English words: definitive to degeneralize

300 English words, part 25 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 50 have a page of their own.

English words definitive to degeneralize

definitive adjective, noun /dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/: Explicitly defined.
definitive agreement noun: A document defining the final terms of an agreement between buyer and seller, typically of a company's assets or stock.
definitive description noun: A phrase that designates an object by providing a description that is satisfied by exactly one object.
definitive host noun: The host in which a parasite reproduces sexually.
definitive treatment noun: The most suitable treatment for a specific medical condition.
definitively adverb /dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvli/: In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.
definitiveness noun /dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvnəs/: The state or quality of being definitive.
definitization noun: The process of definitizing.
definitize verb: To make (a contract, plan, or the like) definite.
definitor noun: A person who defines.
definitorily adverb: In a definitory manner.
definitory adjective: Serving to define; acting as a definition.
definitude noun /dɪˈfɪnɪt(j)uːd/: definiteness
definned adjective /diːˈfɪnd/: Having had the fins removed.
defish verb: To process an image taken with a fisheye lens so as to remove the distortion.
defix verb: To fix, fasten, or establish.
deflagatory adjective: Of or pertaining to rapidly burnable materials, or to a process of rapid combustion.
deflagellate verb: To remove flagella (from)
deflagellated adjective: Having had the flagella removed.
deflagellation noun: The removal of flagella
deflagrability noun: The quality of being deflagrable.
deflagrable adjective: Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion; slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, like salt.
deflagrant adjective /ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/: That burns with intense light and heat.
deflagrate verb /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/: To burn with intense light and heat.
deflagrating spoon noun: A long-handled spoon with a cover, lowered into a glass vessel filled with a gas to demonstrate deflagration.
deflagration noun /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/: The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
deflagrative adjective: That causes (or is accompanied by) deflagration
deflagrator noun /ˈdɛfləˌɡɹeɪtə(ɹ)/: Something which deflagrates.
deflatable adjective: Able to be deflated
deflate verb /diːˈfleɪt/: To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
deflated adjective, verb /dɪˈfleɪtɪd/: Empty of all the air or gas that was or could be inside.
deflatedly adverb /diːˈfleɪtədli/: In a deflated way.
deflatedness noun: The quality or state of being deflated.
Deflategate proper noun: A 2015 controversy around allegations of underinflated footballs in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs.
deflater noun: Alternative form of deflator.
deflatingly adverb: So as to deflate.
deflation noun /dɪˈfleɪʃən/: An act or instance of deflating.
deflational adjective: Relating to deflation
deflationarily adverb: In a deflationary manner.
deflationary adjective /dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/: Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deflationism noun /dɪˈfleɪʃənɪzəm/: A theory proposing that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
deflationist noun /dɪˈfleɪʃənɪst/: A supporter of deflationism.
deflative adjective: Tending to deflate.
deflator noun /dɪˈfleɪtə(ɹ)/: That which deflates.
deflatulent adjective, noun: Synonym of antiflatulent, preventing flatulence.
deflavinated adjective: From which the flavin component has been removed
deflavination noun: The removal of flavin moieties, especially from a flavoprotein
deflavorize verb: To remove the flavor from.
deflavorizing machine noun: An imaginary device which removes the flavor from something, particularly food.
deflazacort noun: A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
deflea verb /diːˈfliː/: To rid of fleas.
deflect verb /dɪˈflɛkt/: To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
deflectability noun: The quality of being deflectable; able to be deflected.
deflectable adjective [dɪˈflɛktəbəɫ]: Capable of being deflected.
deflectably adverb: Such that it can be deflected or diverted.
deflected adjective, verb: Bent abruptly downward.
deflectibility noun: Quality of being deflectible; ability to be reflected.
deflectible adjective: Alternative form of deflectable.
deflectin noun: One of a family of antibiotic chemicals produced by Aspergillus deflectus which contain a 6H-furo[2,3-h]-2-benzopyran-6,8(6aH)-dione core.
deflection noun /dɪˈflɛkʃən/: The act of deflecting or something deflected.
deflection change noun: A change in azimuth setting applying to all guns in a battery when the target moves, or when a shift is made from one target to another. A deflection change...
deflection difference noun: The amount that a piece in a battery is traversed toward or away from a given piece (usually the base piece) to vary the width of the sheaf.
deflectional adjective: Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflective adjective /dɪˈflɛktɪv/: Causing or relating to deflection.
deflectometer noun: An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
deflectometric adjective: Relating to deflectometry.
deflectometry noun: The measurement of deflection under applied loads.
deflector noun /dɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/: Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
defleece verb: To remove the fleece from.
deflesh verb: To remove the flesh from someone or something.
defleshing noun, verb: The act of removing the flesh.
deflex adjective, verb: To bend down.
deflexed adjective: Bent downward, as branches, leaves, or hairs.
deflexedly adverb: In a deflexed manner.
deflexibilization noun: The act or process of making something less flexible.
deflexibilize verb: To make less flexible.
deflexion noun: Dated spelling of deflection.
deflexional adjective: Dated spelling of deflectional.
deflexure noun: A bending or turning aside; deflection.
defloat verb: To cause (a visual element such as a tool palette) no longer to float over the rest of the application.
deflocculant noun: A deflocculating agent.
deflocculate verb /dɪˈflɒkjəleɪt/: To disperse an agglomerate into fine particles and form a colloid
deflocculation noun /dɪˌflɒkjəˈleɪʃən/: The dispersion of an aggregate to form a stable colloid; the reverse of coagulation or flocculation.
deflocculator noun: A deflocculating agent.
deflock verb /ˌdiˈflɑk/: To dismantle, destroy, or to otherwise render inoperable a security camera; especially a license plate reader, those placed in public areas, or produced by...
deflocker noun: Someone who takes part in or supports deflocking (vandalism or destruction of surveillance cameras produced by Flock Safety).
deflorate adjective, verb /diːˈflɔɹət/: Past the flowering state.
defloration noun: the act of deflowering
deflorescence noun: disappearance of an eruption of the skin
deflower verb /diˈflaʊ.ɚ/: To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
deflowerer noun /dɪˈflaʊəɹə(ɹ)/: One who deflowers.
deflowering noun, verb /dɪˈflaʊ(w)əɹɪŋ(ɡ)/: The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
deflowerment noun /dɪˈflaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)mənt/: The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
deflox verb: To remove a DNA sequence from between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"
defluent adjective: Running downward; decurrent.
defluff verb: To remove the fluff from.
defluidization noun: The process of removing the fluidization from a fluidized bed.
defluidize verb: To remove the fluidization from a fluidized bed.
defluoridated adjective: From which the fluoride has been removed
defluoridation noun: The removal of fluoride, especially from a water supply
defluorinate verb: to remove or reduce fluorine or fluoride
defluorinated adjective, verb /diːˈflɔːɹɪneɪtəd/: From which fluorine (or fluoride) has been removed
defluorination noun: The process of defluorinating.
defluorinative adjective: That leads to defluorination
defluous adjective /ˈdɛfluːəs/: Flowing down; falling off.
deflux noun: downward flow
defluxion noun: A flowing down; a running down.
defn noun: Abbreviation of definition.
defo adjective, adverb, noun: defamation
defoam verb: To remove the foam from.
defoamer noun: Any chemical agent used for defoaming; an antifoaming agent.
defocus noun, verb /diːˈfəʊkəs/: To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
defocused adjective, verb /diːˈfəʊkəst/: Produced by defocusing
Defoe proper noun: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
defog verb /diːˈfɒɡ/: To remove the moisture or fog from.
defogger noun /diːˈfɒɡə(ɹ)/: Something or someone that defogs.
defoil verb: To defile or despoil.
defoliant noun /diːˈfəʊlɪənt/: An agent used to defoliate plants.
defoliate adjective, verb /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪt/: To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
defoliation noun /diːˌfəʊliːˈ(j)eɪʃən/: The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
defoliator noun /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪtə(ɹ)/: Something or someone that defoliates.
defolliculate verb: To remove the follicles (from)
defolliculated adjective /diːˈfɒlɪkjəleɪtəd/: From which the follicles have been removed.
defolliculation noun: The action of defolliculating
deforce verb: To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken...
deforcement noun: A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
deforceor noun: A deforciant.
deforcer noun: A deforciant.
deforciant noun: One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
Defore proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
deforest verb /dɪˈfɒɹɪst/: To clear (an area) of forest.
deforestation noun /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/: The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
deforested adjective, verb /dɪˈfɒɹɪstəd/: Of or pertaining to deforestation.
deforester noun: One who clears an area of forest.
deforestment noun: Alternative form of deforestation.
deform adjective, verb /dɪˈfɔːm/: Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
deformability noun /dɪˌfɔːməˈbɪlɪti/: The state of being deformable
deformable adjective [dɪˈfɔːməbəɫ]: Capable of being reshaped.
deformably adverb: In such a way as to be able to be deformed
deformalisation noun: The process of deformalising something.
deformalise verb: Alternative spelling of deformalize.
deformalization noun: The process or the result of deformalizing.
deformalize verb /dɪˈfɔːməlaɪz/: To make informal.
deformat verb: To remove the formatting from.
deformation noun /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/: Physically so.
deformation energy noun: The energy that must be supplied to an initially spherical atomic nucleus to give it a sufficient deformation to undergo nuclear fission according to the...
deformation retract noun, verb: A subspace such that there is a retraction onto it of the ambient space homotopic to the identity function on the ambient space.
deformational adjective: Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
deformationally adverb: In terms of, or by means of, deformation.
deformative adjective: Of or relating to deformation.
deformatter noun: Something that deformats; a remover of formatting.
deformed adjective, verb /dɪˈfɔːmd/: Unusual of shape; misshapen.
deformed wing virus noun: An RNA virus affecting the honey bee, causing shrunken and deformed wings in the pupa.
deformedly adverb: In a deformed manner.
deformedness noun /dɪˈfɔːmdnəs/: The quality or state of being deformed.
deformer noun /dɪˈfɔːmə(ɹ)/: One who, or that which, deforms.
deformeter noun: An instrument for measuring deformations in a structure.
deformingly adverb: So as to deform.
deformity noun /dɪˈfɔːmɪti/: The state of being deformed.
deformulate verb: To separate and identify individual components of a formulated chemical substance.
deformylase noun /dɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪleɪz/: An enzyme that removes the formyl group from some amino acids (especially from methionine).
deformylated adjective: Modified by deformylation
deformylation noun: Any reaction involving the removal of a formyl group
deforolimus noun: ridaforolimus
defoul verb [dɪˈfaʊɫ]: To trample underfoot.
defrag verb /diːˈfɹæɡ/: Clipping of defragment.
defragger noun /diːˈfɹæɡə(ɹ)/: A defragmenter.
defragment verb /diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/: To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding...
defragmentation noun /diːˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪʃən/: The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
defragmenter noun /diːfɹæɡˈmɛntə(ɹ)/: That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
DeFrank proper noun: A surname from Italian.
defraud verb /dɪˈfɹɔːd/: To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
defraudable adjective: Susceptible to being defrauded.
defraudation noun: The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defraudee noun: A person or entity that has been defrauded.
defrauder noun /dɪˈfɹɔːdə(ɹ)/: One who defrauds.
defrauding noun, verb: The act of committing fraud.
defraudment noun: Privation by fraud; defrauding
defray verb /dɪˈfɹeɪ/: To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
defrayable adjective: Capable of being defrayed.
defrayal noun /dɪˈfɹeɪəl/: The act of defraying.
defrayer noun: One who defrays; one who pays off expenses.
defrayment noun: The payment of charges, expenses, grants, etc.
defreak verb: To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
defreeze verb: To defrost, to unfreeze.
defriend verb: To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
defringe verb: To remove unwanted surrounding portions or speckles of colour from (an image).
defrizz verb /diːˈfɹɪz/: To remove the frizz from (hair).
defrock verb /diːˈfɹɒk/: To divest of a frock.
defrocking noun, verb: The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
defrog verb: To rid of frogs.
defrost noun, verb /diːˈfɹɒst/: To remove frost from.
defrostable adjective /diːˈfɹɒstəbəɫ/: That can be defrosted.
defrostee noun: One who has been revived after being in cryonic suspension.
defroster noun /diːˈfɹɒstə(ɹ)/: A device for removing frost or ice from a surface or food by applying heat.
defrosting noun, verb: The process by which something is defrosted.
defructosylate verb: To remove a fructosyl group (from)
defructosylated adjective, verb: From which a fructosyl group has been removed
defrutum noun: A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to half of the original volume.
defs adverb, noun: Definitely.
deft adjective /dɛft/: Quick and neat in action; skillful.
deft-handed adjective: Manually skillful, smooth and quick.
deft-handedly adverb: With skill and dexterity.
deft-handedness noun: Skill or aptitude for manual tasks.
defter adjective, noun: A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.
defterdar noun: An official in charge of the finances of the Ottoman Empire.
defthanded adjective: Alternative form of deft-handed.
defthandedly adverb: Alternative form of deft-handedly.
defthandedness noun: Alternative form of deft-handedness.
deftly adverb /ˈdɛftli/: In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.
deftness noun /ˈdɛftnəs/: Skilfulness, being quick in action.
defucosylate verb: To remove a fucosyl group
defucosylated adjective: Having undergone defucosylation.
defucosylation noun: Any reaction that removes a fucosyl group
defuel verb: To remove the fuel from.
defugalty noun: an inconsistency, especially with regard to forms of communication (i.e. text documents, radio or video transmissions).
defunct adjective, noun, verb /dɪˈfʌŋkt/: No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
defunction noun /dəˈfʌŋkʃən/: Death.
defunctionalization noun: A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.
defunctionalize verb: To subject to defunctionalization.
defunctioning adjective /diːˈfʌŋkʃənɪŋ/: Involving a diversion from part of the body that would usually perform a certain function.
defunctive adjective: funereal or deathly
defunctness noun: The state or quality of being defunct.
defund verb /diːˈfʌnd/: To cancel funding for.
defunder noun: One who defunds something.
defunding noun, verb: An instance of something being defunded; withdrawal of funds.
defunkify verb: To mask or remove the odor from; to deodorize.
defur verb: To remove the fur from.
defurfuration noun: The shedding of the epidermis in the form of fine scales.
defusable adjective: Capable of being defused.
defusal noun /diːˈfjuːzəl/: The act or process of making safe an explosive device (for example, a bomb, mine, or improvised explosive device), as by removing, disabling, or...
defuse verb /diːˈfjuːz/: To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
defuser noun /diːˈfjuːzə(ɹ)/: One who, or that which, defuses.
defusion noun /diːˈfjuːʒən/: The act of defusing.
defusive adjective /dɪˈfjuːsɪv/: That defuses.
defuze verb: Uncommon spelling of defuse.
defuzz verb: To remove fuzz or fuzziness from.
defuzzied adjective: From which any fuzzy attribute has been removed
defuzzification noun /diːˌfʌzɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: A process, in fuzzy logic, of producing a useful result from fuzzy data.
defuzzifier noun: A mapping that achieves defuzzification
defuzzify verb: To subject to defuzzification.
defy noun, verb /dɪˈfaɪ/: To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).
defying adjective, verb: defiant
defyingly adverb /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ɪŋ(ɡ)li/: With defiance.
deg noun, verb /dɛɡ/: Abbreviation of degree or degrees.
Deg Hit'an noun: Alternative spelling of Deg Xit'an.
Deg Xit'an noun: An Athabaskan people of Alaska that speak the Deg Xinag language.
degafiate noun, verb /diːˈɡæfiˌɪt/: A science fiction fan who has returned to active fandom after a period of inactivity.
dégagé adjective /ˌdeɪɡɑːˈʒeɪ/: unconstrained; easy; free
degalactosylated adjective: From which the galactosyl groups have been removed
degalactosylation noun: The removal of a galactosyl group
degalactotigonin noun: A steroidal glycoside isolated from Solanum nigrum.
degame noun: Synonym of lemonwood (“Calycophyllum candidissimum”).
degami noun: Synonym of lemonwood (“Calycophyllum candidissimum”).
degan noun: Alternative spelling of degen.
deganglionated adjective: Having had a ganglion or ganglia removed.
Deganwy proper noun: A small coastal town in Conwy community, Conwy borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7779).
Degar noun: A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam; Montagnard; highlander.
degarelix noun: A hormonal therapy used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
degarnish verb /dɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/: To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
degarnishment noun: The act of depriving or stripping, as of furniture, equipment, supplies or of a garrison.
degas verb: To remove the gas from.
degasification noun /diːˌɡæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The removal of gas from something, especially from a liquid.
degasifier noun: A machine for degasifying.
degasify verb: To remove gas from.
degassed adjective, verb: From which the gas has been removed
degasser noun: A device used to degas something.
degassing noun, verb: The process of removing gas.
degate verb: To remove excess material after casting a mold.
degauss noun, verb /diːˈɡaʊs/: To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
degausser noun: A device that performs degaussing.
degaussing noun, verb: The process of something being degaussed.
degazettal noun: The process or the result of being degazetted.
degazette verb: To remove an official status from something, by publishing the fact in an official gazette.
degazettement noun: The process of degazetting.
degchi noun: A South Asian type of cooking pot used to store biryani to keep it warm.
degchie noun: Alternative form of degchi.
degd adjective: Abbreviation of degraded (“deterioration”)
degear verb: To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
degearing noun, verb: The process of selling off assets in order to reduce debt.
degeiko noun: A practice session between rikishi of competing heya.
degel verb: To convert from a gel to a liquid.
degelatinisation noun: The removal of gelatin (from)
degelatinise verb: To remove gelatin (from)
degelatinised adjective, verb: From which the gelatin has been removed
degelatinized adjective: From which the gelatine has been removed
degelation noun: The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
degelification noun: The conversion of a gel into a free-flowing liquid.
degelify verb: To convert a gel into a free-flowing liquid.
degeminate verb: to lose gemination
degemination noun: The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
degen adjective, noun /ˈdeɪɡən/: Sword.
degender verb: To degenerate.
degenderisation noun: Alternative spelling of degenderization.
degenderise verb: Alternative form of degenderize.
degenderization noun: The removal of gender from something.
degenderize verb: To remove gender from.
degeneracy noun /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəsi/: The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
degeneralization noun: The process of degeneralizing.
degeneralize verb: To make less general and more specific.

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.