Webster's Dictionary 1913

1729

Dendroid

{ Den″droid (?), Den‐droid″al (?), } a. [Gr. � treelike; δένδρον tree + � form: cf. F. dendroïde.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.

1730

Dendrolite

Den″dro‐lite (?), n. [Gr. δένδρον tree + -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.

1731

Dendrologist

Den‐drol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in the natural history of trees.

1732

Dendrologous

Den‐drol″o‐gous (?), a. Relating to dendrology.

1733

Dendrology

Den‐drol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. δένδρον tree + -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.

1734

Dendrometer

Den‐drom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. δένδρον tree + -meter: cf. F. dendromètre.] An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.

1735

Denegate

Den″e‐gate (?), v. t. [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny.] To deny.

1736

Denegation

Den′e‐ga″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dénégation.] Denial.

1737

Dengue

Den″gue (dĕṉ″gā̍), n.(Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; — c...

1738

Deniable

De‐ni″a‐ble (?), a. [See Deny.] Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.

1739

Denial

De‐ni″al (?), n. [See Deny.] 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; — the contrary of affirmation.You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bar...

1740

Deniance

De‐ni″ance (?), n. Denial. E. Hall.

1741

Denier

De‐ni″er (?), n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.

1742

Denier (2)

‖De‐nier″ (?), n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See...

1743

Denigrate

Den″i‐grate (?), v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.To deni...

1744

Denigration

Den′i‐gra″tion (?), n. [L. denigratio.] 1. The act of making black. Boyle.2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation.The vigorous denigration of science. Morley.

1745

Denigrator

Den″i‐gra′tor (?), n. One who, or that which, blackens.

1746

Denim

Den″im (dĕn″ĭm), n. A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.

1747

Denitration

Den′i‐tra″tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + nitrate.] A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.

1748

Denitrification

De‐ni′tri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.

1749

Denitrify

De‐ni″tri‐fy (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.

1750

Denization

Den′i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.

1751

Denize

De‐nize″ (dē̍‐nīz″), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills. St...

1752

Denizen

Den″i‐zen (dĕn″ĭ‐z'n), n. [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from wi...

1753

Denizen (2)

Den″i‐zen, v. t. 1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.2. To provide with deniz...

1754

Denizenation

Den′i‐zen‐a″tion (?), n. Denization; denizening. Abbott.

1755

Denizenize

Den″i‐zen‐ize (?), v. t. To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.