Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 29

Densimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.

Density (n.) The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

Density (n.) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.

Density (n.) Depth of shade.

Dent (n.) A stroke; a blow.

Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.

Dented (imp. & p. p.) of Dent

Denting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dent

Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.

Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

Dental (a.) Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

Dental (a.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.

Dental (a.) An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dental (a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

Dentalism (n.) The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dentalium (n.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

Dentary (a.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.

Dentary (n.) The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.

Dentate (a.) Alt. of Dentated

Dentated (a.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

Dentated (a.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.

Dentate-ciliate (a.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Dentately (adv.) In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Dentate-sinuate (a.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

Dentation (n.) Formation of teeth; toothed form.

Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Dentel (n.) Same as Dentil.

Dentelle (n.) An ornamental tooling like lace.

Dentelli (n. pl.) Modillions.

Dentex (n.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidae.

Denticete (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

Denticle (n.) A small tooth or projecting point.

Denticulate (a.) Alt. of Denticulated

Denticulated (a.) Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx.

Denticulation (n.) The state of being set with small notches or teeth.

Denticulation (n.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.

Dentiferous (a.) Bearing teeth; dentigerous.

Dentiform (a.) Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.

Dentifrice (n.) A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.

Dentigerous (a.) Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.

Dentil (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

Dentilabial (a.) Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed.

Dentilabial (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.

Dentilated (a.) Toothed.

Dentilation (n.) Dentition.

Dentilave (n.) A wash for cleaning the teeth.

Dentile (n.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.

Dentilingual (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

Dentilingual (n.) A dentilingual sound or letter.

Dentiloquist (n.) One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.

Dentiloquy (n.) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.

Dential (a.) Of or pertaining to dentine.

Dentine (n.) The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.

Dentiphone (n.) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.

Dentirostres (pl. ) of Dentiroster

Dentiroster (n.) A dentirostral bird.

Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

Dentirostrate (a.) Dentirostral.

Dentiscalp (n.) An instrument for scraping the teeth.

Dentist (n.) One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.

Dentistic (a.) Alt. of Dentistical

Dentistical (a.) Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.

Dentistry (n.) The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

Dentition (n.) The development and cutting of teeth; teething.

Dentition (n.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

Dentized (imp. & p. p.) of Dentize

Dentizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dentize

Dentize (v. t. & i.) To breed or cut new teeth.

Dentoid (a.) Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.

Dentolingual (a.) Dentilingual.

Denture (n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

Denudate (v. t.) To denude.

Denudation (n.) The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.

Denude (v. t.) To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.

Denunciate (v. t.) To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly.

Denunciation (n.) Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

Denunciation (n.) The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.

Denunciation (n.) That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.

Denunciative (a.) Same as Denunciatory.

Denunciator (n.) One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.

Denunciatory (a.) Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language.

Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.

Denied (imp. & p. p.) of Deny

Denying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deny

Deny (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

Deny (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

Deny (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

Deny (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

Deny (v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

Denyingly (adv.) In the manner of one denies a request.

Deobstruct (v. t.) To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.

Deobstruent (a.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.

Deobstruent (n.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.

Deodand (n.) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.

Deodar (n.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.

Deodate (n.) A gift or offering to God.

Deodorant (n.) A deodorizer.

Deodorization (n.) The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.

Deodorize (v. t.) To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.

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