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 desightment disfigurement design A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem. designability The quality of being designable. designable Capable of being designed. designado In some Latin American countries, a person designated to succeed the vice president. designatable That can be designated; designable. designate Designated; appointed; chosen. designated Having a specified designation or purpose. designathon A collaborative event where people meet to design things. designation An act or instance of designating designative Serving to designate. designatively In a designative manner. designator A person who, or term that, designates. designatory Serving to designate. designatum That which is named or designated by a linguistic term. designed Created according to a design. designedly By design; intentionally; according to plan. designedness The state or quality of being designed. designee One who has been designated designer A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession. designerati Fashion designers collectively. designerless Without a designer. designerly Characteristic of a designer. designership The quality or state of being a designer; the function or dignity of a designer. designerwear Clothing created by fashion designers. designful Full of designs; scheming. designfully In a designful manner. designfulness The state or quality of being designful. designing artful; scheming designingly With sinister designs; insidiously. designless Without design. designlessly Without design or intention; inadvertently. designlessness Absence of design. designment One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking. designoid That came up by accident but appears to be designed. designwise In terms of design. designy Characterised by design. desilence To reverse the silencing of a gene desilencing The reverse of the silencing of gene expression desilicate To remove silicon from a material. desilication Any process that removes silicon from a material desilicification The removal of impregnated silica desilicified From which impregnated silica has been removed desiliconization The removal of silicon or silicates desilk To remove the silk from (corn). desilker A machine that removes the silk from corn. desilo To free (data, etc.) from a silo, or isolated storage. desiloization The process of desiloing. desilt to remove suspended silt from the water. desiltation The process of removing silt from a body of water. desilter A piece of equipment used in the petroleum industry to remove silt from the drilling fluid. desilting The action of removing silt Desilva A surname. desilver To remove the silver from (an alloy). desilverer A person or machine that desilvers. desilverization The process of desilverizing. desilverize To deprive of silver; to remove the silver from. desilylate To remove one or more silyl groups from a molecule. desilylated From which the silyl groups have been removed desilylation The removal of a silyl group Desimir A male given name from the Slavic languages. Desimone A surname from Italian. desimplify To make less simple. desinence A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix. desinent Ending; forming an end; lowermost. desinential consisting of desinences or grammatical endings; terminal desiness The quality of being desi, or belonging of the South Asian diaspora. desinew To remove the sinews from. desingularization Any of several techniques used to resolve a singularity. desingularize To resolve (a singularity) by means of desingularization. desinicization The removal; elimination or suppression of Chinese influence and culture or process of stripping down one's Chineseness. desinine A particular steroid glycoside. desinusoid To correct a scanned video image by correcting sinusoidal distortions caused by the scanner desiodase deiodase desipience silliness, folly desipient foolish; silly desipramine A tricyclic antidepressant C₁₈H₂₂N₂. Desir A surname. desirabilia Things that are wanted or desired. desirability The state of being desirable. desirable Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable. desirableness The quality of being desirable. desirably in a manner likely to arouse desire desire To want; to wish for earnestly. desired wished-for, longed-for desiredly In a manner that is desired; desirably or agreeably. desiredness The quality of being desired. Desiree A female given name from French, alternative spelling of Désirée. desireful Filled with desire; eager. desirefulness The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. desireless Free from desire. desirelessness Absence of desire. desirement Something that is desired, but not absolutely required. desirer One who desires, asks, or wishes. desiring A yearning for; a want. desiringly With desire. desirive Of or pertaining to desire. desirosity The quality of being desirous; desirousness. desirous Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain. desirously With desire; eagerly desirousness The state of being desirous. desirudin A synthetic recombinant form of hirudin. desist To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from). desistance The act or state of desisting; cessation. desistence The act of desisting, especially desisting from criminal activity. desister A person who desists. desistive conclusive or final DeSisto A surname from Italian. desistor One who desists, who stops or has stopped doing something. desition An end, ending or conclusion desitive Final or conclusive. desize To remove sizing material from (a fabric). desk A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. Deskati A city in eastern Grevena prefecture, Greece. deskband A toolbar embedded into the taskbar. deskbar Synonym of deskband. deskbook A reference book that may be kept on a desk. deskbound Whose work confines him or her to a desk. desked Seated at a desk. deskercise Desk exercise; the performance of exercises at a desk as a means of promoting health and fitness. deskew To rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing. deskfast Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk. deskful The amount that a desk will hold. deskie Someone who spends most of their time at a desk (usually working) deskill To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology. deskiller One who deskills. deskin To remove the skin of deskinment The act of deskinning. desklamp A lamp which sits on and is used to illuminate a desk. desklet A visual widget or small application that can be placed on the desktop. desklike Resembling or characteristic of a desk. deskman A subeditor. deskmate One who sits with another person at the same desk. desknote A notebook computer equipped with the greater power and features of a desktop computer. deskperson A deskworker. deskphone A desktop telephone set. deskscape The arrangement of items on a desk or desks. deskside By the side of one's desk (as in an office). deskspace space on the surface of a desk desktop The top surface of a desk. deskunk To remove the smell of a skunk from (a pet dog, etc.). deskward toward a desk deskwork Work done at a desk, as by an office worker. deskworker A person who does deskwork. deslag to remove slag. deslanatoside A particular steroid glycoside. deslanide A particular steroid glycoside. deslanoside A cardiac glycoside found in the leaves of Digitalis lanata. Deslauriers A surname from French. Deslav A male given name from the Slavic languages.