| DEMAN | • deman v. (Transitive) To sack employees from. • DEMAN v. to reduce the number of employees in an industry. |
| DEMES | • demes n. Plural of deme. • DEME n. (Greek) a territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township. |
| DEMIC | • demic adj. (Rare) Of or pertaining to a distinct population of people. • demic adj. (Ecology) Of or pertaining to a deme. • demic adj. (Dialect) Dysfunctional; broken. |
| DEMIT | • demit v. (Transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield. • demit v. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge. • demit n. The act of demitting. |
| DEMOB | • demob v. (Britain) To demobilize; to release someone from military service. • demob n. (UK) Demobilization; release from military service. • DEMOB v. to discharge from military service. |
| DEMOI | • demoi n. (Political science) plural of demos The common populaces of several states. • DEMOS n. (Greek) the people, esp. contemptuously. |
| DEMON | • demon n. An evil supernatural spirit. • demon n. A neutral supernatural spirit. • demon n. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. |
| DEMOS | • demos n. (Originally Ancient Greece) An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative… • demos n. (Political science, singular or plural) The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence… • demos n. Plural of demo. |
| DEMPT | • DEEM v. to hold as an opinion. |
| DEMUR | • demur v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry. • demur v. (Intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty;… • demur v. (Intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk. |
| EDEMA | • edema n. (American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity. • edema n. (American spelling, botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water. • EDEMA n. (Greek) local or general swelling produced by the accumulation of fluid in the body tissues or cavities, also OEDEMA. |
| MODEM | • modem n. (Computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and… • modem v. To transmit by modem. • MODEM v. to transmit by electronic device. |