daymarks
plural of daymark

daytimer
An AM radio station that is only allowed to broadcast during the daytime.

daytimers
plural of daytimer

ddakji
A folded square of paper used in several Korean games.
A Korean game where a player must throw their ddakji at the other player's ddakji to try and flip it.

deaconship
The position or role of a deacon.

deadhouse
A place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead human bodies (as for example to store them during the winter until the hand-digging of a grave becomes practical after the spring thaw).
A room or building behind a bar (drinking establishment) where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.

deadhouses
plural of deadhouse

deadland
Wasteland; a desert or other place that does not support life.
A place of death; a deadly land.
The afterlife, especially in belief systems that do not include reward or punishment such as heaven and hell.

deadlands
plural of deadland

deadout
A colony of bees whose members have all died

deadouts
plural of deadout

dealership
A place that sells items, especially cars.

dealth
A share dealt out; a portion or division.

deaneries
plural of deanery

deanery
The position held by a dean.
The house in which a dean lives.
The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.

deanship
The position or role of a dean.

deasphalter
A unit in a crude oil refinery or bitumen upgrader that separates out the asphalt from crude oil or bitumen.

deasphalters
plural of deasphalter

deasyville
Alternative spelling of deuseaville.

death
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
The collapse or end of something.
The collapse or end of something.
Spiritual lifelessness.

deathbell
Alternative form of death bell.

deathbells
plural of deathbell

deathbook
Alternative form of death book.

deathbooks
plural of deathbook

deathcamp
Alternative form of death camp.

deathcamps
plural of deathcamp

deathgrip
Alternative form of death grip.

deathgrips
plural of deathgrip

deathhouse
Alternative form of death house.

deathhouses
plural of deathhouse

deathmarch
Alternative form of death march.

deathmarches
plural of deathmarch

deathmask
Alternative form of death mask.

deathmasks
plural of deathmask

deathplace
The location where a person died.

deathplaces
plural of deathplace.

deathpool
Alternative form of death pool.

deathpools
plural of deathpool

deathray
Alternative spelling of death ray.

deathrays
plural of deathray

deathreat
Misspelling of death threat.

deaths
plural of death

deathwish
Alternative spelling of death wish.

deathwishes
plural of deathwish

debabelization
The situation where a people or region that formerly spoke multiple languages or dialects comes to speak a single unified language or dialect.

debouchure
The outward opening of a river, creek, valley, or strait.

debouchures
plural of debouchure

debt
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
The state or condition of owing something to another.
Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due

debts
plural of debt

decaborane
The stable borane B₁₀H₁₄

decaboranes
plural of decaborane

decanary
deanery

decanery
deanery

decapicone
A transparent plastic cone in which a laboratory mouse or rat is held prior to decapitation or other process, or to induce stress as part of an experiment.

decapicones
plural of decapicone

dechanneling
removal from a channel

decolonisation
Alternative spelling of decolonization.

decolonisations
plural of decolonisation

decolonization
The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence.
The reverse of colonization, i.e. granting back autonomy to a group.
The elimination of a colony of pathogens from the body of a patient, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

decolonizations
plural of decolonization

deconfinement
That state of a system of quarks and gluons that are free to move relatively independently
Discontinuation of confinement

decurionate
The position or office of a decurion.

decurionates
plural of decurionate

dedans
A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

deerfold
A fold or park for deer.

deerfolds
plural of deerfold

deerwood
An area of woodland where deer can be found.

deerwoods
plural of deerwood

deeryard
An area where deer congregate for shelter during the winter.

deeryards
plural of deeryard

deexcitation
The change in state as an excited state releases a quantum of energy.

deexcitations
plural of deexcitation

definitionism
The school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined.

deflocculation
The dispersion of an aggregate to form a stable colloid; the reverse of coagulation or flocculation.

deflocculations
plural of deflocculation

deglaciation
The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.

deglaciations
plural of deglaciation

dehospitalization
The discharge of a patient from hospital.

dehospitalizations
plural of dehospitalization

deirid
either of a pair of sensory papillae in the lateral cervical region of some nematodes

deirids
plural of deirid

deities
plural of deity

deity
Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.

delegacies
plural of delegacy

delegacy
The position or state of being a delegate.
A collection of delegates.

delphinion
A temple dedicated to Apollo Delphinios.

delphinions
plural of delphinion

delthyria
plural of delthyrium

delthyrium
The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.

delubra
plural of delubrum

delubrum
A temple or shrine.
A sanctuary.
A church with a font.

delusionism
Belief in something false; the state of being delusional.

demain
A demesne, especially the ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.

demaine
Obsolete form of demesne.

demaines
plural of demaine

demains
plural of demain

demandeur
The party, generally a state, that seeks to forestall or respond to noncompliance with or violation of an international law or treaty.

demandeurs
plural of demandeur

demayne
Obsolete form of demesne.

demaynes
plural of demayne

demeane
Obsolete form of demesne.

demeanes
plural of demeane

dememorisation
Alternative form of dememorization.

dememorisations
plural of dememorisation

dememorization
A process, within an algorithm, that removes any dependency upon a previous (especially an initial) value or state

dememorizations
plural of dememorization

demesne
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.
A region or area; a domain.

demesnes
plural of demesne

demiflat
In microtonal music, a note played a quarter tone lower than a natural.

demiflats
plural of demiflat

demilitarisation
The reduction of the armed forces of a state or other political entity in its entire territory, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
The elimination of the armed forces of a state or other political entity from a specific area in its territory, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty, such as in the case of demilitarized zones.
The conversion of a military or paramilitary force into a civilian one.