English Words Starting With D

• deficiency judgment

  nounLow
  /dɪˈfɪʃənsi ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/A court ruling that holds a borrower personally liable for the remaining debt after the foreclosure sale of a mortgaged property fails to cover the full amount owed.
• deficient

  adjectivenounC1
  /dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt/Lacking in some necessary quality or element; not complete or adequate.
• deficient number

  nounLow
  /dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt ˈnʌmbə/In number theory, a positive integer whose proper divisors sum to less than the number itself.
• deficit

  nounC1
  /ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt/The amount by which something, especially money, is too small or falls short of what is required.
• deficit financing

  nounLow-to-Medium (C1+ Vocabulary)
  /ˈdɛfɪsɪt ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ/Government borrowing to cover a budget shortfall when expenditures exceed revenues.
• deficit spending

  nounC1
  /ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt ˈspen.dɪŋ/A government policy of spending more money than it receives in revenue during a specific period.
• defied

  adjectiveverbB2
  /dɪˈfaɪd/Openly refused to obey or resist something, typically an authority, law, or convention.
• defier

  nounC2 (Very low frequency; mostly literary or formal contexts)
  /dɪˈfaɪ.ə(r)/a person who openly resists or refuses to obey someone or something
• defilade

  nounverbverb-transitiveVery Low
  /ˌdɛfɪˈleɪd/To position troops, weapons, or fortifications so they are protected from enemy observation and direct fire, typically by using natural or artificial terrain features.
• defile

  verbverb-transitiveC1/C2 (Low frequency; primarily literary, formal, or specialist)
  /dɪˈfaɪl/ (verb: pollute); /ˈdiːfaɪl/ (noun, verb: march)To make dirty, spoil, or damage something pure, sacred, or respected.
• defiled

  adjectiveverbC2
  /dɪˈfaɪld/Made impure, unclean, or desecrated; treated as dirty or dishonoured.
• defilement

  nounLow
  /dɪˈfaɪl.mənt/The action of making something unclean, impure, or desecrated.
• define

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /dɪˈfaɪn/To state or describe the exact meaning, nature, or essential qualities of something; to establish its boundaries or characteristics clearly.
• definiendum

  nounVery low
  /dɪˌfɪn.iˈen.dəm/A word, phrase, or concept being defined or needing definition.
• definiens

  nounC2
  /dɪˈfɪn.i.enz/In logic and philosophy, the part of a definition that states the meaning or properties of the thing being defined; the word, phrase, or set of symbols that serves as the definition of another term (the definiendum).
• defining moment

  nounMedium-High
  /dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈməʊmənt/A specific, significant event or experience that clearly reveals or determines the essential character, direction, or identity of a person, group, or situation.
• definite article

  nounA1
  /ðə/ (before consonant sounds), /ðiː/ (before vowel sounds, or for emphasis)A grammatical word used before singular or plural nouns to indicate that the noun is a particular, specific, or known entity, rather than a general one.
• definite description

  nounC2 / Very Rare
  /ˌdef.ɪ.nət dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/A phrase, typically of the form "the X", that is used to refer to one specific, unique individual or object in a given context.
• definite integral

  nounLow (Specialist/Technical)
  /ˈdɛfɪnət ˈɪntɪɡrəl/The evaluation of the integral of a function over a specified interval [a, b], resulting in a numerical value representing the net area between the curve and the x-axis.
• definite relative clause

  nounLow
  /ˈdefɪnət ˈrelətɪv klɔːz/A defining relative clause that provides essential information to identify the noun it modifies.

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