An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning.

The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products.

To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.

To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.

A calling off or away.

Void; empty; vacant.

Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.

To devolve.

The act of rolling down.

To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.

The act or process of devolving;; devolution.

One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.

The Devonian age or formation.

The act of devouring.

A votary.

A devotee.

Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer.

One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.

One who devotes; a worshiper.

The act of devoting; consecration.

Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

The practice of a devotionalist.

In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.

A devotee.

A worshiper; one given to devotion.

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

That may be devoured.

One who, or that which, devours.

In a devouring manner.

A devotee.

Full of devotion.

Destitute of devotion.

In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.

Quality or state of being devout.

To devote.

To give up; to devote.

To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.

Same as Due, or Duty.

The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of Rubus c/sius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of Rubus canadensis and Rubus hispidus, species of low blackberries. The plant which bears the fruit.

In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground.

A drop of dew.

of or pertaining to Dewey.

The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.

State of being dewy.

The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.

Furnished with a dewlap.

Having no dew.

To ret or rot by the process called dewretting.

Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.

To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.

See Earthworm.

Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.

a corticosteroid drug used to treat allergies or inflammation.

an isomer of amphetamine used as a central nervous system stimulant (Dexedrine is a trademark).

One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable both for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build. Called also Dexter Kerry.

Dexterous.

Right-handedness.

In a dexterous manner; skillfully.

The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

Toward the right side; dextrally.

Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.

The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.

Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.

A war horse; a destrer.

A war horse.

A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.

See Dextrogyrate.

Same as Dextrose.

Same as Dextrorotatory.

Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid.

See Dextrotatory.

Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.

Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines.

A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits, and also called glucose. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence the mixture is called called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.

Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.

The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

To die.

See Dainty.

The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

To deprive of, or free from, zinc.

The capital city of Bangladesh. Population (2000) = 3,839,000.

The basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;.

a mountain in Nepal, 26,810 feet high.

A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

A Ceylonese boat. See Doni.

A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.

Indian millet. See Durra.

a chemical substance consisting of tyrosine with two hydrogen atoms on the benzene ring replaced by iodine atoms.

A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.

Passing over the borders.

involving a transfer of heat.

Any of several diseases which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine; when used without qualification, the term usually refers to diabetes mellitus. The most common form is diabetes mellitus, in which the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, and the condition if untreated is generally fatal.

Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment.

Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan; devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face; fires lit up a diabolic scene.

To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil.

Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil.

To render diabolical.

An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.

A universal remedy; -- a name formerly given to a purgative electuary.

That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.

A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid.

A sirup made of poppies.

Of or pertaining to a deacon.

Governed by deacons.

Tmesis.

Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.

That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.

That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, /, /, /, /, /, etc.

Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.

A Linn/an class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum.

Caustic.

Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.