determiner
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.

determiners
plural of determiner

deuddarn
A kind of cupboard or dresser with two tiers.

deuddarns
plural of deuddarn

developmentation
Development.

devshirme
Systematic collection of non-Muslim boys or young men from rural Christian populations of the Balkans, practiced by Ottomans; the boys were taken to Istanbul, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines.

devshirmeh
Alternative form of devshirme.

dey
A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

deys
plural of dey

diasyrm
Describing something already petty or mean in words that make it seem even more so.

dice
Gaming with one or more dice.
A die.
That which has been diced.

dices
third-person singular simple present indicative of dice

dihydrogen
The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
Describing a dihydrogen bond.
The diatomic hydrogen molecule H₂.

dihydrogenmonoxide
Alternative spelling of dihydrogen monoxide.

dilithium
The diatomic molecule Li₂ found in the gas phase.
Two lithium atoms in a molecule.
A fictional crystalline mineral in the Star Trek franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems.

dimuon
Used attributively to describe systems containing two muons

dimuons
plural of dimuon

dinacharya
A concept in Ayurvedic medicine that prescribes daily activities around cycles of nature; daily regimen.

dinacharyas
plural of dinacharya

diphtherotoxin
An exotoxin secreted by Corynebacterium diphtheriae

disdar
Alternative form of dizdar.

disdars
plural of disdar

disinflation
A decrease in the inflation rate.
Deflation

disinflations
plural of disinflation

disparencies
plural of disparency

disparency
A significant discrepancy.

dispositionalist
A subscriber to dispositionalism.

dispositionalists
plural of dispositionalist

disulfid
Archaic form of disulphide.

disulfide
A functional group with two sulfur atoms bonded to one another, described by the following formula: R–S–S–R'.
The anion ⁻S–S⁻.
A binary compound of sulfur and another element in the ratio 2:1 (formula XS₂).

disulfides
plural of disulfide

disulfids
plural of disulfid

disulphide
Alternative spelling of disulfide.

disulphides
plural of disulphide

disulphuret
disulfide

disulphurets
plural of disulphuret

divan
A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.
Any council or assembly.
A couch or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and on either the floor or an elevated structure.
An establishment that serves cigars and coffee, and may offer other amenities such as books, newspapers, and chess.
An establishment that serves cigars and coffee, and may offer other amenities such as books, newspapers, and chess.
A collection of poems, especially one written by an author in Arabic or Persian.

divans
plural of divan

divergon
A pair of divergently-transcribed operons that work together in the same biological system

divergons
plural of divergon

diwani
Alternative form of dewani.

diwanis
plural of diwani

dizdar
The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.

dizdars
plural of dizdar

doculect
A languoid that has been documented in any way, including raw data such as sound files, primary data such as transcribed text, or secondary data such as a grammatical description.

doculects
plural of doculect

donatrix
Female donator.

dosido
Alternative form of dos a dos.

dosidos
plural of dosido

doubthouse
An uncertain state of the global climate, neither greenhouse nor icehouse, ascribed by some paleoclimatologists to the late Eocene.

doxographer
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.

doxographers
plural of doxographer

dubtitle
A subtitle that transcribes the dialogue spoken on a dubbed soundtrack, rather than translating the original dialogue.

dubtitles
plural of dubtitle

duchesse
A French duchess.
A type of dressing table with a swing glass.
Ellipsis of duchesse lace.

duchesses
plural of duchess
plural of duchesse
genitive of duchesse

dufterdar
Alternative form of defterdar.

dufterdars
plural of dufterdar

dustboard
Any of the thin boards separating the drawers in a chest of drawers.

dustboards
plural of dustboard

dustbrush
A light brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

dustbrushes
plural of dustbrush

dustsheet
A large sheet that is draped over furniture to protect it from dust.

dustsheets
plural of dustsheet

dynamist
A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.

dynamists
plural of dynamist

efendee
Alternative form of effendi.

efendees
plural of efendee

effendi
An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.

effendis
plural of effendi

effendiyah
An urban middle class in the Ottoman Arab world.

einselection
A process claimed to explain wavefunction collapse and the emergence of classical descriptions of reality from quantum descriptions. In this approach, classicality is described as an emergent property induced in open quantum systems by their environments.

elchee
Archaic form of elchi.

elchees
plural of elchee

elchi
An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

elchie
Archaic form of elchi.

elchies
plural of elchie

elchis
plural of elchi

electrocution
Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not.

electrocutions
plural of electrocution

elo
Synonym of Elo rating.

elos
plural of elo

eltchi
Alternative form of elchi.

eltchis
plural of eltchi

embroideress
female embroiderer

empacho
A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.

encoignure
A small armoire, commode, cabinet or cupboard made to fit a corner.

encoignures
plural of encoignure

endoethnonym
An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes.

endoethnonyms
plural of endoethnonym

endopathway
endolysosomal pathway

endopathways
plural of endopathway

endurantist
A subscriber to the philosophy of endurantism.

endurantists
plural of endurantist

enormities
plural of enormity

enormity
Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.

ephod
A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

ephods
plural of ephod

epicadmium
Used attributively to describe kinetic energies above that at which cadmium has a large neutron cross section

epicenter
Alternative form of epicentre.