English to English Dictionary

Dead-to-the-world

Fast asleep and completely unaware of one's surroundings.

Deallocation

The act of freeing or releasing previously allocated resources, especially computer memory or storage.

Death-knell

The tolling of a bell to announce a death or funeral.

Debilitation

The state of being weak and infirm; the process of becoming debilitated.

Decahedron

A three-dimensional geometric figure with ten flat faces.

Declination

The angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator.

Deconstruct

To reduce something to its constituent parts in order to interpret, analyze, or explain it.

Decorum

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.

Decumanus

A principal street in a Roman city, typically oriented east-west.

Deep-rooted

(Of a feeling, belief, or habit) firmly established and difficult to change.

Defacement

The act of spoiling the surface or appearance of something, especially by drawing, writing, or carving on it.

Defame

To damage the good reputation of someone by speaking or writing falsely or maliciously about them.