DETRIMENTAL
DETRIMENTAL, adjective Injurious; hurtful; causing loss or damage.A spirit of speculation may be detrimental to regular commerce.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DETRITION
DETRITION, noun [Latin] A wearing off.
DETRITUS
DETRITUS, noun [Latin, worn; to wear.] In geology, a mass of substances worn off or detached from solid bodies by attrition; as diluvial detritus
DETRUDE
DETRUDE, verb transitive [Latin, to thrust.] To thrust down; to push down with force.
DETRUDED
DETRUDED, participle passive Thrust or forced down.
DETRUDING
DETRUDING, participle present tense Thrusting or forcing down.
DETRUNCATE
DETRUNCATE, verb transitive [Latin, to cut shorter; cut short. See Trench.] To cut off; to lop; to shorten by cutting.
DETRUNCATION
DETRUNCATION, noun The act of cutting off.
DETRUSION
DETRUSION, noun s as z. [See Detrude.] The act of thrusting or driving down.
DETURPATE
DETURPATE, verb transitive [Latin] To defile. [Little used.]
DEUCE
DEUCE, noun Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots; a term used in gaming.DEUCE, noun A demon. [See Duse.]
DEUTEROGAMIST
DEUTEROGAMIST, noun [infra.] One who marries the second time.
DEUTEROGAMY
DEUTEROGAMY, noun [Gr., second; marriage.] A second marriage after the death of the first husband or wife.
DEUTERONOMY
DEUTERONOMY, noun [Gr., second; law.] The second law, or second giving of the law by Moses; the name given to the fifth book of the Pentateuch.
DEUTOXYD
DEUTOXYD, noun [Gr., second; strictly.] In chemistry, a substance oxydized in the second degree.
DEVAPORATION
DEVAPORATION, noun [Latin] The change of vapor into water, as in the generation of rain.
DEVAST
DEVAST, verb transitive [Latin] To lay waste; to plunder. [Not in use.]
DEVASTATE
DEVASTATE, verb transitive [Latin, to waste. See Waste.] To lay waste; to waste; to ravage; to desolate; to destroy improvements.
DEVASTATED
DEVASTATED, participle passive Laid waste; ravaged.
DEVASTATING
DEVASTATING, participle present tense Laying waste; desolating.
DEVASTATION
DEVASTATION, noun [Latin]1. Waste; ravage; desolation; destruction of works of art and natural productions which are necessary or useful to man; havock; as by armies, fire, floo...
DEVELOP
DEVELOP, verb transitive1. To uncover; to unfold; to lay open; to disclose or make known something concealed or withheld from notice.The General began to develop the plan of his...
DEVELOPED
DEVELOPED, participle passive Unfolded; laid open; unraveled.DEVELOPING, participle present tense Unfolding; disclosing; unraveling.
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT, noun1. An unfolding; the discovering of something secret or withheld from the knowledge of others; disclosure; full exhibition.2. The unraveling of a plot.
DEVEST
DEVEST, verb transitive [Latin, a vest, a garment. Generally written divest.]1. To strip; to deprive of clothing or arms; to take off.2. To deprive; to take away; as, to devest ...
DEVESTED
DEVESTED, participle passive Stripped of clothes; deprived; freed from; alienated or lost, as title.
DEVESTING
DEVESTING, participle present tense Stripping of clothes; depriving; freeing from; alienating.