| defender |
someone who believes in and supports a person, plan, idea, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| defenestration |
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. [2 definitions] |
| defense |
the act of defending. [7 definitions] |
| defenseless |
combined form of defense. |
| defenseman |
in the sports of hockey or lacrosse, a player or a team member who is assigned a position close to the goal in order to prevent the other team from scoring. |
| defense mechanism |
in psychology, an unconscious process that submerges or opposes ideas or actions that would be painful or inappropriate. [2 definitions] |
| defensible |
capable of being defended or justified. |
| defensive |
intended for defense or protection, or serving to defend or protect. [6 definitions] |
| defensive back |
a player in American football, whose primary role is to deflect or intercept passes. [2 definitions] |
| defer1 |
to put off until a later time or date; postpone. [3 definitions] |
| defer2 |
to submit or yield to the desire, opinion, or judgment of another. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. [2 definitions] |
| deferential |
characterized by or showing deference; respectfully submissive. |
| deferment |
the act of putting off or delaying; postponement. [2 definitions] |
| defiance |
resistance against authority; insubordination; rebellion. [3 definitions] |
| defiant |
characterized by a bold disregard or contempt for authority or opposition; refusing to obey. |
| defiantly |
in a manner that shows a strong rejection of an idea or authority or an unwillingness to obey. |
| defibrillate |
to stop the fibrillation of (a heart), usu. by administering electric shock. |
| deficiency |
the quality or condition of lacking something required; insufficiency or incompleteness. [2 definitions] |
| deficiency disease |
a disease caused by lack of a specific nutrient in the diet, or by the body's inability to absorb or metabolize it. |
| deficiency judgment |
a judicial decision in favor of a creditor for that part of a debt not satisfied by the debtor, esp. following the foreclosure and sale of a mortgage property. |