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displace,
displaced,
displacing,
displaces.transitive
verbs
to move or shift from the usual place or position,
especially to force to leave a homeland (millions of refugees who are displaced
by war); to take the place of; supplant
displaceable.adjective
displacer.noun,.plural.displacers
displacement.noun
the act of displacing; the condition of having
been displaced
Physics:.the
weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating body, used especially
as a measurement of the weight or bulk of ships; a vector
or the magnitude of a vector
from the initial position to a
subsequent
position assumed by a body
Chemistry:.a
reaction in which an atom, a
radical
or a molecule replaces another
in a compound
Geology:.the
relative
movement between the two sides of a fault; the distance between the two
sides of a fault; dislocation
Psychiatry:.a
defense mechanism in which there is an unconscious shift of emotions, affect
or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or immediate substitute
disclaim, disclaimed,
disclaiming,
disclaims.verbs
transitive verb use.to
deny
or renounce any claim to or connection
with; disown; to deny the validity
of; repudiate
Law:.to
renounce
one's right or claim to
divination.noun,.plural.divinations
the art
or act of foretelling
future events
or revealing.occult
knowledge by means of augury or
an alleged.supernatural.agency;
an inspired guess or presentiment;
something that has been divined
divinatory.adjective
divine ,
diviner,
divinest.adjectives
refers to the everliving ageless God;
having the nature of or being a deity;
of, relating to, emanating from
or being the expression of a deity (sought guidance from the divine in
meditation)
divine.noun
divine, divined,
divining,
divines.verbs
transitive verb use.to
foretell through or as if through the art of divination
(used a divining rod to locate the underground water); foretell; to know
by inspiration,
intuition
or reflection and contemplation;
to locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse
intransitive
verb use.to practice divination
divinely.adverb
divineness, diviner,
diviners.nouns
divinity .noun,.plural.divinities
the state
or quality of being divine;
the God realm;,
refers to God's Divinity; Godhead (angels are in the realm of God, but
God is the head of that realm); God; a deity,
such as a God or Goddess
depend, depended,
depending,
depends.intransitive
verbs
to rely.(children
must depend on their parents); to place trust or confidence (you can depend
on honesty as producing better results than deceitfulness);
if you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing
will be affected or determined by the second (the cooking time needed depends
on the size of the potato; how much it costs depends upon how much you
buy); if you depend on someone or something, you need them in order to
be able to survive physically, financially or emotionally (he depended
on his writing for his income; choosing the right bank account depends
on working out your likely average balance); if you can depend on a person
organization or law, you know that they will support you or help you when
you need them (you can depend on me)
dependent.adjective
contingent
on another; subordinate; relying
on or requiring the aid of another
for support (dependent children)
dependent.noun,.plural.dependents
welcome to English,
also spelt.dependant
(go figure)
one who relies on another
dependently.adverb
dependence.noun.welcome
to English, also spelt
dependance
the state
of being dependent, as for support; subordination
to someone or something needed
or greatly desired
dependency.noun,.plural.dependencies
welcome to English,
also spelt
dependancy
something dependent or subordinate;
dependence;
a territory under the jurisdiction
of a state
of which it does not form an integral
part
dependable.adjective
trustworthy;
reliable
dependability.or.dependableness.noun
dependably.adverb
delight .noun,.plural.delights
to take great pleasure
in something; if someone takes
delight or takes a delight in something, they get a lot of pleasure from
it; you can refer
to someone or something that gives you great pleasure or enjoyment as a
delight (sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of a holiday
abroad); joy; something that gives
great pleasure or enjoyment (the
cakes and cookies were wonderful delights on the table)
delight, delighted,
delighting,
delights.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
take great
pleasure or joy (delights in taking
long walks with his enchantress;
an old movie that still delights)
transitive verb use.to
please
greatly
delightful .adjective
greatly pleasing
delightfully .adverb
delightfulness.noun
Decapolis
a confederacy
in northeast Palestine of ten Roman controlled cities settled by Greeks,
formed after 63 B.C. and dominated by Damascus the capital and largest
city of Syria, in the southwest part
defective .adjective
having a defect; faulty (a defective appliance
doesn't function as it was manufactured to do)
defective, defectiveness.nouns
defectively.adverb
defect .noun,.plural.defects
the lack of something necessary or desirable for
completion or perfection; deficiency;
imperfection that causes inadequacy
or failure.(a defect was seen by the tire's
bulge); blemish; a shortcoming
defect, defected,
defecting,
defects.intransitive
verbs
to disown allegiance to one's country and take
up residence in another (the soldier defected); to abandon a position or
an association
defection, defector.nouns
duffer.noun,.plural.duffers
if you describe
anyone as a duffer, you mean that they are not apt
at doing something (the little duffer is just learning to ride a bike);
an incompetent or dull-witted
person; a casual or mediocre
player of a sport, especially golf
diagram .noun,.plural.diagrams
a plan, sketch, drawing or outline designed to
demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify
the relationship between the parts of a whole
Mathematics:.a
graphic representation of an algebraic or geometric relationship; a chart
or graph
diagram, diagramed,
diagraming,
diagrams.transitive
verbs
to indicate
or represent by or as if by a diagram
diagrammable ,
diagrammatic.or.diagrammatical.adjectives
diagrammatically.adverb
disproportionate .adjective
out of proportion,
as in size, shape or amount
disproportionately.adverb
disproportionateness.noun
daydream.noun,.plural.daydreams
to allow the mind to become still to the point
the soul can well up to the conscious
mind those things from the spiritual realm
that are about one and his concerns; a dreamlike musing
or fantasy while awake
daydream, daydreamed
or daydreamt, daydreaming,
daydreams.intransitive
verbs
to have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
daydreamer.noun,.plural.daydreamers
disgruntle, disgruntled,
disgruntling,
disgruntles.transitive
verbs
to make discontented
disgruntlement.noun
distribute, distributed,
distributing,
distributes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
divide and dispense in portions;
to supply goods to retailers; to deliver or pass out (distributing handbills
on the street); to spread or diffuse
over an area; scatter (distribute
grass seed over the lawn)
distribution .noun,.plural.distributions
the act of distributing or the condition of being
distributed; apportionment;
something distributed; an allotment;
the act of dispersing or the
condition of being dispersed; diffusion;
the process of marketing and supplying goods, especially to retailers
distributional .adjective
Descartes, René
1596-1650. French mathematician
and philosopher. Considered
the father of analytic geometry,
he formulated the Cartesian.system
of coordinates. His philosophy
is based on the rationalistic.premise
'I think, therefore I am'.
denominator.noun
the expression written below the line in a common
fraction that indicates the number of parts into which one whole is divided;
a common trait or characteristic;
an average level or standard (the success of the film demonstrates the
denominator of public taste)
detest, detested,
detesting,
detests.transitive
verbs
to dislike intensely;
abhor
detester.noun,.plural.detesters
detestable .adjective
inspiring or deserving abhorrence
or scorn;
aversive;
hateful
detestability.or.detestableness.noun,.plural.detestabilities.or
detestablenesses
detestably.adverb
detestation.noun,.plural.detestations
strong dislike or hatred; abhorrence;
something
that is detested
disapprove, disapproved,disapproving,
disapproves.verbs
transitive verb use.to
have an unfavorable opinion
of; condemn;
to refuse
to approve; reject
intransitive verb use.to
have an unfavorable opinion (disapproves of excessive
drinking of alcoholic beverages)
disapprovingly.adverb
disapprover.noun,.plural.disapprovers
disapproval.noun,.plural.disapprovals
the act of disapproving;
condemnation
or censure
desolate.adjective.pronounced
'des o lit'
devoid
of inhabitants; deserted
(the desert is mostly desolate); barren;
lifeless (the rocky, desolate surface of the moon; the desolate minds of
the selfish ones); rendered.unfit
for habitation or use (the desolate
cities of war-torn Europe; desolate lives the
cabal had produced); dreary;
dismal;
bereft
of friends or hope; sad and
forlorn
desolate,
desolated,
desolating,
desolates.transitive
verbs.pronounced 'des o late'
to rid or deprive
of inhabitants; to lay waste; devastate;
to forsake; abandon
(the heartless soldiers left the villagers in desolation; to make lonely,
forlorn
or wretched
desolately.adverb
desolater
or
desolator.noun,.plural.desolaters
or
desolators
desolateness.noun,.plural.desolatenesss
desolation.noun,.plural.desolations
the act or an instance of desolating;
the state
of being desolate; devastation; ruin (wars always
bring desolation to a region); the state of being abandoned or forsaken;
loneliness; wretchedness; misery
disprove,
disproved,
disproving,
disproves.transitive
verbs
to prove to be false,
invalid
or in error;
refute
(many men and women have scientifically
refuted the theory
of evolution);
when you disprove something you prove that it is not true
disprovable.adjective
disproval.noun,.plural.disprovals
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