| ARTHRODESES | • arthrodeses n. Plural of arthrodesis. • ARTHRODESIS n. the surgical immobilization of a joint so that the bones grow solidly together. |
| DESECRATERS | • desecraters n. Plural of desecrater. • DESECRATER n. one who desecrates, also DESECRATOR. |
| DESECRATING | • desecrating v. Present participle of desecrate. • DESECRATE v. to make no longer consecrated. |
| DESECRATION | • desecration n. An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred. • DESECRATION n. an act of desecrating. |
| DESECRATORS | • desecrators n. Plural of desecrator. • DESECRATOR n. one who desecrates, also DESECRATER. |
| DESEGREGATE | • desegregate v. (Transitive) To the end segregation of (something). • DESEGREGATE v. to eliminate segregation in. |
| DESELECTING | • deselecting v. Present participle of deselect. • DESELECT v. to dismiss from a training program. |
| DESELECTION | • deselection n. The process or act of deselecting. • DESELECTION n. the act of deselecting. |
| DESENSITISE | • desensitise v. Alternative spelling of desensitize. • DESENSITISE v. to make insensitive, also DESENSITIZE. |
| DESENSITIZE | • desensitize v. To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive. • DESENSITIZE v. to make insensitive, also DESENSITISE. |
| DESERPIDINE | • deserpidine n. An antihypertensive drug related to reserpine. • DESERPIDINE n. a synthetic sedative drug of which the natural base is Rauwolfia serpentina. |
| DESERTIFIED | • desertified v. Simple past tense and past participle of desertify. • desertified adj. Turned into a desert. • DESERTIFY v. to make into a desert. |
| DESERTIFIES | • desertifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desertify. • DESERTIFY v. to make into a desert. |
| DESERVINGLY | • deservingly adv. In a deserving manner. • DESERVING adv. worthy. |
| DESEXUALISE | • desexualise v. Alternative spelling of desexualize. • DESEXUALISE v. to deprive of sexual characters or power, also DESEXUALIZE. |
| DESEXUALIZE | • desexualize v. (Transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual. • DESEXUALIZE v. to deprive of sexual characters or power, also DESEXUALISE. |
| SEMIDESERTS | • semideserts n. Plural of semidesert. • semi-deserts n. Plural of semi-desert. • SEMIDESERT n. a half desert. |
| UNDESERVERS | • undeservers n. Plural of undeserver. • UNDESERVER n. (Shakespeare) one who is not deserving. |
| UNDESERVING | • undeserving adj. Considered unworthy of reward. • UNDESERVING adj. not deserving. |