English words: degenerate to dehumanizingly

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English words degenerate to dehumanizingly

degenerate adjective, noun, verb /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/: Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
degenerate conic noun: A conic section that is reducible as the union of two lines.
degenerate matrix noun: Synonym of singular matrix.
degenerate matter noun: matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.
degenerately adverb: In a degenerate manner
degenerateness noun: The state or quality of being degenerate.
degeneration noun /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/: The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
degenerational adjective: Relating to degeneration
degenerationism noun: A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.
degenerationist noun: One who believes in the theory of degenerationism.
degenerative adjective /dɪˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹətɪv/: Characterized by or causing degeneration.
degenerative disc disease noun: A medical condition typically associated with normal aging, and characterized by anatomic changes and possibly a loss of function of one or more...
degenerative feedback noun: Synonym of negative feedback
degenerative joint disease noun: Synonym of osteoarthritis.
degeneratively adverb: In a degenerative manner.
DeGeneres proper noun /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹəs/: A surname from French.
degenerescence noun: degeneration
degeneriaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Degeneriaceae.
degenerin noun: A mechanosensory protein that forms an epithelial sodium channel
degenerous adjective /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹəs/: Degenerate; base.
degenerously adverb: degenerately; immorally or vulgarly
Degenhart proper noun: A surname from German.
degenitalization noun: The process of degenitalizing.
degenitalize verb: To deprive of its genitalic nature; to deemphasize the genitals of.
degentrification noun: The reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.
degerm verb /diːˈdʒɜːm/: To remove the germ from (a cereal grain etc.).
degermation noun: Reducing the number of microbes.
degermed adjective, verb /diːˈdʒɜːmd/: From which the germ has been removed
degerminator noun: A device that separates the germ from the husk of a cereal grain.
deghan noun: A small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.
deghettoization noun: The act or process of deghettoizing.
deghettoize verb: To remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream.
deghost verb: To remove a ghost image from.
deglacial adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from deglaciation
deglaciate verb: To become uncovered as a result of the melting of a former glacier
deglaciation noun /diɡleɪʃiˈeɪʃən/: The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
deglamorise verb: Alternative form of deglamorize.
deglamorization noun /diːˌɡlæməɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The process of deglamorizing.
deglamorize verb /diːˈɡlæməɹaɪz/: To make less glamorous
deglamourize verb: Alternative spelling of deglamorize
deglaze verb /diːˈɡleɪz/: To remove glaze from.
deglazer noun: One who or that which deglazes.
deglazing noun, verb: A piece of deglazed food from a pan.
deglobalisation noun: Alternative spelling of deglobalization.
deglobalise verb: Alternative spelling of deglobalize.
deglobalization noun /diːˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The process of diminishing interdependence and integration between the economies of nations.
deglobalize verb /diːˈɡləʊbəlaɪz/: To make independent according to deglobalization.
deglomeration noun /diːˌɡlɒməˈɹeɪʃən/: The act or process of breaking up a mass into fine particles.
degloried adjective: Devoid of glory; dishonoured.
deglorification noun /diːˌɡlɔːɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The process of deglorifying; making something less glorious.
deglorify verb: To remove glory from; to cause something to be less glorious; to dishonour.
degloss verb: To remove the glossy finish from.
deglosser noun: A substance used to remove a glossy finish.
deglottalisation noun: Alternative form of deglottalization.
deglottalise verb: Alternative form of deglottalize.
deglottalization noun /diːˌɡlɒtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The act, process or result of deglottalizing.
deglottalize verb /diːˈɡlɒtəlaɪz/: To change the pronunciation of, so that it is no longer glottal.
deglove verb /diːˈɡlʌv/: To peel back the skin from part of the body as if removing a glove, especially as the result of an accident.
degloving noun, verb /diːˈɡlʌvɪŋ/: An instance of skin being degloved.
deglucocoroloside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
deglucohellebrin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
deglucohyrcanoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
deglucosyl adjective [diːˈɡluːkəsɪɫ]: Used to form the names of compounds formed from others by the loss of a glucosyl moiety
deglucosylated adjective: From which one or more glucosyl groups have been removed
deglucosylation noun: deglycosylation in which the sugar is glucose
deglucuronidase noun: Synonym of glucuronidase.
deglucuronidated adjective: That is not glucuronidated
deglucuronidation noun: The removal of glucuronic acid derivatives from a molecule
degludec noun: Ellipsis of insulin degludec.
deglut verb: To be swallowed
deglutamination noun: The removal of a glutamine residue from a molecule
deglutamylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses a deglutamylation
deglutamylate verb: To carry out deglutamylation
deglutamylation noun: The removal of glutamyl groups
deglutarylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glutaryl groups
deglutarylating adjective: That removes glutaryl groups
deglutarylation noun: The removal of glutaryl groups
deglutathionylase noun: An enzyme that catalyses a deglutathionylation reaction
deglutathionylate verb: To remove a glutathione group (from a protein)
deglutathionylating adjective: That is involved in deglutathionylation
deglutathionylation noun: The removal of a glutathione moiety from a protein (typically by severing a disulfide linkage).
deglutible adjective: Capable of being swallowed.
deglutinate verb /diːˈɡluːtɪneɪt/: To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue.
deglutination noun /diːˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən/: The act of ungluing.
deglutinisation noun: Alternative form of deglutinization.
deglutinization noun: removal of gluten
deglutinize verb: To remove gluten
deglutition noun /ˌdiːɡluːˈtɪʃ(ə)n/: The act or process of swallowing.
deglutitious adjective /diːˌɡluːˈtɪʃəs/: Pertaining to deglutition (swallowing).
deglutitive adjective: Relating to the action or process of swallowing.
deglutitory adjective /diːˌɡluːˈtɪʃəɹi/: Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition (swallowing).
deglycase noun: Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glycated protein
deglycation noun: The removal of a sugar moiety from a glycoprotein
deglycopeptide noun: A deglycosylated peptide
deglycosidase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycoside linkages
deglycosylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups
deglycosylate verb: To cause, or to undergo deglycosylation.
deglycosylated adjective: Describing a glycoside (but especially a glycoprotein) from which the sugar entity has been removed
deglycosylating adjective, verb: That causes deglycosylation
deglycosylation noun: The removal of the sugar entity from a glycogen (but especially from a glycoprotein)
deglycoylated adjective: deglycosylated
deglycylase noun: An enzyme that removes terminal glycine residues from a protein
deglycylate verb: To remove terminal glycine residues from a protein
deglycyrrhizinate verb: To remove the glycyrrhizinate from licorice.
deglycyrrhizinated adjective: Glycyrrhizin having been removed.
deglycyrrhizinated licorice noun: A herbal supplement made from licorice from which glycyrrhizin has been removed, considered safer for consumption due to the side effects of glycyrrhizin.
deglycyrrhizinated liquorice noun: Alternative spelling of deglycyrrhizinated licorice.
degmacyte noun: An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin...
Dego proper noun /ˈdeɪ.ɡoʊ/: San Diego.
degod verb: To ungod, to divest of a god.
degomble verb: To remove accreted snow before entering a building.
degor noun: Alternative form of digor (“Bhutanese sport”).
degorge verb: To draw out moisture from (vegetables) prior to cooking, by sprinkling salt or soaking in salty water.
Degos disease noun: A rare condition in which blockage of the arteries and veins leads to the formation of papules and sometimes other complications.
degradability noun /dɪˌɡɹeɪdəˈbɪlɪti/: The condition of being degradable.
degradable adjective, noun [dɪˈɡɹeɪdəbəɫ]: Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
degradant noun: The product of the process of degradation.
degradasome noun: Alternative form of degradosome.
degradate verb: To cause or to undergo degradation; to degrade.
degradation noun /ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/: The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
degradational adjective /ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃənəɫ/: Pertaining to or formed by degradation.
degradative adjective: Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.
degradatory adjective /dəˈɡɹædəˌtɔɹi/: That causes degradation
degrade verb /dɪˈɡɹeɪd/: To lower in value or social position.
degrade gracefully verb: Of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available.
degraded adjective, verb /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪd/: Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
degradedly adverb: In a degraded manner.
degradedness noun: The quality of being degraded.
degradee noun /ˌdɪɡ.ɹeɪˈdi/: One who, or that which is degraded.
degradement noun: Degradation.
degrader noun /dɪˈɡɹeɪdə(ɹ)/: One who, or that which, degrades.
degrading adjective, noun, verb /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/: Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.
degradingly adverb: In a degrading manner.
degradingness noun: The state or quality of being degrading.
degradome noun: All the compounds produced in the degradation of a material (especially of a protease)
degradomic adjective: Relating to degradomes or to degradomics
degradomics noun: the study of all the compounds produced in the degradation of a material (especially of a protease)
degradosome noun: A multi-protein complex, present in most bacteria, that is involved in the degradation of mRNA
degrammaticalisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of degrammaticalization.
degrammaticalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of degrammaticalize.
degrammaticalization noun: The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
degrammaticalize verb: To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
degrammaticize verb: Synonym of degrammaticalize.
degrammatize verb: Synonym of degrammaticalize.
degranulate verb /diːˈɡɹænjəleɪt/: To lose granules by the process of degranulation.
degranulation noun /diːˌɡɹænjəˈleɪʃən/: The release by certain cells (for example mast cells) of substances (for example histamine) from or as secretory granules.
degranulator noun: Anything that carries out degranulation
degranulatory adjective: Relating to, or causing degranulation.
degras noun: A semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly used as a...
degrate verb: To remove the property of a grating from
degrative adjective: Causing a cell or organism to degrade.
degravitate verb: To remove (the effects of) gravity (from)
degravitating adjective: That causes degravitation
degravitation noun: The removal of the effects of gravity from a system, or mathematical construct.
degravitator noun: A device that counteracts the effects of gravity.
Degray proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
degreasant noun: Synonym of degreaser.
degrease verb: To remove grease from something.
degreaser noun: An industrial solvent, often containing polyhalogenated hydrocarbons, used to remove grease from mechanical parts.
degreasing noun, verb: The removal of grease from something
degredation noun: A lowering of a surface by erosion or weathering.
degree noun /dɪˈɡɹiː/: A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education.
degree absolute noun: Synonym of kelvin.
degree apprenticeship noun: An educational course, equivalent to a master's degree or bachelor's degree, that includes paid full-time work as well as study.
degree Celsius noun: A metric unit of temperature, a derived unit of the International System of Units.
degree centigrade noun: Synonym of degree Celsius.
degree day noun: A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature.
degree Fahrenheit noun: A degree on the Fahrenheit scale for measuring temperature.
degree of comparison noun: A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms.
degree of freedom noun: Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system.
degree of frost noun: A temperature interval of one degree below the freezing point of water.
degree of glory noun: One of the three eternal dwelling places for all resurrected beings except for the children of perdition; the celestial kingdom being the highest, the...
degree of ionization noun: the ratio of the number of ions of a solute to the total number of molecules of that solute in a solution
degree of polymerization noun: The number of monomeric units in a macromolecule or polymer or oligomer molecule.
degree place noun: An available place or slot for earning a degree at an institution such as a university or college.
degree Rankine noun: A unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 5/9 kelvin, and derived by offsetting the Fahrenheit scale to absolute zero.
degree sequence noun: A monotonic nonincreasing sequence of the vertex degrees of the vertices of a graph
degreed adjective: Having an academic degree.
degreeless adjective: Without an academic degree.
degreelessness noun: The property or state of lacking a degree bestowed by a university.
degreen verb: To remove the green pigment (chlorophyll) from the skins of mature fruit, typically by treatment with ethylene.
degreenify verb: To cause something to no longer be green.
degreening noun, verb: The removal of the green pigment (chlorophyll) from the skins of mature fruit, typically by treatment with ethylene.
degression noun /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/: Descent, the act of descending.
degressive adjective: Tending to decrease.
degressively adverb: In a degressive manner.
degrime verb: To remove the grime or caked dirt from.
degringolade noun /deɪˌɡɹæŋ.ɡoʊˈlɑːd/: A rapid decline or deterioration; a tumble.
degrit verb: To remove grit from.
degritter noun: A device that degrits.
degron noun: A specific sequence of amino acids in a protein that directs the starting place of degradation.
DeGroot proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
degroup verb /diːˈɡɹuːp/: To remove from a group; to separate.
degrow verb: To become smaller; to shrink.
degrowth noun: A negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
degrowther noun: A proponent of the degrowth movement.
degu noun: Any species of the genus Octodon, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.
deguelin noun: A rotenone derivative and naturally-occurring insecticide.
dégueulasse adjective: Disgusting.
degum verb /diːˈɡʌm/: To remove gum from.
degummer noun: A gum-removing agent.
degumming noun: The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
degun verb: To remove the gun(s) from (e.g. a ship or armoured vehicle).
degung noun: A form of Sundanese gamelan music using a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale.
degunk verb /diːˈɡʌŋk/: To remove gunk from.
degunker noun: Something that removes gunk.
degunkification noun: The process of degunkifying.
degunkify verb: To remove a blockage of dirt or grime from.
degust verb: To taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour
degustate verb: To taste or eat.
degustation noun: tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation
degustation menu noun: Synonym of tasting menu.
degustator noun: A taster (one who tastes something).
degustatory adjective: Synonym of gustatory
degut verb: To remove the guts from.
Deguzman proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
deh interjection: Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”).
Dehaan proper noun: A surname.
dehabilitation noun /diːhəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/: The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and their family and society as a result of long-term...
dehacker noun: A machine used in brick plants to unload kiln cars and stack brick.
dehaemoglobinise verb: Alternative form of dehemoglobinize.
dehaemoglobinize verb: Alternative form of dehemoglobinize.
dehair verb: To remove the hair from.
dehairer noun: Something or someone that removes hair.
dehalogenase noun /diːˈheɪlədʒəneɪz/: Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a halogen atom from an organic halide
dehalogenate verb: To remove the halogen from.
dehalogenation noun /diːˌheɪlədʒəˈneɪʃən/: The act or process of removing halogen (usually a pair of atoms) from a molecule; any reaction that does this.
dehalogenative adjective: Accompanied by dehalogenation
dehalorespiration noun: halorespiration (in which energy is obtained by removal of the halogen atom)
dehance verb: To worsen, to disimprove; to perform the opposite of enhancement upon.
dehancement noun: Deterioration, decline, reduction.
deharden verb: To make or become less hard (resistant to pressure).
Dehart proper noun: A surname.
dehaulm verb: To remove the haulm or stem from.
dehaunt verb: To free from ghosts.
Dehaven proper noun: A surname.
dehaze verb: To remove the haze from (an image).
dehead verb: To remove the head (from).
deheat verb /diːˈhiːt/: To cool.
dehegemonization noun: The process of dehegemonizing.
dehegemonize verb: To free from hegemony.
dehellenisation noun: The process of removal or disappearance of Greek attributes.
dehellenise verb: Remove aspects of Greekness.
dehellenization noun: American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of dehellenisation.
dehellenize verb: Remove aspects of Greekness.
dehelminthization noun: The removal of parasitic worms from the infected host.
dehelminthize verb: To remove the parasitic worms from (an infected host).
dehemoglobinize verb: To remove the hemoglobin from.
dehestan noun: An administrative division of Iran.
dehex verb: To remove a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell).
dehgan noun: Alternative form of deghan.
dehighlight verb: To remove a selection highlight from.
dehire verb: To terminate the employment of.
dehisce verb /dɪˈhɪs/: To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
dehiscence noun /dɪˈhɪsəns/: Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
dehiscent adjective /dɪˈhɪsənt/: Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
dehiscently adverb: In a dehiscent manner.
dehistoricization noun: The process or result of dehistoricizing.
dehistoricize verb: To separate or remove from history; to deprive of historical context.
dehkan noun: Alternative form of deghan.
Dehlavi noun: Hindustani; Hindi-Urdu
Dehlin proper noun: A surname.
Dehn proper noun: A surname.
Dehn surgery noun: The removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary.
dehnstufe noun /ˈdeɪnʃtuːfə/: The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
dehonestate verb: To disparage.
dehonestation noun: An act of dishonouring or disgracing.
dehook verb /diːˈhuːk/: To remove a hook or hooks from.
dehorn verb /diːˈhɔːn/: To remove the horns from.
dehorner noun: A device for cutting the horns off an animal's head.
Dehornoy order noun: A left-invariant total order on the braid group.
dehors noun, preposition: All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
dehort verb /dɪˈhɔːt/: To dissuade.
dehortatio noun: Dissuasion.
dehortation noun /diːˌhɔːˈteɪʃən/: Advice against something; dissuasion.
dehortative adjective, noun /diːˈhɔːtətɪv/: Dissuasive.
dehortatory adjective /diːˈhɔːtətɹi/: designed to dehort (dissuade); dissuasive
dehorter noun: Someone who dehorts; a dissuader.
dehospitalization noun: The discharge of a patient from hospital.
dehospitalize verb: To discharge (a patient) from hospital.
dehost verb: To cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
dehouse verb: To deprive of a house or houses.
DEHP noun: Abbreviation of diethylhexyl phthalate.
dehqan noun: Alternative form of deghan.
Dehradun proper noun: A city, the state capital of Uttarakhand, India.
dehrnite noun: Synonym of lewistonite.
dehub verb: To restructure flights or terminate operations at (an airport) in such a way that it ceases to be an airline hub.
dehubbing noun, verb: The act of dehubbing an airport.
dehull verb /diˈhʌl/: To remove the hull (covering of a seed or fruit) from.
dehuller noun: A machine that removes hulls.
dehumanisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanization.
dehumanise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
dehumaniser noun: Alternative form of dehumanizer.
dehumanising adjective, verb: Causing dehumanization.
dehumanisingly adverb: Alternative spelling of dehumanizingly.
dehumanization noun /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The act or process of dehumanizing.
dehumanize verb /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/: To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
dehumanizer noun /diːˈhjuːmənaɪzə(ɹ)/: One who, or that which, dehumanizes.
dehumanizing adjective, noun, verb: Alternative spelling of dehumanising.
dehumanizingly adverb /diːˈhjuːmənaɪzɪŋ(ɡ)li/: In a manner that dehumanizes.

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.