Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
depravities
depravities
noun
plural of depravity
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
depressives
depressives
noun
plural of depressive
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivative
deprivative
adj
depriving
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
derivatives
derivatives
noun
plural of derivative
derivatized
derivatized
adj
(organic chemistry) modified by the formation of a derivative
derivatizes
derivatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derivatize
derivedness
derivedness
noun
(countable) A derived characteristic; a derivation.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being derived; derivativity.
dervishhood
dervishlike
dervishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dervish.
descriptive
descriptive
adj
(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
(sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
Of, relating to, or providing a description.
noun
(grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word)
deserveless
deserveless
adj
Undeserving.
deservingly
deservingly
adv
In a deserving manner.
desiccative
desiccative
adj
causing to desiccate; drying out
noun
Any substance that promotes drying.
designative
designative
Adjective
Serving to designate.
desilvering
desilvering
verb
present participle of desilver
desilverize
desilverize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of silver; to remove the silver from.
destructive
destructive
adj
(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
Causing breakdown or disassembly.
Causing destruction; damaging.
detectivism
detersively
detersively
adv
So as to cleanse.
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
devaluating
devaluating
verb
present participle of devaluate
devaluation
devaluation
noun
(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
Depreciation.
The removal or lessening of something's value.
devastating
devastating
adj
causing devastation
verb
present participle of devastate
devastation
devastation
noun
(law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
devastative
devastative
adj
devastating; highly destructive
devastators
devastators
noun
plural of devastator
developable
developable
adj
(geometry, of a surface) Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
(photography, of a latent image) Which can be developed into a visible image.
Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
noun
(geometry) A developable surface.
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
deverbative
deverbative
adj
(linguistics, grammar, rare) Derived from a verb.
noun
(linguistics, grammar, rare) A word or a component of a word that is derived from a verb.
deviability
deviational
deviational
adj
Of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.
devicefully
devicefully
adv
In a deviceful manner.
devilfishes
devilfishes
noun
plural of devilfish
devilmonger
deviousness
deviousness
noun
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
devirginate
devirginate
adj
Deprived of virginity.
verb
To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
deviscerate
devitalised
devitalised
adj
deprived of vitality
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devitalise
devitalized
devitalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devitalize
devitalizes
devitalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize
devitrified
devitrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devitrify
devitrifies
devitrifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitrify
devocalised
devocalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devocalise
devocalized
devocalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devocalize
devocalizes
devocalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devocalize
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devolvement
devolvement
noun
The act or process of devolving; devolution.
devotedness
devotedness
noun
State of being devoted.
devotements
devotements
noun
plural of devotement
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
devotionary
devotionate
devotionist
devotionist
noun
Alternative form of devotionalist
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
devulcanize
devulcanize
verb
(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
devulgarize
devulgarize
verb
(transitive) To free from what is vulgar or common.
dewittville
dhanvantari
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
dickeyville
diductively
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
diffusively
diffusively
adv
In a diffusive manner
With regard to diffusion
diffusivity
diffusivity
noun
(physics) a coefficient of diffusion; especially the amount of heat that passes through a given area in unit time
A tendency to diffuse
digestively
digestively
adv
In a digestive manner; by means of digestion
diluvialist
diluvialist
noun
(historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
diluvianism
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
diminutives
diminutives
noun
plural of diminutive
directively
directively
adv
In a directive manner.
directivity
directivity
noun
(geology) Anisotropy in the propagation of earthquake waves in the direction of rupture.
(physics, electrical engineering) A measure of the performance of an antenna compared to an isotropic antenna; the ratio of the maximum value of radiation intensity to the average radiation intensity.
(rare) Directionality
disadvanced
disadvanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvance
disadvising
disadvising
verb
present participle of disadvise
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
disavowedly
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
disbelieved
disbelieved
adj
Not believed; discounted; ignored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbelieve
disbeliever
disbeliever
noun
One who disbelieves; one who does not believe.
disbelieves
disbelieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbelieve
discerptive
discerptive
adj
Tending to separate or disunite parts.
discoursive
discoursive
adj
discursive
of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
discoverers
discoverers
noun
plural of discoverer
discoveries
discoveries
noun
plural of discovery
discovering
discovering
noun
A discovery.
verb
present participle of discover
disfavoring
disfavoring
verb
present participle of disfavor
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disgaveling
disgavelled
disgavelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disgavel
disheveling
disheveling
verb
present participle of dishevel
dishevelled
dishevelled
adj
(by extension) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
(of a person) With the hair uncombed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dishevel
disillusive
disinvested
disinvested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinvest
disinviting
disinviting
verb
present participle of disinvite
disjunctive
disjunctive
adj
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
(logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
(music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
Not connected; separated.
Tending to disjoin; separating.
noun
(grammar) A disjunct.
(logic) A disjunction.
displuviate
dispositive
dispositive
adj
(Euro-English or non-native speakers' English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum.
(obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination.
Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter).
noun
Alternative form of dispositif
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
dispunitive
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
disscussive
disservices
disservices
noun
plural of disservice
dissevering
dissevering
verb
present participle of dissever
dissipative
dissipative
adj
That dissipates, or causes dissipation
dissolutive
dissolutive
adj
(now rare) Producing dissolution; dissolvent.
dissolvable
dissolvable
adj
Capable of being dissolved.
noun
Something that can be dissolved, especially a form of tobacco that dissolves in the mouth instead of being chewed.
dissolvents
dissolvents
noun
plural of dissolvent
distinctive
distinctive
adj
(Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
(linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
(rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
(rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
Characteristic, typical.
Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
noun
(Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.
(theology) A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
distractive
distractive
adj
causing distraction
divagations
divagations
noun
plural of divagation
divaricated
divaricated
adj
Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divaricate
divaricates
divaricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divaricate
divaricator
divaricator
noun
(zoology) One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.
divebombing
divebombing
verb
present participle of divebomb
divellicate
divellicate
verb
To detach, rip apart.
diverberate
divergement
divergement
noun
(archaic) divergence
divergences
divergences
noun
plural of divergence
divergently
divergently
adv
In a divergent manner
divergingly
divergingly
adv
In a diverging manner; so as to diverge.
diverseness
diverseness
noun
The state or quality of being diverse or unlike and varied; diversity.
diversified
diversified
adj
modified by diversification
verb
past participle of diversify
diversifier
diversifier
noun
One who or that which diversifies
diversifies
diversifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diversify
diversiform
diversiform
adj
Of different or varying forms.
diversional
diversional
adj
Relating to diversion.
diversities
diversities
noun
plural of diversity
diverticula
divertingly
divertingly
adv
In a diverting manner; so as to divert attention.
divestitive
divestitive
adj
(law) Serving to divest.
divestiture
divestiture
noun
The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization.
divestments
divestments
noun
plural of divestment
dividedness
dividedness
noun
The quality of being divided.
dividualism
divinations
divinations
noun
plural of divination
divinifying
divinifying
verb
present participle of divinify
divisionary
divisionary
adj
divisional
divisionism
divisionism
noun
(art) The use of small areas of color to construct an image.
Support for division of a territory, etc.
divisionist
divisionist
noun
An artist who works in the style of divisionism.
One who supports division (of a territory, etc.).
divorceable
divorceable
adj
Able to divorce.
That can be divorced (separated, e.g. conceptually); separable.
divorcement
divorcement
noun
(figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.