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  • English Word Deut- Definition A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi-or di-, although little used.
  • English Word Deuterocanonical Definition Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.
  • English Word Deuterogamist Definition One who marries the second time.
  • English Word Deuterogamy Definition A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy.
  • English Word Deuterogenic Definition Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
  • English Word Deuteronomist Definition The writer of Deuteronomy.
  • English Word Deuteronomy Definition The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.
  • English Word Deuteropathia Definition Alt. of Deuteropathy
  • English Word Deuteropathic Definition Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.
  • English Word Deuteropathy Definition A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.
  • English Word Deuteroscopy Definition Second sight.
  • English Word Deuteroscopy Definition That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.
  • English Word Deuterozooid Definition One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.
  • English Word Deuthydroguret Definition Same as Deutohydroguret.
  • English Word Deuto- Definition Alt. of Deut-
  • English Word Deutohydroguret Definition A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical.
  • English Word Deutoplasm Definition The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.
  • English Word Deutoplastic Definition Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
  • English Word Deutosulphuret Definition A disulphide.
  • English Word Deutoxide Definition A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.
  • English Word Deutzia Definition A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
  • English Word Dev Definition Alt. of Deva
  • English Word Deva Definition A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.
  • English Word Devanagari Definition The character in which Sanskrit is written.
  • English Word Devaporation Definition The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.
  • English Word Devast Definition To devastate.
  • English Word Devastate Definition To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
  • English Word Devastated Definition of Devastate
  • English Word Devastating Definition of Devastate
  • English Word Devastation Definition The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.