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 defendability The condition of being defendable defendable Capable of being defended. defendably In a way that can be defended. defendant Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending. defended Having defenses. defendee One who is defended. defender Someone who defends people or property. defenderless Without a defender; undefended. defendership The quality or state of being in defense of something. defending An act of defence. defendism the art of defending yourself against any situation defendress female defender. defenestrate To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window. defenestration The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally. defenestrator One who defenestrates. defensative Serving to protect or defend; defensive defense The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. defenseless Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack. defenselessly In a defenseless manner. defenselessness The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability. defensibility The state or quality of being defensible defensible Capable of being defended against armed attack. defensibleness Capability of being defended; defensibility. defensibly In a defensible manner. defensin Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses defensive Intended for defence; protective. defensively In a defensive manner. defensiveness The state or quality of being defensive. defensome The collection of genes that code for proteins that are chemical stressors defensor one who defends; a defender defensorship The state or business of a defensor. defensory Tending to defend; defensive. Defeo A surname from Italian. defer To delay or postpone. deferasirox An oral iron chelator. deference Great respect. deferent Showing deference; deferential. deferentectomy surgical severing of the vas deferens deferential Respectful and considerate; showing deference. deferentialism A policy or habit of behaving deferentially. deferentiality The quality of being deferential. deferentially In a deferential manner; with deference deferentitis inflammation of the vas deferens deferently In a deferent manner. deferiprone An iron-chelating drug used to treat thalassaemia deferitrin An iron chelator. deferment An act or instance of deferring or putting off. defernite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon. deferoxamide A hydroxyamide derived from deferoxamine deferoxamine A siderophore, produced by the actinobacterium Streptomyces pilosus, that is used as a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body deferrability The quality of being deferrable. deferrable That can be deferred. deferral An act of deferring, a deferment. deferrated From which, iron atoms and ions have been removed deferred Delayed; put off till later. deferrer One who defers or puts off. deferric Removing iron. deferrification The removal of iron, typically from a mineral deferring deferral deferrization The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts. deferrochelatase An enzyme that reverses to action of ferrochelatase deferrochelation The dechelation of an iron chelate compound. defertilization The process of defertilizing. defertilize To make no longer fertile. defervesce To experience an abatement or resolution of fever. defervescence The departure or subsiding of a fever. defervescent Causing reduction of fever. defeudalize To divest of a feudal system. deffo Definite. Defford A village and civil parish (served by Defford and Besford Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9143). deffos Definitely. defiable That can be defied. defial Defiance. defiance The feeling, or spirit of being defiant. defiant Defying. defiantly In a defiant manner. defiantness The state or quality of being defiant. defiatory Bidding or manifesting defiance. defib To defibrillate. defiber To remove some or all fiber from. defibrate To break into fibers. defibration breakage into fibres defibrator A thermomechanical refining machine used to produce wood fibres from wood chips as part of the manufacture of fibreboard. defibrillate To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock. defibrillation The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock. defibrillator An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart. defibrillize To remove fibrils (from) defibrillized From which the fibrils have been removed defibrinate (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin. defibrination The act or process of depriving of fibrin. defibrinization The process, or the result of defibrinizing defibrinize To remove fibrin from; to defibrinate defibrinogenate To induce defibrination defibrinogenating That induces defibrinogenation defibrinogenation induced defibrination defibrotide A DNA derivative used as an anticoagulant. defibulate To perform defibulation. defibulation A procedure to partially repair female genital mutilation. deficience Deficiency. deficiency Inadequacy or incompleteness. deficient Lacking something essential; often construed with in. deficiently In a deficient manner. deficientness The quality of being deficient. deficit Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack. deficitary Relating to a deficit defictionalization The process of defictionalizing. defictionalize To bring out of the realm of fiction; to associate with the real world. defiddle To clean up an automatically pixelated artwork so that it looks presentable. defier Someone who dares, challenges or defies. defiguration disfiguration; mutilation defigure To delineate, to depict. defilable Capable of being defiled. defilade To fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire. defilamentation The removal of filaments defile To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil. defiled Impure; dirty. defiledness The quality of being defiled. defilement The act of defiling. defiler one who defiles. defiliation The separation of a child from its parents. defilingly So as to defile something. DeFilippis A surname from Italian. DeFilippo A surname from Italian. defilter To process (filtered data) so as to reconstruct the original data. defiltration The removal of material from the pores of a filter. defin To remove the fins from. definability The quality of being definable. definable Able to be defined. definably In a definable manner; identifiably. definatory Defining or implying. define To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. defined Having a definition or value. definedness The condition of being defined definee One that is being defined. definement The act of defining. definer One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition. definiendum The term (word or phrase) defined in a definition (whether inside a sentence, as a dictionary entry, or otherwise). definiens The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition. definiential Pertaining to a definiens or to definientia (terms which provide a definition of another term). defining Serving to define or distinguish. definingly In a way that defines something. definite Having distinct limits. definitely Without question and beyond doubt. definiteness The state or quality of being definite. definition A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition. definitional Of or relating to a definition. definitionally In a definitional manner; as a definition. definitioneering The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions. definitionism The school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined. definitionless Without a definition.