Deterge (v. t.) To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.
Detergency (n.) A cleansing quality or power.
Detergent (a.) Cleansing; purging.
Detergent (n.) A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.
Deteriorated (imp. & p. p.) of Deteriorate
Deteriorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deteriorate
Deteriorate (v. t.) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
Deteriorate (v. i.) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Deterioration (n.) The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
Deteriority (n.) Worse state or quality; inferiority.
Determent (n.) The act of deterring; also, that which deters.
Determinability (n.) The quality of being determinable; determinableness.
Determinable (v. t.) Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion.
Determinableness (n.) Capability of being determined; determinability.
Determinacy (n.) Determinateness.
Determinant (a.) Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Determinant (n.) That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
Determinant (n.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws
Determinant (n.) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.
Determinate (a.) Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Determinate (a.) Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Determinate (a.) Determined or resolved upon.
Determinate (a.) Of determined purpose; resolute.
Determinate (v. t.) To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine.
Determinately (adv.) In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.
Determinately (adv.) Resolutely; unchangeably.
Determinateness (n.) State of being determinate.
Determination (n.) The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
Determination (n.) Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
Determination (n.) Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
Determination (n.) The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
Determination (n.) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
Determination (n.) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
Determination (n.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
Determination (n.) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.
Determination (n.) The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
Determination (n.) The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
Determination (n.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.
Determinative (a.) Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Determinative (n.) That which serves to determine.
Determinator (n.) One who determines.
Determined (imp. & p. p.) of Determine
Determining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Determine
Determine (v. t.) To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
Determine (v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
Determine (v. t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.
Determine (v. t.) To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.
Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.
Determine (v. t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.
Determine (v. t.) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
Determine (v. t.) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.
Determine (v. i.) To come to an end; to end; to terminate.
Determine (v. i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.
Determined (a.) Decided; resolute.
Determinedly (adv.) In a determined manner; with determination.
Determiner (n.) One who, or that which, determines or decides.
Determinism (n.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.
Determinist (n.) One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.
Deterration (n.) The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground.
Deterrence (n.) That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.
Deterrent (a.) Serving to deter.
Deterrent (n.) That which deters or prevents.
Detersion (n.) The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.
Detersive (a.) Cleansing; detergent.
Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.
Detersively (adv.) In a way to cleanse.
Detersiveness (n.) The quality of cleansing.
Detested (imp. & p. p.) of Detest
Detesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detest
Detest (v. t.) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
Detest (v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
Detestability (n.) Capacity of being odious.
Detestable (a.) Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
Detestableness (n.) The quality or state of being detestable.
Detestably (adv.) In a detestable manner.
Detesttate (v. t.) To detest.
Detestation (n.) The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.
Detester (n.) One who detes//
Dethroned (imp. & p. p.) of Dethrone
Dethroning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dethrone
Dethrone (v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.
Dethronement (n.) Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
Dethroner (n.) One who dethrones.
Dethronization (n.) Dethronement.
Dethronize (v. t.) To dethrone or unthrone.
Detinue (n.) A person or thing detained
Detinue (n.) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.
Detonated (imp. & p. p.) of Detonate
Detonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonate
Detonate (v. i.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Detonate (v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Detonating (a. & n.) from Detonate.
Detonation (n.) An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
Detonator (n.) One who, or that which, detonates.
Detonization (n.) The act of detonizing; detonation.
Detonized (imp. & p. p.) of Detonize
Detonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonize
Detonize (v. t. & i.) To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
Detorsion (n.) Same as Detortion.