DEMORALIZED — DEOXYDIZE

DEMORALIZED — DEOXYDIZE NWAD DEMORALIZED.1

DEMORALIZED, pp. Corrupted in morals. NWAD DEMORALIZED.1

DEMORALIZING, ppr. NWAD DEMORALIZING.1

1. Corrupting or destroying morals or moral principles. NWAD DEMORALIZING.2

2. a. Tending to destroy morals or moral principles. NWAD DEMORALIZING.3

DEMULCE, v.t. Demuls. To sooth; to soften or pacify. NWAD DEMULCE.1

DEMULCENT, a. [L. To stroke, to soften; allied perhaps to mollis, mellow.] Softening; mollifying; lenient; as, oil is demulcent. NWAD DEMULCENT.1

DEMULCENT, n. Any medicine which lessens acrimony, or the effects of stimulus on the solids; that which softens or mollifies; as gums, roots of marsh-mallows, and other mucilaginous substances. NWAD DEMULCENT.2

DEMUR, v.i. [L. To stay or delay.] NWAD DEMUR.1

1. To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to delay determination or conclusion. NWAD DEMUR.2

On receiving this information, the minister demurred, till he could obtain further instructions. NWAD DEMUR.3

2. In law, to stop at any point in the pleadings, and rest or abide on that point in law for a decision of the cause. Thus, the defendant may demur to the plaintiffs declaration, alledging it to be insufficient in law; the plaintiff may demur to the defendants plea, for a like reason. NWAD DEMUR.4

DEMUR, v.t. To doubt of. NWAD DEMUR.5

DEMUR, n. Stop; pause; hesitation as to the propriety of proceeding; suspense of proceeding or decision. NWAD DEMUR.6

All my demurs but double his attacks. NWAD DEMUR.7

DEMURE, a. Sober; grave; modest; downcast; as a demure countenance; a demure abasing of the eye. NWAD DEMURE.1

DEMURE, v.i. To look with a grave countenance. NWAD DEMURE.2

DEMURELY, adv. With grave, solemn countenance; with a fixed look; with a solemn gravity. NWAD DEMURELY.1

Esops damsel sat demurely at the boards end. NWAD DEMURELY.2

DEMURENESS, n. Gravity of countenance; soberness; a modest look. NWAD DEMURENESS.1

DEMURRAGE, n. An allowance made to the master of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port beyond the appointed time of departure. This expense is paid by the merchant who causes the detention. NWAD DEMURRAGE.1

DEMURRER, n. NWAD DEMURRER.1

1. One who demure. NWAD DEMURRER.2

2. In law, a stop at some point in the pleadings, and a resting of the decision of the cause on that point; an issue on matter of law. A demurrer confesses the fact or facts to be true, but denies the sufficiency of the facts in point of law to support the claim or defense. A demurrer may be tendered to the declaration, to the plea, to the replication, to the rejoinder, etc. NWAD DEMURRER.3

DEMURRING, ppr. Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a point in law. NWAD DEMURRING.1

DEMY, n. NWAD DEMY.1

1. A particular size of paper; a kind of paper of small size. NWAD DEMY.2

2. A half fellow at Magdalen college, Oxford. NWAD DEMY.3

DEN, n. NWAD DEN.1

1. A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous recess, used for concealment, shelter, protection or security; as a lions den; a den of robbers or thieves. NWAD DEN.2

The beasts go into dens. The children of Israel made themselves dens. Job 37:8; Judges 6:2. NWAD DEN.3

2. As a termination, in names of places, it denotes the place to be in a valley or near a wood. NWAD DEN.4

DEN, v.i. To dwell as in a den. NWAD DEN.5

DENARCOTIZE, v.t. [de and narcotic.] To deprive of the narcotic principle or quality; as, to denarcotize opium. NWAD DENARCOTIZE.1

DENARY, a. Containing ten. NWAD DENARY.1

DENARY, n. The number ten. NWAD DENARY.2

DENATIONALIZE, v.t. To divest of national character or rights, by transferrence to the service of another nation. A ship built and registered in the United States, is denationalized by being employed in the service of another nation and bearing its flag. NWAD DENATIONALIZE.1

DENAY, n. Denial; refusal. NWAD DENAY.1

DENAY, v.t. To deny. NWAD DENAY.2

DENDRACHATE, n. [Gr. A tree, and agate.] Arborescent agate; agate containing the figures of shrubs or parts of plants. NWAD DENDRACHATE.1

DENDRITE, n. [Gr. A tree.] A stone or mineral on or in which are the figures of shrubs or trees; an arborescent mineral. NWAD DENDRITE.1

DENDRITIC, DENDRITICAL, a. Containing the figures of shrubs or trees. NWAD DENDRITIC.1

DENDROID, a. [Gr. A tree, and form.] Resembling a shrub. NWAD DENDROID.1

DENDROIT, n. A fossil which has some resemblance in form to the branch of a tree. NWAD DENDROIT.1

DENDROLITE, n. [Gr. A tree and a stone.] A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. NWAD DENDROLITE.1

DENDROLOGY, n. [Gr. A tree and a discourse.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees. NWAD DENDROLOGY.1

DENDROMETER, n. [Gr. Tree and to measure.] An instrument to measure the highth and diameter of trees. NWAD DENDROMETER.1

DENEGATE, v.t. To deny. NWAD DENEGATE.1

DENEGATION, n. Denial. NWAD DENEGATION.1

DENIABLE, a. That may be denied, or contradicted. NWAD DENIABLE.1

DENIAL, n. NWAD DENIAL.1

1. An affirmation to the contrary; an assertion that a declaration or fact stated is not true; negation; contradiction. It is often expressed by no or not, simply. NWAD DENIAL.2

2. Refusal to grant; the negation of a request or petition; the contrary to grant, allowance or concession; as, his request or application met with a direct denial. NWAD DENIAL.3

3. A rejection, or refusing to acknowledge; a disowning; as a denial of God: or a refusing to receive or embrace; as a denial of the faith or the truth. NWAD DENIAL.4

4. A denial of ones self, is a declining of some gratification; restraint of ones appetites or propensities. NWAD DENIAL.5

DENIER, n. One who denies, or contradicts; one who refuses or rejects; a disowner; one who does not own, avow or acknowledge; as a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ. NWAD DENIER.1

DENIER, n. A small denomination of French money, the twelfth part of a sol; a small copper coin. NWAD DENIER.2

DENIGRATE, v.t. [L. Black.] To blacken; to make black. NWAD DENIGRATE.1

DENIGRATION, n. The act of making black; a blackening. NWAD DENIGRATION.1

DENITRATION, n. A disengaging of nitric acid. NWAD DENITRATION.1

DENIZATION, n. The act of making one a denizen, subject or citizen. This in England is done by the kings letters patent. NWAD DENIZATION.1

DENIZEN, n. NWAD DENIZEN.1

1. In England, an alien who is made a subject by the kings letters patent, holding a middle state between an alien and a natural born subject. He may take land by purchase or devise, which an alien cannot; but he cannot take by inheritance. NWAD DENIZEN.2

2. A stranger admitted to residence and certain rights in a foreign country. NWAD DENIZEN.3

Ye gods, NWAD DENIZEN.4

Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. NWAD DENIZEN.5

3. A citizen. NWAD DENIZEN.6

DENIZEN, v.t. To make a denizen; to admit to residence with certain rights and privileges; to infranchise. NWAD DENIZEN.7

DENOMIINABLE, a. That may be denominated, or named. NWAD DENOMIINABLE.1

DENOMINATE, v.t. [L. To name.] To name; to give a name or epithet to; as, a race of intelligent beings denominated man. Actions are denominated virtuous, or vicious, according to their character. NWAD DENOMINATE.1

DENOMINATED, pp. Named; called. NWAD DENOMINATED.1

DENOMINATING, ppr. Naming. NWAD DENOMINATING.1

DENOMINATION, n. NWAD DENOMINATION.1

1. The act of naming. NWAD DENOMINATION.2

2. A name or appellation; a vocal sound, customarily used to express a thing or a quality, in discourse; as, all man fall under the denomination of sinners; actions fall under the denomination of good or bad. NWAD DENOMINATION.3

3. A class, society or collection of individuals, called by the same name; as a denomination of christians. NWAD DENOMINATION.4

DENOMINATIVE, a. That gives a name; that confers a distinct appellation. NWAD DENOMINATIVE.1

DENOMINATOR, n. NWAD DENOMINATOR.1

1. He that gives a name. NWAD DENOMINATOR.2

2. In arithmetic, that number placed below the line in vulgar fractions, which shows into how many parts the integer is divided. Thus in 3/5, 5 is the denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator 3 shows how many parts are taken, that is, three fifths. NWAD DENOMINATOR.3

DENOTABLE, a. That may be denoted or marked. NWAD DENOTABLE.1

DENOTATION, n. The act of denoting. NWAD DENOTATION.1

DENOTATIVE, a. Having power to denote. NWAD DENOTATIVE.1

DENOTE, v.t. [L. To note or mark.] NWAD DENOTE.1

1. To mark; to signify by a visible sign; to indicate; to express. The character X denotes multiplication. NWAD DENOTE.2

2. To show; to betoken; to indicate; as, a quick pulse denotes fever. NWAD DENOTE.3

DENOTED, pp. Marked; signified, indicated. NWAD DENOTED.1

DENOTEMENT, n. Sign; indication. NWAD DENOTEMENT.1

DENOTING, ppr. Marking; expressing; indicating. NWAD DENOTING.1

DENOUEMENT, n. The unraveling or discovery of a plot. NWAD DENOUEMENT.1

DENOUNCE, v.t. [L. To tell, or declare.] NWAD DENOUNCE.1

1. To declare solemnly; to proclaim in a threatening manner; to announce or declare, as a threat. NWAD DENOUNCE.2

I denounce to you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deuteronomy 30:18. NWAD DENOUNCE.3

So we say, to denounce war; to denounce wrath. NWAD DENOUNCE.4

2. To threaten by some outward sign, or expression. NWAD DENOUNCE.5

His look denounced revenge. NWAD DENOUNCE.6

3. To inform against; to accuse; as, to denounce one for neglect of duty. NWAD DENOUNCE.7

DENOUNCED, pp. NWAD DENOUNCED.1

1. Threatened by open declaration; as, punishment is denounced against the ungodly. NWAD DENOUNCED.2

2. Accused; proclaimed; as, he was denounced as an enemy. NWAD DENOUNCED.3

DENOUNCEMENT, n. The declaration of a menace, or of evil; denunciation. NWAD DENOUNCEMENT.1

DENOUNCER, n. One who denounces, or declares a menace. NWAD DENOUNCER.1

Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. NWAD DENOUNCER.2

DENOUNCING, ppr. Declaring, as a threat; threatening; accusing. NWAD DENOUNCING.1

DENSE, a. NWAD DENSE.1

1. Close; compact; having its constituent parts closely united; applied to solids or fluids; as a dense body; dense air. NWAD DENSE.2

2. Thick; as a dense cloud, or fog. NWAD DENSE.3

DENSENESS, n. The same as density. NWAD DENSENESS.1

DENSITY, n. NWAD DENSITY.1

1. Closeness of constituent parts; compactness. Density is opposed to rarity; and in philosophy, the density of a body indicates the quantity of matter contained in it, under a given bulk. If a body of equal bulk with another is of double the density, it contains double the quantity of matter. NWAD DENSITY.2

2. Thickness; as the density of fog. NWAD DENSITY.3

DENT, n. NWAD DENT.1

1. Literally, a tooth or projecting point. But it is used to express a gap or notch, or rather a depression or small hollow in a solid body; a hollow made by the pressure of a harder body on a softer; indentation. In this sense, it is in customary use in the United States. NWAD DENT.2

2. A stroke. NWAD DENT.3

DENT, v.t. To make a dent or small hollow. NWAD DENT.4

DENTAL, a. Pertaining to the teeth. In grammar, formed or pronounced by the teeth, with the aid of the tongue; as, D and T are dental letters. NWAD DENTAL.1

DENTAL, n. NWAD DENTAL.2

1. An articulation or letter formed by placing the end of the tongue against the upper teeth, or against the gum that covers the root of the upper teeth, as D, T, and Th. NWAD DENTAL.3

2. A genus of shell-fish, Dentalium, of several species. The shell consists of one tubulous straight valve, open at both ends. NWAD DENTAL.4

DENTALITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus Dentalium. NWAD DENTALITE.1

DENTATE, DENTATED, a. Toothed; notched. NWAD DENTATE.1

In botany, a dentated root is one that consists of a concatenation of joints, resembling a necklace. NWAD DENTATE.2

A dentate leaf is one that has horizontal points, with a space between each, or points in the plane of the disk, or having points like teeth on the margin. NWAD DENTATE.3

DENTATO-SINUATE, a. Having points like teeth with hollows about the edge. NWAD DENTATO-SINUATE.1

DENTED, a. Indented; impressed with little hollows. NWAD DENTED.1

DENTELLI, n. Modillions. NWAD DENTELLI.1

DENTICLE, n. A small tooth or projecting point. NWAD DENTICLE.1

DENTICULATE, DENTICULATED, a. [L. A tooth.] Having small teeth or notches; as a denticulate leaf, calyx or seed. NWAD DENTICULATE.1

DENTICULATION, n. The state of being set with small teeth, or prominences or points, resembling the teeth of a saw. NWAD DENTICULATION.1

DENTIFORM, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having the form of a tooth. NWAD DENTIFORM.1

DENTIFRICE, n. [L. A tooth and to rub] A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth. Burnt shells and charcoal pulverized make an excellent dentifrice. NWAD DENTIFRICE.1

DENTIL, n. [L. A tooth.] In architecture, an ornament in cornices bearing some resemblance to teeth; used particularly in the Ionic and Corinthian order. NWAD DENTIL.1

DENTIST, n. One whose occupation is to clean and extract teeth, or repair the loss of them. NWAD DENTIST.1

DENTITION, n. [L. To breed teeth.] NWAD DENTITION.1

1. The breeding or cutting of teeth in infancy. NWAD DENTITION.2

2. The time of breeding teeth. NWAD DENTITION.3

DENTIZE, v.t. To renew the teeth, or have them renewed. NWAD DENTIZE.1

DENTOID, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having a form of teeth. NWAD DENTOID.1

DENUDATE or DENUDE, v.t. [L. To make bare; naked.] To strip; to divest of all covering; to make bare or naked. NWAD DENUDATE.1

DENUDATION, n. NWAD DENUDATION.1

1. The act of stripping off covering; a making bare. NWAD DENUDATION.2

2. In geology, the act of washing away the surface of the earth by the deluge or other flood. NWAD DENUDATION.3

DENUDED, pp. Stripped; divested of covering; laid bare. NWAD DENUDED.1

DENUDING, ppr. Stripping of covering; making bare. NWAD DENUDING.1

DENUNCIATE, v.t. To denounce, which see. NWAD DENUNCIATE.1

DENUNCIATION, n. NWAD DENUNCIATION.1

1. Publication; proclamation; annunciation; preaching; as a faithful denunciation of the gospel. NWAD DENUNCIATION.2

2. Solemn or formal declaration, accompanied with a menace; or the declaration of intended evil; proclamation of a threat; a public menace; as a denunciation of war, or of wrath. NWAD DENUNCIATION.3

DENUNCIATOR, n. NWAD DENUNCIATOR.1

1. He that denounces; one who publishes or proclaims, especially intended evil; one who threatens. NWAD DENUNCIATOR.2

2. An accuser; one who informs against another. NWAD DENUNCIATOR.3

DENY, v.t. NWAD DENY.1

1. To contradict; to gainsay; to declare a statement or position not to be true. We deny what another says, or we deny a proposition. We deny the truth of an assertion, or the assertion itself. The sense of this verb is often expressed by no or nay. NWAD DENY.2

2. To refuse to grant; as, we asked for bread, and the man denied us. NWAD DENY.3

3. Not to afford; to withhold. NWAD DENY.4

Who find not Providence all good and wise, NWAD DENY.5

Alike in what it gives, and what denies? NWAD DENY.6

4. To disown; to refuse or neglect to acknowledge; not to confess. NWAD DENY.7

5. To reject; to disown; not to receive or embrace. NWAD DENY.8

He hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 1 Timothy 5:8. NWAD DENY.9

Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts. Titus 2:12. NWAD DENY.10

6. Not to afford or yield. NWAD DENY.11

To deny ones self, is to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to refrain from; to abstain. The temperate man denies himself the free use of spirituous liquors. I denied myself the pleasure of your company. NWAD DENY.12

God cannot deny himself. He cannot act in contradiction to his character and promises. He cannot be unfaithful. 2 Timothy 2:13. NWAD DENY.13

DEOBSTRUCT, v.t. [L. To stop; to pile.] NWAD DEOBSTRUCT.1

To remove obstructions, or impediments to a passage; to clear from any thing that hinders the passage of fluids in the proper ducts of the body; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. NWAD DEOBSTRUCT.2

DEOBSTRUCTED, pp. Cleared of obstructions; opened. NWAD DEOBSTRUCTED.1

DEOBSTRUCTING, ppr. Removing impediments to a passage. NWAD DEOBSTRUCTING.1

DEOBSTRUENT, a. Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; resolving viscidities; aperient. NWAD DEOBSTRUENT.1

DEOBSTRUENT, n. Any medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body, as the pores and lacteal vessels; an aperient Calomel is a powerful deobstruent. NWAD DEOBSTRUENT.2

DEODAND, n. [L. To be given to God.] NWAD DEODAND.1

In England, a personal chattel which is the immediate occasion of the death of a rational creature, and for that reason, given to God, that is, forfeited to the king, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by his high almoner. Thus, if a cart runs over a man and kills him, the cart is forfeited as a deodand. NWAD DEODAND.2