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English words: devaporation to devilweed aster

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English words devaporation to devilweed aster

  1. devaporation noun: condensation (the change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain).
  2. devaprasnam noun: An astrological ritual carried out to interpret the will of the gods.
  3. devascularisation noun: Alternative spelling of devascularization.
  4. devascularization noun: The destruction or blocking of blood vessels and concomitant loss of blood supply to an organ
  5. devascularize verb: To remove or damage blood vessels
  6. devascularized adjective: From which the blood vessels have been removed
  7. Devasena proper noun: The goddess of aspiration.
  8. devast verb: To devastate.
  9. devastate verb /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/: To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
  10. devastated adjective, verb /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/: Ruined, ravaged.
  11. devastating adjective, verb: Causing devastation.
  12. devastatingly adverb: In a devastating manner.
  13. devastatingness noun: The quality of being devastating.
  14. devastation noun /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/: The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
  15. devastational adjective: Of or pertaining to devastations.
  16. devastative adjective: devastating; highly destructive
  17. devastator noun /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtə(ɹ)/: One who or that which devastates.
  18. devastavit noun /ˌdiːvəˈsteɪvɪt/: Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
  19. devata noun: A kind of good spirit, similar to a guardian angel or a lesser deity.
  20. DeVaughn proper noun: A surname.
  21. Devault proper noun: A surname.
  22. devazepide noun: A benzodiazepine drug that acts as a cholecystokinin antagonist.
  23. Devbandi adjective: Alternative form of Deobandi.
  24. devdar noun: Alternative form of deodar
  25. Devdas noun: A grieving male lover.
  26. Deveaux proper noun: A surname from French.
  27. devegetate verb: To remove vegetation.
  28. devegetation noun: The removal of vegetation.
  29. devein verb: To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
  30. deveined adjective, verb: Having had the veins removed.
  31. deveiner noun: A small knife used to remove the colon from the back of shrimp.
  32. devel noun, verb: Alternative spelling of devvel (a hard blow)
  33. develin noun: The common swift.
  34. develop verb /dɪˈvɛl.əp/: To discover, find out; to uncover.
  35. developability noun: The quality of being developable.
  36. developable adjective, noun: Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
  37. developable surface noun: A surface (in more than two dimensions, a plane is trivially developable) that can be flattened into a plane without distortion.
  38. developed adjective, verb /dɪˈvɛləpt/: wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
  39. developed country noun: A high-income country with an advanced, industrialized economy.
  40. developedness noun: The quality of being developed.
  41. developer noun /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/: A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
  42. developer exit noun: A hidden exit or shortcut that a video game developer places in a level of a platform game, as an easy way to complete the level for those who know the secret.
  43. developer experience noun: A developer's feeling about their tools, processes, constrains etc, and how it impacts productivity.
  44. developer program noun: An initiative by a company to promote the development of software for one of its platforms or systems.
  45. developin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of developing.
  46. developing adjective, noun, verb /dɪˈvɛl.ə.pɪŋ/: In the process of development.
  47. developing country noun: A country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often...
  48. development noun /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/: The process of developing; growth, directed change.
  49. development aid noun: Financial aid given by developed countries to promote the development of underdeveloped or developing countries.
  50. development hell noun: The situation where a project (such as a movie, musical record, or piece of software) is mired in problems that delay its production and release.
  51. development limbo noun: Synonym of development hell.
  52. development mule noun: A testbed vehicle equipped with prototype components requiring evaluation.
  53. developmental adjective, noun /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/: Related to development.
  54. developmental biologist noun: One who studies developmental biology.
  55. developmental biology noun: The study of the physiological changes that occurs within individual organisms from their conception through reaching physical maturity.
  56. developmental coordination disorder noun: Synonym of dyspraxia.
  57. developmental disability noun: Any lifelong disability attributable to a mental or physical impairment, manifested during childhood or later in the human development age.
  58. developmental disorder noun: A psychiatric condition impairing a human individual’s childhood development.
  59. developmental position noun: A job that is designed to train or develop employees in preparation for further career advancement. example: management trainee
  60. developmental psycholinguistics noun: A branch of psycholinguistics that studies the acquisition of language in children.
  61. developmental psychologist noun: A type of psychologist who focuses on systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perceptual changes that occur in humans over the course of...
  62. developmental psychology noun: The scientific study of the psychological, emotional, and perceptual changes that occur in human beings over the course of their lifespans.
  63. developmentalism noun: An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and imposing...
  64. developmentalist adjective, noun: Of, or related to developmentalism.
  65. developmentally adverb: In terms of development.
  66. developmentary adjective: Pertaining to development; developmental.
  67. developmentation noun /dɪˌvɛləp.mənˈteɪʃən/: Development.
  68. developments noun: A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
  69. developpe noun: A movement in which the leg is lifted to cou-de-pied or retiré and then fully extended outward, passing through attitude.
  70. Devendra proper noun: A male given name from India.
  71. Devenish proper noun: A surname.
  72. Devenney proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  73. Devenport proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  74. Devens proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  75. Deventer proper noun: A city in Overijssel, Netherlands.
  76. Deveny proper noun: A surname.
  77. Dever proper noun: A surname.
  78. Devera proper noun: A surname.
  79. Deveraux proper noun: A surname.
  80. deverbal adjective, noun /diːˈvɜː.bəl/: Derived from a verb.
  81. deverbal noun noun: Synonym of deverbal
  82. deverbalisation noun: Alternative form of deverbalization.
  83. deverbalise verb: Alternative spelling of deverbalize.
  84. deverbalization noun: The act or process of deverbalizing.
  85. deverbalize verb /diːˈvɜːbəlaɪz/: To make non-verbal; to strip of words.
  86. deverbally adverb: In a deverbal manner.
  87. deverbative adjective, noun /diːˈvɜː.bə.tɪv/: Derived from a verb.
  88. Devere proper noun: A surname from French.
  89. Devereaux proper noun /ˈdɛvəɹoʊ/: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  90. Deverell proper noun: A surname.
  91. Devereux proper noun: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  92. devernalization noun: The reversal of a previous vernalization.
  93. devernalized adjective: Modified by devernalization
  94. Deveron proper noun: A river in Moray council area and Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which flows into the Moray Firth at Banff.
  95. devescovinid noun: Any protist of the order Devescovinidae
  96. Devesh proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
  97. devest verb: To divest; to undress.
  98. devex adjective, noun /diːˈvɛks/: Bending down, stooping or sloping.
  99. devexity noun: A bending downward; declivity.
  100. devi noun /ˈdeɪvi/: A goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
  101. deviable adjective: Able to deviate or be deviated
  102. deviance noun /ˈdiːvɪəns/: Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
  103. deviancy noun /ˈdiːvi.ənsiː/: The state of being deviant, abnormal or anomalous.
  104. deviant adjective, noun /ˈdiː.vi.ənt/: Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
  105. deviantization noun: The process of deviantizing.
  106. deviantize verb: To make into, or begin to treat as, a deviant.
  107. deviate adjective, noun, verb /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/: To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
  108. deviation noun /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/: The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
  109. déviation conjuguée noun: Forced deviation of the eyes to one side, i.e. towards the side of a destructive lesion.
  110. deviation ratio noun: The ratio of maximum permitted frequency deviation, σₘₐₓ to the maximum permitted modulating frequency, fiₘₐₓ.
  111. deviational adjective: Of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.
  112. deviationism noun: Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism.
  113. deviationist noun: One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
  114. deviative adjective: Tending to deviate.
  115. deviator noun /ˈdivieɪtɚ/: That which deviates, or causes deviation
  116. deviatoric adjective: Of or pertaining to a deviator
  117. deviatory adjective: Tending to deviate.
  118. devic adjective: Relating to a deva.
  119. device noun /dɪˈvaɪs/: Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  120. device addiction noun: A pattern of compulsive or excessive use of electronic devices that interferes with daily functioning and well-being.
  121. device driver noun: Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer...
  122. device file noun: An interface to a device driver that appears in a file system, allowing an application program to interact with a device by using its device driver via...
  123. device tree noun: Alternative form of devicetree.
  124. device under test noun: A manufactured product undergoing testing, either at first manufacture or later during its life cycle as part of ongoing functional testing and calibration...
  125. deviceful adjective /dɪˈvaɪsfəl/: Full of devices; inventive.
  126. devicefully adverb: In a deviceful manner.
  127. devicefulness noun: The quality of being deviceful.
  128. deviceless adjective: Without a device.
  129. devicelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a device.
  130. devicetree noun: A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing...
  131. devicetree blob noun: A binary representation used to encode the devicetree format, used for exchanging devicetree data between programs.
  132. devictimize verb: To divest of the status of victim.
  133. devigorate verb: Deliberately reduce vigor of vines.
  134. devil noun, verb /ˈdɛvəl/: An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
  135. devil a bit adverb: Synonym of not at all.
  136. devil bird noun: An avian cryptid of Sri Lanka, said to emit human-sounding shrieks that portend death; possibly the spot-bellied eagle owl (Bubo nipalensis) or Ceylon...
  137. devil bolt noun: A sham, defective or faulty bolt, used to deceive an inspector regarding the quality of the material.
  138. devil chase noun: A musical instrument (idiophone) made from a split stalk of bamboo struck against a performer's hand, originating in South Asia.
  139. devil dance noun: A lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Tibetan Buddhism, often offering moral instruction relating to compassion for sentient beings.
  140. devil dancer noun: One who performs a devil dance.
  141. devil dancing noun: Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
  142. devil devil noun: An evil spirit in traditional Aboriginal belief.
  143. devil dodger noun: A clergyman, especially a military chaplain.
  144. devil dog noun: A US marine.
  145. devil facial tumor disease noun: A deadly facial cancer affecting Tasmanian devils.
  146. devil frog noun: Beelzebufo
  147. devil grass noun: Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
  148. devil-in-a-bush noun: Alternative form of devil-in-the-bush (“the plant love-in-a-mist”).
  149. devil-in-a-mist noun: Synonym of devil-in-the-bush (“the plant love-in-a-mist”).
  150. devil in disguise noun: A person or thing that appears to be good, honest, or upstanding, but is inherently nasty, evil, or damaging.
  151. devil in music noun: The tritone.
  152. devil in one's eyes phrase: A look that reflects an underlying evil or corruption
  153. devil-in-the-bush noun: Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena).
  154. devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter phrase: Synonym of devil's beating his wife.
  155. devil is kissing his wife phrase: Synonym of devil's beating his wife.
  156. devil lies in the details proverb: Synonym of devil is in the details.
  157. devil-lore noun: Knowledge, study, doctrine, or history regarding devils and/or demons; demonology.
  158. devil-may-care adjective: Carefree, reckless, irresponsible.
  159. devil negation noun: A phenomenon observed especially in some languages such as Modern Irish, where a special kind of negative expression is formed using words meaning devil or...
  160. devil-on-the-neck noun: An old instrument of torture applied to the neck and legs.
  161. devil ray noun: Any of the rays of the genus Mobula, especially Mobula birostris, the manta ray.
  162. devil-ridden adjective: Plagued or dominated by the devil or devils.
  163. devil's advocacy noun: The act of playing devil's advocate.
  164. devil's advocate noun, verb: One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.
  165. devil's antlers noun: Misshapen antlers that grow on injured or malnourished elk.
  166. devil's apple noun: jimsonweed (Datura spp.)
  167. devil's avocado noun: devil's advocate
  168. devil's backbone noun: A perennial succulent spurge, native to tropical and subtropical North and Central America, of species Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly known as...
  169. devil's beating his wife phrase: Said when it rains while the sun is shining; that is, when a sun shower occurs.
  170. devil's bed-posts noun: The four of clubs.
  171. devil's bit noun: A plant of species Succisa pratensis, native to Europe.
  172. Devil's bolete noun: Synonym of Satan's bolete.
  173. devil's bones noun: Dice used for gambling.
  174. devil's bread noun: Conium maculatum, poison hemlock.
  175. devil's breath noun: Scopolamine.
  176. Devil's buttermilk noun: Whiskey.
  177. devil's candle noun: The plant mandrake, especially when used in black magic.
  178. devil's claw noun: Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior
  179. devil's club noun: Oplopanax horridus (devil's walking stick) (large understory shrub native to the Pacific Northwest and the islands of Lake Superior)
  180. devil's coach-horse noun: A large black European rove beetle, Staphylinus olens or Ocypus olens.
  181. devil's coachhorse noun: Alternative form of devil's coach-horse.
  182. devil's corkscrew noun: A meters-deep, corkscrew-shaped formation of compact earth found in the American Midwest that is the infilled burrow of an ancient beaver genus †Palaeocastor
  183. devil's cotton noun: An Southeast Asian plant, Abroma augustum, which is used to make fiber.
  184. devil's cream noun: semen
  185. devil's cucumber noun: jimsonweed
  186. devil's cut noun: The portion of a distilled alcoholic spirit's volume that is lost by being absorbed into the wood of the barrels in which it matures.
  187. devil's dandruff noun: Cocaine.
  188. devil's darning needle noun: Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.
  189. devil's delight noun: A riot; a row.
  190. devil's doorbell noun: The clitoris.
  191. devil's dozen noun: thirteen; baker's dozen
  192. devil's dung noun: The asafoetida.
  193. devil's dust noun: Any type of powder or dustlike substance whose use or effect is considered to be harmful or malevolent.
  194. devil's ear noun: Arisaema triphyllum.
  195. devil's fig noun: Synonym of susumber (“Solanum torvum”).
  196. devil's finger noun: A belemnite, any of various extinct species of cephalopod in the order Belemnitida.
  197. devil's fingers noun: A starfish, especially Asterias rubens.
  198. devil's food cake noun: A particularly rich form of chocolate cake.
  199. devil's footstep noun: A barren spot of land.
  200. devil's garden noun: A stand of trees in the Amazon rainforest consisting almost exclusively of a single species, Duroia hirsuta, and created by lemon ants (Myrmelachista...
  201. devil's gold noun: Sulfur (the element).
  202. devil's-grass noun: Alternative form of devil grass.
  203. devil's grip noun: Bornholm disease
  204. devil's hand noun: three of a kind sixes
  205. devil's herb noun: The herb form of cilantro/coriander.
  206. Devil's Hole pupfish noun: Alternative form of Devils Hole pupfish.
  207. devil's horse noun: Synonym of prairie alligator.
  208. devil's interval noun: The tritone.
  209. devil's ivy noun: Any of species Epipremnum aureum of vines, often used as ornamentals.
  210. devil's lane noun: A portion of land of disputed ownership at the boundary of the adjoining lands of two landowners.
  211. devil's lettuce noun: Marijuana.
  212. devil's livery noun: The color combination of black and yellow.
  213. devil's luck noun: astounding good luck.
  214. devil's needle noun: A dragonfly.
  215. devil's negation noun: Alternative form of devil negation
  216. devil's nettle noun: Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
  217. devil's number noun: A score of 87 runs, sometimes regarded as unlucky because it is 13 runs short of a century.
  218. devil's own adjective: Particularly devilish; highly unpleasant or evil.
  219. devil's paintbrush noun: Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca).
  220. devil's picture books noun: Synonym of devil's books.
  221. devil's proof noun: A legal requirement to achieve an impossible proof. Remedies are reversing the burden of proof, or giving additional rights to the individual faced with...
  222. devil's purse noun: The egg case of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes).
  223. Devil's Rings noun: Any of several circular markings on flat ground, some supposed to have been made by the Druids celebrating their religious rites.
  224. devil's rope noun: Mortal sin.
  225. devil's shoestring noun: The plant Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue, catgut).
  226. devil's snuffbox noun: Puffball fungus.
  227. devil's staircase noun: Synonym of Cantor function; a type of monotonic increasing function.
  228. devil's strip noun: Alternative form of devil strip.
  229. devil's tail noun: A cooper’s knocker-up; a tool used to lift or level a cask head from inside the cask.
  230. devil's tattoo noun: A drumming with the fingers or feet.
  231. devil's teeth noun: Dice used for gambling.
  232. devil's threesome noun: Sexual intercourse between one woman and two men.
  233. devil's threeway noun: Synonym of devil's threesome.
  234. devil's toenail noun: A gryphaea, a kind of extinct oyster.
  235. devil's tongue noun: Synonym of konjac.
  236. devil's triangle noun: Synonym of devil's threesome.
  237. devil's trumpet noun: jimsonweed (Datura spp.)
  238. devil's tuning fork noun: Synonym of impossible trident.
  239. devil's twine noun: Either of two Australian plants, Cassytha glabella or Cassytha pubescens.
  240. devil's vine noun: Any member of the species Epipremnum aureum of vines often cultivated as a houseplant.
  241. devil's walking stick noun: Aralia spinosa, a woody plant native to eastern North America.
  242. devil's wheel noun: An amusement ride consisting of a circular platform that rotates rapidly while riders try to stay on it.
  243. devil screecher noun: A swift.
  244. devil seam noun: A particularly difficult seam to caulk on a ship's hull, specifically the curved seam where the deck planking meets the side of the ship, near the scupper...
  245. devil sign noun: A hand gesture formed by closing the middle two fingers and the thumb and extending the index finger and little finger so as to indicate devil horns.
  246. devil smoke noun: Crack cocaine.
  247. devil stick noun: singular of devil sticks
  248. devil sticks noun: A juggling prop consisting of two hand or control sticks (dowels) and a third larger, hourglass-shaped stick (baton or center stick).
  249. devil strip noun: The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street.
  250. devil take the hindmost phrase: An imprecation that everyone should look after their own interests, leaving those who cannot cope to whatever fate befalls them.
  251. devil to pay noun, phrase: Synonym of hell to pay.
  252. devil-worshipper noun: A person who worships or is otherwise religiously devoted to Satan or another demonic entity or adversarial deity.
  253. Devilbiss proper noun: A surname.
  254. devildom noun: A realm of devils.
  255. deviled adjective, verb: Alternative form of devilled.
  256. deviled crab noun: A crab meat croquette.
  257. deviled egg noun: A hard-boiled chicken egg that has been shelled, cut in half, and filled with a paste made from the yolk mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise,...
  258. deviled ham noun: A mixture of ground ham with seasoning, making it spicy.
  259. deviless noun: A female devil.
  260. devilet noun: A little devil.
  261. devilette noun: A female devil.
  262. devilfish noun: The octopus.
  263. deviling noun, verb: A small or young devil.
  264. devilish adjective, adverb /ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/: Resembling a devil.
  265. devilishly adverb: In a devilish manner.
  266. devilishness noun: The state or quality of being devilish.
  267. devilism noun: The character or doctrines of the Devil or devils; devilry.
  268. devility noun: The quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.
  269. devilize verb: To represent as a devil.
  270. devilkin noun: A little devil.
  271. devilkind noun: The totality of all devils as a whole; devils collectively.
  272. devillagization noun: The reversal of the process of villagization.
  273. DeVille proper noun: A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
  274. devilled adjective, verb: Grilled with a piquant sauce.
  275. devilled crab noun: British standard spelling of deviled crab.
  276. devilled egg noun: British standard spelling of deviled egg.
  277. devilled ham noun: British standard spelling of deviled ham.
  278. devilled kidneys noun: A British dish consisting of lamb kidneys cooked with cayenne peppers, mustard, and various other ingredients.
  279. devilled sausages noun: A stew of sausages, onions, tomatoes, gravy and spices.
  280. devilless adjective: Without devils.
  281. Devilliers proper noun: A surname, alternative form of de Villiers.
  282. devillike adjective: Like a devil; diabolical.
  283. devillin noun: Alternative spelling of devilline
  284. devilline noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
  285. devilling noun, verb: The pupillage of a prospective advocate or barrister.
  286. devillite noun: Synonym of devilline.
  287. devilment noun /ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/: Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
  288. devilock noun: An alternative hairstyle where the sides and back are kept short while the front is kept long and combed forward.
  289. devilry noun /ˈdɛv.əl.ɹi/: Mischief.
  290. Devils Hole pupfish noun: A species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, found only in a single water-filled canyon in Nevada.
  291. devils on horseback noun: Dried fruits such as dates or prunes, stuffed with cheese or nuts, etc., and wrapped in bacon, prosciutto, or pancetta.
  292. devilsclub noun: Alternative form of devil's club.
  293. devilshine noun /ˈdɛv.ɫ̩.ʃʌɪn/: Illusion or delusion caused by or attributed to devils.
  294. devilship noun: The character or person of a devil or Satan.
  295. devilsome adjective: In manner, like the devil; characterised or marked by devilry; (by extension) causing mischief or trouble; problematic.
  296. devilsticks noun: Alternative form of devil sticks.
  297. devilstrip noun: Alternative form of devil strip.
  298. deviltry noun /ˈdɛv.əl.tɹi/: Devilry.
  299. devilward adverb: Toward the Devil.
  300. devilweed aster noun: A spiny flowering plant of the western United States, Mexico and Central America related to asters, Chloracantha spinosa.

Part 46 · Part 48 · 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.