Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Dealing (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.
(2) - Dealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deal

(1) - Dean (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.
(2) - Dean (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
(3) - Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
(4) - Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
(5) - Dean (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.

(1) - Deanery (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.
(2) - Deanery (n.) The residence of a dean.
(3) - Deanery (n.) The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.