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Derisible
- unknown - Open to mockery
- worthy of mockery or scorn
Derisions
- noun - contemptuous laughter
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Derivable
- adjective - capable of being derived
Derivings
- noun - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
Desiccant
- noun - a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
Desiccate
- adjective - lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
- lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
- preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
- remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
Designata
- noun - something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
Designate
- adjective - appointed but not yet installed in office
- assign a name or title to
- decree or designate beforehand;
- design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"