| derby |
a horse race run every year and limited to three-year-old horses. [2 definitions] |
| derivation |
act of process of deriving or coming from. [3 definitions] |
| derive |
to obtain from a particular source (usually followed by "from"). [2 definitions] |
| derrick |
a machine for lifting and moving heavy loads. It has a center beam that does not move and a long arm that turns around the base. [2 definitions] |
| desalinate |
to remove salt from, esp. to make sea water drinkable. |
| desalination |
the process of removing salt from water, especially for the purpose of making sea water drinkable; desalinization. |
| desalinization |
the process of removing salt from water. Desalinization allows sea water to be used for drinking and for watering crops. |
| descend |
to move downward or to a lower position. [4 definitions] |
| descendant |
one who comes from a given ancestor or ancestors. |
| descent |
the act or process of going downward. [3 definitions] |
| describe |
to tell or write about; create a picture of in words. |
| description |
the act of using words to tell others what something is or was like. [3 definitions] |
| descriptive |
using or full of description. |
| desegregate |
to stop the practice of having separate schools and other facilities for people of different races. |
| desert1 |
a very dry, sandy area with few or no plants growing in it. |
| desert2 |
to leave behind even though it is one's duty to stay; abandon. |
| deserve |
to be worthy of or have a right to. |
| design |
to make or draw plans for the structure or form of. [5 definitions] |
| designate |
to point out or name. [3 definitions] |
| designated hitter |
a member of an American League baseball team who is chosen at the beginning of a game to bat in place of the pitcher. |
| designer |
a person who makes or draws plans for creating something, especially physical objects or structures. |