The forensic analysis and comparison of fingerprints as a means of identification of individuals
dallapiccola
dasyproctine
decapetalous
decapetalous
adj
Having ten petals.
decaphyllous
decaphyllous
adj
(botany) Having ten leaves.
decapitalize
decapitalize
verb
(transitive) To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase)
(transitive, finance) To convert a capital value, typically into a rental
(transitive, law) To remove (something's) status as a capital crime; to cause (something) to no longer be a capital crime.
decapitating
decapitating
verb
present participle of decapitate
decapitation
decapitation
noun
(politics) The unseating of a senior politician.
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization.
decapitators
decapitators
noun
plural of decapitator
decapodiform
decasepalous
decasepalous
adj
(botany) Having ten sepals
decaspermous
decempartite
decempartite
adj
Having ten parts
decempennate
decemplicate
decemplicate
noun
The making of ten identical copies of something.
decemvirship
decemvirship
noun
The rank or position of decemvir.
deceptiously
deceptiously
adj
(obsolete) deceptively
deceptitious
deceptitious
adj
(obsolete) deceptive
decipherable
decipherable
adj
that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended
decipherably
decipherably
adv
In a decipherable manner.
decipherment
decipherment
noun
Decryption.
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
declinograph
decompensate
decompensate
verb
(medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
decomponible
decomponible
adj
(archaic) decomposable
decomposable
decomposable
adj
Able to be decomposed
decompoundly
decompoundly
adv
In an decompound manner.
decompressed
decompressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decompress
decompresses
decompresses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress
decrepitated
decrepitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrepitate
decrepitates
decrepitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate
decrepitness
decrepitness
noun
decrepitude.
decrepitudes
decrepitudes
noun
plural of decrepitude
decreptitude
defectoscope
demicaponier
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
deoperculate
deoperculate
adj
(botany) Having the lid removed; said of the capsules of mosses.
dependencies
dependencies
noun
plural of dependency
depoliticize
depoliticize
verb
To remove something from political influence
deprecations
deprecations
noun
plural of deprecation
depreciating
depreciating
adj
That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
That is declining in value.
verb
present participle of depreciate
depreciation
depreciation
noun
(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
The decline in value of assets.
The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
depreciative
depreciative
adj
Tending to depreciate (in value etc.)
noun
A statement with a tendency to deprecate.
depreciators
depreciators
noun
plural of depreciator
depreciatory
depreciatory
adj
pertaining to depreciation
deprocedured
dermatoscopy
dermatoscopy
noun
(medicine) The examination of skin lesions with a dermatoscope—a magnifier (typically x10) with a light and a liquid medium between the instrument and the skin, thus illuminating the lesion without reflected light.
dermographic
dermographic
adj
Relating to dermography.
descriptions
descriptions
noun
plural of description
descriptives
descriptives
noun
plural of descriptive
desesperance
despecialize
despecialize
verb
(transitive) To make no longer specialized; to make generally applicable or accessible.
despondences
despondences
noun
plural of despondence
despotically
despotically
adv
In a despotic manner.
detectaphone
detectaphone
noun
A sensitive microphone able to record conversations covertly even through a wall.
deuteranopic
deuteranopic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, deuteranopia.
deuteroscopy
deuteroscopy
noun
(obsolete) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense, ulterior signification.
Second sight.
deutoplasmic
deutoplastic
deutoplastic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
dextrotropic
diageotropic
diageotropic
adj
(botany) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
diagraphical
diagraphical
adj
Alternative form of diagraphic
dialycarpous
diaphemetric
diaphemetric
adj
(medicine, archaic) Relating to the measurement of tactile sensibility.
diaphoretics
diaphoretics
noun
plural of diaphoretic
dicarpellary
dicaryophase
dicaryophyte
dichapetalum
dichocarpism
dichocarpous
dichroiscope
dichroiscope
noun
Alternative form of dichroscope
dichrooscope
dichroscopes
dichroscopes
noun
plural of dichroscope
dichroscopic
dichroscopic
adj
Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations made with it.
dictatorship
dictatorship
noun
A government which exercises autocratic rule.
A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
dictyopteran
dictyopteran
noun
Any of the polyneopterous insects of the order Dictyoptera: the termites, cockroaches and mantids
dictyopteris
dictyosiphon
diencephalic
diencephalic
adj
Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
diencephalon
diencephalon
noun
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.
dimercaprols
dioptrically
dioptrically
adv
In a dioptric manner.
dioptroscopy
diospyraceae
diphosphoric
diphtheritic
diphtheritic
adj
(medicine) Resembling or related to diphtheria.
dipicrylamin
diplacanthus
diploblastic
diploblastic
adj
(biology) Having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm)
diplocardiac
diplocephaly
diplococcoid
diplococcoid
adj
(biology) Characteristic of a diplococcus
diploconical
diplodocuses
diplodocuses
noun
plural of diplodocus
diplogenetic
diplogenetic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to diplogenesis.
diplographic
diplographic
Adjective
Relating to diplography or the diplograph.
diplomatical
diplomatical
adj
Dated form of diplomatic.
diploplacula
dipsacaceous
dipsacaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Dipsacaceae (now subfamily Dispsacoideae), including the teasels.
dipsomaniacs
dipsomaniacs
noun
plural of dipsomaniac
dipteraceous
dipterocarps
dipterocarps
noun
plural of dipterocarp
directorship
directorship
noun
The office of a director; a directorate
disceptation
disceptation
noun
(archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
discerptible
discerptible
adj
Alternative form of discerpible
disciplelike
disciplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disciple.
discipleship
discipleship
noun
(countable) The period during which a person is a disciple
(uncountable) The condition of being a disciple
disciplinant
disciplinant
noun
(historical) A member of an order of Spanish flagellants.
One who subjects themselves to a certain discipline.
disciplinary
disciplinary
adj
For the purpose of imposing punishment.
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
Of or relating to an academic field of study.
We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.
noun
A disciplinary action.
disciplinate
discipliners
discipliners
noun
plural of discipliner
disciplining
disciplining
noun
The use of punishment to compel behavior.
verb
present participle of discipline
discocarpium
discocarpous
discographer
discographer
noun
One who compiles a discography.
discographic
discographic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to discography.
discompanied
discomposing
discomposing
adj
Unsettling; tending to discompose
verb
present participle of discompose
discomposure
discomposure
noun
(obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.
The state of being discomposed.
discophorous
discophorous
adj
(zoology) Having a gelatinous bell or disk.
discorporate
discorporate
adj
Having no material body
Not being a member of a corporate body
verb
(intransitive) to leave one's physical body, such as through metaphysical or drug-induced means
discourtship
discourtship
noun
(obsolete) Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
discrepantly
discrepantly
adv
In a conflicting or discordant manner.
discrepating
discrepation
disculpation
disculpation
noun
exculpation
disculpatory
disculpatory
adj
Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.
disoccupying
displaceable
displaceable
adj
Capable of being displaced.
displacement
displacement
noun
(chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
(grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
displeasance
displeasance
noun
(obsolete) Displeasure, dissatisfaction.
disprejudice
disprejudice
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from prejudice.
disprivacied
disprivacied
adj
(poetic, rare) Deprived of privacy.
disrespected
disrespected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrespect
disrespecter
disrespecter
noun
One who disrespects.
dissceptered
dissceptring
ditriglyphic
ditriglyphic
adj
(architecture) Relating to ditriglyphs.
dittographic
dittographic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting dittography.
dodecaphonic
dodecaphonic
adj
Of or pertaining to dodecaphony.
dopaminergic
dopaminergic
adj
Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine.
Of or relating to dopamine.
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance that affects the production of dopamine
dryopithecid
dryopithecid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct hominid in the family Dryopithecidae, now considered to be the tribe Dryopitheciini or the subfamily Dryopithecinae.