First Names Rhyming DEVION
English Words Rhyming DEVION
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DEVİON AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEVİON (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (evion) - English Words That Ends with evion:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (vion) - English Words That Ends with vion:
| abluvion | noun (n.) That which is washed off. |
| alluvion | noun (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. |
| | noun (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. |
| | noun (n.) Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. |
| | noun (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. |
| oblivion | noun (n.) The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. |
| | noun (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ion) - English Words That Ends with ion:
| abacination | noun (n.) The act of abacinating. |
| abaction | noun (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale. |
| abalienation | noun (n.) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. |
| abannation | noun (n.) Alt. of Abannition |
| abannition | noun (n.) Banishment. |
| abarticulation | noun (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. |
| abbreviation | noun (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing. |
| | noun (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. |
| | noun (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America. |
| | noun (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. |
| abdication | noun (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority. |
| abduction | noun (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. |
| | noun (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. |
| | noun (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. |
| | noun (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
| aberration | noun (n.) The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. |
| | noun (n.) A partial alienation of reason. |
| | noun (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4", and in the latter, to 0.3". Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth. |
| | noun (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus. |
| | noun (n.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it. |
| | noun (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B. |
| abevacuation | noun (n.) A partial evacuation. |
| abirritation | noun (n.) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia. |
| abjection | noun (n.) The act of bringing down or humbling. |
| | noun (n.) The state of being rejected or cast out. |
| | noun (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. |
| abjudication | noun (n.) Rejection by judicial sentence. |
| abjuration | noun (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. |
| | noun (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. |
| ablactation | noun (n.) The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. |
| | noun (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach. |
| ablaqueation | noun (n.) The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. |
| ablation | noun (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal. |
| | noun (n.) Extirpation. |
| | noun (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste. |
| ablegation | noun (n.) The act of sending abroad. |
| abligurition | noun (n.) Prodigal expense for food. |
| ablution | noun (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. |
| | noun (n.) The water used in cleansing. |
| | noun (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest. |
| abnegation | noun (n.) a denial; a renunciation. |
| abnodation | noun (n.) The act of cutting away the knots of trees. |
| abolition | noun (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc. |
| abomination | noun (n.) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination. |
| | noun (n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. |
| | noun (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness. |
| abortion | noun (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. |
| | noun (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth. |
| | noun (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. |
| | noun (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion. |
| abrasion | noun (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. |
| | noun (n.) The substance rubbed off. |
| | noun (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds. |
| abrenunciation | noun (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation. |
| abreption | noun (n.) A snatching away. |
| abrogation | noun (n.) The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. |
| abruption | noun (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. |
| abscession | noun (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess. |
| abscision | noun (n.) See Abscission. |
| abscission | noun (n.) The act or process of cutting off. |
| | noun (n.) The state of being cut off. |
| | noun (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more." |
| absentation | noun (n.) The act of absenting one's self. |
| absolution | noun (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. |
| | noun (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. |
| | noun (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven. |
| | noun (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication. |
| | noun (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. |
| | noun (n.) Delivery, in speech. |
| absorbition | noun (n.) Absorption. |
| absorption | noun (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger. |
| | noun (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. |
| | noun (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs. |
| | noun (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment. |
| abstention | adjective (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. |
| abstersion | noun (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. |
| abstraction | adjective (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. |
| | adjective (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects. |
| | adjective (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions. |
| | adjective (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction. |
| | adjective (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects. |
| | adjective (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. |
| | adjective (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. |
| abstrusion | noun (n.) The act of thrusting away. |
| absumption | noun (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. |
| acceleration | noun (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. |
| accension | noun (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. |
| accentuation | noun (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent. |
| | noun (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. |
| acceptation | noun (n.) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. |
| | noun (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. |
| acceptilation | noun (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission. |
| acception | noun (n.) Acceptation; the received meaning. |
| accession | noun (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. |
| | noun (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. |
| | noun (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. |
| | noun (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. |
| | noun (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. |
| | noun (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEVİON (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (devio) - Words That Begins with devio:
| devious | adjective (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way. |
| | adjective (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (devi) - Words That Begins with devi:
| devi | noun (n.) ; fem. of Deva. A goddess. |
| deviant | adjective (a.) Deviating. |
| deviating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deviate |
| deviation | noun (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. |
| | noun (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. |
| | noun (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. |
| deviator | noun (n.) One who, or that which, deviates. |
| deviatory | adjective (a.) Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. |
| device | noun (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. |
| | noun (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance. |
| | noun (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. |
| | noun (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing. |
| | noun (n.) Anything fancifully conceived. |
| | noun (n.) A spectacle or show. |
| | noun (n.) Opinion; decision. |
| deviceful | adjective (a.) Full of devices; inventive. |
| devil | noun (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. |
| | noun (n.) An evil spirit; a demon. |
| | noun (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. |
| | noun (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. |
| | noun (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. |
| | noun (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. |
| | verb (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. |
| deviling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devil |
| | noun (n.) A young devil. |
| devil bird | noun (n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick. |
| deviless | noun (n.) A she-devil. |
| devilet | noun (n.) A little devil. |
| devilfish | noun (n.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera. |
| | noun (n.) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus. |
| | noun (n.) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale. |
| | noun (n.) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler. |
| devilish | adjective (a.) Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. |
| | adjective (a.) Extreme; excessive. |
| devilism | noun (n.) The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils. |
| devilkin | noun (n.) A little devil; a devilet. |
| devilment | noun (n.) Deviltry. |
| devilry | noun (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry. |
| | noun (n.) The whole body of evil spirits. |
| devilship | noun (n.) The character or person of a devil or the devil. |
| deviltry | noun (n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. |
| devilwood | noun (n.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive. |
| devirginate | adjective (a.) Deprived of virginity. |
| | verb (v. t.) To deprive of virginity; to deflour. |
| devirgination | noun (n.) A deflouring. |
| devisable | adjective (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived. |
| | adjective (a.) Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will. |
| devisal | noun (n.) A devising. |
| devising | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devise |
| devise | noun (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate. |
| | noun (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property. |
| | noun (n.) Property devised, or given by will. |
| | noun (n.) Device. See Device. |
| | verb (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. |
| | verb (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. |
| | verb (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe. |
| | verb (v. t.) To imagine; to guess. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels. |
| | verb (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. |
| devisee | noun (n.) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will. |
| deviser | noun (n.) One who devises. |
| devisor | noun (n.) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee. |
| devitable | adjective (a.) Avoidable. |
| devitation | noun (n.) An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning. |
| devitrification | noun (n.) The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (dev) - Words That Begins with dev:
| dev | noun (n.) Alt. of Deva |
| deva | noun (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. |
| devanagari | noun (n.) The character in which Sanskrit is written. |
| devaporation | noun (n.) The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain. |
| devastating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devastate |
| devastation | noun (n.) The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. |
| | noun (n.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. |
| devastator | noun (n.) One who, or that which, devastates. |
| devastavit | noun (n.) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator. |
| devata | noun (n.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. |
| develin | noun (n.) The European swift. |
| developing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Develop |
| developable | adjective (a.) Capable of being developed. |
| developer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, develops. |
| | noun (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible. |
| | noun (n.) One that develops |
| | noun (n.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs. |
| | noun (n.) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber. |
| development | noun (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. |
| | noun (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. |
| | noun (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. |
| | noun (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. |
| | noun (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. |
| developmental | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. |
| devergence | noun (n.) Alt. of Devergency |
| devergency | noun (n.) See Divergence. |
| devesting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devest |
| devex | noun (n.) Devexity. |
| | adjective (a.) Bending down; sloping. |
| devexity | adjective (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. |
| devocation | noun (n.) A calling off or away. |
| devoir | noun (n.) Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies. |
| devolution | noun (n.) The act of rolling down. |
| | noun (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. |
| devolving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devolve |
| devolvement | noun (n.) The act or process of devolving;; devolution. |
| devon | noun (n.) One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen. |
| devonian | noun (n.) The Devonian age or formation. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. |
| devoration | noun (n.) The act of devouring. |
| devotary | noun (n.) A votary. |
| devoting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devote |
| devote | noun (n.) A devotee. |
| | adjective (a.) Devoted; addicted; devout. |
| | verb (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames. |
| | verb (v. t.) To execrate; to curse. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc. |
| devoted | adjective (a.) Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. |
| | (imp. & p. p.) of Devote |
| devotee | noun (n.) One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot. |
| devotement | noun (n.) The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. |
| devoter | noun (n.) One who devotes; a worshiper. |
| devotion | noun (n.) The act of devoting; consecration. |
| | noun (n.) The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. |
| | noun (n.) Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer. |
| | noun (n.) Disposal; power of disposal. |
| | noun (n.) A thing consecrated; an object of devotion. |
| devotional | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind. |
| devotionalist | noun (n.) Alt. of Devotionist |
| devotionist | noun (n.) One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion. |
| devotionality | noun (n.) The practice of a devotionalist. |
| devoto | noun (n.) A devotee. |
| devotor | noun (n.) A worshiper; one given to devotion. |
| devouring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devour |
| devourable | adjective (a.) That may be devoured. |
| devourer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, devours. |
| devout | noun (n.) A devotee. |
| | noun (n.) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion. |
| | verb (v. t.) Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious. |
| | verb (v. t.) Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture. |
| | verb (v. t.) Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare. |
| devoutful | adjective (a.) Full of devotion. |
| | adjective (a.) Sacred. |
| devoutless | adjective (a.) Destitute of devotion. |
| devoutness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being devout. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEVİON:
English Words which starts with 'de' and ends with 'on':
| deacon | noun (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. |
| dealbation | noun (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening. |
| deambulation | noun (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading. |
| deauration | noun (n.) Act of gilding. |
| debacchation | noun (n.) Wild raving or debauchery. |
| debarkation | noun (n.) Disembarkation. |
| debellation | noun (n.) The act of conquering or subduing. |
| debilitation | noun (n.) The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness. |
| debituminization | noun (n.) The act of depriving of bitumen. |
| debulition | noun (n.) A bubbling or boiling over. |
| decachordon | noun (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp. |
| | noun (n.) Something consisting of ten parts. |
| decagon | noun (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. |
| decahedron | noun (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces. |
| decalcification | noun (n.) The removal of calcareous matter. |
| decameron | noun (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian. |
| decantation | noun (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another. |
| decapitation | noun (n.) The act of beheading; beheading. |
| decarbonization | noun (n.) The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon. |
| decarburization | noun (n.) The act, process, or result of decarburizing. |
| decentralization | noun (n.) The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. |
| deception | noun (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. |
| decerption | noun (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping. |
| | noun (n.) That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece. |
| decertation | noun (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife. |
| decession | noun (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. |
| decillion | noun (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.] |
| decimation | noun (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. |
| decision | noun (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. |
| declamation | noun (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. |
| declaration | noun (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. |
| declension | noun (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. |
| declination | noun (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. |
| decoction | noun (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. |
| decollation | noun (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. |
| decoloration | noun (n.) The removal or absence of color. |
| decomposition | noun (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. |
| deconcentration | noun (n.) Act of deconcentrating. |
| decoration | noun (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. |
| decortication | noun (n.) The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat. |
| decreation | noun (n.) Destruction; -- opposed to creation. |
| decrepitation | noun (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting. |
| decretion | noun (n.) A decrease. |
| decrustation | noun (n.) The removal of a crust. |
| decubation | noun (n.) Act of lying down; decumbence. |
| decurion | noun (n.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers. |
| decursion | noun (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion. |
| decurtation | noun (n.) Act of cutting short. |
| decussation | noun (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. |
| dedecoration | noun (n.) Disgrace; dishonor. |
| dedentition | noun (n.) The shedding of teeth. |
| dedication | noun (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. |
| dedition | noun (n.) The act of yielding; surrender. |
| deduction | noun (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. |
| deduplication | noun (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. |
| defalcation | noun (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. |
| defamation | noun (n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. |
| defatigation | noun (n.) Weariness; fatigue. |
| defecation | noun (n.) The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification. |
| | noun (n.) The act or process of voiding excrement. |
| defection | noun (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. |
| defedation | noun (n.) The act of making foul; pollution. |
| defibrination | noun (n.) The act or process of depriving of fibrin. |
| defiguration | noun (n.) Disfiguration; mutilation. |
| defiliation | noun (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents. |
| definition | noun (n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition. |
| | noun (n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition. |
| | noun (n.) Description; sort. |
| | noun (n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence. |
| | noun (n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail. |
| deflagration | noun (n.) A burning up; conflagration. |
| | noun (n.) The act or process of deflagrating. |
| deflection | noun (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation. |
| | noun (n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. |
| | noun (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction. |
| | noun (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load. |
| deflectionization | noun (n.) The act of freeing from inflections. |
| deflexion | noun (n.) See Deflection. |
| defloration | noun (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. |
| | noun (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. |
| defluxion | noun (n.) A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation. |
| defoedation | noun (n.) Defedation. |
| defoliation | noun (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. |
| deforciation | noun (n.) Same as Deforcement, n. |
| deformation | noun (n.) The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. |
| | noun (n.) Transformation; change of shape. |
| defraudation | noun (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. |
| defunction | noun (n.) Death. |
| degeneration | noun (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. |
| | noun (n.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. |
| | noun (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. |
| | noun (n.) The thing degenerated. |
| deglutination | noun (n.) The act of ungluing. |
| deglutition | noun (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. |
| degradation | noun (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop. |
| | noun (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. |
| | noun (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. |
| | noun (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. |
| | noun (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. |
| | noun (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. |
| degravation | adjective (a.) The act of making heavy. |
| degustation | noun (n.) Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. |
| dehonestation | noun (n.) A dishonoring; disgracing. |
| dehortation | noun (n.) Dissuasion; advice against something. |
| dehydration | noun (n.) The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed. |
| dehydrogenation | noun (n.) The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen. |
| deification | noun (n.) The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise. |
| dejection | noun (n.) A casting down; depression. |
| | noun (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self. |
| | noun (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. |
| | noun (n.) A low condition; weakness; inability. |
| | noun (n.) The discharge of excrement. |
| | noun (n.) Faeces; excrement. |
| dejeration | noun (n.) The act of swearing solemnly. |
| delaceration | noun (n.) A tearing in pieces. |
| delacrymation | noun (n.) An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes. |
| delactation | noun (n.) The act of weaning. |
| delamination | noun (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated. |
| delapsation | noun (n.) See Delapsion. |
| delapsion | noun (n.) A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. |
| delassation | noun (n.) Fatigue. |
| delation | noun (n.) Conveyance. |
| | noun (n.) Accusation by an informer. |
| delectation | noun (n.) Great pleasure; delight. |
| delegation | noun (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates. |
| | noun (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. |
| deletion | noun (n.) Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. |
| delibation | noun (n.) Act of tasting; a slight trial. |
