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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Den-tiē/ū-late-ly, adv.p. 355In a denticulate manner.
  2. Den-ti-cu-lā'tion, n.p. 355The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew.
  3. Dĕn’ti-cūle, n.p. 355(Arch.) A part of a cornice consisting of a flat projecting band set with or cut into dentils.
  4. Dĕn’ti-fōrm, a.p. 355Having the form of a tooth or of teeth.
  5. Dēn'ti-frīce, n.p. 355A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth.
  6. Den-tīg'er-oüs, a.p. 355Bearing teeth.
  7. Dēn'til, n.p. 355(Arch.) An ornamental square block or projection in cornices bearing some resemblance to teeth;—used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite order.
  8. Dēn'ti-lā'ted, a.p. 355Formed like, or having, teeth.
  9. Dēn'ti-lā'tion, n.p. 355The formation of teeth; dentition.
  10. Dĕnʹti-lāve, n.p. 355A wash for cleaning the teeth.
  11. Dĕn′tĭle, n.p. 355(Conch.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.
  12. Den-til'o-quīst, n.p. 355One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.
  13. Den-tĭl'o-quy, n.p. 355The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.
  14. Dēn’ti-nal, a.p. 355Belonging to the dentine; as, dentinal tubes. R. Owen.
  15. Dēn'tīne, n.p. 355The bony or ivory-like part of the teeth lying directly beneath the enamel. R. Owen.
  16. Dĕn’ti-rōs’ter, n.p. 355(Ornith.) A dentirostral bird.
  17. Dēn’ti-rōs’tral, a.p. 355(Ornith.) Having a toothed bill;—applied to a group of insessorial birds, having the bill conspicuously notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and thrushes. Swainson.
  18. Dēn’ti-rōs’trāte, a.p. 355Dentirostral.
  19. Dĕn’ti-scalp, n.p. 355An instrument for cleaning the teeth.
  20. Dĕn’tist, n.p. 355One who makes it his business to clean, extract, and repair natural teeth, and to insert artificial ones.
  21. Dēn'tist-ry, n.p. 355The art or profession of a dentist.
  22. Den-tĭ'tion, n.p. 355The cutting of teeth; the process of growth and the appearance of teeth in the jaw. 2. (Zoöl.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal. The deciduous dentition is the system of the deciduous teeth…
  23. Dēn’tize, v. t. or i.p. 355To cut new teeth, or to have the jaw new furnished with teeth. [Obs.] The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon.
  24. Dĕn’toid, a.p. 355Shaped like a tooth.
  25. Dĕn’to-lĭn’gual, a.p. 355(Pron.) Uttered by applying the tongue to the teeth, or, rather, to the gum above the teeth; lingua-dental.
  26. Dĕn’to-lin’gual, n.p. 355(Pron.) A letter pronounced by applying the tongue to the teeth, or to the gum above the teeth; as, d, t, s.
  27. De-nū'dāte or De-nūde', v. t.p. 355To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip. Denudate is obsolete, or but rarely used.
  28. Dĕn'/ū-dā'tion, n.p. 355The act of stripping off covering; a making bare. 2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the action of running water, removing earth, &c., from above; or the excavation of them by running waters or…
  29. De-nūn'ci-āte, v. t.p. 355To denounce. [Rare.] “An exigent interest to denunciate this new work.” Burke.
  30. De-nŭn'ci-ā'tion, n.p. 355The act of solemnly notifying, declaring, or threatening; the act of informing against, stigmatizing or publicly arraigning. 2. That by which any thing is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or…
  31. De-nŭn'ci-ā-tor, n.p. 355One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially evil; one who threatens or accuses.
  32. De-nŭn'ci-a-to-ry, a.p. 355Containing a denunciation; pointing out for reprehension or punishment; minatory; accusing.
  33. De-ny', v. t.p. 355To contradict; to gainsay; to declare not to be true. We deny what another says, or we deny a proposition. We deny the truth of an assertion, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse; to reject. They…
  34. De-ny',, v. i.p. 355To refuse; not to comply. [Obs.] “Denying to desist.” Fuller. If proudly he deny, Let better counsels be his guides. Chapman.
  35. Dē'ob-strūct', v. t.p. 355To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from any thing that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.
  36. De-ŏb'stru-ent, a.p. 355(Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.
  37. De-ōb'stru-ent, n.p. 355(Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body; an aperient. Dunglison.
  38. Dē'o-dānd', n.p. 355(Eng. Law.) A personal chattel which was the immediate occasion of the death of a rational creature, and for that reason given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses…
  39. Dē'o-dār'p. 355m. (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its timber, and also employed as an ornamental tree.
  40. De-ō'dor-i-zā'tion, n.p. 355The act of depriving of odor, especially of bad smell resulting from impurities. Gregory.
  41. De-ō'dor-īze, v. t.p. 355To deprive of odor, especially of bad smell resulting from impurities. Gregory.
  42. De-ō'dor-īz'er, n.p. 355He who, or that which, deprives of odor.
  43. De-ōn'er-āte, v. t.p. 355To unload. [Obs.] Cockram.
  44. De-ôn-to-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 355Pertaining to deontology.
  45. Dē'on-tōl'o-ǧist, n.p. 355One versed in deontology.
  46. Dē'on-tŏl'o-ǧy, n.p. 355The science of that which is morally binding or obligatory. J. Bentham.
  47. De-ōp'pi-lāte, v. t.p. 355To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.
  48. De-ōp'pi-lā'tion, n.p. 355Removal of obstructions. [Obs.] Browne.
  49. De-öp'pi-la-tive, a.p. 355Serving to remove obstructions; aperient; deobstruent. [Obs.] Harvey.
  50. De-ŏp'pi-la-tīve, n.p. 355(Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. [Obs.]
  51. De-ôr'di-nā'tion, n.p. 355Disorder. [Obs.] “Excess of riot and deordination.” Bp. Taylor.
  52. De-ŏs'cu-lāte, v. t.p. 355To kiss. [Obs.] Cock'eram.
  53. De-ōs'cu-lā'tion, n.p. 355A kissing. [Obs.] Stillingfleet.
  54. De-ōx'i-dāte, v. t.p. 355(Chem.) To deprive of oxygen, or reduce from the state of an oxide. [Written also deoxydate.]
  55. De-ōx'i-dā'tion, n.p. 355(Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide. [Written also deoxydation.]
  56. De-ōx/i-di-zā'tion, n.p. 355(Chem.) Deoxidation. [Written also deoxydization.]
  57. De-ŏx'i-dīze, v. t.p. 355(Chem.) To deoxidate. [Written also deoxydize.]
  58. De-ōx'y-gen-āte, v. t.p. 355(Chem.) To deprive of oxygen.
  59. De-ŏx'y-gen-ā'tion, n.p. 355(Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
  60. De-pāint', v. t.p. 355To paint; to picture; to make a likeness of; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.] “The saint . . . on his shield depainted.” Spenser. In few words you shall see the nature of…