development
The process of developing; growth, directed change.
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
Something which has developed.
A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
The building of such a project.
The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
The expression of a function in the form of a series.
The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.

developpe
Alternative form of développé.

developpes
plural of developpe

deverbalisation
Alternative form of deverbalization.

deverbalisations
plural of deverbalisation

deverbalization
The act or process of deverbalizing.

deverbalizations
plural of deverbalization

devergence
Obsolete form of divergence.

devergences
plural of devergence

devernalization
The reversal of a previous vernalization.

devexities
plural of devexity

devexity
A bending downward; declivity.

deviance
Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
A person or thing that differs from the expected.

deviances
plural of deviance

deviancies
plural of deviancy

deviancy
The state of being deviant, abnormal or anomalous.

deviantization
The process of deviantizing.

deviation
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
A detour in a road or railway.
A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

deviationism
Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism.

deviationisms
plural of deviationism

deviations
plural of deviation

deviator
That which deviates, or causes deviation

deviators
plural of deviator

devicefulness
The quality of being deviceful.

devicetree
A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.

devildom
A realm of devils.

devildoms
plural of devildom

devilet
A little devil.

devilets
plural of devilet

devilishness
The state or quality of being devilish.

devilishnesses
plural of devilishness

devilism
The character or doctrines of the Devil or devils; devilry.

devilisms
plural of devilism

devility
The quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.

devilkin
A little devil.

devilkind
The totality of all devils as a whole; devils collectively.

devilkins
plural of devilkin

devillagization
The reversal of the process of villagization.

devilock
An alternative hairstyle where the sides and back are kept short while the front is kept long and combed forward.

devilocks
plural of devilock

devilstick
singular of devilsticks

deviousness
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.

deviousnesses
plural of deviousness

devirgination
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.

devirginisation
Alternative form of devirginization.

devirginisations
plural of devirginisation

devirginization
The act or process of devirginizing.

devirginizations
plural of devirginization

devirilization
The process of devirilizing.

devirtualization
The process of devirtualizing.

devirtualizations
plural of devirtualization

devisability
The quality of being devisable.

devisal
An act of devising.

devisals
plural of devisal

devisement
Something devised or invented.
The act of devising something

devisements
plural of devisement

devision
Obsolete spelling of division.

devissage
A technique introduced by Alexander Grothendieck for comparing invariants about coherent sheaves on noetherian systems.

devitalisation
Alternative form of devitalization.

devitalization
The act or process of devitalizing; its results.

devitation
An avoiding or escaping.
A warning.

devitations
plural of devitation

devitellinization
The removal of vitellin

devitrification
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.

devitrifications
plural of devitrification

devocalisation
Alternative spelling of devocalization

devocalization
Act or process of devocalizing.

devocalizations
plural of devocalization

devocation
A calling off or away.

devocations
plural of devocation

devoidness
The state or condition of being devoid.

devoir
Duty, business; something that one must do.

devoirs
plural of devoir.

devolatilisation
Alternative form of devolatilization.

devolatilisations
plural of devolatilisation

devolatilization
The removal of volatile material.

devolatilizations
plural of devolatilization

devolution
A rolling down.
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
Degeneration.
The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).

devolutions
plural of devolution

devolvee
One to whom a right is transferred by devolution.

devolvees
plural of devolvee

devonshiring
The process of stripping off turf, drying and burning it, and fertilising with the ash produced.

devoration
The act of devouring.

devorations
plural of devoration

devotedness
State of being devoted.

devotednesses
plural of devotedness

devotement
The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.

devotements
plural of devotement

devotion
The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
A prayer (often found in the plural).
Religious offerings; alms.

devotionalism
Devotional behaviour.

devotionalisms
plural of devotionalism

devotionalist
One given to devotion, especially to excessive formal devotion.

devotionalists
plural of devotionalist

devotionalities
plural of devotionality

devotionality
The practice of a devotionalist.

devotionist
Alternative form of devotionalist.

devotionists
plural of devotionist

devotions
plural of devotion

devouringness
The quality of something that devours.

devourment
The act of devouring something.

devourments
plural of devourment

devoutness
The state or quality of being devout; religiosity.

devoutnesses
plural of devoutness

devulcanization
To process of treating vulcanized rubber so as to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.

devulgarisation
Alternative form of devulgarization.

devulgarization
The process of devulgarizing something.

dewanee
Alternative form of dewani.

dewanees
plural of dewanee

dewani
The role or office of dewan.

dewanis
plural of dewani

dewannies
plural of dewanny

dewanny
Alternative form of dewani.

dewanship
The role or office of dewan.

dewata
Alternative form of devata.

dewatas
plural of dewata

dewaterabilities
plural of dewaterability

dewaterability
The condition of being dewaterable

deweaponization
The process of deweaponizing.

dewesternization
The process or action of dewesternizing something.

dewfall
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.