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 desoxyribonucleolytic That cuts the internucleotide link in DNA desoxyuridine Synonym of deoxyuridine. despacho A Peruvian sacred shamanic offering. despaghettification The process or act of despaghettifying; refactoring of spaghetti code. despaghettify To refactor spaghetti code. Despain A surname. despair To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. despairer One who despairs. despairful Characterised by despair; hopeless. despairfully In a despairful manner. despairfulness The quality of being despairful. despairing Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. despairingly In a despairing manner. despairingness The state or quality of being despairing. despam To remove spam (unwanted messages) from. despammer A person who fights against spam messages. Despard A surname. desparple To scatter, to disparkle. despatialization The process of despatializing. despatialize To remove from the context of space or geography; to cause to be no longer spatial. Despatie A surname from French despawn To be instantaneously destroyed or removed. despecialization The process of despecializing; loss of specialization. despecialize To make no longer specialized; to make generally applicable or accessible. despeciate To modify (a serum) so that it is no longer species-specific, to avoid triggering allergic reactions. despeciated Of a serum: modified so that it is no longer species-specific, to avoid triggering allergic reactions. despeciation The loss of a unique species of animal due to its combining with another previously distinct species. despecificate To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. despecification The act of generalizing, or making less specific. despeckle To remove speckles from. despeckler A process or algorithm that removes speckles. despect Contempt, derision. despection A looking down upon. despective Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon. despedida a farewell party despeed To send hastily. despend To spend; to squander. Desper A surname from French. desperacy desperateness desperado A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. desperadoism The attitudes or behaviour of desperadoes. desperate In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. desperately In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly. desperateness The state or quality of being desperate. desperation The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. desperational Of or relating to desperation. despicability Despicableness. despicable Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean. despicableness The quality of being despicable despicably In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly despiciency The act of looking down on someone; despisal. despike To remove spikes (noise) from data or a graph despiker A device or algorithm for removing spikes of various kinds. despiking The removal of spikes (noise) from data or graphs despin To stop or slow rotation. Despina A moon of Neptune despine To remove the spines from a plant. Despinian Of or relating to the god Despina (a.k.a. Despoena) in Greek mythology. despinning The removal of spin from an object despiralization The uncoiling of chromonema as part of meiosis. despiralize To uncoil, especially a chromonema as part of meiosis despiralized uncoiled despirit Synonym of dispirit. despirited Synonym of dispirited. despiritualization The process of despiritualizing. despiritualize To remove the spiritual element from. despisable Worthy to be despised. despisableness The state or quality of being despisable. despisal Contempt; scornful hatred. despise To regard with contempt or scorn. despised Hated; viewed with scorn. despisedness The state or quality of being despised. despisement contempt, despisal despiser One who despises. despiseworthy Worthy of being despised; despicable. despising An act of despising. despisingly Contemptuously; with scorn. despisingness The state or quality of being despising. despite In spite of, notwithstanding. despiteful Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate. despitefully In a despiteful manner; spitefully. despitefulness The state or quality of being despiteful. despiteous Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting. despiteously In a despiteous manner. despo Desperate. despoil To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from. despoilable Able to be despoiled. despoilation A spoiling or ruining; destruction. despoiler One who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer. despoiling Synonym of despoliation. despoilment The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation. Despoina the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon despoliation A stripping or plundering; spoliation. despond To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart. despondence The state of being downcast or despondent. despondency The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. despondent In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. despondently In a despondent manner. desponder One who desponds. desponding That causes or communicates despondency; disheartening or despondent. despondingly In a desponding manner. desponsage Synonym of betrothal. desponsate To betroth. desponsation A betrothing; betrothal desponsory A written pledge of marriage. desport To disport. Desposyni Those people in the same family descent as Jesus Christ. despot A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant. despotat The government or domain of a despot. despotate An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries). despotess A female despot. despotic Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant. despotical Despotic. despotically In a despotic manner. despoticalness The state or quality of being despotical. despotism Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way. despotist A supporter of despotism, or a despotic ruler. despotize To behave like a despot; to act despotically; to tyrannize. despotocracy government by a despot despotocratic Of or relating to a despotocracy. despotry despotism despread To recombine radio signals that have been spread or distributed. Despres A surname from French. Despret A surname from French. Desprets A surname from French. despropionylbezitramide The orphine opioid 4-[4-(2-oxo-3H-benzimidazol-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-2,2-diphenylbutanenitrile. despujolsite A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal lemon mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur. despumate To skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify. despumation The act of giving off froth or scum. despume To free from spume, foam or scum. desquamate To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel. desquamation The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. desquamative Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation. desquamatory Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. desqueak To eliminate or reduce squeaking. desrick A roughly built cabin or shanty. Desrochers A surname from French. Desroches The main island of the Amirante Islands, part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. Desrosiers A surname from French. dess Unattractive, unappealing. Dessau A borough of Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe; an independent city until 2007. dessauite A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, strontium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium. dessert The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc. dessertful Synonym of dessertspoonful. dessertless Without dessert. dessertlike Resembling a dessert. dessertspoon A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately ten millilitres; a dessertspoonful. dessertspoonful A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or two teaspoons. dessertware The dishes used for serving dessert. desserty Like a dessert.