Name Report For First Name DEA:

DEA

First name DEA's origin is Other. DEA means "great". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DEA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of dea.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with DEA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with DEA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming DEA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DEA AS A WHOLE:

toirdealbach medea thaddea deasach toirdealbhach uisdean andeana bernadea deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deane deann deanna deanne dearbhail judeana orquidea deacon deagan deaglan deagmund deakin dealbeorht dealbert dearbourne dearg deavon eideard gildea deasmumhan crisdean dearborn dealber lydea eideann deardriu dean evadeam

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEA (According to last letters):

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

dorothea aurea chelsea dorotea aeaea airlea alethea althaea amalthea antea anticlea astraea cytherea eidothea ennea gaea galatea leucothea metea orea panthea penthea penthesilea philothea rhea thea timothea alamea kamea maylea amalea floarea andrea mircea alesea aletea alexandrea alurea alyshea annathea anndreea audrea bethea boadicea bodiccea bodicea boudicea brea clodovea dukinea dulcinea erea galea holea janea kailea kaylea kealsea kelsea kolleea lashea lea leondrea linnea maitea mathea mattea matthea nacumbea shawnasea trinitea cumhea o'shea shea costea tea ricwea pennlea kea harelea graeglea fearnlea aenedlea marea matea azalea nicea astrea anthea althea elethea edrea nerea enea kalea hosea

NAMES RHYMING WITH DEA (According to first letters):

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

debbee debbie debby debora deborah debra debrah debralee dechtere dechtire decla declan dedr dedre dedric dedrick dedrik dee deeana deeandra deeann deeanna deedra deegan deems deen deena deerwa deerward defena dehaan deheune deianira deidra deidre deiene deikun deina deiphobus deirdra deirdre deja deka deke dekel dekle del delaine delancy delane delaney delanie delano delbert delbin delbina delbine delcine delfi delfina delia delice delicia delight delila delilah delinda delisa delisha delissa delit deliza dell della delma delman delmar delmara delmare delmer delmi delmira delmon delmont delmore delmy delora delores deloris delphia delphina delphine delphinus delray delrick delrico delron delroy delsin delta

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEA:

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

dacia dada daena daeva daganya daghda dahlia daiana daina daishya dakota dakshina dalena dalenna dalia daliila dalila damara damia damiana damita dana danetta dania danica daniela danika danila danita danitza danja danna dannia dantina danya daphna dar-al-baida dara daracha darcia darda darena darerca daria darissa darla darleena darlena darlina darnesha darnetta darnisha darra davia daviana davianna davida davina davinia davita davonna dawna dawneshia dawnetta dawnika dayla dayna daysha dayshia delyssa demelza demetria dena dendera denia denica denisa denisha denissa deona deondra deonna deorsa dereka derforgala derica dericka derora derrica dervilia dervla dervorgilla desanka desdemona desideria desma desmona desta destina deva

English Words Rhyming DEA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DEA AS A WHOLE:

ailuroideanoun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

allantoideanoun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

ammonitoideanoun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

anallantoideanoun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

andeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.

anthropoideanoun (n. pl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

antipodeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

arachnoideanoun (n. pl.) Same as Arachnida.

araneoideanoun (n. pl.) See Araneina.

archdeaconnoun (n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.

archdeaconrynoun (n.) The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

archdeaconshipnoun (n.) The office of an archdeacon.

archimedeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.

arctoideanoun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.

ascidioideanoun (n. pl.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.

assideannoun (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

asterioideanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Asteridea

asterideanoun (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.

balaenoideanoun (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

bandeaunoun (n.) A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
 noun (n.) A narrow band or fillet, as for the hair, part of a headdress, etc.

batardeaunoun (n.) A cofferdam.
 noun (n.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.

bdelloideanoun (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

blastoideanoun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.

bordeauxnoun (n.) A claret wine from Bordeaux.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France.

cestoideanoun (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm.

cestoldeannoun (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

chaldeannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
 noun (n.) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
 noun (n.) Nestorian.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

chondroganoideanoun (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.

crinoideanoun (n. pl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

crinoideannoun (n.) One of the Crinoidea.

ctenoideannoun (n.) One of the Ctenoidei.
 adjective (a.) Relating to the Ctenoidei.

cynoideanoun (n. pl.) A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.

cystideanoun (n. pl.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

cystideannoun (n.) One of the Cystidea.

cystoideannoun (n.) Same as Cystidean.

cystoideanoun (n.) Same as Cystidea.

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.

deaconessnoun (n.) A female deacon
 noun (n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
 noun (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
 noun (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

deaconhoodnoun (n.) The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

deaconrynoun (n.) See Deaconship.

deaconshipnoun (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

deadnoun (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
 noun (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
 adjective (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
 adjective (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
 adjective (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
 adjective (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
 adjective (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
 adjective (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
 adjective (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
 adjective (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
 adjective (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
 adjective (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
 adjective (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
 adjective (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
 adjective (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
 adjective (a.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.
 adjective (a.) Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
 adverb (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
 verb (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
 verb (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

deadbeatadjective (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

deadbornadjective (a.) Stillborn.

deadeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden

deadenadjective (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
 adjective (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
 adjective (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
 adjective (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
 verb (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

deadenernoun (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

deadheadnoun (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.
 noun (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

deadhousenoun (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ea) - English Words That Ends with ea:


alcyonaceanoun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

althaeanoun (n.) Alt. of Althea

altheanoun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
 noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

amenorrhoeanoun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

amoebeanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

apereanoun (n.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).

apnoeanoun (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

areanoun (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
 noun (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.
 noun (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
 noun (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
 noun (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
 noun (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
 noun (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

asiphoneanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonida

azaleanoun (n.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.

bleanoun (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

blennorrheanoun (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
 noun (n.) Gonorrhea.

boheanoun (n.) Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.

bougainvillaeanoun (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.

bracteanoun (n.) A bract.

baratheanoun (n.) A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

castaneanoun (n.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

centaureanoun (n.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

cetaceanoun (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:

choreanoun (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

cobaeanoun (n.) A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.

cochleanoun (n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

corneanoun (n.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

cowpeanoun (n.) The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.
 noun (n.) A leguminous plant (Vigna Sinensis, syn. V. Catjang) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man.

crustaceanoun (n. pl.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

cumaceanoun (n. pl.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.

cypraeanoun (n.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.

delphinoideanoun (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

diarrheanoun (n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea

diarrhoeanoun (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

digeneanoun (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.

diomedeanoun (n.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross.

dionaeanoun (n.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.

dioscoreanoun (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.

dulcineanoun (n.) A mistress; a sweetheart.

dysmenorrheanoun (n.) Difficult and painful menstruation.

dyspnoeanoun (n.) Difficulty of breathing.

earthpeanoun (n.) A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

echinoideanoun (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.

echiuroideanoun (n. pl.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.

emydeanoun (n. pl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

encrinoideanoun (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

epigaeanoun (n.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

epitrochleanoun (n.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

eupnaeanoun (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.

eurypteroideanoun (n. pl.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks.

fleanoun (n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.
 verb (v. t.) To flay.

foveanoun (n.) A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

galeanoun (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
 noun (n.) A kind of bandage for the head.
 noun (n.) Headache extending all over the head.
 noun (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
 noun (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.

gastraeanoun (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.

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


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


deadishadjective (a.) Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

deadlatchnoun (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

deadlightnoun (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

deadlihoodnoun (n.) State of the dead.

deadlinessnoun (n.) The quality of being deadly.

deadlocknoun (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
 noun (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

deadlyadjective (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
 adjective (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
 adjective (a.) Subject to death; mortal.
 adverb (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.
 adverb (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
 adverb (adv.) In an implacable manner; destructively.
 adverb (adv.) Extremely.

deadnessnoun (n.) The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

deadsnoun (n. pl.) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

deadwoodnoun (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
 noun (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

deadworksnoun (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

deafadjective (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
 adjective (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
 adjective (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
 adjective (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
 verb (v. t.) To deafen.

deafeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen
 noun (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

deaflyadjective (a.) Lonely; solitary.
 adverb (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

deafnessnoun (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
 noun (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

dealnoun (n.) A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
 noun (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
 noun (n.) Distribution; apportionment.
 noun (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
 noun (n.) The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
 noun (n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
 noun (n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
 noun (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
 verb (v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
 verb (v. i.) To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
 verb (v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
 verb (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
 verb (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

dealingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deal
 noun (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.

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

dealernoun (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.
 noun (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.

dealfishnoun (n.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

dealthnoun (n.) Share dealt.

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

deambulatorynoun (n.) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
 adjective (a.) Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory.

deannoun (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
 noun (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
 noun (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
 noun (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
 noun (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.

deanerynoun (n.) The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
 noun (n.) The residence of a dean.
 noun (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.

deanshipnoun (n.) The office of a dean.

dearnoun (n.) A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
 superlative (superl.) Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
 superlative (superl.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
 superlative (superl.) Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
 superlative (superl.) Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
 superlative (superl.) Of agreeable things and interests.
 superlative (superl.) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
 adverb (adv.) Dearly; at a high price.
 verb (v. t.) To endear.

dearbornnoun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

dearienoun (n.) Same as Deary.

dearlingnoun (n.) A darling.

dearnadjective (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
 verb (v. t.) Same as Darn.

dearnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.
 noun (n.) Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.

dearthnoun (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

dearworthadjective (a.) Precious.

dearynoun (n.) A dear; a darling.

deasnoun (n.) See Dais.

deathbednoun (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.

deathbirdnoun (n.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

deathblownoun (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.

deathfuladjective (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
 adjective (a.) Liable to undergo death; mortal.

deathfulnessnoun (n.) Appearance of death.

deathlessadjective (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.

deathlikeadjective (a.) Resembling death.
 adjective (a.) Deadly.

deathlinessnoun (n.) The quality of being deathly; deadliness.

deathlyadjective (a.) Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
 adverb (adv.) Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

deathsmannoun (n.) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.

deathwatchnoun (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.
 noun (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.
 noun (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

deaurateadjective (a.) Gilded.
 verb (v. t.) To gild.

deaurationnoun (n.) Act of gilding.

debacchationnoun (n.) Wild raving or debauchery.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DEA:

English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':

daboianoun (n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

dactylothecanoun (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.

dagobanoun (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.

dahlianoun (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.

dalmanianoun (n.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.

dalmaticanoun (n.) Alt. of Dalmatic

damiananoun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

dammaranoun (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.
 noun (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.

damosellanoun (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle

daphnianoun (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.

darlingtonianoun (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

datanoun (n. pl.) See Datum.
  (pl. ) of Datum

datarianoun (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

daturanoun (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.

decaceratanoun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

decagynianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

decalcomanianoun (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie

decandrianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

decapodanoun (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
 noun (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

deciduanoun (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

deciduatanoun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.

dejectanoun (n. pl.) Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.

delendanoun (n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out.

deltanoun (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
 noun (n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), answering to D.
 noun (n.) an object having the shape of the capital /.
 noun (n.) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc.

dementianoun (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

demonomanianoun (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

dendroc/lanoun (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

dermanoun (n.) See Dermis.

dermapteranoun (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran

dermobranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

dermopteranoun (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).
 noun (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.
 noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.

derotrematanoun (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata.

dertrothecanoun (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

desideratanoun (n. pl.) See Desideratum.
  (pl. ) of Desideratum

desmobacterianoun (n. pl.) See Microbacteria.

desmomyarianoun (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.

deuteropathianoun (n.) Alt. of Deuteropathy

deutzianoun (n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.

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

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

dhoorranoun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra

dhourranoun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra

dhurranoun (n.) Indian millet. See Durra.

diadelphianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

diananoun (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

diandrianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens.

diastemanoun (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.

diatrymanoun (n.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.

dibranchiatanoun (n. pl.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda.

dicentranoun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis).

dictanoun (n. pl.) See Dictum.
  (pl. ) of Dictum

dicyematanoun (n. pl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.

didelphianoun (n. pl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.

didonianoun (n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

didrachmanoun (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.

didynamianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

dielytranoun (n.) See Dicentra.

differentianoun (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.

digammanoun (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

digynianoun (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles.

dikanoun (n.) A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread.

dilemmanoun (n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
 noun (n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.

dimeranoun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi.
 noun (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.

dimyanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria

dimyarianoun (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.

dinosaurianoun (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

dioecianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.
 noun (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

dioptranoun (n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.

dioramanoun (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.
 noun (n.) A building used for such an exhibition.

diotanoun (n.) A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.

diphtherianoun (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.

diplomanoun (n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution.

diplopianoun (n.) Alt. of Diplopy

diplopodanoun (n. pl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.

dipneumonanoun (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.

dipsomanianoun (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

dipteranoun (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.

discinanoun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

discodactylianoun (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

discophoranoun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species.

distomanoun (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.

diurnanoun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

docoglossanoun (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

dodecagynianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles.

dodecandrianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

dogmanoun (n.) That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
 noun (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.
 noun (n.) A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.

dolabranoun (n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.

dominanoun (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.

do–anoun (n.) Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.

doncellanoun (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

donnanoun (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

doorganoun (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms.

dorsibranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.]

doryphoranoun (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.

douranoun (n.) A kind of millet. See Durra.

dracaenanoun (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.

drachmanoun (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents.
 noun (n.) A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
 noun (n.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

dramanoun (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
 noun (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
 noun (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

dravidanoun (n. pl.) A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.

dreissenanoun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.