English words starting with deu
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Meanings of Deucalion:
proper nounThe son of prometheus. with his wife pyrrha he survived a flood sent by zeus to punish human wickedness; they were then instructed to throw stones over their shoulders, and these turned into humans to repopulate the world.
Deuce
djuːsMeanings of Deuce:
nounThe two on dice or playing cards.
Usage examples:
A doctored die having two deuces
Meanings of Deuced:
adjectiveUsed for emphasis, especially to express disapproval or frustration.
Usage examples:
I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter
Deuces
djuːsMeanings of Deuces:
nounThe two on dice or playing cards.
Usage examples:
A doctored die having two deuces
Meanings of Deus:
nounAn unnatural or very unlikely end to a story or event, that solves or removes any problems too easily
Deuteragonist
ˌdjuːtəˈraɡənɪstMeanings of Deuteragonist:
nounThe person second in importance to the protagonist in a drama.
Usage examples:
The first actor was the protagonist, the second the deuteragonist, and the third the tritagonist.
Meanings of Deuteranope:
nounA person suffering from deuteranopia.
Usage examples:
The major difference between protanopes and deuteranopes is in their sensitivity to colored lights.
Deuteranopia
ˌdjuːt(ə)rəˈnəʊpɪəMeanings of Deuteranopia:
nounColour blindness resulting from insensitivity to green light, causing confusion of greens, reds, and yellows.
Usage examples:
The genetic cause has been determined for several color vision defects, achromatopsia (the loss of …
Meanings of Deuteric:
adjectiveRelating to or denoting alteration of the minerals of an igneous rock during the later stages of consolidation.
Usage examples:
Although such grains would have low curie points of c.250 deg c they invariably undergo subsolidus …
Meanings of Deuterium:
nounA stable isotope of hydrogen with a mass approximately twice that of the usual isotope.
Usage examples:
The most easily attained fusion reaction involves fusing nuclei of the two isotopes of hydrogen, de…
Deuterocanonical
ˌdjuːtərəʊkəˈnɒnɪk(ə)lMeanings of Deuterocanonical:
adjective(of sacred books or literary works) forming a secondary canon.
Usage examples:
I had difficulty accepting scobie's reasoning for not including the deuterocanonical books as a leg…
Deuteron
ˈdjuːtərɒnMeanings of Deuteron:
nounThe nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
Usage examples:
The wave functions of both the deuteron and the alpha particle are invariant under the interchange …
Meanings of Deuteronomy:
proper nounThe fifth book of the bible, containing a recapitulation of the ten commandments and much of the mosaic law.
Meanings of Deuterons:
nounThe nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
Usage examples:
The wave functions of both the deuteron and the alpha particle are invariant under the interchange …
Meanings of Deuterostome:
nounA deuterostomatous animal; also as adjective.
Meanings of Deutsche:
nounThe main german stock market, based in frankfurt
Deutzia
ˈdjuːtsɪəMeanings of Deutzia:
nounAn ornamental shrub with white or pinkish flowers, native to asia and central america.
Usage examples:
Spring-flowering shrubs include such popular plants as forsythia, deutzia, lilac, viburnum, mock-or…
Meanings of Deux:
abbreviationDelaware (in official postal use).
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