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

destine
designate verb design or destine; `She was intended to become the director`

destined
adjective (usually followed by `to`) governed by fate; `bound to happen`; `an old house destined to be demolished`; `he is destined to be famous`

destiny
fate noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

destitute
impoverished adjective poor enough to need help from others

destroy
ruin verb destroy completely; damage irreparably; `You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!`; `The tears ruined her make-up`

destroyable
adjective capable of being destroyed

destroyed
ruined adjective destroyed physically or morally

destroyer
guided missile destroyer noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

destroyer escort
noun warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys

destroying angel
noun fungus similar to Amanita phalloides

destructibility
noun vulnerability to destruction

destructible
adjective easily destroyed; `destructible glassware`

destruction
devastation noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

destruction fire
noun fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects

destructive
adjective causing destruction or much damage; `a policy that is destructive to the economy`; `destructive criticism`

destructive distillation
noun heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products

destructive-metabolic
energy-releasing(a) adjective of or relating to catabolism

destructively
adverb in a destructive manner; `he is destructively aggressive`

destructiveness
noun the quality of causing destruction

desuetude
noun a state of inactivity or disuse

desulfurize
desulphurize verb remove sulfur from

desultory
adjective marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; `desultory thoughts`; `the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties`

desynchronize
desynchronise verb cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times

detach
come off verb come to be detached; `His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery`

detachable
adjective designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage; `shirts with detachable collars`

detached
free adjective not fixed in position; `the detached shutter fell on him`; `he pulled his arm free and ran`

detached house
single dwelling noun a house that stands alone

detachment
noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

detail
item noun an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; `several of the details are similar`; `a point of information`

detailed
elaborate adjective developed or executed with care and in minute detail; `a detailed plan`; `the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion`- John Buchan; `the carefully elaborated theme`

details
inside information noun true confidential information; `after the trial he gave us the real details`

detainee
political detainee noun some held in custody

detect
verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; `She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water`; `We found traces of lead in the paint`

detectable
noticeable adjective capable of being detected; `after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued`

detected
adjective perceived with the mind; `he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice`

detecting
detective work noun a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; `detection is hard on the feet`

detection
sensing noun the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; `early detection can often lead to a cure`

detection
detective work noun a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; `detection is hard on the feet`

detective
investigator 2 tec noun a police officer who investigates crimes

detective agency
noun an agency that makes inquiries for its clients

detective novel
mystery novel noun novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end

detective story
noun a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution

detector
sensor noun any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

detector
noun rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

detente
noun the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)

detention
noun a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; `the detention of tardy pupils`

detention home
detention house noun an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)

deterge
verb wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; `This drug is powerful enough to deterge`

detergency
detergence noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power

detergent
detersive adjective having cleansing power

deteriorate
verb become worse or disintegrate; `His mind deteriorated`

deterioration
decline in quality noun process of changing to an inferior state

determent
deterrence noun a communication that makes you afraid to try something

determinable
adjective capable of being determined or limited or fixed; `determinable velocities`; `matters determinable by law`

determinant
determiner noun a determining or causal element or factor; `education is an important determinant of one`s outlook on life`

determinateness
definiteness noun the quality of being predictable with great confidence

determination
finding noun the act of determining the properties of something

determine
find verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; `find the product of two numbers`; `The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize`

determine
ascertain verb find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; `I want to see whether she speaks French`; `See whether it works`; `find out if he speaks Russian`; `Check whether the train leaves on time`

determined
dictated adjective determined or decided upon as by an authority; `date and place are already determined`; `the dictated terms of surrender`; `the time set for the launching`

determinedly
unfalteringly adverb in a determined manner; `he clung to the past determinedly`

determiner
determinative noun one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases

determinism
noun (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will

deterministic
adjective an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes

deterrence
noun the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety

deterrent
adjective tending to deter; `the deterrent effects of high prices`

detestably
repulsively adverb in an offensive and hateful manner; `I don`t know anyone who could have behaved so abominably`

dethrone
verb remove a monarch from the throne; `If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned`

detick
verb free (a pet) of ticks

detonate
blow up 3 set off verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy; `We exploded the nuclear bomb`

detonating fuse
noun a fuse containing an explosive

detonation
noun the act of detonating an explosive

detonative
adjective exploding almost instantaneously

detonator
detonating device noun a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

detour
roundabout way noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)

detox
noun the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified

detoxification
noun treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)

detoxify
detoxicate verb remove poison from; `detoxify the soil`

detraction
petty criticism noun a petty disparagement

detractive
adjective causing to decrease in importance or value; `detractive influences on the volume of investment`

detractor
disparager noun one who disparages or belittles the worth of something

detrain
verb leave a train

detransitivize
detransitivise verb intransitivize; `removing the object will intransitivize the verbs`

detribalization
detribalisation noun the decline or termination of tribal organization

detribalize
detribalise verb cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity

detriment
noun a damage or loss

detrimentally
harmfully adverb in a detrimental manner

Detroit River
noun a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world

detumescence
noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen

deuce
noun one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

deus ex machina
noun any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty

deuteranopia
Daltonism noun dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

deuteranopic
green-blind adjective inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red

deuterium
heavy hydrogen noun an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)

Deuteromycetes
class Deuteromycetes noun form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota

Deuteromycota
subdivision Deuteromycota noun large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known

deuteron
noun the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators

Deuteronomy
Book of Deuteronomy noun the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law

deutzia
noun any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters

devaluation
noun the reduction of something`s value or worth