All English words - page 1390

Meanings of Demeans:

verb

Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

Usage examples:

I had demeaned the profession

Meanings of Dement:

noun

A person suffering from dementia.

Meanings of Dementation:

noun

The action of making a person demented; the fact or condition of being demented; madness.

Meanings of Demented:

adjective

Suffering from dementia.

Meanings of Dementedly:

adverb

In a way that shows that you are unable to think or act clearly because you are extremely worried, angry, or excited by something

Usage examples:

He ran about, crying dementedly., she was grinning dementedly.

Meanings of Dementi:

noun

An official denial of a published statement.

Usage examples:

The foreign office has been forced to inspire a démenti which sounds true even to the most sophisti…

Meanings of Dementia:

noun

A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.

Meanings of Demential:

adjective

Of or relating to dementia; of the nature of dementia; demented.

Meanings of Dementing:

adjective

That drives (a person) mad.

Meanings of Dementis:

noun

An official denial of a published statement.

Meanings of Dements:

noun

A person suffering from dementia.

Meanings of Demerara:

noun

Light brown cane sugar coming originally and chiefly from guyana.

Usage examples:

Cream together the unsalted butter and demerara sugar until light and fluffy.

proper noun

A river of northern guyana. rising in the guiana highlands, it flows about 320 km (200 miles) northwards to the atlantic.

Meanings of Demerge:

verb

Separate (a business) from another, particularly to dissolve an earlier merger.

Usage examples:

The company announced plans to demerge its multimedia subsidiary

Meanings of Demerit:

noun

A fault or disadvantage.

Usage examples:

The merits and demerits of these proposals

Meanings of Demerits:

noun

A fault or disadvantage.

Usage examples:

The merits and demerits of these proposals

Meanings of Demerol:

noun

Proprietary term for pethidine.

Meanings of Demersal:

adjective

(chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake.

Usage examples:

Demersal fish

Meanings of Demes:

noun

A political division of attica in ancient greece.

Usage examples:

The peloponnesian army under king archidamus reached the borders of attica and encamped at the deme…

Meanings of Demesne:

noun

A piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use.

Usage examples:

Because labour was cheap, there were ample advantages in cultivating the demesne

Meanings of Demesnes:

noun

A piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use.

Usage examples:

Because labour was cheap, there were ample advantages in cultivating the demesne

Meanings of Demeter:

proper noun

The corn goddess, daughter of cronus and rhea and mother of persephone. she is associated with cybele and her symbol is typically an ear of corn. the eleusinian mysteries were held in honour of her.

noun

In greek mythology (= ancient stories), the goddess (= female god) of grain and the harvest (= the time when crops are cut)

Usage examples:

These rites honoured the grain goddess demeter.

Meanings of Demi:

prefix

Half; half-size.

Usage examples:

Demisemiquaver

Meanings of Demidandiprat:

noun

A young or insignificant person.

Usage examples:

I am a self-obsessed dandiprat

Meanings of Demiglace:

noun

A very concentrated (= having had a lot of liquid removed) sauce made from meat juices, often used when making other sauces

Usage examples:

The stock can be used to make soup, or reduced further into demi-glace., reduce the mixture a littl…

Meanings of Demigod:

noun

A being with partial or lesser divine status, such as a minor deity, the offspring of a god and a mortal, or a mortal raised to divine rank.

Usage examples:

Some roman emperors claimed descent from demigods such as hercules