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English words: deamidative to deathiversary

300 English words, part 15 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.

English words deamidative to deathiversary

  1. deamidative adjective: That deamidates.
  2. deamidization noun: Synonym of deamidation.
  3. deamidize verb: Synonym of deamidate.
  4. deamidizing adjective, verb: That hydrolyses the C-N bond of amides
  5. deaminase noun /diːˈæmɪneɪz/: An enzyme that catalyses deamination
  6. deaminate verb /diːˈæmɪneɪt/: To remove an amino group from (a compound), especially by the use of a deaminase enzyme.
  7. deaminated adjective, verb /diːˈæmɪneɪtəd/: That has had one or more amino groups removed
  8. deamination noun /diːæmɪˈneɪʃən/: The removal of an amino group from a compound.
  9. deaminative adjective: Relating to deamination
  10. deaminise verb: Alternative form of deaminize
  11. deaminization noun: The process of deaminizing.
  12. deaminize verb: To remove an amino group from a compound
  13. deaminoacylate verb: To remove an aminoacyl group
  14. deaminoacylation noun: The removal of an aminoacyl group
  15. deaminooxytocin noun: demoxytocin
  16. deamplification noun: The process of deamplifying.
  17. deamplify verb: To reduce a level of amplification
  18. dean noun, verb /diːn/: A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory...
  19. dean and chapter noun: The governing body of a cathedral; the chapter consisting of a group of canons or prebendaries.
  20. Dean drive noun: A supposed reactionless drive.
  21. Dean of the Arches noun: The presiding judge in the provincial ecclesiastical court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  22. dean's list noun: A list of students in a college or university who achieve high grades during the academic term or year.
  23. Deanda proper noun: A surname.
  24. DeAndre proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
  25. Deane proper noun: A surname from Middle English, a variant of Dean.
  26. deaner noun: A shilling.
  27. deanery noun /ˈdiː.nə.ɹi/: The position held by a dean.
  28. deanesmithite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal orange red mineral containing chromium, mercury, oxygen, and sulfur.
  29. deaness noun: A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
  30. DeAngelis proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  31. DeAngelo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  32. deanimalise verb: Alternative form of deanimalize.
  33. deanimalize verb: To make less like an animal or less full of animals.
  34. deanimate verb: To reverse the animation of; to remove the life force from.
  35. deanimation noun: The process of deanimating.
  36. Deanna proper noun /diːˈænə/: A female given name from Latin, a twentieth century variant of Diana, sometimes also seen as a feminine form of Dean.
  37. deannex verb: To remove an annex.
  38. deannexation noun: The process of removing an annex.
  39. Deano noun: An archetypal young lower middle class British man living in a newbuild housing estate, stereotyped as culturally unsophisticated, lavish with money,...
  40. deanol noun: dimethylaminoethanol
  41. deanonymise verb: Alternative form of deanonymize.
  42. deanonymization noun: The removal of anonymization.
  43. deanonymize verb: To remove the anonymity from; to render something personally identifying.
  44. deanship noun /ˈdiːnʃɪp/: The position or role of a dean.
  45. deanthropomorphic adjective: Moving away from anthropomorphism; no longer regarding (a deity, etc.) as having attributes of human beings.
  46. deanthropomorphisation noun: Alternative spelling of deanthropomorphization.
  47. deanthropomorphism noun: Synonym of deanthropomorphization.
  48. deanthropomorphization noun /diːˌænθɹəpə(ʊ)ˌmɔːfaɪˈzeɪʃn̩/: The removal of a thing's anthropomorphic nature; making something less human in character or form.
  49. deanthropomorphize verb: To cease to anthropomorphize; no longer to regard (a deity, etc.) as having attributes of human beings.
  50. deappellativization noun: Synonym of proprialization.
  51. deappendicize verb: To remove or excise the appendix from a patient.
  52. deapply verb: Synonym of unapply
  53. dear adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb /dɪə/: High in price; expensive.
  54. Dear Colleague letter noun: A letter sent by one member of a legislative body to all fellow members, usually describing a new bill and asking for cosponsors or seeking to influence a vote.
  55. dear diary phrase: The traditional first line of a diary entry, based on the first line of a formal letter.
  56. dear God interjection: An expression of horror or dismay.
  57. dear heart interjection, noun: Term of affection; sweetheart.
  58. Dear Jane letter noun: A letter from a husband or boyfriend to his wife or girlfriend, informing that the relationship is over, often because the writer has initiated a...
  59. Dear John noun: A Dear John letter in any form or medium.
  60. Dear John letter noun: A letter from a wife or girlfriend to her husband or boyfriend, informing that the relationship is over, often because the writer has initiated a...
  61. dear Lord interjection: Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
  62. dear me interjection /ˌdɪəˈmiː/: An expression of surprise, dismay, or indulgent disapproval.
  63. dear Sir phrase: Used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be male – of unknown names.
  64. dear Sir/Madam phrase: Alternative form of dear Sir or Madam.
  65. dear Sir or Madam phrase: Used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons of unknown gender.
  66. dear sirs phrase: Alternative form of dear Sir (for multiple addressees)
  67. Dear Sirs or Madams phrase: Alternative form of dear Sir or Madam.
  68. dearborn noun /ˈdɪəbɔːn/: Alternative letter-case form of dearborn.
  69. Dearborner noun: A person who is living in or from Dearborn, Michigan.
  70. Dearbornian adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Dearborn, Michigan.
  71. Dearden proper noun /ˈdɪəɹdən/: A habitational surname from Old English.
  72. Deardorff proper noun: A surname.
  73. dearest adjective, noun /ˈdɪəɹɪst/: A beloved person; a term of endearment.
  74. dearginated adjective: From which arginine has been removed
  75. dearheart noun /ˈdiɹˌhɑɹt/: A term of affection.
  76. dearie noun /ˈdɪəɹi/: A person who is dear; sweetie.
  77. dearie me interjection /ˌdɪəɹiˈmiː/: Alternative form of dear me.
  78. dearish adjective: Somewhat dear or precious
  79. Dearlove proper noun: A surname.
  80. dearly adverb /ˈdɪɹli/: In a dear or precious manner.
  81. dearly departed noun: Beloved or cherished people who are now dead.
  82. dearm verb: to remove arms; disarm
  83. Dearman proper noun: A surname.
  84. dearmor verb: To remove the armor from (a combat vehicle, etc.).
  85. dearmour verb: Alternative form of dearmor.
  86. dearn adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of dern.
  87. Dearne proper noun: A river in South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don.
  88. dearness noun /ˈdɪə(ɹ)nəs/: The quality of having great value or price.
  89. dearnly adverb: Alternative form of dernly.
  90. dearomatisation noun: Alternative form of dearomatization.
  91. dearomatise verb: Alternative spelling of dearomatize.
  92. dearomatised adjective: Alternative spelling of dearomatized.
  93. dearomative adjective: That removes the aromatic character from a compound
  94. dearomatization noun /diːəˌɹəʊmətaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The removal of aromatic compounds from a mixture, especially as part of the oil refining process
  95. dearomatize verb /diːəˈɹəʊmətaɪz/: To remove the aromatic components from a petroleum product
  96. dearomatized adjective, verb /diːəˈɹəʊmətaɪzd/: From which aromatic components have been removed
  97. dearomatizing adjective, verb /diːəˈɹəʊmətaɪzɪŋ(ɡ)/: That is used to remove aromatic components from a petroleum product
  98. dearrest verb: To release (a person) from arrest.
  99. dearsenicate verb: To remove the arsenic from.
  100. dearsenication noun: The process of dearsenicating.
  101. dearsenicator noun: A machine that dearsenicates.
  102. dearsome adjective: Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly
  103. dearterialization noun: Removal of the arterial supply, often through the method of surgical ligation of an artery.
  104. dearterialize verb: To decrease the amount of arterial blood in favor of venous blood.
  105. dearth noun, verb /dɜːθ/: A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
  106. dearthful adjective: Involving a dearth or lack; barren.
  107. dearthy adjective /ˈdɜː.θi/: Marked by dearth; exhibiting scarcity, paucity, or lack.
  108. dearticulate verb /diːɑːˈtɪkjəleɪt/: To disarticulate; to disjoint.
  109. dearworth adjective /ˈdɪə(ɹ)wɜː(ɹ)θ/: Precious, valuable; beloved.
  110. dearworthiness noun: The state or quality of being dearworthy.
  111. dearworthy adjective: Dearly loved; honourable; highly valued.
  112. deary noun /ˈdɪəɹi/: A dear; a darling.
  113. deary me interjection /ˌdɪəɹiˈmiː/: Alternative form of dear me.
  114. dearylation noun: The removal of an aryl group from a molecule
  115. deas noun /ˈdiːəs/: Alternative form of dais.
  116. Dease proper noun: A surname.
  117. deaseal adverb: Alternative form of deasil.
  118. deash verb: To remove the ash from.
  119. deashi noun: Constant movement foreward
  120. deasil adverb, noun /ˈdjɛʃəl/: Clockwise, sunwise.
  121. deasill adverb: Alternative form of deasil.
  122. deasiul adverb: Alternative form of deasil.
  123. deasoil adverb: Alternative form of deasil.
  124. Deason proper noun /ˈdiːsən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
  125. deasphalt verb: To subject to a deasphalting process.
  126. deasphalted adjective, verb: Describing a material whose asphalt content has been removed or reduced
  127. deasphalter noun: A unit in a crude oil refinery or bitumen upgrader that separates out the asphalt from crude oil or bitumen.
  128. deasphalter bottoms noun: A mixture of tar and asphalt that is produced as a byproduct of the deasphalting process.
  129. deasphalting noun, verb: A process in which the asphalt content of crude oil (or similar materials) is removed or reduced, especially by solvent extraction.
  130. deasphaltization noun: deasphalting
  131. deaspirate verb: To change the pronunciation of a consonant so that it is no longer aspirated.
  132. deaspiration noun: The act, process or result of deaspirating.
  133. deass verb: To exit or depart from (an area) rapidly.
  134. deassert verb: To remove a signal on a line.
  135. deassertion noun: The act of deasserting.
  136. deassimilate verb: To undo the assimilation of.
  137. deassimilation noun: The process of deassimilating.
  138. deastringency noun: The removal or loss of astringency (of some fruit)
  139. deastringent adjective: From which astringency has been removed
  140. Deasy proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  141. deasyville noun: Alternative spelling of deuseaville.
  142. death noun /dɛθ/: The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an...
  143. death acids noun: A group of oxylipin phytoalexins found in fungally infected maize, derived from the cyclization of fatty acids oxidized by 9-lipoxygenase and allene oxide...
  144. death adder noun: Any snake of the genus Acanthophis, a group of highly venomous elapids found in Australia and New Guinea.
  145. death and taxes noun: Something which is totally certain.
  146. death angel noun: Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).
  147. death barrier noun: A (usually invisible) plane that causes the player character to die if touched or passed through.
  148. death-bearing adjective: Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive
  149. death bed noun: Alternative spelling of deathbed.
  150. death bed conversion noun: Alternative form of deathbed conversion.
  151. death bell noun: passing bell
  152. death blow noun: Alternative form of deathblow.
  153. death book noun: A book that records deaths which have occurred in a particular community, or under the watch of a particular surgeon, etc.
  154. death by a thousand cuts noun: Lingchi, a form of execution.
  155. death by a thousand paper cuts noun: An ultimate negative outcome, such as the failure of a project, brought about by an excessive number of bureaucratic hurdles.
  156. death by a thousand papercuts noun: Alternative form of death by a thousand paper cuts.
  157. death by chocolate noun: Any of several desserts largely consisting of a chocolate cake with a chocolate sauce.
  158. death by coconut noun: A rare type of freak accident in which someone is killed by a coconut falling from a tree.
  159. death by cop noun: Synonym of suicide by cop.
  160. death by misadventure noun: An accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence, but by a risk taken voluntarily.
  161. death by PowerPoint noun: The boredom or disengagement that an audience experiences from poorly designed or overly verbose presentations using any type of presentation software.
  162. death camas noun: A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas,...
  163. death camp noun /dɛθ kæmp/: A camp destined to cause the death of its inmates.
  164. death candle noun: Synonym of grave candle.
  165. death cap noun: The deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.
  166. death card noun: The ace of spades.
  167. death cell noun: A prison cell on death row.
  168. death certificate noun: A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official...
  169. death chamber noun: The room in which capital punishment is carried out.
  170. death clerk noun: A clerk responsible for coordinating executions.
  171. death clock noun: A computer program or website displaying a countdown to a person's predicted date and time of death.
  172. death-come-quickly noun: Synonym of herb Robert.
  173. death cult noun: A religious movement that worships death or the dead.
  174. death cultist noun: A member of a death cult.
  175. death cup noun: Synonym of death cap.
  176. death-damp noun: A cold, clammy sweat preceding death.
  177. death date noun: Alternative form of deathdate.
  178. death-dealing adjective, noun: Causing or inflicting death, or capable of doing so; lethal.
  179. death-defying adjective: Very perilous; involving a lot of danger.
  180. death disc noun: A phonograph record about teenage tragedy.
  181. death diving noun: A form of extreme freestyle high diving jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in either a cannonball or a pike position.
  182. death-doom noun: Synonym of doom/death.
  183. death door noun: a door to the outside from the parlor or hall to allow for the movement of the dead; from the time when the wealthy would host their wakes and funerals in...
  184. death drive noun: The drive toward death and self-destruction.
  185. death duty noun: An inheritance tax or estate tax.
  186. Death Eater noun /ˈdɛθ ˌiː.tə(ɹ)/: A member of a group of dark wizards led by Voldemort.
  187. death erection noun: A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.
  188. death factor noun: Any of various substances that cause apoptosis in cells.
  189. death fat adjective, noun: Alternative form of deathfat.
  190. death-fire noun: A will o' the wisp thought to presage death.
  191. death flag noun: A trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.
  192. death flight noun: A form of extrajudicial killing done by military, in which victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters into oceans, large rivers or...
  193. death futures noun: Trading life assurance policies of terminally ill people, bought by a third party as an investment.
  194. death game noun: A subgenre of battle royal in which the winner is the only person, team or faction that survives, outlasting all others; a game of survival.
  195. death glare noun: A death stare.
  196. death grip noun: An extremely tight grip.
  197. death growl noun: A harsh, guttural, sometimes unintelligible vocal style associated with death metal music.
  198. death grunt noun: Synonym of death growl.
  199. death house noun: Synonym of death row.
  200. death-hunter noun: A peddler who sold lurid accounts of murderers' dying speeches and confessions.
  201. Death in the Afternoon noun: An alcoholic cocktail made with absinthe, champagne, and sometimes a twist of lemon.
  202. death instinct noun: Synonym of death drive.
  203. death is the great leveller proverb: Death balances all.
  204. death kit noun: A collection of tools or weapons used in the preparation of a homicide.
  205. death knell noun /dɛθ nɛl/: The tolling of a bell announcing death.
  206. death knock noun: The journalistic practice of visiting people related to somebody who has died, in order to gather information about the deceased and the manner of death.
  207. death lantern noun: Synonym of grave lantern.
  208. death-like adjective: Alternative form of deathlike.
  209. death list noun: A list of people whose death is sought, usually by either a repressive government or a criminal organization.
  210. death loop noun: A situation in which a player respawns and inevitably dies, only to respawn in the exact same situation, causing the game to loop indefinitely.
  211. death march noun: A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.
  212. death mask noun: A plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.
  213. death messenger noun: One who notifies a bereavement to an associated tribe.
  214. death metal noun: A subgenre of heavy metal music typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and...
  215. death metaller noun: A fan of death metal.
  216. death 'n' roll noun: A musical subgenre of death metal with hard rock elements.
  217. death nail noun: Eggcorn of death knell.
  218. death-name noun: A name that is given (usually by a priest) to refer to someone who has died so that the living can avoid using the actual name of the dead person.
  219. death note noun: A suicide note; a message written prior to a suicide attempt.
  220. death notification noun: The delivery of the news of a death to another person.
  221. death of despair noun: Death resulting from a disease of despair.
  222. death-of-man noun: Cicuta maculata, a highly poisonous flowering plant native to nearly all of North America.
  223. death of the author noun: A technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.
  224. death on phrase: Very keen on or good at (something).
  225. death panel noun: A fictitious government committee which is responsible for choosing which of various patients will receive healthcare, and which withholds life-saving...
  226. death penalty noun: A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
  227. death penny noun /ˈdɛθ ˌpɛni/: A coin placed on the eyelid of a deceased person to keep the eye closed.
  228. death pile noun: Unsold inventory.
  229. death pit noun: A concealed hole in the ground designed to kill, trap, or severely injure a target.
  230. death plane noun: Synonym of death barrier
  231. death play noun: The buying of company stock based on the belief that an executive in the company will soon die, with the expectation that the stock will rise in price...
  232. death pool noun: Synonym of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”).
  233. death-price noun: A monetary value assigned to a person based on their social rank, representing the compensation to be paid by an offender to the victim’s family in the...
  234. death rate noun: The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).
  235. death rattle noun: The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.
  236. death ray noun: A beam of radiation that can kill.
  237. death ride noun, verb /dɛθ ɹaɪd/: A course of action, voluntarily entered into by at least the leading participant, which is (or appears) certain or very likely to result in death, failure,...
  238. death roll noun: In a keel boat, the act of broaching to windward, putting the spinnaker pole into the water and causing a crash-gybe of the boom and mainsail, which sweep...
  239. death row noun /ˈdɛθ ɹoʊ/: The section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death.
  240. death's head noun: A human skull, especially as symbol of death.
  241. death's-head hawkmoth noun: A moth of any of the genus Acherontia, characterized by the skull-like pattern on its back.
  242. death's head moth noun: Any of the species of moth of the genus Acherontia
  243. death's herb noun: The deadly nightshade.
  244. death save noun: A maneuver in which the player roughly shifts the entire machine in an attempt to bring the ball back into play when it is almost certain to drain otherwise.
  245. death seat noun: The front passenger seat of an automobile, whose occupant is thought to have a high risk of death in the event of a collision.
  246. death sentence noun: A decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution.
  247. death slide noun: A slide with a vertical or near-vertical entrance that smoothly levels off, also known as a vertical drop slide.
  248. death slot noun: graveyard slot
  249. death-sough noun: The last heavy breathings or sighings of a dying person.
  250. death spiral noun: The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.
  251. death squad noun: An armed group that carries out clandestine, extrajudicial killings.
  252. death star noun: a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would...
  253. death stare noun, verb: A hateful or contemptuous look directed at someone; a dirty look.
  254. death-stiffness noun: Temporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death; rigor mortis.
  255. death-struggle noun: The final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes.
  256. death threat noun /ˈdɛθ θɹɛt/: A threat to kill another person or a group of people.
  257. death throe noun /ˈdɛθ θɹoʊ/: Struggle that is followed by death.
  258. death toll noun: The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.
  259. death trap noun: Alternative form of deathtrap.
  260. Death Valley driver noun: A move in which the wrestler throws the opponent off their shoulders and falls in the direction that the opponent's head is facing, driving the opponent's...
  261. death wail noun: An intense mournful cry given by mourners upon someone's death.
  262. death warmed over noun: A state of being extremely ill or injured.
  263. death warmed up noun: A person who appears pale or sickly.
  264. death warrant noun: An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.
  265. death-watch beetle noun: Alternative form of deathwatch beetle.
  266. death whistle noun: An Aztec instrument, sometimes shaped like a skull, that when blown produces a human-like shriek.
  267. death wish noun: A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.
  268. death wobble noun: Severe vibration and instability of a motor vehicle.
  269. death zone noun: An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
  270. deathbed noun /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/: The bed on which someone dies.
  271. deathbed conversion noun: Acceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and...
  272. deathbell noun: Alternative form of death bell.
  273. deathbird noun: Tengmalm's owl (Nyctala tengmalmi)
  274. deathblow noun /ˈdɛθbləʊ/: A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grâce.
  275. deathbook noun: Alternative form of death book.
  276. deathbot noun: A chatbot created to impersonate a deceased person, based on their digital remains, such as messages, voice notes, and images.
  277. deathbound adjective: Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal
  278. deathbox noun: coffin
  279. deathcamas noun: Alternative form of death camas.
  280. deathcamp noun: Alternative form of death camp.
  281. deathcare noun: The provision of products and services for the burial or cremation of the dead.
  282. deathcore noun: An extreme fusion genre of death metal and metalcore.
  283. deathdate noun: Synonym of date of death.
  284. deathday noun: The day of a person's death, especially when viewed as being appointed by fate.
  285. deathen verb: To cause, bring about, or affect with deadness or death.
  286. deathfat adjective, noun: Morbidly obese.
  287. deathfear noun: Fear of death; panic that arises when death is present or imminent.
  288. deathfic noun: A work of fan fiction centered around the death of a character.
  289. deathfluencer noun: A social-media personality focused on death and/or funerary practices.
  290. deathful adjective: Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
  291. deathfully adverb: In a deathful manner.
  292. deathfulness noun: An appearance suggestive of death.
  293. deathgrind noun: A fusion of death metal and grindcore music.
  294. deathgrip noun: Alternative form of death grip.
  295. deathhawk noun: A mohawk hairstyle with voluminous teased or backcombed hair, common in the deathrock subculture.
  296. deathhouse noun: Alternative form of death house.
  297. deathiness noun: The state or quality of being deathy.
  298. deathism noun: The belief that death is natural, inevitable, or desirable.
  299. deathist noun: One who holds the belief that death is natural, inevitable, or even desirable.
  300. deathiversary noun: The anniversary of someone's death.

Part 14 · Part 16 · English words: D

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.