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11,071 words match “MENT”

COUPLEMENT n.
on; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] Shak. And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser.
CRASSAMENT; CRASSAMENTUM n.
A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.
CRASSIMENT n.
See Crassament.
CURTAILMENT n.
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
DAZZLEMENT n.
Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.
DEBARMENT n.
Hindrance from approach; exclusion.
DEBASEMENT n.
The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton.
DEBATEMENT n.
Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.] A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton.
DEBAUCHMENT n.
The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
DEBOSHMENT n.
Debauchment. [Obs.]
DECAMPMENT n.
Departure from a camp; a marching off.
DECIDEMENT n.
Means of forming a decision. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DECIPHERMENT n.
The act of deciphering.
DECLAREMENT n.
Declaration. [Obs.]
DECORAMENT n.
Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey.
DECOREMENT n.
Ornament. [Obs.]
DECREMENT n. 4 definitions
tate of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. Ford. Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. Woodward.
DECULASSEMENT; DECULASSMENT n.
An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun; also, a removal of the breechblock for the purpose of disabling the gun.
DEDUCEMENT n.
Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [R.] Dryden.
DEFACEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
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