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Deoxidize

To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidizer

That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.

deoxyribonucleic acid

a nucleic acid, usually of very high molecular weight, consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides, occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands, wound together in the form of a double helix; it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity, transmitted from parent to progeny, and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material; -- usually referred to by the acronym DNA.

deoxyribonucleotide

an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5/-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5/-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5/-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5/-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP).

deoxyribose

a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen.

Depaint

To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict.

Depart

Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.

departed

past; -- used of time; as, departed summers.

Departer

One who refines metals by separation.

departing

leaving a starting or stopping point on a journey; as, Departing flights were delayed by the snowstorm. Opposite of arriving.

Depasture

To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture.

Depatriate

To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.

Depauperate

Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.

Depauperize

To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.

Depend

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

Dependable

Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.

Dependence

The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

Dependency

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Dependent

One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.

Deperdit

That which is lost or destroyed.

Deperditely

Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked.

Dephase

To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.

Dephlegm

To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.

Dephlegmate

To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.

Dephlegmation

The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it.

Dephlegmator

An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.

Dephlogisticcate

To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability.

Depict

To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

depicted

represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.

Depiction

A painting or depicting; a representation.

Depicture

To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.

Depilation

Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.

Depilatory

Having the quality or power of removing hair. An application used to take off hair.

Deplant

To take up (plants); to transplant.

Deplete

To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

depleted

no longer sufficient; as, our funds are depleted.

Depletive

Able or fitted to deplete. A substance used to deplete.

Deplorable

Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.

Deploration

The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.

Deploy

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.

deploy

To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use.

deployment

the arrangement or distribution (of resources such as people or equipment), in preparation for battle or work.

Deployment Deploy

The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.

Deplumate

Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

Deplumation

The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.

Deplume

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Depolarization

The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition.

Depolarize

To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.

Depolarizer

A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.

Depolish

To remove the polish or glaze from.

Depolishing

The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain.

Depone

To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.

Deponent

Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.

Depopulacy

Depopulation; destruction of population.

Depopulation

The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.

Deport

Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment.

Deportation

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

deportee

a person who was expelled from home or country by governmental authority; one who has been deported.

Deportment

Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing.

Deposable

Capable of being deposed or deprived of office.

Deposal

The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.

Depose

To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.

Deposer

One who deposes or degrades from office.

Deposit

That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).

Depositary

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

Deposition

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

Depositor

One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository.

Depository

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

Depot

A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.

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