All English words - page 1450

Meanings of Dewlap:

noun

A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle.

Usage examples:

Exposed skin of the ceres, dewlaps, horns, bills or legs may be brightly colored red or blue.

Meanings of Dewlaps:

noun

A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle.

Usage examples:

Exposed skin of the ceres, dewlaps, horns, bills or legs may be brightly colored red or blue.

Meanings of Deworm:

verb

Treat (an animal) to free it of worms.

Usage examples:

You must be prepared to deworm your dog regularly

Meanings of Dewormed:

verb

Treat (an animal) to free it of worms.

Usage examples:

You must be prepared to deworm your dog regularly

Meanings of Deworming:

verb

Treat (an animal) to free it of worms.

Usage examples:

You must be prepared to deworm your dog regularly

Meanings of Deworms:

verb

Treat (an animal) to free it of worms.

Usage examples:

You must be prepared to deworm your dog regularly

Meanings of Dews:

verb

Moisten with drops of liquid.

Usage examples:

Sweat dewed her lashes

noun

Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapour condenses.

Usage examples:

The grass was wet with dew

abbreviation

Distant early warning, a radar system in north america for the early detection of a missile attack.

Usage examples:

The dew line

Meanings of Dewy:

adjective

Wet with dew.

Usage examples:

Early morning is best, when the woods are cool and the ground is still moist and dewy.

Meanings of Dewy-eyed:

adjective

Having eyes that are wet with tears because you feel emotional

Usage examples:

Dewy-eyed nostalgia, a dewy-eyed bride, dewy-eyed innocence

Meanings of Dex:

noun

Short for dexedrine.

Meanings of Dexamethasone:

noun

A synthetic drug of the corticosteroid type, used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Meanings of Dexes:

noun

Short for dexedrine.

Meanings of Dexies:

noun

Dexedrine.

Meanings of Dexter:

adjective

On or towards the right-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the left as it is depicted).

Usage examples:

It's blue, master, with a red stripe sinister, and a yellow emblem on the dexter side.

noun

An animal of a small, hardy breed of irish cattle.

Usage examples:

This month, we're mostly eating longhorn; last year, it was dexter.

Meanings of Dexterity:

noun

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

Usage examples:

Her dexterity with chopsticks

Meanings of Dexterous:

adjective

Showing or having skill, especially with the hands.

Usage examples:

A dexterous keyboard player

Meanings of Dexterously:

adverb

In a way that shows the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands, or the ability to think quickly and effectively

Usage examples:

Her right thumb texted dexterously on her mobile phone., foreign office officials dexterously negot…

Meanings of Dextral:

adjective

Of or on the right side or the right hand.

Usage examples:

Commonly there is a partitioning of sinistral and dextral criteria on alternate horizons, but horiz…

noun

A right-handed person.

Usage examples:

The five superfamilies shown in figure 2 depict the five kinds of clade found with respect to the o…

Meanings of Dextran:

noun

A carbohydrate gum formed by the fermentation of sugars and consisting of polymers of glucose.

Usage examples:

Among them, the most effective in preserving a more native-like structure are the disaccharides suc…

Meanings of Dextrin:

noun

A soluble gummy substance obtained by hydrolysis of starch, used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and dietary supplements.

Usage examples:

Carrots being cooked by themselves are often slightly sweetened to bring out their natural sweetnes…

Meanings of Dextro:

On or to the right.

Usage examples:

Dextrorotatory

Meanings of Dextrorotatory:

adjective

(of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the right, i.e. clockwise facing the oncoming radiation.

Usage examples:

Chirality describes the handedness of a molecule that is observable by the ability of a molecule to…

Meanings of Dextrose:

noun

The dextrorotatory form of glucose (and the predominant naturally occurring form).

Usage examples:

Having extracted the sugary nectar from flowers, bees use enzymes in their saliva to split the sucr…

Meanings of Dextrous:

adjective

Showing or having skill, especially with the hands.

Usage examples:

A dexterous keyboard player

Meanings of Dextrously:

adverb

In a way that shows the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands, or the ability to think quickly and effectively

Usage examples:

Her right thumb texted dexterously on her mobile phone., foreign office officials dexterously negot…