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- English Word Detective Definition Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
- English Word Detective Definition One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
- English Word Detector Definition One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.
- English Word Detenebrate Definition To remove darkness from.
- English Word Detent Definition That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
- English Word Detention Definition The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
- English Word Detention Definition The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
- English Word Detention Definition Confinement; restraint; custody.
- English Word Deter Definition To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
- English Word Deterge Definition To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.
- English Word Deterged Definition of Deterge
- English Word Detergency Definition A cleansing quality or power.
- English Word Detergent Definition Cleansing; purging.
- English Word Detergent Definition A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.
- English Word Deterging Definition of Deterge
- English Word Deteriorate Definition To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
- English Word Deteriorate Definition To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
- English Word Deteriorated Definition of Deteriorate
- English Word Deteriorating Definition of Deteriorate
- English Word Deterioration Definition The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.