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7,372 words match “DEN”

DENUNCIATIVE a.
Same as Denunciatory. Farrar.
DENUNCIATOR n.
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
DENUNCIATORY a.
Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language.
DENUTRITION n.
The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
DENY v. 5 definitions
do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to dance." Shak.
DENYINGLY adv.
In the manner of one denies a request. Tennyson.
ABSCONDENCE n.
Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips.
ACCEDENCE n.
The act of acceding.
ACCIDENCE n. 2 definitions
The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.
ACCIDENT n. 7 definitions
ling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Sha…
ACCIDENTAL a. 5 definitions
taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
ACCIDENTALISM n.
Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.
ACCIDENTALITY n.
The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.
ACCIDENTALLY adv.
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
ACCIDENTALNESS n.
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
ADDENDUM n.
A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.
ADEN ULCER n.
A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.
ADEN-; ADENO- n.
Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.
ADENALGIA; ADENALGY n.
(Med.) Pain in a gland.
ADENIFORM a.
Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.
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