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 deputative Relating to deputation. deputator One who deputes, or makes a deputation. depute To assign (someone or something) to or for something. deputer One who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy). deputinization The process of the removal of the influence of Vladimir Putin from politics. deputive Possible archaic and obsolete wording, meaning for one who is second in charge, or to substitute for. deputization The process of becoming a deputy. deputize To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy. deputizer One who deputizes. deputy One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office. deputyship The position or role of deputy. depyrimidination A process in which the chemical bond linking a pyrimidine (cytosine or thymine) to a deoxyribose sugar breaks spontaneously. It occurs at a lower rate compared to depurination with only 500 cytosine and thymine bases lost per cell per day in a typical mammalian cell. depyrogenate To remove pyrogens from. depyrogenated From which pyrogens have been removed depyrogenation The removal of pyrogens from a material. Deqing A county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China. dequalification A change so as to require less skill and knowledge, often leading to less responsibility and control. dequalinium A quaternary ammonium cation whose chloride salt is used in several medications. dequantitate To reduce the quantity of. dequantization The restoration of missing detail in a quantized image dequantize To convert a digital signal to an analog one. dequaternize To remove a group from (a quaternary ammonium compound) to yield a tertiary amine. deque A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end. dequeen To remove the queen from (a beehive). dequench To reestablish a previously quenched fluorescence dequenching The reappearance of previously-quenched fluorescence. dequeue To remove an item from a queue. dequeuer A process or component that removes items from a queue. dequity Securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities. Dequoron A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. der Disdainful indication that something is obvious. deracemization The conversion of a racemate into a pure enantiomer or into a mixture in which one enantiomer is present in excess, or of a diastereoisomeric mixture into a single diastereoisomer or into a mixture in which one diastereoisomer predominates deracemize To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers deracemized That has been converted from a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers deracialization The process of deracializing. deracialize To treat in nonracial terms; to remove the racialization of. deracinate To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate. deracinated Uprooted; having lost one's homeland. deracinates Pulling up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate. deracination The act of deracinating; uprooting. deracine Having been uprooted. deracoxib A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis in dogs. deradelphus Conjoined twins fused at the thorax and having a single head and neck. deradical Derived directly from a root (rather than from a form that is itself derived). deradicalization The act or process of deradicalizing. deradicalize To divest of radicalism; to normalize politically. deradicalizer One who deradicalizes. deradically In a deradical manner. deraign To prove or refute, especially through combat. derail Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail. derailable Capable of being derailed. derailer One who, or that which, derails. derailing The act by which something is derailed. derailleur A mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket (gear) to another, to change speeds. derailment The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs. derain To remove rain from an image. deraining The removal of rain from an image or video. deramciclane A drug which acts as an antagonist at the 5-HT2A receptor, as an inverse agonist at the 5-HT2C receptor, and as a GABA reuptake inhibitor. deramification The removal of branch structures deramp To remove (goods or containers) from a railroad flatcar using special equipment. derandomization The reduction or removal of randomness. derandomize To remove or reduce randomness. derandomized Subject to, or produced by derandomization derange To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged. derangeable Able to be deranged or disordered. deranged Disturbed or upset, especially mentally. derangedly In a deranged manner. derangedness The state or quality of being deranged. derangement The property of being deranged. deranger Someone or something that deranges. deranging Causing derangement; disruptive of mental or social stability. derangingly So as to derange. derank To inflect into a form that cannot be used in independent declarative clauses. deranking An instance of deranking. Deranque A surname from French. Derartu A female given name from Oromo. derat To rid of rats. derate To lower the rated capability of any rated equipment or material. derating The act by which something is derated. deration To remove rationing restrictions from (a product or commodity), so that the amounts one can buy or obtain are no longer limited by regulation. derationalization The process of derationalizing. derationalize To make irrational. deratization Extermination of rats, especially aboard a merchant vessel. deratize Synonym of derat (“to rid of rats”). derattled Of a rattlesnake: having had its rattle removed. deray Disorder, disturbance. Derazhnia A city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in central Ukraine. Derbeian A person from Derby, Derbyshire, England. derbend A Turkish outpost at a remote location, typically a mountain pass, manned by guards or villagers who receive tax relief for maintaining the location and protecting it from outlaws. derbendci The guards charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief. Derbent A city in Dagestan, Russia. derbid Any planthopper in the family Derbidae. derbied Wearing a bowler hat. derbio A large European food fish, Trachinotus ovatus. derbisol A fictitious drug, sometimes included in academic questionnaires to test the reliability of respondents. derby Any of several annual horse races. Derbyite A person who believes that the works attributed to William Shakespeare have actually been authored by William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. derbylite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and titanium. Derbyshire A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. Dercole A surname from Italian. derdeba A complex liturgy of the Gnawas, recreating the first sacrifice and the genesis of the universe by the evocation of the seven main manifestations of the divine demiurgic activity. dere Hurt; harm; injury. derealization The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it. derealize To detach from reality; to subject to or cause to undergo derealization. derebey A feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire. derech The path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism. derecho A windstorm characterized by damaging, straight-line winds, composed of one or more bowing lines of thunderstorms. Dereck A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek. derecognition The act or process of derecognizing. derecognize To choose not to recognize; especially, to choose no longer to recognize. derecruit To fail of the lungs to become fully aerated, typically as a result of closure of an airway. derecruitment The failure of the lungs to be fully aerated, typically as a result of closure of an airway, and especially in the setting of ARDS. deredden To correct for redshift. dereddened Rendered less red (regarding hue, saturation, or shade). deredere An openly love-struck character who is continuously sweet, flirtatious and affectionate towards their love interest. Dereemer A surname. dereference To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else. dereferenceable That can be dereferenced. dereferencer Any operator that dereferences something. dereferencing The act by which something is dereferenced. dereferer A service used for removing the URL of the referring page that referred the user to a given page, to maintain privacy. deregionalize To change something so that it is no longer regionally divided. deregister To unregister. deregistration The removal of registration, especially deregressed Whose regression has been reversed deregression The removal of association between variables deregularization The process of deregularizing. deregularize To remove the regularity from; to make not regular. deregulate To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from. deregulated No longer regulated: now unrestricted. deregulation The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation. deregulationist Opposing (statist) regulations on a product, service, or matter. deregulator One who deregulates. deregulatory Of or pertaining to deregulation. Dereham A town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England. Also called East Dereham (OS grid ref TF9913). dereification A process of dereifying. dereify To cause no longer to be a single coherent entity; to cease to treat as a recognizable object. dereism Mental activity directed away from reality and towards subjective ideas or conceptions; fantasizing. dereistic Not in accordance with reality; subjective, founded in fantasy. Derek A male given name from the Germanic languages. derelict Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken. dereliction Willful neglect of one's duty. derelictly In a derelict manner. derelictness The quality of being derelict. dereligionization The process of dereligionizing. dereligionize To render nonreligious; to transform (something) from religious into secular. derelinquish to abandon or desert, to leave to itself derelomine Any weevil of the tribe Derelomini. derender To remove rendering from. DeRenzo A surname from Italian.