Name Report For First Name DEEN:

DEEN

First name DEEN's origin is Hebrew. DEEN means "god will judge". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DEEN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of deen.(Brown names are of the same origin (Hebrew) with DEEN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with DEEN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming DEEN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DEEN AS A WHOLE:

kadeen adeen aideen ardeen deena edeen judeena nadeen

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEEN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (een) - Names That Ends with een:

coleen shaheen yameen aileen alberteen aleen ambreen arleen ashleen augusteen berneen carleen cathleen charleen chereen christeen colleen coreen correen dareen darleen daveen deneen doreen eileen elleen erleen evaleen eveleen fanceen harleen isleen jackleen janeen jeneen jineen joleen jolleen juleen justeen kaitleen karleen kathleen kayleen laureen loreen lurleen maeveen maureen mayleen moreen myleen nareen noreen rosaleen yasmeen breen fineen finneen macqueen makeen yaseen fateen ameen pegeen jasmeen marleen jacqueleen

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (en) - Names That Ends with en:

cwen guendolen raven helen hien huyen quyen tien tuyen yen aren essien mekonnen arden kailoken nascien bingen evnissyen lairgnen nisien yspaddaden hoben christiansen jorgen joren espen adeben akhenaten amen aten moswen braden

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEEN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (dee) - Names That Begins with dee:

dee deeana deeandra deeann deeanna deedra deegan deems deerwa deerward

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (de) - Names That Begins with de:

dea deacon deagan deaglan deagmund deakin dealbeorht dealber dealbert dean deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deane deann deanna deanne dearbhail dearborn dearbourne deardriu dearg deasach deasmumhan deavon debbee debbie debby debora deborah debra debrah debralee dechtere dechtire decla declan dedr dedre dedric dedrick dedrik defena dehaan deheune deianira deidra deidre deiene deikun deina deiphobus deirdra deirdre deja deka deke dekel dekle del delaine delancy delane delaney delanie delano delbert delbin delbina delbine delcine delfi delfina delia delice delicia delight delila delilah delinda delisa delisha delissa delit deliza dell della delma

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEEN:

First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'n':

dacian daegan daelan daelyn daelynn daemon dagan dagen dagian daijon dailyn daimhin daimmen dain dainan dairion dalan dalen dallan dallen dallin dallon dalon dalston dalton dalyn dalynn daman damen dameon damian damiean damien damon dan danathon daniel-sean dann dannon danon danton danylynn daran daren darien darin darolyn daron darrellyn darren darrin darron darryn dartagnan darton darvin darwin darwyn darylyn daryn daveon davian davidson davin davion davison davynn dawn dawson daxton daylan daylen daylin daylon dayson dayton dayveon delman delmon delron delsin delton delvin delvon deman demason demogorgon demophon den dennison denton deon deoradhain deortun derian deron derren derrian derrin dervin

English Words Rhyming DEEN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DEEN AS A WHOLE:

dudeennoun (n.) A short tobacco pipe.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEEN (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (een) - English Words That Ends with een:


armozeennoun (n.) Alt. of Armozine

ayegreennoun (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).

baleennoun (n.) Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

beaverteennoun (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.

beseenadjective (a.) Seen; appearing.
 adjective (a.) Decked or adorned; clad.
 adjective (a.) Accomplished; versed.

betweennoun (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval.
 prep (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
 prep (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
 prep (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
 prep (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
 prep (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.
 prep (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.

canteennoun (n.) A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.
 noun (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

carageennoun (n.) Alt. of Caragheen

caragheennoun (n.) See Carrageen.

carrageennoun (n.) Alt. of Carrigeen

carrigeennoun (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce.

chagreennoun (n.) See Shagreen.

colleennoun (n.) A girl; a maiden.

dasheennoun (n.) A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States.

eennoun (n.) The old plural of Eye.

eighteennoun (n.) The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
 adjective (a.) Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

evergreennoun (n.) An evergreen plant.
 noun (n.) Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.
 adjective (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

fifteennoun (n.) The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.
 adjective (a.) Five and ten; one more than fourteen.

fillipeennoun (n.) See Philopena.

fleennoun (n. pl.) Obs. pl. of Flea.

fourteennoun (n.) The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.
 adjective (a.) Four and ten more; twice seven.

gaudygreennoun (a. / n.) Light green.

greennoun (n.) The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
 noun (n.) A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.
 noun (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
 noun (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
 noun (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color.
 superlative (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
 superlative (superl.) Having a sickly color; wan.
 superlative (superl.) Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.
 superlative (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
 superlative (superl.) Not roasted; half raw.
 superlative (superl.) Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
 superlative (superl.) Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To make green.
 verb (v. i.) To become or grow green.

halloweennoun (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

indigeennoun (n.) Same as Indigene.

jackeennoun (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow.

keennoun (n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
 superlative (superl.) Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
 superlative (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
 superlative (superl.) Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
 superlative (superl.) Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
 superlative (superl.) Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
 verb (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.
 verb (v. i.) To wail as a keener does.

lateenadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.

mangosteennoun (n.) Alt. of Mangostan

moreennoun (n.) A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.

mavourneennoun (n.) My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman.

nankeennoun (n.) A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
 noun (n.) An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
 noun (n.) Trousers made of nankeen.

nineteennoun (n.) The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.
 adjective (a.) Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.

queennoun (n.) The wife of a king.
 noun (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
 noun (n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
 noun (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
 noun (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
 noun (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
 noun (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
 noun (n.) The wife of a king.
 noun (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
 noun (n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
 noun (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
 noun (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
 noun (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
 noun (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
 verb (v. i.) To act the part of a queen.
 verb (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
 verb (v. i.) To act the part of a queen.
 verb (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

peennoun (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.
 noun (n.) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.
 verb (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.

pistareennoun (n.) An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.

poteennoun (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Potheen

potheennoun (n.) See Poteen.
 noun (n.) Whisky distilled in a small way privately or illicitly by the Irish peasantry.

potteennoun (n.) See Poteen.

preennoun (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
 noun (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
 noun (n.) To trim up, as trees.

ratteennoun (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.

sateennoun (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

screennoun (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
 noun (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
 noun (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
 noun (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
 noun (n.) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
 verb (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
 verb (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

seenadjective (a.) Versed; skilled; accomplished.
  (p. p.) of See
  () p. p. of See.

seldseenadjective (a.) Seldom seen.

sengreennoun (n.) The houseleek.

seventeennoun (n.) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
 adjective (a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.

shagreennoun (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
 noun (n.) The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Shagreened
 verb (v. t.) To chagrin.

shebeennoun (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.

sheennoun (n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter.
 verb (v. t.) Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
 verb (v. i.) To shine; to glisten.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEEN (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (dee) - Words That Begins with dee:


deedadjective (a.) Dead.
 verb (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
 verb (v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
 verb (v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.
 verb (v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
 verb (v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
 verb (v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of.
 verb (v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.

deedfuladjective (a.) Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.

deedlessadjective (a.) Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.

deedyadjective (a.) Industrious; active.

deemingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deem

deemnoun (n.) Opinion; judgment.
 verb (v.) To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.
 verb (v.) To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
 verb (v. i.) To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
 verb (v. i.) To pass judgment.

deemsternoun (n.) A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.

deepnoun (n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
 noun (n.) That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
 superlative (superl.) Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.
 superlative (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.
 superlative (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
 superlative (superl.) Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
 superlative (superl.) Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
 superlative (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror.
 superlative (superl.) Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
 superlative (superl.) Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
 superlative (superl.) Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
 adverb (adv.) To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.

deepeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deepen

deepnessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.
 noun (n.) Craft; insidiousness.

deernoun (n. sing. & pl.) Any animal; especially, a wild animal.
 noun (n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

deerberrynoun (n.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.

deergrassnoun (n.) An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceae inhabiting a temperate clime.

deerhoundnoun (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

deerletnoun (n.) A chevrotain. See Kanchil, and Napu.

deerskinnoun (n.) The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.

deerstalkernoun (n.) One who practices deerstalking.
 noun (n.) A close-fitting hat, with a low crown, such as is worn in deerstalking; also, any stiff, round hat.

deerstalkingnoun (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.

deesnoun (n. pl.) Dice.
 noun (n.) A dais.

deesisnoun (n.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.

deessnoun (n.) A goddess.

deevnoun (n.) See Dev.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEEN:

English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'n':

daciannoun (n.) A native of ancient Dacia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.

daedalianadjective (a.) Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
 adjective (a.) Crafty; deceitful.

daemonadjective (a.) Alt. of Daemonic

dagonnoun (n.) A slip or piece.
  () The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.

dagswainnoun (n.) A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.

daguerreanadjective (a.) Alt. of Daguerreian

daguerreianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.

dahlinnoun (n.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.

dairymannoun (n.) A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.

dairywomannoun (n.) A woman who attends to a dairy.

dalesmannoun (n.) One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.

dalmatianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.

daltoniannoun (n.) One afflicted with color blindness.

damannoun (n.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.

damaskinnoun (n.) A sword of Damask steel.

damassinnoun (n.) A kind of modified damask or brocade.

damnationnoun (n.) The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
 noun (n.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
 noun (n.) A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.

damnificationnoun (n.) That which causes damage or loss.

damsonnoun (n.) A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

dannoun (n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.
 noun (n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

dandelionnoun (n.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.

danteanadjective (a.) Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

danubianadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.

daphnetinnoun (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.

daphninnoun (n.) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant.
 noun (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.

dardaniannoun (a. & n.) Trojan.

darkenadjective (a.) To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
 adjective (a.) To render dim; to deprive of vision.
 adjective (a.) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
 adjective (a.) To cast a gloom upon.
 adjective (a.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
 verb (v. i.) To grow or darker.

darnnoun (n.) A place mended by darning.
 verb (v. t.) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
 verb (v. t.) A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

darreinadjective (a.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

darwiniannoun (n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.

datiscinnoun (n.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).

daunnoun (n.) A variant of Dan, a title of honor.

dauphinnoun (n.) The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

dawnnoun (n.) The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
 noun (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
 verb (v. i.) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
 verb (v. i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

daysmannoun (n.) An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.

daywomannoun (n.) A dairymaid.

deaconnoun (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
 noun (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company.
 verb (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
 verb (v. t.) With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

deadbornadjective (a.) Stillborn.

deadenadjective (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
 adjective (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
 adjective (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
 adjective (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
 verb (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

dealbationnoun (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.

deambulationnoun (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading.

deannoun (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
 noun (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
 noun (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
 noun (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
 noun (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.

dearbornnoun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

dearnadjective (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
 verb (v. t.) Same as Darn.

deathsmannoun (n.) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.

deaurationnoun (n.) Act of gilding.

debacchationnoun (n.) Wild raving or debauchery.

debarkationnoun (n.) Disembarkation.

debellationnoun (n.) The act of conquering or subduing.

debilitationnoun (n.) The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

debituminizationnoun (n.) The act of depriving of bitumen.

debulitionnoun (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.

decachordonnoun (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.
 noun (n.) Something consisting of ten parts.

decagonnoun (n.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.

decagynianadjective (a.) Alt. of Deccagynous

decahedronnoun (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

decalcificationnoun (n.) The removal of calcareous matter.

decameronnoun (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

decandrianadjective (a.) Alt. of Decandrous

decantationnoun (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

decapitationnoun (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.

decarbonizationnoun (n.) The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

decarburizationnoun (n.) The act, process, or result of decarburizing.

decentralizationnoun (n.) The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.

deceptionnoun (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
 noun (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
 noun (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.

decerptionnoun (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.
 noun (n.) That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.

decertationnoun (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

decessionnoun (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.

decillionnoun (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]

decimationnoun (n.) A tithing.
 noun (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
 noun (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.

decisionnoun (n.) Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
 noun (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
 noun (n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
 noun (n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.

declamationnoun (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
 noun (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
 noun (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

declarationnoun (n.) The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
 noun (n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
 noun (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
 noun (n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.

declensionnoun (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
 noun (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
 noun (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
 noun (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
 noun (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
 noun (n.) Rehearsing a word as declined.

declinationnoun (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
 noun (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
 noun (n.) The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.
 noun (n.) The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
 noun (n.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.
 noun (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.
 noun (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4.

decoctionnoun (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
 noun (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

decollationnoun (n.) The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
 noun (n.) A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.

decolorationnoun (n.) The removal or absence of color.

decompositionnoun (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.
 noun (n.) The state of being reduced into original elements.
 noun (n.) Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.

deconcentrationnoun (n.) Act of deconcentrating.

decorationnoun (n.) The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
 noun (n.) That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
 noun (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

decorticationnoun (n.) The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

decreationnoun (n.) Destruction; -- opposed to creation.

decrepitationnoun (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.

decretionnoun (n.) A decrease.

decrustationnoun (n.) The removal of a crust.

decubationnoun (n.) Act of lying down; decumbence.

decumanadjective (a.) Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively.

decurionnoun (n.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

decursionnoun (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.

decurtationnoun (n.) Act of cutting short.

decussationnoun (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

dedalianadjective (a.) See Daedalian.

dedecorationnoun (n.) Disgrace; dishonor.

dedentitionnoun (n.) The shedding of teeth.

dedicationnoun (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
 noun (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
 noun (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

deditionnoun (n.) The act of yielding; surrender.

deductionnoun (n.) Act or process of deducing or inferring.
 noun (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
 noun (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
 noun (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

deduplicationnoun (n.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.

defalcationnoun (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
 noun (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
 noun (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.