| detainee |
one who is held in police custody, usu. for questioning or political reasons, without formal charges being filed. |
| detassel |
to remove the tassel from (corn) to facilitate cross-pollination in the production of hybrids. |
| detect |
to perceive, discover, or uncover. [2 definitions] |
| detectable |
able to be discovered or perceived. |
| detectaphone |
a device used to eavesdrop on phone conversations. |
| detection |
the act of detecting or investigating. [2 definitions] |
| detective |
a person, often a police officer, who conducts investigations. |
| detective story |
a fictional account of how a crime, usu. a murder, is solved by an amateur or professional detective. |
| detector |
something or someone that detects. [2 definitions] |
| detent |
a mechanical part that temporarily stops the motion of another, such as a catch that controls a clock's striking mechanism; pawl. |
| détente |
a diminishing of tension, as between hostile nations. |
| detention |
the act or process of delaying or imprisoning, or the condition of being so held. [3 definitions] |
| detention home |
a place where juvenile offenders are held in custody, esp. while awaiting a court's disposition of their cases. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by arousing doubt or fear. [2 definitions] |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| detergent |
having the capacity to cleanse. [2 definitions] |
| deteriorate |
to decline or become inferior in value or quality; debase. [4 definitions] |
| determinacy |
the state of being determinate or determined. |
| determinant |
that which is a factor in determining an outcome. |
| determinate |
determined by limits or boundaries. [3 definitions] |
| determination |
the quality of being determined or resolute. [5 definitions] |