Deficiencies (pl. ) of Deficiency
Deficiency (n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Deficient (a.) Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
Deficit (n.) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.
Defier (n.) One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.
Defiguration (n.) Disfiguration; mutilation.
Defigure (v. t.) To delineate.
Defiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Defilade
Defilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defilade
Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.
Defiled (imp. & p. p.) of Defile
Defiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defile
Defile (v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Defile (v. t.) Same as Defilade.
Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.
Defile (n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
Defile (v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
Defile (v. t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
Defile (v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Defilement (n.) The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Defiler (n.) One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.
Defiliation (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents.
Definable (a.) Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words.
Defined (imp. & p. p.) of Define
Defining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Define
Define (v. t.) To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
Define (v. t.) To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Define (v. t.) To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Define (v. t.) To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
Define (v. i.) To determine; to decide.
Definement (n.) The act of defining; definition; description.
Definer (n.) One who defines or explains.
Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
Definite (a.) Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
Definite (a.) Determined; resolved.
Definite (a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
Definite (n.) A thing defined or determined.
Definitely (adv.) In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
Definiteness (n.) The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
Definition (n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
Definition (n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
Definition (n.) Description; sort.
Definition (n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
Definition (n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
Definitional (a.) Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.
Definitive (a.) Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
Definitive (a.) Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.
Definitive (a.) Determined; resolved.
Definitive (n.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.
Definitively (adv.) In a definitive manner.
Definitiveness (n.) The quality of being definitive.
Definitude (n.) Definiteness.
Defix (v. t.) To fix; to fasten; to establish.
Deflagrability (n.) The state or quality of being deflagrable.
Deflagrable (a.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.
Deflagrated (imp. & p. p.) of Deflagrate
Deflagrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflagrate
Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
Deflagrate (v. t.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.
Deflagration (n.) The act or process of deflagrating.
Deflagrator (n.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.
Deflate (v. t.) To reduce from an inflated condition.
Deflected (imp. & p. p.) of Deflect
Deflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflect
Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
Deflect (v. i.) To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
Deflectable (a.) Capable of being deflected.
Deflected (a.) Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.
Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.
Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.
Deflection (n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.
Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.
Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.
Deflective (a.) Causing deflection.
Deflector (n.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).
Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.
Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.
Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.
Deflorate (a.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen.
Defloration (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.
Defloured (imp. & p. p.) of Deflour
Deflouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflour
Deflour (v. t.) To deprive of flowers.
Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Deflour (v. t.) To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.
Deflourer (n.) One who deflours; a ravisher.
Deflow (v. i.) To flow down.
Deflower (v. t.) Same as Deflour.
Deflowerer (n.) See Deflourer.
Defluous (a.) Flowing down; falling off.
Deflux (n.) Downward flow.
Defluxion (n.) A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation.