Same as Dermatoid.

Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes.

Dermatopathic.

A dermatophyte.

The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulid/).

An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.

Same as Dermopterygii.

A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.

See Exoskeleton.

Ossification of the dermis.

Hidden; concealed; secret.

To hide; to skulk.

Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.

Last; final.

Secretly; grievously; mournfully.

Derogatory.

Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.

In a derogatory manner.

The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.

Derogatory.

A detractor.

In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.

Quality of being derogatory.

Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing a low opinion; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from, to, or unto.

The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata.

Dearer.

A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, and usually pivoted at the base, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, such as stones in building.

Daring or warlike.

brave and heroic deeds.

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

Dearth; scarcity.

The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

Precious.

to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.

same as desalinization.

same as desalinization.

the removal of salt (especially from sea water); the act or process of desalinating.

same as desalinate.

to remove the salt from (a solution of salt).

to remove the scales from; -- e.g. of fish, or water boilers.

To sing a variation or accomplishment.

One who descants.

Ren/ Descartes, a French philosopher and mathematician, born 159, died 1650. See biography, below.

To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.

One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.

all of the offspring of a given progenitor.

Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

One who descends.

The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate.

Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

In a descending manner.

The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Pertaining to descension.

Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.

A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

That can be described; capable of description.

To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

One who describes.

One who descries.

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.

To describe.

Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.

To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.

To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

One who desecrates; a profaner.

The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.

One who desecrates.

The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

to eliminate laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using (certain locations, organizations, or facilities); to introduce members of a racial or religious group into (a community, facility, or organization from which they had been barred).

the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community; the elimination of laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations, organizations, or facilities.

same as desensitization.

same as desensitize.

the process of reducing or eliminating sensitivity.

to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of sensitize.

rendered insensitive.

making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing.

To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.

having no residents; as, deserted villages.

One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.

Meritorious.

The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.

Without desert.

Undeservedly.

A deserted condition.

A feminine deserter.

To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.

To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.

properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of undeserved.

According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.

Meritoriousness.

One who deserves.

Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.

to make infertile, especially by removing or incapacitating the sexual organs; -- used of both males and females.

to direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.

An undress; a careless toilet.

variant spelling of desiccate.

Drying; desiccative. A medicine or application for drying up a sore.

To become dry.

The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

Drying; tending to dry. An application for drying up secretions.

One who, or that which, desiccates.

Desiccative.

Desirable.

See Desideratum.

To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.

Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired.

An object of desire.

Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

Idle; lazy.

The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent.

An unsightly object.

The act of making unsightly; disfigurement.

A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable.

To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.