All English words - page 1084

Meanings of Deride:

verb

Express contempt for; ridicule.

Usage examples:

The decision was derided by environmentalists

Meanings of Derided:

verb

Express contempt for; ridicule.

Usage examples:

The decision was derided by environmentalists

Meanings of Derides:

verb

Express contempt for; ridicule.

Usage examples:

The decision was derided by environmentalists

Meanings of Deriding:

noun

The expression of contempt or ridicule.

Usage examples:

The deriding of those who called for more considered responses as 'bleeding hearts'

adjective

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

Usage examples:

She has borne the brunt of a deriding public and media

verb

Express contempt for; ridicule.

Usage examples:

The decision was derided by environmentalists

Meanings of Derision:

noun

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Usage examples:

My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief

Meanings of Derivation:

noun

The action of obtaining something from a source or origin.

Usage examples:

The derivation of scientific laws from observation

Meanings of Derivations:

noun

The action of obtaining something from a source or origin.

Usage examples:

The derivation of scientific laws from observation

Meanings of Derivatives:

noun

Something which is based on another source.

Usage examples:

The aircraft is a derivative of the falcon 20g

adjective

Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason.

Usage examples:

An artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative

Meanings of Derive:

verb

Obtain something from (a specified source).

Usage examples:

They derived great comfort from this assurance

Meanings of Derive-from:

phrasal verb

To come from something

Usage examples:

The story derives from a very common folktale.

Meanings of Derived:

verb

Obtain something from (a specified source).

Usage examples:

They derived great comfort from this assurance

adjective

Coming from or caused by something else

Usage examples:

Derived products

Meanings of Derives:

verb

Obtain something from (a specified source).

Usage examples:

They derived great comfort from this assurance

Meanings of Deriving:

verb

Obtain something from (a specified source).

Usage examples:

They derived great comfort from this assurance

Meanings of Derm:

noun

Another term for dermis.

Meanings of Dermabrasion:

noun

(in cosmetic surgery) the removal of superficial layers of skin with a rapidly revolving abrasive tool.

Usage examples:

There are chapters on skin flaps, skin grafting, dermabrasion, tissue expansion, cryosurgery, chemi…

Meanings of Dermatitis:

noun

A medical condition in which the skin becomes red, swollen, and sore, sometimes with small blisters, resulting from direct irritation of the skin by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it.

Usage examples:

Irritant contact dermatitis is a skin reaction caused by the direct effect of an irritant substance…

Meanings of Dermatologist:

noun

A medical practitioner qualified to diagnose and treat skin disorders.

Usage examples:

Visit your dermatologist yearly for a full-body skin check

Meanings of Dermatome:

noun

The lateral wall of each somite in a vertebrate embryo, giving rise to the connective tissue of the skin.

Usage examples:

In the thoracic region, the myotome has grown ventrally to meet the ventral edge of the dermatome, …

Meanings of Dermatophyte:

noun

A pathogenic fungus that grows on skin, mucous membranes, hair, nails, feathers, and other body surfaces, causing ringworm and related diseases.

Usage examples:

They are caused by fungi called dermatophytes that live on skin, hair, and nails and thrive in warm…

Meanings of Dermatosis:

noun

A disease of the skin, especially one that does not cause inflammation.

Usage examples:

Ashy dermatosis, also known as erythema dyschromicum perstans, is a rare idiopathic dermatosis char…

Meanings of Dermestid:

noun

A small beetle of a family ( dermestidae ) that includes many kinds which are destructive (especially as larvae) to hides, skin, fur, wool, and other animal substances.

Meanings of Dermic:

adjective

Affecting or relating to the skin.

Usage examples:

A dermic remedy

Meanings of Dermographia:

adjective

Used for or made by marking the skin; of or relating to the marking or tattooing of the skin.

Meanings of Dermoptera:

plural noun

A small order of mammals which comprises the flying lemurs or colugos.

Usage examples:

Euarchontoglires is composed of the orders primates, rodentia, lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, and pika…

Meanings of Dernier:

noun

Something or someone that is very fashionable, new, and modern. dernier cri is french, meaning "last cry"

Usage examples:

This is the dernier cri in sports headgear., monet and pissarro were the dernier cri of art in 1889…