English words: deculturize to deep-laid

300 English words, part 22 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words deculturize to deep-laid

deculturize verb /diːˈkʌɫtʃəɹaɪz/: To strip of culture.
deculvert verb: To remove a culvert from (a waterway) so that it flows openly.
decuman adjective, noun /ˈdɛkjʊmən/: Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
decumbence noun /dɪˈkʌmbəns/: The act or posture of lying down.
decumbency noun /dɪˈkʌmbənsi/: decumbence
decumbent adjective /dɪˈkʌmbənt/: Lying down; reclining on the ground.
decumbently adverb /dɪˈkʌmbəntli/: with a reclining posture.
decumbiture noun /dɪˈkʌmbɪtjʊə/: The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
decumulate verb /dɪˈkjuːmjəleɪt/: To decrease in number.
decumulation noun /dɪˌkjuːmjəˈleɪʃən/: The process of decumulating; in chemistry, any exothermic molecular change that converts a cumulated diene to a conjugated diene.
decuple adjective, noun, verb /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/: Tenfold.
decuplet noun: A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
decuply adverb: In a decuple manner.
decurdling noun: The cutting of curds into blocks as part of cheesemaking.
decuria noun: Alternative form of decury.
decurion noun /dɪˈkjʊəɹɪən/: An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army.
decurionate noun /dɪˈkjʊəɹɪənət/: The position or office of a decurion.
decuroside noun: Any of a group of chromenone (or furocoumarin) glycosides present in Peucedanum decursivum
decurrence noun /dɪˈkʌɹəns/: The act of running down; a lapse.
decurrency noun: Alternative form of decurrence.
decurrent adjective /dɪˈkʌɹənt/: Of plant parts: extending downward, most often in the case of leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along...
decurrently adverb /dɪˈkʌɹəntli/: In a decurrent manner.
decursinol noun: An analgesic coumarin (3S)-3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydropyrano[3,2-g]chromen-8-one present in the roots of Angelica gigas
decursion noun /dɪˈkɜːʒən/: A flowing.
decurt verb: To cut short; to truncate; to curtail.
decurtate adjective, verb: Shortened, curtailed.
decurtation noun: The act of cutting short.
decurve verb: To remove a curve from.
decurved adjective, verb: Curved downward.
decury noun /ˈdɛkjəɹi/: A group of ten men under the command of a decurion.
decussant adjective: decussate
decussate adjective, verb /dɪˈkʌseɪt/: Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X.
decussated adjective, verb: Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.
decussately adverb: In a decussate manner.
decussation noun /dɛkʌˈseɪʃən/: A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
decussative adjective /dɪˈkʌsətɪv/: Intersecting at an acute angle.
decussatively adverb: Crosswise; in the form of an X.
decussorium noun: An instrument for depressing the dura after trephining.
decutinized adjective: From which the cutin has been removed
decyanation noun: The removal of a cyanide (or nitrile) group from a molecule
decycle verb: To remove the cycles from.
decycling adjective, noun: The removal of cycles from a graph
decyclization noun: The reverse of a cyclization reaction
decyclizing adjective: That breaks a ring in a molecule
decyl noun: Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
decylaldehyde noun: Synonym of decanal (especially n-decanal)
decylic adjective: Relating to the decyl radical
decylmaltoside noun: A surfactant whose structure is that of a decyl maltoside.
decylplastoquinone noun: A decyl derivative of plastoquinone.
decylubiquinol noun: Any decyl derivative of ubiquinol but especially 6-decylubiquinol
decylubiquinone noun: The 6-decyl derivative of ubiquinone
decyne noun: Any of several isomeric acetylenes having ten carbon atoms, but especially 1-decyne
decypher noun, verb: Alternative spelling of decipher.
decyphered adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of deciphered.
decyst verb: To remove cysts, typically from the skin
ded noun: A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).
ded reckoning noun: Alternative form of dead reckoning.
Dedalian adjective: Alternative form of Daedalian.
dedalous adjective: Alternative form of daedalous.
Dedan proper noun: An ancient Arabian city state located in the oasis of al-ʿUla.
Dedanim noun: The inhabitants of the ancient Arabian city state of Dedan.
Dedanite noun: An inhabitant of the ancient Arabian city state of Dedan.
dedans noun: A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
Deddington proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4631).
dedebaba noun: A spiritual and religious leader of the Bektashi community.
dedecorate verb: To bring to shame; to disgrace.
dedecoration noun: Disgrace; dishonour.
dedecorous adjective: disgraceful; unbecoming
Dedekind proper noun: A surname from German.
Dedekind cut noun: Any partition of the set of rational numbers into non-empty sets A and B such that all elements of A are less than all elements of B and A contains no...
Dedekind domain noun: An integral domain in which every proper ideal factors into a product of prime ideals which is unique (up to permutations).
Dedekind ellipsoid noun: A figure for a body of rotating selfgravitating fluid, similar to the Jacobi ellipsoid, although with a fixed orientation and the fluid moving inside.
Dedekind ring noun: A Dedekind domain.
Dedekindian adjective: Of or relating to Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), German mathematician.
dedemonisation noun: Alternative form of dedemonization.
dedemonization noun: The act of dedemonizing someone or something.
dedemonize verb: To make undemonic; to normalize.
dedendum noun: The difference between the radius of the pitch circle of a gear and its root circle.
dedensification noun: The act or process of making or becoming less dense
dedensified adjective: Made less dense
dedent noun, verb: To outdent; to remove an indent from.
dedentation noun: The reversal of indentation, moving the text cursor back out from its indented position.
dedentition noun: The shedding of teeth; tooth loss
Dedham proper noun: A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0533).
dediazoniation noun: Synonym of dediazotation.
dediazotation noun: Any reaction that removes a diazo group
dedicand noun: One to whom something is dedicated.
dedicant noun /ˈdɛdɪkənt/: One who dedicates something.
dedicate adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/: To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
dedicated adjective, verb /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/: Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
dedicatedly adverb /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtədli/: In a dedicated manner.
dedicatedness noun: The quality of being dedicated.
dedicatee noun /ˌdɛdɪkəˈtiː/: Someone to whom something is dedicated.
dedication noun /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/: The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
dedicational adjective: Synonym of dedicatory.
dedicative adjective: Relating to dedication.
dedicator noun /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/: One who dedicates.
dedicatorial adjective: dedicatory
dedicatorily adverb: In a dedicatory manner; by way of dedication.
dedicatory adjective, noun /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/: Of or pertaining to dedication.
Dedieu proper noun: A surname from French.
dedifferentiate verb /diːˌdɪfəˈɹɛnʃɪeɪt/: To lose or reverse differentiation
dedifferentiated adjective, verb /diːˌdɪfəˈɹɛnʃɪeɪtəd/: That has undergone dedifferentiation
dedifferentiation noun /diːˌdɪfəɹɛnʃɪˈeɪʃən/: The loss or reversal of differentiation.
dedifferentiative adjective: That dedifferentiates, or causes dedifferentiation
dedikaryotisation noun: Alternative form of dedikaryotization.
dedikaryotization noun: The conversion of a dikaryon into a pair of homokaryons
dedimensionalize verb: To remove dimensions, typically from an equation
dedimerization noun: The splitting of a dimer into two monomers
dedimus noun: A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, such as to examine a witness, etc.
dedisperse verb /diːdɪsˈpɜːs/: To bring together data, rays etc that have been dispersed
dedispersion noun: The act of dedispersing.
deditio noun: In medieval Europe, an act of ritualized submission and request for mercy, performed before a monarch or other feudal lord.
dedition noun: yielding, surrender.
Dedman proper noun: A surname.
dedo noun: A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.
dedogmatization noun: The process of dedogmatizing.
dedogmatize verb: To remove the dogma from.
dedolation noun: A slicing wound made by a sharp instrument grazing the surface.
dedolent adjective /ˈdɛdələnt/: Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
dedollarisation noun: Alternative spelling of dedollarization.
dedollarization noun: The process of phasing out local acceptance of the United States dollar or other foreign currency and returning to the domestic currency or using other...
dedollarize verb: To cause to undergo dedollarization.
dedolomite noun: Calcitized dolomite
dedolomitization noun: Conversion to a form that is no longer dolomite.
dedolomitize verb: To convert from dolomite to calcium carbonate.
dedomestication noun: The process of returning a domesticated animal to the wild.
dedomicile verb: To relocate to another country.
dedope verb /diːˈdəʊp/: To remove a dopant from (a semiconductor material).
dedoped adjective, verb: That has undergone dedoping.
dedoublement noun: A doubling; duplication.
dedoubling noun: The conversion of a twin-track railway line to single-track.
dedovshchina noun /dɪdəvˈʃːinə/: Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in...
dedramatise verb: Alternative form of dedramatize
dedramatization noun: The process of dedramatizing.
dedramatize verb: To make less dramatic.
dedrift verb: To remove drift from experimental data
dedrifting noun, verb: The removal of drift from experimental data
deduce verb /dɪˈdʒuːs/: To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
deduced amino acid sequence noun: a sequence of amino acids predicted from a sequence of nucleotides using information about codons used in a particular organism
deducement noun: Inference; deduction; something that is deduced.
deducer noun: One who, or that which, deduces.
deducibility noun /dɪˌdjuːsɪˈbɪlɪti/: The condition of being deducible
deducible adjective [dɪˈdjuːsɪbəɫ]: Capable of being deduced.
deducibleness noun: The quality of being deducible.
deducibly adverb /dɪˈdjuːsɪbli/: In a way that can be deduced.
deduct verb /dɪˈdʌkt/: To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
deductability noun: Alternative form of deductibility.
deductable adjective [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ]: Alternative spelling of deductible.
deductee noun: One from whom tax is deducted.
deductibility noun /dɪˌdʌktəˈbɪlɪti/: The ability to be deducted, such as from one's taxes
deductible adjective, noun [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ]: Eligible to be deducted.
deduction noun /dɪˈdʌkʃən/: That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
deduction theorem noun: A procedure for "discharging" assumptions from an inference, causing them to become antecedents of the conclusion; or vice versa. Symbolically, the...
deductive adjective /dɪˈdʌktɪv/: Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
deductive closure noun: The set of all the statements that can be deduced from a given set of statements.
deductive inference noun: inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises
deductive reasoning noun: Inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true.
deductively adverb /dɪˈdʌktɪvli/: In a deductive manner; by using deduction.
deductiveness noun: The quality of being deductive.
deductivism noun /dɪˈdʌktɪvɪzəm/: The use of deductive reasoning.
deductivist noun /dɪˈdʌktɪvɪst/: One who subscribes to the form of reasoning called deductivism.
deductivistic adjective: Of or relating to deductivism.
deductivistically adverb: In a deductivistic manner.
deductor noun: One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.
deductory adjective: deductive; involving deduction
dedup noun: Deduplication; elimination of redundant duplicate data.
dedupe noun, verb /diːˈdjuːp/: To deduplicate.
deduper noun: A deduplicator.
deduplicate verb /diːˈdʒuːplɪkeɪt/: To eliminate redundant duplicate data.
deduplication noun /diːˌdʒuːplɪˈkeɪʃən/: The act of removing duplication or redundancy.
deduplicator noun: A process or system that deduplicates.
dedushka noun: A Russian grandfather.
dedust verb: To remove the dust from.
deduster noun: A piece of cleaning equipment used to separate dust or other fine particles from another material.
dee noun, verb /diː/: Alternative letter-case form of dee.
dee'd adjective: Pronunciation spelling of dead.
dee-dar noun: A person from Sheffield.
Deeb proper noun: A surname.
deech noun, verb: To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
deed adverb, noun, verb /diːd/: An action or act; something that is done.
deed of appointment noun: A deed executed by the trustees or beneficiaries of a trust appointing one or more new trustees.
deed of assumption noun: A deed executed by trustees under a trust-deed assuming a new trustee or settlement.
deed of retirement noun: A deed executed by the trustees of a trust under which one or more voluntarily retire from being trustees.
deed poll noun: A deed relating only to one party, distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the paper cut evenly, or "polled", rather than being indented.
deedable adjective: Able to be deeded.
deedbox noun: A box for the storage of deeds (type of legal document).
deeded adjective, verb: Transfered by deed.
deeder noun: One who establishes or executes a legal deed.
deedful adjective: Full of good deeds.
deedfully adverb: In a deedful manner.
deedholder noun: One who holds a deed.
deedholding adjective: In legal possession of a deed.
deedily adverb: Industriously; diligently.
deediness noun: Full of purposeful activity; industriousness.
deedlee ball noun: A small decorative ball made of yarn.
deedless adjective /ˈdiːdləs/: Of real property whose owners' claim is not evidence by formal record of ownership, such as a deed.
deedlessness noun: Absence of deeds.
deedly adjective: Of, befitting, or pertaining to an act or deed; actual.
deedly ball noun: Alternative form of deedlee ball.
deedwork noun /ˈdidwɝk/: A role.
deedworthy adjective: Worthy of (good) deeds.
deedy adjective: Industrious; active.
deeeath noun: Elongated form of death.
deef adjective, verb: deaf
Deeg proper noun: A district of Rajasthan, India.
Deegan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
deejay noun, verb /ˈdiːdʒeɪ/: A disc jockey.
deek noun, verb /diːk/: To look.
deekies noun, verb: A quick look.
deeksha noun: Alternative form of diksha.
deeksies noun: Alternative spelling of deekies (“a quick look”).
deeky verb /ˈdiːki/: Alternative form of deek; to look.
deel noun: A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.
deeldough noun: Pronunciation spelling of dildo
Deeley proper noun: A surname from Irish.
deely bobber noun: A novelty headband, popular in the 1980s, with two springy antenna-like protrusions topped with small pompoms or other ornaments.
deely bopper noun: Alternative form of deely bobber.
deem noun, verb /diːm/: To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
deembed verb: Synonym of unembed.
deembryonated adjective: That has had embryos removed from seeds or similar reproductive units.
deemed adjective, verb /diːmd/: An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.
deemer noun: One who deems or judges; a decider, decision maker.
deeming noun, verb /ˈdiːmɪŋ/: The act or process of judging or of forming an opinion; judgment, estimation.
deemphasis noun: Alternative spelling of de-emphasis.
deemphasise verb: Alternative spelling of de-emphasize.
deemphasize verb: Dated spelling of de-emphasize.
deemphaticize verb: To render not emphatic any more.
deempster noun: Alternative form of deemster.
deemster noun: A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom.
deen noun /diːn/: religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim
Deena proper noun: A female given name.
deendothelialization noun: The destruction of endothelial tissue
deendothelialized adjective: From which endothelial tissue has been removed
Deene proper noun: A village and civil parish (served by Deene and Deenethorpe Parish Council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East...
deener noun /ˈdiːnə/: A shilling.
deenergise verb: Alternative form of de-energize.
deenergization noun: Alternative form of de-energization.
deenergize verb: Alternative form of de-energize.
deeny dawny adjective: Tiny.
deep adjective, adverb, noun, verb /diːp/: Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
deep abscess noun /dip ˈæbˌsɛs/: An abscess originating below the deep fascia.
deep adaptation noun: A concept, agenda, and international social movement to confront societal collapse caused by climate change.
deep and meaningful noun: A heart-to-heart discussion. .
deep auricular artery noun: A branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the ear canal.
deep background noun: The status of information acquired from a source that may be used, but without either naming or directly quoting the source.
deep blue adjective, noun: An intense, relatively dark blue.
deep blue sea noun: The sea, the ocean, the open sea.
deep brain stimulation noun: A neurosurgical procedure involving the implantation of a medical device called a neurostimulator which sends electrical impulses, through implanted...
deep breathing noun: A form of breathing where the expansion of the lungs results from using the diaphragm rather than using the muscles of the upper chest.
deep-browed adjective: Of great intellectual power.
deep cervical artery noun: An artery of the neck.
deep clean noun, verb: Any thorough cleansing, especially one conducted in order to disinfect a place that has or may have been contaminated with a disease vector such as a virus,...
deep cleaner noun: A person or a substance that deep cleans.
deep cleaning noun, verb: Synonym of deep clean.
deep color noun: Graphics with 30 or more bits of storage per pixel, allowing for billions of distinct colors.
deep colour noun: Alternative form of deep color.
deep copy noun, verb: A copy of a data structure duplicating not only the structure itself, but all structures to which it is linked.
deep cover noun: A fielding position on the off side, about 30° forward of square and near the boundary; a fielder in that position.
deep cut noun /ˈdip(ˈ)kʌt/: An obscure song by a well known musician.
deep discharge noun: The draining of most of the usable capacity of a battery before recharging, sometimes leading to permanent damage.
deep dish adjective, noun: Of a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides.
deep dish pizza noun: Synonym of Chicago-style pizza (“a pizza casserole on a bread base”).
deep dive noun, verb: To engage in deep diving.
deep diver noun: A person who engages in deep diving.
deep diving noun, verb: Underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community.
deep down adverb: Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; as part of an honest appraisal.
deep draft noun: Synonym of draft (“depth of water needed to float a vessel”).
deep draught noun: Alternative spelling of deep draft
deep-draw verb: To form relatively deep objects in sheet metal using a die
deep drawing adjective, noun, verb: A sheet metal forming process in which a sheet metal blank is radially drawn into a forming die by the mechanical action of a punch.
deep-dye verb: To dye thoroughly; to put through thorough dying.
deep-dyed adjective, verb: thorough; utter; dyed-in-the-wool
deep dyspareunia noun: Pain experienced on deep penetration during sexual intercourse.
deep ecologist noun: A proponent of deep ecology.
deep ecology noun: An ecological and environmental philosophy that advocates the inherent worth of living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs.
deep embedding noun: The act of representing one language, typically a logic or programming language, with another by modeling expressions in the former as data in the latter.
deep end noun: The part of a swimming pool with relatively deep water.
deep-fat-fried adjective: Deep-fried.
deep fat fry verb: Alternative form of deep-fat-fry.
deep-fat fryer noun: A heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot fat or oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan.
deep-felt adjective: Alternative form of deepfelt.
deep femoral artery noun: A large branch of the femoral artery.
deep focus noun: The technique of using a large depth of field, so that the foreground, middle ground and background are all in focus.
deep freeze noun, verb: Alternative form of deep freeze.
deep freezer noun: Synonym of chest freezer.
deep fried adjective, verb: Of food, cooked in a deep fryer, typically after being coated in batter.
deep frier noun: Alternative form of deep fryer.
deep-frozen adjective, verb: frozen in a deep freeze
deep fry noun, verb /ˌdiːpˈfɹaɪ/: To cook (food) by deep-frying.
deep fryer noun: A heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan.
deep frying noun, verb: A method of cooking by immersion in hot oil.
deep funk noun: A subgenre of funk music with a hard sound and emphasis on groove, improvisation, and musicianship over traditional songwriting.
deep geological repository noun: A concept that involves the placement of long-lived radioactive waste, often spent nuclear fuel, in rooms excavated deep within stable, low-permeability...
deep-grounded adjective: Profound.
deep history noun: The distant past of the human species, going further back than prehistory and considering the evolution of modern human anatomy.
deep house noun: A style of house music, typically with complex melodies and soulful vocals.
deep inelastic collision noun: A high-energy nuclear reaction in which two nuclei overlap and exchange energy and nucleons.
deep inside adverb: at heart, deep down
deep-laid adjective: secret and carefully planned.

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.