Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z desand To remove sand from. desander A piece of equipment used in the petroleum industry to remove sand (defined as particles greater than or equal to 74 microns) from the drilling fluid. desanguinate to deprive of blood; to remove the blood from desanitise UK standard spelling of desanitize. desanitize To remove the cleanliness from something; to dirty. desant A member of the Russian Airborne Troops. Desantiago A surname. DeSantis A surname from Italian DeSantisian Of or pertaining to Ron DeSantis (born 1978), American politician. desaparecido One of the people who disappeared during the 1976-1983 military rule in Argentina, presumed to have been killed by members of the regime. desargination removal of a terminal arginine moiety from a protein Desargues A surname from French. desarguesian Of or relating to Girard Desargues (1591–1661), French mathematician and engineer, one of the founders of projective geometry. DeSario A surname from Italian. desaroside A particular steroid glycoside. desaspidin An anthelmintic drug. desat (of the oxygen saturation level in one's haemoglobin) To decrease. DeSatan Ron DeSantis. desaturase Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids. desaturate To cause to become less saturated or unsaturated. desaturation the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other atoms to form a double bond desaturator That which desaturates. Desauli A village deity among the Hos. Desaulniers A surname from French. Desautel A surname from French. desautelsite A trigonal bright orange mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen. Desbiens A surname from French. Desborough A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083). descabello A small sword used by a bullfighter for the final kill in case of a lengthy attempt. descale To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc. descaler That which descales (removes scale from a metal surface or scales from a fish or snake). descaling The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc. Descalzi A surname from Italian. descan To reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan. descanso A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam. descant A lengthy discourse on a subject. descanter One who descants. descantist One who plays a descant. descarga A jam session in the tradition of Cuban music Descartes A surname from French Descartesian Synonym of Cartesian. Descartian Synonym of Cartesian. Descemet A surname from French. descemetitis inflammation of the Descemet's membrane descemetocele A kind of ulcer that extends through the stroma in the eye, exposing Descemet's membrane. descend To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon. descendance The property of being a descendant; descent. descendancy The quality or condition of being a descendant. descendant Descending; going down. descendantless Not having any descendants; without any progeny. descendence The act of descending; descent. descendency The property of descendence. descendental Relating to descendants. descendentalism A doctrine that emphasizes empiricism and positivism; a philosophical focus on material and worldly matters. descendentalist A believer in descendentalism. descender A person or thing that descends. descendeur A piece of metal around which a rope is passed in order to slow descent when abseiling descendibility The characteristic of being descendible; inheritability by an heir. descendible Of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs. descendin An uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals. descending Moving or sloping downwards. descendingly In a descending manner or order. descendostomy An operation involving the formation of an artificial opening from the descending colon through the abdominal wall. descension Descent; the act of descending. descensional Relating to descension. descensive Tending to descend or move downward; descending. descensory A vessel used in alchemy to extract and filter oils. descent An instance of descending; act of coming down. descepter To deprive of a scepter; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority. descetyllanatoside A particular steroid glycoside. Deschanel A surname from French [in turn from Occitan]. deschedule To remove from a schedule. deschool To remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system. deschooler A practitioner of deschooling. deschooling The process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system. Deschutes A river in Washington, United States; in full, Deschutes River. desciclovir A particular antiviral drug. desclerotization The removal of sclerotin from a sclerotized structure descloizite A rare orthorhombic mineral consisting of basic lead and zinc vanadate, isomorphous with olivenite. descope To reduce the scope of; to revise objectives downward, sometimes in the context of a funding shortfall. descramble To decode or unscramble a coded signal descrambler Something that descrambles; a device for decoding a scrambled signal. descreen To remove Moiré-pattern artifacts when scanning half-tone printed images. descreened modified by descreening descriable Capable of being descried (detected or perceived). descrial The act of descrying. describability The quality of being describable. describable Capable of being described. describableness The quality of being describable. describe To represent in words. describee One who is described; the subject of a description. describent A generatrix. describer A person who describes. descrier A person who descries. description A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. descriptional Of, pertaining to, or using description. descriptionalism The theory that mental imagery is not visual, but based on language-like descriptions. descriptionalist One who subscribes to descriptionalism. descriptionally In terms of description. descriptionism The definition of truth as a description of observed reality. descriptionist Synonym of descriptivist. descriptionistic Synonym of descriptionist. descriptionless Without a description. descriptive Of, relating to, or providing a description. descriptively In a descriptive manner. descriptiveness The characteristic of being descriptive. descriptivism The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage. descriptivist Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism. descriptivistic Of a descriptivist; of or relating to descriptivism. descriptivity The quality or state of being descriptive. descriptor A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term. descriptory descriptive; serving to describe something descriptum That which is described; the subject of a description. descrive To describe. descry To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal. descum To remove the scum from. descurainolide A macrolide lactone derived from lignin descurainoside A thioglycoside present in Descurainia sophia Desdemona Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy. Desdemonan Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Desdemona. Desderman A surgical range of hand disinfectants. dese these Deseadan An age from 29 to 21 million years ago, a subdivision of the Oligo-Miocene. Deseado A department in Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Capital: Puerto Deseado. deseal to remove sealant. deseam To remove the seams from (metal). deseasonalization The process or result of deseasonalizing. deseasonalize To offset (data) to reverse the process of seasonalization. deseat Synonym of unseat. desecate To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. desecrate To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something. desecrated Having been desecrated or violated. desecration An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred. desecrator A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something. desecularization The process of desecularizing. desecularize To make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion. deseed To remove seed or seeds from. deseeder A device for removing seeds. deseg Desegregation. desegmentation The loss or obliteration of division into segments. desegregate To end the segregation of (something). desegregation The act or process of eliminating segregation. desegregationist A supporter of desegregation. deselect To not select; to rule out of selection. deselectable Capable of being deselected. deselection The process or act of deselecting. deselector A factor that tends to exclude something from being selected. deselenation The removal of selenium from a compound deselenization The removal of selenium from a compound, typically in order to synthesize a different one deselenized From which selenium has been removed