English words: demarchy to demisesquicentennial

300 English words, part 31 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words demarchy to demisesquicentennial

demarchy noun: Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
DeMarco proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Demarcus proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Demarest proper noun: A surname from French.
demarginalization noun: The act or process of demarginalizing.
demarginalize verb: To bring (something marginalized) back into the mainstream.
demarginate verb: To shift from the marginated pool to the circulating pool.
demargination noun: movement away from the margins (vascular walls) of a blood vessel
DeMaria proper noun: A surname from Italian or Spanish.
Demario proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Demaris proper noun: A surname.
demark verb /diːˈmɑɹk/: To demarcate.
demarkation noun: Alternative spelling of demarcation.
demarket verb: To apply marketing methods to reduce the demand for (goods or services).
demarketing noun, verb: Marketing where the goal is reducing the demand for goods or services.
demarrow verb: To remove the marrow from bone tissue
demarrowed adjective, verb: From which the marrow has been removed
demarshal verb: Synonym of unmarshal.
DeMartino proper noun: A surname from Italian.
demasculate verb: To remove the masculinity from (somebody).
demasculation noun: The subtraction of somebody’s masculinity; the process of demasculating somebody.
demasculinise verb: Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
demasculinization noun: The removal of the testicles
demasculinize verb: To remove the testicles from
demasculization noun: demasculinization
demask verb: To clear etchant and maskant from (a part being chemically etched or milled).
demasker noun: An unmasker.
demassification noun: The breaking of a mass into separate units.
demassify verb: To divide (a social or political unit) into its component parts.
demast verb: To remove the mast from (a sailing ship) for storage.
demastication noun: The wearing away of tooth substance during mastication.
demat adjective, verb: To restore (hair, fur, etc.) from a matted state.
demate verb: To move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
dematerialisation noun /diːməˌtɪəɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: the act or process of dematerializing
dematerialise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dematerialize.
dematerialization noun /diːməˌtɪəɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The act or process of dematerializing, or becoming immaterial.
dematerialize verb /ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/: To disappear by becoming immaterial.
dematerializer noun: A device that dematerializes things.
demath noun: Synonym of day's math
dematiaceous adjective: Of or relating to a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls, giving them a characteristic brown colour when grown on agar.
dematin noun: An actin microfilament bundling protein that is associated with erythrocyte membranes
dematioid adjective: Resembling the genus Dematium, having a felted layer of hyphae bearing perithecia.
dematter noun: A device for dematting an animal's fur.
dematuration noun: The reversal of the maturation of a cell.
Dember effect noun: The effect that occurs when the electron current from a cathode subjected to both illumination and a simultaneous electron bombardment is greater than the...
dembow noun /dɛmˈbəʊ/: A genre of Caribbean popular music or musical rhythm.
dembrexine noun: A particular mucolytic drug.
Dembski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
demcizumab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody which is used to treat patients with pancreatic cancer or non-small cell lung cancer.
deme noun /diːm/: A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.
demean noun, verb /dɪˈmiːn/: To debase; to lower; to degrade.
demeanance noun: demeanor
demeaned adjective, verb: Debased; degraded; lowly.
demeaner noun: One who demeans.
demeaning adjective, verb: Degrading; that degrades.
demeaningly adverb: In a demeaning manner.
demeaningness noun: The quality of being demeaning.
demeanor noun /dɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/: The social, non-verbal behaviors (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.
demeanour noun: UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Commonwealth spelling of demeanor.
demecarium noun /ˌdɛmiˈkɛəɹi.əm/: A parasympathomimetic drug.
demechanization noun: The process of demechanizing.
demechanize verb: To undo the mechanization of; to remove mechanical technology or aspects from.
demeclocycline noun /ˌdɛm.ək.loʊˈsaɪˌklin/: A broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic produced by an actinomycete Kitasatospora aureofaciens and used especially in the form of its hydrochloride...
demecolcine noun: A particular drug used in chemotherapy, closely related to colchicine.
demecycline noun: A tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline.
demedicalisation noun: Alternative form of demedicalization.
demedicalise verb: Alternative form of demedicalize.
demedicalization noun: The act or process of demedicalizing.
demedicalize verb: To make no longer medical; to stop treating as a medical issue.
demedication noun: Elimination or reduction of the use of a medication, or reduction of the level of a medication in the body.
demegestone noun: A progestogen.
demegoric adjective: Related to public speaking, especially as a style of rhetoric.
Demel proper noun: A surname from German.
demelanization noun: The removal (or reduction of the amount) of melanin in the skin
demelanize verb: To cause or to undergo demelanization.
démêlé noun: Synonym of quarrel.
Demello proper noun: A surname.
demelverine noun: An anticholinergic drug.
Demelza proper noun: A hamlet in St Wenn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9763).
demembranated adjective: From which the membrane has been removed.
demembranation noun: Removal of (or from) a membrane
dememorisation noun: Alternative form of dememorization.
dememorization noun: A process, within an algorithm, that removes any dependency upon a previous (especially an initial) value or state
demency noun: Madness; dementia.
dement adjective, noun, verb /dɪˈmɛnt/: Demented.
dementalise verb: Alternative form of dementalize.
dementalization noun: The act or process of dementalizing.
dementalize verb: To remove from a mental context.
dementate adjective, verb /dɪˈmɛnteɪt/: To dement, to make crazy.
dementation noun: The act of depriving of reason; madness.
demented adjective, verb /dɪˈmɛntɪd/: Insane; mentally ill.
dementedly adverb: In a demented manner.
dementedness noun: The quality of being demented.
dementia noun /dɪˈmɛnʃə/: A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly...
dementia café noun: Synonym of memory café.
dementia dialytica noun: A progressive, usually fatal condition that occurs in some hemodialysis patients
dementia infantilis noun: Childhood disintegrative disorder.
dementia paralytica noun: A form of encephalopathy seen in long-term dialysis patients.
dementia praecox noun: schizophrenia
dementia precox noun: Alternative form of dementia praecox.
dementia pugilistica noun: A neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers.
demential adjective: Having or relating to dementia.
dementialike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of dementia.
dementiated adjective: Afflicted with dementia.
dementing adjective: Causing dementia.
dementive adjective: Causing, characterized by, or characteristic of dementia; senile.
dementor noun /dɪˈmɛntə/: An evil and fearsome creature.
demephitize verb: To purify from mephitis; to eliminate foul odours.
demerara noun /dɛməˈɹɛəɹə/: A type of natural, unrefined or partially refined cane sugar, which is light brown in colour, particularly used in pastries and biscuits like shortbread.
Demeraran adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Demerara.
demerge verb: To separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger.
demerger noun, verb: A partial or complete reversal of a previous merger.
demerit noun, verb /dɪˈmɛɹɪt/: A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
demerit good noun: A good that brings less benefit to the consumer the more it is consumed, which may be unexpected, potentially leading to an overconsumption in the free...
demerit point noun: A point subtracted from a person's driver's license upon conviction of a driving offense, the accumulation of which may lead to additional penalties and/or...
demeritorious adjective: Causing demerit.
Demerol proper noun /ˈdɛməɹɒl/: A marketed brand of the drug pethidine.
Demers proper noun: A surname from French.
demersal adjective, noun: That lives near the bottom of a body of water.
demersally adverb: In a demersal manner
demerse verb /dɪˈmɜː(ɹ)s/: To immerse, to submerge (something).
demersed adjective, verb: Situated or growing or constantly under water.
demersion noun /diˈmɜː(ɹ)ʒən/: The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
demesmaekerite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.
demesman noun: A member of the same deme; a member of the same township in Attica in Greece of the Classical period.
demesmerisation noun: Alternative form of demesmerization.
demesmerise verb: Alternative form of demesmerize.
demesmerization noun: The process of demesmerizing; release from hypnosis.
demesmerize verb: To remove from a state of mesmerization.
demesne noun /dɪˈmeɪn/: A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept...
demesnial adjective /dɪˈmiːni.əl/: Of or pertaining, or of the native of a demesne
demesothelization noun: The breakup and removal of the mesothelium
demesothelized adjective: Modified by demesothelization
demetalation noun: Alternative form of demetallation.
demetalization noun: Alternative form of demetallization.
demetalize verb: Alternative form of demetallize.
demetallate verb: To cause, or to undergo demetallation
demetallated adjective: From which, traces of metal have been removed (by demetallation)
demetallation noun: demetallization
demetallization noun: The process of removing traces of metal from a material (or from a surface), especially from a material that has been subjected to a metal-based catalysis
demetallize verb: To remove traces of metal from (a material or a surface), especially from a material that has been subjected to a metal-based catalysis.
demetallized adjective, verb: That has been subject to demetallization
demetaphorize verb: To remove metaphors from.
Demeter proper noun /dɪˈmiːtə/: The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.
Demeterian adjective: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek goddess Demeter.
demethanize verb: To remove methane from.
demethanizer noun: A device that removes methane from a (petroleum) gas mixture
demethoxylate verb: To cause or to undergo demethoxylation.
demethoxylated adjective, verb: Modified by demethoxylation
demethoxylation noun: Any reaction that removes a methoxyl group from a molecule
demethoxyyangonin noun: Alternative form of desmethoxyyangonin.
demethylant adjective: That demethylates
demethylase noun /diːˈmɛθəleɪz/: Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a methyl group from a compound
demethylate verb /diːˈmɛθəleɪt/: To remove one or more methyl groups from a molecule, especially from a biologically active molecule
demethylated adjective, verb /diːˈmɛθəleɪtəd/: That has been subjected to demethylation.
demethylation noun: The removal of one or more methyl groups from a molecule.
demethylenate verb: To remove a methylene group (from)
demethylenation noun: The removal of a methylene group
demethylimination noun: The removal of methylimine residues from amino acids such as methylarginine
demethylsuberosin noun: The coumarin 6-prenyl-7-hydroxycoumarin.
demethyltransferase noun: An enzyme that removes or transfers a methyl group, typically in histones
Demetian adjective: Related to Demetia or Dyfed in southern Wales.
demeton noun: An organophosphate insecticide, 1-(2-diethoxyphosphorylsulfanylethylsulfanyl)ethane.
Demetria proper noun /dɪˈmiːtɹiə/: A female given name, masculine equivalent Demetrius; diminutive form Demi.
Demetrian adjective: Of or relating to Demeter.
demetricate verb: To remove metrics from something, especially social media.
demetrication noun: The process of removing metrics from something, especially social media.
Demetrid noun: A descendant of the Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter.
demetrification noun: By the website or creator of a post.
Demetriou proper noun: A surname from Greek.
Demetrius proper noun /dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
demewise adverb: With reference to a deme
demexiptiline noun: A tricyclic antidepressant.
demi adjective, noun, prefix: partial
demi-cannon noun: A medium-sized cannon, slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a standard cannon.
demi-caractère adjective: Which, in the historical French nomenclature, was halfway between serious (sérieux) and comic (comique); typically, where the protagonists or the plot were...
demi-culverin noun: Alternative form of demiculverin.
demi-culverine noun: Alternative form of demiculverin.
demi-glace noun: Alternative spelling of demiglace.
demi-god noun: Alternative spelling of demigod.
demi-hunter noun: Synonym of half-hunter.
demi-john noun: Alternative spelling of demijohn.
demi-lich noun: Alternative form of demilich.
demi-lion noun: Alternative spelling of demilion.
demi-lune noun: Alternative form of demilune.
demi-matte adjective: Partially matte; between matte and glossy.
demi-mondaine noun: Alternative form of demimondaine.
demi-monde noun: Alternative form of demimonde.
demi-pointe noun: Alternative spelling of demipointe (“a ballet position executed with the dancer up on the balls of the feet”).
demi-rilievo noun: Half relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
demi-savage adjective: Having some of the appearances of wildness, or savagery.
demi-sec adjective, noun: Medium dry (of wines).
demi-tasse noun: Alternative form of demitasse.
demi-toilette noun: Dress that is elaborate but less so than full dress.
demi-vegetarian noun: A person who eats fish but not meat.
demibastion noun: A half bastion, or the part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
demibillionaire noun: A person who has a half a billion dollars, pounds, or other currency.
demibold adjective: Synonym of semibold.
demiboy adjective, noun /ˈdɛ.miˌbɔɪ/: One who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.
demibra noun: A revealing brassiere with demicups rather than full coverage of the breasts.
demibranch noun: A structure in the gills of bivalves, consisting of a pair of lamellae containing blood vessels
demibranchial adjective: Relating to demibranchs
demibrigade noun: half a brigade.
demic adjective: Of or pertaining to a distinct population of people
demicadence noun /dɛmɪˈkeɪdəns/: A half cadence.
demicannon noun: Alternative form of demi-cannon
demicanton noun: Either of two halves of certain Swiss cantons.
demicelebrity noun: Minor fame.
demicharacter adjective: Synonym of demi-caractère.
demicircle noun [dɛmɪˈsɜːkəɫ]: A semicircle.
demicircular adjective: Synonym of semicircular.
demicivilized adjective: Synonym of semicivilized.
Demick proper noun: A surname from German.
demiclad adjective: half-naked
demiclosed adjective: closed at one extremum
demicontinuity noun: The condition of being demicontinuous.
demiculverin noun: A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
demicup noun: A partial, revealing bra cup, as of a balcony bra.
demicyclic adjective: Not producing a uredinium on infected plants.
demicylinder noun: Synonym of semicylinder.
demicylindrical adjective: Synonym of semicylindrical.
demicytoplast noun: A halved cytoplast (typically of an oocyte)
demideify verb: To treat as a demigod.
demideity noun /ˌdɛmiːˈdiː.ɪ.tɪ/: A partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.
demidevil noun: A half-devil, half-human.
demidistance noun: The distance between the outward polygons and the flank.
demidivine adjective: Half-divine and half-mortal.
demie parure noun: a set of luxurious costume, of similar design. The effect is usually of a casual nature, with the demie parure consisting of two items but there may be more.
demiflat noun /dɛmɪˈflæt/: In microtonal music, a note played a quarter tone lower than a natural.
demigauntlet noun: A bandage that covers the hand but not the fingers
demigender adjective: Identifying partially or mostly with one gender and at the same time with another gender.
demigenus noun: The minimal integer n such that the given graph can be drawn without crossing itself on a sphere with n cross-caps.
demigirl adjective, noun /ˈdɛ.miˌɡɜːl/: One who identifies as partially, but not completely, female.
demiglace noun: A rich brown sauce in French cuisine, typically made from veal stock and espagnole sauce, used by itself or as a base for other sauces.
demiglaze noun: Alternative form of demiglace.
demiglobe noun: Synonym of semiglobe.
demigod noun /ˈdɛmiɡɒd/: A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
demigodhood noun: The state or condition of being a demigod.
demigodly adjective: Of or pertaining to a demigod.
demigorge noun: Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the centre of the bastion.
demigrate verb /ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt/: To emigrate.
demigration noun: emigration
demiguy noun: Synonym of demiboy.
demihorn noun: Either of two nasal processes that fused to form the horn of some dinosaurs
demihuman noun: A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.
demihypercube noun: Any of a class of n-polytopes constructed from alternation of an n-hypercube.
demijohn noun /ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/: A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demilance noun: A light lance; a short spear.
demilancer noun: A soldier who carried a demilance.
demilich noun /ˈdɛ.miˌlɪt͡ʃ/: A type of lich, a type of undead.
demilion noun: The upper or front half of a lion.
demilitarisation noun: The reduction of the armed forces of a state or other political entity in its entire territory, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
demilitarise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize.
demilitarised adjective, verb: Alternative form of demilitarized.
demilitarization noun: Alternative spelling of demilitarisation.
demilitarize verb /dɪˈmɪlɪtəɹaɪz/: To remove troops from (an area).
demilitarized adjective, verb /dɪˈmɪlɪtəɹaɪzd/: Declared free of all military activity.
demilitarized zone noun: An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)
DeMille proper noun: A surname from French.
demilune adjective, noun /ˈdɛmɪluːn/: In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.
demiman noun: A half man; a being that is half human.
demimondain adjective, noun: Of or relating to the demimonde.
demimondaine noun: A sexually promiscuous woman (of the demimonde).
demimonde noun /ˈdɛmiːmɒnd/: A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group.
demin noun /dɪˈmɪn/: Demineralized water.
demine verb: To remove explosive mines (landmines or naval mines) from.
deminer noun: One who removes explosive mines.
demineralisation noun: Alternative spelling of demineralization.
demineralise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demineralize.
demineraliser noun: Alternative form of demineralizer.
demineralization noun /dɪˌmɪnəɹəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid.
demineralize verb /dɪˈmɪnəɹəlaɪz/: To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid, rocks, bones, or teeth).
demineralized adjective /dɪˈmɪnəɹəlaɪzd/: From which all minerals have been removed.
demineralizer noun: A device that demineralizes.
Deming proper noun: A surname.
Deming regression noun: An errors-in-variables model that tries to find the line of best fit for a two-dimensional data set, differing from the simple linear regression in that it...
deminiaturize verb /dɪˈmɪnɪtʃəɹaɪz/: To increase in size something that has previously been miniaturized.
demining noun, verb: The process of removing and neutralizing mines.
demiourgos noun: Alternative form of demiurge.
demipansexual adjective: Demisexual and pansexual.
demipique noun: A kind of military saddle.
demipointe noun /ˌdɛm.iːˈpɔɪnt/: The ball of the foot, the padded front part of the sole behind the tip of the toes; hence, a ballet position executed with the dancer up on the balls of one...
demipopulated adjective: Reduced to one half of the original number
demipositivity noun: The condition of being demipositive
demipyramid noun: Something that has the form of half a pyramid
demiquaver noun /ˈdɛmɪkweɪvə(ɹ)/: A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
Demir proper noun: A surname from Turkish.
demirelief noun: demi-rilievo
demirep noun /ˈdɛmiːɹɛp/: A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
demirepdom noun: The realm or sphere of demireps.
demirip noun: Alternative form of demirep.
demiromantic adjective: Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
demiromanticism noun: The state of being demiromantic.
demisability noun: The state of being demisable.
demisable adjective: Capable of being leased.
demise noun, verb /dɪˈmaɪz/: The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
demisemiquaver noun /ˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə(ɹ)/: A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
demisemiquaver rest noun: A musical rest equivalent to one thirty-second of a measure.
demisemiseptcentennial adjective: Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened 175 years before.
demisesquicentennial adjective /dɛ.mɪˌsɛs.kwɪ.sɛnˈtɛ.nɪ.əl/: Occurring every 75 years.

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.