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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

dedicate
consecrate 4 commit 1 devote verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; `She committed herself to the work of God`; `give one`s talents to a good cause`; `consecrate your life to the church`

dedicated
adjective devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; `a dedicated dancer`; `dedicated teachers`; `dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal`- A.Lincoln

dedicated file server
noun (computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server

dedication
noun complete and wholehearted fidelity

dedifferentiated
adjective having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function; `the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients`

dedifferentiate
verb lose specialization in form or function

dedifferentiation
noun the loss of specialization in form or function

deduce
infer verb reason by deduction; establish by deduction

deducible
adjective capable of being deduced

deduct
verb retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; `My employer is withholding taxes`

deductible
adjective acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)

deduction
deductive reasoning noun reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

deduction
noun something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); `his resignation had political implications`

deductive
adjective relating to logical deduction; `deductive reasoning`

deed
feat noun a notable achievement; `he performed a great deed`; `the book was her finest effort`

deed over
verb transfer by deed; `grant land`

deed poll
noun a deed made and executed by only one party

deem
hold 1 view as verb keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; `take for granted`; `view as important`; `hold these truths to be self-evident`; `I hold him personally responsible`

Deems Taylor
Joseph Deems Taylor noun United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

deep
rich adjective strong; intense; `deep purple`; `a rich red`

deep
adverb to a great depth; `dived deeply`; `dug deep`

deep fording
noun fording at a deep place in the stream

deep freeze
noun temporary inactivity or suspension; `the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze`

deep middle cerebral vein
noun accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure; empties into the basal vein

deep pocket
noun a source of substantial wealth (usually plural); `a patron of the arts should have deep pockets`

Deep South
noun the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery

deep space
noun any region in space outside the solar system

deep supporting fire
noun fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications

deep temporal vein
noun temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus

deep water
noun serious trouble

deep-chested
adjective thick in the chest; `a deep-chested breed of dog`

deep-dish pie
noun made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit

deep-dye
verb die thoroughly

deep-eyed
hollow-eyed adjective characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver

deep-fat-fry
verb fry in deep fat; `deep-fry the potato chips`

deep-freeze
Deepfreeze noun electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

deep-laid
adjective secretly and carefully planned; `deep-laid plans`

deep-lobed
adjective having deep bilateral lobes

deep-mined
adjective of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine; `deep-mined coal`

deep-pink
adjective of a deep shade of pink

deep-rooted
deep-seated adjective (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; `deep-rooted prejudice`; `deep-seated differences of opinion`; `implanted convictions`; `ingrained habits of a lifetime`; `a deeply planted need`

deep-sea
adjective of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea; `deep-sea fishing`; `deep-sea exploration`

deep-sea diver
noun a diver in the deeper parts of the sea

deep-set
sunken adjective having a sunken area; `hunger gave their faces a sunken look`

deep-six
give it the deep six verb toss out; get rid of; `deep-six these old souvenirs!`

deep-water
adjective of or carried on in waters of great depth; `a deep-water port`

deep-yellow
adjective of something having the color of a pumpkin

deepening
noun a process of becoming deeper and more profound

deepening(a)
thickening(a) adjective accumulating and becoming more intense; `the deepening gloom`; `felt a deepening love`; `the thickening dusk`

deeply
adverb to a great depth; `dived deeply`; `dug deep`

deepness
profundity noun the quality of being physically deep; `the profundity of the mine was almost a mile`

deepwater pipefish
Cosmocampus profundus noun 8 inches; from eastern Florida to western Caribbean

deepwater squirrelfish
Holocentrus bullisi noun a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico

deer
cervid noun distinguished from Bovidae by the male`s having solid deciduous antlers

deer fern
Blechnum spicant noun fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse

deer grass
meadow beauty noun any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America

deer hunter
noun hunter of deer

deer hunting
deer hunt noun hunting deer

deer mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus noun brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus

deer mushroom
Pluteus cervinus noun a small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods

deer trail
noun a trail worn by the passage of deer

deer-like
adjective resembling a deer

deerberry
squaw huckleberry noun small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer

Deere
John Deere noun United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)

deerskin
noun leather from the hide of a deer

deerstalker
noun a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters

deerstalking
noun stalking deer

deface
disfigure verb mar or spoil the appearance of; `scars defaced her cheeks`; `The vandals disfigured the statue`

defaced
marred adjective having the surface damaged or disfigured

defacement
disfigurement noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; `the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion`; `he objected to the dam`s massive disfigurement of the landscape`

defalcation
noun the sum of money that is misappropriated

defamation
calumny noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone`s words or actions

defame
slander verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; `The journalists have defamed me!` `The article in the paper sullied my reputation`

defamer
maligner noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

defang
verb remove the fangs from; `defang the poisonous snake`

defat
verb remove the fat from

default
noun loss due to not showing up; `he lost the game by default`

default judgment
default judgement noun a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)

default option
default noun an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

defaulter
noun a contestant who forfeits a match

defaulter
noun someone who fails to meet a financial obligation

defeasible
adjective capable of being annulled or voided or terminated; `a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried`

defeat
noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; `it was a narrow defeat`; `the army`s only defeat`; `they suffered a convincing licking`

defeated
disappointed adjective disappointingly unsuccessful; `disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions`; `their foiled attempt to capture Calais`; `many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers`; `his best efforts were thwarted`

defeatism
noun acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

defeatist
negativist noun someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

defecation
laxation noun the elimination of fecal waste through the anus

defecation reflex
rectal reflex noun normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum

defecator
voider 1 shitter noun a person who defecates

defect
fault noun an imperfection in a device or machine; `if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer`

defect
noun a failing or deficiency; `that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information`

defective
faulty adjective having a defect; `I returned the appliance because it was defective`

defective pleading
noun any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency

defectively
adverb in a defective manner; `this machine functions only defectively`

defectiveness
faultiness noun the state of being defective

defeminize
defeminise verb remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)

defence
demurrer noun a defendant`s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; `he gave evidence for the defense`

defend
support 1 fend for verb argue or speak in defense of; `She supported the motion to strike`

defendable
defensible adjective capable of being defended

defendant
noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused