defensive
Intended for defence; protective.
Intended to deter attack.
Performed so as to minimise risk.
Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
In a state or posture of defense.

defensives
plural of defensive

deferable
Alternative form of deferrable.

deferential
Respectful and considerate; showing deference.
Based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one's own conclusions.

deferrable
That can be deferred.

deferrables
plural of deferrable

deferrated
From which, iron atoms and ions have been removed

deferric
Removing iron.

defervescent
Causing reduction of fever.

defervescents
plural of defervescent

deffered
Misspelling of deferred.

deffo
Definite.

defiable
That can be defied.

defiant
Defying.
Boldly resisting opposition.

defibrinogenating
That induces defibrinogenation

deficitary
Relating to a deficit

defilable
Capable of being defiled.

definable
Able to be defined.

definate
Misspelling of definite.

definatory
Defining or implying.
Providing a final judgement or conclusion.

definiential
Pertaining to a definiens or to definientia (terms which provide a definition of another term).

definite
Having distinct limits.
Free from any doubt.
Determined; resolved; decided.
Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things

definites
plural of definite

definitional
Of or relating to a definition.
Used to define something.

definitionless
Without a definition.
Lacking definition; blurry or vague.

definitory
Serving to define; acting as a definition.

deflagatory
Of or pertaining to rapidly burnable materials, or to a process of rapid combustion.

deflagrant
That burns with intense light and heat.

deflagrative
That causes (or is accompanied by) deflagration

deflatable
Able to be deflated

deflational
Relating to deflation

deflationary
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.

deflative
Tending to deflate.

deflavinated
From which the flavin component has been removed

deflectable
Capable of being deflected.

deflectible
Alternative form of deflectable.

deflectional
Of or pertaining to deflection.

deflective
Causing or relating to deflection.

deflectometric
Relating to deflectometry.

deflexed
Bent downward, as branches, leaves, or hairs.

deflexional
Dated form of deflectional.

defluent
Running downward; decurrent.

defluoridated
From which the fluoride has been removed

defluorinative
That leads to defluorination

defo
defamation

deformable
Capable of being reshaped.

deformational
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation

deformative
Of or relating to deformation.

deformylated
Modified by deformylation

defrayable
Capable of being defrayed.

defrostable
That can be defrosted.

deft
Quick and neat in action; skillful.

deftest
superlative form of deft: most deft

defunct
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
(of a language) No longer spoken.
Deceased, dead.

defunctioning
Involving a diversion from part of the body that would usually perform a certain function.

defusable
Capable of being defused.

defusive
That defuses.

defuzzied
From which any fuzzy attribute has been removed

degalactosylated
From which the galactosyl groups have been removed

deganglionated
Having had a ganglion or ganglia removed.

degd
Abbreviation of degraded (“deterioration”)

degelatinized
From which the gelatine has been removed

degenerational
Relating to degeneration

degenerative
Characterized by or causing degeneration.

degeneriaceous
Of or relating to the Degeneriaceae.

deglacial
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from deglaciation

deglucosyl
Used to form the names of compounds formed from others by the loss of a glucosyl moiety

deglucosylated
From which one or more glucosyl groups have been removed

deglucuronidated
That is not glucuronidated

deglutarylating
That removes glutaryl groups

deglutible
Capable of being swallowed.

deglutitive
Relating to the action or process of swallowing.

deglutitory
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition (swallowing).

deglycosylated
Describing a glycoside (but especially a glycoprotein) from which the sugar entity has been removed

deglycoylated
deglycosylated

deglycyrrhizinated
Glycyrrhizin having been removed.

degradable
Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
Having a complementary qubit channel and some third noise channel, such that adding the noise to the original channel replicates the complementary channel.

degradables
plural of degradable

degradational
Pertaining to or formed by degradation.

degradative
Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.

degradatory
That causes degradation

degraded
Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.

degradomic
Relating to degradomes or to degradomics

degranulatory
Relating to, or causing degranulation.

degrative
Causing a cell or organism to degrade.

degreed
Having an academic degree.

degreeless
without an academic degree

degressive
Tending to decrease.
Decreasing in steps.

dehalogenative
Accompanied by dehalogenation

dehiscent
Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
Which dehisces or presents dehiscence

dehydratable
Capable of being dehydrated.

dehydrative
That causes, or is accompanied by, dehydration

dehydroabietic
Relating to dehydroabietic acid and its derivatives

dehydroamino
Of or pertaining to dehydroamino acids or their derivatives

dehydroascorbic
Of or pertaining to dehydroascorbic acid or its derivatives

dehydrochlorinated
Modified by dehydrochlorination

dehydrocholic
Relating to dehydrocholic acid or its derivatives

dehydrodiconiferyl
Relating to dehydrodiconiferol

dehydrogenative
That causes dehydrogenation

dehydronated
From which the hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group has been removed

dehydronic
Relating to dehydrons

dehydrothermal
Relating to the removal of moisture by means of heat

deicidal
Of or pertaining to deicide.

deictic
Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context.
Directly pointing out; specifying.

deictical
deictic

deictics
plural of deictic

deidentifiable
That may be deidentified

deific
divine; of or relating to a deity or deities.

deificatory
Serving to deify or make into a god.

deiform
Godlike.
Conformable to the will of God

deimatic
Designed to startle or frighten a potential predator.

deinococcal
Relating to or characteristic of the deinococci.

deinstrumental
Derived from an instrumental case-form.

deinsulated
From which the insulation has been removed

deintercalated
removed from between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues; prepared by deintercalation

deinterjectional
Deriving from an interjection.

deionised
Alternative spelling of deionized.

deiparous
Giving birth to a god or goddess.

deist
Of or relating to deism and deists.

deistic
Of or relating to deism.

deistical
Of or relating to deism.

deityless
Without a deity.
Not acknowledging a deity; without belief in any deity.