Dermopathic (a.) Dermatopathic.
Dermophyte (n.) A dermatophyte.
Dermoptera (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).
Dermoptera (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.
Dermoptera (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.
Dermopteran (n.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.
Dermopteri (n. pl.) Same as Dermopterygii.
Dermopterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.
Dermoskeleton (n.) See Exoskeleton.
Dermostosis (n.) Ossification of the dermis.
Dern (n.) A gatepost or doorpost.
Dern (a.) Hidden; concealed; secret.
Dern (a.) Solitary; sad.
Derne (a.) To hide; to skulk.
Dernful (a.) Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.
Dernier (a.) Last; final.
Dernly (adv.) Secretly; grievously; mournfully.
Derogant (a.) Derogatory.
Derogated (imp. & p. p.) of Derogate
Derogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derogate
Derogate (v. t.) To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.
Derogate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.
Derogate (v. i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.
Derogate (v. i.) To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.
Derogate (n.) Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.
Derogately (adv.) In a derogatory manner.
Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.
Derogation (n.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.
Derogative (a.) Derogatory.
Derogator (n.) A detractor.
Derogatorily (adv.) In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.
Derogatoriness (n.) Quality of being derogatory.
Derogatory (a.) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto.
Derotremata (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata.
Derre (a.) Dearer.
Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building.
Derring (a.) Daring or warlike.
Derringer (n.) A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.
Derth (n.) Dearth; scarcity.
Dertrotheca (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.
Dervish (n.) Alt. of Dervis
Dervise (n.) Alt. of Dervis
Dervis (n.) A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.
Derworth (a.) Precious.
Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
Descant (v. i.) The upper voice in part music.
Descant (v. i.) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
Descanted (imp. & p. p.) of Descant
Descanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descant
Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.
Descant (v. i.) To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
Descanter (n.) One who descants.
Descended (imp. & p. p.) of Descend
Descending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descend
Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.
Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Descend (v. i.) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.
Descend (v. i.) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
Descend (v. i.) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
Descend (v. i.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
Descend (v. i.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
Descend (v. t.) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.
Descendant (a.) Descendent.
Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Descendent (a.) Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
Descender (n.) One who descends.
Descendibility (n.) The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate.
Descendible (a.) Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
Descendible (a.) That may descend from an ancestor to an heir.
Descending (a.) Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
Descendingly (adv.) In a descending manner.
Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Descensional (a.) Pertaining to descension.
Descensive (a.) Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.
Descensory (n.) A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.
Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.
Descent (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.
Describable (a.) That can be described; capable of description.
Described (imp. & p. p.) of Describe
Describing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Describe
Describe (v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.
Describe (v. t.) To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
Describe (v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Describe (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Describent (n.) Same as Generatrix.
Describer (n.) One who describes.
Descrier (n.) One who descries.
Description (n.) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
Description (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Description (n.) A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.