Demidevil (n.) A half devil.
Demigod (n.) A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Demigoddess (n.) A female demigod.
Demigorge (n.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.
Demigrate (v. i.) To emigrate.
Demigration (n.) Emigration.
Demigroat (n.) A half groat.
Demi-island (n.) Peninsula.
Demijohn (n.) A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
Demilance (n.) A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.
Demilancer (n.) A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.
Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Demiman (n.) A half man.
Demimonde (n.) Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
Deminatured (a.) Having half the nature of another.
Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Demirelief (n.) Alt. of Demirelievo
Demirelievo (n.) Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.
Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Demi-rilievo (n.) A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.
Demisability (n.) The state of being demisable.
Demisable (a.) Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate.
Demise (n.) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Demise (n.) The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
Demise (n.) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
Demised (imp. & p. p.) of Demise
Demising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demise
Demise (v. t.) To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
Demise (v. t.) To convey; to give.
Demise (v. t.) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
Demisemiquaver (n.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.
Demiss (a.) Cast down; humble; submissive.
Demission (n.) The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection.
Demission (n.) Resignation of an office.
Demissionary (a.) Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed.
Demissionary (a.) Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.
Demissive (a.) Downcast; submissive; humble.
Demissly (adv.) In a humble manner.
Demisuit (n.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.
Demitted (imp. & p. p.) of Demit
Demitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demit
Demit (v. t.) To let fall; to depress.
Demit (v. t.) To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.
Demit (v. t.) To lay down, as an office; to resign.
Demitint (n.) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
Demitint (n.) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.
Demitone (n.) Semitone.
Demiurge (n.) The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.
Demiurge (n.) God, as the Maker of the world.
Demiurge (n.) According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.
Demiurgic (a.) Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative.
Demivill (n.) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.
Demivolt (n.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.
Demiwolf (n.) A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
Demobilization (n.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.
Demobilize (v. t.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
Democracies (pl. ) of Democracy
Democracy (n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.
Democracy (n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
Democracy (n.) The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
Democrat (n.) One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
Democrat (n.) A member of the Democratic party.
Democratic (a.) Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
Democratic (a.) Relating to a political party so called.
Democratic (a.) Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
Democratical (a.) Democratic.
Democratically (adv.) In a democratic manner.
Democratism (n.) The principles or spirit of a democracy.
Democratist (n.) A democrat.
Democratize (v. t.) To render democratic.
Democraty (n.) Democracy.
Demogorgon (n.) A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
Demography (n.) The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.
Demoiselle (n.) A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
Demoiselle (n.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
Demoiselle (n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
Demolished (imp. & p. p.) of Demolish
Demolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demolish
Demolish (v. t.) To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
Demolisher (n.) One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
Demolishment (n.) Demolition.
Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
Demolitionist (n.) A demolisher.
Demon (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
Demon (n.) One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.
Demon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil.
Demoness (n.) A female demon.
Demonetization (n.) The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.
Demonetize (v. t.) To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
Demoniac (a.) Alt. of Demoniacal
Demoniacal (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
Demoniacal (a.) Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.
Demoniac (n.) A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.
Demoniac (n.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.
Demoniacally (adv.) In a demoniacal manner.
Demoniacism (n.) The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.
Demonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon.