<B>denigrate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-grated,</B> <B>-grating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to blacken the character or reputation of (a person, group, or organization); defame. <BR> <I>Ex. To say that integration has failed is to ignore and denigrate the thousands of Southern citizens who ... have faithfully tried to obey what they believed was the law of the land (Tom Wicker).</I> (SYN) sully, stain. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Rare.) to blacken with dirt, smoke, or the like. noun <B>denigrator.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="denigration">
<B>denigration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of blackening a reputation; defamation. <BR> <I>Ex. They regard the denigration of the craft of journalism as ... lamentable (Columbia Journalism Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denigratory">
<B>denigratory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> denigrating; slanderous. <BR> <I>Ex. Some of them were dropping mildly denigratory digs about the Russians (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denim">
<B>denim, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy, coarse cotton cloth with a diagonal weave, used especially for overalls and for upholstery and sports clothes. <BR><I>expr. <B>denims,</B> </I>overalls or trousers made of denim. <BR> <I>Ex. The anarchists are tousle-haired young people, dressed in denims and winter pullovers (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denitrate">
<B>denitrate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-trated,</B> <B>-trating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to free from nitric acid, nitrates, oxides of nitrogen, or the nitro group. </DL>
<A NAME="denitration">
<B>denitration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of denitrating. </DL>
<A NAME="denitrator">
<B>denitrator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus for denitration. </DL>
<A NAME="denitrification">
<B>denitrification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a denitrifying or being denitrified. </DL>
<A NAME="denitrifier">
<B>denitrifier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an agent that denitrifies. </DL>
<A NAME="denitrify">
<B>denitrify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to remove nitrogen or its compounds from. <DD><B> 2. </B>to change (nitrates) by reduction into nitrites, nitrogen, or ammonia. </DL>
<A NAME="denization">
<B>denization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of making one a denizen. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fact of being made a denizen. </DL>
<A NAME="denizen">
<B>denizen, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person or animal that lives in a place; inhabitant; occupant. <BR> <I>Ex. Fish are denizens of the sea.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a foreign word, plant, or animal that has been naturalized. <BR> <I>Ex. The common English sparrow is a denizen of America; it was first brought from Europe to America about 1850.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a foreigner who is given certain rights. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make a denizen; naturalize. </DL>
<A NAME="denizenship">
<B>denizenship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being a denizen. </DL>
<A NAME="denmother">
<B>den mother,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a woman who is in charge of a den of cub scouts. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. She's spending her life as den mother to Toronto's ... dope addicts (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denner">
<B>denner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the leader of a den of cub scouts. </DL>
<A NAME="dennet">
<B>dennet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a light, open two-wheeled carriage similar to a gig and fashionable in England in the early 1800's. </DL>
<A NAME="denominable">
<B>denominable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be denominated or named. </DL>
<A NAME="denominate">
<B>denominate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nated,</B> <B>-nating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to give a name to; name. </DL>
<A NAME="denominatenumber">
<B>denominate number,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a number used with the name of the kind of unit. <BR> <I>Ex. 4 oz., 10 in., and 9 lb. are denominate numbers.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denomination">
<B>denomination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a name for a group or class of things; name. (SYN) appellation, designation, title. <DD><B> 2. </B>a religious group or sect. <BR> <I>Ex. Methodists and Baptists are two large Protestant denominations.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a class or kind of units. <BR> <I>Ex. Reducing 5/12, 1/3, and 1/6 to the same denomination gives 5/12, 4/12, and 2/12. Reducing 5 ft. and 10 in. to the same denomination gives 70 in. The United States coin of lowest denomination is a cent.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a class; sort; kind. <DD><B> 5. </B>the act of naming. </DL>
<A NAME="denominational">
<B>denominational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or controlled by some religious denomination; sectarian. <BR> <I>Ex. a denominational school.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denominationalism">
<B>denominationalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>denominational principles. <DD><B> 2. </B>division into denominations. <DD><B> 3. </B>adherence to or advocacy of denominational principles or a denominational system. </DL>
<A NAME="denominationalist">
<B>denominationalist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a denomination. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who favors or supports denominationalism. </DL>
<A NAME="denominationalize">
<B>denominationalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make denominational. </DL>
<A NAME="denominationally">
<B>denominationally, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> according to a denominational method; in a sectarian manner. </DL>
<A NAME="denominative">
<B>denominative, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>giving a distinctive name; naming. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Grammar.) derived from a noun or an adjective. "To center" and "to whiten" are denominative verbs. <DD><I>noun </I> (Grammar.) a word derived from a noun or an adjective. adv. <B>denominatively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="denominator">
<B>denominator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the number below the line in a fraction, which states the size of the parts in their relation to the whole. <BR> <I>Ex. In 3/4, 4 is the denominator, and 3 is the numerator.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>a quality or characteristic shared by all; common denominator. <DD><B> b. </B>a yardstick or criterion; standard. <BR> <I>Ex. The individual is the denominator that counts (Terry Sanford).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Rare.) a person or thing that names. </DL>
<A NAME="denosjours">
<B>de nos jours,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>of our time; of the present age. <BR> <I>Ex. This monster ... is in a way the Gargantua de nos jours (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) of our days. </DL>
<A NAME="denotable">
<B>denotable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be denoted. </DL>
<A NAME="denotation">
<B>denotation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the meaning, especially the exact, literal meaning. <BR> <I>Ex. The denotation of "home" is "place where one lives," but it has many connotations.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a denoting or marking out; indication. <DD><B> 3. </B>a mark; sign; symbol. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Logic.) <DD><B> a. </B>the class, type, or number of things included in a given term; extension. <DD><B> b. </B>a value, quantity, or other attribute, represented by a symbol. </DL>
<A NAME="denotative">
<B>denotative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having the quality of denoting; designative; indicative. Proper names are denotative. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with denotation. adv. <B>denotatively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="denote">
<B>denote, </B>transitive verb, <B>-noted,</B> <B>-noting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to be the sign of; indicate. <BR> <I>Ex. A fever usually denotes sickness. If the teacher writes an "A" on your paper, it denotes very good work.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be a name for; mean. <BR> <I>Ex. The word "stool" denotes a small chair without a back.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to stand for as a symbol. <BR> <I>Ex. The character "X" denotes multiplication.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denotement">
<B>denotement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sign; indication. </DL>
<A NAME="denotive">
<B>denotive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> serving to denote; indicative; denotative. </DL>
<A NAME="denouement">
<B>denouement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the solution of a plot in a story, play, situation, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. The particulars of the denouement you shall know in due season (Tobias Smollett). It's all fairly conventional and unsubtle, with an anticlimactic denouement; but the Cornish setting is attractive (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the passage in the story, play, or other literary work, in which this takes place. <DD><B> 2. </B>outcome; end. <BR> <I>Ex. He also, no doubt, wanted to go himself as a fitting denouement to his career (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="denounce">
<B>denounce, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nounced,</B> <B>-nouncing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to speak against; express strong disapproval of; condemn; censure. <BR> <I>Ex. The preacher denounced war, calling it immoral.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give information against; accuse. <BR> <I>Ex. The chief denounced one of his own police officers as a thief. The scientists denounced most cancer cures as frauds.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give formal notice of the termination of (a treaty or other agreement). <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) to proclaim or announce (a calamitous event). <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) to portend. noun <B>denouncer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="denouncement">
<B>denouncement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of denouncing; denunication. </DL>
<B>de novo,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) anew; starting again. <BR> <I>Ex. It is naive to imagine that leaders initiate plans de novo, especially in a country like the United States where so many pressure groups exist (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dense">
<B>dense, </B>adjective, <B>denser,</B> <B>densest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>closely packed together; thick. <BR> <I>Ex. a dense forest, a dense fog. Dense patches of briers are difficult to walk through.</I> (SYN) compact, close. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) very great; intense; impenetrable. <BR> <I>Ex. dense ignorance.</I> (SYN) profound. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) thick-headed; stupid. <BR> <I>Ex. His dense look showed he did not understand the problem.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>relatively opaque, with strong contrasts of light and shade. <BR> <I>Ex. a dense photographic negative.</I> adv. <B>densely.</B> noun <B>denseness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="densification">
<B>densification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a densifying or being densified. </DL>
