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 deformylation Any reaction involving the removal of a formyl group deforolimus ridaforolimus defoul To trample underfoot. defragger A defragmenter. defragment To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management. defragmentation The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive. defragmenter That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation. DeFrank A surname from Italian. defraud To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle. defraudable Susceptible to being defrauded. defraudation The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. defraudee A person or entity that has been defrauded. defrauder One who defrauds. defrauding The act of committing fraud. defraudment Privation by fraud; defrauding defray To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something). defrayable Capable of being defrayed. defrayal The act of defraying. defrayer One who defrays; one who pays off expenses. defrayment The payment of charges, expenses, grants, etc. defreak To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak. Defreese A surname from Dutch. defreeze To defrost, to unfreeze. defriend To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website). defringe To remove unwanted surrounding portions or speckles of colour from (an image). defrizz To remove the frizz from (hair). defrock To divest of a frock. defrocking The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. defrog To rid of frogs. Defronzo A surname. defrost To remove frost from. defrostable That can be defrosted. defrostee One who has been revived after being in cryonic suspension. defroster A device for removing frost or ice from a surface or food by applying heat. defrosting The process by which something is defrosted. defructosylate To remove a fructosyl group (from) defructosylated From which a fructosyl group has been removed defrutum A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to half of the original volume. defs Definitely. deft Quick and neat in action; skillful. defter A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire. defterdar An official in charge of the finances of the Ottoman Empire. deftly In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action. deftness Skilfulness, being quick in action. defucosylate To remove a fucosyl group defucosylated Having undergone defucosylation. defucosylation Any reaction that removes a fucosyl group defuel To remove the fuel from. defugalty an inconsistency, especially with regard to forms of communication (i.e. text documents, radio or video transmissions). defunct No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again. defunction Death. defunctionalization A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function. defunctionalize To subject to defunctionalization. defunctioning Involving a diversion from part of the body that would usually perform a certain function. defunctive funereal or deathly defunctness The state or quality of being defunct. defund To cancel funding for. defunder One who defunds something. defunding An instance of something being defunded; withdrawal of funds. defunkify To mask or remove the odor from; to deodorize. defur To remove the fur from. defurfuration The shedding of the epidermis in the form of fine scales. defusable Capable of being defused. defusal The act or process of making safe an explosive device (for example, a bomb, mine, or improvised explosive device), as by removing, disabling, or neutralizing its fuse, detonator, etc. defuse To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb). defuser One who, or that which, defuses. defusion The act of defusing. defusive That defuses. defuzz To remove fuzz or fuzziness from. defuzzied From which any fuzzy attribute has been removed defuzzification A process, in fuzzy logic, of producing a useful result from fuzzy data. defuzzifier A mapping that achieves defuzzification defuzzify To subject to defuzzification. defy To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). defying defiant defyingly With defiance. Defynnog A village in Maescar community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN9227). deg To sprinkle, moisten. DeGaetano A surname from Italian. degafiate A science fiction fan who has returned to active fandom after a period of inactivity. degalactosylated From which the galactosyl groups have been removed degalactosylation The removal of a galactosyl group degalactotigonin A steroidal glycoside isolated from Solanum nigrum. degame Synonym of lemonwood (“Calycophyllum candidissimum”). degami Synonym of lemonwood (“Calycophyllum candidissimum”). degan A surname. deganglionated Having had a ganglion or ganglia removed. Degante A surname from Spanish. Deganwy A small coastal town in Conwy community, Conwy borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7779). Degar A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam; Montagnard; highlander. degarelix A hormonal therapy used in the treatment of prostate cancer. degarnish To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish. degarnishment The act of depriving or stripping, as of furniture, equipment, supplies or of a garrison. degas To remove the gas from. degasification The removal of gas from something, especially from a liquid. degasifier A machine for degasifying. degasify To remove gas from. degassed From which the gas has been removed degasser A device used to degas something. degassing The process of removing gas. degate To remove excess material after casting a mold. degauss To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.). degausser A device that performs degaussing. degaussing The process of something being degaussed. degazettal The process or the result of being degazetted. degazette To remove an official status from something, by publishing the fact in an official gazette. degazettement The process of degazetting. Degazon A surname from French. degchi A South Asian type of cooking pot used to store biryani to keep it warm. degear To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money. degearing The process of selling off assets in order to reduce debt. degeiko A practice session between rikishi of competing heya. degel To convert from a gel to a liquid. degelatinisation The removal of gelatin (from) degelatinise To remove gelatin (from) degelatinised From which the gelatin has been removed degelatinized From which the gelatine has been removed degelation The conversion of a gel into a liquid. degelification The conversion of a gel into a free-flowing liquid. degelify To convert a gel into a free-flowing liquid. Degema A local government area in Rivers State, Nigeria. degeminate to lose gemination degemination The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period. degen Sword. Degenang A language spoken of Papua New Guinea. degender To degenerate. degenderization The removal of gender from something. degenderize To remove gender from. degeneracy The state of being degenerate (in all senses). degeneralization The process of degeneralizing. degeneralize To make less general and more specific. degenerate Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal. degenerately In a degenerate manner degenerateness The state or quality of being degenerate. degeneration The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse. degenerational Relating to degeneration degenerationism A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage. degenerationist One who believes in the theory of degenerationism. degenerative Characterized by or causing degeneration. degeneratively In a degenerative manner. DeGeneres A surname from French. degenerescence degeneration degeneriaceous Of or relating to the Degeneriaceae. degenerin A mechanosensory protein that forms an epithelial sodium channel degenerous Degenerate; base. degenerously degenerately; immorally or vulgarly Degenhart A surname from German. degenitalization The process of degenitalizing. degenitalize To deprive of its genitalic nature; to deemphasize the genitals of. degentrification The reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.