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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.
demography the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like.