Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 26
Demidevil (n.) A half devil.
Demigod (n.) A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Demigoddess (n.) A female demigod.
Demigorge (n.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.
Demigrate (v. i.) To emigrate.
Demigration (n.) Emigration.
Demigroat (n.) A half groat.
Demi-island (n.) Peninsula.
Demijohn (n.) A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
Demilance (n.) A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.
Demilancer (n.) A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.
Demilitarize (v.) (v. t.) 使非軍事化；廢除（軍備） Do away with the military organization and potential of [syn: demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: militarise, militarize].
Demilitarize (v.) Remove offensive capability from [syn: disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: arm, build up, fortify, gird].
Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Demiman (n.) A half man.
Demimonde (n.) Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
Deminatured (a.) Having half the nature of another.
Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Demirelief (n.) Alt. of Demirelievo.
Demirelievo (n.) Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.
Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Demi-rilievo (n.) A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.
Demisability (n.) (Law.) The state of being demisable.
Demisable (a.) (Law) Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate.
Demise (n.) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Demise (n.) The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a week. -- P. Cunningham.
Demise (n.) (Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. -- Bouvier.
Note: The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor. -- Blackstone.
Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.
Syn: Death; decease; departure. See Death.
Demised (imp. & p. p.) of Demise.
Demising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demise.
Demise (v. t.) To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." -- Swift.
What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine? -- Shak.
Demise (v. t.) To convey; to give. [R.]
His soul is at his conception demised to him. -- Hammond.
Demise (v. t.) (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
Demise (n.) The time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying, demise] [ant: birth].
Demise (v.) Transfer by a lease or by a will.
Demise, () persons. A term nearly synonymous with death. It is usually applied in England to the death of the king or queen.
Demise, () contracts. In its most extended signification, it is a conveyance either in fee, for life, or for years. In its more technical meaning, it is a lease or conveyance for a term of years. Vide Cow. L. & T. Index, h.t.; Ad. Eject. Index, h.t.; 2 Hill. Ab. 130; Com. Dig. h.t., and the heads there referred to. According to Chief Justice Gibson, the term demise strictly denotes a posthumous grant, and no more. 5 1 Whart. R. 278. See 4 Bing. N. C. 678; S. C. 33 Eng. C. L. R. 492; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1774, et seq.
Demisemiquaver (n.) (Mus.) 【音】三十二分音符 A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.
Demisemiquaver (n.) A musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note [syn: thirty-second note, demisemiquaver].
Demiss (a.) Cast down; humble; submissive. [Obs.]
He down descended like a most demiss And abject thrall. -- Spenser.
Demission (n.) The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. "Demission of mind." -- Hammond.
Demission of sovereign authority. -- L'Estrange.
Demission (n.) Resignation of an office. [Scot.]
Demissionary (a.) Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed.
Demissionary (a.) Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.
Demissive (a.) Downcast; submissive; humble. [R.]
They pray with demissive eyelids. -- Lord (1630).
Demissly (adv.) In a humble manner. [Obs.]
Demisuit (n.) (Mil. Antiq.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.
Demit (n.) The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
Demitted (imp. & p. p.) of Demit.
Demitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demit.
Demit (v. t.) To let fall; to depress. [R.]
They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. -- Sir T. Browne.
Demit (v. t.) To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.]
Demit (v. t.) To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.]
General Conway demitted his office. -- Hume.
Demit (v. i.) To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.
Demitint (n.) (Fine Arts) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
Demitint (n.) (Fine Arts) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.
Demitone (n.) (Mus.) Semitone. [R.]
Demiurge (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.
Demiurge (n.) God, as the Maker of the world.
Demiurge (n.) According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.
Demiurge (n.) A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe.
Demiurgic (a.) Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. "Demiurgic power." -- De Quincey.
Demivill (n.) (Old Law) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges. -- Blackstone.
Demivolt (n.) (Man.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.
Demiwolf (n.) A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf. -- Shak.
Demobilization (n.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.
Demobilize (v. t.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
Democracies (n. pl. ) of Democracy.
Democracy (n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.
Democracy (n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. -- Milton.
Democracy (n.) The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.]
Democracy (n.) The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives.
Democracy (n.) A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [syn: democracy, republic, commonwealth].
Democracy (n.) The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group [syn: majority rule, democracy].
Democracy, () government. That form of government in which the sovereign power is exercised by the people in a body, as was the practice in some of the states of Ancient Greece; the term representative democracy has been given to a republican government like that of the United States.
Democracy (n.) (B2) [ U ] 民主；民主思想；民主政體 The belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves.
// The government has promised to uphold the principles of democracy.
// The early 1990s saw the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe.
Democracy (n.) (B2) [ C ] 民主國家 A country in which power is held by elected representatives.
// Few of the Western democracies still have a royal family.
Democrat (n.) One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat. -- Tennyson.
Democrat (n.) [capitalized] A member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]
Democrat (n.) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats. [U. S.]
Democrat (n.) A member of the Democratic Party.
Democrat (n.) An advocate of democratic principles [syn: democrat, populist].
Democrat (n.) [ C ] 民主主義者，民主派 A person who believes in democracy.
Democratic (a.) 民主的；民主主義的，民主政治的；民主政體的；大眾的，民眾的；有民主精神的；平等待人的 Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
Democratic (a.) Belonging to or relating to the Democratic party, the political party so called.
Democratic (a.) Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.
The Democratic party, The name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.
Note: Presidents of the United States who belonged to the Democratic party in the twentieth century were Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
Democratic (a.) Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier [ant: undemocratic].
Democratic (a.) Belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic senator".
Democratic (a.) Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction" [syn: democratic, popular].
Democratic (a.) (B2) 民主的 Based on the principles of democracy.
// We must accept the results of a democratic election (= an election in which all people can vote).
// Do you think Australia is a more democratic country than Britain?
Democratical (a.) 民主的 Democratic.
Democratically (adv.) 民主地；民主主義地 In a democratic manner.
Democratism (n.) 民主主義 The principles or spirit of a democracy.
Democratist (n.) 民主主義者 A democrat.
Democratize (v. t.) 民主化 To render democratic.
Democraty (n.) [U] 民主，民主政治；[C] 民主國家 Democracy.
Demogorgon (n.) (古代神話中的) 魔王；冥府之神 A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
Demographics (n.) (pl.) 人口統計資料（如年齡、性別、收入等等）；人口統計結果 The number and characteristics of people who live in a particular area or form a particular group, especially in relation to their age, how much money they have and what they spend it on.
// The demographics of the country have changed dramatically in recent years.
// No one has exact demographics on (= information about the quantity and characteristics of the people who live in) the area.
Demographics (n.) [U] 人口統計學 The study of people and society in a particular area or particular group, typically used in marketing to decide which products to sell there and how to advertise those products successfully.
Demography (n.) 人口統計學 The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.
Demoiselle (n.) 少女 A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
Demoiselle (n.) 蓑羽鶴 The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
Demoiselle (n.) 【動】豆娘（一種蜻蜓） A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
Demolished (imp. & p. p.) of Demolish.
Demolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demolish.
Demolish (v. t.) 毀壞，破壞；拆除；推翻，打敗；駁倒；廢除；撤銷；【口】吃光 To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
Demolish (v.) [ T ] (Destroy) (B2) （尤指為利用土地而）拆除，拆毀 To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else.
// A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.
Demolish (v.) [ T ] (Destroy) (C2) 推翻（論點），顛覆（理論） To prove that an argument or theory is wrong.
// He completely demolished all her arguments.
Demolish (v.) [ T ] (Defeat) 輕易擊敗，輕取 To easily defeat someone.
// In a surprising win, the Jaguars demolished the Broncos 42-7.
Demolish (v.) [ T ] (Eat) (Humorous) 狼吞虎嚥地吃；很快吃光 To quickly eat all the food you have been given.
// Joe demolished an enormous plateful of chicken and fries.
Demolished (a.) Means very drunk usually or it can mean a person is highly affected by narcotics. Generally the implication is so intoxicated that they lose control of their motor abilities, essentially either passing out or sitting in a still stupor.
Demolished (a.) Torn down and broken up [syn: {demolished}, {dismantled} {razed}].
Demolisher (n.) One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
Demolishment (n.) 破壞；毀壞 Demolition.
Demolition (n.) 破壞；毀壞 The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
Demolition (n.) An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something [syn: destruction, demolition, wipeout].
Demolition (n.) The act of demolishing.
Demolition (n.) [ C or U ] 拆除，拆毀 The act of destroying something such as a building.
// The demolition of dangerous buildings.
Demolitionist (n.) A demolisher. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Demon (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) [C] 惡魔，惡鬼；惡人；兇惡的人；邪惡的事物；惡劣的影響 A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human. -- Sydenham.
Demon (n.) One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written d[ae]mon.]
Demon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. -- Shak.
Demon (n.) An evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon].
Demon (n.) A cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre].
Demon (n.) Someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math".
Demoness (n.) A female demon.
Demonetization (n.) 收回通貨；禁止（硬幣等的）流通 The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized ; specificially, the declaration by a government that something (e.g. gold or silver) is no longer the legal tender of a country; as, the demonetization of gold.
Demonetization (n.) Ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country [syn: demonetization, demonetisation] [ant: monetisation, monetization].
Demonetize (v. t.) 使（通貨）停止通用 To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
Demoniac (a.) 魔鬼的；兇惡的 Alt. of Demoniacal.
Demoniacal (a.) 魔鬼的；兇惡的 Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. -- Thackeray.
Demoniacal (a.) Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy." -- Milton.
Demoniacal (a.) Resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; as, demoniac energy.
Demoniacal (a.) In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
Syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, possessed (predicate).
Demoniac (n.) 魔鬼附身的人；兇暴的人 A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.
The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire. -- Bates.
Demoniac (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.
Demoniac (a.) 魔鬼的；兇惡的 Frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)].
Demoniac (n.) Someone who acts as if possessed by a demon.
Demoniacally (adv.) 魔鬼地；兇惡地 In a demoniacal manner.
Demoniacally (adv.) In a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit [syn: demoniacally, frenetically].
Demoniacism (n.) 妖魔主義 The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.
Demonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon. [Obs.] -- Cudworth.