Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Desiccate (v. i.) To become dry.
(2) - Desiccate (v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

(1) - Desiccation (n.) The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

(1) - Desiccative (n.) An application for drying up secretions.
(2) - Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.

(1) - Desiccator (n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.
(2) - Desiccator (n.) One who, or that which, desiccates.

(1) - Desiderate (v. t.) To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.