Name Report For First Name DEVON:

DEVON

First name DEVON's origin is English. DEVON means "the name of a beautiful farming county in england". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DEVON below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of devon.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with DEVON and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with DEVON - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming DEVON

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DEVON AS A WHOLE:

devona devonna devony devonn devondra devonne

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEVON (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (evon) - Names That Ends with evon:

clevon estevon kevon stevon trevon evon

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (von) - Names That Ends with von:

arvon cleavon deavon delvon dervon donavon ivon jovon melvon tavon travon von yvon divon

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (on) - Names That Ends with on:

afton carnation aedon solon strephon sidon cihuaton nijlon sokanon odion sion accalon dudon hebron pendragon antton erromon gotzon txanton zorion celyddon eburacon mabon bendision alston alton benton burton carelton fenton hamilton harrison histion kenton pierson preston ralston rawson remington rexton sexton stanton weston aymon ganelon vernon glendon lon anton acheron acteon aeson agamemnon alcmaeon amphion amphitryon andraemon arion bellerophon biton cadmon cenon cercyon charon chiron corydon creon daemon demogorgon demophon deucalion echion endymion erysichthon euryton geryon haemon hyperion iasion iason

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEVON (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (devo) - Names That Begins with devo:

devora devorah devoria devoss

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (dev) - Names That Begins with dev:

dev deva devaki devamatar devan devana devaney devanie devanna devansha devany devayani deven devenny devent deveon devera deveral devere devereau devereaux deverel deverell deverick devery devi devika devin devine devinee devion devisser devland devlin devlon devlyn devnet devra devri devries devron devry devy devyn devyna devynn

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (de) - Names That Begins with de:

dea deacon deagan deaglan deagmund deakin dealbeorht dealber dealbert dean deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deane deann deanna deanne dearbhail dearborn dearbourne deardriu dearg deasach deasmumhan debbee debbie debby debora deborah debra debrah debralee dechtere dechtire decla declan dedr dedre dedric dedrick dedrik dee deeana deeandra deeann deeanna deedra deegan

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEVON:

First Names which starts with 'de' and ends with 'on':

delmon delron delton demason dennison denton deon deron deston

First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'n':

dacian daegan daelan daelyn daelynn dagan dagen dagian daijon dailyn daimhin daimmen dain dainan dairion dalan dalen dallan dallen dallin dallon dalon dalston dalton dalyn dalynn daman damen dameon damian damiean damien damon dan danathon daniel-sean dann dannon danon danton danylynn daran dareen daren darien darin darleen darolyn daron darrellyn darren darrin darron darryn dartagnan darton darvin darwin darwyn darylyn daryn daveen daveon davian davidson davin davion davison davynn dawn dawson daxton daylan daylen daylin daylon dayson dayton dayveon deen dehaan deikun delbin delman delsin delvin deman den deneen deoradhain deortun

English Words Rhyming DEVON

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DEVON AS A WHOLE:

devonnoun (n.) One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.

devoniannoun (n.) The Devonian age or formation.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEVON (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (evon) - English Words That Ends with evon:



Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (von) - English Words That Ends with von:


pavonnoun (n.) A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DEVON (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (devo) - Words That Begins with devo:


devocationnoun (n.) A calling off or away.

devoirnoun (n.) Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.

devolutionnoun (n.) The act of rolling down.
 noun (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

devolvingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devolve

devolvementnoun (n.) The act or process of devolving;; devolution.

devorationnoun (n.) The act of devouring.

devotarynoun (n.) A votary.

devotingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devote

devotenoun (n.) A devotee.
 adjective (a.) Devoted; addicted; devout.
 verb (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames.
 verb (v. t.) To execrate; to curse.
 verb (v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.

devotedadjective (a.) Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Devote

devoteenoun (n.) One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

devotementnoun (n.) The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.

devoternoun (n.) One who devotes; a worshiper.

devotionnoun (n.) The act of devoting; consecration.
 noun (n.) The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness.
 noun (n.) Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer.
 noun (n.) Disposal; power of disposal.
 noun (n.) A thing consecrated; an object of devotion.

devotionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

devotionalistnoun (n.) Alt. of Devotionist

devotionistnoun (n.) One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.

devotionalitynoun (n.) The practice of a devotionalist.

devotonoun (n.) A devotee.

devotornoun (n.) A worshiper; one given to devotion.

devouringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devour

devourableadjective (a.) That may be devoured.

devourernoun (n.) One who, or that which, devours.

devoutnoun (n.) A devotee.
 noun (n.) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
 verb (v. t.) Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
 verb (v. t.) Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
 verb (v. t.) Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.

devoutfuladjective (a.) Full of devotion.
 adjective (a.) Sacred.

devoutlessadjective (a.) Destitute of devotion.

devoutnessnoun (n.) Quality or state of being devout.


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (dev) - Words That Begins with dev:


devnoun (n.) Alt. of Deva

devanoun (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.

devanagarinoun (n.) The character in which Sanskrit is written.

devaporationnoun (n.) The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.

devastatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devastate

devastationnoun (n.) The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
 noun (n.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.

devastatornoun (n.) One who, or that which, devastates.

devastavitnoun (n.) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.

devatanoun (n.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol.

deveadjective (a.) Deaf.

develinnoun (n.) The European swift.

developingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Develop

developableadjective (a.) Capable of being developed.

developernoun (n.) One who, or that which, develops.
 noun (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.
 noun (n.) One that develops
 noun (n.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs.
 noun (n.) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.

developmentnoun (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
 noun (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
 noun (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
 noun (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
 noun (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

developmentaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

devergencenoun (n.) Alt. of Devergency

devergencynoun (n.) See Divergence.

devestingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devest

devexnoun (n.) Devexity.
 adjective (a.) Bending down; sloping.

devexityadjective (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

devinoun (n.) ; fem. of Deva. A goddess.

deviantadjective (a.) Deviating.

deviatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deviate

deviationnoun (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
 noun (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
 noun (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

deviatornoun (n.) One who, or that which, deviates.

deviatoryadjective (a.) Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion.

devicenoun (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
 noun (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
 noun (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
 noun (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
 noun (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
 noun (n.) A spectacle or show.
 noun (n.) Opinion; decision.

devicefuladjective (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

devilnoun (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
 noun (n.) An evil spirit; a demon.
 noun (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
 noun (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
 noun (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
 noun (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
 verb (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

devilingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devil
 noun (n.) A young devil.

devil birdnoun (n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.

devilessnoun (n.) A she-devil.

deviletnoun (n.) A little devil.

devilfishnoun (n.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.
 noun (n.) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus.
 noun (n.) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.
 noun (n.) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.

devilishadjective (a.) Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
 adjective (a.) Extreme; excessive.

devilismnoun (n.) The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.

devilkinnoun (n.) A little devil; a devilet.

devilmentnoun (n.) Deviltry.

devilrynoun (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
 noun (n.) The whole body of evil spirits.

devilshipnoun (n.) The character or person of a devil or the devil.

deviltrynoun (n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

devilwoodnoun (n.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

deviousadjective (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.
 adjective (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

devirginateadjective (a.) Deprived of virginity.
 verb (v. t.) To deprive of virginity; to deflour.

devirginationnoun (n.) A deflouring.

devisableadjective (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.
 adjective (a.) Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.

devisalnoun (n.) A devising.

devisingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devise

devisenoun (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
 noun (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
 noun (n.) Property devised, or given by will.
 noun (n.) Device. See Device.
 verb (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
 verb (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
 verb (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
 verb (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.
 verb (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
 verb (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEVON:

English Words which starts with 'de' and ends with 'on':

deaconnoun (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
 noun (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company.
 verb (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
 verb (v. t.) With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

dealbationnoun (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.

deambulationnoun (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading.

deaurationnoun (n.) Act of gilding.

debacchationnoun (n.) Wild raving or debauchery.

debarkationnoun (n.) Disembarkation.

debellationnoun (n.) The act of conquering or subduing.

debilitationnoun (n.) The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

debituminizationnoun (n.) The act of depriving of bitumen.

debulitionnoun (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.

decachordonnoun (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.
 noun (n.) Something consisting of ten parts.

decagonnoun (n.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.

decahedronnoun (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

decalcificationnoun (n.) The removal of calcareous matter.

decameronnoun (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

decantationnoun (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

decapitationnoun (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.

decarbonizationnoun (n.) The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

decarburizationnoun (n.) The act, process, or result of decarburizing.

decentralizationnoun (n.) The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.

deceptionnoun (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
 noun (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
 noun (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.

decerptionnoun (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.
 noun (n.) That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.

decertationnoun (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

decessionnoun (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.

decillionnoun (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]

decimationnoun (n.) A tithing.
 noun (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
 noun (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.

decisionnoun (n.) Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
 noun (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
 noun (n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
 noun (n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.

declamationnoun (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
 noun (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
 noun (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

declarationnoun (n.) The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
 noun (n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
 noun (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
 noun (n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.

declensionnoun (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
 noun (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
 noun (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
 noun (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
 noun (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
 noun (n.) Rehearsing a word as declined.

declinationnoun (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
 noun (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
 noun (n.) The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.
 noun (n.) The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
 noun (n.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.
 noun (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.
 noun (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4.

decoctionnoun (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
 noun (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

decollationnoun (n.) The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
 noun (n.) A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.

decolorationnoun (n.) The removal or absence of color.

decompositionnoun (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.
 noun (n.) The state of being reduced into original elements.
 noun (n.) Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.

deconcentrationnoun (n.) Act of deconcentrating.

decorationnoun (n.) The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
 noun (n.) That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
 noun (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

decorticationnoun (n.) The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

decreationnoun (n.) Destruction; -- opposed to creation.

decrepitationnoun (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.

decretionnoun (n.) A decrease.

decrustationnoun (n.) The removal of a crust.

decubationnoun (n.) Act of lying down; decumbence.

decurionnoun (n.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

decursionnoun (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.

decurtationnoun (n.) Act of cutting short.

decussationnoun (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

dedecorationnoun (n.) Disgrace; dishonor.

dedentitionnoun (n.) The shedding of teeth.

dedicationnoun (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
 noun (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
 noun (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

deditionnoun (n.) The act of yielding; surrender.

deductionnoun (n.) Act or process of deducing or inferring.
 noun (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
 noun (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
 noun (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

deduplicationnoun (n.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.

defalcationnoun (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
 noun (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
 noun (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.

defamationnoun (n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

defatigationnoun (n.) Weariness; fatigue.

defecationnoun (n.) The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
 noun (n.) The act or process of voiding excrement.

defectionnoun (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.

defedationnoun (n.) The act of making foul; pollution.

defibrinationnoun (n.) The act or process of depriving of fibrin.

defigurationnoun (n.) Disfiguration; mutilation.

defiliationnoun (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents.

definitionnoun (n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
 noun (n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
 noun (n.) Description; sort.
 noun (n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
 noun (n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.

deflagrationnoun (n.) A burning up; conflagration.
 noun (n.) The act or process of deflagrating.

deflectionnoun (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.
 noun (n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
 noun (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
 noun (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

deflectionizationnoun (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.

deflexionnoun (n.) See Deflection.

deflorationnoun (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
 noun (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.

defluxionnoun (n.) A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation.

defoedationnoun (n.) Defedation.

defoliationnoun (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

deforciationnoun (n.) Same as Deforcement, n.

deformationnoun (n.) The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed.
 noun (n.) Transformation; change of shape.

defraudationnoun (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.

defunctionnoun (n.) Death.

degenerationnoun (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.
 noun (n.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
 noun (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
 noun (n.) The thing degenerated.

deglutinationnoun (n.) The act of ungluing.

deglutitionnoun (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

degradationnoun (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
 noun (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
 noun (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
 noun (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
 noun (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
 noun (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.

degravationadjective (a.) The act of making heavy.

degustationnoun (n.) Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs.

dehonestationnoun (n.) A dishonoring; disgracing.

dehortationnoun (n.) Dissuasion; advice against something.

dehydrationnoun (n.) The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

dehydrogenationnoun (n.) The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.

deificationnoun (n.) The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

dejectionnoun (n.) A casting down; depression.
 noun (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
 noun (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
 noun (n.) A low condition; weakness; inability.
 noun (n.) The discharge of excrement.
 noun (n.) Faeces; excrement.

dejerationnoun (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.

delacerationnoun (n.) A tearing in pieces.

delacrymationnoun (n.) An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

delactationnoun (n.) The act of weaning.

delaminationnoun (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

delapsationnoun (n.) See Delapsion.

delapsionnoun (n.) A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.

delassationnoun (n.) Fatigue.

delationnoun (n.) Conveyance.
 noun (n.) Accusation by an informer.

delectationnoun (n.) Great pleasure; delight.

delegationnoun (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
 noun (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.
 noun (n.) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.

deletionnoun (n.) Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

delibationnoun (n.) Act of tasting; a slight trial.