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dactyl
A poetical foot of three sylables (--- breve; breve;), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented;
damascened
decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; .
Dareful
Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.
Darrein
Last; .
Daub
To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
Decollated
Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.
decolonization
the action of changing from colonial to independent status.
Decolorize
To deprive of color; to whiten.
Deduct
To lead forth or out.
Delapsation
See .
Delectation
Great pleasure; delight.
Delete
To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
Deliberate
Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; .
Delightous
Delightful.
Dempne
To damn; to condemn.
Dendrolite
A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
denigrating
harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign; -- used of statements.
densitometer
an instrument for determining optical or photographic density. A variety capable of measuring optical density of a sample at a number of different wavelengths, is called a .
Deoxidization
Deoxidation.
Deplorableness
State of being deplorable.
Deplumate
Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.
Derail
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
Deserve
To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to;
Desiderable
Desirable.
Designless
Without design.
Determinacy
Determinateness.
Deuthydroguret
Same as .
Deutosulphuret
A disulphide.
Devolvement
The act or process of devolving;; devolution.
Devotee
One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
Dey
A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
Diaphanic
Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.
Diaphysis
An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
Diathermanism
The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat.
Dichotomy
A cutting in two; a division.
Dietetically
In a dietetical manner.
Digladiate
To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.
Dilute
Diluted; thin; weak.
Dimensionless
Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.
Dionysiac
Of or pertaining to Dionysus or to the Dionysia; Bacchic; .
Dipterocarpus
A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.
Dirigent
Directing.
Disceptation
Controversy; disputation; discussion.
Disciplinant
A flagellant. See .
Disciplinary
Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.
Discoidal
Disk-shaped; discoid.
Discourtesy
Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Disgage
To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage.
Dislike
To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.
disoriented
having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.
Disperge
To sprinkle.
Display
To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Disposingly
In a manner to dispose.
Dispraisingly
By way of dispraise.
Disproval
Act of disproving; disproof.
Dispunge
See .
Dissolvability
Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
Distil
See .
Distributable
Capable of being distributed.
Distributional
Of or pertaining to distribution.
Ditroite
An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elolite, and sodalite.
Diverge
To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to ; .
Dividual
Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.
Divinement
Divination.
Divulsive
Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.
Document
To teach; to school.
Doom
Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
Doree
A European marine fish (), of a yellow color. See of .
Doubtous
Doubtful.
Dour
Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
Dovyalis
a small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees, found in Africa, India, and Sri Lanka.
Doze
To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
Drawback
A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
Drooper
One who, or that which, droops.
Dug
A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.
Dupable
Capable of being duped.
Duplex
To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.
Dy
the chemical symbol for dysprosium, a rare earth element of atomic number 66.
Dynastical
Dynastic.
Dysuric
Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury.