus of plants, the ... |
14319
|
dayflower |
DA'YFLOWER, n. A genus of plants, the Commelina.DA'YFLY, n. A genus of insects that live one day ... |
14320
|
dayfly |
DA'YFLY, n. A genus of insects that live one day only, or a very short time called Ephemera. The ... |
14321
|
daylabor |
DA'YLABOR, n. Labor hired or performed by the day.DAYLABORER, n. One who works by the ... |
14322
|
daylaborer |
DAYLABORER, n. One who works by the day.DAY'LIGHT, n. The light of the day; the light of the sun, ... |
14323
|
daylight |
DAY'LIGHT, n. The light of the day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or of a ... |
14324
|
daylily |
DA'YLILY, n. The same with asphodel. A species of Hemerocallis.DA'YLY, a. The more regular ... |
14325
|
dayly |
DA'YLY, a. The more regular orthography of daily.DA'YSMAN, n. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. |
14326
|
daysman |
DA'YSMAN, n. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. |
14327
|
dayspring |
DA'YSPRING, n. The dawn; the beginning of the day, or first appearance of light. |
14328
|
daystar |
DA'YSTAR, n. The morning star, Lucifer, Venus; the star which precedes the morning light.DA'YTIME, ... |
14329
|
dayswork |
DA'Y'SWORK, n. The work of one day. Among seamen, the account or reckoning of a ship's course for ... |
14330
|
daytime |
DA'YTIME, n. The time of the sun's light on the earth; as opposed to night.DA'YWEARIED, a. ... |
14331
|
daywearied |
DA'YWEARIED, a. Wearied with the labor of the day.DA'YWORK, Work by the day; daylabor. DA'Y'SWORK, ... |
14332
|
daywork |
DA'YWORK, Work by the day; daylabor. DA'Y'SWORK, n. The work of one day. Among seamen, the ... |
14333
|
daze |
DAZE, v.t. To overpower with light; to dim or blind by too strong a light, or to render the sight ... |
14334
|
dazzle |
DAZ'ZLE, v.t. |
14335
|
dazzled |
DAZ'ZLED, pp. Made wavering, as the sight; overpowered or dimmed by a too strong ... |
14336
|
dazzlement |
DAZ'ZLEMENT, n. The act or power of dazzling.DAZ'ZLING, ppr. Rendering unsteady or wavering as ... |
14337
|
dazzling |
DAZ'ZLING, ppr. Rendering unsteady or wavering as the sight; overpowering by a strong light; ... |
14338
|
dazzlingly |
DAZ'ZLINGLY, adv. In a dazzling manner.DE, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as ... |
14339
|
de |
DE, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, ... |
14340
|
deacon |
DE'ACON, n. [Gr., a minister or servant.] |
14341
|
deaconess |
DE'ACONESS, n. A female deacon in the primitive church.DE'ACONRY or DE'ACONSHIP, n. The office, ... |
14342
|
deaconry |
DE'ACONRY or DE'ACONSHIP, n. The office, dignity or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.DEAD, |
14343
|
dead |
DEAD, |
14344
|
dead-drunk |
DEAD-DRUNK, a. So drunk as to be incapable of helping one's self.DEAD'EN, v.t. ded'n. |
14345
|
dead-heartedness |
DEAD-HEARTEDNESS, n. Having a dull, faint heart.DEAD'-LIFT, n. A heavy weight; a hopeless ... |
14346
|
dead-reckoning |
DEAD-RECKONING, n. In navigation, the judgment or estimation of the place of a ship, without any ... |
14347
|
deaden |
DEAD'EN, v.t. ded'n. |
14348
|
deadlihood |
DEAD'LIHOOD, n. The state of the dead.DEAD'LINESS, n. ded'liness. The quality of being ... |
14349
|
deadliness |
DEAD'LINESS, n. ded'liness. The quality of being deadly.DEAD'LY, a. ded'ly. |
14350
|
deadly |
DEAD'LY, a. ded'ly. |
14351
|
deadly-carrot |
DEADLY-CARROT, n. A plant of the genus Thapsia.DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE, n. A plant of the genus ... |
14352
|
deadly-nightshade |
DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE, n. A plant of the genus Atropa.DEAD'NESS, n. ded'ness. |
14353
|
deadness |
DEAD'NESS, n. ded'ness. |
14354
|
deadnettle |
DEAD'NETTLE, n. A plant of the genus Lamium, and another of the genus Galeopsis.DEAD'PLEDGE, n. ... |
14355
|
deadpledge |
DEAD'PLEDGE, n. A mortgage or pawning of things, or thing pawned.DEAD-RECKONING, n. In ... |
14356
|
deadwater |
DEAD'WATER, n. The eddy water closing in with a ship's stern, as she passes through the ... |
14357
|
deadwood |
DEAD'WOOD, n. Blocks of timber laid on the keel of a ship, particularly at the ... |
14358
|
deadworks |
DEAD'WORKS, n. The parts of a ship which are above the surface of the water, when she is balanced ... |
14359
|
deaf |
DEAF, n. deef. |
14360
|
deafen |
DE'AFEN, v.t. dee'fn. |
14361
|
deafly |
DE'AFLY, adv. dee'fly. Without sense of sounds; obscurely heard.DE'AFNESS, n, dee'fness. |
14362
|
deafness |
DE'AFNESS, n, dee'fness. |
14363
|
deal |
DEAL, v.t. pret. and pp. dealt, pron. delt. |
14364
|
dealbate |
DEAL'BATE, n.t. To whiten.DEALBA'TION, n. The act of bleaching; a whitening.DE'ALER, n. |
14365
|
dealbation |
DEALBA'TION, n. The act of bleaching; a whitening.DE'ALER, n. |
14366
|
dealer |
DE'ALER, n. |
14367
|
dealing |
DE'ALING, ppr. |
14368
|
deambulation |
DEAMBULA'TION, n. The act of walking abroad.DEAM'BULATORY, a. Pertaining to walks.DEAM'BULATORY, ... |
14369
|
deambulatory |
DEAM'BULATORY, a. Pertaining to walks.DEAM'BULATORY, n. A place to walk in.DEAN, n. |
14370
|
dean |
DEAN, n. |
14371
|
deanery |
DE'ANERY, n. |
14372
|
deanship |
DEAN'SHIP, n. The office of a dean.DEAR, a. |
14373
|
dear |
DEAR, a. |
14374
|
dearbought |
DE'ARBOUGHT, a. Purchased at a high price; as dearbought experience; dearbought ... |
14375
|
dearling |
DE'ARLING, (See Darling)DE'ARLOVED, a. Greatly beloved.DE'ARLY, adv. |
14376
|
dearloved |
DE'ARLOVED, a. Greatly beloved.DE'ARLY, adv. |
14377
|
dearly |
DE'ARLY, adv. |
14378
|
dearn |
DEARN, a. Lonely; solitary; melancholy.DE'ARNESS, n. |
14379
|
dearness |
DE'ARNESS, n. |
14380
|
dearnly |
DEARNLY, adv. Secretly; privately.DEARTH, n. derth. |
14381
|
dearth |
DEARTH, n. derth. |
14382
|
dearticulate |
DEARTIC'ULATE, v.t. To disjoint.DEATH, n. deth. |
14383
|
death |
DEATH, n. deth. |
14384
|
death-bed |
DEATH-BED, n. deth'-bed. The bed on which a person dies or is confined in his last ... |
14385
|
death-darting |
DEATH-DARTING, a. Darting or inflicting death.DEATH'S-DOOR, n. A near approach to death; the ... |
14386
|
death-watch |
DEATH'-WATCH, n. A small insect whose ticking is weakly supposed, by superstitious and ignorant ... |
14387
|
deathful |
DEATH'FUL, a. Full of slaughter; murderous; destructive. |
14388
|
deathfulness |
DEATH'FULNESS, n. Appearance of death.DEATH'LESS, a. Immortal; not subject to death, destruction ... |
14389
|
deathless |
DEATH'LESS, a. Immortal; not subject to death, destruction or extinction; as deathless beings; ... |
14390
|
deathlike |
DEATH'LIKE, a. |
14391
|
deaths-door |
DEATH'S-DOOR, n. A near approach to death; the gates of death.DEATH'FUL, a. Full of slaughter; ... |
14392
|
deaths-man |
DEATH'S-MAN, n. An executioner; a hangman.DEATH'-SHADOWED, a. Surrounded by the shades of death. |
14393
|
deathward |
DEATH'WARD, adv. Toward death.DEATH'-WATCH, n. A small insect whose ticking is weakly supposed, ... |
14394
|
deaurate |
DEAU'RATE, v.t. To gild.DEAU'RATE, a. Gilded.DEBAC'LE, n. A breaking or bursting forth. |
14395
|
debacle |
DEBAC'LE, n. A breaking or bursting forth. |
14396
|
debar |
DEB'AR, v.t. To cut off from entrance; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry or enjoyment; ... |
14397
|
debark |
DEB'ARK, v.t. To land from a ship or boat; to remove from on board any water-craft, and place on ... |
14398
|
debarkation |
DEBARKA'TION, n. The act of disembarking.DEB'ARKED, pp. Removed to land from on board a ship or ... |
14399
|
debarked |
DEB'ARKED, pp. Removed to land from on board a ship or boat.DEB'ARKING, ppr. Removing from a ship ... |
14400
|
debarking |
DEB'ARKING, ppr. Removing from a ship to the land; going from on board a vessel.DEB'ARRED, pp. ... |
14401
|
debarred |
DEB'ARRED, pp. Hindered from approach, entrance or possession.DEB'ARRING, ppr. Preventing from ... |
14402
|
debarring |
DEB'ARRING, ppr. Preventing from approach, entrance or enjoyment.DEBA'SE, v.t. |
14403
|
debase |
DEBA'SE, v.t. |
14404
|
debased |
DEBA'SED, pp. Reduced in estimated rank; lowered in estimation; reduced in purity, fineness, ... |
14405
|
debasement |
DEBA'SEMENT, n. The act of debasing; degradation; reduction of purity, fineness, quality or value; ... |
14406
|
debaser |
DEBA'SER, n. One who debases or lowers in estimation, or in value; one who degrades or renders ... |
14407
|
debasing |
DEBA'SING, ppr. |
14408
|
debatable |
DEBA'TABLE, a. That may be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; as a ... |
14409
|
debate |
DEBATE, n. |
14410
|
debated |
DEBA'TED, pp. Disputed; argued; discussed.DEBA'TEFUL, a. |
14411
|
debateful |
DEBA'TEFUL, a. |
14412
|
debatefully |
DEBA'TEFULLY, adv. With contention.DEBA'TEMENT, n. Controversy; deliberation.DEBA'TER, n. One ... |
14413
|
debatement |
DEBA'TEMENT, n. Controversy; deliberation.DEBA'TER, n. One who debates; a disputant; a ... |
14414
|
debater |
DEBA'TER, n. One who debates; a disputant; a controvertist.DEBA'TING, ppr. Disputing; discussing; ... |
14415
|
debating |
DEBA'TING, ppr. Disputing; discussing; contending by arguments.DEBAUCH', v.t. [The general sense ... |
14416
|
debauch |
DEBAUCH', v.t. [The general sense of debauch, in English, is to lead astray, like seduce.] |
14417
|
debauched |
DEBAUCH'ED, pp. Corrupted; vitiated in morals or purity of character.DEBAUCH'EDLY, adv. In a ... |
14418
|
debauchedly |
DEBAUCH'EDLY, adv. In a profligate manner.DEBAUCH'EDNESS, n. Intemperance.DEBAUCHEE', n. A man ... |
14419
|
debauchedness |
DEBAUCH'EDNESS, n. Intemperance.DEBAUCHEE', n. A man given to intemperance, or bacchanalian ... |
14420
|
debauchee |
DEBAUCHEE', n. A man given to intemperance, or bacchanalian excesses. But chiefly, a man ... |
14421
|
debaucher |
DEBAUCH'ER, n. One who debauches or corrupts others; a seducer to lewdness, or to any dereliction ... |
14422
|
debauchery |
DEBAUCH'ERY, n. |
14423
|
debauchment |
DEBAUCH'MENT, n. The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. |
14424
|
debellation |
DEBELLA'TION, n. The act of conquering or subduing.DEBEN'TURE, n. [Fr. from L. debeo, to owe.] |
14425
|
debenture |
DEBEN'TURE, n. [Fr. from L. debeo, to owe.] |
14426
|
debentured |
DEBEN'TURED, a. Debentured goods are those for which a debenture has been given, as being entitled ... |
14427
|
debile |
DEB'ILE, a. Relaxed; weak; feeble; languid; faint; without strength.DEBIL'ITATE, v.t. To weaken; ... |
14428
|
debilitate |
DEBIL'ITATE, v.t. To weaken; to impair the strength of; to enfeeble; to make faint or languid. ... |
14429
|
debilitated |
DEBIL'ITATED, pp. Weakened; enfeebled; relaxed.DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; ... |
14430
|
debilitating |
DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; impairing strength.DEBILITA'TION, n. The act of ... |
14431
|
debilitation |
DEBILITA'TION, n. The act of weakening; relaxation.DEBIL'ITY, n. Relaxation of the solids; ... |
14432
|
debility |
DEBIL'ITY, n. Relaxation of the solids; weakness; feebleness; languor of body; faintness; ... |
14433
|
debit |
DEB'IT, n. [L. debitum, from debeo, to owe.] Debt. It is usually written debt. But it is used ... |
14434
|
debited |
DEB'ITED, pp. |
14435
|
debiting |
DEB'ITING, ppr. |
14436
|
debitor |
DEB'ITOR, n. A debtor.DEBOISE,DEBOISH, for debauch.DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; ... |
14437
|
deboise |
DEBOISE,DEBOISH, for debauch.DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; elegant.DEBOUCH, v.i. ... |
14438
|
deboish |
DEBOISH, for debauch.DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; elegant.DEBOUCH, v.i. To issue ... |
14439
|
debonnair |
DEBONNA'IR, a. Civil; wellbred; complaisant; elegant.DEBOUCH, v.i. To issue or march out of a ... |
14440
|
debouch |
DEBOUCH, v.i. To issue or march out of a narrow place, or from defiles, as troops.DEBRIS, n. ... |
14441
|
debris |
DEBRIS, n. debree'. Fragments; rubbish; ruins; applied particularly to the fragments of ... |
14442
|
debt |
DEBT, n. det. [L. debitum, contracted.] |
14443
|
debted |
DEBT'ED, pp. det'ted. Indebted; obliged to.DEBTEE', n. dettee'. A creditor; one to whom a debt ... |
14444
|
debtee |
DEBTEE', n. dettee'. A creditor; one to whom a debt is due.DEBT'LESS, a. det'less. Free from ... |
14445
|
debtless |
DEBT'LESS, a. det'less. Free from debt.DEBT'OR, n. det'tor. |
14446
|
debtor |
DEBT'OR, n. det'tor. |
14447
|
decachord |
DEC'ACHORD,DECACHORD'ON, n. [Gr. ten or string] |
14448
|
decachordon |
DECACHORD'ON, n. [Gr. ten or string] |
14449
|
decadal |
DEC'ADAL, a. Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.DEC'ADE, n. [Gr., ten.] The sum or number of ... |
14450
|
decade |
DEC'ADE, n. [Gr., ten.] The sum or number of ten; an aggregate consisting of ten; as a decade of ... |
14451
|
decadence |
DECA'DENCE,DECA'DENCY, n. Decay. DEC'AGON, n. [Gr., ten and corner.] In geometry, a plane figure ... |
14452
|
decadency |
DECA'DENCY, n. Decay. DEC'AGON, n. [Gr., ten and corner.] In geometry, a plane figure having ten ... |
14453
|
decagon |
DEC'AGON, n. [Gr., ten and corner.] In geometry, a plane figure having ten sides and ten ... |
14454
|
decagram |
DEC'AGRAM, n. [Gr., ten and a weight.] A French weight of ten grams, or 154 grains, 44 decimals, ... |
14455
|
decagyn |
DEC'AGYN, n. [Gr., ten and female.] In botany, a plant having ten pistils.DECAGYN'IAN, a. Having ... |
14456
|
decagynian |
DECAGYN'IAN, a. Having ten pistils.DECAHE'DRAL, a. Having ten sides.DECAHE'DRON, n. [Gr., ten ... |
14457
|
decahedral |
DECAHE'DRAL, a. Having ten sides.DECAHE'DRON, n. [Gr., ten and a base.] In geometry, a figure or ... |
14458
|
decahedron |
DECAHE'DRON, n. [Gr., ten and a base.] In geometry, a figure or body having ten sides.DEC'ALITER, ... |
14459
|
decaliter |
DEC'ALITER, n. [Gr., ten and liter.] A French measure of capacity, containing ten liters, or ... |
14460
|
decalogist |
DECAL'OGIST, n. One who explains the decalogue.DEC'ALOGUE, n. dec'alog. [Gr., ten and speech.] ... |
14461
|
decalogue |
DEC'ALOGUE, n. dec'alog. [Gr., ten and speech.] The ten commandments or precepts given by God to ... |
14462
|
decameter |
DECAM'ETER, n. [Gr., ten and measure.] A French measure of length, consisting of ten meters, and ... |
14463
|
decamp |
DECAMP', v.i. To remove or depart from a camp; to march off; as, the army decamped at six ... |
14464
|
decampment |
DECAMP'MENT, n. Departure from a camp; a marching off.DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a ... |
14465
|
decanal |
DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a deanery.DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant ... |
14466
|
decander |
DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens. |
14467
|
decangular |
DECAN'GULAR, a. [Gr., ten and angular.] Having ten angles.DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, ... |
14468
|
decant |
DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its ... |
14469
|
decantation |
DECANTA'TION, n. The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel ... |
14470
|
decanted |
DECANT'ED, pp. Poured off, or from one vessel into another.DECANT'ER, n. |
14471
|
decanter |
DECANT'ER, n. |
14472
|
decanting |
DECANT'ING, ppr. Pouring off, as liquor from its lees, or from one vessel to another.DECAP'ITATE, ... |
14473
|
decaphyllous |
DECAPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. ten and a leaf.] Having ten leaves.DEC'ARBONIZE, v.t. To deprive of ... |
14474
|
decapitate |
DECAP'ITATE, v.t. [L., head.] To behead; to cut off the head.DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of ... |
14475
|
decapitation |
DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of beheading.DECAPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. ten and a leaf.] Having ten ... |
14476
|
decarbonize |
DEC'ARBONIZE, v.t. To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel.DEC'ARBONIZED, pp. Deprived of ... |
14477
|
decarbonized |
DEC'ARBONIZED, pp. Deprived of carbon.DEC'ARBONIZING, ppr. Depriving of carbon.DEC'ASTICH, n. ... |
14478
|
decarbonizing |
DEC'ARBONIZING, ppr. Depriving of carbon.DEC'ASTICH, n. [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting ... |
14479
|
decastich |
DEC'ASTICH, n. [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting of ten lines.DEC'ASTYLE, n. [Gr. ten ... |
14480
|
decastyle |
DEC'ASTYLE, n. [Gr. ten and a column.] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in ... |
14481
|
decay |
DECA'Y, v.i. [Fr. dechoir, from L. de and cado, to fall, or decedo.] |
14482
|
decayed |
DECA'YED, pp. Having fallen from a good or sound state; impaired; weakened; ... |
14483
|
decayedness |
DECA'YEDNESS, n. A state of being impaired; decayed state.DECA'YER, n. That which causes ... |
14484
|
decayer |
DECA'YER, n. That which causes decay.DECA'YING, ppr. Failing; declining; passing from a good, ... |
14485
|
decaying |
DECA'YING, ppr. Failing; declining; passing from a good, prosperous or sound state, to a worse ... |
14486
|
decease |
DECE'ASE, n. [L. to depart or to withdraw.] Literally, departure; hence, departure from this ... |
14487
|
deceased |
DECE'ASED, pp. or a. Departed from life. This is used as a passive participle. He is deceased, ... |
14488
|
deceasing |
DECE'ASING, ppr. Departing from life; dying. DECE'DENT, n. A deceased person.DECE'IT, |
14489
|
decedent |
DECE'DENT, n. A deceased person.DECE'IT, |
14490
|
deceit |
DECE'IT, |
14491
|
deceitful |
DECE'ITFUL, a. |
14492
|
deceitfully |
DECE'ITFULLY, adv. In a deceitful manner; fraudulently; with deceit; in a manner or with a view to ... |
14493
|
deceitfulness |
DECE'ITFULNESS, n. |
14494
|
deceitless |
DECE'ITLESS, a. Free from deceit.DECE'IVABLE, a. |
14495
|
deceivable |
DECE'IVABLE, a. |
14496
|
deceivableness |
DECE'IVABLENESS, n. |
14497
|
deceive |
DECE'IVE, v.t. [L to take asid, to ensnare.] |
14498
|
deceived |
DECE'IVED, pp. Misled; led into error; beguiled; cheated; deluded.DECE'IVER, n. One who deceives; ... |
14499
|
deceiver |
DECE'IVER, n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. |
14500
|
deceiving |
DECE'IVING, ppr. Misleading; ensnaring; beguiling; cheating.DECEM'BER, n. [L. december, from ... |
14501
|
december |
DECEM'BER, n. [L. december, from decem, ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, ... |
14502
|
decemdentate |
DECEMDEN'TATE, a. [L. decem, ten, and dentatus, toothed.] Having ten points or teeth.DEC'EMFID, ... |
14503
|
decemfid |
DEC'EMFID, a. [L. decem, ten, and fido, to divide.] |
14504
|
decemlocular |
DECEMLOC'ULAR, a. [L. decem, ten, and loculus, a little bag or cell.] Having ten cells for ... |
14505
|
decempedal |
DEC'EMPEDAL, a. [L. decem, ten, and pes, a foot.] Ten feet in length.DEC'EMVIR, n. [L. decem, ... |
14506
|
decemvir |
DEC'EMVIR, n. [L. decem, ten, and vir, a man.] One of ten magistrates, who had absolute ... |
14507
|
decemviral |
DECEM'VIRAL, a. Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.DECEM'VIRATE, n. |
14508
|
decemvirate |
DECEM'VIRATE, n. |
14509
|
decency |
DE'CENCY, n. [L. to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for.] |
14510
|
decennary |
DEC'ENNARY, n. [L. from decem, ten, and annus, a year.] |
14511
|
decennial |
DECEN'NIAL, a. [L. as above.] Continuing for ten years; consisting of ten years; or happening ... |
14512
|
decennoval |
DEC'ENNOVAL,DECEN'NOVARY, a. [L. decem, ten, and novem, nine.] Pertaining to the number ... |
14513
|
decennovary |
DECEN'NOVARY, a. [L. decem, ten, and novem, nine.] Pertaining to the number nineteen; ... |
14514
|
decent |
DE'CENT, a. [L. decens; Fr. decent.] |
14515
|
decentness |
DE'CENTNESS, n. Decency.DECEPTIBIL'ITY, n. The quality or state of being capable or liable to be ... |
14516
|
deceptibility |
DECEPTIBIL'ITY, n. The quality or state of being capable or liable to be deceived.DECEP'TIBLE, a. ... |
14517
|
deceptible |
DECEP'TIBLE, a. That may be deceived.DECEP'TION, n. |
14518
|
deception |
DECEP'TION, n. |
14519
|
deceptious |
DECEP'TIOUS, a. Tending to deceive; deceitful.DECEP'TIVE, a. Tending to deceive; having power to ... |
14520
|
deceptive |
DECEP'TIVE, a. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress false opinions; as a ... |
14521
|
deceptory |
DECEP'TORY, a. Tending to deceive; containing qualities or means adapted to mislead.DECERPT, a. ... |
14522
|
decerpt |
DECERPT, a. Cropped.DECERP'TION, n. [L. to pluck off.] A pulling or plucking off; a ... |
14523
|
decerption |
DECERP'TION, n. [L. to pluck off.] A pulling or plucking off; a cropping.DECERTA'TION, n. [L. ... |
14524
|
decertation |
DECERTA'TION, n. [L. To strive.] Strife; contest for mastery.DECES'SION, n. [L. to pass.] ... |
14525
|
decession |
DECES'SION, n. [L. to pass.] Departure.DECH'ARM, v.t. To remove a spell or enchantment; to ... |
14526
|
decharm |
DECH'ARM, v.t. To remove a spell or enchantment; to disenchant.DECH'ARMED, pp. ... |
14527
|
decharmed |
DECH'ARMED, pp. Disenchanted.DECH'ARMING, ppr. Removing a spell.DECHRIS'TIANIZE, v.t. To turn ... |
14528
|
decharming |
DECH'ARMING, ppr. Removing a spell.DECHRIS'TIANIZE, v.t. To turn from christianity; to banish ... |
14529
|
dechristianize |
DECHRIS'TIANIZE, v.t. To turn from christianity; to banish christian belief and principles ... |
14530
|
decidable |
DECI'DABLE, a. That may be decided. |
14531
|
decide |
DECI'DE, v.i. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion. |
14532
|
decided |
DECI'DED, pp. Determined; ended; concluded.DECI'DED, a. That implies decision; clear; ... |
14533
|
decidedly |
DECI'DEDLY, adv. In a decided or determined manner; clearly; indisputable; in a manner to preclude ... |
14534
|
decidence |
DECI'DENCE, n. A falling off.DECI'DER, n. One who determines a cause or contest.DECI'DING, ppr. ... |
14535
|
decider |
DECI'DER, n. One who determines a cause or contest.DECI'DING, ppr. Determing; ending; ... |
14536
|
deciding |
DECI'DING, ppr. Determing; ending; concluding.DECID'UOUS, a. [L. to fall.] Falling; not ... |
14537
|
deciduous |
DECID'UOUS, a. [L. to fall.] Falling; not perennial or permanent. In botany, a deciduous leaf ... |
14538
|
deciduousness |
DECID'UOUSNESS, n. The quality of falling once a year.DEC'IGRAM, n. A French weight of one tenth ... |
14539
|
decigram |
DEC'IGRAM, n. A French weight of one tenth of a gram.DE'CIL, n. An aspect or position of two ... |
14540
|
decil |
DE'CIL, n. An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth ... |
14541
|
deciliter |
DEC'ILITER, n. A French measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter. |
14542
|
decimally |
DEC'IMALLY, adv. By tens; by means of decimals.DEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. decimo, from decem, ten.] |
14543
|
decimate |
DEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. decimo, from decem, ten.] |
14544
|
decimation |
DECIMA'TION, n. |
14545
|
decimator |
DEC'IMATOR, n. One who selects every tenth man, in a company or regiment, &c.DECIM'ETER, n. A ... |
14546
|
decimeter |
DECIM'ETER, n. A French measure of length equal to the tenth part of a meter, or 3 inches and ... |
14547
|
decimo-sexto |
DECIMO-SEXTO, n. A book is in decimo-sexto, when a sheet is folded into sixteen leaves.DECI'PHER, ... |
14548
|
decipher |
DECI'PHER, v.t. |
14549
|
deciphered |
DECI'PHERED, pp. Explained; unraveled; marked.DECI'PHERER, n. One who explains what is written in ... |
14550
|
decipherer |
DECI'PHERER, n. One who explains what is written in ciphers.DECI'PHERING, ppr. Explaining; ... |
14551
|
deciphering |
DECI'PHERING, ppr. Explaining; detecting the letters represented by ciphers; unfolding; ... |
14552
|
decision |
DECIS'ION, n. |
14553
|
decisive |
DECI'SIVE, a. |
14554
|
decisively |
DECI'SIVELY, adv. In a conclusive manner; in a manner to end deliberation, controversy, doubt or ... |
14555
|
decisiveness |
DECI'SIVENESS, n. |
14556
|
decisory |
DECI'SORY, a. Able to decide or determine.DECK, v.t. |
14557
|
deck |
DECK, v.t. |
14558
|
decked |
DECK'ED, pp. Covered; adorned; furnished with a deck.DECK'ER, n. |
14559
|
decker |
DECK'ER, n. |
14560
|
decking |
DECK'ING, ppr. Covering; arraying; adorning. |
14561
|
declaim |
DECLA'IM, v.i. [L. to cry out.] |
14562
|
declaimant |
DECLA'IMANT or DECLA'IMER, n. |
14563
|
declaiming |
DECLA'IMING, ppr. Speaking rhetorically; haranguing.DECLA'IMING, n. A harangue.DECLAMA'TION, n. |
14564
|
declamation |
DECLAMA'TION, n. |
14565
|
declamator |
DECLAMA'TOR, n. A declaimer.DECLAM'ATORY, a. |
14566
|
declamatory |
DECLAM'ATORY, a. |
14567
|
declaration |
DECLARA'TION, n. |
14568
|
declarative |
DECLAR'ATIVE, a. |
14569
|
declaratorily |
DECLAR'ATORILY, adv. By declaration, or exhibition.DECLAR'ATORY, a. Making declaration, clear ... |
14570
|
declaratory |
DECLAR'ATORY, a. Making declaration, clear manifestation, or exhibition; expressive; as, this ... |
14571
|
declare |
DECLA'RE, v.t. [L. to make clear.] |
14572
|
declared |
DECLA'RED, pp. Made known; told explicitly; avowed; exhibited; manifested; published; proclaimed; ... |
14573
|
declaredly |
DECLA'REDLY, adv. Avowedly; explicitly.DECLA'RER, n. One who makes known or publishes; that which ... |
14574
|
declarer |
DECLA'RER, n. One who makes known or publishes; that which exhibits.DECLA'RING, ppr. Making known ... |
14575
|
declaring |
DECLA'RING, ppr. Making known by words or by other means; manifesting; publishing; affirming; ... |
14576
|
declatable |
DECLA'TABLE, a. That may be declared, or proved.DECLARA'TION, n. |
14577
|
declension |
DECLEN'SION, n. |
14578
|
declinable |
DECLI'NABLE, a. That may be declined; changing its termination in the oblique cases; as a ... |
14579
|
declinate |
DEC'LINATE, a. In botany, bending or bent downwards, in a curve; declining.DECLINA'TION, n. |
14580
|
declination |
DECLINA'TION, n. |
14581
|
declinator |
DECLINA'TOR,DECLIN'ATORY, n. An instrument for taking the declination, or inclination of a plane; ... |
14582
|
declinatory |
DECLIN'ATORY, n. An instrument for taking the declination, or inclination of a plane; an ... |
14583
|
decline |
DECLI'NE, v.i. [L. to lean.] |
14584
|
declined |
DECLI'NED, pp. Bent downward or from; inflected.DECLI'NING, ppr. Leaning; deviating; falling; ... |
14585
|
declining |
DECLI'NING, ppr. Leaning; deviating; falling; failing; decaying; tending to a worse state; ... |
14586
|
declivitous |
DECLIV'ITOUS, a. Gradually descending; not precipitous; sloping.DECOCT', v.t. [L. to boil.] |
14587
|
declivity |
DECLIV'ITY, n. [L. sloping.] Declination from a horizontal line; descent of land; inclination ... |
14588
|
declivous |
DECLI'VOUS,DECLIV'ITOUS, a. Gradually descending; not precipitous; sloping.DECOCT', v.t. [L. to ... |
14589
|
decoct |
DECOCT', v.t. [L. to boil.] |
14590
|
decoctible |
DECOCT'IBLE, a. That may be boiled or digested.DECOC'TION, n. |
14591
|
decoction |
DECOC'TION, n. |
14592
|
decoctive |
DECOCT'IVE, a. That may be easily decocted.DECOCT'URE, n. A substance drawn by ... |
14593
|
decocture |
DECOCT'URE, n. A substance drawn by decoction.DE'COLLATE, v.t. To behead.DE'COLLATED, pp. ... |
14594
|
decollate |
DE'COLLATE, v.t. To behead.DE'COLLATED, pp. Beheaded.DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] ... |
14595
|
decollated |
DE'COLLATED, pp. Beheaded.DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] The act of beheading; the ... |
14596
|
decollation |
DECOLLA'TION, n. [L. to behead; the neck.] The act of beheading; the act of cutting off the neck ... |
14597
|
decoloration |
DECOLORA'TION, n. Absence of color.DE'COMPLEX, a. Compounded of complex ideas.DECOMPO'SABLE, a. ... |
14598
|
decomplex |
DE'COMPLEX, a. Compounded of complex ideas.DECOMPO'SABLE, a. That may be decomposed; capable of ... |
14599
|
decomposable |
DECOMPO'SABLE, a. That may be decomposed; capable of being resolved into its constituent ... |
14600
|
decompose |
DECOMPO'SE, v.t. To separate the constituent parts of a body or substance; to disunite elementary ... |
14601
|
decomposed |
DECOMPO'SED, pp. Separated or resolved into the constituent parts.DECOMPO'SING, ppr. Separating ... |
14602
|
decomposing |
DECOMPO'SING, ppr. Separating into constituent parts.DECOMPOS'ITE, a. Compounded a second time; ... |
14603
|
decomposite |
DECOMPOS'ITE, a. Compounded a second time; compounded with things already ... |
14604
|
decomposition |
DECOMPOSI'TION, n. |
14605
|
decompound |
DECOMPOUND', v.t. |
14606
|
decompoundable |
DECOMPOUND'ABLE, a. That may be decompounded.DECOMPOUND'ED, pp. Compounded a second time; ... |
14607
|
decompounded |
DECOMPOUND'ED, pp. Compounded a second time; composed of things already compounded.DECOMPOUND'ING, ... |
14608
|
decompounding |
DECOMPOUND'ING, ppr. Compounding a second time.DEC'ORATE, v.t. [L. comeliness, grace.] |
14609
|
decorate |
DEC'ORATE, v.t. [L. comeliness, grace.] |
14610
|
decorated |
DEC'ORATED, pp. Adorned; beautified; embellished.DEC'ORATING, ppr. Adorning; embellishing; ... |
14611
|
decorating |
DEC'ORATING, ppr. Adorning; embellishing; rendering beautiful to the eye, or lovely to the ... |
14612
|
decoration |
DECORA'TION, n. |
14613
|
decorator |
DEC'ORATOR, n. One who adorns or embellishes.DEC'OROUS, a. Decent; suitable to a character, or to ... |
14614
|
decorous |
DEC'OROUS, a. Decent; suitable to a character, or to the time, place and occasion; becoming; ... |
14615
|
decorously |
DEC'OROUSLY, adv. In a becoming manner.DECOR'TICATE, v.t. [L. bark.] To strip off bark; to ... |
14616
|
decorticate |
DECOR'TICATE, v.t. [L. bark.] To strip off bark; to peel; to husk; to take off the exterior ... |
14617
|
decorticated |
DECOR'TICATED, pp. Stripped of bark; peeled; husked.DECOR'TICATING, ppr. Stripping off bark or ... |
14618
|
decorticating |
DECOR'TICATING, ppr. Stripping off bark or the external coat; peeling. DECORTICA'TION, n. The act ... |
14619
|
decortication |
DECORTICA'TION, n. The act of stripping off bark or husk.DECO'RUM, n. [L. to become.] |
14620
|
decorum |
DECO'RUM, n. [L. to become.] |
14621
|
decoy |
DECOY, n. 1. Any thing intended to lead into a snare; any lure or allurement that deceives and ... |
14622
|
decoy-duck |
DECOY-DUCK, n. A duck employed to draw others into a net or situation to be taken. |
14623
|
decoy-man |
DECOY-MAN, n. A man employed in decoying and catching fowls. |
14624
|
decoyed |
DECOYED, pp. Lured or drawn into a snare or net; allured into danger by deception. |
14625
|
decoying |
DECOYING, ppr. Luring into a snare or net by deception; leading into evil or danger. |
14626
|
decrease |
DECREASE, v.i. [L. To grow.] To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, ... |
14627
|
decreased |
DECREASED, pp. Lessened; diminished. |
14628
|
decreasing |
DECREASING, ppr. Becoming less; diminishing; waning. |
14629
|
decree |
DECREE, n. [L. To judge; to divide.]1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; ... |
14630
|
decreed |
DECREED, pp. Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose. |
14631
|
decreeing |
DECREEING, ppr. Determining; resolving; appointing; ordering. |
14632
|
decrement |
DECREMENT, n.1. Decrease; waste; the state of becoming less gradually.Rocks and mountains suffer a ... |
14633
|
decrepit |
DECREPIT, a. [L. to break.] Broken down with age; wasted or worn by the infirmities of old age; ... |
14634
|
decrepitate |
DECREPITATE, v.t. [L. To break or burst, to crackle.] To roast or calcine in a strong heat, with a ... |
14635
|
decrepitated |
DECREPITATED, pp. Roasted with a crackling noise. |
14636
|
decrepitating |
DECREPITATING, ppr. Crackling; roasting with a crackling noise; suddenly bursting when exposed to ... |
14637
|
decrepitation |
DECREPITATION, n. The act of roasting with a continual crackling; or the separation of parts with ... |
14638
|
decrepitness |
DECREPITNESS, |
14639
|
decrepitude |
DECREPITUDE, n. The broken, crazy state of the body, produced by decay and the infirmities of age. |
14640
|
decrescent |
DECRESCENT, a. Decreasing; becoming less by gradual diminution; as a decrescent moon. |
14641
|
decretal |
DECRETAL, n.1. A letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. ... |
14642
|
decretion |
DECRETION, n. A decreasing. |
14643
|
decretist |
DECRETIST, n. One who studies or professes the knowledge of the decretals. |
14644
|
decretorily |
DECRETORILY, adv. In a definitive manner. |
14645
|
decretory |
DECRETORY, a.1. Judicial; definitive; established by a decree.The decretory rigors of a condemning ... |
14646
|
decrew |
DECREW, v.i. To decrease. |
14647
|
decrial |
DECRIAL, n. A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure. |
14648
|
decried |
DECRIED, pp. Cried down; descredited; brought into disrepute. |
14649
|
decrier |
DECRIER, n. One who decries. |
14650
|
decrown |
DECROWN, v.t. To deprive of a crown. |
14651
|
decry |
DECRY, v.t. 1. To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean or worthless; to clamor against; to ... |
14652
|
decubation |
DECUBATION, n. The act of lying down. |
14653
|
decumbence |
DECUMBENCE, |
14654
|
decumbency |
DECUMBENCY, n. [L. To lie down.] The act of lying down; the posture of lying down. |
14655
|
decumbent |
DECUMBENT, a. In botany, declined or bending down; having the stamens and pistils bending down to ... |
14656
|
decumbiture |
DECUMBITURE, n.1. The time at which a person takes to his bed in a disease.2. In astrology, the ... |
14657
|
decuple |
DECUPLE, a. [L. Ten.] Tenfold; containing ten times as many.DECUPLE, n. A number ten times ... |
14658
|
decurion |
DECURION, n. [L. Ten] An officer in the Roman army, who commanded a decuria, or ten soldiers, which ... |
14659
|
decurrent |
DECURRENT, a. [L. To run down; to run.] Extending downwards. A decurrent leaf is a sessile leaf ... |
14660
|
decursion |
DECURSION, n. [L. To run.] The act of running down, as a stream. |
14661
|
decursive |
DECURSIVE, a. Running down.Decursively pinnate, in botany, applied to a leaf, having the leaflets ... |
14662
|
decurt |
DECURT, v.t. To shorten by cutting off. |
14663
|
decurtation |
DECURTATION, n. [L. To shorten.] Tha act of shortening, or cutting short. |
14664
|
decury |
DECURY, n. [L. Ten.] A set of ten men under an officer called decurio. |
14665
|
decussate |
DECUSSATE, v.t. [L. To cut or strike across.] To intersect at acute angles, thus X; or in general, ... |
14666
|
decussated |
DECUSSATED, a. Crossed; intersected. In botany, decussated leaves and branches, are such as grow ... |
14667
|
decussating |
DECUSSATING, ppr. Intersecting at acute angles; crossing. |
14668
|
decussation |
DECUSSATION, n. The act of crossing at unequal angles; the crossing of two lines, rays or nerves, ... |
14669
|
dedalian |
DEDALIAN, a. Various; variegated; intricate; complex; expert. |
14670
|
dedalous |
DEDALOUS, a. Having a margin with various windings and turnings; of a beautiful and delicate ... |
14671
|
dedecorate |
DEDECORATE, v.t. To disgrace. |
14672
|
dedecoration |
DEDECORATION, n. A disgracing. |
14673
|
dedentition |
DEDENTITION, n. The shedding of teeth. |
14674
|
dedicate |
DEDICATE, v.t. [L. To vow, promise, devote, dedicate. See Class Dg. No. 12, 15, 45. The sense is ... |
14675
|
dedicated |
DEDICATED, pp. Devoted to a divine Being, or to a sacred use; consecrated; appropriated; given ... |
14676
|
dedicating |
DEDICATING, ppr. Devoting to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose; consecrating; appropriating; ... |
14677
|
dedication |
DEDICATION, n.1. The act of consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with ... |
14678
|
dedicator |
DEDICATOR, n. One who dedicates; one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron. |
14679
|
dedicatory |
DEDICATORY, a. Composing a dedication; as an epistle dedicatory. |
14680
|
dedition |
DEDITION, n. [L. To yield.] The act of yielding any thing; surrendry. |
14681
|
dedolent |
DEDOLENT, a. Feeling no compunction. |
14682
|
deduce |
DEDUCE, v.t. [L. To lead, bring or draw.]1. To draw from; to bring from.O goddess, say, shall I ... |
14683
|
deduced |
DEDUCED, pp. Drawn from; inferred; as a consequence from principles or premises. |
14684
|
deducement |
DEDUCEMENT, n. The thing drawn from or deduced; inference; that which is collected from premises. |
14685
|
deducible |
DEDUCIBLE, a. That may be deduced; inferable; collectible by reason from premises; ... |
14686
|
deducing |
DEDUCING, ppr. Drawing from; inferring; collecting from principles or facts already established or ... |
14687
|
deducive |
DEDUCIVE, a. Performing the act of deduction. |
14688
|
deduct |
DEDUCT, v.t. To take from; to subtract; to separate or remove, in numbering, estimating or ... |
14689
|
deducted |
DEDUCTED, pp. Taken from; subtracted. |
14690
|
deducting |
DEDUCTING, ppt. Taking from; subtracting. |
14691
|
deduction |
DEDUCTION, n. 1. The act of deducting.2. That which is deducted; sum or amount taken from ... |
14692
|
deductive |
DEDUCTIVE, a. Deducible; that is or may be deduced from premises.All knowledge is deductive. |
14693
|
deductively |
DEDUCTIVELY, adv. By regular deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. |
14694
|
deed |
DEED, n.1. That which is done, acted or effected; an act; a fact; a word of extensive application, ... |
14695
|
deed-achieving |
DEED-ACHIEVING, a. That accomplishes great deeds. |
14696
|
deed-poll |
DEED-POLL, n. A deed not indented, that is, shaved or even, made by one party only. |
14697
|
deedless |
DEEDLESS, a. Inactive; not performing or having performed deeds or exploits. |
14698
|
deem |
DEEM, v.t.1. To think; to judge; to be of opinion; to conclude on consideration; as, he deems it ... |
14699
|
deemed |
DEEMED, pp. Thought; judged; supposed. |
14700
|
deeming |
DEEMING, ppr. Thinking; judging; believing. |
14701
|
deemster |
DEEMSTER, n. A judge in the Isle of Man and in Jersey. |
14702
|
deep |
DEEP, a.1. Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound ; opposed ... |
14703
|
deep-mouthed |
DEEP-MOUTHED, a. Having a hoarse, loud, hollow voice; as a deep-mouthed dog. |
14704
|
deep-musing |
DEEP-MUSING, a. Contemplative; thinking closely or profoundly. |
14705
|
deep-read |
DEEP-READ, a. Having fully read; profoundly versed. |
14706
|
deep-revolving |
DEEP-REVOLVING, a. Profoundly revolving or meditating. |
14707
|
deep-throated |
DEEP-THROATED, a. With deep throats. |
14708
|
deep-toned |
DEEP-TONED, a. Having a very low or grave tone. |
14709
|
deep-vaulted |
DEEP-VAULTED, a. Formed like a deep vault or arch. |
14710
|
deep-waisted |
DEEP-WAISTED, a. Having a deep waist, as a ship when the quarter deck and forecastle are raised ... |
14711
|
deepen |
DEEPEN, v.t.1. To make deep or deeper; to sink lower; as, to deepen the channel of a river or ... |
14712
|
deepened |
DEEPENED, pp. Made more deep. |
14713
|
deepening |
DEEPENING, ppr. Sinking lower; making more deep. |
14714
|
deeply |
DEEPLY, adv. 1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as a passion deeply rooted in our ... |
14715
|
deepness |
DEEPNESS, n. 1. Depth; remoteness from the surface in a descending line; interior distance from ... |
14716
|
deer |
DEER, n. Sing. And plu. [Gr. A wild beast. The primary sense is simply roving, wild, untamed; ... |
14717
|
deer-stealer |
DEER-STEALER, n. One who steals deer. |
14718
|
deer-stealing |
DEER-STEALING, n. The act or crime of stealing deer. |
14719
|
deess |
DEESS, n. A goddess. |
14720
|
deface |
DEFACE, v.t.1. To destroy or mar the face or surface of a thing; to injure the superficies or ... |
14721
|
defacer |
DEFACER, n. He or that which defaces; one who injures, mars or disfigures. |
14722
|
defacing |
DEFACING, ppr. Injuring the face or surface; marring; disfiguring; erasing.De facto. [L.] ... |
14723
|
defailance |
DEFAILANCE, n. Failure; miscarriage. |
14724
|
defalcate |
DEFALCATE, v.t. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, ... |
14725
|
defalcation |
DEFALCATION,. N. 1. The act of cutting off, or deducting a part; deduction; diminution; ... |
14726
|
defalk |
DEFALK, v.t. To defalcate. |
14727
|
defamation |
DEFAMATION, n. The uttering of slanderous words with a view to injure anothers reputation; the ... |
14728
|
defamatory |
DEFAMATORY, a. Calumnious; slanderous; containing defamation; false and injurious to reputation; ... |
14729
|
defame |
DEFAME,1. To slander; falsely and maliciously to utter words respecting another which tend to ... |
14730
|
defamed |
DEFAMED, pp. Slandered; dishonored or injured by evil reports. |
14731
|
defamer |
DEFAMER, n. A slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. |
14732
|
defaming |
DEFAMING, ppr. Slandering; injuring the character by false reports.DEFAMING, n. Defamation; ... |
14733
|
defaticate |
DEFATICATE, v.t. [L. To tire.] To weary or tire. |
14734
|
defatigable |
DEFATIGABLE, a. Liable to be wearied. |
14735
|
defatigation |
DEFATIGATION, n. Weariness. |
14736
|
default |
DEFAULT, n.1. A failing, or failure; an omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do ... |
14737
|
defaulted |
DEFAULTED, pp. 1. Called out of court, as a defendant or his cause.2. A. Having defect. |
14738
|
defaulter |
DEFAULTER, n.1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when called.2. One who ... |
14739
|
defaulting |
DEFAULTING, ppr.1. Failing to fulfil a contract; delinquent.2. Failing to perform a duty or legal ... |
14740
|
defeasance |
DEFEASANCE,, n. S as z.1. Literally, a defeating; a rendering null; the preventing of the ... |
14741
|
defeasible |
DEFEASIBLE, a. S as z. That may be defeated, or annulled; as a defeasible title; a defeasible ... |
14742
|
defeasibleness |
DEFEASIBLENESS, n. The quality of being defeasible. |
14743
|
defeat |
DEFEAT, n.1. Overthrow; loss of battle; the check, rout, or destruction of an army by the victory ... |
14744
|
defeating |
DEFEATING, ppr. Vanquishing; subduing; opposing successfully; overthrowing; frustrating; ... |
14745
|
defeature |
DEFEATURE, n. 1. Change of feature.2. Overthrow; defeat. |
14746
|
defecate |
DEFECATE, v.t. [L. Dregs.]1. To purify; to refine; to clear from dregs or impurities; to clarify; ... |
14747
|
defecated |
DEFECATED, pp. Purtified; clarified; refined. |
14748
|
defecating |
DEFECATING, ppr. Purifying; purging of lees or impurities. |
14749
|
defecation |
DEFECATION, n. The act of separating from lees or dregs; purification from impurities or foreign ... |
14750
|
defect |
DEFECT, n. [L. To fail; to make or do.]1. Want or absence of something necessary or useful ... |
14751
|
defectibility |
DEFECTIBILITY, n. Deficiency; imperfection. |
14752
|
defectible |
DEFECTIBLE, a. Imperfect; deficient; wanting. |
14753
|
defection |
DEFECTION, n.1. Want or failure of duty; particularly, a falling away; apostasy; the act of ... |
14754
|
defective |
DEFECTIVE, a.1. Wanting either in substance, quantity or quality, or in any thing necessary; ... |
14755
|
defectively |
DEFECTIVELY, adv. In a defective manner; imperfectly. |
14756
|
defectiveness |
DEFECTIVENESS, n. Want; the state of being imperfect; faultiness. |
14757
|
defectuosity |
DEFECTUOSITY, n. Defectiveness; faultiness. |
14758
|
defectuous |
DEFECTUOUS, a. Full of defects. |
14759
|
defedation |
DEFEDATION, n. Pollution. |
14760
|
defend |
DEFEND, v.t.1. To drive from; to thrust back; hence, to deny; to repel a demand, charge, or ... |
14761
|
defendable |
DEFENDABLE, a. That may be defended. |
14762
|
defendant |
DEFENDANT, a. 1. Defensive; proper for defense.2. Making defense; being in the character of a ... |
14763
|
defended |
DEFENDED, pp. Opposed; denied; prohibited; maintained by resistance; vindicated; preserved ... |
14764
|
defender |
DEFENDER, n. One who defends by oppostition; one who maintains, supports, protects or vindicates; ... |
14765
|
defending |
DEFENDING, ppr. Denying; opposing; resisiting; forbidding; maintaining uninjured by force or by ... |
14766
|
defensative |
DEFENSATIVE, n. Guard; defense; a bandage, plaster, or the like, to secure a wound from external ... |
14767
|
defense |
DEFENSE, n.1. Any thing that opposes attack, violence, danger or injury; any thing that secures ... |
14768
|
defensed |
DEFENSED, pp. Fortified. |
14769
|
defenseless |
DEFENSELESS, a. Being without defense, or without means of repelling assault or injury; applied to ... |
14770
|
defenselessness |
DEFENSELESSNESS, n. The state of being unguarded or unprotected. |
14771
|
defensible |
DEFENSIBLE, a.1. That may be defended; as a defensible city.2. That may be vindicated, maintained ... |
14772
|
defensive |
DEFENSIVE, a.1. That serves to defend; proper for defense; as defensive armor, which repels ... |
14773
|
defensively |
DEFENSIVELY, adv. In a defensive manner; on the defensive; in defense. |
14774
|
defer |
DEFER, v.t. [L. To bear.]1. To delay; to put off; to postpone to a future time; as, to defer the ... |
14775
|
deference |
DEFERENCE, n. 1. A yielding in opinion; submission of judgment to the opinion or judgment of ... |
14776
|
deferent |
DEFERENT, a. Bearing; carrying; conveying.DEFERENT, n.1. That which carries or conveys. The ... |
14777
|
deferential |
DEFERENTIAL,, a. Expressing deference. |
14778
|
deferment |
DEFERMENT, n. Delay. |
14779
|
deferrer |
DEFERRER, n. One who delays or puts off. |
14780
|
deferring |
DEFERRING, ppr. Delaying; postponing. |
14781
|
defiance |
DEFIANCE, n.1. A daring; a challenge to fight; invitation to combat; a call to an adversary to ... |
14782
|
defiatory |
DEFIATORY, a. Bidding or bearing defiance. |
14783
|
deficience |
DEFICIENCE, |
14784
|
deficiency |
DEFICIENCY, n. [L. To fail to do.]1. A failing; a falling short; imperfection; as a deficiency in ... |
14785
|
deficient |
DEFICIENT, a.1. Wanting; defective; imperfect; not sufficient or adequate; as deficient estate; ... |
14786
|
deficit |
DEFICIT, n. Want; deficiency; as a deficit in the taxes or revenue. |
14787
|
defier |
DEFIER, n. A challenger; one who dares to combat or encounter; one who braves; one who acts in ... |
14788
|
defiguration |
DEFIGURATION, n. A disfiguring. |
14789
|
defigure |
DEFIGURE, v.t. To delineate. |
14790
|
defile |
DEFILE, v.t.1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.2. To make impure; to ... |
14791
|
defiled |
DEFILED, pp. Made dirty, or foul; polluted; soiled; corrupted; violated; vitiated. |
14792
|
defilement |
DEFILEMENT, n.1. The act of defiling, or state of being defiled; foulness; dirtiness; ... |
14793
|
defiler |
DEFILER, n. One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes. |
14794
|
defiling |
DEFILING, ppr.1. Polluting; making impure.2. Marching in a file, or with a narrow front. |
14795
|
definable |
DEFINABLE, a.1. Literally, that may be limited, or have its limits ascertained. Hence, capable of ... |
14796
|
define |
DEFINE, v.t. [L. To end, to limit, from finis, end.]1. To determine or describe the end or limit; ... |
14797
|
defined |
DEFINED, pp.1. Determined; having the extent ascertained; having the signification determined.2. ... |
14798
|
definer |
DEFINER, n. He who defines; he who ascertains or marks the limits; he who determines or explains ... |
14799
|
defining |
DEFINING, ppr. Determining the limits; ascertaining the extent; explaining the meaning; describing ... |
14800
|
definite |
DEFINITE, a.1. Having certain limits; bounded with precision; determinate; as a definite extent of ... |
14801
|
definiteness |
DEFINITENESS, n. Certainty of extent; certainty of signification; determinateness. |
14802
|
definition |
DEFINITION, n.1. A brief description of a thing by its properties; as a definition of wit or of a ... |
14803
|
definitive |
DEFINITIVE, a. 1. Limiting the extent; determinate; positive; express; as a definitive term.2. ... |
14804
|
definitively |
DEFINITIVELY, adv. 1. Determinately; positively; expressly.2. Finally; conclusively; ... |
14805
|
definitiveness |
DEFINITIVENESS, n. Determinateness; decisiveness; conclusiveness. |
14806
|
defix |
DEFIX, v.t. To fix; to fasten. |
14807
|
deflagrability |
DEFLAGRABILITY, n. Combustibility; the quality of taking fire and burning away, as a metallic ... |
14808
|
deflagrable |
DEFLAGRABLE, a. Combustible; having the quality of taking fire and burning, as alcohol, oils, &c. |
14809
|
deflagrate |
DEFLAGRATE, v.t. [L. To burn.] To set fire to; to burn; to consume; as, to deflagrate oil or ... |
14810
|
deflagration |
DEFLAGRATION, n. A kindling or setting fire to a substance; burning; combustion.The strength of ... |
14811
|
deflagrator |
DEFLAGRATOR, n. A galvanic instrument for producing combustion, particularly the combustion of ... |
14812
|
deflect |
DEFLECT, v.i. [L. To turn or bend.] To turn from or aside; to deviate from a true course or right ... |
14813
|
deflected |
DEFLECTED, pp. Turned aside, or from a direct line or course. In botany, bending downward ... |
14814
|
deflecting |
DEFLECTING, ppr. Turning aside; turning from a right line or regular course. |
14815
|
deflection |
DEFLECTION, n.1. Deviation; the act of turning aside; a turning from a true line or the regular ... |
14816
|
deflexure |
DEFLEXURE, n. A bending down; a turning aside; deviation. |
14817
|
deflorate |
DEFLORATE, a. [L. To deflour.] In botany, having cast its farin, pollen, or fecundating dust. |
14818
|
defloration |
DEFLORATION, n.1. The act of deflouring; the act of depriving of the flower or prime beauties; ... |
14819
|
deflour |
DEFLOUR, v.t. [L. A flower.] 1. To deprive a woman of her virginity, either by force or with ... |
14820
|
defloured |
DEFLOURED, pp. Deprived of maidenhood; ravished; robbed or prime beauty . |
14821
|
deflourer |
DEFLOURER, n. One who deprives a woman of her virginity. |
14822
|
deflouring |
DEFLOURING, ppr. Depriving of virginity or maidenhood; robbing of prime beauties. |
14823
|
deflow |
DEFLOW, v.i. To flow down. |
14824
|
defluous |
DEFLUOUS, a. [L. To flow.] Flowing down; falling off. |
14825
|
deflux |
DEFLUX, n. A flowing down; a running downward; as a deflux of humors. |
14826
|
defluxion |
DEFLUXION, n. [L. To flow down.]1. A flowing, running or falling of humors or fluid matter, from ... |
14827
|
defly |
DEFLY, adv. Dextrously; skilfully. |
14828
|
defoliation |
DEFOLIATION, n. [L. Foliage; a leaf.] Literally, the fall of the leaf or shedding of leaves; but ... |
14829
|
deforce |
DEFORCE, v.t. To disseize and keep out of lawful possession of an estate; to withhold the ... |
14830
|
deforced |
DEFORCED, pp. Kept out of lawful possession. |
14831
|
deforcement |
DEFORCEMENT, n. 1. The holding of lands or tenements to which another person has a right; a ... |
14832
|
deforciant |
DEFORCIANT, n. He that keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate; he against whom a ... |
14833
|
deforcing |
DEFORCING, ppr. Keeping out of lawful possession. |
14834
|
deform |
DEFORM, v.t. [L. Form.]1. To mar or injure the form; to alter that form or disposition of parts ... |
14835
|
deformation |
DEFORMATION, n. A disfiguring or defacing. |
14836
|
deformed |
DEFORMED, pp. 1. Injured in the form; disfigured; distorted; ugly; wanting natural beauty, or ... |
14837
|
deformedly |
DEFORMEDLY, adv. In an ugly manner. |
14838
|
deformedness |
DEFORMEDNESS, n. Ugliness; a disagreeable or unnatural form. |
14839
|
deformer |
DEFORMER, n. One who deforms. |
14840
|
deforming |
DEFORMING, ppr. Marring the natural form or figure; rendering ugly or disppleasing; destroying ... |
14841
|
deformity |
DEFORMITY, n.1. Any unnatural state of the shape or form; want of that uniformity or symmetry ... |
14842
|
deforser |
DEFORSER, n. One that casts out by force. |
14843
|
defraud |
DEFRAUD, v.t. [L. To cheat.] 1. To deprive of right, either by obtaining something by deception ... |
14844
|
defrauded |
DEFRAUDED, pp. Deprived of property or right by trick, artifice or deception; injured by the ... |
14845
|
defrauder |
DEFRAUDER, n. One who defrauds; one who takes from another his right by deception, or withholds ... |
14846
|
defrauding |
DEFRAUDING, ppr. Depriving another of his property or right by deception or artifice; injuring by ... |
14847
|
defraudment |
DEFRAUDMENT, n. Tha act of defrauding. |
14848
|
defray |
DEFRAY, v.t.1. To pay; to discharge, as cost or expense; to bear, as charge, cost or expense. It ... |
14849
|
defrayed |
DEFRAYED, pp. Paid; discharged; as expense, or cost. |
14850
|
defrayer |
DEFRAYER, n. One who pays or discharges expenses. |
14851
|
defraying |
DEFRAYING, ppr. Paying; discharging. |
14852
|
defrayment |
DEFRAYMENT, n. Payment. |
14853
|
deft |
DEFT, a. Neat; handsome; spruce; ready; dextrous; fit; convenient. |
14854
|
deftly |
DEFTLY, adv. Neatly; dextrously; in a skilful manner. |
14855
|
deftness |
DEFTNESS, n. Neatness; beauty. |
14856
|
defunct |
DEFUNCT, a. [L. To perform and discharge.] Having finished the course of life; dead; ... |
14857
|
defunction |
DEFUNCTION, n. Death. |
14858
|
defy |
DEFY, v.t.1. To dare; to provoke to combat or strife, by appealing to the courage of another; to ... |
14859
|
defyer |
DEFYER, [See defier.] |
14860
|
degarnish |
DEGARNISH, v.t.1. To unfurnish; to strip of furniture, ornaments or apparatus.2. To deprive of a ... |
14861
|
degarnished |
DEGARNISHED, pp. Stripped of furniture or apparatus; deprived of troops for defense. |
14862
|
degarnishing |
DEGARNISHING, ppr. Stripping of furniture, dress, apparatus or a garrison. |
14863
|
degarnishment |
DEGARNISHMENT, n. The act of depriving of furniture, apparatus or a garrison. |
14864
|
degender |
DEGENDER, v.i. To degenerate. |
14865
|
degeneracy |
DEGENERACY, n.1. A growing worse or inferior; a decline in good qualities; or a state of being ... |
14866
|
degenerate |
DEGENERATE, v.i. [L. Grown worse, ignoble, base.]1. To become worse; to decay in good qualities; ... |
14867
|
degenerately |
DEGENERATELY, adv. In a degenerate or base manner. |
14868
|
degenerateness |
DEGENERATENESS, n. A degenerate state; a state in which the natural good qualities of the species ... |
14869
|
degeneration |
DEGENERATION, n. 1. A growing worse, or losing of good qualities; a decline from the virtue and ... |
14870
|
degenerous |
DEGENEROUS, a.1. Degenerated; fallen from a state of excellence, or from the virtue and merit of ... |
14871
|
degenerously |
DEGENEROUSLY, adv. In a degenerous manner; basely; meanly. |
14872
|
deglutinate |
DEGLUTINATE,, v.t. [L. To glue.] To unglue; to loosen or separate substances glued together. |
14873
|
deglutition |
DEGLUTITION, n. [L. To swallow.]1. The act of swallowing; as, deglutition is difficult.2. The ... |
14874
|
degradation |
DEGRADATION, n.1. A reducing in rank; the act of depriving one of a degree of honor, of dignity, ... |
14875
|
degrade |
DEGRADE, v.t. [L. A step, a degree.]1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to ... |
14876
|
degraded |
DEGRADED, pp. Reduced in rank; deprived of an office or dignity; lowered; sunk; reduced in ... |
14877
|
degradement |
DEGRADEMENT, n. Deprivation of rank or office. |
14878
|
degrading |
DEGRADING, ppr.1. Reducing in rank; depriving of honors or offices; reducing in value or ... |
14879
|
degradingly |
DEGRADINGLY, adv. In a degrading manner, or in a way to depreciate. |
14880
|
degree |
DEGREE, n.1. A step; a distinct portion of space of indefinite extent; a space in progression; as, ... |
14881
|
degustation |
DEGUSTATION, n. A tasting. |
14882
|
dehiscence |
DEHISCENCE, n. [L. To gape.] A gaping. In botany, the opening of capsules; the season when ... |
14883
|
dehiscent |
DEHISCENT, a. Opening, as the capsule of a plant. |
14884
|
dehort |
DEHORT, v.t. [L. To dissuade; to advise.] To dissuade; to advise to the contrary; to counsel not ... |
14885
|
dehortation |
DEHORTATION, n. Dissuasion; advice or counsel against something. |
14886
|
dehortatory |
DEHORTATORY, a. Dissuading; belonging to dissuasion |
14887
|
dehorter |
DEHORTER, n. A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. |
14888
|
dehorting |
DEHORTING, ppr. Dissuading. |
14889
|
deicide |
DEICIDE, n. [L. God and to slay.]1. The act of putting to death Jesus Christ, our Savior.2. One ... |
14890
|
deific |
DEIFIC, a. [L. To make.]1. Divine; pertaining to the gods.2. Making divine. |
14891
|
deification |
DEIFICATION, n. The act of deifying; the act of exalting to the rank of, or enrolling among the ... |
14892
|
deified |
DEIFIED, pp. Exalted or ranked among the gods; regarded or praised as divine. |
14893
|
deifier |
DEIFIER, n. One that deifies. |
14894
|
deiform |
DEIFORM, a. [L. A god, and form.] Like a god; of a godlike form.These souls exhibit a deiform ... |
14895
|
deify |
DEIFY, v.t. [L. A god, and to make.]1. To make a god; to exalt to the rank of a heathen deity; to ... |
14896
|
deifying |
DEIFYING, ppr. Exalting to the rank of a deity; treating as divine. |
14897
|
deign |
DEIGN, v.i. Dane. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend.O deign to visit our foraken ... |
14898
|
deigning |
DEIGNING, ppr. Daning. Vouchsafing; thinking worthy. |
14899
|
deintgrate |
DEINTGRATE, v.t. To disintegrate. |
14900
|
deiparous |
DEIPAROUS, a. Bearing or bringing forth a god; an epithet applied the Virgin Mary. |
14901
|
deipnosophist |
DEIPNOSOPHIST, n. [Gr. A feast; a sophist.] One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who were famous ... |
14902
|
deism |
DEISM, n. [L. God.] The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of religious opinions ... |
14903
|
deist |
DEIST, n. One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion, but follows ... |
14904
|
deistic |
DEISTIC, |
14905
|
deistical |
DEISTICAL, a. Pertaining to deism or to deists; embracing deism, as a deistical writer; or ... |
14906
|
deity |
DEITY, n.1. Godhead; divinity; the nature and essence of the Supreme Being; as, the deity of the ... |
14907
|
deject |
DEJECT, v.t. [L. To throw.]1. To cast down; usually, to cast down the countenance; to cause to ... |
14908
|
dejected |
DEJECTED, pp. Cast down; depressed; grieved; discouraged. |
14909
|
dejectedly |
DEJECTEDLY, adv. In a dejected manner; sadly; heavily. |
14910
|
dejectedness |
DEJECTEDNESS, n. The state being cast down; lowness of spirits. |
14911
|
dejecting |
DEJECTING, ppr. Casting down; depressing; dispiriting. |
14912
|
dejection |
DEJECTION, n. 1. A casting down; depression of mind; melancholy; lowness of spirits, occasioned ... |
14913
|
dejectly |
DEJECTLY, adv. In a downcast manner. |
14914
|
dejectory |
DEJECTORY, a. Having power or tending to cast down, or to promote evacuations by stool. |
14915
|
dejecture |
DEJECTURE, n. That which is ejected; excrements. |
14916
|
delacrymation |
DELACRYMATION, n. [L. A weeping.] A preternatural discharge of watery humors from the eyes; ... |
14917
|
delactable |
DELACTABLE, a. [L. To delight.] Delightful; highly pleasing; that gives great joy or pleasure; as ... |
14918
|
delactation |
DELACTATION, n. A weaning. |
14919
|
delapsation |
DELAPSATION, n. A falling down. |
14920
|
delapse |
DELAPSE, v.i. [L. To slide. ] To fall or slide down. |
14921
|
delapsed |
DELAPSED, pp. Fallen down. |
14922
|
delapsion |
DELAPSION, n. A falling down of the uterus, anus, &c. |
14923
|
delate |
DELATE, v.t. [L. To bear.] 1. To carry; to convey.2. To accuse; to inform against; that is, to ... |
14924
|
delation |
DELATION, n.1. Carriage; conveyance; as the delation of sound.2. To accuse; to inform against; ... |
14925
|
delator |
DELATOR, n. An accuser; an informer. |
14926
|
delay |
DELAY, v.t.1. To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.My lord delayeth ... |
14927
|
delayed |
DELAYED, pp. Deferred; detained; hindered for a time; retarded. |
14928
|
delayer |
DELAYER, n. One who defers; one who lingers. |
14929
|
delaying |
DELAYING, ppr. Putting off; deferring; procrastinating; retarding; detaining. |
14930
|
delayment |
DELAYMENT, n. Hinderance. |
14931
|
dele |
DELE, v.t. Blot out; erase. |
14932
|
deleble |
DELEBLE, a. That can be blotted out. |
14933
|
delectableness |
DELECTABLENESS, n. Delightfulness. |
14934
|
delectably |
DELECTABLY, adv. Delightfully. |
14935
|
delectation |
DELECTATION, n. Great pleasure; delight. |
14936
|
delegacy |
DELEGACY, n. A number of persons delegated. |
14937
|
delegate |
DELEGATE, v.t. [L. To send.]1. To send away; appropriately, to send on an embassy; to send with ... |
14938
|
delegated |
DELEGATED, pp. Deputed; sent with a trust or commission to act for another; appointed a judge; ... |
14939
|
delegating |
DELEGATING, ppr. Deputing; sending with a commission to act for another; appointing; committing; ... |
14940
|
delegation |
DELEGATION, n.1. A sending away; the act of putting in commission, or investing with authority to ... |
14941
|
delete |
DELETE, v.t. To blot out. |
14942
|
deleterious |
DELETERIOUS, a. [L. To blot out or destroy.] 1. Having the quality of destroying, or ... |
14943
|
deletery |
DELETERY, a. Destructive; poisonous. |
14944
|
deletion |
DELETION, n. [L. To blot out.]1. The act of blotting out or erasing.2. Destruction. |
14945
|
deletory |
DELETORY, n. That which blots out. |
14946
|
delf |
DELF, n. 1. A mine; a quarry; a pit dug.2. Earthern ware, covered with enamel or white glazing ... |
14947
|
delibate |
DELIBATE, v.t. [L. To taste.] To taste; to take a sip. |
14948
|
delibation |
DELIBATION, n. A taste; an essay. |
14949
|
deliberate |
DELIBERATE, v.i. [L. To weigh.] To weigh in the mind; to consider and examine the reasons for and ... |
14950
|
deliberately |
DELIBERATELY, adv. With careful consideration, or deliberation;circumspectly; not hastily or ... |
14951
|
deliberateness |
DELIBERATENESS, n. Calm consideration; circumspection; due attention to the arguments for and ... |
14952
|
deliberation |
DELIBERATION, 1. The act of deliberating; the act of weighing and examining the reasons for and ... |
14953
|
deliberative |
DELIBERATIVE, a.1. Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by mutual ... |
14954
|
deliberatively |
DELIBERATIVELY, adv. By deliberation. |
14955
|
delicacy |
DELICACY, n. In a general sense, that which delights or pleases. Hence,1. Fineness of texture; ... |
14956
|
delicate |
DELICATE, a. [L. Connected with delight; to delight.]1. Of a fine texture; fine; soft; smooth; ... |
14957
|
delicately |
DELICATELY, adv. 1. In a delicate manner; with nice regard to propriety and the feelings of ... |
14958
|
delicateness |
DELICATENESS, n. The state of being delicate; tenderness; softness; effeminacy. Deut. 28. |
14959
|
delicious |
DELICIOUS, a.1. Highly pleasing to the taste; most sweet or grateful to the senses; affording ... |
14960
|
deliciously |
DELICIOUSLY, adv. In a delicious manner; in a manner to please the taste or gratify the mind; ... |
14961
|
deliciousness |
DELICIOUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of being delicious, or very grateful to the taste or mind; as ... |
14962
|
deligation |
DELIGATION, n. [L. To bind.] In surgery, a binding up; a bandaging. |
14963
|
delight |
DELIGHT, n.1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.His delight is in the law of ... |
14964
|
delighted |
DELIGHTED, pp. 1. Greatly pleased; rejoiced; followed by with.That ye may be delighted with the ... |
14965
|
delighter |
DELIGHTER, n. One who takes delight. |
14966
|
delightful |
DELIGHTFUL, a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction; as a delightful ... |
14967
|
delightfully |
DELIGHTFULLY, adv.1. In a manner to receive great pleasure; very agreeable; as, we were ... |
14968
|
delightfulness |
DELIGHTFULNESS, n.1. The quality of being delightful, or of affording great pleasure; as the ... |
14969
|
delightless |
DELIGHTLESS, a. Affording no pleasure or delight. |
14970
|
delightsome |
DELIGHTSOME, a. Very pleasing; delightful. |
14971
|
delightsomely |
DELIGHTSOMELY, adv. Very pleasantly; in a delightful manner. |
14972
|
delightsomeness |
DELIGHTSOMENESS, n. Delightfulness; pleasantness in a high degree. |
14973
|
delineament |
DELINEAMENT, n. Representation by delineation. |
14974
|
delineate |
DELINEATE, v.t. [L. A line.]1. To draw the lines which exhibit the form of a thing; to mark out ... |
14975
|
delineated |
DELINEATED, pp. Drawn; marked with lines exhibiting the form or figure; sketched; designed; ... |
14976
|
delineating |
DELINEATING, ppr. Drawing the form; sketching; painting; describing. |
14977
|
delineation |
DELINEATION, n. 1. First draught of a thing; outline; representation of a form or figure by ... |
14978
|
delineature |
DELINEATURE, n. Delineation. |
14979
|
deliniment |
DELINIMENT, n. Mitigation. |
14980
|
delinquency |
DELINQUENCY, n. [L. To fail or omit duty; to leave.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a ... |
14981
|
delinquent |
DELINQUENT, a. Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.DELINQUENT, n. One who fails to ... |
14982
|
deliquate |
DELIQUATE, v.t. or I. [L. To melt.] To melt or be dissolved. |
14983
|
deliquation |
DELIQUATION, n. A melting. |
14984
|
deliquesce |
DELIQUESCE, v.i. [L. To melt; to melt or become soft.] To melt gradually and become liquid by ... |
14985
|
deliquescence |
DELIQUESCENCE, n. Spontaneous liquefaction in the air; a gradual melting or becoming liquid by ... |
14986
|
deliquescent |
DELIQUESCENT, a. Liquefying in the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and ... |
14987
|
deliquiate |
DELIQUIATE, v.i. To melt and become liquid by imbibing water from the air. |
14988
|
deliquiation |
DELIQUIATION, n. A melting by attracting water from the air. |
14989
|
deliquium |
DELIQUIUM, n. 1. In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place.2. A ... |
14990
|
delirament |
DELIRAMENT, n. A wandering of the mind; foolish fancy. |
14991
|
delirious |
DELIRIOUS, a. Roving in mind; light-headed; disordered in intellect; having ideas that are wild, ... |
14992
|
deliriousness |
DELIRIOUSNESS, n. The state of being delirious; delirium. |
14993
|
delirium |
DELIRIUM, n. [L. To wander in mind, to rave; to make balks in plowing, that is, to err, wander, ... |
14994
|
delitescence |
DELITESCENCE, n. Retirement; obscurity. |
14995
|
deliver |
DELIVER, v.t. [L. Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.]1. To free; to release, as from restraint; to ... |
14996
|
deliverable |
DELIVERABLE, a. That may be or is to be delivered.A bill of lading may state that the goods are ... |
14997
|
deliverance |
DELIVERANCE, n.1. Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint.He hath sent me to ... |
14998
|
delivered |
DELIVERED, pp. Freed; released; transferred or transmitted; passed from one to another; committed; ... |
14999
|
deliverer |
DELIVERER, n.1. One who delivers; one who releases or rescues; a preserver.The Lord raised up a ... |
15000
|
delivering |
DELIVERING, ppr. Releasing; setting free; rescuing; saving; surrendering; giving over; yielding; ... |
15001
|
delivery |
DELIVERY, n.1. The act of delivering.2. Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression ... |
15002
|
dell |
DELL, n. A pit, or a hollow place; a cavity or narrow opening. |
15003
|
delph |
DELPH, [See Delf. No. 2.] |
15004
|
delphia |
DELPHIA or DELPHINIA, n. A vegetable alkali lately discovered in the Delphinium staphysagria. It ... |
15005
|
delphian |
DELPHIAN or DELPHIC, a. Relating to Delphi, and to the celebrated oracle of that place. |
15006
|
delphine |
DELPHINE, a.1. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.2. Pertaining to the dauphin of ... |
15007
|
delphinite |
DELPHINITE, n. A mineral called also pistacite and epidote. |
15008
|
deltoid |
DELTOID, n.1. Triangular; an epithet applied to a muscle of the shoulder which moves the arm ... |
15009
|
deludable |
DELUDABLE, a. That may be deluded or deceived; liable to be imposed on. |
15010
|
delude |
DELUDE, v.t.1. To deceive; to impose on; to lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or ... |
15011
|
deluded |
DELUDED, pp. Deceived; misled; led into error. |
15012
|
deluder |
DELUDER, n. One who deceives; a deceiver; an imposter; one who holds out false pretenses. |
15013
|
deluding |
DELUDING, ppr. Deceiving; leading astray; misleading the opinion or judgment.DELUDING, n. The act ... |
15014
|
deluge |
DELUGE, n. [L. To wash.]1. Any overflowing of water; an inundation; a flood; a swell of water ... |
15015
|
deluged |
DELUGED, pp. Overflowed; inundated; overwhelmed. |
15016
|
deluging |
DELUGING, ppr. Overflowing; inundating; overwhelming. |
15017
|
delusion |
DELUSION, n. S as z.1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. We are all ... |
15018
|
delusive |
DELUSIVE, a. Apt to deceive; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; as delusive arts; ... |
15019
|
delusiveness |
DELUSIVENESS, n. The quality of being delusive; tendency to deceive. |
15020
|
delusory |
DELUSORY, a. Apt to deceive; deceptive. |
15021
|
delve |
DELVE, v.t. Delv. [L. A mole, perhaps the delver.]1. To dig; to open the ground with a ... |
15022
|
delver |
DELVER, n. One who digs, as with a spade. |
15023
|
delving |
DELVING, ppr. Digging. |
15024
|
demagogue |
DEMAGOGUE, n. Demagog. [Gr. The populas, and to lead.]1. A leader of the people; an orator who ... |
15025
|
demain |
DEMAIN, n. 1. A manor-house and the land adjacent or near, which a lord keeps in his own hands or ... |
15026
|
demand |
DEMAND, v.t. [L. To command; to send; hence, to commit or entrust. To ask is to press or urge.]1. ... |
15027
|
demandable |
DEMANDABLE, a. That may be demanded, claimed, asked for, or required; as, payment is demandable at ... |
15028
|
demandant |
DEMANDANT, n. One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. |
15029
|
demanded |
DEMANDED, pp. Called for; claimed; challenged as due; requested; required; interrogated. |
15030
|
demander |
DEMANDER, n. One who demands; one who requires with authority; one who claims as due; one who ... |
15031
|
demanding |
DEMANDING, ppr. Claiming or calling for as due, or by authority; requiring; asking; pursuing a ... |
15032
|
demandress |
DEMANDRESS, n. A female demandant. |
15033
|
demarch |
DEMARCH, n. March; walk; gait. |
15034
|
demarkation |
DEMARKATION, n.1. The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit.2. A limit or bound ... |
15035
|
demean |
DEMEAN, v.t.1. To behave; to carry; to conduct; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, it is our duty to ... |
15036
|
demeanor |
DEMEANOR, n. Behavior; carriage; deportment; as decent demeanor; sad demeanor. |
15037
|
demeanure |
DEMEANURE, n. Behavior. |
15038
|
demency |
DEMENCY, n. Madness. |
15039
|
dementate |
DEMENTATE, a. Mad; infatuated.DEMENTATE, v.t. To make mad. |
15040
|
dementation |
DEMENTATION, n. The act of making frantic. |
15041
|
demephitization |
DEMEPHITIZATION, n. The act of purifying from mephitic or foul air. |
15042
|
demephitize |
DEMEPHITIZE, v.t. To purify from foul unwholesome air. |
15043
|
demephitized |
DEMEPHITIZED, pp. Purified; freed from foul air. |
15044
|
demephitizing |
DEMEPHITIZING, ppr. Purifying from foul air. |
15045
|
demerit |
DEMERIT, n. [ L. To earn or deserve.]1. That which deserves punishment, the opposite of merit; an ... |
15046
|
demersed |
DEMERSED, a. Plunged; situated or growing under water. |
15047
|
demersion |
DEMERSION, n. [L. To plunge or drown.]1. A plunging into a fluid; a drowning.2. The state of ... |
15048
|
demesne |
DEMESNE, [See Demain.] |
15049
|
demi |
DEMI, a prefix, Fr. Demi, from the L. Dimidium, signifies half. It is used only in composition. |
15050
|
demi-brigade |
DEMI-BRIGADE, n. A half-brigade. |
15051
|
demi-cadence |
DEMI-CADENCE, n. In music, an imperfect cadence, or one that falls on any other than the key note. |
15052
|
demi-cannon |
DEMI-CANNON, n. A cannon of different sizes; the lowest carries a ball of thirty pounds weight, ... |
15053
|
demi-cross |
DEMI-CROSS, n. An instrument for taking the altitude of the sun and stars. |
15054
|
demi-culverin |
DEMI-CULVERIN, n. A large gun, or piece of ordnance; the least is ten feet long, and carries a ... |
15055
|
demi-devil |
DEMI-DEVIL, n. Half a devil. |
15056
|
demi-distance |
DEMI-DISTANCE, n. In fortification, the distance between the outward polygons and the flank. |
15057
|
demi-ditone |
DEMI-DITONE, n. In music, a minor third. |
15058
|
demi-god |
DEMI-GOD, n. Half a god; one partaking of the divine nature; a fabulous hero, produced by the ... |
15059
|
demi-gorge |
DEMI-GORGE, n. In fortification, that part of the polygon which remains after the flank is raised, ... |
15060
|
demi-groat |
DEMI-GROAT, n. A half-groat. |
15061
|
demi-lance |
DEMI-LANCE, n. A light lance; a short spear; a half-pike. |
15062
|
demi-lune |
DEMI-LUNE, n. A half-moon. |
15063
|
demi-man |
DEMI-MAN, n. Half a man; a term of reproach. |
15064
|
demi-natured |
DEMI-NATURED, a. Having half the nature of another animal. |
15065
|
demi-premises |
DEMI-PREMISES, n. Plu. Half-premises. |
15066
|
demi-quaver |
DEMI-QUAVER, n. A note in music, of half the length of the quaver. |
15067
|
demi-semi-quaver |
DEMI-SEMI-QUAVER, n. The shortest note in music, two of which are equal to a semi-quaver. |
15068
|
demi-tone |
DEMI-TONE, n. In music, an interval of half a tone; a semi-tone. |
15069
|
demi-vill |
DEMI-VILL, n. A half-vill, consisting of five freemen or frank pledges. |
15070
|
demi-volt |
DEMI-VOLT, n. One of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in ... |
15071
|
demi-wolf |
DEMI-WOLF, n. Half a wolf; a mongrel dog between a dog and a wolf; lycisca. |
15072
|
demigrate |
DEMIGRATE or DEMIGRATION, [Not used. See Migrate.] |
15073
|
demirep |
DEMIREP, n. A woman of suspicious chastity. [Demi-reputation.] |
15074
|
demisable |
DEMISABLE, a. S sa z. That may be leased; as an estate demisable by copy of court roll. |
15075
|
demise |
DEMISE, n. S as z. [L. Literally, a laying down, or sending from; a removing.]1. In England, a ... |
15076
|
demission |
DEMISSION, n. A lowering; degradation; depression. |
15077
|
demissive |
DEMISSIVE or DEMISS, a. Humble. |
15078
|
demissly |
DEMISSLY, adv. In a humble manner. |
15079
|
demit |
DEMIT, v.t. To let fall; to depress; to submit. |
15080
|
demiurge |
DEMIURGE, n. [Gr., a public servant, and work.] In the mythology of Eastern Philosophers, an eon ... |
15081
|
demiurgic |
DEMIURGIC, a. Pertaining to a demiurge, or to creative power. |
15082
|
democracy |
DEMOCRACY, n. [Gr. People, and to possess, to govern.] Government by the people; a form of ... |
15083
|
democrat |
DEMOCRAT, n. One who adheres to a government by the people, or favors the extension of the right ... |
15084
|
democratic |
DEMOCRATIC, |
15085
|
democratical |
DEMOCRATICAL, a. Popular; pertaining to democracy or government by the people; as a democratical ... |
15086
|
democratically |
DEMOCRATICALLY, adv. In a democratical manner. |
15087
|
demolish |
DEMOLISH, v.t. [L. To build.] To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy, as a heap or structure; ... |
15088
|
demolished |
DEMOLISHED, pp. Pulled down; thrown down; razed; destroyed, as a fabric or structure. |
15089
|
demolisher |
DEMOLISHER, n. One who pulls or throws down; one who destroys or lays waste; as a demolisher of ... |
15090
|
demolishing |
DEMOLISHING, ppr. Pulling or throwing down; destroying. |
15091
|
demolishment |
DEMOLISHMENT, n. Ruin; overthrow. |
15092
|
demolition |
DEMOLITION, n. The act of overthrowing, pulling down or destroying a pile or structure; ruin; ... |
15093
|
demon |
DEMON, n. A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and the celestial ... |
15094
|
demoness |
DEMONESS, n. A female demon. |
15095
|
demoniac |
DEMONIAC or DEMONIACAL or DEMONIAN, a. 1. Pertaining to demons or evil spirits.2. Influenced by ... |
15096
|
demoniacs |
DEMONIACS, n. In church history, a branch of the Anabaptists, whose distinguishing tenet is, that ... |
15097
|
demonocracy |
DEMONOCRACY, n. [Gr. Demon and to hold.] The power or government of demons. |
15098
|
demonolatry |
DEMONOLATRY, n. [Gr. Demon and worship.] The worship of demons, or of evil spirits. |
15099
|
demonology |
DEMONOLOGY, n. [Gr. Demon and discourse.] A discourse on demons; a treatise on evil spirits. So ... |
15100
|
demonomist |
DEMONOMIST, n. [Gr. Demon and law.] One that lives in subjection to the devil, or to evil spirits. |
15101
|
demonomy |
DEMONOMY, n. The dominion of demons, or of evil spirits. |
15102
|
demonship |
DEMONSHIP, n. The state of a demon. |
15103
|
demonstrable |
DEMONSTRABLE, a. That may be demonstrated; that may be proved beyond doubt or contradiction; ... |
15104
|
demonstrableness |
DEMONSTRABLENESS, n. The quality of being demonstrable. |
15105
|
demonstrably |
DEMONSTRABLY, adv. In a manner to preclude doubt; beyond the possibility of contradiction. |
15106
|
demonstrate |
DEMONSTRATE, v.t. [L. To show.]1. To show or prove to be certain; to prove beyond the possibility ... |
15107
|
demonstrated |
DEMONSTRATED, pp. Proved beyond the possibility of doubt; rendered certain to the mind. |
15108
|
demonstrating |
DEMONSTRATING, ppr. Proving to be certain; evincing beyond the possibility of doubt. |
15109
|
demonstration |
DEMONSTRATION, n.1. The act of demonstrating, or of exhibiting certain proof.2. The highest ... |
15110
|
demonstrative |
DEMONSTRATIVE, a. 1. Showing or proving by certain evidence; having the power of demonstration; ... |
15111
|
demonstratively |
DEMONSTRATIVELY, adv. With certain evidence; with proof which cannot be questioned; certainly; ... |
15112
|
demonstrator |
DEMONSTRATOR, n. 1. One who demonstrates; one who proves any thing with certainty, or with ... |
15113
|
demonstratory |
DEMONSTRATORY, a. Tending to demonstrate; having a tendency to prove beyond a possibility of ... |
15114
|
demoralization |
DEMORALIZATION, n. The act of subverting or corrupting morals; destruction of moral principles. |
15115
|
demoralize |
DEMORALIZE, v.t. To corrupt or undermine the morals of ; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral ... |
15116
|
demoralized |
DEMORALIZED, pp. Corrupted in morals. |
15117
|
demoralizing |
DEMORALIZING, ppr. 1. Corrupting or destroying morals or moral principles.2. A. Tending to ... |
15118
|
demulce |
DEMULCE, v.t. Demuls. To sooth; to soften or pacify. |
15119
|
demulcent |
DEMULCENT, a. [L. To stroke, to soften; allied perhaps to mollis, mellow.] Softening; mollifying; ... |
15120
|
demur |
DEMUR, v.i. [L. To stay or delay.]1. To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to ... |
15121
|
demure |
DEMURE, a. Sober; grave; modest; downcast; as a demure countenance; a demure abasing of the ... |
15122
|
demurely |
DEMURELY, adv. With grave, solemn countenance; with a fixed look; with a solemn gravity.Esops ... |
15123
|
demureness |
DEMURENESS, n. Gravity of countenance; soberness; a modest look. |
15124
|
demurrage |
DEMURRAGE, n. An allowance made to the master of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port ... |
15125
|
demurrer |
DEMURRER, n.1. One who demure.2. In law, a stop at some point in the pleadings, and a resting of ... |
15126
|
demurring |
DEMURRING, ppr. Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a ... |
15127
|
demy |
DEMY,1. A particular size of paper; a kind of paper of small size.2. A half fellow at Magdalen ... |
15128
|
den |
DEN, n.1. A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous ... |
15129
|
denarcotize |
DENARCOTIZE, v.t. [de and narcotic.] To deprive of the narcotic principle or quality; as, to ... |
15130
|
denary |
DENARY, a. Containing ten.DENARY, n. The number ten. |
15131
|
denationalize |
DENATIONALIZE, v.t. To divest of national character or rights, by transferrence to the service of ... |
15132
|
denay |
DENAY, n. Denial; refusal.DENAY, v.t. To deny. |
15133
|
dendrachate |
DENDRACHATE, n. [Gr. A tree, and agate.] Arborescent agate; agate containing the figures of shrubs ... |
15134
|
dendrite |
DENDRITE, n. [Gr. A tree.] A stone or mineral on or in which are the figures of shrubs or trees; ... |
15135
|
dendritic |
DENDRITIC, |
15136
|
dendritical |
DENDRITICAL, a. Containing the figures of shrubs or trees. |
15137
|
dendroid |
DENDROID, a. [Gr. A tree, and form.] Resembling a shrub. |
15138
|
dendroit |
DENDROIT, n. A fossil which has some resemblance in form to the branch of a tree. |
15139
|
dendrolite |
DENDROLITE, n. [Gr. A tree and a stone.] A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. |
15140
|
dendrology |
DENDROLOGY, n. [Gr. A tree and a discourse.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural ... |
15141
|
dendrometer |
DENDROMETER, n. [Gr. Tree and to measure.] An instrument to measure the highth and diameter of ... |
15142
|
denegate |
DENEGATE, v.t. To deny. |
15143
|
denegation |
DENEGATION, n. Denial. |
15144
|
deniable |
DENIABLE, a. That may be denied, or contradicted. |
15145
|
denial |
DENIAL, n.1. An affirmation to the contrary; an assertion that a declaration or fact stated is not ... |
15146
|
denier |
DENIER, n. One who denies, or contradicts; one who refuses or rejects; a disowner; one who does ... |
15147
|
denigrate |
DENIGRATE, v.t. [L. Black.] To blacken; to make black. |
15148
|
denigration |
DENIGRATION, n. The act of making black; a blackening. |
15149
|
denitration |
DENITRATION, n. A disengaging of nitric acid. |
15150
|
denization |
DENIZATION, n. The act of making one a denizen, subject or citizen. This in England is done by ... |
15151
|
denizen |
DENIZEN, n. 1. In England, an alien who is made a subject by the kings letters patent, holding a ... |
15152
|
denomiinable |
DENOMIINABLE, a. That may be denominated, or named. |
15153
|
denominate |
DENOMINATE, v.t. [L. To name.] To name; to give a name or epithet to; as, a race of intelligent ... |
15154
|
denominated |
DENOMINATED, pp. Named; called. |
15155
|
denominating |
DENOMINATING, ppr. Naming. |
15156
|
denomination |
DENOMINATION, n.1. The act of naming.2. A name or appellation; a vocal sound, customarily used to ... |
15157
|
denominative |
DENOMINATIVE, a. That gives a name; that confers a distinct appellation. |
15158
|
denominator |
DENOMINATOR, n. 1. He that gives a name.2. In arithmetic, that number placed below the line in ... |
15159
|
denotable |
DENOTABLE, a. That may be denoted or marked. |
15160
|
denotation |
DENOTATION, n. The act of denoting. |
15161
|
denotative |
DENOTATIVE, a. Having power to denote. |
15162
|
denote |
DENOTE, v.t. [L. To note or mark.]1. To mark; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; to ... |
15163
|
denoted |
DENOTED, pp. Marked; signified, indicated. |
15164
|
denotement |
DENOTEMENT, n. Sign; indication. |
15165
|
denoting |
DENOTING, ppr. Marking; expressing; indicating. |
15166
|
denouement |
DENOUEMENT, n. The unraveling or discovery of a plot. |
15167
|
denounce |
DENOUNCE, v.t. [L. To tell, or declare.]1. To declare solemnly; to proclaim in a threatening ... |
15168
|
denounced |
DENOUNCED, pp. 1. Threatened by open declaration; as, punishment is denounced against the ... |
15169
|
denouncement |
DENOUNCEMENT, n. The declaration of a menace, or of evil; denunciation. |
15170
|
denouncer |
DENOUNCER, n. One who denounces, or declares a menace.Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. |
15171
|
denouncing |
DENOUNCING, ppr. Declaring, as a threat; threatening; accusing. |
15172
|
dense |
DENSE, a.1. Close; compact; having its constituent parts closely united; applied to solids or ... |
15173
|
denseness |
DENSENESS, n. The same as density. |
15174
|
density |
DENSITY, n. 1. Closeness of constituent parts; compactness. Density is opposed to rarity; and in ... |
15175
|
dent |
DENT, n.1. Literally, a tooth or projecting point. But it is used to express a gap or notch, or ... |
15176
|
dental |
DENTAL, a. Pertaining to the teeth. In grammar, formed or pronounced by the teeth, with the aid ... |
15177
|
dentalite |
DENTALITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus Dentalium. |
15178
|
dentate |
DENTATE, |
15179
|
dentated |
DENTATED, a. Toothed; notched.In botany, a dentated root is one that consists of a concatenation ... |
15180
|
dentato-sinuate |
DENTATO-SINUATE, a. Having points like teeth with hollows about the edge. |
15181
|
dented |
DENTED, a. Indented; impressed with little hollows. |
15182
|
dentelli |
DENTELLI, n. Modillions. |
15183
|
denticle |
DENTICLE, n. A small tooth or projecting point. |
15184
|
denticulate |
DENTICULATE, |
15185
|
denticulated |
DENTICULATED, a. [L. A tooth.] Having small teeth or notches; as a denticulate leaf, calyx or ... |
15186
|
denticulation |
DENTICULATION, n. The state of being set with small teeth, or prominences or points, resembling ... |
15187
|
dentiform |
DENTIFORM, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having the form of a tooth. |
15188
|
dentifrice |
DENTIFRICE, n. [L. A tooth and to rub] A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the ... |
15189
|
dentil |
DENTIL, n. [L. A tooth.] In architecture, an ornament in cornices bearing some resemblance to ... |
15190
|
dentist |
DENTIST, n. One whose occupation is to clean and extract teeth, or repair the loss of them. |
15191
|
dentition |
DENTITION, n. [L. To breed teeth.]1. The breeding or cutting of teeth in infancy.2. The time of ... |
15192
|
dentize |
DENTIZE, v.t. To renew the teeth, or have them renewed. |
15193
|
dentoid |
DENTOID, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having a form of teeth. |
15194
|
denudate |
DENUDATE or DENUDE, v.t. [L. To make bare; naked.] To strip; to divest of all covering; to make ... |
15195
|
denudation |
DENUDATION, n. 1. The act of stripping off covering; a making bare.2. In geology, the act of ... |
15196
|
denuded |
DENUDED, pp. Stripped; divested of covering; laid bare. |
15197
|
denuding |
DENUDING, ppr. Stripping of covering; making bare. |
15198
|
denunciate |
DENUNCIATE, v.t. To denounce, which see. |
15199
|
denunciation |
DENUNCIATION, n. 1. Publication; proclamation; annunciation; preaching; as a faithful ... |
15200
|
denunciator |
DENUNCIATOR, n. 1. He that denounces; one who publishes or proclaims, especially intended evil; ... |
15201
|
deny |
DENY, v.t.1. To contradict; to gainsay; to declare a statement or position not to be true. We ... |
15202
|
deobstruct |
DEOBSTRUCT, v.t. [L. To stop; to pile.]To remove obstructions, or impediments to a passage; to ... |
15203
|
deobstructed |
DEOBSTRUCTED, pp. Cleared of obstructions; opened. |
15204
|
deobstructing |
DEOBSTRUCTING, ppr. Removing impediments to a passage. |
15205
|
deobstruent |
DEOBSTRUENT, a. Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the ... |
15206
|
deodand |
DEODAND, n. [L. To be given to God.] In England, a personal chattel which is the immediate ... |
15207
|
deonerate |
DEONERATE, v.t. To unload. |
15208
|
deoppilate |
DEOPPILATE, v.t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage. |
15209
|
deoppilation |
DEOPPILATION, n. The removal of obstructions. |
15210
|
deoppilative |
DEOPPILATIVE, a. Deobstruent; aperient. |
15211
|
deordination |
DEORDINATION, n. Disorder. |
15212
|
deosculate |
DEOSCULATE, v.t. To kiss. |
15213
|
deosculation |
DEOSCULATION, n. A kissing. |
15214
|
deosydated |
DEOSYDATED, pp. Reduced from the state of an oxyd. |
15215
|
deoxydate |
DEOXYDATE, v.t. To deprive of oxygen, or reduce from the state of an oxyd. |
15216
|
deoxydating |
DEOXYDATING, ppr. Reducing from the state of an oxyd. |
15217
|
deoxydation |
DEOXYDATION, n. The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxyd. |
15218
|
deoxydization |
DEOXYDIZATION, n. Deoxydation. |
15219
|
deoxydize |
DEOXYDIZE, v.t. To deoxydate. |
15220
|
deoxydized |
DEOXYDIZED, pp. Deoxydated. |
15221
|
deoxydizing |
DEOXYDIZING, ppr. Deoxydating.NOTE. Deoxydate and deoxydize are synonymous; but the former is ... |
15222
|
deoxygenate |
DEOXYGENATE, v.t. To deprive of oxygen. |
15223
|
deoxygenated |
DEOXYGENATED, v.t. Deprived of oxygen. |
15224
|
deoxygenating |
DEOXYGENATING, ppr. Depriving of oxygen. |
15225
|
deoxygenation |
DEOXYGENATION, n. The act or operation of depriving of oxygen. |
15226
|
depaint |
DEPAINT, v.t. [L. To paint.]1. To paint; to picture; to represent in colors, as by painting the ... |
15227
|
depainted |
DEPAINTED, pp. Painted; represented in colors; described. |
15228
|
depainter |
DEPAINTER, n. A painter. |
15229
|
depainting |
DEPAINTING, ppr. Painting; representing in colors; describing. |
15230
|
depart |
DEPART, v.i.1. To go or move from.Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire. Matt. 25.It ... |
15231
|
departer |
DEPARTER, n. One who refines metals by separation. |
15232
|
departing |
DEPARTING, ppr. Going from; leaving; desisting; forsaking; vanishing; dying.DEPARTING, n. A going ... |
15233
|
department |
DEPARTMENT, n.1. Literally, a separation or division; hence, a separate part, or portion; a ... |
15234
|
departmental |
DEPARTMENTAL, a. Pertaining to a department, or division. |
15235
|
departure |
DEPARTURE, n.1. The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place; as a departure from ... |
15236
|
depascent |
DEPASCENT, a. [L. To feed.] Feeding. |
15237
|
depasture |
DEPASTURE, v.t. To eat up; to consume.DEPASTURE, v.i. To feed; to graze.If a man takes in a ... |
15238
|
depasturing |
DEPASTURING, ppr. Feeding; grazing; eating up. |
15239
|
depauperate |
DEPAUPERATE, v.t. [L. To beggar.] To make poor; to impoverish; to deprive of fertility or ... |
15240
|
depauperated |
DEPAUPERATED, pp. Impoverished; made poor. |
15241
|
depauperating |
DEPAUPERATING, ppr. Impoverishing; making poor. |
15242
|
depectible |
DEPECTIBLE, a. [L. To comb.] Tough; thick. |
15243
|
depeinct |
DEPEINCT, v.t. To paint. |
15244
|
depend |
DEPEND, v.i. [L. To hang.] 1. To hang; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to ... |
15245
|
dependable |
DEPENDABLE, a. That may be depended on; as dependable friendships. |
15246
|
dependence |
DEPENDENCE, |
15247
|
dependency |
DEPENDENCY, n. 1. A state of hanging down from a supporter.2. Any thing hanging down; a series ... |
15248
|
dependent |
DEPENDENT, a. 1. Hanging down; as a dependent leaf.The furs in the tails were dependent.2. ... |
15249
|
depender |
DEPENDER, n. One who depends; a dependent. |
15250
|
depending |
DEPENDING, ppr. 1. Hanging down; relying.2. A. Pending; undecided; as a suit or question. |
15251
|
deperdit |
DEPERDIT, a. That which is lost or destroyed. |
15252
|
deperdition |
DEPERDITION, n. Loss; destruction. |
15253
|
dephlegmate |
DEPHLEGMATE, v.t. [Gr. To burn.] To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or ... |
15254
|
dephlegmation |
DEPHLEGMATION, n. The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or ... |
15255
|
dephlegmedness |
DEPHLEGMEDNESS, n. A state of being freed from water. |
15256
|
dephlogisticate |
DEPHLOGISTICATE, v.t. [Gr. Burnt, inflammable.] To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed ... |
15257
|
dephlogisticated |
DEPHLOGISTICATED, pp. Deprived of phlogiston. Dephlogisticated air, is an elastic fluid capable of ... |
15258
|
depict |
DEPICT, v.t. [L. To paint.] 1. To paint; to portray; to form a likeness in colors; as, to depict ... |
15259
|
depicted |
DEPICTED, pp. Painted; represented in colors; described. |
15260
|
depicting |
DEPICTING, ppr. Painting; representing in colors, or in words. |
15261
|
depicture |
DEPICTURE, v.t. To paint; to picture; to represent in colors. |
15262
|
depilate |
DEPILATE, v.t. [L. Hair.] To strip of hair. |
15263
|
depilation |
DEPILATION, n. The act of pulling off the hair. |
15264
|
depilatory |
DEPILATORY, a. Having the quality or power to take off hair and make bald.DEPILATORY, n. Any ... |
15265
|
depilous |
DEPILOUS, a. Without hair. |
15266
|
deplantation |
DEPLANTATION, n. The act of taking up plants from beds. |
15267
|
depletion |
DEPLETION, n. [L. To fill.] The act of emptying; particularly, in the medical art, the act of ... |
15268
|
deplorable |
DEPLORABLE, a.1. That may be deplored or lamented; lamentable; that demands or causes lamentation; ... |
15269
|
deplorableness |
DEPLORABLENESS, n. The state of being deplorable; misery; wretchedness; a miserable state. |
15270
|
deplorably |
DEPLORABLY, adv. In a manner to be deplored; lamentably; miserable; as, manners are deplorably ... |
15271
|
deploration |
DEPLORATION, n. The act of lamenting. In music, a dirge or mournful strain. |
15272
|
deplore |
DEPLORE, v.t. [L. To howl; to wail.] To lament; to bewail; to mourn; to feel or express deep and ... |
15273
|
deplored |
DEPLORED, pp. Lamented; bewailed; deeply regretted. |
15274
|
deploredly |
DEPLOREDLY, adv. Lamentably. |
15275
|
deplorer |
DEPLORER, n. One who deplores, or deeply laments; a deep mourner. |
15276
|
deploring |
DEPLORING, ppr. Bewailing; deeply lamenting. |
15277
|
deploy |
DEPLOY, v.t. To display; to open; to extend; a military term.DEPLOY, v.i. To open; to extend; to ... |
15278
|
deploying |
DEPLOYING, ppr. Opening; extending; displaying. |
15279
|
deplumation |
DEPLUMATION, n. 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.2. A tumor of the eye-lids ... |
15280
|
deplume |
DEPLUME, v.t. [L. A feather.] To strip or pluck off feathers; to deprive of plumage. |
15281
|
deplumed |
DEPLUMED, pp. Stripped of feathers or plumes. |
15282
|
depluming |
DEPLUMING, ppr. Stripping off plumes or feathers. |
15283
|
depolarize |
DEPOLARIZE, v.t. To deprive of polarity. |
15284
|
depone |
DEPONE, v.t. To lay down as a pledge; to wage. |
15285
|
deponent |
DEPONENT, a.1. Laying down.2. A deponent verb, in the Latin Grammar, is a verb which has a ... |
15286
|
depopulate |
DEPOPULATE, v.t. [L. To ravage or lay waste.] To dispeople; to unpeople; to deprive of ... |
15287
|
depopulated |
DEPOPULATED, pp. Dispeopled; deprived of inhabitants. |
15288
|
depopulating |
DEPOPULATING, ppr. Dispeopling; depriving of inhabitants. |
15289
|
depopulation |
DEPOPULATION, n. The act of dispeopling; destruction or expulsion of inhabitants. |
15290
|
depopulator |
DEPOPULATOR, n. One who depopulates; one who destroys or expels the inhabitants of a city, town or ... |
15291
|
deport |
DEPORT, v.t. [L. To carry.]1. With the reciprocal pronoun, to carry; to demean; to behave.Let an ... |
15292
|
deportation |
DEPORTATION, n. Transportation; a carrying away; a removal from one country to another, or to a ... |
15293
|
deported |
DEPORTED, pp. Carried away; transported; banished. |
15294
|
deporting |
DEPORTING, ppr. Carrying away; removing to a distant place or country; transporting; banishing. |
15295
|
deportment |
DEPORTMENT, n. Carriage; manner of acting in relation to the duties of life; behavior; demeanor ; ... |
15296
|
deposable |
DEPOSABLE, a. That may be deposed, or deprived of office. |
15297
|
deposal |
DEPOSAL, n. The act of deposing, or divesting of office. |
15298
|
depose |
DEPOSE, v.t. [L. To lay or put.]1. To lay down; to throw; to let fall; as, the flood deposed fine ... |
15299
|
deposed |
DEPOSED, pp. Dethroned; degraded; testified. |
15300
|
deposer |
DEPOSER, n. One who deposes or degrades from office. |
15301
|
deposing |
DEPOSING, ppr. Dethroning; degrading; bearing witness.DEPOSING, n. The act of dethroning. |
15302
|
deposit |
DEPOSIT, v.t.1. To lay down; to lay; to throw down. A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand. A ... |
15303
|
depositary |
DEPOSITARY, n. 1. A person with whom any thing is left or lodged in trust; one to whom a thing is ... |
15304
|
depositing |
DEPOSITING, ppr. Laying down; pledging; repositing. |
15305
|
deposition |
DEPOSITION, n. 1. The act of laying or throwing down; as, soil is formed by the deposition of ... |
15306
|
depository |
DEPOSITORY, n. A place where any thing is lodged for safe-keeping. A warehouse is a depository ... |
15307
|
depositum |
DEPOSITUM, n. A deposit. |
15308
|
depot |
DEPOT. [A french word. See deposit.] |
15309
|
depravation |
DEPRAVATION, n.1. The act of making bad or worse; the act of corrupting.2. The state of being made ... |
15310
|
deprave |
DEPRAVE, v.t. [L. Crooked, perverse, wicked.]1. To make bad or worse; to impair good qualities; ... |
15311
|
depraved |
DEPRAVED, pp. 1. Made bad or worse; vitiated; tainted; corrupted.2. A. Corrupt; wicked; ... |
15312
|
depravedly |
DEPRAVEDLY, adv. In a corrupt manner. |
15313
|
depravedness |
DEPRAVEDNESS, n. Corruption; taint; a vitiated state. |
15314
|
depravement |
DEPRAVEMENT, n. A vitiated state. |
15315
|
depraver |
DEPRAVER, n. A corrupted; he who citiates; a vilifier. |
15316
|
depraving |
DEPRAVING, n. A traducing. |
15317
|
depravity |
DEPRAVITY, n.1. Corruption; a vitiated state; as the depravity of manners and morals.2. A ... |
15318
|
deprecate |
DEPRECATE, v.t. [L. To pray.]1. To pray against; to pray or intreat that a present evil may be ... |
15319
|
deprecated |
DEPRECATED, pp. Prayed against; deeply regretted. |
15320
|
deprecating |
DEPRECATING, ppr. Praying against; regretting. |
15321
|
deprecation |
DEPRECATION, n.1. A praying against; a praying that an evil may be removed or prevented.2. ... |
15322
|
deprecative |
DEPRECATIVE, a. 1. That serves to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; as ... |
15323
|
deprecator |
DEPRECATOR, n. One who deprecates. |
15324
|
deprecatory |
DEPRECATORY, |
15325
|
depreciate |
DEPRECIATE, v.t. [Low L. Price.]1. To lessen the price of a thing; to cry down the price or ... |
15326
|
depreciated |
DEPRECIATED, pp. Lessened in value or price; undervalued. |
15327
|
depreciating |
DEPRECIATING, ppr. 1. Lessening the price or worth; undervaluing.2. Falling in value. |
15328
|
depreciation |
DEPRECIATION, n.1. The act of lessening or crying down price or value.2. The falling of value; ... |
15329
|
depredate |
DEPREDATE,v.t. [L. To plunder; prey.]1. To plunder; to rob; to pillage; to take the property of an ... |
15330
|
depredated |
DEPREDATED, pp. Spoiled; plundered; wasted; pillaged. |
15331
|
depredating |
DEPREDATING, ppr. Plundering; robbing; pillaging. |
15332
|
depredation |
DEPREDATION, n. 1. The act of plundering; a robbing; a pillaging.2. Waste; consumption; a taking ... |
15333
|
depredator |
DEPREDATOR, n. One who plunders, or pillages; a spoiler; a waster. |
15334
|
depredatory |
DEPREDATORY, a. Plundering; spoiling; consisting in pillaging. |
15335
|
deprehend |
DEPREHEND, v.t. [L. To take or seize.]1. To catch; to take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as ... |
15336
|
deprehended |
DEPREHENDED, pp. Taken by surprise; caught; seized; discovered. |
15337
|
deprehending |
DEPREHENDING, ppr. Taking unawares; catching; seizing; discovering. |
15338
|
deprehensible |
DEPREHENSIBLE, a. That may be caught, or discovered. |
15339
|
deprehensibleness |
DEPREHENSIBLENESS, n. Capableness of being caught or discovered. |
15340
|
deprehension |
DEPREHENSION, n. A catching or seizing; a discovery. |
15341
|
depress |
DEPRESS, v.t. [L. To press.]1. To press down; to press to a lower state or position; as, to ... |
15342
|
depressing |
DEPRESSING, ppr. Pressing down; lowering in place; letting fall; sinking; dejecting; abasing; ... |
15343
|
depression |
DEPRESSION, n.1. The act of pressing down; or the state of being pressed down; a low state.2. A ... |
15344
|
depressive |
DEPRESSIVE, a. Able or tending to depress or cast down. |
15345
|
depressor |
DEPRESSOR, n.1. He that presses down; an oppressor.2. In anatomy, a muscle that depresses or ... |
15346
|
deprivable |
DEPRIVABLE, a. That may be deprived.A chaplain shall be deprivable by the founder, not by the ... |
15347
|
deprivation |
DEPRIVATION, n.1. The act of depriving; a taking away.2. A state of being deprived; loss; want; ... |
15348
|
deprive |
DEPRIVE, v.t. [L. To take away.]1. To take from; to bereave of something possessed or enjoyed; ... |
15349
|
deprived |
DEPRIVED, pp. Bereft; divested; hindered; stripped of office or dignity; deposed; degraded. |
15350
|
deprivement |
DEPRIVEMENT, n. The state of losing or being deprived. |
15351
|
depriver |
DEPRIVER, n. He or that which deprives or bereaves. |
15352
|
depriving |
DEPRIVING, ppr. Bereaving; taking away what is possessed; divesting; hindering from enjoying; ... |
15353
|
depth |
DEPTH, n.1. Deepness; the distance or measure of a thing from the surface to the bottom, or to the ... |
15354
|
depulsion |
DEPULSION, n. [L. To drive.] A driving or thrusting away. |
15355
|
depulsory |
DEPULSORY, a. Driving or thrusting away; averting. |
15356
|
depurate |
DEPURATE, v.t. To purify; to free from impurities, heterogeneous matter or feculence; a chimical ... |
15357
|
depurated |
DEPURATED, pp. Purified from heterogeneous matter, or from impurities. |
15358
|
depurating |
DEPURATING, ppr. Purifying; freeing from impurities. |
15359
|
depuration |
DEPURATION, n.1. The act of purifying or freeing fluids from heterogeneous matter. This is done ... |
15360
|
depuratory |
DEPURATORY, a. Cleansing; purifying; or tending to purify. A depuratory fever, is a fever that ... |
15361
|
depure |
DEPURE, v.t. To depurate. |
15362
|
deputation |
DEPUTATION, n.1. The act of appointing a substitute or representative to act for another; the act ... |
15363
|
depute |
DEPUTE, v.t. To appoint as a substitute or agent to act for another; to appoint and send with a ... |
15364
|
deputed |
DEPUTED, pp. Appointed as a substitute; appointed and sent with special authority to act for ... |
15365
|
deputing |
DEPUTING, ppr. Appointing as a substitute; appointed and sent with special authority to act for ... |
15366
|
deputize |
DEPUTIZE, v.t. To appoint a deputy; to empower to act for another, as a sheriff. |
15367
|
deputy |
DEPUTY, n.1. A person appointed or elected to act for another, especially a person sent with a ... |
15368
|
deputy-collector |
DEPUTY-COLLECTOR, n. A person appointed to perform the duties of a collector of the customs, in ... |
15369
|
deputy-marshall |
DEPUTY-MARSHALL, n. One appointed to act in the place of the marshal. |
15370
|
deputy-post-master |
DEPUTY-POST-MASTER, n. A person who is appointed to act as post-master, in subordination to the ... |
15371
|
deputy-sheriff |
DEPUTY-SHERIFF, n. A person deputed or authorized to perform the duties of the sheriff, as his ... |
15372
|
der |
DER, prefixed to names of places, may be from Sax. deor, a wild beast, or from dur, water. |
15373
|
deracinate |
DERACINATE, v.t. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. |
15374
|
deracinated |
DERACINATED, pp. Plucked up by the roots; extirpated. |
15375
|
deracinating |
DERACINATING, ppr. Tearing up by the roots; extirpating. |
15376
|
deraign |
DERAIGN or DERAIN, v.t. To prove; to justify; to vindicate, as an assertion; to clear ones self. |
15377
|
deraignment |
DERAIGNMENT, |
15378
|
derainment |
DERAINMENT, n. The act of deraining; proof; justification. A like word was formerly used in the ... |
15379
|
derange |
DERANGE, v.t.1. To put out of order; to disturb the regular order of; to throw into confusion; as, ... |
15380
|
deranged |
DERANGED, pp. Put out of order; disturbed; embarrassed; confused; disordered in mind; delirious; ... |
15381
|
derangement |
DERANGEMENT, n.1. A putting out of order; disturbance of regularity or regular course; ... |
15382
|
deranging |
DERANGING, ppr. 1. Putting out of order; disturbing regularity or regular course; embarrassment; ... |
15383
|
deray |
DERAY, v.t. Tumult; disorder; merriment. |
15384
|
dere |
DERE, v.t. To hurt. |
15385
|
derelict |
DERELICT, a. [L. To leave.] Left; abandoned.DERELICT, n.1. In law, an article of goods, or any ... |
15386
|
dereliction |
DERELICTION, n.1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim; an utter forsaking; ... |
15387
|
deride |
DERIDE, v.t. [L. To laugh.] To laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to ... |
15388
|
derided |
DERIDED, pp. Laughed at in contempt; mocked; ridiculed. |
15389
|
derider |
DERIDER, n. 1. One who laughs at another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.2. A droll or buffoon. |
15390
|
deriding |
DERIDING, ppr. Laughing at with contempt; mocking; ridiculing. |
15391
|
deridingly |
DERIDINGLY, adv. By way of derision or mockery. |
15392
|
derision |
DERISION, n.1. The act of laughing at in contempt.2. Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.I am ... |
15393
|
derisive |
DERISIVE, a. Containing derision; mocking; ridiculing.Derisive taunts. |
15394
|
derisively |
DERISIVELY, adv. With mockery or contempt. |
15395
|
derisory |
DERISORY, a. Mocking; ridiculing. |
15396
|
derivable |
DERIVABLE, a. 1. That may be derived; that may be drawn, or received, as from a source. Income is ... |
15397
|
derivate |
DERIVATE, n. A word derived from another. |
15398
|
derivation |
DERIVATION, n.1. The act of deriving, drawing or receiving from a source; as the derivation of an ... |
15399
|
derivative |
DERIVATIVE, a.1. Derived; taken or having proceeded from another or something preceding; ... |
15400
|
derivatively |
DERIVATIVELY, adv. In a derivative manner; by derivation. |
15401
|
derive |
DERIVE, v.t. [L. A stream.]1. To draw from, as in a regular course or channel; to receive from a ... |
15402
|
derived |
DERIVED, pp. Drawn, as from a source; deduced; received; regularly conveyed; descended; ... |
15403
|
deriver |
DERIVER, n. One who derives, or draws from a source. |
15404
|
deriving |
DERIVING, ppr. Drawing; receiving; deducing; communicating; diverting or turning into another ... |
15405
|
dermal |
DERMAL, a. Pertaining to skin; consisting of skin. |
15406
|
dermoid |
DERMOID, a. Pertaining to the skin; a medical term. |
15407
|
dern |
DERN, a. Solitary; sad; cruel. |
15408
|
dernful |
DERNFUL, a. Sad; mournful. |
15409
|
dernier |
DERNIER, a. Last; final; ultimate; as the dernier resort. |
15410
|
dernly |
DERNLY, adv. Sadly; mournfully. |
15411
|
derogate |
DEROGATE, v.t. [L. To ask, to propose. In ancient Rome, rogo was used in proposing new laws, and ... |
15412
|
derogated |
DEROGATED, pp. Diminished in value; degraded; damaged. |
15413
|
derogately |
DEROGATELY, adv. In a manner to lessen or take from. |
15414
|
derogating |
DEROGATING, ppr. Annulling a part. Lessening by taking from. |
15415
|
derogation |
DEROGATION, n. 1. The act of annulling or revoking a law, or some part of it. More generally, ... |
15416
|
derogative |
DEROGATIVE, a. Derogatory. |
15417
|
derogatorily |
DEROGATORILY, adv. In a detracting manner. |
15418
|
derogatoriness |
DEROGATORINESS, n. The quality of being derogatory. |
15419
|
derogatory |
DEROGATORY, a. 1. Detracting or tending to lessen by taking something from; that lessens the ... |
15420
|
derring |
DERRING, a. Daring. |
15421
|
dervis |
DERVIS, n. A turkish priest or monk, who professes extreme poverty, and leads an austere life. |
15422
|
descant |
DESCANT, n. 1. A song or tune composed in parts.2. A song or tune with various modulations.The ... |
15423
|
descanting |
DESCANTING, ppr. Singing in parts or with various modulations; discoursing freely; ... |
15424
|
descend |
DESCEND, v.i. [L. To climb.]1. To move or pass from a higher to a lower place; to move, come or go ... |
15425
|
descendant |
DESCENDANT, n. Any person proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, in the line ... |
15426
|
descendent |
DESCENDENT, a. 1. Descending; falling; sinking.2. Proceeding from an original or ancestor. |
15427
|
descendibility |
DESCENDIBILITY, n. The quality of being descendible, or capable of being trnasmitted from ... |
15428
|
descendible |
DESCENDIBLE, a.1. That may be descended, or passed down; as, the hill is descendible.2. That may ... |
15429
|
descension |
DESCENSION, n.1. The act of going downwards; descent; a falling or sinking; declension; ... |
15430
|
descensional |
DESCENSIONAL, a. Pertaining to descent. |
15431
|
descensive |
DESCENSIVE, a. Tending downwards; having power to descend. |
15432
|
descent |
DESCENT, n.1. The act of descending; the act of passing from a higher to a lower place, by any ... |
15433
|
describable |
DESCRIBABLE, a. That may be described; capable of description. |
15434
|
describe |
DESCRIBE, v.t. [L. To write.]1. To delineate or mark the form or figure; as, to describe a circle ... |
15435
|
described |
DESCRIBED, pp. Represented in form by marks or figures; delineated; represented by words or signs. |
15436
|
describer |
DESCRIBER, n. One who describes by marks, words or signs. |
15437
|
describing |
DESCRIBING, ppr. Representing the form or figure of, by lines or marks; communicating a view of, ... |
15438
|
descried |
DESCRIED, pp. Espied; discovered; seen. |
15439
|
descrier |
DESCRIER, n. One who espies, or discovers; a discoverer; a detecter. |
15440
|
description |
DESCRIPTION, n.1. The act of delineating, or representing the figure of any thing by a plan, to be ... |
15441
|
descriptiv |
DESCRIPTIV,E, a. Containing description; tending to describe; having the quality of representing; ... |
15442
|
descry |
DESCRY, v.t.1. To espy; to explore; to examine by observation.The house of Joseph sent to descry ... |
15443
|
descrying |
DESCRYING, ppr. Descovering; espying. |
15444
|
desecrate |
DESECRATE, v.t. [L. To consecrate, from sacred.]1. To divert from a sacred purpose or ... |
15445
|
desecrated |
DESECRATED, pp. Diverted from a sacred purpose or appropriation; divested of a sacred character or ... |
15446
|
desecrating |
DESECRATING, ppr. Diverting from a purpose to which a thing is consecrated; divested of a sacred ... |
15447
|
desecration |
DESECRATION, n. The act of diverting from a sacred purpose or use to which a thing had been ... |
15448
|
desert |
DESERT, a. S as z [L. To sow, plant or scatter.]1. Literally, forsaken; hence, uninhabited; as a ... |
15449
|
deserted |
DESERTED, pp. Wholly forsaken; abandoned; left. |
15450
|
deserter |
DESERTER, n. A person who forsakes his cause, his post, or his party or friend; particularly, a ... |
15451
|
desertful |
DESERTFUL, a. High in desert; meritorious. |
15452
|
deserting |
DESERTING, ppr. Forsaking utterly; abandoning. |
15453
|
desertion |
DESERTION, n. 1. The act of forsaking or abandoning, as a party, a friend, a country, an army or ... |
15454
|
desertless |
DESERTLESS, a. Without merit or claim to favor or reward. |
15455
|
desertlessly |
DESERTLESSLY, adv. Undeservedly. |
15456
|
desertrice |
DESERTRICE, |
15457
|
desertrix |
DESERTRIX, n. A female who deserts. |
15458
|
deserve |
DESERVE, v.t. [L. To serve.]1. To merit; to be worthy of; applied to good or evil.2. To merit by ... |
15459
|
deserved |
DESERVED, pp. Merited; worthy of. |
15460
|
deservedly |
DESERVEDLY, adv. Justly; according to desert, whether of good or evil. A man may be deservedly ... |
15461
|
deserver |
DESERVER, n. He who deserves or merits; one who is worthy of; used generally in a good sense. |
15462
|
deserving |
DESERVING, ppr. 1. Meriting; having a just claim to reward; justly meriting punishment.2. Worthy ... |
15463
|
deservingly |
DESERVINGLY, adv. Meritoriously; with just desert. |
15464
|
deshabille |
DESHABILLE or DESHABIL, n. An undress; a loose morning dress; hence, any home dress; as, the lady ... |
15465
|
desiccant |
DESICCANT, a. Drying.DESICCANT, n. A medicine or application that dries a sore. |
15466
|
desiccate |
DESICCATE, v.t. [L. To dry.] to dry; to exhaust of moisture; to exhale or remove moisture ... |
15467
|
desiccated |
DESICCATED, pp. Dried. |
15468
|
desiccating |
DESICCATING, ppr. Drying; exhausting moisture. |
15469
|
desiccation |
DESICCATION, n. The act of making dry; the state of being dried. |
15470
|
desiccative |
DESICCATIVE, a. Drying; tending to dry; that has the power to dry. |
15471
|
desiderate |
DESIDERATE,v.t. [from the L.] To want; to miss. |
15472
|
desideratum |
DESIDERATUM, n. Plu. Desiderata. [L. To desire.] That which is desired; that which is not ... |
15473
|
design |
DESIGN, v.t.[L. To seal or stamp, that is, to set or throw.]1. To delineate a form or figure by ... |
15474
|
designable |
DESIGNABLE, a. 1. Capable of being designed or marked out.2. Distinguishable. |
15475
|
designate |
DESIGNATE, v.t.1. To mark out or show, so as to make known; to indicate by bisible lines, marks, ... |
15476
|
designated |
DESIGNATED, pp. Marked out; indicated; shown; pointed out appointed. |
15477
|
designating |
DESIGNATING, ppr. Marking out; indicating; pointing out; appointing. |
15478
|
designation |
DESIGNATION, n.1. The act of pointing or marking out by signs or objects; as the designation of an ... |
15479
|
designative |
DESIGNATIVE, a. Serving to designate or indicate. |
15480
|
designator |
DESIGNATOR, n. A Roman officer who assigned to each person his rank and place in public shows and ... |
15481
|
designed |
DESIGNED, pp. Marked out; delineated; planned; intended. |
15482
|
designedly |
DESIGNEDLY, adv. By design; purposely; intentionally; opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or ... |
15483
|
designer |
DESIGNER, n.1. One who designs, marks out or plans; one who frames a scheme or project; a ... |
15484
|
designfulness |
DESIGNFULNESS, n. Abundance of design. |
15485
|
designing |
DESIGNING, ppr.1. Forming a design; plnning; delineating the outline; drawing figures on a ... |
15486
|
designless |
DESIGNLESS, a. Without design or intention; inadvertent. |
15487
|
designlessly |
DESIGNLESSLY, adv. Without design; inadvertently; ignorantly. |
15488
|
designment |
DESIGNMENT, n.1. Design; sketch; delineation.2. Design; purpose; aim; intent; scheme. |
15489
|
desinence |
DESINENCE, n. End; close. |
15490
|
desinent |
DESINENT, a. Ending; extreme; lower-most. |
15491
|
desipient |
DESIPIENT, a. [L. To dote; to be wise.] trifling; foolish; playful. |
15492
|
desirable |
DESIRABLE, a.1. Worthy of desire; that is to be wished for with sincerity or earnestness. An easy ... |
15493
|
desirableness |
DESIRABLENESS,n. The quality of being desirable. |
15494
|
desire |
DESIRE, n.1. An emotion or excitement of the mind, directed to the attainment or possession of an ... |
15495
|
desired |
DESIRED, pp. Wished for; coveted; requested; entreated. |
15496
|
desireless |
DESIRELESS, a. Free from desire. |
15497
|
desirer |
DESIRER, n. One who desires or asks; one who wishes. |
15498
|
desiring |
DESIRING, ppr. Wishing for; coveting; asking; expressing a wish; soliciting. |
15499
|
desirous |
DESIROUS, a. Wishing for; wishing to obtain; coveting; solicitous to possess and enjoy.Be not ... |
15500
|
desirously |
DESIROUSLY, adv. With desire; with earnest wishes. |
15501
|
desirousness |
DESIROUSNESS, n. The state or affection of being desirous. |
15502
|
desist |
DESIST, v.i. [L. To stand.] To stop; to cease to act or proceed; to forbear; with from; as, he ... |
15503
|
desistance |
DESISTANCE, n. A ceasing to act or proceed; a stopping. |
15504
|
desisting |
DESISTING, ppr. Ceasing to act or proceed. |
15505
|
desitive |
DESITIVE, a. Final; conclusive. |
15506
|
desk |
DESK, n.1. An inclining table for the use of writers and readers; usually made with a box or ... |
15507
|
desmine |
DESMINE, n. A mineral that crystalizes in little silken tufts, which accompany spinellane in the ... |
15508
|
desolate |
DESOLATE, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either ... |
15509
|
desolated |
DESOLATED, pp. Deprived of inhabitants; wasted; ruined. |
15510
|
desolately |
DESOLATELY, adv. In a desolate manner. |
15511
|
desolater |
DESOLATER, n. One who lays waste or desolates; that which desolates. |
15512
|
desolating |
DESOLATING, ppr. Depriving of inhabitants; wasting; ravaging. |
15513
|
desolation |
DESOLATION, n.1. The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; ... |
15514
|
desolatory |
DESOLATORY, a. Causing desolation. |
15515
|
despair |
DESPAIR, n.1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation.We are ... |
15516
|
despairer |
DESPAIRER, n. One without hope. |
15517
|
despairful |
DESPAIRFUL, a. Hopeless. |
15518
|
despairing |
DESPAIRING, ppr. Giving up all hope or expectation. |
15519
|
despairingly |
DESPAIRINGLY, adv. In a despairing manner; in a manner indicating hopelessness; as, he speaks ... |
15520
|
despatch |
DESPATCH, [See Dispatch.] |
15521
|
despection |
DESPECTION, n. A looking down; a despising. |
15522
|
desperado |
DESPERADO, n. A desperate fellow; a furious man; a madman; a person urged by furious passions; one ... |
15523
|
desperate |
DESPERATE, a. [L. To despair.]1. Without hope.I am desperate of obtaining her.2. Without care of ... |
15524
|
desperately |
DESPERATELY, adv. 1. In a desperate manner; as in despair; hence, furiously; with rage; madly; ... |
15525
|
desperateness |
DESPERATENESS, n. Madness; fury; rash precipitance. |
15526
|
desperation |
DESPERATION, n.1. A despairing; a giving up of hope; as desperation of success.2. Hopelessness; ... |
15527
|
despicable |
DESPICABLE, a. [Low L. To look down, to despise; to look.] That may be or deserves to be despised; ... |
15528
|
despicableness |
DESPICABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness. |
15529
|
despicably |
DESPICABLY, adv. Meanly; vilely; contemptibly; as despicably poor. |
15530
|
despisable |
DESPISABLE, a. Despicable; contemptible. |
15531
|
despisal |
DESPISAL, n. Contempt. |
15532
|
despise |
DESPISE, .v.t.1. To contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have the lowest opinion of.Fools despise ... |
15533
|
despised |
DESPISED, pp. Contemned; disdained; abhorred. |
15534
|
despisedness |
DESPISEDNESS, n. The state of being despised. |
15535
|
despiser |
DESPISER, n. A contemner; a scorner. |
15536
|
despising |
DESPISING, ppr. Contemning; scorning; disdaining.DESPISING, n. Contempt. |
15537
|
despisingly |
DESPISINGLY, adv. With contempt. |
15538
|
despite |
DESPITE, n.1. Extreme malice; violent hatred; malignity; malice irritated or enraged; active ... |
15539
|
despiteful |
DESPITEFUL, a. Full of spite; malicious; malignant; as a despiteful enemy.Hater of God, ... |
15540
|
despitefully |
DESPITEFULLY, adv. With despite; maliciously; contemptuously.Pray for them that despitefully use ... |
15541
|
despitefulness |
DESPITEFULNESS, n. Malice; extreme hatred; malignity. |
15542
|
despiteous |
DESPITEOUS, a. Malicious. |
15543
|
despiteously |
DESPITEOUSLY, adv.. Furiously. |
15544
|
despoil |
DESPOIL,v.t. [L. To spoil.]1. To strip; to take from by force; to rob; to deprive; followed by of; ... |
15545
|
despoiled |
DESPOILED, pp. Stripped; robbed; bereaved; deprived. |
15546
|
despoiler |
DESPOILER, n. One who strips by force; a plunderer. |
15547
|
despoiling |
DESPOILING, ppr. Depriving; stripping; robbing. |
15548
|
despoliation |
DESPOLIATION, n. The act of despoiling; a stripping. |
15549
|
despond |
DESPOND, v.i.[L. To promise; literally, to throw to or forward.]1. To be cast down; to be ... |
15550
|
despondency |
DESPONDENCY, n. A sinking or dejection of spirits at the loss of hope; loss of courage at the ... |
15551
|
despondent |
DESPONDENT, a. Losing courage at the loss of hope; sinking into dejection; depressed and inactive ... |
15552
|
desponder |
DESPONDER, n. One destitute of hope. |
15553
|
desponding |
DESPONDING, ppr. Losing courage to act, in consequence of loss of hope, or of deep calamity, or of ... |
15554
|
despondingly |
DESPONDINGLY, adv. In a desponding manner; with dejection of spirits; despairingly. |
15555
|
desponsate |
DESPONSATE, v.t. To betroth. |
15556
|
desponsation |
DESPONSATION, n. A betrothing. |
15557
|
despot |
DESPOT, n. An emperor, king or price invested with absolute power, or ruling without any control ... |
15558
|
despotic |
DESPOTIC, |
15559
|
despotical |
DESPOTICAL, a.1. Absolute in power; independent of control from men, constitution or laws; ... |
15560
|
despotically |
DESPOTICALLY, adv. With unlimited power; arbitrarily; in a despotic manner. |
15561
|
despoticalness |
DESPOTICALNESS, n. Absolute or arbitrary authority. |
15562
|
despotism |
DESPOTISM, n.1. Absolute power; authority unlimited and uncontrolled by men, constitution or laws, ... |
15563
|
despumate |
DESPUMATE, v.i. [L. Froth or scum.] To foam; to froth; to form froth or scum. |
15564
|
despumation |
DESPUMATION, n. The act of throwing off excrementitious matter and forming a froth or scum on the ... |
15565
|
desquamation |
DESQUAMATION, n. [L. A scale.] A scaling or exfoliation of bone; the separation of the cuticle in ... |
15566
|
dess |
DESS, for desk. |
15567
|
dessert |
DESSERT, n. A service of fruits and sweetmeats, at the close of an entertainment; the last course ... |
15568
|
destinate |
DESTINATE, v.t. To design or appoint.DESTINATE, a. Appointed; destined; determined. |
15569
|
destination |
DESTINATION, n. 1. The act of destining, or appointing.2. The purpose for which any thing is ... |
15570
|
destine |
DESTINE, v.t. [L.]1. To set, ordain or appoint to a use, purpose, state or place. We destine a son ... |
15571
|
destined |
DESTINED, pp. Ordained; appointed by previous determination; devoted; fixed unalterably. |
15572
|
destining |
DESTINING, ppr. Ordaining; appointing. |
15573
|
destiny |
DESTINY, n. 1. State or condition appointed or predetermined; ultimate fate; as, men are ... |
15574
|
destitute |
DESTITUTE, a. [L. To set. Literally, set from or away.]1. Not having or possessing; wanting; as ... |
15575
|
destitution |
DESTITUTION, n. Want; absence of a thing; a state in which something is wanted or not possessed; ... |
15576
|
destroy |
DESTROY, v.t. [L. To pile, to build.]1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an ... |
15577
|
destroyable |
DESTROYABLE, a. That may be destroyed.Plants scarcely destroyable by the weather. |
15578
|
destroyed |
DESTROYED, pp. Demolished; pulled down; ruined; annihilated; devoured; swept away; &c. |
15579
|
destroyer |
DESTROYER, n. One who destroys, or lays waste; one who kills a man, or an animal, or who ruins a ... |
15580
|
destroying |
DESTROYING, ppr. Demolishing; laying waste; killing; annihilating; putting an end to.DESTROYING, ... |
15581
|
destruct |
DESTRUCT, fro destroy, is not used. |
15582
|
destructibility |
DESTRUCTIBILITY, n. The quality of being capable of destruction. |
15583
|
destructible |
DESTRUCTIBLE, a. [L.] Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed. |
15584
|
destruction |
DESTRUCTION, n.1. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever ... |
15585
|
destructive |
DESTRUCTIVE, a. Causing destruction; having the quality of destroying; ruinous; mischievous; ... |
15586
|
destructively |
DESTRUCTIVELY, adv. With destruction; ruinously; mischievously; with power to destroy; as ... |
15587
|
destructiveness |
DESTRUCTIVENESS, n. The quality of destroying or ruining. |
15588
|
destructor |
DESTRUCTOR, n. A destroyer; a consumer. [Not used.] |
15589
|
desudation |
DESUDATION, n. [L., to sweat.] A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, succeeded by an eruption ... |
15590
|
desuetude |
DESUETUDE, n. [L.] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom or fashion. ... |
15591
|
desulphurate |
DESULPHURATE, v.t. To deprive of sulphur. |
15592
|
desulphurated |
DESULPHURATED, pp. Deprived of sulphur. |
15593
|
desulphurating |
DESULPHURATING, ppr. Depriving of sulphur. |
15594
|
desulphuration |
DESULPHURATION, n. The act or operation of depriving of sulphur. |
15595
|
desultorily |
DESULTORILY, adv. [See Desultory.] In a desultory manner; without method; loosely. |
15596
|
desultoriness |
DESULTORINESS, n. A desultory manner; unconnectedness; a passing from one thing to another without ... |
15597
|
desultory |
DESULTORY, a. [L., to leap.]1. Leaping; passing from one thing or subject to another, without order ... |
15598
|
desume |
DESUME, v.t. [L.] To take from; to borrow. [Not in use.] |
15599
|
detach |
DETACH, v.t. [See Attach.]1. To separate or disunite; to disengage; to part from; as, to detach the ... |
15600
|
detached |
DETACHED, pp. 1. Separated; parted from ; disunited; drawn and sent on a separate service.2. a. ... |
15601
|
detaching |
DETACHING, ppr. Separating; parting from; drawing and sending on a separate employment. |
15602
|
detachment |
DETACHMENT, n. 1. The act of detaching.2. A body of troops, selected or taken from the main army, ... |
15603
|
detail |
DETAIL, v.t. 1. To relate, report or narrate in particulars; to recite the particulars of; to ... |
15604
|
detailed |
DETAILED, pp. Related in particulars; minutely recited; selected. |
15605
|
detailer |
DETAILER, n. One who details. |
15606
|
detailing |
DETAILING, ppr. 1. Relating minutely; telling the particulars.2. Selecting from the rosters. |
15607
|
detainder |
DETAINDER, n. A writ. [See Detinue.] |
15608
|
detained |
DETAINED, pp. Withheld; kept back; prevented from going or coming; held; restrained. |
15609
|
detainer |
DETAINER, n. 1. One who withholds what belongs to another; one who detains, stops or prevents from ... |
15610
|
detaing |
DETAING, v.t. [L., to hold. See Tenant.]1. To keep back or from; to withhold; to keep what belongs ... |
15611
|
detaining |
DETAINING, ppr. Withholding what belongs to another; holding back; restraining from going or ... |
15612
|
detainment |
DETAINMENT, n. The act of detaining; detention. |
15613
|
detect |
DETECT, v.t. [L., to cover.] Literally, to uncover; hence, to discover; to find out; to bring to ... |
15614
|
detected |
DETECTED, pp. Discovered; found out; laid open; brought to light. |
15615
|
detecter |
DETECTER, n. A discoverer; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal. |
15616
|
detecting |
DETECTING, ppr. Discovering; finding out. |
15617
|
detection |
DETECTION, n. The act of detecting; discovery of a person or thing attempted to be concealed; as ... |
15618
|
detenebrate |
DETENEBRATE, v.t. [L.] To remove darkness. [Not in use.] |
15619
|
detent |
DETENT, n. [L.] A stop in a clock, which by being lifted up or let down, locks and unlocks the ... |
15620
|
detention |
DETENTION, n. [See Detain.]1. The act of detaining; a withholding from another his right; a keeping ... |
15621
|
deter |
DETER, v.t. [L., to frighten.] 1. To discourage and stop by fear; to stop or prevent from acting or ... |
15622
|
deterge |
DETERGE, v.t. deterj. [L., to wipe or scour.] To cleanse; to purge away foul or offending matter, ... |
15623
|
deterged |
DETERGED, pp. Cleansed; purged. |
15624
|
detergent |
DETERGENT, a. Cleansing; purging.DETERGENT, n. A medicine that has the power of cleansing the ... |
15625
|
deterging |
DETERGING, ppr. Cleansing; carrying off obstructions or foul matter. |
15626
|
deteriorate |
DETERIORATE, v.i. [L.] To grow worse; to be impaired in quality to degenerate; opposed to ... |
15627
|
deteriorated |
DETERIORATED, pp. Made worse; impaired in quality. |
15628
|
deteriorating |
DETERIORATING, ppr. Becoming worse or inferior in quality. |
15629
|
deterioration |
DETERIORATION, n. A growing or making worse; the state of growing worse. |
15630
|
deteriority |
DETERIORITY, n. Worse sate or quality; as deteriority of diet. |
15631
|
determent |
DETERMENT, n. [See Deter.] The act of deterring; the cause of deterring; that which deters. |
15632
|
determinable |
DETERMINABLE, a. [See Determine.]1. That may be decided with certainty.2. That may end or be ... |
15633
|
determinate |
DETERMINATE, a. [L.]1. Limited; fixed; definite; as a determinate quantity of matter.2. ... |
15634
|
determinately |
DETERMINATELY, adv. 1. With certainty.The principles of religion are determinately true or false.2. ... |
15635
|
determinateness |
DETERMINATENESS, n. The state of being determinate, certain, or precise. |
15636
|
determination |
DETERMINATION, n. 1. The act of determining or deciding.2. Decision of a question in the mind; firm ... |
15637
|
determinative |
DETERMINATIVE, a. 1. That uncontrollably directs to a certain end.The determinative power of a just ... |
15638
|
determinator |
DETERMINATOR, n. One who determines. |
15639
|
determine |
DETERMINE, v.t. [L., to bound; a boundary or limit. Gr. See Term.]1. To end; particularly, to end ... |
15640
|
determined |
DETERMINED, pp. 1. Ended; concluded; decided; limited; fixed; settled; resolved; directed.2. a. ... |
15641
|
determining |
DETERMINING, ppr. Ending; deciding; fixing; settling; resolving; limiting; directing. |
15642
|
deterration |
DETERRATION, n. [L., de and terra, earth.] The uncovering of any thing which is buried or covered ... |
15643
|
deterred |
DETERRED, pp. [See Deter.] Discouraged or prevented from proceeding or acting, by fear, difficulty ... |
15644
|
deterring |
DETERRING, pp. 1. Discouraging or influencing not to proceed or act, by fear, difficulty, danger, ... |
15645
|
detersion |
DETERSION, n. [L. See Deterge.] The act of cleansing, as a sore. |
15646
|
detersive |
DETERSIVE, a. [See Deterge.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse from offending matter.DETERSIVE, n. ... |
15647
|
detest |
DETEST, v.t. [L., to affirm or bear witness. The primary sense of testor is to set, throw or ... |
15648
|
detestable |
DETESTABLE, a. Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.Thou hast defiled ... |
15649
|
detestableness |
DETESTABLENESS, n. Extreme hatefulness. |
15650
|
detestably |
DETESTABLY, adv. Very hatefully; abominably. |
15651
|
detestation |
DETESTATION, n. Extreme hatred; abhorrence; with of. The good man entertains uniformly a ... |
15652
|
detested |
DETESTED, pp. Hated extremely; abhorred. |
15653
|
detester |
DETESTER, n. One who abhors. |
15654
|
detesting |
DETESTING, ppr. Hating extremely; abhorring; abominating. |
15655
|
dethrone |
DETHRONE, v.t. [L.] 1. To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of royal authority ... |
15656
|
dethroned |
DETHRONED, pp. Removed from a throne; deposed. |
15657
|
dethronement |
DETHRONEMENT, n. Removal from a throne; deposition of a king, emperor or prince. |
15658
|
dethroner |
DETHRONER, n. One who dethrones. |
15659
|
dethroning |
DETHRONING, ppr. Driving from a throne; depriving of regal power. |
15660
|
detinue |
DETINUE, n. In law, a writ of detinue is one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or ... |
15661
|
detonate |
DETONATE, v.t. [L., to thunder.] In chemistry, to cause to explode; to burn or inflame with a ... |
15662
|
detonated |
DETONATED, pp. Exploded; burnt with explosion. |
15663
|
detonating |
DETONATING, ppr. Exploding; inflaming with a sudden report. |
15664
|
detonation |
DETONATION, n. An explosion or sudden report made by the inflammation of certain combustible ... |
15665
|
detonization |
DETONIZATION, n. The acct of exploding, as certain combustible bodies. |
15666
|
detonize |
DETONIZE, v.t [See Detonate.] To cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to calcine with ... |
15667
|
detonized |
DETONIZED, pp. Exploded, as a combustible body. |
15668
|
detonizing |
DETONIZING, ppr. Exploding with a sudden report. |
15669
|
detorsion |
DETORSION, n. A turning or wresting; perversion. |
15670
|
detort |
DETORT, v.t. [L., to twist.] To twist; to wrest; to pervert; to turn from the original or plain ... |
15671
|
detorted |
DETORTED, pp. Twisted; wrested; perverted. |
15672
|
detorting |
DETORTING, ppr. Wresting; perverting. |
15673
|
detour |
DETOUR, n. A turning; a circuitous way. |
15674
|
detract |
DETRACT, v.t. [L., to draw. See Draw and Drag.]1. Literally, to draw from. Hence, to take away from ... |
15675
|
detraction |
DETRACTION, n. [L.] The act of taking something from the reputation or worth of another, with the ... |
15676
|
detractious |
DETRACTIOUS, a. Containing detraction; lessening reputation. [Not in use.] |
15677
|
detractive |
DETRACTIVE, a. Having the quality or tendency to lessen the worth or estimation. |
15678
|
detractor |
DETRACTOR, n. One who takes away or impairs the reputation of another injuriously; one who attempts ... |
15679
|
detractory |
DETRACTORY, a. Derogatory; defamatory by denial of desert; with from. |
15680
|
detractress |
DETRACTRESS, n. A female detractor; a censorious woman. |
15681
|
detrect |
DETRECT, v.t. [L.] To refuse. [Not in use.] |
15682
|
detriment |
DETRIMENT, n. [L., worn off.] Loss; damage; injury; mischief; harm; diminution. We speak of ... |
15683
|
detrimental |
DETRIMENTAL, a. Injurious; hurtful; causing loss or damage.A spirit of speculation may be ... |
15684
|
detrition |
DETRITION, n. [L.] A wearing off. |
15685
|
detritus |
DETRITUS, n. [L., worn; to wear.] In geology, a mass of substances worn off or detached from solid ... |
15686
|
detrude |
DETRUDE, v.t. [L., to thrust.] To thrust down; to push down with force. |
15687
|
detruded |
DETRUDED, pp. Thrust or forced down. |
15688
|
detruding |
DETRUDING, ppr. Thrusting or forcing down. |
15689
|
detruncate |
DETRUNCATE, v.t. [L., to cut shorter; cut short. See Trench.] To cut off; to lop; to shorten by ... |
15690
|
detruncation |
DETRUNCATION, n. The act of cutting off. |
15691
|
detrusion |
DETRUSION, n. s as z. [See Detrude.] The act of thrusting or driving down. |
15692
|
deturpate |
DETURPATE, v.t. [L.] To defile. [Little used.] |
15693
|
deuce |
DEUCE, n. Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots; a term used in gaming.DEUCE, n. A ... |
15694
|
deuterogamist |
DEUTEROGAMIST, n. [infra.] One who marries the second time. |
15695
|
deuterogamy |
DEUTEROGAMY, n. [Gr., second; marriage.] A second marriage after the death of the first husband or ... |
15696
|
deuteronomy |
DEUTERONOMY, n. [Gr., second; law.] The second law, or second giving of the law by Moses; the name ... |
15697
|
deutoxyd |
DEUTOXYD, n. [Gr., second; strictly.] In chemistry, a substance oxydized in the second degree. |
15698
|
devaporation |
DEVAPORATION, n. [L.] The change of vapor into water, as in the generation of rain. |
15699
|
devast |
DEVAST, v.t. [L.] To lay waste; to plunder. [Not in use.] |
15700
|
devastate |
DEVASTATE, v.t. [L., to waste. See Waste.] To lay waste; to waste; to ravage; to desolate; to ... |
15701
|
devastated |
DEVASTATED, pp. Laid waste; ravaged. |
15702
|
devastating |
DEVASTATING, ppr. Laying waste; desolating. |
15703
|
devastation |
DEVASTATION, n. [L.] 1. Waste; ravage; desolation; destruction of works of art and natural ... |
15704
|
develop |
DEVELOP, v.t. 1. To uncover; to unfold; to lay open; to disclose or make known something concealed ... |
15705
|
developed |
DEVELOPED, pp. Unfolded; laid open; unraveled. |
15706
|
development |
DEVELOPMENT, n. 1. An unfolding; the discovering of something secret or withheld from the knowledge ... |
15707
|
devest |
DEVEST, v.t. [L., a vest, a garment. Generally written divest.]1. To strip; to deprive of clothing ... |
15708
|
devested |
DEVESTED, pp. Stripped of clothes; deprived; freed from; alienated or lost, as title. |
15709
|
devesting |
DEVESTING, ppr. Stripping of clothes; depriving; freeing from ; alienating. |
15710
|
devex |
DEVEX, a. [L.] Bending down. [Not in use.] |
15711
|
devexity |
DEVEXITY, n. [L., to carry.] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward. |
15712
|
deviate |
DEVIATE, v.i. [L., way.]1. To turn aside or wander from the common or right way, course or line, ... |
15713
|
deviation |
DEVIATION, n. 1. A wandering or turning aside from the right way, course or line.2. Variation from ... |
15714
|
device |
DEVICE, n. [L.]1. That which is formed by design, or invented; scheme; artificial contrivance; ... |
15715
|
deviceful |
DEVICEFUL, a. Full of devices; inventive. |
15716
|
devicefully |
DEVICEFULLY, adv. In a manner curiously contrived. |
15717
|
devil |
DEVIL, n. Devl. [L., to calumniate.]1. In the Christian theology, an evil spirit or being; a fallen ... |
15718
|
deviling |
DEVILING, n. A young devil. [Not in use.] |
15719
|
devilish |
DEVILISH, a. 1. Partaking of the qualities of the devil; diabolical; very evil and mischievous; ... |
15720
|
devilishly |
DEVILISHLY, adv. 1. In a manner suiting the devil; diabolically; wickedly.2. Greatly; excessively; ... |
15721
|
devilishness |
DEVILISHNESS, n. The qualities of the devil. |
15722
|
devilism |
DEVILISM, n. The state of devils. [Not used.] |
15723
|
devilize |
DEVILIZE, v.t. To place among devils. [Not used.] |
15724
|
devilkin |
DEVILKIN, n. A little devil. |
15725
|
devilship |
DEVILSHIP, n. The character of a devil. |
15726
|
devious |
DEVIOUS, a. [L., way.]1. Out of the common way or track; as a devious course.2. Wandering; roving; ... |
15727
|
devirginate |
DEVIRGINATE, v.t. [Low L.] To deflour. |
15728
|
devisable |
DEVISABLE, a. s as z. [See the Verb.]1. That may be bequeathed or given by will.2. That can be ... |
15729
|
devise |
DEVISE, v.t. s as z. [L.] 1. To invent; to contrive; to form in the mind by new combinations of ... |
15730
|
devised |
DEVISED, pp. Given by will; bequeathed; contrived. |
15731
|
devisee |
DEVISEE, n. The person to whom a devise is made; one to whom real estate is bequeathed. |
15732
|
deviser |
DEVISER, n. One who contrives or invents; a contriver; an inventor. |
15733
|
devising |
DEVISING, ppr. 1. Contriving; inventing; forming a scheme or plan.2. Giving by will; bequeathing. |
15734
|
devisor |
DEVISOR, n. One who gives by will; one who bequeaths lands or tenements. |
15735
|
devitable |
DEVITABLE, a. Avoidable. [Not in use.] |
15736
|
devitation |
DEVITATION, n. An escaping. [Not in use.] |
15737
|
devocation |
DEVOCATION, n. [L.] A calling away; seduction. [Not in use.] |
15738
|
devoid |
DEVOID, a. [See Void.]1. Void; empty; vacant; applied to place.2. Destitute; not possessing; as ... |
15739
|
devoir |
DEVOIR, n. [L., to owe.] Primarily, service or duty. Hence, an act of civility or respect; ... |
15740
|
devolution |
DEVOLUTION, n. [L.]1. The act of rolling down; as the devolution of earth into a valley.2. Removal ... |
15741
|
devolve |
DEVOLVE, v.t. devolv. [L., to roll.]1. To roll down; to pour or flow with windings.Through splendid ... |
15742
|
devolved |
DEVOLVED, pp. Rolled down; passed over to another. |
15743
|
devolving |
DEVOLVING, ppr. Rolling down; falling to a successor. |
15744
|
devotary |
DEVOTARY, n. A votary. [Not in use.] |
15745
|
devote |
DEVOTE, v.t. [L., to vow.]1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart ro dedicate by a solemn act; to ... |
15746
|
devoted |
DEVOTED, pp. Appropriated by vow; solemnly set apart or dedicated; consecrated; addicted; given up; ... |
15747
|
devotedness |
DEVOTEDNESS, n. The state of being devoted or given; addictedness; as devotedness to religion. |
15748
|
devotee |
DEVOTEE, n. One who is wholly devoted; particularly, one given wholly to religion; one who is ... |
15749
|
devotement |
DEVOTEMENT, n. 1. Devotedness; devotion.2. Vowed dedication. |
15750
|
devoter |
DEVOTER, n. One that devotes; also, a worshiper. |
15751
|
devoting |
DEVOTING, ppr. Giving or appropriating by vow; solemnly setting apart or dedicating; consecrating; ... |
15752
|
devotion |
DEVOTION, n. 1. The state of being dedicated, consecrated, or solemnly set apart for a particular ... |
15753
|
devotional |
DEVOTIONAL, a. 1. Pertaining to devotion; used in devotion; as a devotional posture; devotional ... |
15754
|
devotionalist |
DEVOTIONALIST, DEVOTIONIST, n. A person given to devotion; or one superstitiously or formally ... |
15755
|
devotionist |
DEVOTIONALIST, DEVOTIONIST, n. A person given to devotion; or one superstitiously or formally ... |
15756
|
devoto |
DEVOTO, n. A devotee. [Not in use.] |
15757
|
devotor |
DEVOTOR, n. One who reverences or worships. |
15758
|
devour |
DEVOUR, v.t. [L., to eat.] 1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of ... |
15759
|
devoured |
DEVOURED, pp. Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain. |
15760
|
devourer |
DEVOURER, n. One who devours; he or that which eats, consumes or destroys; he that preys on. |
15761
|
devouring |
DEVOURING, ppr. Eating greedily; consuming; wasting; destroying; annihilating. |
15762
|
devouringly |
DEVOURINGLY, adv. In a devouring manner. |
15763
|
devout |
DEVOUT, a. [L. See Devote.]1. Yielding a solemn and reverential attention to God in religious ... |
15764
|
devoutless |
DEVOUTLESS, a. Destitute of devotion. |
15765
|
devoutlessness |
DEVOUTLESSNESS, n. Want of devotion. |
15766
|
devoutly |
DEVOUTLY, adv. 1. With solemn attention and reverence to God; with ardent devotion.He was devoutly ... |
15767
|
devoutness |
DEVOUTNESS, n. The quality or state of being devout. |
15768
|
devow |
DEVOW, v.t. To give up. [Not in use.] |
15769
|
dew |
DEW, n. [G. To thaw.] The water or moisture collected or deposited on or near the surface of the ... |
15770
|
dew-berry |
DEW-BERRY, n. The fruit of a species of brier or bramble, that creeps along the ground, of the ... |
15771
|
dew-bespangled |
DEW-BESPANGLED, a. Spangled with dew-drops. |
15772
|
dew-besprent |
DEW-BESPRENT, a. Sprinkled with dew. |
15773
|
dew-besprinkled |
DEW-BESPRINKLED, a. Sprinkled with dew. |
15774
|
dew-drop |
DEW-DROP, n. A drop of dew, which sparkles at sunrise; a spangle of dew. |
15775
|
dew-dropping |
DEW-DROPPING, a. Wetting as with dew. |
15776
|
dew-impearled |
DEW-IMPEARLED, a. [See Pearl.] Covered with dew-drops, like pearls. |
15777
|
dew-lap |
DEW-LAP, n. [dew and lap, to lick.]1. The flesh that hangs from the throat of oxen, which laps or ... |
15778
|
dew-lapt |
DEW-LAPT, a. Furnished with a dew-lap. |
15779
|
dew-worm |
DEW-WORM, n. A worm, called otherwise earth-worm, a species of Lumbricus, which lives just under ... |
15780
|
dewbent |
DEWBENT, a. Bent by the dew. |
15781
|
dewed |
DEWED, pp. Moistened with dew. |
15782
|
dewing |
DEWING, ppr. Wetting or moistening the dew. |
15783
|
dewy |
DEWY, a. 1. Partaking of dew; like dew; as dewy mist.2. Moist with dew; as dewy fields.His dewy ... |
15784
|
dexter |
DEXTER, a. [L., Gr.] Right, as opposed to left; a term used in heraldry, to denote the right side ... |
15785
|
dexterity |
DEXTERITY, n. [L., right, fit, prompt.]1. Readiness of limbs; adroitness; activity; expertness; ... |
15786
|
dextral |
DEXTRAL, a. Right, as opposed to left. |
15787
|
dextrality |
DEXTRALITY, n. The state of being on the right side. |
15788
|
dextrorsal |
DEXTRORSAL, a. Rising from right to left, as a spiral line or helix. |
15789
|
dextrous |
DEXTROUS, a. 1. Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active in manual ... |
15790
|
dextrously |
DEXTROUSLY, adv. With dexterity; expertly; skillfully; artfully; adroitly; promptly. |
15791
|
dextrousness |
DEXTROUSNESS, n. Dexterity; adroitness. |
15792
|
dey |
DEY, n. The title of the governor or sovereign of Algiers, under the protection of the Grand ... |
15793
|
di |
DI, a prefix, a contraction of dis, denotes from, separation or negation, or two. |
15794
|
dia |
DIA, Greek, a prefix, denotes through. |
15795
|
diabase |
DIABASE, n. Another name of greenstone. |
15796
|
diabaterial |
DIABATERIAL, a. [Gr.] Border-passing. |
15797
|
diabetes |
DIABETES, n. [Gr., to pass through; to go or pass.] A long continued increased quantity of urine; ... |
15798
|
diabetic |
DIABETIC, a. Pertaining to diabetes. |
15799
|
diabolic |
DIABOLIC, DIABOLICAL, a. [L., the devil.] Devilish; pertaining to the devil; hence, extremely ... |
15800
|
diabolical |
DIABOLIC, DIABOLICAL, a. [L., the devil.] Devilish; pertaining to the devil; hence, extremely ... |
15801
|
diabolically |
DIABOLICALLY, adv. In a diabolical manner; very wickedly; nefariously. |
15802
|
diabolicalness |
DIABOLICALNESS, n. The qualities of the devil. |
15803
|
diabolism |
DIABOLISM, n. 1. The actions of the devil.2. Possession by the devil. |
15804
|
diacaustic |
DIACAUSTIC, a. [G., to burn or inflame.] Belonging to curves formed by refraction. |
15805
|
diachylon |
DIACHYLON, n. [Gr.] An emollient plaster. |
15806
|
diaconal |
DIACONAL, a. [L.] Pertaining to a deacon. |
15807
|
diacoustic |
DIACOUSTIC, a. [Gr., to hear.] Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds. |
15808
|
diacoustics |
DIACOUSTICS, n. The science or doctrine of refracted sounds; the consideration of the properties of ... |
15809
|
diacritical |
DIACRITICAL, a. [Gr., to separate.] That separates or distinguishes; distinctive; as a diacritical ... |
15810
|
diadelph |
DIADELPH, n. [Gr., twice; a brother.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are united into two bodies ... |
15811
|
diadelphian |
DIADELPHIAN, a. Having its stamens united into two bodies by their filaments. |
15812
|
diadem |
DIADEM, n. [Gr., to gird; to bind. L.]1. Anciently, a head-band or fillet worn by kings as a badge ... |
15813
|
diademed |
DIADEMED, a. Adorned with a diadem; crowned; ornamented. |
15814
|
diadrom |
DIADROM, n. [Gr., a running about; to run.] A course or passing; a vibration; the time in which the ... |
15815
|
diagnostic |
DIAGNOSTIC, a. [Gr., to know.] Distinguishing; characteristic; indicating the nature of a ... |
15816
|
diagonal |
DIAGONAL, a. [Gr. A corner.] 1. In geometry, extending from one angle to another of a quadrilateral ... |
15817
|
diagonally |
DIAGONALLY, adv. In a diagonal direction. |
15818
|
diagram |
DIAGRAM, n. [Gr., to write.] In geometry, a figure, draught or scheme delineated for the purpose of ... |
15819
|
diagraphic |
DIAGRAPHIC, DIAGRAPHICAL, a. [Gr., to describe.] Descriptive. |
15820
|
diagraphical |
DIAGRAPHIC, DIAGRAPHICAL, a. [Gr., to describe.] Descriptive. |
15821
|
dial |
DIAL, n. An instrument for measuring time, by the aid of the sun; being a plate or plain surface, ... |
15822
|
dial-plate |
DIAL-PLATE, n. The plate of a dial on which the lines are drawn, to show the hour or time of the ... |
15823
|
dialect |
DIALECT, n. [Gr.]1. The form or idiom of a language, peculiar to a province, or to a kingdom or ... |
15824
|
dialectical |
DIALECTICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a dialect, or dialects; not radical.2. Logical; argumental. |
15825
|
dialectically |
DIALECTICALLY, adv. In the manner of dialect. |
15826
|
dialectician |
DIALECTICIAN, n. A logician; a reasoner. |
15827
|
dialectics |
DIALECTICS, n. That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning. |
15828
|
dialing |
DIALING, n. The art of constructing dials, or of drawing dials on a plane. The sciateric science, ... |
15829
|
dialist |
DIALIST, n. A constructor of dials; one skilled in dialing. |
15830
|
diallage |
DIALLAGE, n. [Gr., difference, alluding to the difference of luster between its natural joints.] A ... |
15831
|
dialogism |
DIALOGISM, n. A feigned speech between two or more. |
15832
|
dialogist |
DIALOGIST, n. [See Dialogue.] A speaker in a dialogue; also, a writer of dialogues. |
15833
|
dialogistic |
DIALOGISTIC, a. Having the form of a dialogue. |
15834
|
dialogistically |
DIALOGISTICALLY, adv. In the manner of dialogue. |
15835
|
dialogize |
DIALOGIZE, v.i. [See Dialogue.] To discourse in dialogue. |
15836
|
dialogue |
DIALOGUE, n. Dialog. [Gr., to dispute; to speak.]1. A conversation or conference between two or ... |
15837
|
dialogue-writer |
DIALOGUE-WRITER, n. A writer of dialogues or feigned conversations. |
15838
|
dialysis |
DIALYSIS, n. [Gr., to dissolve.] 1. A mark in writing or printing, consisting of two points placed ... |
15839
|
diamantine |
DIAMANTINE, for adamantine. [Not in use.] |
15840
|
diameter |
DIAMETER, n. [Gr., measure through.]1. A right line passing through the center of a circle or other ... |
15841
|
diametral |
DIAMETRAL, a. Diametrical, which see. |
15842
|
diametrally |
DIAMETRALLY, adv. Diametrically. |
15843
|
diametrical |
DIAMETRICAL, a. 1. Describing a diameter.2. Observing the direction of a diameter; direct; as ... |
15844
|
diametrically |
DIAMETRICALLY, adv. In a diametrical direction; directly; as diametrically opposite. |
15845
|
diamond |
DIAMOND, n. Dimond. [L., Gr. See Adamant.]1. A mineral, gem or precious stone, of the most valuable ... |
15846
|
diamond-mine |
DIAMOND-MINE, n. A mine in which diamonds are found. |
15847
|
diamonded |
DIAMONDED, a. Having the figure of an oblique angled parallelogram, or rhombus. |
15848
|
diander |
DIANDER, n. [Gr., twice; a male.] In botany, a plant having two stamens. |
15849
|
diandrian |
DIANDRIAN, a. Having two stamens. |
15850
|
diapase |
DIAPASON, DIAPASE, n. [Gr., through all.] 1. In music, the octave or interval which includes all ... |
15851
|
diapasm |
DIAPASM, n. [Gr., to sprinkle.] A perfume. |
15852
|
diapason |
DIAPASON, DIAPASE, n. [Gr., through all.] 1. In music, the octave or interval which includes all ... |
15853
|
diapente |
DIAPENTE, n. [Gr., five.]1. A fifth; an interval making the second of the concords, and with the ... |
15854
|
diaper |
DIAPER, n. Figured linen cloth; a cloth wove in flowers or figures; much used for towels or ... |
15855
|
diaphaned |
DIAPHANED, a. Transparent. [Little used.] |
15856
|
diaphaneity |
DIAPHANEITY, n. [Gr., to shine through; to shine.] The power of transmitting light; transparency; ... |
15857
|
diaphanic |
DIAPHANIC, a. [Gr. See supra.] Having power to transmit light; transparent. |
15858
|
diaphanous |
DIAPHANOUS, a. [See supra.] Having power to transmit rays of light, as glass; pellucid; ... |
15859
|
diaphoresis |
DIAPHORESIS, n. [Gr., to carry through; to carry.] Augmented perspiration; or an elimination of the ... |
15860
|
diaphoretic |
DIAPHORETIC, a. [supra.] Having the power to increase perspiration; sudorific; ... |
15861
|
diaphragm |
DIAPHRAGM, n. Diafram. [Gr., to break off, to defend.]1. In anatomy, the midriff, a muscle ... |
15862
|
diaporesis |
DIAPORESIS, n. [Gr., to doubt.] In rhetoric, doubt; hesitation. |
15863
|
diaresis |
DIARESIS, DIARESY, n. [Gr., a division; to take away.] The dissolution of a diphthong; the mark ... |
15864
|
diaresy |
DIARESIS, DIARESY, n. [Gr., a division; to take away.] The dissolution of a diphthong; the mark ... |
15865
|
diarian |
DIARIAN, a. [See Diary.] Pertaining to a diary; daily. |
15866
|
diarist |
DIARIST, n. One who keeps a diary. |
15867
|
diarrhea |
DIARRHEA, n. [Gr., to flow through; to flow.] Purging or flux; a frequent and copious evacuation of ... |
15868
|
diarrhetic |
DIARRHETIC, a. Promoting evacuation by stool; purgative. |
15869
|
diary |
DIARY, n. [L., a day.] An account of daily events or transactions; a journal; a register of daily ... |
15870
|
diaschism |
DIASCHISM, n. [Gr., a piece cut off; to cut off.] In music, the difference between the comma and ... |
15871
|
diaspore |
DIASPORE, n. [Gr., to disperse.] A mineral occurring in lamellar concretions, of a pearly gray ... |
15872
|
diastaltic |
DIASTALTIC, a. [Gr., dilating.] Dilated; noble; bold; an epithet given by the Greeks to certain ... |
15873
|
diastem |
DIASTEM, n. [Gr.] In music, a simple interval. |
15874
|
diastole |
DIASTOLE, DIASTOLY, n. [Gr., to set or send from.]1. Among physicians, a dilation of the heart, ... |
15875
|
diastoly |
DIASTOLE, DIASTOLY, n. [Gr., to set or send from.]1. Among physicians, a dilation of the heart, ... |
15876
|
diastyle |
DIASTYLE, n. [Gr.] An edifice in which three diameters of the columns are allowed for ... |
15877
|
diatessaron |
DIATESSARON, n. [Gr., four.] Among musicians, a concord or harmonic interval, composed of a greater ... |
15878
|
diatonic |
DIATONIC, a. [Gr., by or through, sound.] Ascending or descending, as in sound, or from sound to ... |
15879
|
diatribe |
DIATRIBE, n. [Gr.] A continued discourse or disputation. |
15880
|
diazeutic |
DIAZEUTIC, a. [Gr., to disjoin.] A diazeutic tone, in ancient Greek music, disjoined two fourths, ... |
15881
|
dibble |
DIBBLE, n. [probably from the root of top, tip, a point, and denoting a little sharp point; or ... |
15882
|
dibstone |
DIBSTONE, n. A little stone which children throw at another stone. |
15883
|
dicacity |
DICACITY, n. [L.] Pertness. [Little used.] |
15884
|
dicast |
DICAST, n. [Gr., to judge; justice.] In ancient Greece, an officer answering nearly to our juryman. |
15885
|
dice |
DICE, n. plu. of die; also, a game with dice.DICE, v.i. To play with dice. |
15886
|
dice-box |
DICE-BOX, n. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. |
15887
|
dice-maker |
DICE-MAKER, n. A maker of dice. |
15888
|
dicer |
DICER, n. A player at dice. |
15889
|
dichotomize |
DICHOTOMIZE, v.t. [See the next word.] To cut into two parts; to divide into pairs. |
15890
|
dichotomous |
DICHOTOMOUS, a. [Gr., doubly, by pairs; to cut.] In botany, regularly dividing by pairs from top to ... |
15891
|
dichotomous-corymb |
DICHOTOMOUS-CORYMBED, a. Composed of corymbs, in which the pedicles divide and subdivide by pairs. |
15892
|
dichotomy |
DICHOTOMY, n. [Gr., a division into two parts; to cut.]1. Division or distribution of ideas by ... |
15893
|
dichroit |
DICHROIT, n. [See Iolite.] |
15894
|
dicing-house |
DICING-HOUSE, n. A house where dice is played; a gaming house. [Little used.] |
15895
|
dicker |
DICKER, n. [Gr., ten. L.] In old authors, the number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or ... |
15896
|
dicoccous |
DICOCCOUS, a. [Gr., L., a grain.] Two-grained; consisting of two cohering grains or cells, with one ... |
15897
|
dicotyledon |
DICOTYLEDON, n. [Gr., two; a cavity.] A plant whose seeds divide into two lobes in germinating. |
15898
|
dicotyledonous |
DICOTYLEDONOUS, a. Having two lobes. A dicotyledonous plant is one whose seeds have two lobes, and ... |
15899
|
dictate |
DICTATE, v.t. [L., to speak.]1. To tell with authority; to deliver, as an order, command, or ... |
15900
|
dictated |
DICTATED, pp. Delivered with authority; ordered; directed; suggested. |
15901
|
dictating |
DICTATING, ppr. Uttering or delivering with authority; instructing what to say or write; ordering; ... |
15902
|
dictation |
DICTATION, n. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing.It affords security against ... |
15903
|
dictator |
DICTATOR, n. [L.]1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of ... |
15904
|
dictatorial |
DICTATORIAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a dictator; absolute; unlimited; uncontrollable.2. Imperious; ... |
15905
|
dictatorship |
DICTATORSHIP, n. 1. The office of a dictator; the term of a dictators office.2. Authority; ... |
15906
|
dictatory |
DICTATORY, a. Overbearing; dogmatical. |
15907
|
dictature |
DICTATURE, n. 1. The office of a dictator; dictatorship.2. Absolute authority; the power that ... |
15908
|
diction |
DICTION, n. [L., to speak.] Expression of ideas by words; style; manner of expression. |
15909
|
dictionary |
dictionary, n. [L., a word, or a speaking.] A book containing the words of a language arranged in ... |
15910
|
did |
DID, pret of do, contracted from doed. I did, thou didst, he did; we did, you or ye did, they ... |
15911
|
didactic |
DIDACTIC, DIDACTICAL, a. [Gr., to teach.] Adapted to teach; preceptive; containing doctrines, ... |
15912
|
didactical |
DIDACTIC, DIDACTICAL, a. [Gr., to teach.] Adapted to teach; preceptive; containing doctrines, ... |
15913
|
didactically |
DIDACTICALLY, adv. In a didactic manner; in a form to teach. |
15914
|
didapper |
DIDAPPER, n. [from dip.] A bird that dives into the water, a species of Colymbus. |
15915
|
didascalic |
DIDASCALIC, a. [Gr., to teach.] Didactic; preceptive; giving precepts. [Little used.] |
15916
|
didder |
DIDDER, v.i. To totter, as a child in walking. |
15917
|
diddle |
DIDDLE, v.i. To totter, as a child in walking. |
15918
|
didecahedral |
DIDECAHEDRAL, a. [di and decahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a dodecahedral prism ... |
15919
|
didodecahedral |
DIDODECAHEDRAL, a. [di and dodecahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a dodecahedral ... |
15920
|
didrachma |
DIDRACHMA, n. [Gr.] A piece of money, the fourth of an ounce of silver. |
15921
|
diduction |
DIDUCTION, n. [L., to draw.] Separation by withdrawing one part from the other. |
15922
|
didynam |
DIDYNAM, n. [Gr., power.] In botany, a plant of four stamens, disposed in two pairs, one being ... |
15923
|
didynamian |
DIDYNAMIAN, a. Containing four stamens, disposed in pairs, one shorter than the other. |
15924
|
die |
DIE, v.i. [See Day.]1. To be deprived of respiration, of the circulation of blood, and other bodily ... |
15925
|
diecian |
DIECIAN, n. [Gr., two; house.] In botany, one of a class of plants, whose male and female flowers ... |
15926
|
dier |
DIER. [See Dyer.] |
15927
|
diesis |
DIESIS, n. [Gr., a division.] In music, the division of a tone, less than a semitone; or an ... |
15928
|
diet |
DIET, n. [L., Gr., manner of living, mode of life prescribe by a physician, food, a room, parlor or ... |
15929
|
diet-drink |
DIET-DRINK, n. Medicated liquors; drink prepared with medicinal ingredients. |
15930
|
dietary |
DIETARY, a. Pertaining to diet or the rules of diet. |
15931
|
dieted |
DIETED, pp. Fed; boarded; fed by prescribed rules. |
15932
|
dieter |
DIETER, n. One who diets; one who prescribes rules for eating; one who prepares food by rules. |
15933
|
dietetic |
DIETETIC, DIETETICAL, a. [Gr.] Pertaining to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and ... |
15934
|
dietetical |
DIETETIC, DIETETICAL, a. [Gr.] Pertaining to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and ... |
15935
|
dietine |
DIETINE, n. A subordinate or local diet; a cantonal convention. |
15936
|
dieting |
DIETING, n. A subordinate or local diet; a cantonal convention.DIETING, ppr. Taking food; ... |
15937
|
diffarreation |
DIFFARREATION, n. [L.] The parting of a cake; a ceremony among the Romans, at the divorce of man ... |
15938
|
differ |
DIFFER, v.i. [L., to bear or move apart. See Bear.]1. Literally, to be separate. Hence, to be ... |
15939
|
difference |
DIFFERENCE, n. 1. The state of being unlike or distinct; distinction; disagreement; want of ... |
15940
|
different |
DIFFERENT, a. 1. Distinct; separate; not the same; as, we belong to different churches or ... |
15941
|
differential |
DIFFERENTIAL, a. An epithet applied to an infinitely small quantity, so small as to be less than ... |
15942
|
differently |
DIFFERENTLY, adv. In a different manner; variously. Men are differently affected with the same ... |
15943
|
differing |
DIFFERING, ppr. Being unlike or distinct; disagreeing; contending. |
15944
|
difficile |
DIFFICILE, a. [L.] Difficult; hard; scrupulous. [Not used.] |
15945
|
difficileness |
DIFFICILENESS, n. Difficulty to be persuaded. [Not used.] |
15946
|
difficult |
DIFFICULT, a. [L., easy to be made or done; to make or do.]1. Hard to be made, done or performed; ... |
15947
|
difficulty |
DIFFICULTY, n. [L.]1. Hardness to be done or accomplished; the state of any thing which renders its ... |
15948
|
diffide |
DIFFIDE, v.i. [L., to trust.] To distrust; to have no confidence in. [Little used.] |
15949
|
diffidence |
DIFFIDENCE, n. [L., to trust. See Faith.]1. Distrust; want of confidence; any doubt of the power, ... |
15950
|
diffident |
DIFFIDENT, a. 1. Distrustful; wanting confidence; doubting of anothers power, disposition, ... |
15951
|
diffidently |
DIFFIDENTLY, adv. With distrust; in a distrusting manner; modestly. |
15952
|
diffluence |
DIFFLUENCE, DIFFLUENCY, n. [L.] A flowing or falling away on all sides. |
15953
|
diffluency |
DIFFLUENCE, DIFFLUENCY, n. [L.] A flowing or falling away on all sides. |
15954
|
diffluent |
DIFFLUENT, a. Flowing away on all sides; not fixed. |
15955
|
difform |
DIFFORM, a. [L.]1. Irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous; as a difform flower or corol, the ... |
15956
|
difformity |
DIFFORMITY, n. Irregularity of form; want of uniformity. |
15957
|
diffranchise |
DIFFRANCHISE, DIFFRANCHISEMENT, [See Disfranchise, which is the word in use.] |
15958
|
diffuse |
DIFFUSE, v.t. diffuze. [L., to pour, to spread.]1. To pour out and spread, as a fluid; to cause to ... |
15959
|
diffused |
DIFFUSED, pp. Diffuzed. 1. Spread; dispersed.2. Loose; flowing; wild. |
15960
|
diffusedly |
DIFFUSEDLY, adv. Diffuzedly. In a diffused manner; with wide dispersion. |
15961
|
diffusedness |
DIFFUSEDNESS, n. Diffuzedness. The state of being widely spread. |
15962
|
diffusely |
DIFFUSELY, adv. 1. Widely; extensively.2. Copiously; with many words; fully. |
15963
|
diffusibility |
DIFFUSIBILITY, n. Diffuzibility. The quality of being diffusible, or capable of being spread; as ... |
15964
|
diffusible |
DIFFUSIBLE, a. Diffuzible. That may flow or be spread in all directions; that may be dispersed; as ... |
15965
|
diffusibleness |
DIFFUSIBLENESS, n. S as z. Diffusibility. |
15966
|
diffusion |
DIFFUSION, n. S as z. 1. A spreading or flowing of a liquid substance or fluid, in a lateral as ... |
15967
|
diffusive |
DIFFUSIVE, a. Having the quality of diffusing, or spreading by flowing, as liquid substances or ... |
15968
|
diffusively |
DIFFUSIVELY, adv. Widely; extensively; every way. |
15969
|
diffusiveness |
DIFFUSIVENESS, n. 1. The power of diffusing, or state of being diffused; dispersion.2. Extension, ... |
15970
|
dig |
DIG, v.t. pret. Digger or dug; pp. Digged or dug. [G.]1. To open and break or turn up the earth ... |
15971
|
digamma |
DIGAMMA, n. [Gr., double gamma.] The name of F, most absurdly given to that letter, when first ... |
15972
|
digamy |
DIGAMY, n. Second marriage. [Not in use.] |
15973
|
digastric |
DIGASTRIC, a. [Gr., belly.] Having a double belly; an epithet given to a muscle of the lower jaw. |
15974
|
digerent |
DIGERENT, a. [L.] Digesting. [Not in use.] |
15975
|
digest |
DIGEST, n. [L., put in order.] 1. A collection or body of Roman laws, digested or arranged under ... |
15976
|
digested |
DIGESTED, pp. Reduced to method; arranged in due order; concocted or prepared in the stomach or by ... |
15977
|
digester |
DIGESTER, n. 1. He that digests or disposes in order.2. One who digests his food.3. A medicine or ... |
15978
|
digestibility |
DIGESTIBILITY, n. The quality of being digestible. |
15979
|
digestible |
DIGESTIBLE, a. Capable of being digested. |
15980
|
digesting |
DIGESTING, ppr. Arranging in due order, or under proper heads; dissolving and preparing for ... |
15981
|
digestion |
DIGESTION, n. [L.] 1. The conversion of food into chyme, or the process of dissolving aliment in ... |
15982
|
digestive |
DIGESTIVE, a. 1. Having the power to cause digestion in the stomach; as a digestive preparation or ... |
15983
|
digesture |
DIGESTURE, n. Concoction; digestion. [Little used.] |
15984
|
digged |
DIGGED, pret. and pp. of dig. |
15985
|
digger |
DIGGER, n. One who digs; one who opens, throws up and breaks the earth; one who opens a well, pit, ... |
15986
|
dight |
DIGHT, v.t. dite. [L.] To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. ... |
15987
|
digit |
DIGIT, n. [L., a finger, that is, a shoot; Gr.]1. The measure of a fingers breadth, or three ... |
15988
|
digital |
DIGITAL, a. [L.] Pertaining to the fingers, or to digits. |
15989
|
digitate |
DIGITATE, DIGITATED, a. In botany, a digitate leaf is one which branches into several distinct ... |
15990
|
digladiate |
DIGLADIATE, v.t. [L.] To fence; to quarrel. [Little used.] |
15991
|
digladiation |
DIGLADIATION, n. A combat with swords; a quarrel. |
15992
|
dignification |
DIGNIFICATION, n. [See Dignify.] The act of dignifying; exaltation; promotion. |
15993
|
dignified |
DIGNIFIED, pp. [See Dignify.]1. Exalted; honored; invested with dignity; as the dignified clergy.2. ... |
15994
|
dignify |
DIGNIFY, v.t. [L., worthy; to make.]1. To invest with honor or dignity; to exalt in rank; to ... |
15995
|
dignitary |
DIGNITARY, n. An ecclesiastic who holds a dignity, or a benefice which gives him some pre-eminence ... |
15996
|
dignity |
DIGNITY, n. [L., worthy.]1. True honor; nobleness or elevation of mind, consisting in a high sense ... |
15997
|
dignotion |
DIGNOTION, n. [L.] Distinguishing mark; distinction. [Not in use.] |
15998
|
digonous |
DIGONOUS, a. [Gr., an angle.] In botany, having two angles, as a stem. |
15999
|
digraph |
DIGRAPH, n. [Gr., to write.] A union of two vowels, of which one only is pronounced, as in head, ... |
16000
|
digress |
DIGRESS, v.i. [L., to step. See Grade.]1. Literally, to step or go from the way or road; hence, to ... |
16001
|
digressing |
DIGRESSING, ppr. Departing from the main subject. |
16002
|
digression |
DIGRESSION, n. [L.]1. The act of digressing; a departure from the main subject under consideration; ... |
16003
|
digressional |
DIGRESSIONAL, a. Pertaining to or consisting in digression; departing from the main purpose or ... |
16004
|
digressive |
DIGRESSIVE, a. Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression. |
16005
|
digressively |
DIGRESSIVELY, adv. By way of digression. |
16006
|
digyn |
DIGYN, n. [Gr., two; a female.] In botany, a plant having two pistils. |
16007
|
digynian |
DIGYNIAN, a. Having two pistils. |
16008
|
dihedral |
DIHEDRAL, a. [Gr., supra; a seat or face.] Having two sides, as a figure. |
16009
|
dihedron |
DIHEDRON, n. [Supra.] A figure with two sides or surfaces. |
16010
|
dihexahedral |
DIHEXAHEDRAL, a. [di and hexahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a hexahedral prism with ... |
16011
|
dijudicate |
DIJUDICATE, v.t. [L.] To judge or determine by censure. |
16012
|
dijudication |
DIJUDICATION, n. Judicial distinction. |
16013
|
dike |
DIKE, n. [G. See Dig. It is radically the same word as ditch, and this is its primary sense; but by ... |
16014
|
dilacerate |
DILACERATE, v.t. [L., to tear.] To tear; to rend asunder; to separate by force. |
16015
|
dilacerated |
DILACERATED, pp. Torn; rent asunder. |
16016
|
dilacerating |
DILACERATING, ppr. Tearing; rending in two. |
16017
|
dilaceration |
DILACERATION, n. The act of rending asunder; a tearing, or rending. [In lieu of these words, ... |
16018
|
dilaniate |
DILANIATE, v.t. [L., to rend in pieces.] To tear; to rend in pieces; to mangle. [Little used.] |
16019
|
dilaniation |
DILANIATION, n. A tearing in pieces. |
16020
|
dilapidate |
DILAPIDATE, v.i. [L., to stone; a stone. It seems originally to have signified to pull down ... |
16021
|
dilapidated |
DILAPIDATED, pp. Wasted; ruined; pulled down; suffered to go to ruin. |
16022
|
dilapidating |
DILAPIDATING, ppr. Wasting; pulling down; suffering to go to ruin. |
16023
|
dilapidation |
DILAPIDATION, n. 1. Ecclesiastical waste; a voluntary wasting or suffering to go to decay any ... |
16024
|
dilapidator |
DILAPIDATOR, n. One who causes dilapidation. |
16025
|
dilatability |
DILATABILITY, n. [See Dilate.] The quality of admitting expansion by the elastic force of the body ... |
16026
|
dilatable |
DILATABLE, a. Capable of expansion; possessing elasticity; elastic. A bladder is dilatable by the ... |
16027
|
dilatation |
DILATATION, n. The act of expanding; expansion; a spreading or extending in all directions; the ... |
16028
|
dilate |
DILATE, v.t. [L. See Delay.]1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; ... |
16029
|
dilated |
DILATED, pp. Expanded; distended; enlarge so as to occupy a greater space. |
16030
|
dilater |
DILATER, n. One who enlarges; that which expands. |
16031
|
dilating |
DILATING, ppr. Expanding; enlarging; speaking largely. |
16032
|
dilator |
DILATOR, n. That which widens or expands; a muscle that dilates. |
16033
|
dilatorily |
DILATORILY, adv. With delay; tardily. |
16034
|
dilatoriness |
DILATORINESS, n. [from dilatory.] The quality of being dilatory or late; lateness; slowness in ... |
16035
|
dilatory |
DILATORY, a. [L. See Delay and Dilate.]1. Literally, drawing out or extending in time; hence, slow; ... |
16036
|
dilection |
DILECTION, n. [L.] A loving. |
16037
|
dilemma |
DILEMMA, n. [Gr., a syllogism which strikes on each side; an assumption; to take.]1. In logic, an ... |
16038
|
dilettante |
DILETTANTE, n. One who delights in promoting science or the fine arts. |
16039
|
diligence |
DILIGENCE, n. [L., to love earnestly; to choose.]1. Steady application in business of any kind; ... |
16040
|
diligent |
DILIGENT, a. [L.] 1. Steady in application to business; constant in effort or exertion to ... |
16041
|
diligently |
DILIGENTLY, adv. With steady application and care; with industry or assiduity; not carelessly; not ... |
16042
|
dill |
DILL, n. [G.] An annual plant of the genus Anethum, the seeds of which are moderately warming, ... |
16043
|
dilucid |
DILUCID, a. [L.] Clear. [Not in use.] |
16044
|
dilucidate |
DILUCIDATE, v.t. To make clear. [Not in use. See Elucidate.] |
16045
|
diluent |
DILUENT, a. [L. See Dilute.]1. Making liquid or more fluid; making thin; attenuating.2. Weakening ... |
16046
|
dilute |
DILUTE, v.t. [L., to wash. See Deluge.]1. Literally, to wash; but appropriately, to render liquid, ... |
16047
|
diluted |
DILUTED, pp. Made liquid; rendered more fluid; weakened, made thin, as liquids. |
16048
|
diluter |
DILUTER, n. That which makes thin, or more liquid. |
16049
|
diluting |
DILUTING, ppr. Making thin or more liquid; weakening. |
16050
|
dilution |
DILUTION, n. The act of making thin, weak, or more liquid. Opposite to dilution is coagulation or ... |
16051
|
diluvial |
DILUVIAL, DILUVIAN, a. [L., a deluge. See Dilute.]1. Pertaining to a flood or deluge, more ... |
16052
|
diluvian |
DILUVIAL, DILUVIAN, a. [L., a deluge. See Dilute.]1. Pertaining to a flood or deluge, more ... |
16053
|
diluviate |
DILUVIATE, v.i. To run as a flood. [Not much used.] |
16054
|
diluvium |
DILUVIUM, n. [L.] In geology, a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, &c., caused by the ... |
16055
|
dim |
DIM, a. [See Damp.]1. Not seeing clearly; having the vision obscured and indistinct.When Isaac was ... |
16056
|
dim-sighted |
DIM-SIGHTED, a. Having dim or obscure vision. |
16057
|
dimble |
DIMBLE, n. A bower; a cell or retreat. [Not in use.] |
16058
|
dime |
DIME, n. A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. |
16059
|
dimension |
DIMENSION, n. [L., to measure; Gr. See Mete and Measure.] In geometry, the extent of a body, or ... |
16060
|
dimensionless |
DIMENSIONLESS, a. Without any definite measure or extent; boundless. |
16061
|
dimensity |
DIMENSITY, n. Extent; capacity. |
16062
|
dimensive |
DIMENSIVE, a. That marks the boundaries or outlines.Who can draw the souls dimensive lines? |
16063
|
dimeter |
DIMETER, a. [L.] Having two poetical measures.DIMETER, n. A verse of two measures. |
16064
|
dimiciliary |
DIMICILIARY, a. Pertaining to an abode, or the residence of a person or family. A domiciliary visit ... |
16065
|
dimidiate |
DIMIDIATE, v.t. [L.] To divide into two equal parts. |
16066
|
dimidiated |
DIMIDIATED, a. [L., middle.] Divided into two equal parts; halved. |
16067
|
dimidiation |
DIMIDIATION, n. The act of having; division into two equal parts. |
16068
|
diminish |
DIMINISH, v.t. [L., to lessen; less.]1. To lessen; to make less or smaller, by any means; opposed ... |
16069
|
diminishable |
DIMINISHABLE, a. Capable of being reduced in size or quantity. |
16070
|
diminished |
DIMINISHED, pp. Lessened; made smaller; reduced in size; contracted; degraded. |
16071
|
diminishing |
DIMINISHING, ppr. Lessening; contracting; degrading. |
16072
|
diminishingly |
DIMINISHINGLY, adv. In a manner to lessen reputation. |
16073
|
diminuent |
DIMINUENT, a. Lessening. [Little used.] |
16074
|
diminute |
DIMINUTE, a. Small. [Not in use.] |
16075
|
diminution |
DIMINUTION, n. [L.] 1. The act of lessening; a making smaller; opposed to augmentation; as the ... |
16076
|
diminutive |
DIMINUTIVE, a. Small; little; narrow; contracted; as a diminutive race of men or other animals; a ... |
16077
|
diminutively |
DIMINUTIVELY, adv. In a diminutive manner; in a manner to lessen; as, to speak diminutively of ... |
16078
|
diminutiveness |
DIMINUTIVENESS, n. Smallness; littleness; want of bulk; want of dignity. |
16079
|
dimish |
DIMISH, a. [from dim.] Somewhat dim, or obscure. |
16080
|
dimissory |
DIMISSORY, a. [L. See Dismiss.]1. Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction. A letter ... |
16081
|
dimit |
DIMIT, v.t. [L.] To permit to go; to grant to farm; to let. [Not in use.] |
16082
|
dimity |
DIMITY, n. A kind of white cotton cloth, ribbed or figured. |
16083
|
dimly |
DIMLY, adv. [See Dim.]1. In a dim or obscure manner; with imperfect sight.2. Not brightly, or ... |
16084
|
dimming |
DIMMING, ppr. Obscuring.DIMMING, n. Obscurity. |
16085
|
dimness |
DIMNESS, n. 1. Dullness of sight; as the dimness of the eyes.2. Obscurity of vision; imperfect ... |
16086
|
dimple |
DIMPLE, n. [G., to reel, to indent.] A small natural cavity or depression in the cheek or other ... |
16087
|
dimpled |
DIMPLED, a. Set with dimples; as a dimpled cheek. |
16088
|
dimply |
DIMPLY, a. Full of dimples, or small depressions; as the dimply flood. |
16089
|
din |
DIN, n. [L. This word probably belongs to the root of tone and thunder, and denotes a rumbling or ... |
16090
|
dine |
DINE, v.i. [L., to cease. Gr., to feast.] To eat the chief meal of the day. This meal seems ... |
16091
|
dinetical |
DINETICAL, a. [Gr.] Whirling round. [Not used.] |
16092
|
ding |
DING, v.t. pret. dung or dinged. To thrust or dash with violence. [Little used.]DING, v.i. To ... |
16093
|
ding-dong |
DING-DONG, Words used to express the sound of bells. |
16094
|
dinginess |
DINGINESS, n. [See Dingy.] A dusky or dark hue; brownness. |
16095
|
dingle |
DINGLE, n. A narrow dale or valley between hills. |
16096
|
dingle-dangle |
DINGLE-DANGLE. Hanging loosely, or something dangling. |
16097
|
dingy |
DINGY, a. Soiled; sullied; of a dark color; brown; dusky; dun. |
16098
|
dining |
DINING, ppr. Eating the principal meal in the day. |
16099
|
dining-room |
DINING-ROOM, n. A room for a family or for company to dine in; a room for entertainments. |
16100
|
dinner |
DINNER, n. [See Dine.]1. The meal taken about the middle of the day; or the principal meal of the ... |
16101
|
dinner-time |
DINNER-TIME, n.. The usual time of dining. |
16102
|
dint |
DINT, n. 1. A blow; a stroke.2. Force; violence; power exerted; as, to win by dint of arms, by dint ... |
16103
|
dinted |
DINTED, pp. Marked by a blow or by pressure; as deep-dinted furrows. |
16104
|
dinting |
DINTING, ppr. Impressing marks or cavities. |
16105
|
dinumeration |
DINUMERATION, n. The act of numbering singly. [Little used.] |
16106
|
diocesan |
DIOCESAN, a. [See Diocese. The accent on the first and on the third syllable is nearly equal. The ... |
16107
|
diocese |
DIOCESE, n. [Gr., administration, a province or jurisdiction; residence; to dwell; a house. Diocese ... |
16108
|
dioctahedral |
DIOCTAHEDRAL, a. [Dis and octahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of an octahedral prism ... |
16109
|
diodon |
DIODON, n. The sun-fish; a genus of fishes of a singular form, appearing like the fore part of the ... |
16110
|
diomede |
DIOMEDE, n. An aquatic fowl of the webfooted kind, about the size of a common domestic hen, but its ... |
16111
|
diopside |
DIOPSIDE, n. [Gr.] A rare mineral, regarded by Hauy as a variety of augite, and called by Jameson a ... |
16112
|
dioptase |
DIOPTASE, n. Emerald copper ore, a translucent mineral, occurring crystalized in six-sided prisms. |
16113
|
dioptric |
DIOPTRIC, DIOPTRICAL, a. [Gr., to see through; to see.]1. Affording a medium for the sight; ... |
16114
|
dioptrical |
DIOPTRIC, DIOPTRICAL, a. [Gr., to see through; to see.]1. Affording a medium for the sight; ... |
16115
|
dioptrics |
DIOPTRICS, n. That part of optics which treats of the refractions of light passing through ... |
16116
|
diorism |
DIORISM, n. [Gr.] Definition. [Rarely used.] |
16117
|
dioristic |
DIORISTIC, a. Distinguishing; defining. [Rarely used.] |
16118
|
dioristically |
DIORISTICALLY, adv. In a distinguishing manner. [Rarely used.] |
16119
|
dip |
DIP, v.t. pret. and pp. dipped or dipt. [G.]1. To plunge or immerse, for a moment or short time, in ... |
16120
|
dip-chick |
DIP-CHICK, n. A small bird that dives. |
16121
|
dipetalous |
DIPETALOUS, a. [Gr., a leaf or petal.] Having two flower-leaves or petals; two-petaled. |
16122
|
diph-thong |
DIPH-THONG, n. [Gr., sound; L.] A coalition or union of two vowels pronounced in one syllable. In ... |
16123
|
diphthongal |
DIPHTHONGAL, a. Belonging to a diphthong; consisting of two vowel sounds pronounced in one ... |
16124
|
diphyllous |
DIPHYLLOUS, a. [Gr., a leaf.] In botany, having two leaves, as a calyx, &c. |
16125
|
diploe |
DIPLOE, n. [Gr., double.] The soft meditullium, medullary substance, or porous part, between the ... |
16126
|
diploma |
DIPLOMA, n. [Gr., to double or fold. Anciently, a letter or other composition written on paper or ... |
16127
|
diplomacy |
DIPLOMACY, n. [This word, like supremacy, retains the accent of its original.]1. The customs, rules ... |
16128
|
diplomated |
DIPLOMATED, a. Made by diplomas. |
16129
|
diplomatic |
DIPLOMATIC, a. 1. Pertaining to diplomas; privileged.2. Furnished with a diploma; authorized by ... |
16130
|
diplomatics |
DIPLOMATICS, n. The science of diplomas, or of ancient writings, literary and public documents, ... |
16131
|
dipper |
DIPPER, n. 1. One that dips; he or that which dips.2. A vessel used to dip water or other liquor; a ... |
16132
|
dipping |
DIPPING, ppr. 1. Plunging or immersing into a liquid and speedily withdrawing, as to ascertain the ... |
16133
|
dipping-needle |
DIPPING-NEEDLE, n. A needle that dips; a magnetic needle which dips or inclines to the earth; an ... |
16134
|
diprismatic |
DIPRISMATIC, a. [di and prismatic.] Doubly prismatic. |
16135
|
dipsas |
DIPSAS, n. [gr., dry, thirsty; to thirst.] A serpent whose bite produces a mortal thirst. See ... |
16136
|
dipter |
DIPTER, DIPTERA, n. [Gr., a wing.] The dipters are an order of insects having only two wings, and ... |
16137
|
diptera |
DIPTER, DIPTERA, n. [Gr., a wing.] The dipters are an order of insects having only two wings, and ... |
16138
|
dipteral |
DIPTERAL, a. Having two wings only. |
16139
|
diptote |
DIPTOTE, n. [Gr., to fall.] In grammar, a noun which has only two cases; as, suppetiae, supetias. |
16140
|
diptych |
DIPTYCH, n. [Gr., to fold.] A public register of the names of consuls and other magistrates among ... |
16141
|
dipyre |
DIPYRE, n. A mineral occurring in minute prisms, either single or adhering to each other in ... |
16142
|
dire |
DIRE, a. [L.] Dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; evil in a great degree.Dire was the tossing, ... |
16143
|
direct |
DIRECT, a. [L., to make straight. See Right.]1. Straight; right; as, to pass in a direct line from ... |
16144
|
directed |
DIRECTED, pp. Aimed; pointed; guided; regulated; governed; ordered; instructed. |
16145
|
directer |
DIRECTER, n. A director, which see. |
16146
|
directing |
DIRECTING, ppr. Aiming; pointing; guiding; regulating; governing; ordering. |
16147
|
direction |
DIRECTION, n. [L.]1. Aim at a certain point; a pointing towards, in a straight line or course; as, ... |
16148
|
directive |
DIRECTIVE, a. 1. Having the power of direction; as a directive rule. 2. Informing; instructing; ... |
16149
|
directly |
DIRECTLY, adv. 1. In a straight lin or course; rectilineally; not in a winding course. Aim directly ... |
16150
|
directness |
DIRECTNESS, n. Straightness; a straight course; nearness of way. |
16151
|
director |
DIRECTOR, n. 1. One who directs; one who superintends, governs or manages; one who prescribes to ... |
16152
|
directorial |
DIRECTORIAL, a. Pertaining to directors or direction; containing direction or command. |
16153
|
directory |
DIRECTORY, a. Containing directions; enjoining; instructing.DIRECTORY, n. 1. A guide; a rule to ... |
16154
|
directress |
DIRECTRESS, n. A female who directs or manages. |
16155
|
directrix |
DIRECTRIX, n. A female who governs or directs. |
16156
|
direful |
DIREFUL, a. [See Dire.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; as direful fiend; a direful ... |
16157
|
direfully |
DIREFULLY, adv. Dreadfully; terribly; woefully. |
16158
|
diremption |
DIREMPTION, n. [L.] A separation. |
16159
|
direness |
DIRENESS, n. Terribleness; horror; dismalness. |
16160
|
direption |
DIREPTION, n. [L.] The act of plundering. |
16161
|
dirge |
DIRGE, n. Durj. [L., a word used in the funeral service.] A song or tune intended to express grief, ... |
16162
|
dirigent |
DIRIGENT, DIRECTRIX, n. [See Direct.] In geometry, the line of motion along which the describent ... |
16163
|
dirk |
DIRK, n. Durk. A kind of dagger or poniard.DIRK, a. Durk. Dark.DIRK, v.t. durk.1. To darken.2. To ... |
16164
|
dirt |
DIRT, n durt.1. Any foul or filthy substance; excrement; earth; mud; mire; dust; whatever adhering ... |
16165
|
dirtily |
DIRTILY, adv. Durtily. [from dirty.]1. In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily.2. Meanly; ... |
16166
|
dirtiness |
DIRTINESS, n. Durtiness.1. Filthiness; foulness; nastiness.2. Meanness; baseness; sordidness. |
16167
|
dirty |
DIRTY, a. Durty.1. Foul; nasty; filthy; not clean; as dirty hands.2. Not clean; not pure; turbid; ... |
16168
|
diruption |
DIRUPTION, n. [L., to burst.] A bursting or rending asunder. [See Disruption.] |
16169
|
dis |
DIS, a prefix or inseparable preposition, from the Latin, whence Fr. Des, Sp. Dis, and de may in ... |
16170
|
disability |
DISABILITY, n. [from disable.]1. Want of competent natural or bodily power, strength or ability; ... |
16171
|
disable |
DISABLE, v.t. [dis and able.] 1. To render unable; to deprive of competent natural strength or ... |
16172
|
disabled |
DISABLED, pp. Deprived of competent power, corporeal or intellectual; rendered incapable; deprived ... |
16173
|
disablement |
DISABLEMENT, n. Weakness; disability; legal impediment. |
16174
|
disabling |
DISABLING, ppr. Rendering unable or incapable; depriving of adequate power or capacity, or of legal ... |
16175
|
disabuse |
DISABUSE, v.t. disabuze. [See Abuse.] To free from mistake; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy ... |
16176
|
disabused |
DISABUSED, pp. Disabuzed. Undeceived. |
16177
|
disabusing |
DISABUSING, ppr. Disabuzing. Undeceiving. |
16178
|
disaccommodate |
DISACCOMMODATE, v.t. [dis and accommodate.] To put to inconvenience. |
16179
|
disaccommodation |
DISACCOMMODATION, n. [dis and accommodation.] A state of being unaccommodated; a state of being ... |
16180
|
disaccord |
DISACCORD, v.i. [dis and accord.] To refuse assent. [Not used.] |
16181
|
disaccustom |
DISACCUSTOM, v.t. [dis and accustom.] To neglect familiar or customary practice; to destroy the ... |
16182
|
disaccustomed |
DISACCUSTOMED, pp. Disused; having neglected practice or familiar use. |
16183
|
disacknowledge |
DISACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. [dis and acknowledge.] To deny; to disown. |
16184
|
disacknowledged |
DISACKNOWLEDGED, pp. Denied; disowned. |
16185
|
disacknowledging |
DISACKNOWLEDGING, ppr. Denying; disowning. |
16186
|
disacquaint |
DISACQUAINT, v.t. [See Acquaint.] To dissolve acquaintance. [Little used.] |
16187
|
disacquaintance |
DISACQUAINTANCE, n. Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar knowledge of. |
16188
|
disadorn |
DISADORN, v.t. To deprive of ornaments. |
16189
|
disadvance |
DISADVANCE, v.t. or I. To check; to halt. [Not in use.] |
16190
|
disadvantage |
DISADVANTAGE, n. 1. That which prevents success, or renders it difficult; a state not favorable to ... |
16191
|
disadvantageable |
DISADVANTAGEABLE, a. Not advantageous. [Not in use.] |
16192
|
disadvantageous |
DISADVANTAGEOUS, a. Unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; not adapted to promote ... |
16193
|
disadvantageously |
DISADVANTAGEOUSLY, adv. In a manner not favorable to success, or to interest, profit or reputation; ... |
16194
|
disadvantageousnes |
DISADVANTAGEOUSNESS, n. Unfavorableness to success; inconvenience; loss. |
16195
|
disadventure |
DISADVENTURE, n. Misfortune. [Not used.] |
16196
|
disadventurous |
DISADVENTUROUS, a. Unprosperous. [Not used.] |
16197
|
disaffect |
DISAFFECT, v.t. [dis and affect.] 1. To alienate affection; to make less friendly to; to make less ... |
16198
|
disaffected |
DISAFFECTED, pp. or a. Having the affections alienated; indisposed to favor or support; unfriendly; ... |
16199
|
disaffectedly |
DISAFFECTEDLY, adv. In a disaffected manner. |
16200
|
disaffectedness |
DISAFFECTEDNESS, n. The quality of being disaffected. |
16201
|
disaffecting |
DISAFFECTING, ppr. Alienating the affections; making less friendly. |
16202
|
disaffection |
DISAFFECTION, n. 1. Alienation of affection, attachment or good will; want of affection; or more ... |
16203
|
disaffectionate |
DISAFFECTIONATE, a. Not well disposed; not friendly. |
16204
|
disaffirm |
DISAFFIRM, v.t. disafferm. [dis and affirm.] 1. To deny; to contradict.2. To overthrow or annul, as ... |
16205
|
disaffirmance |
DISAFFIRMANCE, n. 1. Denial; negation; disproof; confutation.2. Overthrow or annulment, by the ... |
16206
|
disaffirmed |
DISAFFIRMED, pp. Denied; contradicted; overthrown. |
16207
|
disaffirming |
DISAFFIRMING, ppr. Denying; contradicting; annulling. |
16208
|
disafforest |
DISAFFOREST, v.t. [dis and afforest.] To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of ... |
16209
|
disafforested |
DISAFFORESTED, pp. Stripped of forest privileges. |
16210
|
disafforesting |
DISAFFORESTING, ppr. Depriving of forest privileges. |
16211
|
disaggregate |
DISAGGREGATE, v.t. [dis and aggregate.] To separate an aggregate mass into its component parts. |
16212
|
disaggregated |
DISAGGREGATED, pp. Separated, as an aggregate mass. |
16213
|
disaggregating |
DISAGGREGATING, ppr. Separating, as the parts of an aggregate body. |
16214
|
disaggregation |
DISAGGREGATION, n. The act or operation of separating an aggregate body into its component parts. |
16215
|
disagree |
DISAGREE, v.i. [dis and agree.]= 1. To differ; to be not accordant or coincident; to be not the ... |
16216
|
disagreeable |
DISAGREEABLE, a. 1. Contrary; unsuitable; not conformable; not congruous. [Little used.]This ... |
16217
|
disagreeableness |
DISAGREEABLENESS, n. 1. Unsuitableness; contrariety.2. Unpleasantness; offensiveness to the mind, ... |
16218
|
disagreeably |
DISAGREEABLY, adv. Unsuitable; unpleasantly; offensively. |
16219
|
disagreeing |
DISAGREEING, ppr. Differing; not according or coinciding. |
16220
|
disagreement |
DISAGREEMENT, n. 1. Difference, either in form or essence; dissimilitude; diversity; as the ... |
16221
|
disalliege |
DISALLIEGE, v.t. To alienate from allegiance. [Not in use.] |
16222
|
disallow |
DISALLOW, v.t. [dis and allow.] To refuse permission, or not to permit; not to grant; not to make ... |
16223
|
disallowable |
DISALLOWABLE, a. Not allowable; not to be suffered. |
16224
|
disallowance |
DISALLOWANCE, n. Disapprobation; refusal to admit or permit; prohibition; rejection. |
16225
|
disallowed |
DISALLOWED, pp. Not granted, permitted or admitted; disapproved; rejected. |
16226
|
disallowing |
DISALLOWING, ppr. Not permitting; not admitting; disapproving; rejecting. |
16227
|
disally |
DISALLY, v.t. [dis and ally.] To form an improper alliance. |
16228
|
disanchor |
DISANCHOR, v.t. [dis and anchor.] To force from its anchors, as a ship. |
16229
|
disangelical |
DISANGELICAL, a. Not angelical. [Not used.] |
16230
|
disanimate |
DISANIMATE, v.t. [dis and animate.]1. To deprive of life. [Not used.]2. To deprive of spirit or ... |
16231
|
disanimated |
DISANIMATED, pp. Discouraged; dispirited. |
16232
|
disanimating |
DISANIMATING, ppr. Discouraging; disheartening. |
16233
|
disanimation |
DISANIMATION, n. 1. The act of discouraging; depression of spirits.2. Privation of life. [Not ... |
16234
|
disannul |
DISANNUL, v.t. [dis and annul. In this instance, the prefix dis is improperly used, and of no ... |
16235
|
disannulled |
DISANNULLED, pp. Annulled; vacated; made void. |
16236
|
disannulling |
DISANNULLING, ppr. Making void; depriving of authority or binding force. |
16237
|
disannulment |
DISANNULMENT, n. The act of making void; as the disannulment of a law or decree.Disannual differs ... |
16238
|
disanoint |
DISANOINT, v.t. To render consecration invalid. |
16239
|
disapparel |
DISAPPAREL, v.t To disrobe; to strip of raiment. |
16240
|
disappear |
DISAPPEAR, v.i. [dis and appear.]1. To vanish from the sight; to recede from the view; to become ... |
16241
|
disappearance |
DISAPPEARANCE, n. Cessation of appearance; a removal from sight. |
16242
|
disappearing |
DISAPPEARING, ppr. Vanishing; receding from the sight; becoming invisible.DISAPPEARING, n. A ... |
16243
|
disappoint |
DISAPPOINT, v.t. [dis and appoint; properly, to unfix or unsettle.]1. To defeat of expectation, ... |
16244
|
disappointed |
DISAPPOINTED, pp. Defeated of expectation, hope, desire, or design; frustrated. |
16245
|
disappointing |
DISAPPOINTING, ppr. Defeating of expectation, hope, desire or purpose; frustrating. |
16246
|
disappointment |
DISAPPOINTMENT, n. Defeat or failure of expectation, hope, wish, desire or intention; miscarriage ... |
16247
|
disappreciate |
DISAPPRECIATE, v.t. [dis and appreciate.] To undervalue; not to esteem. |
16248
|
disapprobation |
DISAPPROBATION, n. [dis and approbation.] A disapproving; dislike; the act of the mind which ... |
16249
|
disapprobatory |
DISAPPROBATORY, a. Containing disapprobation; tending to disapprove. |
16250
|
disappropriate |
DISAPPROPRIATE, a. [dis and appropriate.] Not appropriated, or not having appropriated church ... |
16251
|
disapproval |
DISAPPROVAL, n. Disapprobation; dislike. |
16252
|
disapprove |
DISAPPROVE, v.t. 1. To dislike; to condemn in opinion or judgment; to censure as wrong. We often ... |
16253
|
disapproved |
DISAPPROVED, pp. Disliked; condemned; rejected. |
16254
|
disapproving |
DISAPPROVING, ppr. Disliking; condemning; rejecting from dislike. |
16255
|
disard |
DISARD, n. A prattler; a boasting talkier. |
16256
|
disarm |
DISARM, v.t. s as z.1. To deprive of arms; to take the arms or weapons from , usually by force or ... |
16257
|
disarmed |
DISARMED, pp. Deprived of arms; stripped of the means of defense or annoyance; rendered harmless; ... |
16258
|
disarming |
DISARMING, ppr. Stripping of arms or weapons; subduing; rendering harmless. |
16259
|
disarrange |
DISARRANGE, v.t. [dis and arrange.] To put out of order; to unsettle or disturb the order or due ... |
16260
|
disarrangement |
DISARRANGEMENT, n. The act of disturbing order or method; disorder. |
16261
|
disarray |
DISARRAY, v.t. [dis and array.]1. To undress; to divest of clothes.2. To throw into disorder; to ... |
16262
|
disarrayed |
DISARRAYED, pp. Divested of clothes or array; disordered. |
16263
|
disarraying |
DISARRAYING, ppr. Divesting of clothes; throwing into disorder. |
16264
|
disassiduity |
DISASSIDUITY, n. Want of assiduity or care. [Not used.] |
16265
|
disassociate |
DISASSOCIATE, v.t. To disunite; to disconnect things associated. |
16266
|
disaster |
DISASTER, n. Dizaster. [Gr., a star; a word of astrological origin.]1. A blast or stroke of an ... |
16267
|
disastered |
DISASTERED, pp. Blasted; injured; afflicted. |
16268
|
disastrous |
DISASTROUS, a. 1. Unlucky; unfortunate; calamitous; occasioning loss or injury; as, the day was ... |
16269
|
disastrously |
DISASTROUSLY, adv. Unfortunately; in a dismal manner. |
16270
|
disastrousness |
DISASTROUSNESS, n. Unfortunateness; calamitousness. |
16271
|
disauthorize |
DISAUTHORIZE, v.t. [dis and authorize.] To deprive of credit or authority. [Little used.] |
16272
|
disavouch |
DISAVOUCH, v.t. [dis and avouch. See Vow.] To retract profession; to deny; to disown. [Little ... |
16273
|
disavow |
DISAVOW, v.t. [dis and avow. See Vow.]1. To deny; to disown; to deny to be true, as a fact or ... |
16274
|
disavowal |
DISAVOWAL, n. 1. Denial; a disowning.A disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear.2. Rejection; a ... |
16275
|
disavowed |
DISAVOWED, pp. Denied; disowned. |
16276
|
disavowing |
DISAVOWING, ppr. Denying; disowning; rejecting as something not to be maintained or vindicated. |
16277
|
disavowment |
DISAVOWMENT, n. Denial; a disowning. |
16278
|
disband |
DISBAND, v.t. [dis and band.] 1. To dismiss from military service; to break up a band, or body of ... |
16279
|
disbanded |
DISBANDED, pp. Dismissed from military service; separated. |
16280
|
disbanding |
DISBANDING, ppr. Dismissing from military service; separating; dissolving connection. |
16281
|
disbark |
DISBARK, v.t. To land from a ship; to put on shore. |
16282
|
disbelief |
DISBELIEF, n. [dis and belief.] Refusal of credit or faith; denial of belief.Our belief or ... |
16283
|
disbelieve |
DISBELIEVE, v.t. [dis and believe.] Not to believe; to hold not to be true or not to exist; to ... |
16284
|
disbelieved |
DISBELIEVED, pp. Not believed; discredited. |
16285
|
disbeliever |
DISBELIEVER, n. One who refuses belief; one who denies to be true or real. |
16286
|
disbelieving |
DISBELIEVING, ppr. Withholding belief; discrediting. |
16287
|
disbench |
DISBENCH, v.t. [dis and bench.] To drive from a bench or seat. |
16288
|
disblame |
DISBLAME, v.t. To clear from blame. [Not used.] |
16289
|
disbodied |
DISBODIED, a. Disembodied, which is the word now used. |
16290
|
disbowel |
DISBOWEL, v.t. [dis and bowel.] To take out the intestines. |
16291
|
disbranch |
DISBRANCH, v.t. [dis and branch.]1. To cut off or separate, as the branch of a tree. [Little ... |
16292
|
disbud |
DISBUD, v.t. To deprive of buds or shoots. |
16293
|
disburden |
DISBURDEN, v.t. [dis and burden. See Burden.]1. To remove a burden from ; to unload; to ... |
16294
|
disburdened |
DISBURDENED, pp. Eased of a burden; unloaded; disencumbered. |
16295
|
disburdening |
DISBURDENING, ppr. Unloading; discharging; throwing off a burden; disencumbering. |
16296
|
disburse |
DISBURSE, v.t. disburs. To pay out, as money; to spend or lay out; primarily, to pay money from a ... |
16297
|
disbursed |
DISBURSED, pp. Paid out; expended. |
16298
|
disbursement |
DISBURSEMENT, n. Disbursment.1. The act of paying out, as money from a public or private chest.2. ... |
16299
|
disburser |
DISBURSER, n. One who pays out or disburses money. |
16300
|
disbursing |
DISBURSING, pp. Paying out, or expending. |
16301
|
disc |
DISC, n. [L. See Disk.] The face or breadth of the sun or moon; also, the width of the aperture of ... |
16302
|
discalceate |
DISCALCEATE, v.t. [L., a shoe.] To pull off the shoes or sandals. |
16303
|
discalceated |
DISCALCEATED, pp. Stripped of shoes. |
16304
|
discalceation |
DISCALCEATION, n. The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. |
16305
|
discandy |
DISCANDY, v.i. [dis and candy.] To melt; to dissolve. |
16306
|
discard |
DISCARD, v.t. 1. To throw out of the hand such cards as are useless.2. To dismiss from service or ... |
16307
|
discarded |
DISCARDED, pp. Thrown out; dismissed from service; rejected. |
16308
|
discarding |
DISCARDING, ppr. Throwing out; dismissing from employment; rejecting. |
16309
|
discarnate |
DISCARNATE, a. [dia and L., flesh.] Stripped of flesh. |
16310
|
discase |
DISCASE, v.t. [dis and case.] To take off a covering from; to strip; to undress. |
16311
|
disceptator |
DISCEPTATOR, n. [L.] One who arbitrates or decides. [Not used.] |
16312
|
discern |
DISCERN, v.t. s as z. [L., to separate or distinguish, Gr.]1. To separate by the eye, or by the ... |
16313
|
discerned |
DISCERNED, pp. Distinguished; seen; discovered. |
16314
|
discerner |
DISCERNER, n. 1. One who sees, discovers or distinguishes; an observer.2. One who knows and judges; ... |
16315
|
discernible |
DISCERNIBLE, a. That may be seen distinctly; discoverable by the eye or the understanding; ... |
16316
|
discernibleness |
DISCERNIBLENESS, n. Visibleness. |
16317
|
discernibly |
DISCERNIBLY, adv. In a manner to be discerned, seen or discovered; visibly. |
16318
|
discerning |
DISCERNING, ppr.1. Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging.2. a. Having power to ... |
16319
|
discerningly |
DISCERNINGLY, adv. With discernment; acutely; with judgment; skillfully. |
16320
|
discernment |
DISCERNMENT, n. The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it ... |
16321
|
discerp |
DISCERP, v.t. [L.] To tear in pieces; to separate. [Not used.] |
16322
|
discerpibility |
DISCERPIBILITY, n. Capability or liableness to be torn asunder or disunited. |
16323
|
discerpible |
DISCERPIBLE, a. [L., to seize, to tear. In some dictionaries it is written discerptible, on the ... |
16324
|
discerption |
DISCERPTION, n. The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. |
16325
|
discession |
DISCESSION, n. [L.] Departure. [Not used.] |
16326
|
discharge |
DISCHARGE, v.t. 1. To unload, as a ship; to take out, as a cargo; applied both to the ship and the ... |
16327
|
discharged |
DISCHARGED, pp. Unloaded; let off; shot; thrown out; dismissed from service; paid; released; ... |
16328
|
discharger |
DISCHARGER, n. 1. He that discharges in any manner.2. One who fires a gun.3. In electricity, an ... |
16329
|
discharging |
DISCHARGING, pp. Unlading; letting fly; shooting; throwing out; emiting; dismissing from service; ... |
16330
|
dischurch |
DISCHURCH, v.t. To deprive of the rank of a church. |
16331
|
discide |
DISCIDE, v.t. To divide; to cut in pieces. [Not used.] |
16332
|
discinct |
DISCINCT, a. Ungirded. |
16333
|
discind |
DISCIND, v.t. To cut in two. [Not used.] |
16334
|
disciple |
DISCIPLE, n. [L., to learn.]1. A learner; a scholar; one who receives or professes to receive ... |
16335
|
disciple-like |
DISCIPLE-LIKE, a. Becoming a disciple. |
16336
|
discipled |
DISCIPLED, pp. Taught; trained; brought up; made a disciple. |
16337
|
discipleship |
DISCIPLESHIP, n. The state of a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. |
16338
|
disciplinable |
DISCIPLINABLE, a. [See Discipline.]1. Capable of instruction, and improvement in learning.2. That ... |
16339
|
disciplinableness |
DISCIPLINABLENESS, n. 1. Capacity of receiving instruction by education.2. The state of being ... |
16340
|
disciplinant |
DISCIPLINANT, n. One of a religious order, so called from their practice of scourging themselves, ... |
16341
|
disciplinarian |
DISCIPLINARIAN, a. Pertaining to discipline.DISCIPLINARIAN, n. One who disciplines; one versed in ... |
16342
|
disciplinary |
DISCIPLINARY, a. 1. Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline or government; promoting ... |
16343
|
discipline |
DISCIPLINE, n. [L., to learn.]1. Education; instruction; cultivation and improvement, comprehending ... |
16344
|
disciplined |
DISCIPLINED, pp. Instructed; educated; subjected to rules and regulations; corrected; chastised; ... |
16345
|
disciplining |
DISCIPLINING, pp. Instructing; educating; subjecting to order and subordination; correcting; ... |
16346
|
disclaim |
DISCLAIM, v.t. [dis and claim.]1. To disown; to disavow; to deny the possession of; to reject as ... |
16347
|
disclaimation |
DISCLAIMATION, n. The act of disclaiming; a disavowing. [Not used.] |
16348
|
disclaimed |
DISCLAIMED, pp. Disowned; disavowed; rejected; denied. |
16349
|
disclaimer |
DISCLAIMER, n. 1. A person who disclaims, disowns or renounces.2. In law, an express or implied ... |
16350
|
disclaiming |
DISCLAIMING, ppr. Disowning; disavowing; denying; renouncing. |
16351
|
disclose |
DISCLOSE, v.t. discloze. [dis and close; L. See Close.]1. To uncover; to open; to remove a cover ... |
16352
|
disclosed |
DISCLOSED, pp. Uncovered; opened to view; made known; revealed; told; uttered. |
16353
|
discloser |
DISCLOSER, n. One who discloses or reveals. |
16354
|
disclosing |
DISCLOSING, ppr. Uncovering; opening to view; revealing; making known; telling. |
16355
|
disclosure |
DISCLOSURE, n. Disclozhur.1. The act of disclosing; an uncovering and opening to view; discovery.2. ... |
16356
|
disclusion |
DISCLUSION, n. Discluzhun. [L.] An emission; a throwing out. [Little used.] |
16357
|
discoast |
DISCOAST, v.i. To depart from; to quit the coast. [Not used.] |
16358
|
discoherent |
DISCOHERENT, a. Incoherent. The latter is generally used. |
16359
|
discoid |
DISCOID, n. Something in form of a discus or disk. |
16360
|
discoidal |
DISCOID, DISCOIDAL, a. Having the form of a disk. Discoid or discous flowers, are compound ... |
16361
|
discolor |
DISCOLOR, v.t. [L.]1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to stain; to tinge. A drop of wine will ... |
16362
|
discoloration |
DISCOLORATION, n. 1. The act of altering the color; a staining.2. Alteration of color; stain; as ... |
16363
|
discolored |
DISCOLORED, pp. 1. Altered in color; stained.2. a. Variegated; being of divers colors. |
16364
|
discoloring |
DISCOLORING, ppr. Altering the color of hue; staining; changing the complexion. |
16365
|
discomfit |
DISCOMFIT, v.t. [L., to fasten, to nail; to fix.] To rout; to defeat; to scatter in fight; to cause ... |
16366
|
discomfited |
DISCOMFITED, pp. Routed; defeated; overthrown. |
16367
|
discomfiting |
DISCOMFITING, ppr. Routing; defeating. |
16368
|
discomfiture |
DISCOMFITURE, n. Rout; defeat in battle; dispersion; overthrow.Every mans sword was against his ... |
16369
|
discomfort |
DISCOMFORT, n. [dis and comfort.] Uneasiness; disturbance of peace; pain; grief; ... |
16370
|
discomfortable |
DISCOMFORTABLE, a. 1. Causing uneasiness; unpleasant; giving pain; making sad. [Little used.]2. ... |
16371
|
discomforted |
DISCOMFORTED, pp. Made uneasy; disturbed; pained; grieved. |
16372
|
discomforting |
DISCOMFORTING, ppr. Disturbing peace and happiness; making uneasy; grieving. |
16373
|
discommend |
DISCOMMEND, v.t. [dis and commend.] To blame; to censure; to mention with disapprobation.I do not ... |
16374
|
discommendable |
DISCOMMENDABLE, a. Blamable; censurable; deserving disapprobation. |
16375
|
discommendableness |
DISCOMMENDABLENESS, n. Blamableness; the quality of being worthy of disapprobation. |
16376
|
discommendation |
DISCOMMENDATION, n. Blame; censure; reproach. |
16377
|
discommender |
DISCOMMENDER, n. One who discommends; a dispraiser. |
16378
|
discommending |
DISCOMMENDING, ppr. Blaming; censuring. |
16379
|
discommode |
DISCOMMODE, v.t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; to molest; to trouble. [Discommodate is not ... |
16380
|
discommoded |
DISCOMMODED, pp. Put to inconvenience; molested; incommoded. |
16381
|
discommoding |
DISCOMMODING, ppr. Putting to inconvenience; giving trouble to. |
16382
|
discommodious |
DISCOMMODIOUS, a. Inconvenient; troublesome. |
16383
|
discommodity |
DISCOMMODITY, n. Inconvenience; trouble; hurt; disadvantage. |
16384
|
discommon |
DISCOMMON, v.t. [dis and common.] 1. To appropriate common land; to separate and inclose common.2. ... |
16385
|
discomplexion |
DISCOMPLEXION, v.t. To change the complexion or color. [Not used.] |
16386
|
discompose |
DISCOMPOSE, v.t. discompoze. [dis and compose.]1. To unsettle; to disorder; to disturb; applied to ... |
16387
|
discomposed |
DISCOMPOSED, pp. Unsettled; disordered; ruffled; agitated; disturbed. |
16388
|
discomposing |
DISCOMPOSING, ppr. Unsettling; putting out of order; ruffling; agitating; disturbing tranquility. |
16389
|
discomposition |
DISCOMPOSITION, n. Inconsistency. [Not used.] |
16390
|
discomposure |
DISCOMPOSURE, n. Discompozhur. Disorder; agitation; disturbance; perturbation; as discomposure of ... |
16391
|
disconcert |
DISCONCERT, v.t. [dis and concert.]1. To break or interrupt any order, plan or harmonious scheme; ... |
16392
|
disconcerted |
DISCONCERTED, pp. Broken; interrupted; disordered; defeated; unsettled; discomposed; confused. |
16393
|
disconcerting |
DISCONCERTING, ppr. Disordering; defeating; discomposing; disturbing. |
16394
|
disconcertion |
DISCONCERTION, n. The act of disconcerting. |
16395
|
disconformity |
DISCONFORMITY, n. [dis and conformity.] Want of agreement or conformity; inconsistency. |
16396
|
discongruity |
DISCONGRUITY, n. [dis and congruity.] Want of congruity; incongruity; disagreement; inconsistency. |
16397
|
disconnect |
DISCONNECT, v.t. [dis and connect.] To separate; to disunite; to dissolve connection.The ... |
16398
|
disconnected |
DISCONNECTED, pp. Separated; disunited. This word is not synonymous with unconnected, though often ... |
16399
|
disconnecting |
DISCONNECTING, ppr. Separating; disuniting. |
16400
|
disconnection |
DISCONNECTION, n. The act of separating, or state of being disunited; separation; want of ... |
16401
|
disconsent |
DISCONSENT, v.i.[dis and consent.] To differ; to disagree; not to consent. |
16402
|
disconsolate |
DISCONSOLATE, a. [dis and L.] [See Console.]1. Destitute of comfort or consolation; sorrowful; ... |
16403
|
disconsolately |
DISCONSOLATELY, adv. In a disconsolate manner; without comfort. |
16404
|
disconsolateness |
DISCONSOLATENESS, n. The state of being disconsolate or comfortless. |
16405
|
disconsolation |
DISCONSOLATION, n. Want of comfort. |
16406
|
discontent |
DISCONTENT, n. [dis and content.] Want of content; uneasiness or inquietude of mind; ... |
16407
|
discontented |
DISCONTENTED, pp. or a. Uneasy in mind; dissatisfied; unquiet; as, discontented citizens make bad ... |
16408
|
discontentedly |
DISCONTENTEDLY, adv. In a discontented manner or mood. |
16409
|
discontentedness |
DISCONTENTEDNESS, n. Uneasiness of mind; inquietude; dissatisfaction. |
16410
|
discontenting |
DISCONTENTING, a. Giving uneasiness. |
16411
|
discontentment |
DISCONTENTMENT, n. The state of being uneasy in mind; uneasiness; inquietude; discontent. |
16412
|
discontinuance |
DISCONTINUANCE, n. [See Discontinue.]1. Want of continuance; cessation; intermission; interruption ... |
16413
|
discontinuation |
DISCONTINUATION, n. Breach or interruption of continuity; disruption of parts; separation of parts ... |
16414
|
discontinue |
DISCONTINUE, v.t. [dis and continue.]1. To leave off; to cause to cease, as a practice or habit; to ... |
16415
|
discontinued |
DISCONTINUED, pp. Left off; interrupted; broken off. |
16416
|
discontinuer |
DISCONTINUER, n. One who discontinues a rule or practice. |
16417
|
discontinuing |
DISCONTINUING, ppr. Ceasing; interrupting; breaking off. |
16418
|
discontinuity |
DISCONTINUITY, n. Disunion of parts; want of cohesion. |
16419
|
discontinuous |
DISCONTINUOUS, a. 1. Broken off; interrupted.2. Separated; wide; gaping. |
16420
|
disconvenience |
DISCONVENIENCE, n. [dis and convenience.] Incongruity; disagreement. [Little used.] |
16421
|
disconvenient |
DISCONVENIENT, a. Incongruous. |
16422
|
discord |
DISCORD, n. [L.]1. Disagreement among persons or things. Between persons, difference of opinions; ... |
16423
|
discordance |
DISCORDANCE, DISCORDANCY, n. [L.] Disagreement; opposition; inconsistency; as a discordance of ... |
16424
|
discordancy |
DISCORDANCE, DISCORDANCY, n. [L.] Disagreement; opposition; inconsistency; as a discordance of ... |
16425
|
discordant |
DISCORDANT, a. [L.]1. Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; being at variance; as discordant ... |
16426
|
discordantly |
DISCORDANTLY, adv. Dissonantly; in a discordant manner; inconsistently; in a manner to jar or ... |
16427
|
discordful |
DISCORDFUL, a. Quarrelsome; contentious. |
16428
|
discounsel |
DISCOUNSEL, v.t. To dissuade. [Not in use.] |
16429
|
discount |
DISCOUNT, n. [See Count. Literally, a counting back or from.]1. A sum deducted for prompt or ... |
16430
|
discount-day |
DISCOUNT-DAY, n. The day of the week on which a bank discounts notes and bills. |
16431
|
discountable |
DISCOUNTABLE, a. That may be discounted. Certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable ... |
16432
|
discounted |
DISCOUNTED, pp. 1. Deducted from a principal sum; paid back; refunded or allowed; as, the sum of ... |
16433
|
discountenance |
DISCOUNTENANCE, v.t. [dis and countenance.] 1. To abash; to ruffle or discompose the countenance; ... |
16434
|
discountenanced |
DISCOUNTENANCED, pp. Abashed; discouraged; checked; frowned on. |
16435
|
discountenancer |
DISCOUNTENANCER, n. One who discourages by cold treatment, frowns, censure or expression of ... |
16436
|
discountenancing |
DISCOUNTENANCING, ppr. Abashing; discouraging; checking by disapprobation or unfriendly regards. |
16437
|
discounter |
DISCOUNTER, n. One who advances money on discounts. |
16438
|
discounting |
DISCOUNTING, ppr. 1. Deducting a sum for prompt or advanced payment.2. Lending on ... |
16439
|
discourage |
DISCOURAGE, v.t. discurage. [dis and courage. See Courage.]1. To extinguish the courage of; to ... |
16440
|
discouraged |
DISCOURAGED, pp. Discuraged. Disheartened; deprived of courage or confidence; depressed in spirits; ... |
16441
|
discouragement |
DISCOURAGEMENT, n. Discuragement.1. The act of disheartening, or depriving of courage; the act of ... |
16442
|
discourager |
DISCOURAGER, n. Discurager. One who discourages; one who disheartens, or depresses the courage; one ... |
16443
|
discouraging |
DISCOURAGING, ppr. Discuraging. 1. Disheartening; depressing courage.2. a. Tending to dishearten, ... |
16444
|
discourse |
DISCOURSE, n. Discors. [L., to run.]1. The act of the undertaking, by which it passes from premises ... |
16445
|
discourser |
DISCOURSER, n. 1. One who discourses; a speaker; a haranguer.2. The writer of a treatise or ... |
16446
|
discoursing |
DISCOURSING, ppr. Talking; conversing; preaching; discussing; treating at some length or in a ... |
16447
|
discoursive |
DISCOURSIVE, a. 1. Reasoning; passing from premises to consequences.2. Containing dialogue or ... |
16448
|
discourteous |
DISCOURTEOUS, a. Discurteous. [dis and courteous.] Uncivil; rude; uncomplaisant; wanting in good ... |
16449
|
discourteously |
DISCOURTEOUSLY, adv. Discurteously. In a rude or uncivil manner; with incivility. |
16450
|
discourtesy |
DISCOURTESY, n. Discurtesy. [dis and courtesy.] Incivility; rudeness of behavior or language; ill ... |
16451
|
discourtship |
DISCOURTSHIP, n. Want of respect. |
16452
|
discous |
DISCOUS, a. [L.] Broad; flat; wide; used of the middle plain and flat part of some flowers. |
16453
|
discover |
DISCOVER, v.t. [See Cover.]1. Literally, to uncover; to remove a covering. Isaiah 22.2. To lay open ... |
16454
|
discoverable |
DISCOVERABLE, a. 1. That may be discovered; that may be brought to light, or exposed to view.2. ... |
16455
|
discovered |
DISCOVERED, pp. Uncovered; disclosed to view; laid open; revealed; espied or first seen; found out; ... |
16456
|
discoverer |
DISCOVERER, n. 1. One who discovers; one who first sees or espies; one who finds out, or first ... |
16457
|
discovering |
DISCOVERING, ppr. Uncovering; disclosing to view; laying open; revealing; making known; espying; ... |
16458
|
discoverture |
DISCOVERTURE, n. A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of ... |
16459
|
discovery |
DISCOVERY, n. 1. The action of disclosing to view, or bringing to light; as, by the discovery of a ... |
16460
|
discredit |
DISCREDIT, n. [See the Verb.]1. Want of credit or good reputation; some degree of disgrace or ... |
16461
|
discreditable |
DISCREDITABLE, a. Tending to injure credit; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. |
16462
|
discredited |
DISCREDITED, pp. Disbelieved; brought into disrepute; disgraced. |
16463
|
discrediting |
DISCREDITING, ppr. Disbelieving; not trusting to; depriving of credit; disgracing. |
16464
|
discreet |
DISCREET, a. [L., Gr. It is sometimes written discrete; the distinction between discreet and ... |
16465
|
discreetly |
DISCREETLY, adv. Prudently; circumspectly; cautiously; with nice judgment of what is best to be ... |
16466
|
discreetness |
DISCREETNESS, n. The quality of being discreet; discretion. |
16467
|
discrepance |
DISCREPANCE, DISCREPANCY, n. [L., to give a different sound, to vary, to jar; to creak. See ... |
16468
|
discrepancy |
DISCREPANCE, DISCREPANCY, n. [L., to give a different sound, to vary, to jar; to creak. See ... |
16469
|
discrepant |
DISCREPANT, a. Different; disagreeing; contrary. |
16470
|
discrete |
DISCRETE, a. [L. See Discreet.]1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Discrete proportion is when the ... |
16471
|
discretion |
DISCRETION, n. [L, a separating. See Discreet.]1. Prudence, or knowledge and prudence; that ... |
16472
|
discretional |
DISCRETIONARY, DISCRETIONAL, a. Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; ... |
16473
|
discretionally |
DISCRETIONARILY, DISCRETIONALLY, adv. At discretion; according to discretion. |
16474
|
discretionarily |
DISCRETIONARILY, DISCRETIONALLY, adv. At discretion; according to discretion. |
16475
|
discretionary |
DISCRETIONARY, DISCRETIONAL, a. Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; ... |
16476
|
discretive |
DISCRETIVE, a. [See Discreet and Discrete.]1. Disjunctive; noting separation or opposition. In ... |
16477
|
discretively |
DISCRETIVELY, adv. In a discretive manner. |
16478
|
discriminable |
DISCRIMINABLE, a. That may be discriminated. |
16479
|
discriminate |
DISCRIMINATE, v.t. [l., difference, distinction; differently applied; Gr., L.]1. To distinguish; to ... |
16480
|
discriminated |
DISCRIMINATED, pp. Separated; distinguished. |
16481
|
discriminately |
DISCRIMINATELY, adv. Distinctly; with minute distinction; particularly. |
16482
|
discriminateness |
DISCRIMINATENESS, n. Distinctness; marked difference. |
16483
|
discriminating |
DISCRIMINATING, ppr. 1. Separating; distinguishing; marking with notes of difference.2.a. ... |
16484
|
discrimination |
DISCRIMINATION, n. 1. The act of distinguishing; the act of making or observing a difference; ... |
16485
|
discriminative |
DISCRIMINATIVE, a. 1. That makes the mark of distinction; that constitutes the mark of difference; ... |
16486
|
discriminatively |
DISCRIMINATIVELY, adv. With discrimination or distinction. |
16487
|
discriminous |
DISCRIMINOUS, a. Hazardous. [Not used.] |
16488
|
discubitory |
DISCUBITORY, a. [L., to lie down or lean.] Leaning; inclining; or fitted to a leaning posture. |
16489
|
disculpate |
DISCULPATE, v.t. [L., a fault.] To free from blame or fault; to exculpate; to excuse.Neither does ... |
16490
|
disculpated |
DISCULPATED, pp. Cleared from blame; exculpated. |
16491
|
disculpating |
DISCULPATING, ppr. Freeing from blame; excusing. |
16492
|
discumbency |
DISCUMBENCY, n. [L. See Discubitory.] The act of leaning at meat, according to the manner of the ... |
16493
|
discumber |
DISCUMBER, v.t. [dis and cumber.] To unburden; to throw off any thing cumbersome; to disengage from ... |
16494
|
discure |
DISCURE, v.t. To discover; to reveal. [Not used.] |
16495
|
discurrent |
DISCURRENT, a. Not current. [Not used.] |
16496
|
discursion |
DISCURSION, n. [L., to run.] A running or rambling about. |
16497
|
discursist |
DISCURSIST, n. [See Discourse.] A disputer. [Not in use.] |
16498
|
discursive |
DISCURSIVE, a. [L., supra.]1. Moving or roving about; desultory.2. Argumentative; reasoning; ... |
16499
|
discursively |
DISCURSIVELY, adv. Argumentatively; in the form of reasoning or argument. |
16500
|
discursiveness |
DISCURSIVENESS, n. Range or gradation of argument. |
16501
|
discursory |
DISCURSORY, a. Argumental; rational. |
16502
|
discus |
DISCUS, n. [L.]1. A quoit; a piece of iron, copper or stone, to be thrown in play; used by the ... |
16503
|
discuss |
DISCUSS, v.t. [L.] Literally, to drive; to beat or to shake in pieces; to separate by beating or ... |
16504
|
discussed |
DISCUSSED, pp. Dispersed; dissipated; debated; agitated; argued. |
16505
|
discusser |
DISCUSSER, n. One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. |
16506
|
discussing |
DISCUSSING, ppr. Dispersing; resolving; scattering; debating; agitating; examining by ... |
16507
|
discussion |
DISCUSSION, n. 1. In surgery, resolution; the dispersion of a tumor or any coagulated matter.2. ... |
16508
|
discussive |
DISCUSSIVE, a. Having the power to discuss, resolve or disperse tumors or coagulated ... |
16509
|
discutient |
DISCUTIENT, a. [L.] Discussing; dispersing morbid matter.DISCUTIENT, n. A medicine or application ... |
16510
|
disdain |
DISDAIN, v.t. [L., to think worthy; worthy. See Dignity.] To think unworthy; to deem worthless; to ... |
16511
|
disdained |
DISDAINED, pp. Despised; contemned; scorned. |
16512
|
disdainful |
DISDAINFUL, a. 1. Full of disdain; as disdainful soul.2. Expressing disdain; as a disdainful ... |
16513
|
disdainfully |
DISDAINFULLY, adv. Contemptuously; with scorn; in a haughty manner. |
16514
|
disdainfulness |
DISDAINFULNESS, n. Contempt; contemptuousness; haughty scorn. |
16515
|
disdaining |
DISDAINING, ppr. Contemning; scorning.DISDAINING, n. Contempt; scorn. |
16516
|
disdiaclastic |
DISDIACLASTIC, a. An epithet given by Bartholine and others to a substance supposed to be crystal, ... |
16517
|
disdiapason |
DISDIAPASON, BISDIAPASON, n. [See Diapason.] In music, a compound concord in the quadruple ratio of ... |
16518
|
disease |
DISEASE, n. Dizeze. [dis and ease.]1. In its primary sense, pain, uneasiness, distress, and so used ... |
16519
|
diseased |
DISEASED, pp. or a. Dizezed. Disordered; distempered; sick. |
16520
|
diseasedness |
DISEASEDNESS, n. Dizezedness. The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. |
16521
|
diseaseful |
DISEASEFUL, a. Dizezeful.1. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as diseaseful climate.2. ... |
16522
|
diseasement |
DISEASEMENT, n. Dizezement. Uneasiness; inconvenience. |
16523
|
disedged |
DISEDGED, a [dis and edge.] Blunted; made dull. |
16524
|
disembark |
DISEMBARK, v.t. [dis and embark.] To land; to debark; to remove from on board a ship to the land; ... |
16525
|
disembarked |
DISEMBARKED, pp. Landed; put on shore. |
16526
|
disembarking |
DISEMBARKING, ppr. Landing; removing from on board a ship to land. |
16527
|
disembarkment |
DISEMBARKMENT, n. The act of disembarking. |
16528
|
disembarrass |
DISEMBARRASS, v.t. [dis and embarrass.] To free from embarrassment or perplexity; to clear; to ... |
16529
|
disembarrassed |
DISEMBARRASSED, pp. Freed from embarrassment; extricated from difficulty. |
16530
|
disembarrassing |
DISEMBARRASSING, ppr. Freeing from embarrassment or perplexity; extricating. |
16531
|
disembarrassment |
DISEMBARRASSMENT, n. The act of extricating from perplexity. |
16532
|
disembay |
DISEMBAY, v.t. To clear from a bay. |
16533
|
disembitter |
DISEMBITTER, v.t. [dis and embitter.] To free from bitterness; to clear from acrimony; to render ... |
16534
|
disembodied |
DISEMBODIED, a. [dis and embodied.]1. Divested of the body; as disembodied spirits or souls.2. ... |
16535
|
disembody |
DISEMBODY, v.t. 1. To divest of body; to free from flesh.2. To discharge from military array. |
16536
|
disembogue |
DISEMBOGUE, v.t. [See Voice.] To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to ... |
16537
|
disemboguement |
DISEMBOGUEMENT, n. Discharge of waters into the ocean or a lake. |
16538
|
disembosom |
DISEMBOSOM, v.t. To separate from the bosom. |
16539
|
disembowel |
DISEMBOWEL, v.t. [dis and embowel.] To take out the bowels; to take or draw from the bowels, as the ... |
16540
|
disemboweled |
DISEMBOWELED, pp. Taken or drawn from the bowels.Disemboweled web. |
16541
|
disemboweling |
DISEMBOWELING, ppr. Taking or drawing from the bowels. |
16542
|
disembrangle |
DISEMBRANGLE, v.t. To free from litigation. [Not used.] |
16543
|
disembroil |
DISEMBROIL, v.t. [dis and embroil.] To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from ... |
16544
|
disembroiled |
DISEMBROILED, pp. Disentangled; cleared from perplexity or confusion. |
16545
|
disembroiling |
DISEMBROILING, ppr. Disentangling; freeing from confusion. |
16546
|
disenable |
DISENABLE, v.t. [dis and enable.] To deprive of power, natural or moral; to disable; to deprive of ... |
16547
|
disenabled |
DISENABLED, pp. Deprived of power, ability or means. |
16548
|
disenabling |
DISENABLING, ppr. Depriving of power, ability or means. |
16549
|
disenchant |
DISENCHANT, v.t. [dis and enchant.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms ... |
16550
|
disenchanted |
DISENCHANTED, pp. Delivered from enchantment, or the power of charms. |
16551
|
disenchanting |
DISENCHANTING, ppr. Freeing from enchantment, or the influence of charms. |
16552
|
disencumber |
DISENCUMBER, v.t. [dis and encumber.]1. To free from encumbrance; to deliver from clogs and ... |
16553
|
disencumbered |
DISENCUMBERED, pp. Freed from incumbrance. |
16554
|
disencumbering |
DISENCUMBERING, ppr. Freeing from incumbrance. |
16555
|
disencumbrance |
DISENCUMBRANCE, n. Freedom or deliverance from incumbrance, or any thing burdensome or troublesome. |
16556
|
disengage |
DISENGAGE, v.t. [dis and engage.]1. To separate, as a substance from any thing with which it is in ... |
16557
|
disengaged |
DISENGAGED, pp. 1. Separated; detached; set free; released; disjoined; disentangled.2.a. Vacant; ... |
16558
|
disengagedness |
DISENGAGEDNESS, n. 1. The quality or state of being disengaged; freedom from connection; ... |
16559
|
disengagement |
DISENGAGEMENT, n. 1. A setting free; separation; extrication.It is easy to render this ... |
16560
|
disengaging |
DISENGAGING, ppr. Separating; loosing; setting free; detaching; liberating; releasing from ... |
16561
|
disennoble |
DISENNOBLE, v.t. To deprive of title, or of that which ennobles. |
16562
|
disenroll |
DISENROLL, v.i. To erase from a roll or list. |
16563
|
disenslave |
DISENSLAVE, v.t. To free from bondage. |
16564
|
disentangle |
DISENTANGLE, v.t. [dis and entangle.]1. To unravel; to unfold; to untwist; to loose, separate or ... |
16565
|
disentangled |
DISENTANGLED, pp. Freed from entanglement; extricated. |
16566
|
disentangling |
DISENTANGLING, ppr. Freeing from entanglement; extricated. |
16567
|
disenter |
DISENTER. [See Disinter.] |
16568
|
disenthrone |
DISENTHRONE, v.t. [dis and enthrone.] To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority; as, to ... |
16569
|
disenthroned |
DISENTHRONED, pp. Deposed; deprived of sovereign power. |
16570
|
disenthroning |
DISENTHRONING, ppr. Deposing; depriving of royal authority. |
16571
|
disentitle |
DISENTITLE, v.t. To deprive of title. |
16572
|
disentrance |
DISENTRANCE, v.t. [dis and entrance.] To awaken from a trance, or from deep sleep; to arouse from a ... |
16573
|
disentranced |
DISENTRANCED, pp. Awakened from a trance, sleep or reverie. |
16574
|
disentrancing |
DISENTRANCING, ppr. Arousing from a trance, sleep or reverie. |
16575
|
disespouse |
DISESPOUSE, v.t. disespouz. [dis and espouse.] To separate after espousal or plighted faith; to ... |
16576
|
disespoused |
DISESPOUSED, pp. Separated after espousal; released from obligation to marry. |
16577
|
disespousing |
DISESPOUSING, ppr. Separating after plighted faith. |
16578
|
disesteem |
DISESTEEM, n. [dis and esteem.] Want of esteem; slight dislike; disregard. It expresses less than ... |
16579
|
disesteemed |
DISESTEEMED, pp. Disliked; slighted. |
16580
|
disesteeming |
DISESTEEMING, ppr. Disliking; slighting. |
16581
|
disexercise |
DISEXERCISE, v.t. To deprive of exercise. [A bad word.] |
16582
|
disfancy |
DISFANCY, v.t. To dislike. [Not used.] |
16583
|
disfavor |
DISFAVOR, n. [dis and favor.]1. Dislike; slight displeasure; discountenance; unfavorable regard; ... |
16584
|
disfavored |
DISFAVORED, pp. Discountenanced; not favored. |
16585
|
disfavorer |
DISFAVORER, n. One who discountenances. |
16586
|
disfavoring |
DISFAVORING, ppr. Discountenancing. |
16587
|
disfiguration |
DISFIGURATION, n. [See Disfigure.]1. The act of disfiguring, or marring external form.2. The state ... |
16588
|
disfigure |
DISFIGURE, v.t. [dis and figure.]1. To change to a worse form; to mar external figure; to impair ... |
16589
|
disfigured |
DISFIGURED, pp. Changed to a worse form; impaired in form or appearance. |
16590
|
disfigurement |
DISFIGUREMENT, n. Change of external form to the worse; defacement of beauty. |
16591
|
disfigurer |
DISFIGURER, n. One who disfigures. |
16592
|
disfiguring |
DISFIGURING, ppr. Injuring the form or shape; impairing the beauty of form. |
16593
|
disforest |
DISFOREST. [See Disafforest.] |
16594
|
disfranchise |
DISFRANCHISE, v.t. [dis and franchise.] To deprive of the rights and privileges of a free citizen; ... |
16595
|
disfranchised |
DISFRANCHISED, pp. Deprived of the rights and privileges of a free citizen, or of some particular ... |
16596
|
disfranchisement |
DISFRANCHISEMENT, n. The act of disfranchising, or depriving of the privileges of a free citizen, ... |
16597
|
disfranchising |
DISFRANCHISING, ppr. Depriving of the privileges of a free citizen, or of some particular immunity. |
16598
|
disfriar |
DISFRIAR, v.t. [dis and friar.] To deprive of the state of a friar. [Not used.] |
16599
|
disfurnish |
DISFURNISH, v.t. [dis and furnish.] To deprive of furniture; to strip of apparatus, habiliments or ... |
16600
|
disfurnished |
DISFURNISHED, pp. Deprived of furniture; stripped of apparatus. |
16601
|
disfurnishing |
DISFURNISHING, ppr. Depriving of furniture or apparatus. |
16602
|
disgallant |
DISGALLANT, v.t. To deprive of gallantry. [Not used.] |
16603
|
disgarnish |
DISGARNISH, v.t. [dis and garnish.]1. To divest of garniture or ornaments.2. To deprive of a ... |
16604
|
disgarrison |
DISGARRISON, v.t. To deprive of a garrison. |
16605
|
disgavel |
DISGAVEL, v.t. [See Gavelkind.] To take away the tenure of gavelkind. |
16606
|
disgaveled |
DISGAVELED, pp. Deprived of the tenure by gavelkind. |
16607
|
disgaveling |
DISGAVELING, ppr. Taking away tenure by gavelkind. |
16608
|
disglorify |
DISGLORIFY, v.t. [dis and glorify.] To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. The participle ... |
16609
|
disgorge |
DISGORGE, v.t. disgorj.1. To eject or discharge from the stomach, throat or mouth; to vomit.2. To ... |
16610
|
disgorged |
DISGORGED, pp. Ejected; discharged from the stomach or mouth; thrown out with violence and in great ... |
16611
|
disgorgement |
DISGORGEMENT, n. Disgorjment. The act of disgorging; a vomiting. |
16612
|
disgorging |
DISGORGING, ppr. Discharging from the throat or mouth; vomiting; ejecting with violence and in ... |
16613
|
disgospel |
DISGOSPEL, v.i. [dis and gospel.] To differ from the precepts of the gospel. [Not used.] |
16614
|
disgrace |
DISGRACE, n. [dis and grace.] 1. A state of being out of favor; disfavor; disesteem; as, the ... |
16615
|
disgraced |
DISGRACED, pp. Put out of favor; brought under reproach; dishonored. |
16616
|
disgraceful |
DISGRACEFUL, a. Shameful; reproachful; dishonorable; procuring shame; sinking reputation. Cowardice ... |
16617
|
disgracefully |
DISGRACEFULLY, adv. 1. With disgrace.The senate have cast you forth disgracefully.2. Shamefully; ... |
16618
|
disgracefulness |
DISGRACEFULNESS, n. Ignominy; shamefulness. |
16619
|
disgracer |
DISGRACER, n. One who disgraces; one who exposes to disgrace; one who brings into disgrace, shame ... |
16620
|
disgracing |
DISGRACING, ppr. Bringing reproach on; dishonoring. |
16621
|
disgracious |
DISGRACIOUS, a. [dis and gracious.] Ungracious; unpleasing. |
16622
|
disgregate |
DISGREGATE, v.t. To separate; to disperse. [Little used.] |
16623
|
disguise |
DISGUISE, v.t. disgize. 1. To conceal by an unusual habit, or mask. Men sometimes disguise ... |
16624
|
disguised |
DISGUISED, pp. Concealed by a counterfeit habit or appearance; intoxicated. |
16625
|
disguisement |
DISGUISEMENT, n. Dress of concealment; false appearance. |
16626
|
disguiser |
DISGUISER, n. 1. One who disguises himself or another.2. He or that which disfigures. |
16627
|
disguising |
DISGUISING, ppr. Concealing by a counterfeit dress, or by a false show; intoxicating. |
16628
|
disgust |
DISGUST, n. [L.]1. Disrelish; distaste; aversion to the taste of food or drink; an unpleasant ... |
16629
|
disgusted |
DISGUSTED, pp. Displeased; offended. |
16630
|
disgustful |
DISGUSTFUL, a. Offensive to the taste; nauseous; exciting aversion in the natural or moral taste. |
16631
|
disgusting |
DISGUSTING, ppr. 1. Provoking aversion; offending the taste.2. a. Provoking dislike; odious; ... |
16632
|
disgustingly |
DISGUSTINGLY, adv. In a manner to give disgust. |
16633
|
dish |
DISH, n. [Gr., L. It is the same word as disk and desk, and seems to signify something flat, plain ... |
16634
|
dish-cloth |
DISH-CLOTH, DISH-CLOUT, n. A cloth used for washing and wiping dishes. |
16635
|
dish-washer |
DISH-WASHER, n. The name of a bird, the mergus. |
16636
|
dish-water |
DISH-WATER, n. Water in which dishes are washed. |
16637
|
dishabil |
DISHABILLE, DISHABIL, n. [See Habit.] An undress; a loose negligent dress for the morning. But see ... |
16638
|
dishabille |
DISHABILLE, DISHABIL, n. [See Habit.] An undress; a loose negligent dress for the morning. But see ... |
16639
|
dishabit |
DISHABIT, v.t. To drive from a habitation. [Not in use.] |
16640
|
disharmonious |
DISHARMONIOUS, a. Incongruous. [See Unharmonious.] |
16641
|
disharmony |
DISHARMONY, n. [dis and harmony.] Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [Not used.] |
16642
|
dishearten |
DISHEARTEN, v.t. dishartn. [dis and heart.] To discourage; to deprive of courage; to depress the ... |
16643
|
disheartened |
DISHEARTENED, pp. Dishartned. Discouraged; depressed in spirits; cast down. |
16644
|
disheartening |
DISHEARTENING, ppr. Dishartning. Discouraging; depressing the spirits. |
16645
|
dished |
DISHED, pp. Put in a dish or dishes. |
16646
|
disheir |
DISHEIR, v.t. dizare. To debar from inheriting. [Not in use.] |
16647
|
disherison |
DISHERISON, n. [See Disherit.] The act of disinheriting, or cutting off from inheritance. |
16648
|
disherit |
DISHERIT, v.t. [See Heir.] To disinherit; to cut off from the possession or enjoyment of an ... |
16649
|
disheritance |
DISHERITANCE, n. The state of disheriting or of being disinherited. |
16650
|
disherited |
DISHERITED, pp. Cut off from an inheritance or hereditary succession. |
16651
|
disheriting |
DISHERITING, ppr. Cutting off from an inheritance. |
16652
|
dishevel |
DISHEVEL, v.t. [L.] To spread the hair loosely; to suffer the hair of the head to hang negligently, ... |
16653
|
disheveled |
DISHEVELED, pp. or a. Hanging loosely and negligently without confinement; flowing in disorder; as ... |
16654
|
disheveling |
DISHEVELING, ppr. Spreading loosely. |
16655
|
dishing |
DISHING, pp. [See Dish.]1. Putting in a dish or dishes.2. a. Concave; having the hollow form of a ... |
16656
|
dishonest |
DISHONEST, a. Dizonest. [dis and honest.]1. Void of honesty; destitute of probity, integrity or ... |
16657
|
dishonestly |
DISHONESTLY, adv. Dizonestly. 1. In a dishonest manner; without good faith, probity or integrity; ... |
16658
|
dishonesty |
DISHONESTY, n. Dizonesty.1. Want of probity, or integrity in principle; faithlessness; a ... |
16659
|
dishonor |
DISHONOR, n. Dizonor. [dis and honor.] Reproach; disgrace; ignominy; shame; whatever constitutes a ... |
16660
|
dishonorable |
DISHONORABLE, a. 1. Shameful; reproachful; base; vile; bringing shame on; staining the character, ... |
16661
|
dishonorably |
DISHONORABLY, adv. Reproachfully; in a dishonorable manner. |
16662
|
dishonorary |
DISHONORARY, a. Dizonorary. Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. |
16663
|
dishonored |
DISHONORED, pp. Disgraced; brought into disrepute. |
16664
|
dishonorer |
DISHONORER, n. One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another with indignity. |
16665
|
dishonoring |
DISHONORING, ppr. Disgracing; bringing into disrepute; treating with indignity. |
16666
|
dishorn |
DISHORN, v.t. [dis and horn.] To deprive of horns. |
16667
|
dishorned |
DISHORNED, pp. Stripped of horns. |
16668
|
dishumor |
DISHUMOR, n. [dis and humor.] Peevishness; ill humor. [Little used.] |
16669
|
disimpark |
DISIMPARK, v.t. [dis, in and park.] To free from the barriers of a park; to free from restraints or ... |
16670
|
disimprovement |
DISIMPROVEMENT, n. [dis and improvement.] Reduction from a better to a worse state; the contrary to ... |
16671
|
disincarcerate |
DISINCARCERATE, v.t. [dis and incarcerate.] To liberate from prison; to set free from confinement. ... |
16672
|
disinclination |
DISINCLINATION, n. [dis and inclination.] Want of inclination; want of propensity, desire or ... |
16673
|
disincline |
DISINCLINE, v.t. [dis and incline.] To excite dislike or slight aversion; to make disaffected; to ... |
16674
|
disinclined |
DISINCLINED, pp. Not inclined; averse. |
16675
|
disinclining |
DISINCLINING, ppr. Exciting dislike or slight aversion. |
16676
|
disincorporate |
DISINCORPORATE, v.t. 1. To deprive of corporate powers; to disunite a corporate body, or an ... |
16677
|
disincorporation |
DISINCORPORATION, n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. |
16678
|
disinfect |
DISINFECT, v.t. [dis and infect.] To cleanse from infection; to purify from contagious matter. |
16679
|
disinfected |
DISINFECTED, pp. Cleansed from infection. |
16680
|
disinfecting |
DISINFECTING, ppr. Purifying from infection. |
16681
|
disinfection |
DISINFECTION, n. Purification from infecting matter. |
16682
|
disingenuity |
DISINGENUITY, n. [dis and ingenuity.] Meanness of artifice; unfairness; disingenuousness; want of ... |
16683
|
disingenuous |
DISINGENUOUS, a. [dis and ingenuous.]1. Unfair; not open, frank and candid; meanly artful; ... |
16684
|
disingenuously |
DISINGENUOUSLY, adv. In a disingenuous manner; unfairly; not openly and candidly; with secret ... |
16685
|
disingenuousness |
DISINGENUOUSNESS, n. 1. Unfairness; want of candor; low craft; as the disingenuousness of a man, or ... |
16686
|
disinherison |
DISINHERISON, n. [dis and inherit.]1. The act of cutting off from hereditary succession; the act of ... |
16687
|
disinherit |
DISINHERIT, v.t. [dis and inherit.] To cut off from hereditary right; to deprive of an inheritance; ... |
16688
|
disinherited |
DISINHERITED, pp. Cut off from an inheritance. |
16689
|
disinheriting |
DISINHERITING, ppr. Depriving of an hereditary estate or right. |
16690
|
disintegrable |
DISINTEGRABLE, a. [dis and integer.] That may be separated into integrant parts; capable of ... |
16691
|
disintegrate |
DISINTEGRATE, v.t. [dis and integer.] To separate the integrant parts of.Marlites are not ... |
16692
|
disintegrated |
DISINTEGRATED, pp. Separated into integrant parts without chemical action. |
16693
|
disintegration |
DISINTEGRATION, n. The act of separating integrant parts of a substance, as distinguished from ... |
16694
|
disinter |
DISINTER, v.t. [dis and inter.]1. To take out of a grave, or out of the earth; as, to disinter a ... |
16695
|
disinteressed |
DISINTERESSED, DISINTERESSMENT, [See Disinterested, &c.] |
16696
|
disinteressment |
DISINTERESSED, DISINTERESSMENT, [See Disinterested, &c.] |
16697
|
disinterest |
DISINTEREST, n. [dis and interest.]1. What is contrary to the interest or advantage; disadvantage; ... |
16698
|
disinterested |
DISINTERESTED, a. 1. Uninterested; indifferent; free from self-interest; having no personal ... |
16699
|
disinterestedly |
DISINTERESTEDLY, adv. In a disinterested manner. |
16700
|
disinterestedness |
DISINTERESTEDNESS, n. The state or quality of having no personal interest or private advantage in a ... |
16701
|
disinteresting |
DISINTERESTING, a. Uninteresting. [The latter is the word now used.] |
16702
|
disinterment |
DISINTERMENT, n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth. |
16703
|
disinterred |
DISINTERRED, pp. Taken out of the earth or grave. |
16704
|
disinterring |
DISINTERRING, ppr. Taking out of the earth, or out of a grave. |
16705
|
disinthrall |
DISINTHRALL, v.t. [dis and enthrall.] To liberate from slavery, bondage or servitude; to free or ... |
16706
|
disinthralled |
DISINTHRALLED, pp. Set free from bondage. |
16707
|
disinthralling |
DISINTHRALLING, ppr. Delivering from slavery or servitude. |
16708
|
disinthrallment |
DISINTHRALLMENT, n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation from slavery. |
16709
|
disinure |
DISINURE, v.t. [dis and inure.] To deprive of familiarity or custom. |
16710
|
disinvite |
DISINVITE, v.t. To recall an invitation. |
16711
|
disinvolve |
DISINVOLVE, v.t. disinvolv. [dis and involve.] To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. |
16712
|
disjoin |
DISJOIN, v.t. [dis and join.] To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder. |
16713
|
disjoined |
DISJOINED, pp. Disunited; separated. |
16714
|
disjoining |
DISJOINING, ppr. Disuniting; severing. |
16715
|
disjoint |
DISJOINT, v.t. [dis and joint.]1. To separate a joint; to separate parts united by joints; as, to ... |
16716
|
disjointed |
DISJOINTED, pp. Separated at the joints; parted limb from limb; carved; put out of joint; not ... |
16717
|
disjointing |
DISJOINTING, ppr. Separating joints; disjoining limb from limb; breaking at the seams or junctures; ... |
16718
|
disjointly |
DISJOINTLY, adv. In a divided state. |
16719
|
disjudication |
DISJUDICATION, n. [L.] Judgment; determination. [Not used.] |
16720
|
disjunct |
DISJUNCT, a. [L., to join.] Disjoined; separated. |
16721
|
disjunction |
DISJUNCTION, n. [L.] The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as the disjunction of ... |
16722
|
disjunctive |
DISJUNCTIVE, a. 1. Separating; disjoining.2. Incapable of union. [Unusual.]3. In grammar, a ... |
16723
|
disjunctively |
DISJUNCTIVELY, adv. In a disjunctive manner; separately. |
16724
|
disk |
DISK, n. [L. See Dish and Desk.]1. The body and face of the sun, moon or a planet, as it appears to ... |
16725
|
diskindness |
DISKINDNESS, n. [dis and kindness.]1. Want of kindness; unkindness; want of affection.2. Ill turn; ... |
16726
|
dislike |
DISLIKE, n. [dis and like.] 1. Disapprobation; disinclination; displeasure; aversion; a moderate ... |
16727
|
disliked |
DISLIKED, pp. Disapproved; disrelished. |
16728
|
dislikeful |
DISLIKEFUL, a. Disliking; disaffected. [Not used.] |
16729
|
disliken |
DISLIKEN, v.t. To make unlike. |
16730
|
dislikeness |
DISLIKENESS, n. [dis and likeness.] Unlikeness; want of resemblance; dissimilitude. |
16731
|
disliker |
DISLIKER, n. One who disapproves, or disrelishes. |
16732
|
disliking |
DISLIKING, ppr. Disapproving; disrelishing. |
16733
|
dislimb |
DISLIMB, v.t. dislim. To tear the limbs from. |
16734
|
dislimn |
DISLIMN, v.t. dislim. To strike out of a picture. [Not in use.] |
16735
|
dislocate |
DISLOCATE, v.t. [dis and locate, L., place.] To displace; to put out of its proper place; ... |
16736
|
dislocated |
DISLOCATED, pp. Removed from its proper place; put out of joint. |
16737
|
dislocating |
DISLOCATING, ppr. Putting out of its proper place or out of joint. |
16738
|
dislocation |
DISLOCATION, n. 1. The act of moving from its proper place; particularly, the act of removing or ... |
16739
|
dislodge |
DISLODGE, v.t. dislodj. [dis and lodge.]1. To remove or drive from a lodge or place or rest; to ... |
16740
|
dislodged |
DISLODGED, pp. Driven from a lodge or place of rest; removed from a place of habitation, or from ... |
16741
|
dislodging |
DISLODGING, ppr. Driving from a lodge or place of rest; removed from a place of habitation, or from ... |
16742
|
disloyal |
DISLOYAL, a. [dis and loyal.]1. Not true to allegiance; false to a sovereign; faithless; as a ... |
16743
|
disloyally |
DISLOYALLY, adv. In a disloyal manner; with violation of faith or duty to a sovereign; faithlessly; ... |
16744
|
disloyalty |
DISLOYALTY, n. 1. Want of fidelity to a sovereign; violation of allegiance, or duty to a prince or ... |
16745
|
dismal |
DISMAL, a. s as z. [I am not satisfied with the etymologies of this word which I have seen. ]1. ... |
16746
|
dismally |
DISMALLY, adv. Gloomily; horrible; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. |
16747
|
dismalness |
DISMALNESS, n. Gloominess; horror. |
16748
|
dismantle |
DISMANTLE, v.t. [dis and mantle.]1. To deprive of dress; to strip; to divest.2. To loose; to throw ... |
16749
|
dismantled |
DISMANTLED, pp. Divested; stripped of furniture; unrigged. |
16750
|
dismantling |
DISMANTLING, ppr. Stripping of dress; depriving of apparatus or furniture. |
16751
|
dismask |
DISMASK, v.t. [dis and mask.] To strip off a mask; to uncover; to remove that which conceals. |
16752
|
dismasked |
DISMASKED, pp. Divested of a mask; stripped of covering or disguise; uncovered. |
16753
|
dismasking |
DISMASKING, ppr. Stripping of a mask or covering. |
16754
|
dismast |
DISMAST, v.t. [dis and mast.] To deprive of a mast or masts; to break and carry away the masts ... |
16755
|
dismasted |
DISMASTED, pp. Deprived of a mast or masts. |
16756
|
dismasting |
DISMASTING, ppr. Stripping of masts. |
16757
|
dismastment |
DISMASTMENT, n. The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. |
16758
|
dismay |
DISMAY, v.t. To deprive of that strength or firmness of mind which constitutes courage; to ... |
16759
|
dismayed |
DISMAYED, pp. Disheartened; deprived of courage. |
16760
|
dismayedness |
DISMAYEDNESS, n. A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness. [A useless word, ... |
16761
|
dismaying |
DISMAYING, ppr. Depriving of courage. |
16762
|
disme |
DISME, DIME, n. A tenth part; a tithe. |
16763
|
dismember |
DISMEMBER, v.t. [dis and member.]1. To divide limb from limb; to separate a member from the body; ... |
16764
|
dismembered |
DISMEMBERED, pp. Divided member from member; torn or cut in pieces; divided by the separation of a ... |
16765
|
dismembering |
DISMEMBERING, ppr. Separating a limb or limbs from the body; dividing by taking a part or parts ... |
16766
|
dismemberment |
DISMEMBERMENT, n. The act of severing a limb or limbs from the body; the act of tearing or cutting ... |
16767
|
dismettled |
DISMETTLED, a. Destitute of fire or spirit. [Not much used.] |
16768
|
dismiss |
DISMISS, v.t. [L.]1. To send away; properly, to give leave of departure; to permit to depart; ... |
16769
|
dismissal |
DISMISSAL, n. Dismission. |
16770
|
dismissed |
DISMISSED, pp. Sent away; permitted to depart; removed from office or employment. |
16771
|
dismissing |
DISMISSING, ppr. Sending away; giving leave to depart; removing from office or service. |
16772
|
dismission |
DISMISSION, n. [L.]1. The act of sending away; leave to depart; as the dismission of the grand ... |
16773
|
dismissive |
DISMISSIVE, a. Giving dismission. |
16774
|
dismortgage |
DISMORTGAGE, v.t. dismorgage. To redeem from mortgage. |
16775
|
dismount |
DISMOUNT, v.i. [dis and mount.] 1. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from a ... |
16776
|
dismounted |
DISMOUNTED, pp. 1. Thrown from a horse, or from an elevation; unhorsed, or removed from horses by ... |
16777
|
dismounting |
DISMOUNTING, ppr. Throwing from a horse; unhorsing; removing from an elevation; throwing or ... |
16778
|
disnaturalize |
DISNATURALIZE, v.t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. |
16779
|
disnatured |
DISNATURED, a. Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. |
16780
|
disobedience |
DISOBEDIENCE, n. [dis and obedience.]1. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or ... |
16781
|
disobedient |
DISOBEDIENT, a. 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what ... |
16782
|
disobey |
DISOBEY, v.t. [dis and obey.] To neglect or refuse to obey; to omit or refuse to do what is ... |
16783
|
disobeyed |
DISOBEYED, pp. Not obeyed; neglected; transgressed. |
16784
|
disobeying |
DISOBEYING, ppr. Omitting or refusing to obey; violating; transgressing, as authority or law. |
16785
|
disobligation |
DISOBLIGATION, n. [dis and obligation.] The act of disobliging; an offense; cause of disgust. |
16786
|
disobligatory |
DISOBLIGATORY, a. Releasing obligation. |
16787
|
disoblige |
DISOBLIGE, v.t. [dis and oblige.]1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of another; ... |
16788
|
disobliged |
DISOBLIGED, pp. Offended; slightly injured. |
16789
|
disobligement |
DISOBLIGEMENT, n. The act of disobliging. |
16790
|
disobliger |
DISOBLIGER, n. One who disobliges. |
16791
|
disobliging |
DISOBLIGING, ppr. 1. Offending; contravening the wishes of; injuring slightly.2. a. Not obliging; ... |
16792
|
disobligingly |
DISOBLIGINGLY, adv. In a disobliging manner; offensively. |
16793
|
disobligingness |
DISOBLIGINGNESS, n. Offensiveness; disposition to displease, or want of readiness to please. |
16794
|
disopinion |
DISOPINION, n. Difference of opinion. [A bad word and not used.] |
16795
|
disorbed |
DISORBED, a. [dis and orb.] Thrown out of the proper orbit; as a star disorbed. |
16796
|
disorder |
DISORDER, n. [dis and order.]1. Want of order or regular disposition; irregularity; immethodical ... |
16797
|
disordered |
DISORDERED, pp. Put out of order; derranged; disturbed; discomposed; confused; sick; ... |
16798
|
disorderedness |
DISORDEREDNESS, n. A state of disorder or irregularity; confusion. |
16799
|
disorderly |
DISORDERLY, a. Confused; immethodical; irregular; being without proper order or disposition; as, ... |
16800
|
disordinate |
DISORDINATE, a. Disorderly; living irregularly. |
16801
|
disordinately |
DISORDINATELY, adv. Inordinately; irregularly; viciously. |
16802
|
disorganization |
DISORGANIZATION, n. [See Disorganize.]1. The act of disorganizing; the act of destroying organic ... |
16803
|
disorganize |
DISORGANIZE, v.t. [dis and organize. See Organ.] To break or destroy organic structure or connected ... |
16804
|
disorganized |
DISORGANIZED, pp. Reduced to disorder; being in a confused state. |
16805
|
disorganizer |
DISORGANIZER, n. One who disorganizes; one who destroys or attempts to interrupt regular order or ... |
16806
|
disorganizing |
DISORGANIZING, ppr.1. Destroying regular and connected system; throwing into confusion.2. a. ... |
16807
|
disown |
DISOWN, v.t. [dis and own.]1. To deny; not to own; to refuse to acknowledge as belonging to ones ... |
16808
|
disowned |
DISOWNED, pp. Not owned; not acknowledged as ones own; denied; disallowed. |
16809
|
disowning |
DISOWNING, ppr. Not owning; denying; disallowing. |
16810
|
disoxydate |
DISOXYDATE, v.t. [dis and oxydate.] To reduce from oxydation; to reduce from the state of an oxyd, ... |
16811
|
disoxydated |
DISOXYDATED, pp. Reduced from the state of an oxyd. |
16812
|
disoxydating |
DISOXYDATING, ppr. Reducing from the state of an oxyd. |
16813
|
disoxydation |
DISOXYDATION, n. The act or process of freeing from oxygen and reducing from the state of an oxyd. ... |
16814
|
disoxygenate |
DISOXYGENATE, v.t. [dis and oxygenate.] To deprive of oxygen. |
16815
|
disoxygenated |
DISOXYGENATED, pp. Freed from oxygen. |
16816
|
disoxygenating |
DISOXYGENATING, ppr. Freeing from oxygen. |
16817
|
disoxygenation |
DISOXYGENATION, n. The act or process of separating oxygen from any substance containing it. |
16818
|
dispace |
DISPACE, v.i. [dis and spatior, L.] To range about. |
16819
|
dispair |
DISPAIR, v.t. [dis and pair.] To separate a pair or couple. |
16820
|
dispand |
DISPAND, v.t. [L.] To display. [Not in use.] |
16821
|
dispansion |
DISPANSION, n. The act of spreading or displaying. [Not in use.] |
16822
|
disparadised |
DISPARADISED, a. [dis and paradise.] Removed from paradise. |
16823
|
disparage |
DISPARAGE, v.t. 1. To marry one to another of inferior condition or rank; to dishonor by an unequal ... |
16824
|
disparaged |
DISPARAGED, pp. Married to one beneath his or her condition; unequally matched; dishonored or ... |
16825
|
disparagement |
DISPARAGEMENT, n. 1. The matching of a man or woman to one of inferior rank or condition, and ... |
16826
|
disparager |
DISPARAGER, n. One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces. |
16827
|
disparaging |
DISPARAGING, ppr. Marrying one to another of inferior condition; dishonoring by an unequal union or ... |
16828
|
disparagingly |
DISPARAGINGLY, adv. In a manner to disparage or dishonor. |
16829
|
disparate |
DISPARATE, a. [L., equal.] Unequal; unlike; dissimilar. |
16830
|
disparates |
DISPARATES, n. Plu. Things so unequal or unlike that they cannot be compared with each other. |
16831
|
disparity |
DISPARITY, n. [L.]1. Irregularity; difference in degree, in age, rank, condition or excellence; as ... |
16832
|
dispark |
DISPARK, v.t. [dis and park.]1. To throw open a park; to lay open.2. To set at large; to release ... |
16833
|
dispart |
DISPART, v.t. [dis and part. L. See Part. Dis and part both imply separation.] To part asunder; to ... |
16834
|
disparted |
DISPARTED, pp. Divided; separated; parted; rent asunder. |
16835
|
disparting |
DISPARTING, ppr. Severing; dividing; bursting; cleaving. |
16836
|
dispassion |
DISPASSION, n. [dis and passion.] Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state of the mind; apathy. |
16837
|
dispassionate |
DISPASSIONATE, a. 1. Free from passion; calm; composed; impartial; moderate; temperate; unmoved by ... |
16838
|
dispassionately |
DISPASSIONATELY, adv. Without passion; calmly; coolly. |
16839
|
dispatch |
DISPATCH, v.t. [L.]1. To send or send away; particularly applied to the sending of messengers, ... |
16840
|
dispatched |
DISPATCHED, pp. Sent with haste or by a courier express; sent out of the world; put to death; ... |
16841
|
dispatcher |
DISPATCHER, n. 1. One that dispatches; one that kills.2. One that sends on a special errand. |
16842
|
dispatchful |
DISPATCHFUL, a. Bent on haste; indicating haste; intent on speedy execution of business; as ... |
16843
|
dispatching |
DISPATCHING, ppr. Sending away in haste; putting to death; executing; finishing. |
16844
|
dispauper |
DISPAUPER, v.t. [dis and pauper.] To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support, or of the ... |
16845
|
dispel |
DISPEL, v.t. [L., to drive., Gr. See Appeal, Peal, Pulse and Bawl.] To scatter by driving or force; ... |
16846
|
dispelled |
DISPELLED, pp. Driven away; scattered; dissipated. |
16847
|
dispelling |
DISPELLING, ppr. Driving away; dispersing; scattering. |
16848
|
dispend |
DISPEND, v.t. [L., to weigh.] To spend; to lay out; to consume. [See Expend, which is generally ... |
16849
|
dispender |
DISPENDER, n. One that distributes. |
16850
|
dispensable |
DISPENSABLE, a. That may be dispensed with. |
16851
|
dispensableness |
DISPENSABLENESS, n. The capability of being dispensed with. |
16852
|
dispensary |
DISPENSARY, n. A house, place or store, in which medicines are dispensed to the poor, and medical ... |
16853
|
dispensation |
DISPENSATION, n. [L. See Dispense.]1. Distribution; the act of dealing out to different persons or ... |
16854
|
dispensative |
DISPENSATIVE, a. Granting dispensation. |
16855
|
dispensatively |
DISPENSATIVELY, adv. By dispensation. |
16856
|
dispensatory |
DISPENSATORY, n. [L.] One whose employment is to deal out or distribute; a distributor; a ... |
16857
|
dispense |
DISPENSE, v.t. dispens. [L., to weigh, primarily to move; and perhaps the original idea of ... |
16858
|
dispensed |
DISPENSED, pp. Distributed; administered. |
16859
|
dispenser |
DISPENSER, n. One who dispenses; one who distributes; one who administers; as a dispenser of favors ... |
16860
|
dispensing |
DISPENSING, ppr. 1. Distributing; administering.2. a. That may dispense with; granting ... |
16861
|
dispeopled |
DISPEOPLED, pp. Depopulated; deprived of inhabitants. |
16862
|
dispeopler |
DISPEOPLER, n. One who depopulates; a depopulator; that which deprives of inhabitants. |
16863
|
dispeopling |
DISPEOPLING, ppr. Depopulating. |
16864
|
disperge |
DISPERGE, v.t. disperj. [L.] To sprinkle. [Not in use.] |
16865
|
dispermous |
DISPERMOUS, a. [Gr., seed.] In botany, two-seeded; containing two seeds only; as, umbellate and ... |
16866
|
disperse |
DISPERSE, v.t. dispers. [L., to scatter.]1. To scatter; to drive asunder; to cause to separate into ... |
16867
|
dispersed |
DISPERSED, pp. Scattered; driven apart; diffused; dissipated. |
16868
|
dispersedlyb |
DISPERSEDLYB, adv. In a dispersed manner; separately. |
16869
|
dispersedness |
DISPERSEDNESS, n. The state of being dispersed or scattered. |
16870
|
disperseness |
DISPERSENESS, n. Thinness; a scattered state. [Little used.] |
16871
|
disperser |
DISPERSER, n. One who disperses; as the disperser of libels. |
16872
|
dispersing |
DISPERSING, ppr. Scattering; dissipating. |
16873
|
dispersion |
DISPERSION, n. 1. The act of scattering.2. The state of being scattered, or separated into remote ... |
16874
|
dispersive |
DISPERSIVE, a. Tending to scatter or dissipate. |
16875
|
dispirit |
DISPIRIT, v.t. [dis and spirit.]1. To depress the spirits; to deprive of courage; to discourage; to ... |
16876
|
dispirited |
DISPIRITED, pp. Discourage; depressed in spirits; dejected; intimidated. |
16877
|
dispiritedness |
DISPIRITEDNESS, n. Want of courage; depression of spirits. |
16878
|
dispiriting |
DISPIRITING, ppr. Discouraging; disheartening; dejecting; intimidating. |
16879
|
dispiteous |
DISPITEOUS, a. Having no pity; cruel; furious. [Not used.] |
16880
|
displace |
DISPLACE, v.t. [dis and place.]1. To put out of the usual or proper place; to remove from its ... |
16881
|
displaced |
DISPLACED, pp. Removed from the proper place; deranged; disordered; removed from an office or ... |
16882
|
displacement |
DISPLACEMENT, n. The act of displacing; the act of removing from the usual or proper place, or from ... |
16883
|
displacency |
DISPLACENCY, n. [L., to displease.; to please.] Incivility; that which displeases or disobliges. |
16884
|
displacing |
DISPLACING, ppr. Putting out of the usual or proper place; removing from an office, state or ... |
16885
|
displant |
DISPLANT, v.t. [dis and plant.]1. To pluck up or to remove a plant.2. To drive away or remove from ... |
16886
|
displantation |
DISPLANTATION, n. 1. The removal of a plant.2. The removal of inhabitants or residents people. |
16887
|
displanted |
DISPLANTED, pp.1. Removed from the place where it grew, as a plant.2. Removed from the place of ... |
16888
|
displanting |
DISPLANTING, ppr. Removing, as a plant.DISPLANTING, n. Removal from a fixed place. |
16889
|
displat |
DISPLAT, v.t. [dis and plat.] To untwist; to uncurl. |
16890
|
display |
DISPLAY, v.t. [L., gr., to unfold.]1. Literally, to unfold; hence, to open; to spread wide; to ... |
16891
|
displayed |
DISPLAYED, pp. Unfolded; opened; spread; expanded; exhibited to view; manifested. |
16892
|
displayer |
DISPLAYER, n. He or that which displays. |
16893
|
displaying |
DISPLAYING, ppr. Unfolding; spreading; exhibiting; manifesting. |
16894
|
displeasance |
DISPLEASANCE, n. Anger; discontent. [Not used.] |
16895
|
displeasant |
DISPLEASANT, a. Displezant. [See Displease.] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [The latter word is ... |
16896
|
displease |
DISPLEASE, v.t. displeze. [dis and please.]1. To offend; to make angry, sometimes in a slight ... |
16897
|
displeased |
DISPLEASED, pp. Offended; disgusted. |
16898
|
displeasedness |
DISPLEASEDNESS, n. Displeasure; uneasiness. |
16899
|
displeasing |
DISPLEASING, ppr or a. Offensive to the eye, to the mind, to the smell, or to the taste; ... |
16900
|
displeasingness |
DISPLEASINGNESS, n. Offensiveness; the quality of giving some degree of disgust. |
16901
|
displeasure |
DISPLEASURE, n. Displezhur. 1. Some irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by any thing ... |
16902
|
displicence |
DISPLICENCE, n. [L.] Dislike. [Not in use.] |
16903
|
displode |
DISPLODE, v.t. [L., to break forth.] To vent, discharge or burst with a violent sound.In posture to ... |
16904
|
disploded |
DISPLODED, pp. Discharged with a loud report. |
16905
|
disploding |
DISPLODING, ppr. Discharging or bursting with a loud report; an explosion. |
16906
|
displosive |
DISPLOSIVE, a. Noting displosion. |
16907
|
displume |
DISPLUME, v.t. [dis and plume.] To strip or deprive of plumes or feathers; to strip of badges of ... |
16908
|
displumed |
DISPLUMED, pp. Stripped of plumes. |
16909
|
displuming |
DISPLUMING, ppr. Depriving of plumes. |
16910
|
dispondee |
DISPONDEE, n. In Greek and Latin poetry, a double spondee, consisting of four long syllables. |
16911
|
disport |
DISPORT, n. [dis and sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; amusement; merriment.DISPORT, v.i. To ... |
16912
|
disporting |
DISPORTING, ppr. Playing; wantoning. |
16913
|
disposable |
DISPOSABLE, a. [See Dispose.] Subject to disposal; not previously engaged or employed; free to be ... |
16914
|
disposal |
DISPOSAL, n. [See Dispose.]1. The act of disposing; a setting or arranging.This object was effected ... |
16915
|
dispose |
DISPOSE, v.t. dispoze. [L.]1. To set; to place or distribute; to arrange; used with reference to ... |
16916
|
disposed |
DISPOSED, pp. Set in order; arranged; placed; adjusted; applied; bestowed; inclined. |
16917
|
disposer |
DISPOSER, n. 1. One who disposes; a distributor; a bestower; as a disposer of gifts.2. A director; ... |
16918
|
disposing |
DISPOSING, ppr. Setting in order; arranging; distributing; bestowing; regulating; adjusting; ... |
16919
|
disposition |
DISPOSITION, n. [L.]1. The act of disposing, or state of being disposed.2. Manner in which things ... |
16920
|
dispositive |
DISPOSITIVE, a. That implies disposal. [Not used.] |
16921
|
dispositively |
DISPOSITIVELY, adv. In a dispositive manner; distributively. [Not used.] |
16922
|
dispositor |
DISPOSITOR, n. A disposer; in astrology, the planet which is lord of the sign where another planet ... |
16923
|
dispossess |
DISPOSSESS, v.t. [dis and possess.] To put out of possession, by any means; to deprive of the ... |
16924
|
dispossessed |
DISPOSSESSED, pp. Deprived of possession or occupancy. |
16925
|
dispossessing |
DISPOSSESSING, ppr. Depriving of possession; disseizing. |
16926
|
dispossession |
DISPOSSESSION, n. The act of putting out of possession. |
16927
|
disposure |
DISPOSURE, n. Dispozhur. [See Dispose.] 1. Disposal; the power of disposeing; management; ... |
16928
|
dispraise |
DISPRAISE, n. Dispraze. [dis and praise.]1. Blame; censure. Be cautious not to speak in dispraise ... |
16929
|
dispraised |
DISPRAISED, pp. Blamed; censured. |
16930
|
dispraiser |
DISPRAISER, n. One who blames or dispraises. |
16931
|
dispraising |
DISPRAISING, ppr. Blaming; censuring. |
16932
|
dispraisingly |
DISPRAISINGLY, adv. By way of dispraise; with blame or some degree of reproach. |
16933
|
dispread |
DISPREAD, v.t. dispred. [dis and spread. See Spread.] To spread in different ways; to extend or ... |
16934
|
dispreader |
DISPREADER, n. A publisher; a divulger. |
16935
|
disprize |
DISPRIZE, v.t. To undervalue. |
16936
|
disprofess |
DISPROFESS, v.i. To renounce the profession of. |
16937
|
disprofit |
DISPROFIT, n. [dis and profit.] Loss; detriment; damage. [Little used.] |
16938
|
disproof |
DISPROOF, n. [dis and proof.] Confutation; refutation; a proving to be false or erroneous; as, to ... |
16939
|
disproperty |
DISPROPERTY, v.t. To deprive of property; to dispossess. [Not used.] |
16940
|
disproportion |
DISPROPORTION, n. [dis and proportion.]1. Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between ... |
16941
|
disproportionable |
DISPROPORTIONABLE, a. Disproportional; not in proportion; unsuitable in form, size or quantity to ... |
16942
|
disproportionablen |
DISPROPORTIONABLENESS, n. Want of proportion or symmetry; unsuitableness to something else. |
16943
|
disproportionably |
DISPROPORTIONABLY, adv. With want of proportion or symmetry; unsuitably to something else. |
16944
|
disproportional |
DISPROPORTIONAL, a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry ... |
16945
|
disproportionality |
DISPROPORTIONALITY, n. The state of being disproportional. |
16946
|
disproportionally |
DISPROPORTIONALLY, adv. Unsuitably with respect to form, quantity or value; inadequately; ... |
16947
|
disproportionate |
DISPROPORTIONATE, a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else, in bulk, from ... |
16948
|
disproportionately |
DISPROPORTIONATELY, adv. In a disproportionate degree; unsuitably; inadequately. |
16949
|
disproportionatene |
DISPROPORTIONATENESS, n. Unsuitably with respect to form, quantity or value; inadequately; ... |
16950
|
dispropriate |
DISPROPRIATE, v.t. To destroy appropriation; to withdraw from an appropriate use.[See ... |
16951
|
disprovable |
DISPROVABLE, a. Capable of being disproved or refuted. |
16952
|
disprove |
DISPROVE, v.t. [dis and prove.]1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to disprove an ... |
16953
|
disproved |
DISPROVED, pp. Proved to be false or erroneous; refuted. |
16954
|
disprover |
DISPROVER, n. One that disproves or confutes. |
16955
|
disproving |
DISPROVING, ppr. Proving to be false or erroneous; confuting; refuting. |
16956
|
dispunge |
DISPUNGE, v.t. [dis and spunge.] To expunge; to erase; also, to discharge as from a spunge. [Il ... |
16957
|
dispunishable |
DISPUNISHABLE, a. [dis and punishable.] Without penal restraint; not punishable. |
16958
|
dispurse |
DISPURSE, for disburse. [Not in use.] |
16959
|
dispurvey |
DISPURVEY, v.t. To unprovide. [Not in use.] |
16960
|
dispurveyance |
DISPURVEYANCE, n. Want of provisions. [Not in use.] |
16961
|
disputable |
DISPUTABLE, a. [See Dispute.] That may be disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted ... |
16962
|
disputant |
DISPUTANT, n. One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; a controvertist; a ... |
16963
|
disputation |
DISPUTATION, n. [L.]1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to ... |
16964
|
disputatious |
DISPUTATIOUS, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to cavil or controvert; as a disputatious person or ... |
16965
|
disputative |
DISPUTATIVE, a. Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as a disputative ... |
16966
|
dispute |
DISPUTE, v.i. [L. Dispute is radically very similar to debate and discuss, both of which are from ... |
16967
|
disputed |
DISPUTED, pp. Contested; opposed by words or arguments; litigated. |
16968
|
disputeless |
DISPUTELESS, a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. |
16969
|
disputer |
DISPUTER, n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.Where is the disputer ... |
16970
|
disputing |
DISPUTING, ppr. Contending by words or arguments; controverting.DISPUTING, n. The act of contending ... |
16971
|
disqualification |
DISQUALIFICATION, n. [See Disqualitfy.]1. The act of disqualifying; or that which disqualifies; ... |
16972
|
disqualified |
DISQUALIFIED, pp. Deprived of qualifications; rendered unfit. |
16973
|
disqualify |
DISQUALIFY, v.t. [dis and qualify.]1. To make unfit; to deprive of natural power, or the qualities ... |
16974
|
disqualifying |
DISQUALIFYING, ppr. Rendering unfit; disabling. |
16975
|
disquantity |
DISQUANTITY, v.t. To diminish. [Not in use.] |
16976
|
disquiet |
DISQUIET, a. [dis and quiet.] Unquiet; restless; uneasy. [Seldom used.]DISQUIET, n. Want of quiet; ... |
16977
|
disquieted |
DISQUIETED, pp. Made uneasy or restless; disturbed; harassed. |
16978
|
disquieter |
DISQUIETER, n. One who disquiets; he or that which makes uneasy. |
16979
|
disquietful |
DISQUIETFUL, a. Producing inquietude. |
16980
|
disquieting |
DISQUIETING, ppr. 1. Disturbing; making uneasy; depriving of rest or peace.2. a. Tending to disturb ... |
16981
|
disquietly |
DISQUIETLY, adv. Without quiet or rest; in an uneasy state; uneasily; anxiously; as, he rested ... |
16982
|
disquietness |
DISQUIETNESS, n. Uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance of peace in body or mind. |
16983
|
disquietous |
DISQUIETOUS, a. Causing uneasiness. [Not used.] |
16984
|
disquietude |
DISQUIETUDE, n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. It is, I ... |
16985
|
disquisition |
DISQUISITION, n. [L., to seek.] A formal or systematic inquiry into any subject, by arguments, or ... |
16986
|
disrank |
DISRANK, v.t. 1. To degrade from rank. [Not used.]2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. |
16987
|
disregard |
DISREGARD, n. [dis and regard.] Neglect; omission of notice; slight; implying indifference or some ... |
16988
|
disregarded |
DISREGARDED, pp. Neglected; slighted; unnoticed. |
16989
|
disregardful |
DISREGARDFUL, a. Neglectful; negligent; heedless. |
16990
|
disregardfully |
DISREGARDFULLY, adv. Negligently; heedlessly. |
16991
|
disrelish |
DISRELISH, n. [dis and relish.] 1. Distaste; dislike of the palate; some degree of disgust. Men ... |
16992
|
disrelished |
DISRELISHED, pp. Not relished; disliked; made nauseous. |
16993
|
disrelishing |
DISRELISHING, ppr. Disliking the taste of; experiencing disgust at; rendering nauseous. |
16994
|
disreputable |
DISREPUTABLE, a. [dis and reputable.]1. Not reputable; not in esteem; not honorable; low; mean; as ... |
16995
|
disreputation |
DISREPUTATION, n. [dis and reputation.] Loss or want of reputation or good name; disrepute; ... |
16996
|
disrepute |
DISREPUTE, n. [dis and repute.] Loss or want of reputation; disesteem; discredit; dishonor. The ... |
16997
|
disrespect |
DISRESPECT, n. [dis and respect.]1. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem. Disrespect often leads ... |
16998
|
disrespectful |
DISRESPECTFUL, a. 1. Wanting in respect; irreverent; as a disrespectful thought or opinion.2. ... |
16999
|
disrespectfully |
DISRESPECTFULLY, adv. In a disrespectful manner; irreverently; uncivilly. |
17000
|
disrobe |
DISROBE, v.t. [dis and robe.]1. To divest of a robe; to divest of garments; to undress.2. To strip ... |
17001
|
disrobed |
DISROBED, pp. Divested of clothing; stripped of covering. |
17002
|
disrober |
DISROBER, n. One that strips of robes or clothing. |
17003
|
disrobing |
DISROBING, ppr. Divesting of garments; stripping of any kind of covering. |
17004
|
disroot |
DISROOT, v.t. [dis and root.]1. To tear up the roots, or by the roots.2. To tear from a foundation; ... |
17005
|
disrooted |
DISROOTED, pp. Torn up by the roots; undermined. |
17006
|
disrooting |
DISROOTING, ppr. Tearing up by the roots; undermining. |
17007
|
disrupt |
DISRUPT, a. [L., to burst.] Rent from; torn asunder; severed by rending or breaking. |
17008
|
disruption |
DISRUPTION, n. [L.]1. The act of rending asunder; the act of bursting and separating.2. Breach; ... |
17009
|
disrupture |
DISRUPTURE, v.t. [dis and rupture.] To rend; to sever by tearing, breaking or bursting. ... |
17010
|
disruptured |
DISRUPTURED, pp. Rent asunder; severed by breaking. |
17011
|
disrupturing |
DISRUPTURING, ppr. Rending asunder; severing. |
17012
|
dissatisfaction |
DISSATISFACTION, n. [dis and satisfaction.] The state of being dissatisfied; discontent; uneasiness ... |
17013
|
dissatisfactorines |
DISSATISFACTORINESS, n. Inability to satisfy or give content; a failing to give content. |
17014
|
dissatisfactory |
DISSATISFACTORY, a. Unable to give content. Rather, giving discontent; displeasing.To have reduced ... |
17015
|
dissatisfied |
DISSATISFIED, pp. 1. Made discontented; displeased.2. a. Discontented; not satisfied; not pleased; ... |
17016
|
dissatisfy |
DISSATISFY, v.t. To render discontented; to displease; to excite uneasiness by frustrating wishes ... |
17017
|
dissatisfying |
DISSATISFYING, ppr. Exciting uneasiness or discontent. |
17018
|
disseat |
DISSEAT, v.t. To remove from a seat. |
17019
|
dissect |
DISSECT, v.t. [L., to cut.]1. To cut in pieces; to divide an animal body, with a cutting ... |
17020
|
dissected |
DISSECTED, pp. Cut in pieces; separated by parting the joints; divided into its constituent parts; ... |
17021
|
dissecting |
DISSECTING, ppr. Cutting in pieces; dividing the parts; separating constituent parts for minute ... |
17022
|
dissection |
DISSECTION, n. [L.] 1. The act of cutting in pieces an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of ... |
17023
|
dissector |
DISSECTOR, n. One who dissects; an anatomist. |
17024
|
disseize |
DISSEIZE, v.t. [dis and seize.] In law, to dispossess wrongfully; to deprive of actual seizin or ... |
17025
|
disseized |
DISSEIZED, pp. Put out of possession wrongfully or by force; deprived of actual possession. |
17026
|
disseizee |
DISSEIZEE, n. A person put out of possession of an estate unlawfully. |
17027
|
disseizin |
DISSEIZIN, n. The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing of a person of his lands, tenements, ... |
17028
|
disseizing |
DISSEIZING, ppr. Depriving of actual seizin or possession; putting out of possession. |
17029
|
disseizor |
DISSEIZOR, n. One who puts another out of possession wrongfully; he that dispossessses another. |
17030
|
dissemblance |
DISSEMBLANCE, n. [dis and semblance.] Want of resemblance. [Little used.] |
17031
|
dissemble |
DISSEMBLE, v.t. [L.]1. To hide under a false appearance; to conceal; to disguise; to pretend that ... |
17032
|
dissembled |
DISSEMBLED, pp. Concealed under a false appearance; disguised. |
17033
|
dissembler |
DISSEMBLER, n. One who dissembles; a hypocrite; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under ... |
17034
|
dissembling |
DISSEMBLING, ppr. Hiding under a false appearance; acting the hypocrite. |
17035
|
dissemblingly |
DISSEMBLINGLY, adv. With dissimulation; hypocritically; falsely. |
17036
|
disseminate |
DISSEMINATE, v.t. [l., to sow; seed.]1. Literally, to sow; to scatter seed; but seldom or never ... |
17037
|
disseminated |
DISSEMINATED, pp.1. Scattered, as seed propagated; spread.2. In mineralogy, occurring in portions ... |
17038
|
disseminating |
DISSEMINATING, ppr. Scattering and propagating; spreading. |
17039
|
dissemination |
DISSEMINATION, n. The act of scattering and propagating, like seed; the act of spreading for growth ... |
17040
|
disseminator |
DISSEMINATOR, n. One who disseminates; one who spreads and propagates. |
17041
|
dissension |
DISSENSION, n. [L., to think.] Disagreement in opinion, usually a disagreement which is violent, ... |
17042
|
dissensious |
DISSENSIOUS, a. Disposed to discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. [Little used.] |
17043
|
dissent |
DISSENT, v.i. [L., to think.]1. To disagree in opinion; to differ; to think in a different or ... |
17044
|
dissentaneous |
DISSENTANEOUS, a. Disagreeable; contrary. |
17045
|
dissentany |
DISSENTANY, a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Not used.] |
17046
|
dissenter |
DISSENTER, n. 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his ... |
17047
|
dissentient |
DISSENTIENT, a. Disagreeing; declaring dissent.DISSENTIENT, n. One who disagrees and declares his ... |
17048
|
dissenting |
DISSENTING, ppr. Disagreeing in opinion; separating from the communion of an established church. It ... |
17049
|
dissentious |
DISSENTIOUS, a. Disposed to disagreement or discord. |
17050
|
dissepiment |
DISSEPIMENT, n. [L., to separate; to inclose or guard.] In botany, a partition in dry seed-vessels, ... |
17051
|
dissert |
DISSERT, v.i. [L.] To discourse or dispute. [Little in use.] |
17052
|
dissertation |
DISSERTATION, n. [L., to discourse; to sow, that is, to throw.]1. A discourse, or rather a formal ... |
17053
|
dissertator |
DISSERTATOR, n. One who writes a dissertation; one who debates. |
17054
|
disserve |
DISSERVE, v.t. disserv. [dis and serve.] To injure; to hurt; to harm; to do injury or mischief ... |
17055
|
disserved |
DISSERVED, pp. Injured. |
17056
|
disservice |
DISSERVICE, n. Injury; harm; mischief; as, violent remedies often do a disservice. |
17057
|
disserviceable |
DISSERVICEABLE, a. Injurious; hurtful. |
17058
|
disserviceableness |
DISSERVICEABLENESS, n. The quality of being injurious; tendency to harm. |
17059
|
dissettle |
DISSETTLE, v.t. To unsettle. [Not used.] |
17060
|
dissever |
DISSEVER, v.t. [dis and sever. In this word, dis, as in dispart, can have no effect, unless to ... |
17061
|
disseverance |
DISSEVERANCE, n. The act of dissevering; separation. |
17062
|
dissevered |
DISSEVERED, pp. Disparted; disjoined; separated. |
17063
|
dissevering |
DISSEVERING, ppr. Dividing asunder; separating; tearing or cutting asunder.DISSEVERING, n. The act ... |
17064
|
dissidence |
DISSIDENCE, n. [infra.] Discord. |
17065
|
dissident |
DISSIDENT, a. [L., to disagree; to sit.] Not agreeing.DISSIDENT, n. A dissenter; one who separates ... |
17066
|
dissilience |
DISSILIENCE, n. [L., to leap.] The act of leaping or starting asunder. |
17067
|
dissilient |
DISSILIENT, a. Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force, as the dry pod or ... |
17068
|
dissilition |
DISSILITION, n. The act of bursting open; the act of starting or springing different ways. |
17069
|
dissimilar |
DISSIMILAR, a. [dis and similar.] Unlike, either in nature, properties or external form; not ... |
17070
|
dissimilarity |
DISSIMILARITY, n. Unlikeness; want of resemblance; dissimilitude; as the dissimilarity of human ... |
17071
|
dissimile |
DISSIMILE, n. Dissimily. Comparison or illustration by contraries. [Little used.] |
17072
|
dissimilitude |
DISSIMILITUDE, n. [L.] Unlikeness; want of resemblance; as a dissimilitude of form or character. |
17073
|
dissimulation |
DISSIMULATION, n. [L., to make like; like.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false ... |
17074
|
dissimule |
DISSIMULE, v.t. To dissemble. [Not in use.] |
17075
|
dissipable |
DISSIPABLE, a. [See Dissipate.] Liable to be dissipated; that may be scattered or dispersed. The ... |
17076
|
dissipate |
DISSIPATE, v.t. [L., to throw.]1. To scatter; to disperse; to drive asunder. Wind dissipates fog; ... |
17077
|
dissipated |
DISSIPATED, pp. 1. Scattered; dispersed; wasted; consumed; squandered.2. a. Loose; irregular; given ... |
17078
|
dissipating |
DISSIPATING, ppr. Scattering; dispersing; wasting; consuming; squandering; vanishing. |
17079
|
dissipation |
DISSIPATION, n. 1. The act of scattering; dispersion; the state of being dispersed; as the ... |
17080
|
dissociable |
DISSOCIABLE, a. [See Dissociate.] 1. Not well associated, united or assorted.They came in two and ... |
17081
|
dissocial |
DISSOCIAL, a. [dis and social.] Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as a dissocial passion. |
17082
|
dissociate |
DISSOCIATE, v.t. [L., to unite, a companion.] To separate; to disunite; to part; as, to dissociate ... |
17083
|
dissociated |
DISSOCIATED, pp. Separated; disunited. |
17084
|
dissociating |
DISSOCIATING, ppr. Separating; disuniting. |
17085
|
dissociation |
DISSOCIATION, n. The act of disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.It will add to the ... |
17086
|
dissolubility |
DISSOLUBILITY, n. Capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid. |
17087
|
dissoluble |
DISSOLUBLE, a. [L. See Dissolve.]1. Capable of being dissolved; that may be melted; having its ... |
17088
|
dissolute |
DISSOLUTE, a. [L.]1. Loose in behavior and morals; given to vice and dissipation; wanton; lewd; ... |
17089
|
dissolutely |
DISSOLUTELY, adv. Loosely; wantonly; in dissipation or debauchery; without restraint; as, to live ... |
17090
|
dissoluteness |
DISSOLUTENESS, n. Looseness of manners and morals; vicious indulgences in pleasure, as in ... |
17091
|
dissolution |
DISSOLUTION, n. [L.] In a general sense, the separation of the parts of a body which, in the ... |
17092
|
dissolvable |
DISSOLVABLE, a. Dizzolvable. [See Dissolve.] That may be dissolved; capable of being melted; that ... |
17093
|
dissolve |
DISSOLVE, v.t. dizzolv. [L., to loose, to free.]1. To melt; to liquefy; to convert from a solid or ... |
17094
|
dissolved |
DISSOLVED, pp. Melted; liquefied; disunited; parted; loosed; relaxed; wasted away; ended.Dissolved ... |
17095
|
dissolvent |
DISSOLVENT, a. Having power to melt or dissolve; as the dissolvent juices of the ... |
17096
|
dissolver |
DISSOLVER, n. That which dissolves or has the power of dissolving. Heat is the most powerful ... |
17097
|
dissolving |
DISSOLVING, ppr. Melting; making or becoming liquid. |
17098
|
dissonance |
DISSONANCE, n. [L., to be discordant; to sound.]1. Discord; a mixture or union of harsh, ... |
17099
|
dissonant |
DISSONANT, a. 1. Discordant; harsh; jarring; unharmonious; unpleasant to the ear; as dissonant ... |
17100
|
dissuade |
DISSUADE, v.t. [L., to advise or incite to any thing.]1. To advise or exhort against; to attempt to ... |
17101
|
dissuaded |
DISSUADED, pp. Advised against; counseled or induced by advice not to do something; diverted from a ... |
17102
|
dissuader |
DISSUADER, n. He that dissuades; a dehorter. |
17103
|
dissuading |
DISSUADING, ppr. Exhorting against; attempting, by advice, to divert from a purpose. |
17104
|
dissuasion |
DISSUASION, n. Disuazhun. Advice or exhortation in opposition to something; the act of attempting, ... |
17105
|
dissuasive |
DISSUASIVE, a. Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose; dehortatory.DISSUASIVE, n. ... |
17106
|
dissunder |
DISSUNDER, v.t. [dis and sunder.] To separate; to rend. |
17107
|
dissweeten |
DISSWEETEN, v.t. To deprive of sweetness. [Not used.] |
17108
|
dissyllabic |
DISSYLLABIC, a. Consisting of two syllables only; as a dissyllabic foot in poetry. |
17109
|
dissyllable |
DISSYLLABLE, n. [Gr., two or twice; a syllable.] A word consisting of two syllables only; as, ... |
17110
|
distaff |
DISTAFF, n. 1. The staff of a spinning-wheel, to which a bunch of flax or tow is tied, and from ... |
17111
|
distaff-thistle |
DISTAFF-THISTLE, n. A species of thistle; a name of the Atraetylis, and of the Carthamus, or false ... |
17112
|
distain |
DISTAIN, v.t. [dis and stain. L. See Stain.]1. To stain; to tinge with any different color from the ... |
17113
|
distained |
DISTAINED, pp. Stained; tinged; discolored; blotted; sullied. |
17114
|
distaining |
DISTAINING, ppr. Staining; discoloring; blotting; tarnishing. |
17115
|
distance |
DISTANCE, n. [L., to stand apart; to stand.]1. An interval or space between two objects; the length ... |
17116
|
distanced |
DISTANCED, pp. Left far behind; cast out of the race. |
17117
|
distant |
DISTANT, a. [L., standing apart.]1. Separate; having an intervening space of any indefinite extent. ... |
17118
|
distantly |
DISTANTLY, adv. Remotely; at a distance; with reserve. |
17119
|
distaste |
DISTASTE, n. [dis and taste.]1. Aversion of the taste; dislike of food or drink; disrelish; ... |
17120
|
distasted |
DISTASTED, pp. Disrelished; disliked; offended; displeased. |
17121
|
distasteful |
DISTASTEFUL, a. 1. Nauseous; unpleasant or disgusting to the taste.2. Offensive; displeasing; as a ... |
17122
|
distastefulness |
DISTASTEFULNESS, n. Disagreeableness; dislike. |
17123
|
distasting |
DISTASTING, ppr. Disrelishing; disliking; offending; displeasing. |
17124
|
distastive |
DISTASTIVE, n. That which gives disrelish or aversion. |
17125
|
distemper |
DISTEMPER, n. [dis and temper.]1. Literally, an undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate ... |
17126
|
distemperance |
DISTEMPERANCE, n. Distemperature. |
17127
|
distemperate |
DISTEMPERATE, a. Immoderate. [Little used.] |
17128
|
distemperature |
DISTEMPERATURE, n. 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other ... |
17129
|
distempered |
DISTEMPERED, pp. or a. 1. Diseased in body, or disordered in mind. We speak of a distempered body, ... |
17130
|
distempering |
DISTEMPERING, ppr. Affecting with disease or disorder; disturbing; depriving of moderation. |
17131
|
distend |
DISTEND, v.t. [L., to tend, to stretch; to hold. Gr., to stretch.]1. To stretch or spread in all ... |
17132
|
distended |
DISTENDED, pp. Spread; expanded; dilated by an inclosed substance or force. |
17133
|
distending |
DISTENDING, ppr. Stretching in all directions; dilating; expanding. |
17134
|
distensibility |
DISTENSIBILITY, n. The quality or capacity of being distensible. |
17135
|
distensible |
DISTENSIBLE, a. Capable of being distended or dilated. |
17136
|
distent |
DISTENT, a. Spread. [Not in use.]DISTENT, n. Breadth. [Not used.] |
17137
|
distention |
DISTENTION, n. [L.]1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; ... |
17138
|
disterminate |
DISTERMINATE, a. [L.] Separated by bounds. |
17139
|
distermination |
DISTERMINATION, n. Separation. |
17140
|
disthene |
DISTHENE, n. [Gr., two; force.] A mineral so called by Hauy, because its crystals have the property ... |
17141
|
disthronize |
DISTHRONIZE, v.t. To dethrone. [Not used.] |
17142
|
distich |
DISTICH, n. [L., Gr., a verse.] A couplet; a couple of verses or poetic lines, making complete ... |
17143
|
distichous |
DISTICHOUS, DISTICH, a. Having two rows, or disposed in two rows. A distichous spike has all the ... |
17144
|
distill |
DISTILL, v.i. [L., to drop; a drop. Gr.]1. To drop; to fall in drops. Soft showers distilld, and ... |
17145
|
distillable |
DISTILLABLE, a. That may be distilled; fit for distillation. |
17146
|
distillation |
DISTILLATION, n. 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring or throwing down in drops.2. ... |
17147
|
distillatory |
DISTILLATORY, a. Belonging to distillation; used for distilling; as distillatory vessels. |
17148
|
distilled |
DISTILLED, pp. Let fall or thrown down inn drops; subjected to the process of distillation; ... |
17149
|
distiller |
DISTILLER, n. One who distills; one whose occupation is to extract spirit by evaporation and ... |
17150
|
distillery |
DISTILLERY, n. 1. The act or art of distilling.2. The building and works where distilling is ... |
17151
|
distilling |
DISTILLING, ppr. Dropping; letting fall in drops; extracting by distillation. |
17152
|
distillment |
DISTILLMENT, n. That which is drawn by distillation. |
17153
|
distinct |
DISTINCT, a. [L. See Distinguish.]1. Literally, having the difference marked; separated by a ... |
17154
|
distinction |
DISTINCTION, n. [L.]1. The act of separating or distinguishing.2. A note or mark of difference. ... |
17155
|
distinctive |
DISTINCTIVE, a. 1. That marks distinction or difference; as distinctive names or titles.2. Having ... |
17156
|
distinctively |
DISTINCTIVELY, adv. With distinction; plainly. |
17157
|
distinctly |
DISTINCTLY, adv. 1. Separately; with distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part ... |
17158
|
distinctness |
DISTINCTNESS, n. 1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that ... |
17159
|
distinguish |
DISTINGUISH, v.t. [L. Gr. The primary sense is, to prick, to pierce with a sharp point, to thrust ... |
17160
|
distinguishable |
DISTINGUISHABLE, a. 1. Capable of being distinguished; that may be separated, known or made known, ... |
17161
|
distinguished |
DISTINGUISHED, pp.1. Separated or known by a mark of difference, or by different qualities.2. a. ... |
17162
|
distinguisher |
DISTINGUISHER, n. 1. He or that which distinguishes, or that separates one thing from another by ... |
17163
|
distinguishing |
DISTINGUISHING, ppr.1. Separating from others by a note of diversity; ascertaining difference by a ... |
17164
|
distinguishingly |
DISTINGUISHINGLY, adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. |
17165
|
distinguishment |
DISTINGUISHMENT, n. Distinction; observation of difference. |
17166
|
distitle |
DISTITLE, v.t. To deprive of right. |
17167
|
distort |
DISTORT, v.t. [L., to twist.]1. To twist out of natural or regular shape; as, to distort the neck, ... |
17168
|
distorted |
DISTORTED, pp. Twisted out of natural or regular shape; wrested; perverted. |
17169
|
distorting |
DISTORTING, ppr. Twisting out of shape; wresting; perverting. |
17170
|
distortion |
DISTORTION, n. [L.] 1. The act of distorting or wresting; a twisting out of regular shape; a ... |
17171
|
distract |
DISTRACT, v.t. [L., to draw. See draw and drag. The old participle distraught is obsolete.]1. ... |
17172
|
distracted |
DISTRACTED, pp.1. Drawn apart; drawn in different directions; diverted from its object; perplexed; ... |
17173
|
distractedly |
DISTRACTEDLY, adv. Madly; furiously; wildly. |
17174
|
distractedness |
DISTRACTEDNESS, n. A state of being mad; madness. |
17175
|
distracter |
DISTRACTER, n. One who distracts. |
17176
|
distracting |
DISTRACTING, ppr. Drawing apart; separating; diverting from an object; perplexing; harassing; ... |
17177
|
distraction |
DISTRACTION, n. [L.]1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.2. Confusion from a ... |
17178
|
distractive |
DISTRACTIVE, a. Causing perplexity; as distractive cases. |
17179
|
distrain |
DISTRAIN, v.t. [L. Dis and stringo. See Strain. Blackstone writes distrein.]1. To seize for debt; ... |
17180
|
distrainable |
DISTRAINABLE, a. That is liable to be taken for distress. |
17181
|
distrained |
DISTRAINED, pp. Seized for debt or to compel the performance of duty. |
17182
|
distraining |
DISTRAINING, ppr. Seizing for debt, or for neglect of suit and service. |
17183
|
distrainor |
DISTRAINOR, n. He who seizes goods for debt or service. |
17184
|
distraught |
DISTRAUGHT, Obs. [See Distract.] |
17185
|
distream |
DISTREAM, v.i. [dis and stream.] To spread or flow over. Yet oer that virtuous blush distreams a ... |
17186
|
distress |
DISTRESS, n. [See Stress.]1. The act of distraining; the taking of any personal chattel from a ... |
17187
|
distressed |
DISTRESSED, pp. Suffering great pain or torture; severely afflicted; harassed; oppressed with ... |
17188
|
distressedness |
DISTRESSEDNESS, n. A state of being greatly pained. |
17189
|
distressful |
DISTRESSFUL, a. 1. Inflicting or bringing distress; as a distressful stroke.2. Indicating distress; ... |
17190
|
distressing |
DISTRESSING, ppr. 1. Giving severe pain; oppressing with affliction.2. a. Very afflicting; ... |
17191
|
distributable |
DISTRIBUTABLE, a. [See Distribute.] That may be distributed; that may be assigned in portions. |
17192
|
distribute |
DISTRIBUTE, v.t. [L., to give or divide.]1. To divide among two or more; to deal; to give or bestow ... |
17193
|
distributed |
DISTRIBUTED, pp. Divided among a number; dealt out; assigned in portions; separated; bestowed. |
17194
|
distributer |
DISTRIBUTER, n. One who divides or deals out in parts; one who bestows in portions; a dispenser. |
17195
|
distributing |
DISTRIBUTING, ppr. Dividing among a number; dealing out; dispensing. |
17196
|
distribution |
DISTRIBUTION, n. [L.]1. The act of dividing among a number; a dealing in parts or portions; as the ... |
17197
|
distributive |
DISTRIBUTIVE, a. 1. That distributes; that divides and assigns in portions; that deals to each his ... |
17198
|
distributively |
DISTRIBUTIVELY, adv. By distribution; singly; not collectively. |
17199
|
distributiveness |
DISTRIBUTIVENESS, n. Desire of distributing. [Little used.] |
17200
|
district |
DISTRICT, n. [L., to press hard, to bind. See Distrain.] 1. Properly, a limited extent of country; ... |
17201
|
district-court |
DISTRICT-COURT, n. A court which has cognizance of certain causes within a district defined by law. ... |
17202
|
district-judge |
DISTRICT-JUDGE, n. The judge of a district-court. |
17203
|
district-school |
DISTRICT-SCHOOL, n. A school within a certain district of a town. |
17204
|
districted |
DISTRICTED, pp. Divided into districts or definite portions. |
17205
|
districting |
DISTRICTING, ppr. Dividing into limited or definite portions.DISTRICTING, ppr. Dividing into ... |
17206
|
distriction |
DISTRICTION, n. Sudden display. [Unusual.] |
17207
|
distringas |
DISTRINGAS, n. In law, a writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person for debt, or for his ... |
17208
|
distrust |
DISTRUST, v.t. [dis and trust. See Mistrust.]1. To doubt or suspect the truth, fidelity, firmness ... |
17209
|
distrusted |
DISTRUSTED, pp. Doubted; suspected. |
17210
|
distrustful |
DISTRUSTFUL, a. 1. Apt to distrust; suspicious.2. Not confident; diffident; as distrustful of ... |
17211
|
distrustfully |
DISTRUSTFULLY, adv. In a distrustful manner; with doubt or suspicion. |
17212
|
distrustfulness |
DISTRUSTFULNESS, n. The state of being distrustful; want of confidence. |
17213
|
distrusting |
DISTRUSTING, ppr. Doubting the reality or sincerity of; suspecting; not relying on or confiding in. |
17214
|
distrustless |
DISTRUSTLESS, a. Free from distrust or suspicion. |
17215
|
distune |
DISTUNE, v.t. To put out of tune. [Not used.] |
17216
|
disturb |
DISTURB, v.t. [L., to trouble, disorder, discompose; a crowd, a tumult; Gr., a tumult. The primary ... |
17217
|
disturbance |
DISTURBANCE, n. 1. A stirring or excitement; any disquiet or interruption of peace; as, to enter ... |
17218
|
disturbed |
DISTURBED, pp. Stirred; moved; excited; discomposed; disquieted; agitated; uneasy. |
17219
|
disturber |
DISTURBER, n. 1. One who disturbs or disquiets; a violator of peace; one who causes tumults or ... |
17220
|
disturbing |
DISTURBING, ppr. Moving; exciting; rendering uneasy; making a tumult; interrupting peace; ... |
17221
|
disturn |
DISTURN, v.t. [dis and turn.] To turn aside. [Not in use.] |
17222
|
disuniform |
DISUNIFORM, a. Disyuniform. Not uniform. [Not in use.] |
17223
|
disunion |
DISUNION, n. Disyunion. [dis and union.] Separation; disjunction; or a state of not being united. ... |
17224
|
disunite |
DISUNITE, v.t. disyunite. [dis and unite.] To separate; to disjoin; to part; as, to disunite two ... |
17225
|
disunited |
DISUNITED, pp. Separated; disjoined. |
17226
|
disuniter |
DISUNITER, n. He or that which disjoins. |
17227
|
disuniting |
DISUNITING, ppr. Separating; parting. |
17228
|
disunity |
DISUNITY, n. Disyunity. A state of separation. |
17229
|
disusage |
DISUSAGE, n. Disyuzage. [dis and usage.] Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use, ... |
17230
|
disuse |
DISUSE, n. Disyuse. [dis and use.]1. Cessation of use, practice or exercise; as, the limbs lose ... |
17231
|
disused |
DISUSED, pp. Disyuzed. 1. No longer used; obsolete, as words, &c.Priam in arms disused.2. ... |
17232
|
disusing |
DISUSING, ppr. Disyuzing. Ceasing to use; disaccustoming. |
17233
|
disvaluation |
DISVALUATION, n. [See Disvalue.] Disesteem; disreputation. |
17234
|
disvalue |
DISVALUE, v.t. [dis and value.] To undervalue; to disesteem. |
17235
|
disvouch |
DISVOUCH, v.t. [dis and vouch.] to discredit; to contradict. |
17236
|
diswarn |
DISWARN, v.t. [dis and warn.] To direct by previous notice. [Not used.] |
17237
|
diswitted |
DISWITTED, a. Deprived of wits or understanding. |
17238
|
diswont |
DISWONT, v.t. [dis and wont.] To wean; to deprive of wonted usage. |
17239
|
disworship |
DISWORSHIP, n. [dis and worship.] Cause of disgrace. |
17240
|
dit |
DIT, n. A ditty. [Not used.]DIT, v.t. To close up. [Not used.] |
17241
|
ditation |
DITATION, n. [L.] The act of making rich. [Not used.] |
17242
|
ditch |
DITCH, n. [G.]1. A trench in the earth made by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet ... |
17243
|
ditch-delivered |
DITCH-DELIVERED, a. Brought forth in a ditch. |
17244
|
ditcher |
DITCHER, N. One who digs ditches. |
17245
|
ditching |
DITCHING, ppr. Digging ditches; also, draining by a ditch or ditches; as ditching a swamp. |
17246
|
ditetrahedral |
DITETRAHEDRAL, a. [dis and tetrahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a tetrahedral prism ... |
17247
|
dithyramb |
DITHYRAMB, DITHYRAMBUS, n. [Gr.] In ancient poetry, a hymn in honor of Bacchus, full of transport ... |
17248
|
dithyrambic |
DITHYRAMBIC, n. 1. A song in honor of Bacchus, in which the wildness of intoxication is imitated.2. ... |
17249
|
dithyrambus |
DITHYRAMB, DITHYRAMBUS, n. [Gr.] In ancient poetry, a hymn in honor of Bacchus, full of transport ... |
17250
|
dition |
DITION, n. [L.] rule; power; government; dominion. |
17251
|
ditone |
DITONE, n. [Gr., tone.] In music, an interval comprehending two tones. The proportion of the sounds ... |
17252
|
ditrihedria |
DITRIHEDRIA, n. [Gr., twice three sides.] In mineralogy, a genus of spars with six sides or planes; ... |
17253
|
dittander |
DITTANDER, n. Pepper-wort, Lepidium, a genus of plants of many species. The common dittander has a ... |
17254
|
dittany |
DITTANY, n. [L., Gr.] The white dittany is a plant of the genus Dictamnus. Its leaves are covered ... |
17255
|
dittied |
DITTIED, a. [See Ditty.] Sung; adapted to music. He, with his soft pipe, and smooth, and smooth ... |
17256
|
ditto |
DITTO, contracted into do, in books of accounts, is the Italian detto, from L. It denotes said, ... |
17257
|
ditty |
DITTY, n. [L.] A song; a sonnet or a little poem to be sung.And to the warblign lute soft ditties ... |
17258
|
diuretic |
DIURETIC, a. [Gr., urinam reddo; urine.] Having the power to provoke urine; tending to produce ... |
17259
|
diurnal |
DIURNAL, a. [L., daily.]1. Relating to a day; pertaining to the daytime; as diurnal heat; diurnal ... |
17260
|
diurnalist |
DIURNALIST, n. A journalist. [Not in use.] |
17261
|
diurnally |
DIURNALLY, adv. Daily; every day. |
17262
|
diuturnal |
DIUTURNAL, a. Lasting; being of long continuance. |
17263
|
diuturnity |
DIUTURNITY, n. [L., of long continuance.] Length of time; long duration. |
17264
|
divan |
DIVAN, n. 1. Among the Turks and other orientals, a court of justice, or a council.2. A ... |
17265
|
divaricate |
DIVARICATE, v.i. [L., to straddle.] To open; to fork; to part into two branches.DIVARICATE, v.t. to ... |
17266
|
divaricated |
DIVARICATED, pp. Parted into two branches. |
17267
|
divaricating |
DIVARICATING, ppr. Parting into two branches. |
17268
|
divarication |
DIVARICATION, n. 1. A parting; a forking; a separation into two branches.2. A crossing or ... |
17269
|
dive |
DIVE, v.i. [Gr.]1. To descend or plunge into water, as an animal head first; to thrust the body ... |
17270
|
divel |
DIVEL, n. A large cartilaginous fish, with a bifurcated snout; the sea duvvil of Nieuhoff. |
17271
|
divellent |
DIVELLENT, a. [L., to pull.] Drawing asunder; separating. |
17272
|
divellicate |
DIVELLICATE, v.t. To pull in pieces. |
17273
|
diver |
DIVER, n. 1. One who dives; one who plunges head first into water; one who sinks by effort; as a ... |
17274
|
diverb |
DIVERB, n. A proverb. [Not in use.] |
17275
|
diverge |
DIVERGE, v.i. diverj. [L., to incline.] To tend from one point and recede from each other; to ... |
17276
|
divergence |
DIVERGENCE, n. A receding from each other; a going farther apart; as the divergence of lines, or ... |
17277
|
divergent |
DIVERGENT, a. Departing or receding from each other, as lines which proceed from the same point; ... |
17278
|
diverging |
DIVERGING, ppr. Receding from each other, as they proceed. |
17279
|
divergingly |
DIVERGINGLY, adv. In a diverging manner. |
17280
|
divers |
DIVERS, a. S as z. [L., to turn.]1. Different; various.Thou shalt not sow thy fields with divers ... |
17281
|
divers-colored |
DIVERS-COLORED, a. Having various colors. |
17282
|
diverse |
DIVERSE, a. [L.]1. Different; differing.Four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from ... |
17283
|
diversification |
DIVERSIFICATION, n. [See Diversify.]1. The act of changing forms or qualities, or of making ... |
17284
|
diversiform |
DIVERSIFORM, a. Of a different form; of various forms. |
17285
|
diversify |
DIVERSIFY, v.t. [L.]1. To make different or various in form or qualities; to give variety to; to ... |
17286
|
diversifying |
DIVERSIFYING, ppr. Making various in form or qualities; giving variety to; variegating. |
17287
|
diversiified |
DIVERSIIFIED, pp.1. Made various in form or qualities; variegated; altered.2. a. Distinguished by ... |
17288
|
diversion |
DIVERSION, n. [L., to divert.]1. The act of turning aside from any course; as the diversion of a ... |
17289
|
diversity |
DIVERSITY, n. [L.]1. Difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. There may be diversity without ... |
17290
|
diversly |
DIVERSLY, adv. [from diverse.]1. In different ways; differently; variously; as a passage of ... |
17291
|
divert |
DIVERT, v.t. [L., to turn.]1. To turn off from any course, direction or intended application; to ... |
17292
|
diverted |
DIVERTED, pp. Turned aside; turned or drawn from any course, or from the usual or intended ... |
17293
|
diverter |
DIVERTER, n. He or that which diverts, turns off, or pleases. |
17294
|
diverticle |
DIVERTICLE, n. [L.] A turning; a by-way. [Not used.] |
17295
|
diverting |
DIVERTING, ppr. 1. Turning off from any course; pleasing; entertaining.2. a. Pleasing; amusing; ... |
17296
|
divertise |
DIVERTISE, v.t. s as z. To divert; to please. [Not used.] |
17297
|
divertisement |
DIVERTISEMENT, n. Diversion. [Little used.] Originally, a certain air or dance between the acts of ... |
17298
|
divertive |
DIVERTIVE, a. Tending to divert; amusing. |
17299
|
divest |
DIVEST, v.t. [L. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is appropriately used as a technical ... |
17300
|
divested |
DIVESTED, pp. Stripped; undressed; deprived. |
17301
|
divesting |
DIVESTING, ppr. Stripping; putting off; depriving. |
17302
|
divestiture |
DIVESTITURE, DIVESTURE, n. The act of stripping, putting off, or depriving. |
17303
|
divesture |
DIVESTITURE, DIVESTURE, n. The act of stripping, putting off, or depriving. |
17304
|
dividable |
DIVIDABLE, a. [See Divide.] 1. That may be divided.2. Separate; parted. [Not used nor proper.] |
17305
|
divide |
DIVIDE, v.t. [L., to part. See the latter words.]1. To part or separate an entire thing; to part a ... |
17306
|
divided |
DIVIDED, pp. Parted; disunited; distributed. |
17307
|
dividedly |
DIVIDEDLY, adv. Separately. |
17308
|
dividend |
DIVIDEND, n. 1. A part or share; particularly, the share of the interest or profit of stock in ... |
17309
|
divider |
DIVIDER, n. 1. He or that which divides; that which separates into parts.2. A distributor; one who ... |
17310
|
dividing |
DIVIDING, ppr. 1. Parting; separating; distributing; disuniting; apportioning to each his share.2. ... |
17311
|
dividual |
DIVIDUAL, a. [L.] Divided, shared or participated in common with others. [Little used.] |
17312
|
divination |
DIVINATION, n. [L., to foretell. See Divine.]1. The act of divining; a foretelling future events, ... |
17313
|
divinator |
DIVINATOR, n. One who pretends to divination. |
17314
|
divinatory |
DIVINATORY, a. Professing divination. |
17315
|
divine |
DIVINE, a. [L., a god.]1. Pertaining to the true God; as the divine nature; divine perfections.2. ... |
17316
|
divinely |
DIVINELY, adv. 1. In a divine or godlike manner; in a manner resembling deity.2. By the agency or ... |
17317
|
divineness |
DIVINENESS, n. 1. Divinity; participation of the divine nature; as the divineness of the ... |
17318
|
diviner |
DIVINER, n. 1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal ... |
17319
|
divineress |
DIVINERESS, n. A female diviner; a woman professing divination. |
17320
|
diving |
DIVING, ppr. [See Dive.]1. Plunging or sinking into water or other liquid; applied to animals ... |
17321
|
diving-bell |
DIVING-BELL, n. A hollow vessel in form of a truncated cone or pyramid, with the smaller base ... |
17322
|
divinity |
DIVINITY, n. [L.]1. The state of being divine; Deity; Godhead; the nature or essence of God. ... |
17323
|
divisibility |
DIVISIBILITY, n. [L. See Divide.] The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which ... |
17324
|
divisible |
DIVISIBLE, a. S as z. [L. See Divide.] Capable of division; that may be separated or disunited; ... |
17325
|
divisibleness |
DIVISIBLENESS, n. Divisibility; capacity of being separated. |
17326
|
division |
DIVISION, n. S as z. [L. See Divide.]1. The act of dividing or separating into parts, any entire ... |
17327
|
divisional |
DIVISIONAL, DIVISIONARY, a. Pertaining to division; noting or making division; as a divisional ... |
17328
|
divisionary |
DIVISIONAL, DIVISIONARY, a. Pertaining to division; noting or making division; as a divisional ... |
17329
|
divisioner |
DIVISIONER, n. One who divides. [Not used.] |
17330
|
divisive |
DIVISIVE, a. 1. Forming division or distribution.2. Creating division or discord. |
17331
|
divisor |
DIVISOR, n. In arithmetic, the number by which the dividend is divided. |
17332
|
divorce |
DIVORCE, n. [L. See Divert.]1. A legal dissolution of the bonds of matrimony, or the separation of ... |
17333
|
divorced |
DIVORCED, pp. Separated by a dissolution of the marriage contract; separated from bed and board; ... |
17334
|
divorcement |
DIVORCEMENT, n. Divorce; dissolution of the marriage tie.Let him write her a bill of divorcement. ... |
17335
|
divorcer |
DIVORCER, n. 1. The person or cause that produces divorce.2. One of a sect called divorcers, said ... |
17336
|
divorcing |
DIVORCING, ppr. Dissolving the marriage contract; separating from bed and board; disuniting. |
17337
|
divorcive |
DIVORCIVE, a. Having power to divorce. |
17338
|
divulgate |
DIVULGATE, a. Published. [Little used.] |
17339
|
divulgation |
DIVULGATION, n. The act of divulging or publishing. |
17340
|
divulge |
DIVULGE, v.t. divulj. [L., to make public; the common people; people.]1. To make public; to tell or ... |
17341
|
divulged |
DIVULGED, pp. Made public; revealed; disclosed; published. |
17342
|
divulger |
DIVULGER, n. One who divulges or reveals. |
17343
|
divulging |
DIVULGING, ppr. Disclosing; publishing; revealing. |
17344
|
divulsion |
DIVULSION, n. [L., to pull.] The act of pulling or plucking away; a rending asunder.And dire ... |
17345
|
divulsive |
DIVULSIVE, a. That pulls asunder; that rends. |
17346
|
dizen |
DIZEN, v.t. dizn. To dress gayly; to deck. This word is not esteemed elegant, and is nearly ... |
17347
|
dizz |
DIZZ, v.t. [See Dizzy.] To astonish; to puzzle; to make dizzy. [Not used.] |
17348
|
dizzard |
DIZZARD, n. [See Dizzy.] A blockhead. [Not used.] |
17349
|
dizziness |
DIZZINESS, n. [See Dizzy.] Giddiness; a whirling in the head; vertigo. |
17350
|
dizzy |
DIZZY, a. [G., dizziness; dizzy.]1. Giddy; having a sensation of whirling in the head, with ... |
17351
|
do |
DO, v.t. or auxiliary; pret. Did; pp. Done, pronounced dun. This verb, when transitive, is formed ... |
17352
|
doat |
DOAT. [See Dote.] |
17353
|
docibility |
DOCIBILITY, DOCIBLENESS, n. Teachableness; docility; readiness to learn. |
17354
|
docible |
DOCIBLE, a. [See Docile.] Teachable; docile; tractable; easily taught or managed. |
17355
|
docibleness |
DOCIBILITY, DOCIBLENESS, n. Teachableness; docility; readiness to learn. |
17356
|
docile |
DOCILE, a. [L., to teach. See Teach.] Teachable; easily instructed; ready to learn; tractable; ... |
17357
|
docility |
DOCILITY, n. Teachableness; readiness to learn; aptness to be taught. The docility of elephants is ... |
17358
|
docimacy |
DOCIMACY, n. [Gr., See the next word.] The art or practice of assaying metals; metallurgy. |
17359
|
docimastic |
DOCIMASTIC, a. [Gr., to try, essay, examine, proved; to prove.] Properly, essaying, proving by ... |
17360
|
dock |
DOCK, n. [Gr., L.] A genus of plants, the Rumex, of several species. Its root resembles a ... |
17361
|
dock-yard |
DOCK-YARD, n. A yard or magazine near a harbor, for containing all kinds of naval stores and ... |
17362
|
docket |
DOCKET, n. 1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing. Also, a ... |
17363
|
docking |
DOCKING, ppr. Clipping; cutting off the end; placing in a dock.DOCKING, n. The act of drawing, as a ... |
17364
|
doctor |
DOCTOR, n. [L., to teach.]1. A teacher.There stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named ... |
17365
|
doctoral |
DOCTORAL, a. Relating to the degree of a doctor. |
17366
|
doctorally |
DOCTORALLY, adv. In the manner of a doctor. |
17367
|
doctorate |
DOCTORATE, n. The degree of a doctor.DOCTORATE, v.t. To make a doctor by conferring a degree. |
17368
|
doctoress |
DOCTRESS, DOCTORESS, n. A females physician. |
17369
|
doctorly |
DOCTORLY, a. Like a learned man. |
17370
|
doctorship |
DOCTORSHIP, n. The degree or rank of a doctor. [Doctorate is now generally used.] |
17371
|
doctress |
DOCTRESS, DOCTORESS, n. A females physician. |
17372
|
doctrinal |
DOCTRINAL, a. [See Doctrine.]1. Pertaining to doctrine; containing a doctrine or something taught; ... |
17373
|
doctrinally |
DOCTRINALLY, adv In the form of doctrine or instruction; by way of teaching or positive direction. |
17374
|
doctrine |
DOCTRINE, n. [L., to teach.]1. In a general sense, whatever is taught. Hence, a principle or ... |
17375
|
document |
DOCUMENT, n. [L., to teach.]1. Precept; instruction; direction.2. Dogmatical precept; authoritative ... |
17376
|
documental |
DOCUMENTAL, a. Pertaining to instruction or to documents; consisting in or derived from documents; ... |
17377
|
documentary |
DOCUMENTARY, a. Pertaining to written evidence; consisting in documents. |
17378
|
dodder |
DODDER, n. [G.] A plant of the genus Cuscuta, one species of which is called hell-weed. It is ... |
17379
|
doddered |
DODDERED, a. Overgrown with dodder; covered with supercrescent plants. |
17380
|
dodecagon |
DODECAGON, n. [Gr., twelve; an angle.] A regular figure or polygon, consisting of twelve equal ... |
17381
|
dodecagyn |
DODECAGYN, n. [Gr., twelve; a female.] In botany, a plant having twelve pistils. |
17382
|
dodecagynian |
DODECAGYNIAN, a. Having twelve pistils. |
17383
|
dodecahedral |
DODECAHEDRAL, a. [infra.] Pertaining to a dodecahedron; consisting of twelve equal sides. |
17384
|
dodecahedron |
DODECAHEDRON, n. [Gr., twelve; a base.] A regular solid contained under twelve equal and regular ... |
17385
|
dodecander |
DODECANDER, n. [Gr., twelve; a male.] In botany, a plant having twelve stamens; one of the class ... |
17386
|
dodecandrian |
DODECANDRIAN, a. Pertaining to the plants or class of plants that have twelve stamens, or from ... |
17387
|
dodecatemorion |
DODECATEMORION, n. [Gr., twelfth; part.] A twelfth part. [Little used.] |
17388
|
dodecatemory |
DODECATEMORY, n. A denomination sometimes given to each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. |
17389
|
dodge |
DODGE, v.i. doj. [from some root signifying to shoot, dart or start.]1. To start suddenly aside; to ... |
17390
|
dodger |
DODGER, n. One who dodges or evades. |
17391
|
dodging |
DODGING, ppr. Starting aside; evading. |
17392
|
dodkin |
DODKIN, n. A little doit; a small coin. |
17393
|
dodman |
DODMAN, n. A fish that casts its shell, like the lobster and crab. |
17394
|
dodo |
DODO, n. The Didus, a genus of fowls of the gallinaceous order. The hooded dodo is large than a ... |
17395
|
doe |
DOE, n. Do. A she deer; the female of the fallow-deer. The male is called a buck.DOE, n. A feat. ... |
17396
|
doer |
DOER, n. [from do.]1. One who does; one who performs or executes; an actor; an agent.2. One who ... |
17397
|
does |
DOES, the third person of the verb do, indicative mode, present tense, contracted from doeth. |
17398
|
doff |
DOFF, v.t. 1. To put off, as dress.And made us doff our easy robes of peace.2. To strip or divest; ... |
17399
|
dog |
DOG, n. 1. A species of quadrupeds, belonging to the genus Canis, of many varieties, as the ... |
17400
|
dog-cabbage |
DOG-CABBAGE, n. A plant growing in the south of Europe, the cynocrambe, constituting the genus ... |
17401
|
dog-mad |
DOG-MAD, a. Mad as a dog. |
17402
|
dogate |
DOGATE, n. [See Doge.] The office or dignity of a doge. |
17403
|
dogberry |
DOGBERRY, n. The berry of the dogwood. |
17404
|
dogberry-tree |
DOGBERRY-TREE, n. The dogwood. |
17405
|
dogbrier |
DOGBRIER, n. The brier that bears the hip; the cynosbaton. |
17406
|
dogcheap |
DOGCHEAP, a. Cheap as dogs meat, or offal; very cheap. |
17407
|
dogday |
DOGDAY, n. One of the days when Sirius or the dogstar rises and sets with the sun. The dogdays ... |
17408
|
dogdraw |
DOGDRAW, n. A manifest deprehension of an offender against the venison in the forest, when he is ... |
17409
|
doge |
DOGE, n. [L., to lead.] The chief magistrate of Venice and Genoa. |
17410
|
dogfight |
DOGFIGHT, n. A battle between two dogs. |
17411
|
dogfish |
DOGFISH, n. A name given to several species of shark, as the spotted shark or greater dogfish, the ... |
17412
|
dogfly |
DOGFLY, n. A voracious, biting fly. |
17413
|
dogged |
DOGGED, pp.1. Pursued closely; urged frequently and importunately.2. a. Sullen; sour; morose; ... |
17414
|
doggedly |
DOGGEDLY, adv. Sullenly; gloomily; sourly; morosely; severely. |
17415
|
doggedness |
DOGGEDNESS, n. Sullenness; moroseness. |
17416
|
dogger |
DOGGER, n. A Dutch fishing vessel used in the German ocean, particularly in the herring fishery. It ... |
17417
|
doggerel |
DOGGEREL, a. An epithet given to a kind of loose, irregular measure in burlesque poetry, like that ... |
17418
|
doggerman |
DOGGERMAN, n. A sailor belonging to a dogger. |
17419
|
doggers |
DOGGERS, n. In English alum works, a sort of stone found in the mines with the true alum-rock, ... |
17420
|
dogging |
DOGGING, ppr. [from dog.] Hunting; pursuing incessantly or importunately. |
17421
|
doggish |
DOGGISH, a. Like a dog; churlish; growling; snappish; brutal. |
17422
|
doghearted |
DOGHEARTED, a. Cruel; pitiless; malicious. |
17423
|
doghole |
DOGHOLE, n. A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation. |
17424
|
doghouse |
DOGHOUSE, n. A kennel for dogs. |
17425
|
dogkennel |
DOGKENNEL, n. A kennel or hut for dogs. |
17426
|
dogleach |
DOGLEACH, n. A dog-doctor. |
17427
|
doglouse |
DOGLOUSE, n. An insect that is found on dogs. |
17428
|
dogly |
DOGLY, a. Like a dog. [Not in use.] |
17429
|
dogma |
DOGMA, n. [Gr., to think; L.] A settled opinion; a principle, maxim or tenet; a doctrinal notion, ... |
17430
|
dogmatic |
DOGMATIC, DOGMATICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to settled opinion.2. Positive; magisterial; ... |
17431
|
dogmatical |
DOGMATIC, DOGMATICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to settled opinion.2. Positive; magisterial; ... |
17432
|
dogmatically |
DOGMATICALLY, adv. Positively; in a magisterial manner; arrogantly. |
17433
|
dogmaticalness |
DOGMATICALNESS, n. The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness. |
17434
|
dogmatism |
DOGMATISM, n. Positive assertion; arrogance; positiveness in opinion. |
17435
|
dogmatist |
DOGMATIST, n. A positive asserter; a magisterial teacher; a bold or arrogant advancer of ... |
17436
|
dogmatize |
DOGMATIZE, v.i. To assert positively; to teach with bold and undue confidence; to advance with ... |
17437
|
dogmatizer |
DOGMATIZER, n. One who dogmatizes; a bold assertor; a magisterial teacher. |
17438
|
dogmatizing |
DOGMATIZING, ppr. Asserting with excess of confidence. |
17439
|
dogrose |
DOGROSE, n. The flower of the hip. |
17440
|
dogs-bane |
DOGS-BANE, n. [Gr.] A genus of plants, the Apocynum, of several species; also, the Asclepias. |
17441
|
dogs-ear |
DOGS-EAR, n. The corner of a leaf in a book turned down like a dogs ear. |
17442
|
dogs-meat |
DOGS-MEAT, n. Refuse; offal; meat for dogs. |
17443
|
dogs-rue |
DOGS-RUE, n. A plant, a species of Scrophularia. |
17444
|
dogsick |
DOGSICK, a. Sick as a dog. |
17445
|
dogskin |
DOGSKIN, a. Made of the skin of a dog. |
17446
|
dogsleep |
DOGSLEEP, n. Pretended sleep. |
17447
|
dogstar |
DOGSTAR, n. Sirius, a star of the first magnitude, whose rising and setting with the sun gives name ... |
17448
|
dogstones |
DOGSTONES, n. A plant, the Orchis or fool-stones. |
17449
|
dogtooth |
DOGTOOTH, n. Plu. Dogteeth. A sharp-pointed human tooth growing between the foreteeth and grinders, ... |
17450
|
dogtooth-violet |
DOGTOOTH-VIOLET, n. A plant, the Erythronium. |
17451
|
dogtrick |
DOGTRICK, n. A currish trick; brutal treatment. |
17452
|
dogtrot |
DOGTROT, n. A gentle trot like that of a dog. |
17453
|
dogvane |
DOGVANE, n. Among seamen, a small vane composed of thread, cork and feathers, fastened to a half ... |
17454
|
dogwatch |
DOGWATCH, n. Among seamen, a watch of two hours. The dogwatches are two reliefs between 4 and 8 ... |
17455
|
dogweary |
DOGWEARY, a. Quite tired; much fatigued. |
17456
|
dogwood |
DOGWOOD, n. A common name of different species of Cornus or cornelian cherry. |
17457
|
dogwood-tree |
DOGWOOD-TREE, n. The Piscidia erythrina, a tree growing in Jamaica. |
17458
|
doily |
DOILY, n. 1. A species of woolen stuff, said to be so called from the first maker.2. Linen made ... |
17459
|
doing |
DOING, ppr. [See Do.] Performing; executing. |
17460
|
doings |
DOINGS, n. Plu.1. Things done; transactions; feats; actions, good or bad.2. Behavior; conduct.3. ... |
17461
|
doit |
DOIT, n. [G.]1. A small piece of money.2. A trifle. Hence our vulgar phrase, I care not a doit. It ... |
17462
|
dolabriform |
DOLABRIFORM, a. [L., an ax; form.] Having the form of an ax or hatchet. |
17463
|
dole |
DOLE, n. [See Deal.]1. The act of dealing or distributing; as the power of dole and donative. [Not ... |
17464
|
doleful |
DOLEFUL, a. [dole and full.]1. Sorrowful; expressing grief; as a doleful whine; a doleful cry.2. ... |
17465
|
dolefully |
DOLEFULLY, adv. In a doleful manner; sorrowfully; dismally; sadly. |
17466
|
dolefulness |
DOLEFULNESS, n. Sorrow; melancholy; querulousness; gloominess; dismalness. |
17467
|
dolent |
DOLENT, a. [L.] Sorrowful. [Not in use.] |
17468
|
dolesome |
DOLESOME, a. Gloomy; dismal; sorrowful; doleful.The dolesome passage to th infernal sky. |
17469
|
dolesomeness |
DOLESOMENESS, n. Gloom; dismalness. |
17470
|
doll |
DOLL, n. [Gr., an idol; to see.] A puppet or baby for a child; a small image in the human form, for ... |
17471
|
dollar |
DOLLAR, n. [G.] A silver coin of Spain and of the United States, of the value of one hundred cents, ... |
17472
|
dolomite |
DOLOMITE, n. A variety of magnesian carbonate of lime, so called from the French geologist ... |
17473
|
dolor |
DOLOR, n. [L.] Pain; grief; lamentation. |
17474
|
doloriferous |
DOLORIFEROUS, a. [L., pain; to produce.] Producing pain. |
17475
|
dolorific |
DOLORIFIC, a. [L.]1. That causes pain or grief.2. Expressing pain or grief. |
17476
|
dolorous |
DOLOROUS, a. [L., grief.]1. Sorrowful; doleful; dismal; impressing sorrow or grief; as a dolorous ... |
17477
|
dolorously |
DOLOROUSLY, adv. Sorrowfully; in a manner to express pain. |
17478
|
dolphin |
DOLPHIN, n. [Gr.]1. A genus of cetaceous fish, with teeth in both jaws, and a pipe in the head, ... |
17479
|
dolphinet |
DOLPHINET, n. A female dolphin. |
17480
|
dolt |
DOLT, n. [G.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; to behave foolishly. |
17481
|
doltish |
DOLTISH, a. Dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as a doltish clown. |
17482
|
doltishness |
DOLTISHNESS, n. Stupidity. |
17483
|
dom |
DOM, used as a termination, denotes jurisdiction, or property and jurisdiction; primarily, doom, ... |
17484
|
domain |
DOMAIN, n. [L.]1. Dominion; empire; territory governed, or under the government of a sovereign; as ... |
17485
|
domal |
DOMAL, a. [L.] Pertaining to house in astrology. |
17486
|
dome |
DOME, n. [Gr., a house, a plain roof. L.]1. A building; a house; a fabric; used in poetry.2. A ... |
17487
|
domesday |
DOMESDAY. [See Doomsday.] |
17488
|
domesday-book |
DOOMSDAY-BOOK, DOMESDAY-BOOK, n. A book compiled by order of William the Conqueror, containing a ... |
17489
|
domesman |
DOMESMAN, n. [See Domm.] A judge; an umpire. |
17490
|
domestic |
DOMESTIC, a. [L., a house.]1. Belonging to the house, or home; pertaining to ones place of ... |
17491
|
domestically |
DOMESTICALLY, adv. In relation to domestic affairs. |
17492
|
domesticate |
DOMESTICATE, v.t. 1. To make domestic; to retire from the public; to accustom to remain much at ... |
17493
|
domestication |
DOMESTICATION, n. 1. The act of withdrawing from the public notice and living much at home.2. The ... |
17494
|
domicil |
DOMICIL, n. [L., a mansion.] An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an ... |
17495
|
domiciled |
DOMICILED, DOMICILIATED, pp. Having gained a permanent residence or inhabitancy. |
17496
|
domiciliate |
DOMICIL, DOMICILIATE, v.t. To establish a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes ... |
17497
|
domiciliated |
DOMICILED, DOMICILIATED, pp. Having gained a permanent residence or inhabitancy. |
17498
|
domiciliating |
DOMICILING, DOMICILIATING, ppr. Gaining or taking a permanent residence. |
17499
|
domiciliation |
DOMICILIATION, n. Permanent residence; inhabitancy. |
17500
|
domiciling |
DOMICILING, DOMICILIATING, ppr. Gaining or taking a permanent residence. |
17501
|
domify |
DOMIFY, v.t. [L., a house; to make.]1. In astrology, to divide the heavens into twelve houses, in ... |
17502
|
dominant |
DOMINANT, a. [L., to rule; lord, master; a house; to overcome, to subdue.]1. Ruling; prevailing; ... |
17503
|
dominate |
DOMINATE, v.t. [L. See Dominant.] To rule; to govern; to prevail; to predominate over.We every ... |
17504
|
dominated |
DOMINATED, pp. Ruled; governed. |
17505
|
dominating |
DOMINATING, ppr. Ruling; prevailing; predominating. |
17506
|
domination |
DOMINATION, n. [L.]1. The exercise of power in ruling; dominion; government.2. Arbitrary authority; ... |
17507
|
dominative |
DOMINATIVE, a. Governing; also, imperious. |
17508
|
dominator |
DOMINATOR, n. 1. A ruler or ruling power; the presiding or predominant power.Jupiter and Mars are ... |
17509
|
domineer |
DOMINEER, v.i. [L. See Dominant.]1. To rule over with insolence or arbitrary sway.To domineer over ... |
17510
|
domineering |
DOMINEERING, ppr. 1. Ruling over with insolence; blustering; manifesting haughty superiority.2. a. ... |
17511
|
dominical |
DOMINICAL, a. [Low L., lord.]1. That notes the Lords day or Sabbath. The Dominical letter is the ... |
17512
|
dominican |
DOMINICAN, a. or n. The Dominicans, or Dominican Friars, are an order of religious or monks, called ... |
17513
|
dominion |
DOMINION, n. [L. See Dominant.]1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and ... |
17514
|
domino |
DOMINO, n. A kind of hood; a long dress; a masquerade dress. |
17515
|
domite |
DOMITE, n. A mineral named from Dome in Auvergne, in France, of a white or grayish white color, ... |
17516
|
don |
DON. A title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all ... |
17517
|
donacite |
DONACITE, n. A petrified shell of the genus Donax. |
17518
|
donary |
DONARY, n. [L., to give.] A thing given to a sacred use. [Little used.] |
17519
|
donation |
DONATION, n. [L., to give.]1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. That right we hold by his ... |
17520
|
donatism |
DONATISM, n. The doctrines of the Donatists. |
17521
|
donatist |
DONATIST, n. One of the sect founded by Donatus. They held that theirs was the only pure church, ... |
17522
|
donatistic |
DONATISTIC, a. Pertaining to Donatism. |
17523
|
donative |
DONATIVE, n. [L., to give.]1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present; a dole.The Romans were ... |
17524
|
done |
DONE, pp. Dun. [See Do.]1. Performed; executed; finished.2. A word by which agreement to a proposal ... |
17525
|
donee |
DONEE, n. [L., to give.]1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.2. The person to whom ... |
17526
|
donjon |
DONJON or DONGEON. [See Dungeon.] |
17527
|
donnat |
DONNAT, n. [do and naught.] An idle fellow. [Not in use.] |
17528
|
donor |
DONOR, n. [L., to give.] 1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers any thing gratuitously; a ... |
17529
|
donship |
DONSHIP, n. [See Don.] The quality or rank of a gentleman or knight. |
17530
|
donzel |
DONZEL, n. A young attendant; a page. |
17531
|
doodle |
DOODLE, n. A trifler; a simple fellow. |
17532
|
doole |
DOOLE, [See Dole.] |
17533
|
doom |
DOOM, v.t. [L., to esteem, and perhaps with the root of condemn. See Deem.]1. To judge. ... |
17534
|
doomage |
DOOMAGE, n. A penalty or fine for neglect. |
17535
|
doomed |
DOOMED, pp. Adjudged; sentenced; condemned; destined; fated. |
17536
|
doomful |
DOOMFUL, a. Full of destruction. |
17537
|
dooming |
DOOMING, ppr. Judging; sentencing; condemning; destining. |
17538
|
doomsday |
DOOMSDAY, n. [doom and day.]1. The day of the final judgment; the great day when all men are to be ... |
17539
|
doomsday-book |
DOOMSDAY-BOOK, DOMESDAY-BOOK, n. A book compiled by order of William the Conqueror, containing a ... |
17540
|
door |
DOOR, n. [G., Gr.]1. An opening or passage into a house, or other building, or into any room, ... |
17541
|
door-case |
DOOR-CASE, n. The frame which incloses a door. |
17542
|
door-keeper |
DOOR-KEEPER, n. A porter; one who guards the entrance of a house or apartment. |
17543
|
door-nail |
DOOR-NAIL, n. The nail on which the knocker formerly struck. |
17544
|
door-post |
DOOR-POST, n. The post of a door. |
17545
|
door-stead |
DOOR-STEAD, n. Entrance or place of a door. |
17546
|
dooring |
DOORING, n. A door-case. [Not used.] |
17547
|
doquet |
DOQUET, n. Doket. A warrant; a paper granting license. [See Docket.] |
17548
|
dor |
DOR, DORR, n. The name of the black-beetle, or the hedgechafer, a species of Scarabaeus. We usually ... |
17549
|
dorado |
DORADO, n. 1. A southern constellation, containing six stars, called also xiphias; not visible in ... |
17550
|
doree |
DOREE, n. A fish of the genus Zeus. It is called also faber, and gallus marinus. The body is oval ... |
17551
|
dorian |
DORIAN, a. Pertaining to Doris in Greece. [See Doric.] |
17552
|
doric |
DORIC, a. [from Doris in Greece.] in general, pertaining to Doris, or the Dorians, in Greece, who ... |
17553
|
doricism |
DORICISM, DORISM, n. A phrase of the Doric dialect. |
17554
|
dorism |
DORICISM, DORISM, n. A phrase of the Doric dialect. |
17555
|
dormancy |
DORMANCY, n. [infra.] Quiescence. |
17556
|
dormant |
DORMANT, a. [L., to sleep.]1. Sleeping; hence, at rest; not in action; as dormant passions.2. Being ... |
17557
|
dormar |
DORMAR, n. A beam; a sleeper. |
17558
|
dormar-window |
DORMAR, DORMAR-WINDOW, n. A window in the roof of a house, or above the entablature, being raised ... |
17559
|
dormitive |
DORMITIVE, n. [L., to sleep.] A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate. |
17560
|
dormitory |
DORMITORY, n. [L., to sleep.] 1. A place, building or room to sleep in.2. A gallery in convents ... |
17561
|
dormouse |
DORMOUSE, n. Plu. Dormice. [L., to sleep and mouse.] An animal of the mouse kind, which makes a bed ... |
17562
|
dorn |
DORN, n. [G., thorn.] A fish. |
17563
|
doron |
DORON, n. [Gr., a gift.]1. A gift; a present. [Not in use.]2. A measure of three inches. |
17564
|
dorp |
DORP, n. [G.] A small village. |
17565
|
dorr |
DORR. [See Dor.] |
17566
|
dorrer |
DORRER, n. A drone. [Not in use.] |
17567
|
dorsal |
DORSAL, a. [L., the back.] Pertaining to the back; as the dorsal fin of a fish; dorsal awn, in ... |
17568
|
dorse |
DORSE, n. A canopy. |
17569
|
dorsel |
DORSEL, n. [See Dosser.] |
17570
|
dorsiferous |
DORSIFEROUS, DORSIPAROUS, a. [L., the back; to bear.] In botany, bearing or producing seeds on the ... |
17571
|
dorsiparous |
DORSIFEROUS, DORSIPAROUS, a. [L., the back; to bear.] In botany, bearing or producing seeds on the ... |
17572
|
dorsum |
DORSUM, n. [L.] The ridge of a hill. |
17573
|
dorture |
DORTURE, n. [contraction of dormiture.] A dormitory. [Not in use.] |
17574
|
dose |
DOSE, n. [Gr., that which is give; to give.]1. The quantity of medicine give or prescribed to be ... |
17575
|
dosser |
DOSSER, n. A pannier, or basket, to be carried on the shoulders of men. |
17576
|
dossil |
DOSSIL, n. In surgery, a pledget or portion of lint made into a cylindric form, or the shape of a ... |
17577
|
dost |
DOST, the second person of do, used int he solemn style; thou dost. |
17578
|
dot |
DOT, n. [I know not the origin and affinities of this word. It would be naturally deduced from a ... |
17579
|
dotage |
DOTAGE, n. [from dote.] 1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old ... |
17580
|
dotal |
DOTAL, a. [L., dower.] Pertaining to dower, or a womans marriage portion; constituting dower or ... |
17581
|
dotard |
DOTARD, n. [dote and ard, kind.]1. A man whose intellect is impaired by age; one in his second ... |
17582
|
dotardly |
DOTARDLY, a. Like a dotard; weak. |
17583
|
dotation |
DOTATION, n. [L., to endow.]1. The act of endowing, or of bestowing a marriage portion on a ... |
17584
|
dote |
DOTE, v.i. 1. To be delirious; to have the intellect impaired by age, so that the mind wanders or ... |
17585
|
doter |
DOTER, n. 1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.2. One who is ... |
17586
|
doting |
DOTING, ppr. Regarding with excessive fondness. |
17587
|
dotingly |
DOTINGLY, adv. By excessive fondness. |
17588
|
dottard |
DOTTARD, n. A tree kept low by cutting. |
17589
|
dotted |
DOTTED, pp.1. Marked with dots or small spots; diversified with small detached objects.2. In ... |
17590
|
dotterel |
DOTTEREL, n. The name of different species of fowls, of the genus Charadrius and the grallic order; ... |
17591
|
dotting |
DOTTING, ppr. Marking with dots or spots; diversifying with small detached objects. |
17592
|
douanier |
DOUANIER, n. An officer of the customs. |
17593
|
double |
DOUBLE, a. Dubl. [L., Gr. See Two.]1. Two of a sort together; one corresponding to the other; being ... |
17594
|
double-banked |
DOUBLE-BANKED, a. In seamanship, having two opposite oars managed by rowers on the same bench, or ... |
17595
|
double-biting |
DOUBLE-BITING, a. Biting or cutting on either side; as a double-biting ax. |
17596
|
double-buttoned |
DOUBLE-BUTTONED, a. Having two rows of buttons. |
17597
|
double-charge |
DOUBLE-CHARGE, v.t. To charge or intrust with a double portion. |
17598
|
double-dealer |
DOUBLE-DEALER, n. One who acts two different parts, in the same business, or at the same time; a ... |
17599
|
double-dealing |
DOUBLE-DEALING, n. Artifice; duplicity; deceitful practice; the profession of one thing and the ... |
17600
|
double-dye |
DOUBLE-DYE, v.t. To dye twice over. |
17601
|
double-edged |
DOUBLE-EDGED, a. Having two edges. |
17602
|
double-entendre |
DOUBLE-ENTENDRE, n. Double meaning of a word or expression. |
17603
|
double-eyed |
DOUBLE-EYED, a. Having a deceitful countenance. |
17604
|
double-face |
DOUBLE-FACE, n. Duplicity; the acting of different parts in the same concern. |
17605
|
double-faced |
DOUBLE-FACED, a. Deceitful; hypocritical; showing two faces. |
17606
|
double-formed |
DOUBLE-FORMED, a. Of a mixed form. |
17607
|
double-fortified |
DOUBLE-FORTIFIED, a. Twice fortified; doubly strengthened. |
17608
|
double-founted |
DOUBLE-FOUNTED, a. Having two sources. |
17609
|
double-gild |
DOUBLE-GILD, v.t. To gild with double coloring. |
17610
|
double-handed |
DOUBLE-HANDED, a. Having two hands; deceitful. |
17611
|
double-headed |
DOUBLE-HEADED, a. 1. Having two heads.2. Having the flowers growing one to another. |
17612
|
double-hearted |
DOUBLE-HEARTED, a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. |
17613
|
double-lock |
DOUBLE-LOCK, v.t. To shoot the bolt twice; to fasten with double security. |
17614
|
double-manned |
DOUBLE-MANNED, a. Furnished with twice the complement of men, or with two men instead of one. |
17615
|
double-meaning |
DOUBLE-MEANING, a. Having two meanings. |
17616
|
double-minded |
DOUBLE-MINDED, a. Having different minds at different times; unsettled; wavering; unstable; ... |
17617
|
double-mouthed |
DOUBLE-MOUTHED, a. Having two mouths. |
17618
|
double-natured |
DOUBLE-NATURED, a. Having a two-fold nature. |
17619
|
double-octave |
DOUBLE-OCTAVE, n. In muxic, an interval composed of two octaves or fifteen notes in diatonic ... |
17620
|
double-plea |
DOUBLE-PLEA, n. In law, a plea in which the defendant alledges two different matters in bar of the ... |
17621
|
double-quarrel |
DOUBLE-QUARREL, n. A complaint of a clerk to the archbishop against an inferior ordinary, for delay ... |
17622
|
double-shade |
DOUBLE-SHADE, v.t. To double the natural darkness of a place. |
17623
|
double-shining |
DOUBLE-SHINING, a. Shining with double luster. |
17624
|
double-threaded |
DOUBLE-THREADED, a. Consisting of two threads twisted together. |
17625
|
double-tongued |
DOUBLE-TONGUED, a. Making contrary declarations on the same subject at different times; ... |
17626
|
doubled |
DOUBLED, pp. Folded; increased by adding an equal quantity, sum or value; repeated; turned or ... |
17627
|
doubleness |
DOUBLENESS, n. 1. The state of being doubled.2. Duplicity. |
17628
|
doubler |
DOUBLER, n. 1. He that doubles.2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of ... |
17629
|
doublet |
DOUBLET, n. 1. The inner garment of a man; a waistcoat or vest.2. Two; a pair.3. Among lapidaries, ... |
17630
|
doublets |
DOUBLETS, n. 1. A game on dice within tables.2. The same number on both dice.3. A double meaning. |
17631
|
doubling |
DOUBLING, ppr. Making twice the sum, number or quantity; repeating; passing round; turning to ... |
17632
|
doubloon |
DOUBLOON, n. A Spanish and Portuguese coin, being double the value of the pistole. |
17633
|
doubly |
DOUBLY, adv. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as doubly wise or good; to be doubly ... |
17634
|
doubt |
DOUBT, v.i. dout. [L., G.]1. To waver or fluctuate in opinion; to hesitate; to be in suspense; to ... |
17635
|
doubtable |
DOUBTABLE, a. That may be doubted. |
17636
|
doubted |
DOUBTED, pp. Scrupled; questioned; not certain or settled. |
17637
|
doubter |
DOUBTER, n. One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples. |
17638
|
doubtful |
DOUBTFUL, a. 1. Dubious; not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating; applied to ... |
17639
|
doubtfully |
DOUBTFULLY, adv.1. In a doubtful manner; dubiously.2. With doubt; irresolutely.3. Ambiguously; with ... |
17640
|
doubtfulness |
DOUBTFULNESS, n. 1. A state of doubt of uncertainty of mind; dubiousness; suspense; instability of ... |
17641
|
doubting |
DOUBTING, ppr. Wavering in mind; calling in question; hesitating. |
17642
|
doubtingly |
DOUBTINGLY, adv. In a doubting manner; dubiously; without confidence. |
17643
|
doubtless |
DOUBTLESS, a. Free from fear of danger; secure.Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure.DOUBTLESS, ... |
17644
|
doubtlessly |
DOUBTLESSLY, adv. Unquestionably. |
17645
|
douced |
DOUCED, n. A musical instrument. [Not in use.] |
17646
|
doucet |
DOUCET, n. A custard. [Not in use.] |
17647
|
douceur |
DOUCEUR, n. [L.] A present or gift; a bribe. |
17648
|
doucine |
DOUCINE, n. A molding concave above the convex below, serving as a cymatium to a delicate cornice; ... |
17649
|
doucker |
DOUCKER, n. [See Duck.] A fowl that dips or dives in water. |
17650
|
dough |
DOUGH, n. Do. [G.] Paste of bread; a mass composed of flour or meal moistened and kneaded, but not ... |
17651
|
dough-baked |
DOUGH-BAKED, a. Unfinished; not hardened to perfection; soft. |
17652
|
dough-kneaded |
DOUGH-KNEADED, a. Soft; like dough. |
17653
|
dough-nut |
DOUGH-NUT, n. [dough and nut.] A small roundish cake, made of flour, eggs and sugar, moistened with ... |
17654
|
doughtiness |
DOUGHTINESS, n. Doutiness. [See Doughty.] Valor; bravery. |
17655
|
doughty |
DOUGHTY, a. Douty. [G., L. See Decent.] Brave; valiant; eminent; noble; illustrious; as a doughty ... |
17656
|
doughy |
DOUGHY, a. Doy. Like dough; soft; yielding to pressure; pale. |
17657
|
douse |
DOUSE, v.t. [Gr.]1. To thrust or plunge into water.2. In seamens language, to strike or lower in ... |
17658
|
dout |
DOUT, v.t. To put out; to extinguish. |
17659
|
douter |
DOUTER, n. An extinguisher for candles. |
17660
|
douzeave |
DOUZEAVE, n. Doozeve. In music, a scale of twelve degrees. |
17661
|
dove |
DOVE, n. [G.]1. The oenas, or domestic pigeon, a species of Columba. Its color is a deep bluish ash ... |
17662
|
dove-cot |
DOVE-COT, n. A small building or box in which domestic pigeons breed. |
17663
|
dove-house |
DOVE-HOUSE, n. A house or shelter for doves. |
17664
|
dove-tail |
DOVE-TAIL, n. In carpentry, the manner of fastening boards and timbers together by letting one ... |
17665
|
dove-tailed |
DOVE-TAILED, pp. United by a tenon in form of a doves tail. |
17666
|
dove-tailing |
DOVE-TAILING, ppr. Uniting by a dove-tail. |
17667
|
dovelike |
DOVELIKE, a. Resembling a dove. |
17668
|
doves-foot |
DOVES-FOOT, n. A plant, a species of Geranium. |
17669
|
doveship |
DOVESHIP, n. The qualities of a dove. |
17670
|
dovish |
DOVISH, a. Like a dove; innocent. [Not in use.] |
17671
|
dowable |
DOWABLE, a. [See Dower.] That may be endowed; entitled to dower. |
17672
|
dowager |
DOWAGER, n. A widow with a jointure; a title particularly given to the widows of princes and ... |
17673
|
dowcets |
DOWCETS, n. The testicles of a hart or stag. |
17674
|
dowdy |
DOWDY, n. An awkward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman.DOWDY, a. Awkward. |
17675
|
dower |
DOWER, n. [Gr., a gift; to give. L.]1. That portion of the lands or tenements of a man which his ... |
17676
|
dowered |
DOWERED, a. Furnished with dower, or a portion. |
17677
|
dowerless |
DOWERLESS, a. Destitute of dower; having no portion or fortune. |
17678
|
dowery |
DOWERY, DOWRY, A different spelling of dower, but little used, and they may well be neglected. |
17679
|
dowlas |
DOWLAS, n. A kind of coarse linen cloth. |
17680
|
dowle |
DOWLE, n. A feather. [Not in use.] |
17681
|
down |
DOWN, n. 1. The fine soft feathers of fowls, particularly of the duck kind. The eider duck yields ... |
17682
|
down-bed |
DOWN-BED, n. A bed of down. |
17683
|
down-haul |
DOWN-HAUL, n. In seamens language, a rope passing along a stay, through the cringles of the ... |
17684
|
down-sitting |
DOWN-SITTING, n. The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.Thou knowest my down-sitting and my ... |
17685
|
downcast |
DOWNCAST, a. Cast downward; directed to the ground; as a downcast eye or look, indicating ... |
17686
|
downed |
DOWNED, a. Covered or stuffed with down. |
17687
|
downfall |
DOWNFALL, n. 1. A falling, or body of things falling; as the downfall of a flood.2. Ruin; ... |
17688
|
downfallen |
DOWNFALLEN, a. Fallen; ruined. |
17689
|
downgyved |
DOWNGYVED, a. Hanging down like the loose cincture of fetters. |
17690
|
downhearted |
DOWNHEARTED, a. Dejected in spirits. |
17691
|
downhill |
DOWNHILL, n. Declivity; descent; slope. And though tis downhill all.DOWNHILL, a. Declivous; ... |
17692
|
downlooked |
DOWNLOOKED, a. Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen; as jealousy downlooked. |
17693
|
downlying |
DOWNLYING, n. The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.DOWNLYING, a. About to be in travel of ... |
17694
|
downright |
DOWNRIGHT, adv. 1. Right down; straight down; perpendicularly.A giant cleft downright.2. In plain ... |
17695
|
downrightly |
DOWNRIGHTLY, adv. Plainly; in plain terms; bluntly. |
17696
|
downtrod |
DOWNTROD, DOWNTRODDEN, a. Trodden down; trampled down. |
17697
|
downtrodden |
DOWNTROD, DOWNTRODDEN, a. Trodden down; trampled down. |
17698
|
downward |
DOWNWARD, DOWNWARDS, adv. [See Ward.]1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, ... |
17699
|
downwards |
DOWNWARD, DOWNWARDS, adv. [See Ward.]1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, ... |
17700
|
downweed |
DOWNWEED, n. Cottonweed, a downy plant. |
17701
|
downy |
DOWNY, a. [See Down.] 1. Covered with down or nap; as a downy feather; downy wings.2. Covered with ... |
17702
|
dowry |
DOWRY, n. [See Dower. This word differs not from dower. It is the same word differently written, ... |
17703
|
dowse |
DOWSE, v.t. To strike on the face. [Not in use.] |
17704
|
dowst |
DOWST, n. A stroke. [Not in use.] |
17705
|
doxological |
DOXOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. |
17706
|
doxology |
DOXOLOGY, n. [Gr., praise, glory; to speak.] In Christian worship, a hymn in praise of the ... |
17707
|
doxy |
DOXY, n. A prostitute. |
17708
|
doze |
DOZE, v.i. [See Dote.]1. To slumber; to sleep lightly.If he happened to doze a little, the jolly ... |
17709
|
dozen |
DOZEN, a. Duzn. [G.] Twelve in number, applied to things of the same kind, but rarely or never to ... |
17710
|
dozer |
DOZER, n. One that dozes or slumbers. |
17711
|
doziness |
DOZINESS, n. [from dozy.] Drowsiness; heaviness; inclination to sleep. |
17712
|
dozing |
DOZING, ppr. Slumbering.DOZING, n. A slumbering; sluggishness. |
17713
|
dozy |
DOZY, a. [See Doze.] Drowsy; heavy; inclined to sleep; sleepy; sluggish; as a dozy head. |
17714
|
drab |
DRAB, n. 1. A strumpet; a prostitute.2. A low, sluttish woman. [This seems to be the sense in which ... |
17715
|
drabbing |
DRABBING, ppr. Keeping company with lewd women.DRABBING, n. An associating with strumpets. |
17716
|
drabble |
DRABBLE, v.t. To draggle; to make dirty by drawing in mud and water; to wet and befoul; as, to ... |
17717
|
drabbling |
DRABBLING, a. Drawing in mud or water; angling for barbels.DRABBLING, n. A method of angling for ... |
17718
|
drabler |
DRABLER, n. In seamens language, a small additional sail, sometimes laced to the bottom of a bonnet ... |
17719
|
drachma |
DRACHMA, n. [L., Gr.]1. A Grecian coin. Of the value of seven pence, three farthings, sterling, or ... |
17720
|
draco |
DRACO, n. [See Dragon.]1. In astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing ... |
17721
|
dracontic |
DRACONTIC, a. [L.] In astronomy, belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one ... |
17722
|
dracunculus |
DRACUNCULUS, n. [L.]1. In botany, a plant, a species of Arum, with a long stalk, spotted like a ... |
17723
|
drad |
DRAD, a. Terrible. [See Dread.] This was also the old pret. of dread. |
17724
|
draff |
DRAFF, n. Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine, or grains to cows; waste matter. |
17725
|
draffish |
DRAFFISH, a. Worthless. |
17726
|
draffy |
DRAFFY, a. Dreggy; waste; worthless |
17727
|
draft |
DRAFT, n. [corrupted from draught, from drag, draw, but authorized by respectable use.]1. A ... |
17728
|
draft-horse |
DRAFT-HORSE, n. A horse employed in drawing, particularly in drawing heavy loads or in plowing. |
17729
|
draft-ox |
DRAFT-OX, n. An ox employed in drawing. |
17730
|
drafted |
DRAFTED, pp. Drawn; delineated; detached. |
17731
|
drafting |
DRAFTING, ppr. Drawing; delineating; detaching. |
17732
|
drafts |
DRAFTS, n. A game played on checkers. |
17733
|
drag |
DRAG, v.t. [G., L. See Drink and Drench.]1. To pull; to haul; to draw along the ground by main ... |
17734
|
dragged |
DRAGGED, pp. Drawn on the ground; drawn with labor or force; drawn along slowly and heavily; raked ... |
17735
|
dragging |
DRAGGING, ppr. Drawing on the ground; drawing with labor or by force; drawing slowly or heavily; ... |
17736
|
draggle |
DRAGGLE, v.t. To wet and dirty by drawing on the ground or mud, or on wet grass; to ... |
17737
|
draggle-tail |
DRAGGLE-TAIL, n. A slut. |
17738
|
draggled |
DRAGGLED, pp. Drawn on the ground; wet or dirtied by being drawn on the ground or mire. |
17739
|
draggling |
DRAGGLING, ppr. Drawing on the ground; making dirty by drawing on the ground or wet grass. |
17740
|
dragman |
DRAGMAN, n. A fisherman that uses a dragnet. |
17741
|
dragnet |
DRAGNET, n. A net to be drawn on the bottom of a river or pond for taking fish. |
17742
|
dragoman |
DRAGOMAN, DROGMAN, n. An interpreter; a term in general use in the Levant and other parts of the ... |
17743
|
dragon |
DRAGON, n. [L., Gr., G.]1. A kind of winged serpent, much celebrated in the romances of the middle ... |
17744
|
dragon-fish |
DRAGON-FISH, n. A species of Trachinus, called the weaver. This fish is about twelve inches in ... |
17745
|
dragon-fly |
DRAGON-FLY, n. A genus of insects, the Libella or Libellula, having four extended wings; they are ... |
17746
|
dragon-shell |
DRAGON-SHELL, n. A species of concamerated patella or limpet. The top is much curved, and of an ... |
17747
|
dragon-tree |
DRAGON-TREE, n. A species of palm. |
17748
|
dragonet |
DRAGONET, n. 1. A little dragon.2. A fish with a slender round body, colored with yellow, blue and ... |
17749
|
dragonish |
DRAGONISH, a. In the form of a dragon; dragonlike. |
17750
|
dragonlike |
DRAGONLIKE, a. Like a dragon; fiery; furious. |
17751
|
dragons |
DRAGONS, n. A genus of plants, the Dracontium, of several species, natives of the Indies. |
17752
|
dragons-blood |
DRAGONS-BLOOD, n. A resinous substance, or red juice, extracted from the Dracaena draco, and other ... |
17753
|
dragons-head |
DRAGONS-HEAD, n. A genus of plants, the Dracocephalum, of many species, most of them herbaceous, ... |
17754
|
dragons-water |
DRAGONS-WATER, n. A plant , the Calla or African Arum. |
17755
|
dragons-wort |
DRAGONS-WORT, n. A plant, a species of Artemisia. |
17756
|
dragoon |
DRAGOON, n. [G., L, an ensign bearer; dragon; an appellation given to horsemen, perhaps for their ... |
17757
|
dragoonade |
DRAGOONADE, n. The abandoning of a place to the rage of soldiers. |
17758
|
dragooned |
DRAGOONED, pp. Abandoned to the violence of soldiers; persecuted; harassed. |
17759
|
dragooning |
DRAGOONING, ppr. Abandoning to the rage of soldiers; persecuting; harassing; vexing. |
17760
|
drail |
DRAIL, v.t. To trail. [Not in use.]DRAIL, v.i. To draggle. [Not in use.] |
17761
|
drain |
DRAIN, v.t. 1. To filter; to cause to pass through some porous substance.Salt water, drained ... |
17762
|
drainable |
DRAINABLE, a. Capable of being drained. |
17763
|
drainage |
DRAINAGE, n. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid. |
17764
|
drained |
DRAINED, pp. Emptied of water or other liquor by a gradual discharge, flowing or dropping; ... |
17765
|
draining |
DRAINING, ppr. Emptying of water or other liquor by filtration or flowing in small channels. |
17766
|
drake |
DRAKE, n. [G., L, a duck.]1. The male of the duck kind.2. [L., dragon.] A small piece of ... |
17767
|
dram |
DRAM, n. [contracted from drachma, which see.]1. Among druggists and physicians, a weight of the ... |
17768
|
dram-drinker |
DRAM-DRINKER, n. One who habitually drinks spirits. |
17769
|
drama |
DRAMA, n. [Gr., to make.] A poem or composition representing a picture of human life, and ... |
17770
|
dramatic |
DRAMATIC, DRAMATICAL, a. Pertaining to the drama; represent by action; theatrical; not narrative. |
17771
|
dramatical |
DRAMATIC, DRAMATICAL, a. Pertaining to the drama; represent by action; theatrical; not narrative. |
17772
|
dramatically |
DRAMATICALLY, a. By representation; in the manner of the drama. |
17773
|
dramatist |
DRAMATIST, n. The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays. |
17774
|
dramatize |
DRAMATIZE, v.t. To compose in the form of the drama; or to give to a composition the form of a ... |
17775
|
drank |
DRANK, pret. and pp. of drink.DRANK, n. A term for wild oats. |
17776
|
drape |
DRAPE, v.t. To make cloth; also, to banter. |
17777
|
draper |
DRAPER, n. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as a linen-draper or woolen-draper. |
17778
|
drapery |
DRAPERY, n. 1. Clothwork; the trade of making cloth.2. Cloth; stuffs of wool.3. In sculpture and ... |
17779
|
drapet |
DRAPET, n. Cloth; coverlet. [Not in use.] |
17780
|
drastic |
DRASTIC, a. [Gr., to make.] Powerful; acting with strength or violence; efficacious; as a drastic ... |
17781
|
draugh |
DRAUGH. [See Draff.] |
17782
|
draught |
DRAUGHT, n. Draft. [from draw, drag.]1. The act of drawing; as a horse or ox fit for draught.2. The ... |
17783
|
draught-hooks |
DRAUGHT-HOOKS, n. Large hooks of iron fixed on the cheeks of a cannon carriage, two on each side, ... |
17784
|
draught-horse |
DRAUGHT-HORSE, n. A horse used in drawing a plow, cart or other carriage, as distinguished from a ... |
17785
|
draught-house |
DRAUGHT-HOUSE, n. A house for the reception of filth or waste matter. |
17786
|
draughtsman |
DRAUGHTSMAN, n. 1. A man who draws writings or designs or one who is skilled in such drawings.2. ... |
17787
|
drave |
DRAVE, the old participle of drive. We now use drove. |
17788
|
draw |
DRAW, v.t. pret. drew; pp. drawn. [L. It is only a dialectical spelling of drag, which see.]1. To ... |
17789
|
draw-bridge |
DRAW-BRIDGE, n. A bridge which may be drawn up or let down to admit or hinder communication, as ... |
17790
|
draw-net |
DRAW-NET, n. A net for catching the larger sorts of fowls, made of pack-thread, with wide meshes. |
17791
|
draw-well |
DRAW-WELL, n. A deep well, from which water is drawn by a long cord or pole. |
17792
|
drawable |
DRAWABLE, a. That may be drawn. |
17793
|
drawback |
DRAWBACK, n. 1. Money or an amount paid back. Usually, a certain amount of duties or customs, paid ... |
17794
|
drawee |
DRAWEE, n. The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; the payer of a bill or ... |
17795
|
drawer |
DRAWER, n. 1. One who draws or pulls; one who takes water from a well; one who draws liquors from a ... |
17796
|
drawing |
DRAWING, ppr. Pulling; hauling; attracting; delineating.DRAWING, n. 1. The act of pulling, hauling, ... |
17797
|
drawing-master |
DRAWING-MASTER, n. One who teaches the art of drawing. |
17798
|
drawing-room |
DRAWING-ROOM, n. 1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room in which distinguished ... |
17799
|
drawl |
DRAWL, v.t. To utter words in a slow lengthened tone.DRAWL, v.i. To speak with slow ... |
17800
|
drawling |
DRAWLING, ppr. Uttering words slowly. |
17801
|
drawn |
DRAWN, pp. [See Draw.]1. Pulled; hauled; allured; attracted; delineated; extended; extracted; ... |
17802
|
dray |
DRAY, n. [L.]1. A low cart or carriage on wheels, drawn by a horse.2. A sled. |
17803
|
dray-cart |
DRAY-CART, n. A dray. |
17804
|
dray-horse |
DRAY-HORSE, n. A horse used for drawing a dray. |
17805
|
dray-man |
DRAY-MAN, n. A man who attends a dray. |
17806
|
dray-plow |
DRAY-PLOW, n. A particular kind of plow. |
17807
|
drazel |
DRAZEL, n. Drazl. A dirty woman; a slut. [This is a vulgar word; in New England pronounced drozl, ... |
17808
|
dread |
DREAD, n. Dred. [L., to dread; fearful; to tremble. The primary sense is probably to tremble, or to ... |
17809
|
dreadable |
DREADABLE, a. That is to be dreaded. [Not used.] |
17810
|
dreaded |
DREADED, pp. Feared. |
17811
|
dreader |
DREADER, n. One that fears, or lives in fear. |
17812
|
dreadful |
DREADFUL, a. 1. Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as a dreadful storm, or dreadful ... |
17813
|
dreadfully |
DREADFULLY, adv. Terribly; in a manner to be dreaded. |
17814
|
dreadfulness |
DREADFULNESS, n. Terribleness; the quality of being dreadful; frightfulness. |
17815
|
dreadless |
DREADLESS, a. Fearless; bold; not intimidated; undaunted; free from fear or terror; intrepid. |
17816
|
dreadlessness |
DREADLESSNESS, n. Fearlessness; undauntedness; freedom from fear or terror; boldness. |
17817
|
dream |
DREAM, n. [G.]1. The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep. We apply dream, in the ... |
17818
|
dreamer |
DREAMER, n. 1. One who dreams.2. A fanciful man; a visionary; one who forms or entertains vain ... |
17819
|
dreamful |
DREAMFUL, a. Full of dreams. |
17820
|
dreaming |
DREAMING, ppr. Having thoughts or ideas in sleep. |
17821
|
dreamless |
DREAMLESS, a. Free from dreams. |
17822
|
dreamt |
DREAMT, pp. Dremt. From dream. |
17823
|
drear |
DREAR, n. Dread; dismalness.DREAR, n. Dread; dismalness.DREAR, n. Dread; dismalness.DREAR, a. ... |
17824
|
drearihead |
DREARIHEAD, n. Dismalness; gloominess. [Not in use.] |
17825
|
drearily |
DREARILY, adv. Gloomily; dismally. |
17826
|
dreariment |
DREARIMENT, n. Dismalness; terror. |
17827
|
dreariness |
DREARINESS, n. Dismalness; gloomy solitude. |
17828
|
dreary |
DREARY, a. 1. Dismal; gloomy; as a dreary waste; dreary shades. This word implies both solitude and ... |
17829
|
dredge |
DREDGE, n. 1. A dragnet for taking oysters, &c.2. A mixture of oats and barley sown ... |
17830
|
dredger |
DREDGER, n. One who fishes with a dredge; also, an utensil for scattering flour on meat while ... |
17831
|
dredging-box |
DREDGING-BOX, n. A box used for dredging meat. |
17832
|
dredging-machine |
DREDGING-MACHINE, n. An engine used to take up mud or gravel from the bottom of rivers, docks, &c. |
17833
|
dree |
DREE, v.t. To suffer. [Not used.] |
17834
|
dregginess |
DREGGINESS, n. [from dreggy.] Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence. |
17835
|
dreggish |
DREGGISH, a. Full of dregs; foul with lees; feculent. |
17836
|
dreggy |
DREGGY, a. [See Dregs.] Containing dregs or lees; consisting of dregs; foul; muddy; feculent. |
17837
|
dregs |
DREGS, n. Plu. [Gr.]1. The sediment of liquors; lees; grounds; feculence; any foreign matter of ... |
17838
|
drein |
DREIN. [See Drain.] |
17839
|
drench |
DRENCH, v.t. [G., to water, to soak. See Drink and Drag.]1. To wet thoroughly; to soak; to fill or ... |
17840
|
drenched |
DRENCHED, pp. Soaked; thoroughly wet; purged with a dose. |
17841
|
drencher |
DRENCHER, n. One who wets or steeps; one who gives a drench to a beast. |
17842
|
drenching |
DRENCHING, ppr. Wetting thoroughly; soaking; purging. |
17843
|
drent |
DRENT, pp. Drenched. [Not in use.] |
17844
|
dress |
DRESS, v.t. pret. and pp. dressed or drest. [L.]1. To make straight or a straight line; to adjust ... |
17845
|
dress-maker |
DRESS-MAKER, n. A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker. |
17846
|
dressed |
DRESSED, pp. Adjusted; made straight; put in order; prepared; trimmed; tilled; clothed; adorned; ... |
17847
|
dresser |
DRESSER, n. 1. One who dresses; one who is employed in putting on clothes and adorning another; one ... |
17848
|
dressing |
DRESSING, ppr. Adjusting to a line; putting in order; preparing; clothing; embellishing; ... |
17849
|
dressing-room |
DRESSING-ROOM, n. An apartment appropriated for dressing the person. |
17850
|
dressy |
DRESSY, a Showy in dress; wearing rich or showy dresses. |
17851
|
drest |
DREST, pp. Of dress. |
17852
|
dreul |
DREUL, v.i. To emit saliva; to suffer saliva to issue and flow down from the mouth. |
17853
|
drib |
DRIB, v.t. To crop or cut off; to defalcate.DRIB, n. A drop. [Not used.] |
17854
|
dribble |
DRIBBLE, v.i. 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water ... |
17855
|
dribblet |
DRIBBLET, n. A small piece or part; a small sum; odd money in a sum; as, the money was paid in ... |
17856
|
dribbling |
DRIBBLING, ppr. Falling in drops or small drops.DRIBBLING, n. A falling in drops. |
17857
|
dried |
DRIED, pp. Of dry. Free from moisture or sap. |
17858
|
drier |
DRIER, n. [from dry.] That which has the quality of drying; that which may expel or absorb ... |
17859
|
drift |
DRIFT, n. 1. That which is driven by wind or water, as drift seems to be primarily a participle. ... |
17860
|
drift-sail |
DRIFT-SAIL, n. In navigation, a sail used under water, veered out right ahead by sheets. |
17861
|
drift-way |
DRIFT-WAY, n. A common way for driving cattle in. |
17862
|
drift-wind |
DRIFT-WIND, n. A driving wind; a wind that drives things into heaps. |
17863
|
drifted |
DRIFTED, pp. Driven along; driven into heaps. |
17864
|
drifting |
DRIFTING, ppr. Driving by force; driving into heaps. |
17865
|
drill |
DRILL, v.t. [G.]1. To pierce with a drill; to perforate by turning a sharp pointed instrument of a ... |
17866
|
drill-plow |
DRILL-PLOW, n. A plow for sowing grain in drills. |
17867
|
drilled |
DRILLED, pp. Bored or perforated with a drill; exercised; sown in rows. |
17868
|
drilling |
DRILLING, ppr. Boring with a drill; training to military duty; sowing in drills. |
17869
|
drink |
DRINK, v.i. pret. and pp. drank. Old pret. And pp. drunk; pp. Drunken. [G. Drink and drench are ... |
17870
|
drink-money |
DRINK-MONEY, n. Money given to buy liquor for drink. |
17871
|
drinkable |
DRINKABLE, a. That may be drank; fit or suitable for drink; potable. |
17872
|
drinker |
DRINKER, n. One who drinks, particularly one who practices drinking spirituous liquors to excess; a ... |
17873
|
drinking |
DRINKING, ppr. Swallowing liquor; sucking in; absorbing.DRINKING, n. 1. The act of swallowing ... |
17874
|
drinking-horn |
DRINKING-HORN, n. A horn cup, such as our rude ancestors used. |
17875
|
drinking-house |
DRINKING-HOUSE, n. A house frequented by tiplers; an alehouse. |
17876
|
drinkless |
DRINKLESS, a. Destitute of drink. |
17877
|
drip |
DRIP, v.i. [G.]1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from eaves.2 To have any liquid falling from it ... |
17878
|
dripping |
DRIPPING, ppr. Falling or letting fall in drops.DRIPPING, n. The fat which falls from meat in ... |
17879
|
dripping-pan |
DRIPPING-PAN, n. A pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting. |
17880
|
dripple |
DRIPPLE, a. Weak or rare. [Not in use.] |
17881
|
drive |
DRIVE, v.t. pret. Drove, [formerly drave; pp. Driven, G.]1. To impel or urge forward by force; to ... |
17882
|
drivel |
DRIVEL, v.i. drivl. [from the root of drip.]1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the ... |
17883
|
driveler |
DRIVELER, n. A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. |
17884
|
driveling |
DRIVELING, ppr. Slavering; foolish. |
17885
|
driven |
DRIVEN, pp. Drivn. [from drive.] Urged forward by force; impelled to move; constrained by ... |
17886
|
driver |
DRIVER, n. 1. One who drives; the person or thing that urges or compels any thing else to move.2. ... |
17887
|
driving |
DRIVING, ppr. Urging forward by force; impelling.DRIVING, n. 1. The act of impelling.2. Tendency. |
17888
|
drizzle |
DRIZZLE, v.i. [G., L.] To rain in small drops; to fall as water from the clouds in very fine ... |
17889
|
drizzled |
DRIZZLED, pp. Shed or thrown down in small drops or particles. |
17890
|
drizzling |
DRIZZLING, ppr. Falling in fine drops or particles; shedding in small drops or particles.DRIZZLING, ... |
17891
|
drizzly |
DRIZZLY, a. Shedding small rain, or small particles of snow.The winters drizzly reign. |
17892
|
drogman |
DROGMAN. [See Dragoman.] |
17893
|
droil |
DROIL, v.i. To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [Not much used.]DROIL, n. A mope; a drone; a ... |
17894
|
droll |
DROLL, a. [G.] Odd; merry; facetious; comical; as a droll fellow.DROLL, n. 1. One whose occupation ... |
17895
|
droller |
DROLLER, n. A jester; a buffoon. |
17896
|
drollery |
DROLLERY, n. 1. Sportive tricks; buffoonery; comical stories; gestures, manners or tales adapted to ... |
17897
|
drolling |
DROLLING, n. Low wit; buffoonery. |
17898
|
drollingly |
DROLLINGLY, adv. In a jesting manner. |
17899
|
drollish |
DROLLISH, a. Somewhat droll. |
17900
|
dromedary |
DROMEDARY, n. [Gr., perhaps from swiftness, running.] A species of camel, called also the Arabian ... |
17901
|
drone |
DRONE, n. [G., to tinkle, to shake, to tingle.]1. The male of the honey bee. It is smaller than the ... |
17902
|
drone-fly |
DRONE-FLY, n. A two-winged insect, resembling the drone-bee. |
17903
|
droning |
DRONING, ppr. Living in idleness; giving a dull sound. |
17904
|
dronish |
DRONISH, a. Idle; sluggish; lazy; indolent; inactive; slow. |
17905
|
droop |
DROOP, v.i. [L., from the root of drop.]1. To sink or hang down; to lean downwards, as a body that ... |
17906
|
drooping |
DROOPING, ppr. Sinking; hanging or leaning downward; declining; languishing; failing. |
17907
|
drop |
DROP, n. [G.]1. A small portion of any fluid in a spherical form, which falls at once from any ... |
17908
|
drop-serene |
DROP-SERENE, n. A disease of the eye; amaurosis, or blindness from a diseased retina. |
17909
|
drop-stone |
DROP-STONE, n. Spar in the shape of drops. |
17910
|
drop-wort |
DROP-WORT, n. The name of a plant, the Spiraea filipendula. The hemlock drop-wort, and the water ... |
17911
|
droplet |
DROPLET, n. A little drop. |
17912
|
dropped |
DROPPED, pp. Let fall; distilled; laid aside; dismissed; let go; suffered to subside; sprinkled or ... |
17913
|
dropping |
DROPPING, ppr. Falling in globules; distilling; falling; laying aside; dismissing; quitting; ... |
17914
|
drops |
DROPS, v.t. [G.]1. To pour or let fall in small portions or globules, as a fluid; to distill.The ... |
17915
|
dropsical |
DROPSICAL, a. [See Dropsy.]1. Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; inclined to the dropsy; applied to ... |
17916
|
dropsied |
DROPSIED, a. Diseased with dropsy. |
17917
|
dropsy |
DROPSY, n. [L, Gr., water; the face. Formerly written hydropisy; whence by contraction, dropsy.] In ... |
17918
|
dross |
DROSS, n. [G.]1. The recrement or despumation of metals; the scum or extraneous matter of metals, ... |
17919
|
drossiness |
DROSSINESS, n. Foulness; rust; impurity; a state of being drossy. |
17920
|
drossy |
DROSSY, a. 1. Like dross; pertaining to dross.2. Full of dross; abounding with scorious or ... |
17921
|
drotchel |
DROTCHEL, n. An idle wench; a sluggard. [Not in use.] |
17922
|
drought |
DROUGHT. [See Drouth.] |
17923
|
droughtiness |
DROUGHTINESS, n. Drouthiness. |
17924
|
droughty |
DROUGHTY, a. Drouthy. |
17925
|
droumy |
DROUMY, a. Troubled; dirty. Chaucer has drovy. |
17926
|
drouth |
DROUTH, n. [See dry. The word generally used is now, as it was written by Bacon, drouth or drowth; ... |
17927
|
drouthiness |
DROUTHINESS, n. A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain. |
17928
|
drouthy |
DROUTHY, a. 1. Dry, as the weather; arid; wanting rain.2. Thirsty; dry; wanting drink. |
17929
|
drove |
DROVE, pret. of drive.DROVE, n. 1. A collection of cattle driven; a number of animals, as oxen, ... |
17930
|
drover |
DROVER, n. 1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market. Usually in New England, a man who makes it ... |
17931
|
drown |
DROWN, v.t. 1. Literally, to overwhelm in water; an appropriately, to extinguish life by immersion ... |
17932
|
drowned |
DROWNED, pp. Deprived of life by immersion in a fluid; overflowed; inundated; overwhelmed. |
17933
|
drowner |
DROWNER, n. He or that which drowns. |
17934
|
drowning |
DROWNING, ppr. Destroying life by submersion in a liquid; overflowing; overwhelming. |
17935
|
drowse |
DROWSE, v.i. drowz.1. To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness.2. ... |
17936
|
drowsihed |
DROWSIHED, n. Sleepiness. |
17937
|
drowsily |
DROWSILY, adv. 1. Sleepily; heavily; in a dull sleepy manner.2. Sluggishly; idly; slothfully; ... |
17938
|
drowsiness |
DROWSINESS, n. 1. Sleepiness; heaviness with sleep; disposition to sleep.2. Sluggishness; sloth; ... |
17939
|
drowsy |
DROWSY, a. 1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; comatose.2. Dull; ... |
17940
|
drowsy-headed |
DROWSY-HEADED, a. Heavy; having a sluggish disposition. |
17941
|
drub |
DRUB, v.t. [G., L. Drubbing is a particular form of driving.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to ... |
17942
|
drubbed |
DRUBBED, pp. Beat with a cudgel; beat soundly. |
17943
|
drubbing |
DRUBBING, ppr. Beating with a cudgel; beating soundly.DRUBBING, n. A cudgeling; a sound beating. |
17944
|
drudge |
DRUDGE, v.i. druj. To work hard; to labor in mean offices; to labor with toil and fatigue.In ... |
17945
|
drudger |
DRUDGER, n. 1. A drudge.2. A drudging-box. [See Dredging-box.] |
17946
|
drudgery |
DRUDGERY, n. Hard labor; toilsome work; ignoble toil; hard work in servile occupations.Paradise was ... |
17947
|
drudging |
DRUDGING, ppr. Laboring hard; toiling. |
17948
|
drudging-box |
DRUDGING-BOX. [See Dredging-box.] |
17949
|
drudgingly |
DRUDGINGLY, adv. With labor and fatigue; laboriously. |
17950
|
drug |
DRUG, n. [See the verb, to dry.]1. The general name of substances used in medicine, sold by the ... |
17951
|
drugger |
DRUGGER, n. A druggist. [Not used.] |
17952
|
drugget |
DRUGGET, n. A cloth or thin stuff of wool, or of wool and thread, corded or plain, usually plain. |
17953
|
druggist |
DRUGGIST, n. One who deals in drugs; properly, one whose occupation is merely to but and sell ... |
17954
|
drugster |
DRUGSTER, n. A druggist. [Not used.] |
17955
|
druid |
DRUID, n. A priest or minister of religion, among the ancient Celtic nations in Gaul, Britain and ... |
17956
|
druidic |
DRUIDIC, DRUIDICAL, a. Pertaining to the Druids. |
17957
|
druidical |
DRUIDIC, DRUIDICAL, a. Pertaining to the Druids. |
17958
|
druidism |
DRUIDISM, n. The system of religion, philosophy and instruction taught by the druids, or their ... |
17959
|
drum |
DRUM, n. [G., L.]1. A martial instrument of music, in form of a hollow cylinder, and covered at the ... |
17960
|
drum-fish |
DRUM-FISH, n. A fish, found on the coast of North America. |
17961
|
drum-major |
DRUM-MAJOR, n. The chief or first drummer of a regiment. |
17962
|
drum-maker |
DRUM-MAKER, n. One who makes drums. |
17963
|
drum-stick |
DRUM-STICK, n. The stick with which a drum is beaten, or shaped for the purpose of beating a drum. |
17964
|
drumble |
DRUMBLE, v.i. To drone; to be sluggish. [Not in use.] |
17965
|
drumly |
DRUMLY, a. Thick; stagnant; muddy. [Not in use.] |
17966
|
drummer |
DRUMMER, n. One whose office is to beat the drum, in military exercises and marching; one who ... |
17967
|
drunk |
DRUNK, a. [from drunken. See Drink.] 1. Intoxicated; inebriated; overwhelmed or overpowered by ... |
17968
|
drunkard |
DRUNKARD, n. One given to ebriety or an excessive used of strong liquor; a person who habitually or ... |
17969
|
drunken |
DRUNKEN, a. Drunkn. [participle of drink, but now used chiefly as an adjective, and often ... |
17970
|
drunkenly |
DRUNKENLY, adv. In a drunken manner. [Little used.] |
17971
|
drunkenness |
DRUNKENNESS, n. 1. Intoxication; inebriation; a state in which a person is overwhelmed or ... |
17972
|
drupaceous |
DRUPACEOUS, a. 1. Producing drupes; as drupaceous trees.2. Pertaining to drupes; or consisting of ... |
17973
|
drupe |
DRUPE, n. [L., Gr, olives ready to fall, Gr., a tree; to fall.] In botany, a pulpy pericarp or ... |
17974
|
druse |
DRUSE, n. [G., a gland, glanders.] Among miners, a cavity in a rock having its interior surface ... |
17975
|
drusy |
DRUSY, a. S as z. Abounding with very minute crystals; as a drusy surface. |
17976
|
dry |
DRY, a. [See the Verb.]1. Destitute of moisture; free from water or wetness; arid; not moist; as ... |
17977
|
dryad |
DRYAD, n. [L., Gr., a tree.] In mythology, a deity or nymph of the woods; a nymph supposed to ... |
17978
|
dryed |
DRYED, pp. of dry. [See Dried.] |
17979
|
dryer |
DRYER, n. He or that which dries; that which exhausts of moisture or greenness. |
17980
|
dryeyed |
DRYEYED, a. Not having tears in the eyes. |
17981
|
dryfat |
DRYFAT, n. A dry vat or basket. |
17982
|
dryfoot |
DRYFOOT, n. A dog that pursues game by the scent of the foot. |
17983
|
drying |
DRYING, ppr. Expelling or losing moisture, sap or greenness.DRYING, n. The act or process of ... |
17984
|
dryite |
DRYITE, n. [Gr., an oak.] Fragments of petrified or fossil wood in which the structure of the wood ... |
17985
|
dryly |
DRYLY, adv. 1. Without moisture.2. Coldly; frigidly; without affection.3. Severely; ... |
17986
|
dryness |
DRYNESS, n. 1. Destitution of moisture; want of water or other fluid; siccity; a aridity; aridness; ... |
17987
|
drynurse |
DRYNURSE, n. 1. A nurse who attends and feeds a child without the breast.2. One who attends another ... |
17988
|
dryrub |
DRYRUB, v.t. To rub and cleanse without wetting. |
17989
|
drysalter |
DRYSALTER, n. A dealer in salted or dry meats, pickles, sauces, &c. |
17990
|
dryshod |
DRYSHOD, a. Without wetting the feet. Isaiah 11:15. |
17991
|
dual |
DUAL, a. [L., two.] Expressing the number two; as the dual number in Greek. |
17992
|
dualistic |
DUALISTIC, a. Consisting of two. The dualistic system of Anaxagoras and Plato taught that there are ... |
17993
|
duality |
DUALITY, n. 1. That which expresses two in number.2. Division; separation.3. The state or quality ... |
17994
|
dub |
DUB, v.t. [Gr.] Literally, to strike. Hence,1. To strike a blow with a sword, and make a knight.Se ... |
17995
|
dubbed |
DUBBED, pp. Struck; made a knight. |
17996
|
dubbing |
DUBBING, ppr. Striking; making a knight. |
17997
|
dubiety |
DUBIETY, n. [See Doubt.] Doubtfulness. [Little used.] |
17998
|
dubious |
DUBIOUS, a. [L. See Doubt. The primary sense is probably to turn or to waver.]1. Doubtful; wavering ... |
17999
|
dubiously |
DUBIOUSLY, adv. Doubtfully; uncertainly; without any determination. |
18000
|
dubiousness |
DUBIOUSNESS, n. 1. Doubtfulness; a state of wavering and indecision of mind; as, he speaks with ... |
18001
|
dubitable |
DUBITABLE, a. [L. See Doubt.] Doubtful; uncertain. [Little used.] But the derivative indubitable is ... |
18002
|
dubitancy |
DUBITANCY, n. Doubt; uncertainty. [Little used.] |
18003
|
dubitation |
DUBITATION, n. [L, to doubt.] The act of doubting; doubt. [Little used.] |
18004
|
ducal |
DUCAL, a. Pertaining to a duke; as a ducal coronet. |
18005
|
ducat |
DUCAT, n. [from duke.] A coin of several countries in Europe, struck in the dominions of a duke. It ... |
18006
|
ducatoon |
DUCATOON, n. A silver coin, struck chiefly in Italy, of the value of about four shillings and eight ... |
18007
|
duchess |
DUCHESS, n. The consort or widow of a duke. Also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy. |
18008
|
duchy |
DUCHY, n. The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom; as the duchy of Lancaster. |
18009
|
duchy-court |
DUCHY-COURT, n. The court of the duchy of Lancaster in England. |
18010
|
duck |
DUCK, n. [G, L., to weave.] A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, ... |
18011
|
duck-legged |
DUCK-LEGGED, a. Having short legs, like a duck. |
18012
|
duck-meat |
DUCK-MEAT, DUCKS-MEAT, n. A plant, the Lemna, growing in ditches and shallow water, and serving for ... |
18013
|
duck-weed |
DUCK-WEED, n. The same as duck-meat. |
18014
|
ducked |
DUCKED, pp. Plunged; dipped in water. |
18015
|
ducker |
DUCKER, n. A plunger; a diver; a cringer. |
18016
|
ducking |
DUCKING, ppr. Plunging; thrusting suddenly into water and withdrawing; dipping.DUCKING, n. The act ... |
18017
|
ducking-stool |
DUCKING-STOOL, n. A stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied and plunged into ... |
18018
|
duckling |
DUCKLING, n. A young duck. |
18019
|
duckoy |
DUCKOY. [See Decoy.] |
18020
|
ducks-foot |
DUCKS-FOOT, n. A plant, the Podophyllum; called also May-apple. |
18021
|
ducks-meat |
DUCK-MEAT, DUCKS-MEAT, n. A plant, the Lemna, growing in ditches and shallow water, and serving for ... |
18022
|
duct |
DUCT, n. [L., to lead. See Duke.]1. Any tube or canal by which fluid or other substance is ... |
18023
|
ductile |
DUCTILE, a. [L., to lead.]1. That may be led; easy to be led or drawn; tractable; complying; ... |
18024
|
ductileness |
DUCTILENESS, n. The quality of suffering extension by drawing or percussion; ductility. |
18025
|
ductility |
DUCTILITY, n. 1. The property of solid bodies, particularly metals, which renders them capable of ... |
18026
|
ducture |
DUCTURE, n. [L.] Guidance. [Not in use.] |
18027
|
dudgeon |
DUDGEON, n. [G.] A small dagger. |
18028
|
duds |
DUDS, n. Old clothes; tattered garments. [A vulgar word.] |
18029
|
due |
DUE, a. Du. [L., Gr., to bind. It has no connection with owe.]1. Owed; that ought to be paid or ... |
18030
|
duel |
DUEL, n. [L.]1. Single combat; a premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of ... |
18031
|
dueler |
DUELER, n. A combatant in single fight. |
18032
|
dueling |
DUELING, ppr. Fighting in single combat.DUELING, n. The act or practice of fighting in single ... |
18033
|
duelist |
DUELIST, n. 1. One who fights in single combat.The duelist values his honor above the life of his ... |
18034
|
duello |
DUELLO, n. Duel; or rule of dueling. [Not used.] |
18035
|
dueness |
DUENESS, n. Duness. [See Due.] Fitness; propriety due quality. |
18036
|
duenna |
DUENNA, n. [See Don.] An old woman who is kept to guard a younger; a governess. |
18037
|
duet |
DUET, DUETTO, n. A song or air in two parts. |
18038
|
duetto |
DUET, DUETTO, n. A song or air in two parts. |
18039
|
duffel |
DUFFEL, n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. |
18040
|
dug |
DUG, n. [L.] The pap or nipple of a cow or other beast. It is applied to a human female in ... |
18041
|
duke |
DUKE, n. [G., L, to lead; to draw, to tug. Gr.]1. In Great Britain, one of the highest order of ... |
18042
|
dukedom |
DUKEDOM, n. 1. The seignory or possessions of a duke; the territory of a duke.2. The title or ... |
18043
|
dulbrained |
DULBRAINED, a. [dull and brain.] Stupid; doltish; of dull intellects. [See Dullbrained.] |
18044
|
dulcet |
DULCET, a. [L., sweet.] 1. Sweet to the taste; luscious.She tempers dulcet creams.2. Sweet to the ... |
18045
|
dulcification |
DULCIFICATION, n. [See Dulcify.] The act of sweetening; the act of freeing from acidity, saltness ... |
18046
|
dulcified |
DULCIFIED, pp. Sweetened; purified from salts. Dulcified spirits, a term formerly applied to the ... |
18047
|
dulcify |
DULCIFY, v.t. [L, sweet; to make.] To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness or acrimony. |
18048
|
dulcimer |
DULCIMER, n. An instrument of music played by striking brass wires with little sticks. Daniel 3:5. |
18049
|
dulciness |
DULCINESS, n. [L.] Softness; easiness of temper. [Not used.] |
18050
|
dulcorate |
DULCORATE, v.t. [L., sweet; to sweeten.]1 To sweeten.2. To make less acrimonious. |
18051
|
dulcoration |
DULCORATION, n. The act of sweetening. |
18052
|
dulia |
DULIA, n. [Gr., service.] An inferior kind of worship or adoration. [Not an English word.] |
18053
|
dull |
DULL, a. [G.]1. Stupid; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding; as a lad of dull genius.2. Heavy; ... |
18054
|
dull-brained |
DULL-BRAINED, a. Stupid; of dull intellect. |
18055
|
dull-browed |
DULL-BROWED, a. Having a gloomy look. |
18056
|
dull-disposed |
DULL-DISPOSED, a. Inclined to dullness or sadness. |
18057
|
dull-eyed |
DULL-EYED, a. Having a downcast look. |
18058
|
dull-head |
DULL-HEAD, n. A person of dull understanding; a dolt; a blockhead. |
18059
|
dull-sighted |
DULL-SIGHTED, a. Having imperfect sigh; purblind. |
18060
|
dull-witted |
DULL-WITTED, a. Having a dull intellect; heavy. |
18061
|
dullard |
DULLARD, a. Doltish; stupid.DULLARD, n. A stupid person; a dot; a blockhead; a dunce. |
18062
|
dulled |
DULLED, pp. Made dull; blunted. |
18063
|
duller |
DULLER, n. That which makes dull. |
18064
|
dulling |
DULLING, ppr. Making dull. |
18065
|
dullness |
DULLNESS, n. 1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the ... |
18066
|
dully |
DULLY, adv. Stupidity; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit. |
18067
|
duly |
DULY, adv. [from due.]1. Properly; fitly; in a suitable or becoming manner; as, let the subject be ... |
18068
|
dumb |
DUMB, a. Dum. 1. Mute; silent; not speaking.I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalm 34.2. ... |
18069
|
dumbly |
DUMBLY, adv. dumly. Mutely; silently; without words or speech. |
18070
|
dumbness |
DUMBNESS, n. Dumness.1. Muteness; silence or holding the peace; omission of speech. This is ... |
18071
|
dumfound |
DUMFOUND, v.t. To strike dumb; to confuse. [A low word.] |
18072
|
dummerer |
DUMMERER, n. One who feigns dumbness. [Not in use.] |
18073
|
dump |
DUMP, n. [G.]1. A dull gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; sorrow; heaviness of heart.In ... |
18074
|
dumpish |
DUMPISH, a. Dull; stupid; sad; melancholy; depressed in spirits; as, he lives a dumpish life. |
18075
|
dumpishly |
DUMPISHLY, adv. In a moping manner. |
18076
|
dumpishness |
DUMPISHNESS, n. A state of being dull, heavy and moping. |
18077
|
dumpling |
DUMPLING, n. [from dump.] A kind of pudding or mass of paste in cookery; usually, a cover of paste ... |
18078
|
dumpy |
DUMPY, a. Short and thick. |
18079
|
dun |
DUN, a. 1. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; ... |
18080
|
dun-fish |
DUN-FISH, n. Codfish cured in a particular manner. [See Dunning.] |
18081
|
dunce |
DUNCE, n. Duns. [G.] A person of weak intellects; a dullard; a dolt; a thickskull.I never knew this ... |
18082
|
duncery |
DUNCERY, n. Dullness; stupidity. |
18083
|
duncify |
DUNCIFY, v.t. To make stupid in intellect. [Not used.] |
18084
|
dunder |
DUNDER, n. [L.] Lees; dregs; a word used in Jamaica.The use of dunder in the making of run answers ... |
18085
|
dune |
DUNE, n. A hill. [See Down.] |
18086
|
dung |
DUNG, n. [G.] The excrement of animals.DUNG, v.t. To manure with dung.DUNG, v.i. To void excrement. |
18087
|
dunged |
DUNGED, pp. Manured with dung. |
18088
|
dungeon |
DUNGEON, n. 1. A close prison; or a deep, dark place of confinement.And in a dungeon deep.They ... |
18089
|
dungfork |
DUNGFORK, n. A fork used to throw dung from a stable or into a cart, or to spread it over land. |
18090
|
dunghill |
DUNGHILL, n. 1. A heap of dung.2. A mean or vile abode.3. Any mean situation or condition.He ... |
18091
|
dungy |
DUNGY, a. Full of dung; filthy; vile. |
18092
|
dungyard |
DUNGYARD, n. A yard or inclosure where dung is collected. |
18093
|
dunlin |
DUNLIN, n. A fowl, a species of sandpiper. |
18094
|
dunnage |
DUNNAGE, n. Faggots, boughs or loose wood laid on the bottom of a ship to raise heavy goods above ... |
18095
|
dunned |
DUNNED, pp. [from dun.] Importuned to pay a dept; urged. |
18096
|
dunner |
DUNNER, n. [from dun.] One employed in soliciting the payment of debts. |
18097
|
dunning |
DUNNING, ppr. [from dun.] Urging for payment of a debt, or for the grant of some favor, or for the ... |
18098
|
dunnish |
DUNNISH, a. Inclined to a dun color; somewhat dun. |
18099
|
dunny |
DUNNY, a. Deaf; dull of apprehension. [Local.] |
18100
|
duo |
DUO, n. [L.,two.] A song in two parts. |
18101
|
duodecahedral |
DUODECAHEDRAL, DUODECAHEDRON, [See Dodecahedral, Dodecahedron.] |
18102
|
duodecahedron |
DUODECAHEDRAL, DUODECAHEDRON, [See Dodecahedral, Dodecahedron.] |
18103
|
duodecimfid |
DUODECIMFID, a. [L., twelve; to cleave.] Divided into twelve parts. |
18104
|
duodecimo |
DUODECIMO, a. [L., twelve.] Having or consisting of twelve leaves to a sheet; as a book of ... |
18105
|
duodecuple |
DUODECUPLE, a. [L., two; tenfold.] Consisting of twelves. |
18106
|
duodenum |
DUODENUM, n. [L.] The first of the small intestines. |
18107
|
duoliteral |
DUOLITERAL, a. [L., two; a letter.] Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. |
18108
|
dupe |
DUPE, n. [See the verb.] A person who is deceived; or one easily led astray by his credulity; as ... |
18109
|
dupion |
DUPION, n. A double cocoon, formed by two or more silk-worms. |
18110
|
duple |
DUPLE, a. [L.] Double. Duple ratio is that of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, &c. |
18111
|
duplicate |
DUPLICATE, a. [L., to double; twofold; to fold. See Double.] Double; twofold.Duplicate proportion ... |
18112
|
duplication |
DUPLICATION, n. 1. The act of doubling; the multiplication of a number by 2.2. A folding; a ... |
18113
|
duplicature |
DUPLICATURE, n. A doubling; a fold. In anatomy, the fold of a membrane or vessel. |
18114
|
duplicity |
DUPLICITY, n. [L., double.]1. Doubleness; the number two.2. Doubleness of heart or speech; the act ... |
18115
|
durability |
DURABILITY, n. [See Durable.] The power of lasting or continuing, in any given state, without ... |
18116
|
durable |
DURABLE, a. [L., to last; hard.] Having the quality of lasting or continuing long in being, without ... |
18117
|
durableness |
DURABLENESS, n. Power of lasting; durability; as the durableness of honest fame. |
18118
|
durably |
DURABLY, adv. In a lasting manner; with long continuance. |
18119
|
durance |
DURANCE, n. [L.]1. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody of the jailer.2. Continuance; ... |
18120
|
durant |
DURANT, n. A glazed woolen stuff; called by some everlasting. |
18121
|
duration |
DURATION, n. 1. Continuance in time; length or extension of existence, indefinitely; as the ... |
18122
|
dure |
DURE, v.i. [L. See Durable.] To last; to hold on in time or being; to continue; to endure. [This ... |
18123
|
dureful |
DUREFUL, a. Lasting. |
18124
|
dureless |
DURELESS, a. Not lasting; fading. |
18125
|
duress |
DURESS, n. [L. See Durable.]1. Literally, hardship; hence, constraint. Technically, duress, in law, ... |
18126
|
during |
DURING, ppr. Of dure. Continuing; lasting; holding on; as during life, that is, life continuing; ... |
18127
|
durity |
DURITY, n. [L.]1. Hardness; firmness.2. Hardness of mind; harshness. [Little used.] |
18128
|
durous |
DUROUS, a. Hard. [Not used.] |
18129
|
durra |
DURRA, n. A kind of millet, cultivated in North Africa. |
18130
|
durst |
DURST, pret. Of dare. |
18131
|
duse |
DUSE, n. A demon or evil spirit. Quosdam daemones quos dusios Galli nuncupant. August. De Civ. Dei, ... |
18132
|
dusk |
DUSK, a. [G., tarnish; to tarnish; to become dull or obscure. Gr.]1. Tending to darkness, or ... |
18133
|
duskily |
DUSKILY, adv. With partial darkness; with a tendency to blackness or darkness. |
18134
|
duskiness |
DUSKINESS, n. Incipient or partial darkness; a slight or moderate degree of darkness or blackness. |
18135
|
duskish |
DUSKISH, a. Moderately dusky; partially obscure; slightly dark or black; as duskish smoke.Duskish ... |
18136
|
duskishly |
DUSKISHLY, adv. Cloudily; darkly. |
18137
|
duskishness |
DUSKISHNESS, n. Duskiness; approach to darkness. |
18138
|
dusky |
DUSKY, a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley.A dusky torch.2. Tending to ... |
18139
|
dust |
DUST, n. 1. Fine dry particles of earth or other matter, so attenuated that it may be raised and ... |
18140
|
dust-brush |
DUST-BRUSH, n. A brush for cleaning rooms and furniture. |
18141
|
dust-man |
DUST-MAN, n. One whose employment is to carry away dirt and filth. |
18142
|
duster |
DUSTER, n. An utensil to clear from dust; also, a sieve. |
18143
|
dustiness |
DUSTINESS, n. The state of being dusty. |
18144
|
dusty |
DUSTY, a. 1. Filled, covered or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust.2. Like dust; of the color ... |
18145
|
dutch |
DUTCH, n. The people of Holland; also, their language.DUTCH, a. Pertaining to Holland, or to its ... |
18146
|
duteous |
DUTEOUS, a. [from duty.]1. Performing that which is due, or that which law, justice or propriety ... |
18147
|
dutiable |
DUTIABLE, a. [See Duty.] Subject to the imposition of duty or customs; as dutiable goods. |
18148
|
dutied |
DUTIED, a. Subjected to duties or customs. |
18149
|
dutiful |
DUTIFUL, a. 1. Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice or propriety; ... |
18150
|
dutifully |
DUTIFULLY, adv. In a dutiful manner; with a regard to duty; obediently; submissively; reverently; ... |
18151
|
dutifulness |
DUTIFULNESS, n. 1. Obedience; submission to just authority; habitual performance of duty; as ... |
18152
|
duty |
DUTY, n. 1. That which a person owes to another; that which a person is bound, by any natural, ... |
18153
|
duumvir |
DUUMVIR, n. [L., two; man.] One of two Roman officers or magistrates united int he same public ... |
18154
|
duumviral |
DUUMVIRAL, a. Pertaining to the duumvirs or duumvirate of Rome. |
18155
|
duumvirate |
DUUMVIRATE, n. The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity or government of two ... |
18156
|
dwale |
DWALE, n. 1. In heraldry, a sable or black color.2. The deadly nightshade, a plant or a sleepy ... |
18157
|
dwarf |
DWARF, n. 1. A general name for an animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of the ... |
18158
|
dwarfish |
DWARFISH, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; low; petty; despicable; as ... |
18159
|
dwarfishly |
DWARFISHLY, adv. Like a dwarf. |
18160
|
dwarfishness |
DWARFISHNESS, n. Smallness of stature; littleness of size. |
18161
|
dwaul |
DWAUL, v.i. To be delirious. |
18162
|
dwell |
DWELL, v.i. pret. dwelled, usually contracted into dwelt. [See Dally.]1. To abide as a permanent ... |
18163
|
dweller |
DWELL'ER, n. An inhabitant; a resident of some continuance in a place. |
18164
|
dwelling |
DWELL'ING, ppr. Inhabiting; residing; sojourning; continuing with fixed attention.DWELL'ING, n. ... |
18165
|
dwelling-house |
DWELL'ING-HOUSE, n. The house in which one lives. |
18166
|
dwelling-place |
DWELL'ING-PLACE, n. The place of residence. |
18167
|
dwindle |
DWIN'DLE, v.i. 1. To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away. The body ... |
18168
|
dwindled |
DWIN'DLED, a. Shrunk; diminished in size. |
18169
|
dwindling |
DWIN'DLING, ppr. Falling away; becoming less; pining; consuming; moldering away. |
18170
|
dye |
DYE, v.t. [L. tingo, for tigo.]To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to; applied ... |
18171
|
dyed |
DY'ED, pp. Stained; colored. |
18172
|
dyeing |
DY'EING, ppr. Staining; giving a new and permanent color.DY'EING, n. The art or practice of giving ... |
18173
|
dyer |
DY'ER, n. One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. |
18174
|
dying |
DY'ING, ppr. [from die.] Losing life; perishing; expiring; fading away; languishing.1. a. ... |
18175
|
dynameter |
DYNAM'ETER, n. [Gr. strength, and to measure.]An instrument for determining the magnifying power ... |
18176
|
dynametrical |
DYNAMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a dynameter. |
18177
|
dynamical |
DYNAM'ICAL, a. [Gr. power.] Pertaining to strength or power. |
18178
|
dynamics |
DYNAMICS, n. [Gr., power.] That branch of mechanical philosophy which treats of the force of moving ... |
18179
|
dynamometer |
DYNAMOM'ETER, n. [See Dynameter.] An instrument for measuring the relative strength of men and ... |
18180
|
dynast |
DY'NAST, n. [See Dynasty.] a ruler; a governor; a prince; a government. |
18181
|
dynastic |
DYNAST'IC, a. Relating to a dynasty or line of kings. |
18182
|
dynasty |
DY'NASTY, n. [Gr. power, sovereignty; a lord or chief; to be able or strong, to ... |
18183
|
dyscrasy |
DYS'CRASY, a. [Gr. evil, and habit.] In medicine, an ill habit or state of the humors; ... |
18184
|
dysenteric |
DYSENTER'IC, a. Pertaining to dysentery; accompanied with dysentery; proceeding from dysentery.1. ... |
18185
|
dysentery |
DYS'ENTERY, n. [L. dysenteria; Gr. bad; intestines.]A flux in which the stools consist chiefly of ... |
18186
|
dysodile |
DYS'ODILE, n. A species of coal of a greenish or yellowish gray color, in masses composed of thin ... |
18187
|
dysorexy |
DYS'OREXY, n. [Gr. bad, and appetite.] A bad or depraved appetite; a want of appetite. |
18188
|
dyspepsy |
DYSPEP'SY, n. [Gr. bad, and to concoct.] Bad digestion; indigestion, or difficulty of digestion. |
18189
|
dyspeptic |
DYSPEP'TIC, a. Afflicted with indigestion; as a dyspeptic person.1. Pertaining to or consisting ... |
18190
|
dysphony |
DYS'PHONY, n. [Gr. bad, hard; and voice.] A difficulty of speaking, occasioned by an ill ... |
18191
|
dyspnoea |
DYSPNOE'A, n. A difficulty of breathing. |
18192
|
dysury |
DYS'URY, n. [Gr. urine.] Difficulty in discharging the urine, attended with pain and a sensation ... |
