| demijohn |
a large, narrow-necked glass or earthenware bottle that is enclosed in wickerwork. |
| demilitarize |
to remove military forces, weapons, and facilities from; make less military. [3 definitions] |
| demimondaine |
a woman who belongs to the demimonde; prostitute or woman kept as a mistress. |
| demimonde |
a class of women who have fallen into disrepute with conventional society, usu. because of unconventional or immoral behavior or sexual promiscuity. [3 definitions] |
| demineralization |
in physiology, the loss of bodily minerals. [2 definitions] |
| demise |
decease; death. [3 definitions] |
| demisemiquaver |
in music, a thirty-second note. |
| demit |
resign from (a post or function). [2 definitions] |
| demitasse |
a small cup of strong black coffee, usu. served after dinner. [2 definitions] |
| demo |
something that shows how something works or how something can be used. [2 definitions] |
| demobilize |
to disband (a military unit) or remove (ships or the like) from active status. [2 definitions] |
| democracy |
a form of government in which power ultimately rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives. [3 definitions] |
| democrat |
an advocate of the principles of democratic government. [2 definitions] |
| democratic |
having or promoting social, economic, and political equality. [3 definitions] |
| Democratic Party |
one of the two major United States political parties, founded in 1828. |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
a country in Central Africa, north of Angola and south of the Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly known as Zaire (1971-1997) and as the Belgian Congo (1908-1960). Kinshasa is the capital; Congo. |
| democratize |
to make or become more strongly marked by social, economic, and political equality. |
| démodé |
(French) out of fashion; outmoded. |
| demodulate |
in telecommunications, to derive the original signal from (a modulated carrier signal); detect. |
| demographic |
of or relating to the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. [3 definitions] |
| demographics |
the characteristics of human populations, as shown by statistical analysis of their size, distribution, migration, density, or the like. |