<B>demoralization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of demoralizing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being demoralized. </DL>
<A NAME="demoralize">
<B>demoralize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to lower the morals or principles of; corrupt; deprave. <BR> <I>Ex. The drug habit demoralizes its victims.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to lower the morale of; weaken the spirit, courage, or discipline of; dishearten. <BR> <I>Ex. Lack of food and ammunition demoralized the besieged soldiers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to throw into confusion or disorder. <BR> <I>Ex. Threats of war demoralized the stock market.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="demoralizer">
<B>demoralizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that demoralizes. </DL>
<A NAME="demoralizingly">
<B>demoralizingly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a demoralizing manner; so as to demoralize. <BR> <I>Ex. A British officer had infiltrated into Ludendorff's staff and played demoralizingly on his mind (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="demorphism">
<B>demorphism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) the decomposition, disintegration, or weathering of rocks, as contrasted with their metamorphism or transformation into other rocks. </DL>
<A NAME="demortuisnilnisibonum">
<B>de mortuis nil nisi bonum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) of the dead (say) nothing except good. </DL>
<A NAME="demos">
<B>demos, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the common people of an ancient Greek state. <DD><B> 2. </B>the populace; common people. <DD><B> 3. </B>a township in ancient Attica. </DL>
<A NAME="demosthenic">
<B>Demosthenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characteristic of Demosthenes, the great Athenian orator, 384?-322 B.C. </DL>
<A NAME="demote">
<B>demote, </B>transitive verb, <B>-moted,</B> <B>-moting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to put back to a lower grade; reduce in rank; degrade. <BR> <I>Ex. The new girl was demoted from fourth grade to third when the teacher found she could not do the work. He was demoted from corporal to private.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="demothball">
<B>demothball, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to return (military or naval equipment) to use by removing the preservative coating in which it has been stored. </DL>
<A NAME="demotic">
<B>demotic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of the common people; popular. <BR> <I>Ex. demotic customs, the demotic mind. There will never be a successful working-class English novel until someone invents or discovers a method of writing demotic speech (Observer).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with or denoting the ancient Egyptian form of simplified writing, derived from the hieratic character. <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with or denoting the standard spoken and written form of modern Greek. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a simplified form of ancient Egyptian writing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the standard spoken and written form of modern Greek, especially as contrasted with katharevousa, the literary language of the 1800's. </DL>
<A NAME="demotics">
<B>demotics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of people and society; sociology. </DL>
<B>demountable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be removed. <BR> <I>Ex. a demountable wheel rim.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dempster">
<B>dempster, </B>noun. <B>=deemster.</B></DL>
<A NAME="demulcent">
<B>demulcent, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> soothing. <DD><I>noun </I> a soothing ointment or medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="demulsifier">
<B>demulsifier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a chemical agent that breaks down or prevents the formation of an emulsion. </DL>
<A NAME="demur">
<B>demur, </B>verb, <B>-murred,</B> <B>-murring,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to show disapproval or dislike; object; take exception. <BR> <I>Ex. The clerk demurred at working overtime without extra pay.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) to put in a demurrer. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to hesitate; pause; delay. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of demurring; objection; exception. <BR> <I>Ex. The clerk's demur was ignored by his boss. Her gentle demur went unnoticed in the fury of the argument.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law. Obsolete.) a demurrer. </DL>
<A NAME="demure">
<B>demure, </B>adjective, <B>-murer,</B> <B>-murest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>seeming more modest and proper than one really is; coy. <BR> <I>Ex. the demure smile of a flirt.</I> (SYN) prim. <DD><B> 2. </B>serious; thoughtful; sober. <BR> <I>Ex. The modest maiden was demure.</I> (SYN) grave, sedate. adv. <B>demurely.</B> noun <B>demureness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="demurrable">
<B>demurrable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that may be demurred to. </DL>
<A NAME="demurrage">
<B>demurrage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>failure to load or unload a ship, railroad car, or truck within the time specified. <DD><B> 2. </B>the payment made for this. </DL>
<A NAME="demurral">
<B>demurral, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a demurring; demur. </DL>
<A NAME="demurrant">
<B>demurrant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a party to an action who puts in a demurrer. </DL>
<A NAME="demurrer">
<B>demurrer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who objects. <DD><B> 2. </B>an objection; exception. <BR> <I>Ex. This reply is met by the demurrer that it is beside the question (Herbert Spencer).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) a plea by a defendant that a lawsuit or part of a lawsuit be dismissed because the facts, even if true, do not sustain the plaintiff's claim or because there is some legal defect in his claim. </DL>
<A NAME="demy">
<B>demy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a size of writing paper (in the United States 16 X 21, in Great Britain 15 1/2 X 20, inches) or of printing paper (17 1/2 X 22 1/2 inches). <DD><B> 2. </B>a holder of a scholarship at Magdalen College, Oxford. </DL>
<A NAME="demyelinate">
<B>demyelinate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nated,</B> <B>-nating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to remove or destroy myelin or the myelin sheath of (nerves). </DL>
<A NAME="demyelination">
<B>demyelination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of demyelinating. <DD><B> 2. </B>the result of demyelinating. </DL>
<A NAME="demyship">
<B>demyship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a scholarship at Magdalen College, Oxford. </DL>
<A NAME="demystification">
<B>demystification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of demystifying; enlightenment. <BR> <I>Ex. In an age of unfolding rationality and demystification of the world, the numerical growth of scientists, technologists and technicians has been accompanied by the development of a new faith and a new priesthood (New Scientist and Science Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="demystify">
<B>demystify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make understandable; clarify by explanation or study. <BR> <I>Ex. The French government in the past fortnight at least "successfully demystified the obscure science of gold and brought it into the forefront of politics" (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="demythicization">
<B>demythicization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of demythicizing. <BR> <I>Ex. Demythicization began with the demythicizing of God and the Holy Trinity ... to end with the demythicization of the priesthood (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="demythicize">
<B>demythicize, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-cized,</B> <B>-cizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to strip or rid of myths; demythologize. </DL>
<B>demythologization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of demythologizing. </DL>
<A NAME="demythologize">
<B>demythologize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-gized,</B> <B>-gizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to remove myths or mythological elements from (a religion, doctrine, cult, and the like). <BR> <I>Ex. German Biblical Critic Rudolf Bultmann ... argues that the essential Gospel message must be "demythologized" by liberating it from antiquated supernatural language (Time). A religion that was completely demythologized would ... be a very dull religion (London Times). Mr. Blake goes very slightly too far in the attempt to demythologize Disraeli (John Grigg).</I> noun <B>demythologizer.</B> </DL>
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<B>den, </B>noun, verb, <B>denned,</B> <B>denning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wild animal's home; lair. <BR> <I>Ex. The bear's den was in a cave.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a cavern, cave, or other place in which to take shelter or hide. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a place where thieves or the like have their headquarters. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a small, dirty or neglected room or dwelling. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) one's private room for reading and work, usually small and cozy. <DD><B> 6. </B>a group of two to eight cub scouts. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to live in or as if in a den. <DD><B> 2. </B>to escape into or hide in a den. <BR>expr. <B>den up,</B> (U.S.) <DD><B> a. </B>to retire into a den for the winter, as a hibernating animal does. <DD><B> b. </B>to retire to one's den or private room. adj. <B>denlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="den">
<B>Den.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Denmark. </DL>
<A NAME="denarius">
<B>denarius, </B>noun, pl. <B>-narii.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an ancient Roman silver coin. <DD><B> 2. </B>an ancient Roman gold coin. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) a penny. (Abbr:) d (no period). </DL>
<A NAME="denary">
<B>denary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the number ten; having ten as the basis of reckoning; decimal. </DL>
<A NAME="denasalize">
<B>denasalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make (speech sounds) less nasal; remove the nasal quality from (the voice). </DL>
<A NAME="denatant">
<B>denatant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> swimming or migrating with the current, not against it. <BR> <I>Ex. denatant fishes.</I> </DL>
