Part 22

~Demarcation~, _n._ Division, limit, bound, boundary.

~Demean one's self~, Behave, conduct, acquit one's self.

~Demeanor~, _n._ Behavior, carriage, deportment, conduct, manner, bearing, air, mien.

~Demented~, _a._ Idiotic, foolish, infatuated, insane, crazy.

~Dementia~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Idiocy, insanity, loss of intellect.

~Demerit~, _n._ Fault, vice, crime, delinquency, transgression, ill desert.

~Demirep~, _n._ Woman of doubtful reputation (_as respects chastity_).

~Demise~, _n._ ~1.~ Conveyance, alienation, transfer, transference, making over.

~2.~ Death (_of a royal or a distinguished person_), decease.

~Demise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Alienate, transfer, consign, devolve, convey, make over, deliver over.

~2.~ Bequeath, devise, will, grant by will.

~Demiurgic~, _n._ Creative, formative.

~Democracy~, _n._ ~1.~ Government by the people.

~2.~ Republic, representative government.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Democrats, democratic party.

~Democratic~, _a._ ~1.~ Popular, of the people.

~2.~ Representative, republican.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Of the democrats.

~Democratical~, ~1.~ Popular, of the people.

~2.~ Representative, republican.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Of the democrats.

~Demolish~, _v. a._ Destroy, overthrow, raze, level, ruin, dash to pieces, break to pieces.

~Demolition~, _n._ Overthrow, destruction, ruin.

~Demon~, _n._ ~1.~ Spirit, genius, tutelary deity.

~2.~ Devil, fiend, evil spirit.

~Demoniac~, _n._ Person possessed by a demon, or evil spirit.

~Demoniac~, _a._ Diabolical, devilish, infernal.

~Demoniacal~, Diabolical, devilish, infernal.

~Demonstrable~, _a._ Provable, capable of being proved, capable of proof or demonstration.

~Demonstrate~, _v. a._ Prove, establish, show, make evident.

~Demonstration~, _n._ ~1.~ Proof.

~2.~ Manifestation, show.

~Demonstrative~, _a._ ~1.~ Conclusive.

~2.~ Self-asserting, forward, bold, confident, presuming.

~Demoralization~, _n._ ~1.~ Corruption of morals.

~2.~ Depravity, want of principle.

~Demoralize~, _v. a._ Corrupt, deprave, vitiate, deprive of moral principle.

~Demulcent~, _a._ Mild, soothing, lenitive, emollient, sedative.

~Demur~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hesitate, pause, stop, waver, be in doubt, stop to consider.

~2.~ Object, raise objections.

~Demure~, _a._ ~1.~ Decorous, sober, grave, modest, downcast, coy.

~2.~ Prudish, over-modest, affectedly modest.

~Demurrer~, _n._ (_Law._) Objection.

~Den~, _n._ ~1.~ Cavern, cave.

~2.~ Haunt, retreat, resort, place of resort, place much frequented.

~Dendriform~, _a._ Arborescent, arboriform dendritic, dendroid, branching.

~Dendritic~, _a._ DENDRIFORM.

~Dendroid~, _a._ DENDRIFORM.

~Dengue~, _n._ [Sp.] Break-bone fever, dandy-fever.

~Denial~, _n._ ~1.~ Contradiction, negation.

~2.~ Disavowal, disclaimer, abjuration, disowning.

~3.~ Refusal (_to grant a request_).

~Denizen~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Eng. Law._) Naturalized citizen, adopted citizen.

~2.~ Inhabitant, dweller, resident.

~Denominate~, _v. a._ Name, designate, entitle, style, call, dub, christen, phrase.

~Denomination~, _n._ ~1.~ Name, title, style, designation, appellation.

~2.~ Sect, school, class.

~Denote~, _v. a._ Signify, imply, betoken, indicate, typify, note, mark, designate, point out.

~Dénouement~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Catastrophe (_of a drama or a novel_), unravelling of the plot.

~2.~ Issue, upshot, conclusion, termination, FINALE, consummation, winding up, finishing stroke, final event.

~Denounce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Threaten, menace.

~2.~ Brand, stigmatize, arraign, upbraid, censure.

~De novo~, [L.] Anew, newly, afresh, again, over again.

~Dense~, _a._ Close, compact, condensed, compressed, thick.

~Density~, _n._ Closeness, compactness.

~Dent~, _n._ Indentation, dint, nick, notch.

~Dent~, _v. a._ Indent, make a dent upon.

~Dentate~, _a._ Toothed, notched, serrate, serrated.

~Dentated~, _a._ Toothed, notched, serrate, serrated.

~Dentifrice~, _n._ Tooth-powder.

~Dentist~, _n._ Dental surgeon, surgeon dentist.

~Dentition~, _n._ Teething, cutting of the teeth.

~Denude~, _v. a._ Strip, divest, make bare, make naked.

~Denunciation~, _n._ ~1.~ Menace, threat.

~2.~ Arraignment.

~Denunciatory~, _a._ Condemnatory.

~Deny~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Contradict, gainsay, declare to be untrue.

~2.~ Renounce, abjure, disown, disavow, abnegate, refuse to acknowledge.

~3.~ Withhold, refuse to grant.

~Deobstruent~, _a._ [_Med._] Laxative, aperient, loosening.

~Deobstruent~, _n._ [_Med._] Laxative, aperient, loosening medicine.

~Deodorize~, _v. a._ Disinfect, deprive of odor.

~Deodorizer~, _n._ Disinfectant.

~Deoxidate~, _v. a._ DEOXIDIZE.

~Deoxidation~, _n._ Deoxidization.

~Deoxidize~, _v. a._ Deoxidate, deprive of oxygen.

~Depart~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Disappear, vanish, go away.

~2.~ Go, start, set out, set forward, be off, take leave, bid adieu, bid farewell, MAKE TRACKS, take one's departure, make one's exit, take one's self off.

~3.~ Die, decease, leave the world.

~Depart from~, ~1.~ Leave, quit, go away from.

~2.~ Abandon, forsake, desert, give up, not adhere to.

~3.~ Deviate from, vary from.

~Department~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, portion, division (_especially a territorial division_).

~2.~ Province, function, office, station, sphere of duty, course of life.

~Departure~, _n._ ~1.~ Withdrawal, exit, recession, retirement, removal.

~2.~ Death, decease, demise.

~Depend~, _v. n._ Hang, be pendent.

~Depend on~, Rely upon, rest upon, confide in, trust to, count upon, reckon upon, build upon, depend upon.

~Dependant~, _n._ Vassal, minion, retainer, CLIENT, hanger-on.

~Dependence~, _n._ ~1.~ Connection, concatenation.

~2.~ Reliance, trust, confidence.

~3.~ Stay, staff, support, prop, buttress, supporter.

~4.~ Subordination, subjection.

~Dependency~, _n._ ~1.~ Adjunct, appurtenance.

~2.~ Colony.

~Depend upon~, DEPEND ON.

~Depict~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Paint, sketch, portray, delineate, pencil.

~2.~ Describe, set forth.

~Deplete~, _v. a._ Exhaust, drain, evacuate, empty.

~Depletion~, _n._ Exhausting, draining, emptying, evacuation.

~Deplorable~, _a._ Lamentable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, grievous, miserable, wretched, distressing, mournful, melancholy, to be deplored.

~Deplore~, _v. a._ Mourn, bewail, lament, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over.

~Deploy~, _v. a._ (_Mil._) Open, unfold, extend, expand.

~Deploy~, _v. n._ (_Mil._) Open, extend, expand.

~Depone~, _v. n._ [_Scotland._] Depose, testify, affirm, state, bear witness.

~Deponent~, _n._ Witness (_who makes oath to a written statement_).

~Depopulate~, _v. a._ Dispeople, unpeople, deprive of inhabitants.

~Deport one's self~, Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self, bear one's self.

~Deportment~, _n._ Demeanor, behavior, carriage, conduct, bearing, manner, air, breeding.

~Depose~, _v. a._ Dethrone, dismiss, oust, cashier, displace, break.

~Depose~, _v. n._ Testify, DEPONE, declare, bear witness.

~Deposit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Drop, let fall, throw down.

~2.~ Lodge, put, store, hoard, save, lay up, lay by.

~3.~ Intrust, commit.

~Deposit~, _n._ ~1.~ Precipitate.

~2.~ Security, pledge, pawn, stake.

~3.~ Money in bank.

~4.~ [_Rare._] Depository, store-house.

~Depositary~, _n._ Trustee, guardian, fiduciary.

~Deposition~, _n._ [_Law._] ~1.~ Testimony (_in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, after cross-examination_), evidence, AFFIDAVIT.

~2.~ Dethroning, dismission, displacement, removal.

~Depository~, _n._ Storehouse, deposit, depot, place of deposit.

~Depot~, _n._ ~1.~ Depository, storehouse, warehouse.

~2.~ Station (_of a railway_), station-house, railway station.

~Depravation~, _n._ ~1.~ Vitiation, corruption, deterioration, abasement, debasement, impairing, injury.

~2.~ Depravity, degeneracy.

~Deprave~, _v. a._ Vitiate, corrupt, contaminate, demoralize, make bad.

~Depraved~, _p. a._ Corrupted, corrupt, vicious, wicked, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, abandoned, shameless, hardened, lost.

~Depravity~, _n._ Corruption, wickedness, viciousness, demoralization, vice, degeneracy.

~Deprecate~, _v. a._ Pray to be delivered from, seek deliverance from, try to avert by prayer, make entreaty against.

~Depreciate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Underrate, undervalue, lessen the price of, diminish the value of.

~2.~ Disparage, decry, traduce, malign, degrade, censure, find fault with.

~Depreciate~, _v. n._ Fall in price, fall in value, become of less worth.

~Depreciation~, _n._ ~1.~ Fall in price, diminution of value.

~2.~ Detraction, disparagement, derogation, censure.

~Depreciative~, _a._ Derogatory.

~Depredation~, _n._ Spoliation, rapine, robbery, theft, pillage, plunder, pilfering.

~Depredator~, _n._ Plunderer, robber, thief, spoiler, brigand, freebooter, pirate, corsair, buccaneer, marauder.

~Depress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lower, detrude, drop, sink, bow, reduce, press down, let down, let fall, cast down, bring down.

~2.~ Degrade, humble, disgrace, humiliate, debase, abase, abash, bring low, take down.

~3.~ Discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, damp, dampen, chill, make sad, make despondent.

~4.~ Make dull (_as trade_).

~Depression~, _n._ ~1.~ Abasement, degradation, deterioration, debasement, perversion, vitiation, depravation.

~2.~ Hollow, hollowness, cavity, indentation, dent, dint, dimple, excavation, pit.

~3.~ Dejection, dejectedness, sadness, despondency, melancholy, dumps, blues, lowness of spirits, low spirits, depression of spirits.

~4.~ Lowness, dulness, inactivity.

~5.~ (_Surg._) Couching.

~Deprivation~, _n._ Loss, privation, BEREAVEMENT, dispossession.

~Deprive~, _v. a._ Dispossess, divest, strip, rob, BEREAVE, take from.

~Depth~, _n._ ~1.~ Deepness, profundity.

~2.~ Extent, measure.

~3.~ Middle, central part.

~4.~ Discernment, sagacity, shrewdness, penetration, astuteness, perspicacity, profoundness.

~Depurate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Purify, cleanse, make pure.

~2.~ Clarify, clear, make clear.

~Depuration~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleansing, purification.

~2.~ Clarification, clearing, clarifying.

~Deputation~, _n._ ~1.~ Delegation, commission.

~2.~ Deputies, delegates, body of delegates.

~Depute~, _v. a._ Delegate, commission, send out, appoint as agent.

~Deputy~, _n._ Delegate, representative, substitute, proxy, envoy, legate, agent, factor.

~Derange~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disorder, confuse, unsettle, disarrange, displace, turn topsy-turvy, put out of place.

~2.~ Disturb, discompose, disconcert, ruffle.

~3.~ Make or render insane.

~Derangement~, _n._ ~1.~ Disorder, confusion, disarrangement.

~2.~ Disturbance, discomposure.

~3.~ Insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, delirium, mental aberration.

~Derbyshire-spar~, _n._ Fluor-spar, fluoride of calcium.

~Derelict~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Forsaken, relinquished, abandoned, left.

~2.~ Unfaithful, faithless.

~Derelict~, _n._ (_Law._) ~1.~ Abandoned property.

~2.~ Tract of land (_fit for cultivation_) left dry by the retirement of the sea.

~Dereliction~, _n._ ~1.~ Abandonment, renunciation, desertion, relinquishment.

~2.~ Faithlessness, failure in duty.

~Deride~, _v. a._ RIDICULE (_contemptuously or maliciously_), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.

~Derision~, _n._ Ridicule, mockery, scorn, contempt.

~Derisive~, _a._ Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing scornful, contemptuous, contumelious.

~Derisory~, _a._ Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing scornful, contemptuous, contumelious.

~Derivable~, _a._ ~1.~ Obtainable, to be derived.

~2.~ Deducible, that may be inferred (_from premises_).

~3.~ That may be traced (_to a root_).

~Derivation~, _n._ ~1.~ Descent, genealogy.

~2.~ Etymology.

~Derivative~, _a._ Derived.

~Derive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, receive, obtain, get.

~2.~ Deduce, trace.

~Derm~, _n._ Skin, CUTIS, true skin.

~Dermatoid~, _a._ Skin-like.

~Derogate from~, Disparage, detract from, take something from.

~Derogation~, _n._ Detraction, disparagement, depreciation.

~Derogatory~, _a._ ~1.~ Detracting, dishonoring, depreciative.

~2.~ Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, scandalous.

~Descant~, _n._ ~1.~ Melody (_with variations_), song, tune.

~2.~ Commentary, series of comments.

~3.~ (_Mus._) Soprano, treble, highest part in a score.

~Descant~, _v. n._ Expatiate, enlarge, animadvert, dilate, treat, discourse, make remarks.

~Descend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall, sink, drop, go down, come down.

~2.~ Dismount, alight, get down.

~3.~ Go, pass, proceed, be transferred.

~4.~ Originate, be derived, take rise.

~5.~ Make an attack, make an assault.

~Descend~, _v. a._ Go down, move down.

~Descendants~, _n. pl._ Progeny, posterity, offspring.

~Descendent~, _a._ Descending.

~Descent~, _n._ ~1.~ Fall.

~2.~ Declivity, slope.

~3.~ Extraction, derivation, parentage.

~4.~ Attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion.

~Describe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Delineate, trace, draw, mark out.

~2.~ Represent (_by words_), portray, depict, explain, recount, narrate, relate, give an account of, set forth.

~3.~ Characterize, specify the peculiarities of, set forth the character of.

~Description~, _n._ ~1.~ Delineation, tracing.

~2.~ Representation, explanation, account, relation, recital, report, narration, narrative.

~3.~ Sort, kind, class, species.

~Descry~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discover, discern, espy, perceive, see, behold, got sight of, get a glimpse of.

~2.~ Detect, recognize, find out, spy out.

~Desecrate~, _v. a._ Profane, abuse, pollute, prostitute, misuse, pervert, treat sacrilegiously.

~Desecration~, _n._ Profanation, pollution, misuse, abuse, prostitution, perversion.

~Desert~, _a._ Uninhabited, desolate, forsaken, wild, waste, barren, untilled.

~Desert~, _n._ Wilderness, waste, solitude, deserted region.

~Desert~, _v. a._ Forsake, leave, quit, abandon, renounce, leave in the lurch, turn one's back upon.

~Desert~, _n._ Deserving, due, merit or demerit.

~Deserted~, _a._ Forsaken, abandoned, relinquished, given up, cast off.

~Deserter~, _n._ ~1.~ Forsaker.

~2.~ Backslider, renegade, apostate, revolter, turncoat.

~Desertion~, _n._ Abandonment, relinquishment, dereliction.

~Deserve~, _v. a._ Merit, be worthy of, be entitled to.

~Desiccate~, _v. a._ Dry, exsiccate, dry up, make dry.

~Desiccative~, _a._ Drying.

~Desiccative~, _n._ Drier.

~Desiderate~, _v. a._ Desire, want, miss, lack, feel the want of, long to have supplied.

~Desideratum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Desiderata_.] Object of desire, thing wanted, want generally felt.

~Design~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Project, plan, devise, contrive, scheme, concoct, brew, purpose, intend, mean, propose to one's self, have in view.

~2.~ Draw, delineate, sketch, describe, trace out.

~Design~, _n._ ~1.~ Intention, intent, purpose, project, plan, device, scheme, proposal, aim, intent, meaning, purport, drift, scope, object, mark.

~2.~ Sketch, drawing, outline, delineation, plan, draught.

~Designate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Specify, particularize, distinguish, define, indicate, denote, show, point out, mark out.

~2.~ Denominate, name, entitle, style, call, dub, term, characterize, describe, christen.

~3.~ Appoint, assign, allot.

~Designation~, _n._ ~1.~ Indication, specification.

~2.~ Kind, class, description.

~3.~ Name, appellation, title, style, denomination, EPITHET.

~Designing~, _a._ Insidious, deceitful, artful, intriguing, sly, wily, astute, subtle, cunning, crafty, arch, trickish, TRICKY, treacherous, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Desirable~, _a._ Eligible, enviable, to be desired.

~Desire~, _n._ Wish, longing, craving, inclination, hankering, aspiration, appetency.

~Desire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Wish, crave, covet, want, fancy, wish for, long for, hanker after, lust after, yearn for, aspire after.

~2.~ Solicit, request, ask.

~Desirous~, _a._ Eager, longing, solicitous, desiring, feeling a desire.

~Desist~, _v. n._ Cease, stop, pause, forbear, stay, leave off, break off, give over.

~Desman~, _n._ Muscovy, MUSK-RAT (_Mygale moschata_).

~Desolate~, _a._ ~1.~ Uninhabited, unfrequented, desert, forsaken, dreary, wild, waste, barren.

~2.~ Lonely, solitary, companionless.

~3.~ Ruined, destroyed, devastated, ravaged, laid waste.

~4.~ Comfortless, cheerless, miserable, wretched, forlorn.

~Desolate~, _v. a._ Ravage, devastate, depopulate, ruin, destroy, despoil, sack, ransack, lay waste.

~Desolation~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruin, devastation, ravage, destruction.

~2.~ Gloom, gloominess, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness, misery.

~Despair~, _n._ Desperation, loss of hope, complete or utter hopelessness.

~Despair~, _v. n._ Despond, lose all hope, give up all expectation, be without any hope.

~Despatch~, _v. a._ [Written also _Dispatch_.] ~1.~ Send away (_in haste_).

~2.~ Kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the world.

~3.~ Hasten, expedite, accelerate, forward, speed, quicken, push or urge forward, press or urge on, make short work of.

~Despatch~, _n._ ~1.~ Speed, haste, expedition.

~2.~ Message (_expeditiously sent_), communication, telegram.

~Desperado~, _n._ Dare-devil, desperate fellow.

~Desperate~, _a._ ~1.~ Despairing, hopeless, without hope.

~2.~ Wretched, forlorn, beyond hope.

~3.~ Rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, frantic.

~Desperation~, _n._ Despair, hopelessness.

~Despicable~, _a._ Contemptible, pitiful, base, mean, abject, vile, worthless, low, paltry.

~Despise~, _v. a._ Contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight, disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon.

~Despite~, _n._ ~1.~ Malevolence, malignity, malice, spite.

~2.~ Defiance, opposition, contempt.

~Despite~, _prep._ Notwithstanding, in spite of, in the face of, in the teeth of.

~Despoil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strip, divest, deprive.

~2.~ Rob, plunder, pillage, fleece.

~Despond~, _v. n._ DESPAIR, be cast down, be disheartened, lose hope, lose courage, be despondent, give up, abandon hope.

~Despondency~, _n._ Dejection, discouragement, depression, sadness, MELANCHOLY, gloom, blues, blue devils, lowness of spirits.

~Despondent~, _a._ Dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, dejected, depressed, MELANCHOLY, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~Despot~, _n._ Autocrat, dictator, tyrant, absolute sovereign, absolute ruler.

~Despotic~, _a._ Absolute, arbitrary, imperious, tyrannical, autocratic.

~Despotical~, _a._ Absolute, arbitrary, imperious, tyrannical, autocratic.

~Despotism~, _n._ Autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship, tyranny, absolute power, arbitrary rule.

~Desquamation~, _n._ (_Med._) Exfoliation.

~Destination~, _n._ ~1.~ Fate, lot, doom, fortune, star, destiny.

~2.~ Purpose, design, end, object, aim, scope, drift.

~3.~ Goal, harbor, haven, landing-place, resting-place.

~Destine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Appoint, ordain, allot, devote, consecrate.

~2.~ Doom, decree.

~Destiny~, _n._ ~1.~ Lot, doom, fortune, fate, star, destination.

~2.~ Fate, necessity, decrees of fate, wheel of fortune.

~Destitute of~, Wanting, without, devoid of, unprovided with.

~Destitute~, _a._ Indigent, needy, poor, penniless, necessitous, distressed, reduced, pinched, short of money, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket, in need, in want, moneyless.

~Destitution~, _n._ Indigence, want, need, poverty, penury, privation.

~Destroy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Demolish, overturn, overthrow, subvert, raze, ruin, throw down, pull down, break up, sap the foundations of.

~2.~ Annihilate, quench, put an end to, bring to nought.

~3.~ Waste, ravage, desolate, devastate, devour, lay waste, make desolate, swallow up, ravage with fire and sword.

~4.~ Extirpate, eradicate, uproot, kill, slay, extinguish, carry off, root out, grub up, pluck up by the roots, cut up root and branch, strike at the root of, give a death blow to, scatter to the winds.

~Destruction~, _n._ ~1.~ Demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck.

~2.~ Desolation, devastation, ravage.

~3.~ Eradication, extirpation, extinction.

~4.~ Death, slaughter, murder, massacre.

~Destructive~, _a._ Ruinous, pernicious, deleterious, baleful, mischievous, fatal, deadly.

~Desuetude~, _n._ Disuse, discontinuance, non-observance.

~Desultory~, _a._ Immethodical, unconnected, unsystematic, irregular, fitful, capricious, rambling, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory, slight, by fits and starts.

~Detach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Separate, disjoin, disengage, disunite, sever, dissever, part, divide.

~2.~ Detail, send away.

~Detail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Relate, recount, narrate, rehearse, delineate, portray, depict, enumerate, particularize, describe, set forth.

~2.~ Detach, send away.

~Detail~, _n._ Account, narration, narrative, relation, recital.

~Details~, _n. pl._ Particulars, minutiæ, distinct parts, minor circumstances.

~Detain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restrain, stay, check, delay, retain, stop, keep back.

~2.~ Confine, hold in custody.

~Detect~, _v. a._ Discover, expose, descry, find out, bring to light, lay open.

~Detection~, _n._ Discovery.

~Detent~, _n._ Pawl, click, catch, ratchet.

~Deter~, _v. a._ Restrain, hinder, discourage, withhold (_by fear_).

~Detergent~, _a._ Cleansing, detersive.

~Deteriorate~, _v. a._ impair, make worse.

~Deteriorate~, _v. n._ Degenerate, grow worse.

~Deterioration~, _n._ Debasement, degradation, depravation, degeneracy, degenerateness, vitiation, perversion.

~Determinable~, _a._ Definable, that may be determined.

~Determinate~, _a._ ~1.~ Determine, definite, fixed, limited, settled, established, explicit, positive, express, absolute, certain.

~2.~ Decisive, conclusive, definitive, decided.

~Determination~, _n._ ~1.~ Decision, resolution, conclusion, judgment, purpose, resolve.

~2.~ Direction, tendency, leaning.

~3.~ (_Law._) Ceasing, termination.

~Determine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Settle, decide, adjust, conclude, end, fix.

~2.~ Ascertain, certify, verify, find out, make out, fix upon.

~3.~ Influence, lead, induce, give direction to.

~4.~ (_Law._) Bring to an end, put an end to, cause to terminate.

~Determine~, _v. n._ Conclude, decide, resolve.

~Detersive~, _a._ Cleansing, detergent.

~Detest~, _v. a._ Hate (_extremely_), abominate, abhor, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from.

~Detestable~, _a._ ~1.~ Execrable, abominable, odious, hateful, cursed, accursed, abhorred, damnable, shocking.

~2.~ Loathsome, disgusting, sickening, repulsive, offensive, nauseating.

~Detestation~, _n._ ~1.~ Hatred, abhorrence, abomination, detestation.

~2.~ Loathing, disgust, antipathy.

~Dethrone~, _v. a._ Depose, drive from the throne.

~Detonate~, _v. n._ Explode (_with a loud report_), detonize.

~Detonate~, _v. a._ Detonize, cause to explode.

~Detonation~, _n._ Explosion.

~Detonize~, _v. n._ DETONATE.

~Detonize~, _v. a._ DETONATE.

~Détour~, _n._ [Fr.] Circuitous route, indirect way, roundabout way.

~Detract from~, Depreciate, disparage, decry, asperse, abuse, calumniate, vilify, traduce, defame, derogate from.

~Detraction~, _n._ Depreciation, slander, calumny, defamation, disparagement, derogation, censure.

~Detractor~, _n._ Slanderer, defamer, calumniator, vilifier.

~Detriment~, _n._ Loss, damage, injury, disadvantage, mischief, prejudice, evil, harm, hurt.

~Detrimental~, _a._ Injurious, hurtful, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial.

~Detrude~, _v. a._ Depress, lower, sink, drop, thrust down, force down, thrust into a lower place.

~Detrusion~, _n._ Depression, lowering.

~Deuce~, _n._ ~1.~ Two (_said of cards or dice with two spots_).

~2.~ [_Low._] Devil.

~Deutoxide~, _n._ Binoxide.

~Devastate~, _v. a._ Ravage, pillage, plunder, sack, spoil, despoil, destroy, desolate, strip, lay waste.

~Devastation~, _n._ Ravage, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin, waste, pillage, rapine.

~Develop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unfold, evolve, disclose, exhibit, unravel, disentangle, make known, lay open.

~2.~ Cause to grow, advance to maturity.

~Develop~, _v. n._ Unfold, open, grow, be developed.

~Development~, _n._ ~1.~ Unfolding, disclosure, exhibition, unravelling, disentanglement.

~2.~ Growth, increase, progress to maturity.