| DEFLATERS | • deflaters n. Plural of deflater. • DEFLATER n. something that deflates, also DEFLATOR. |
| DEFLATING | • deflating v. Present participle of deflate. • DEFLATE v. to release the air or gas from. |
| DEFLATION | • deflation n. An act or instance of deflating. • deflation n. (Economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services… • deflation n. (Economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction. |
| DEFLATORS | • deflators n. Plural of deflator. • DEFLATOR n. something that deflates, also DEFLATER. |
| DEFLEAING | • defleaing v. Present participle of deflea. • DEFLEA v. to rid of fleas. |
| DEFLECTED | • deflected v. Simple past tense and past participle of deflect. • deflected adj. (Botany) Bent abruptly downward. • DEFLECT v. to turn aside. |
| DEFLECTOR | • deflector n. Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles. • deflector n. A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion. • deflector n. (Science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield. |
| DEFLEXING | • deflexing v. Present participle of deflex. • DEFLEX v. to bend down. |
| DEFLEXION | • deflexion n. UK spelling of deflection. • DEFLEXION n. an act of bending or turning away, also DEFLECTION. |
| DEFLEXURE | • deflexure n. A bending or turning aside; deflection. • DEFLEXURE n. a deflection. |
| DEFLORATE | • deflorate adj. (Botany) Past the flowering state. • deflorate v. (Transitive, botany) To remove the flowers from. • deflorate v. (Transitive, archaic) To take the virginity of; to deflower. |
| DEFLOWERS | • deflowers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflower. • DEFLOWER v. to deprive of virginity. |
| DEFLUXION | • defluxion n. (Obsolete) A flowing down; a running down. • defluxion n. (Medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh. • DEFLUXION n. (obsolete) a discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh. |