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

defender
guardian noun a person who cares for persons or property

Defender of the Faith
noun a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since

defending
adjective attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

defending team
noun (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; `his teams are always good on defense`

defenestrate
verb throw through or out of the window; `The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President`

defenestration
noun the act of throwing someone or something out of a window

defense
defence noun military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; `they died in the defense of Stalingrad`; `they were developed for the defense program`

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

defense attorney
defense lawyer noun the lawyer representing the defendant

defense contractor
noun a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense

defense force
defence force noun an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; `he joined the defense against invasion`

Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA noun a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA noun an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition

defense laboratory
noun a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense

Defense Logistics Agency
noun a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions

defense mechanism
defense reaction noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

defense program
defense policy noun a program for defending a country against its enemies

defense system
defence system noun the weaponry available for the defense of a region

defenseless
defenceless adjective lacking weapons for self-defense

defenselessness
defencelessness noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack

defensibility
noun capability of being defended; `they built their castles with an eye to their defensibility`; `client complaints create a felt need for the defensibility of individual actions`

defensive
justificative adjective attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

defensive structure
defense noun a structure used to defend against attack; `the artillery battered down the defenses`

defensively
adverb in a defensive manner; `the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis`

defensiveness
noun excessive sensitivity to criticism; `his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence`; `the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians` defensiveness`

defer
accede verb submit or yield to another`s wish or opinion; `The government bowed to the military pressure`

deference
noun a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; `his deference to her wishes was very flattering`; `be sure to give my respects to the dean`

deference
respectfulness noun courteous regard for people`s feelings; `in deference to your wishes`; `out of respect for his privacy`

deferent
deferential adjective showing deference

deferentially
adverb in a respectfully deferential manner; `he listened deferentially`

deferentially
adverb in a servile manner; `he always acts so deferentially around his supervisor`

deferral
recess noun a state of abeyance or suspended business

deferred
postponed adjective put off to later; `requested a deferred payment`; `our postponed trip`

defervesce
verb experience an abatement of a fever

defervescence
noun abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature

defervescent
adjective of or relating to the reduction of a fever

defiance
rebelliousness noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

defiant
noncompliant adjective boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; `brought up to be aggressive and defiant`; `a defiant attitude`

defibrillate
verb stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks; `The patient`s heart had to be defibrillated to save his life`

defibrillation
noun treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

defibrillator
noun an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation

defibrinate
verb remove fibrin from (blood)

deficiency disease
noun any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)

deficient
inferior adjective falling short of some prescribed norm; `substandard housing`

deficit
shortage noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; `new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit`

deficit spending
compensatory spending noun spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy

defilade
noun the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire

defile
noun a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

defile
taint verb place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; `sully someone`s reputation`

defiled
maculate adjective morally blemished; stained or impure

definable
adjective capable of being defined, limited, or explained; `definable terms`; `definable rules`

define
verb give a definition for the meaning of a word; `Define `sadness``

defined
formed adjective clearly defined; `I have no formed opinion about the chances of success`

definite
adjective known for certain; `it is definite that they have won`

definite article
noun a determiner (as `the` in English) that indicates specificity of reference

definite integral
noun the integral of a function over a definite interval

definite quantity
noun a specific measure of amount

definition
noun clarity of outline; `exercise had give his muscles superior definition`

definitive
determinate adjective supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; `a definitive verdict`; `a determinate answer to the problem`

definitive host
noun the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place

deflagrate
verb burn with great heat and intense light; `the powder deflagrated`

deflagration
noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat

deflate
puncture verb reduce or lessen the size or importance of; `The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence`

deflated
adjective collapsed through the release of gas or air

deflation
noun the act of letting the air out of something

deflationary
adjective associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; `deflationary measures`

deflator
noun a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars

deflect
verb turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

deflect
verb turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

deflection
deflexion noun the property of being bent or deflected

deflective
refractive adjective capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

deflector
noun a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)

defloration
noun the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)

deflower
verb deprive of virginity; `This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village`

Defoe
Daniel Defoe noun English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)

defoliant
noun a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off

defoliate
defoliated adjective deprived of leaves

defoliation
noun causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)

defoliator
noun an insect that strips the leaves from plants

deforest
disforest verb remove the trees from; `The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks`

deforestation
disforestation noun the removal of trees

deform
verb become misshapen; `The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake`

deform
verb alter the shape of (something) by stress; `His body was deformed by leprosy`

deformational
adjective relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure

deformed
distorted adjective so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; `deformed thalidomide babies`; `his poor distorted limbs`; `an ill-shapen vase`; `a limp caused by a malformed foot`; `misshapen old fingers`

deformity
malformation noun an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

defray
verb bear the expenses of

defrock
unfrock verb divest of the frock; of church officials

defrost
deice verb make or become free of frost or ice; `Defrost the car window`

defroster
deicer noun heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane)

deft
dextrous adjective skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; `a deft waiter`; `deft fingers massaged her face`; `dexterous of hand and inventive of mind`

deftly
adverb in a deft manner; `Lois deftly removed her scarf`

defunct
adjective having ceased to exist or live; `the will of a defunct aunt`; `a defunct Indian tribe`

defunctness
noun no longer in existence; `the extinction of a species`

defuse
verb remove the triggering device from

defy
withstand verb resist or confront with resistance; `The politician defied public opinion`; `The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear`; `The bridge held`

defy
verb elude, especially in a baffling way; `This behavior defies explanation`

degage
detached adjective showing lack of emotional involvement; `adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair`- J.S.Perelman; `she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she`s not hypocritically effusive`; `an uninvolved bystander`

Degas
Edgar Degas noun French impressionist painter (1834-1917)

degaussing
noun the process of making a (steel) ship`s hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field