- 2. Tract of land (fit for cultivation) left dry by the retirement of the sea.
Dereliction, n.
- 1. Abandonment, renunciation, desertion, relinquishment.
- 2. Faithlessness, failure in duty, delinquency, neglect, negligence.
Deride, v. a. Ridicule (contemptuously or maliciously), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with, poke fun at (colloq.). See ridicule.
Derision, n. Ridicule, mockery, scorn, contempt.
Derisive, Derisory, a. Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing, scornful, contemptuous, contumelious.
Derivable, a.
- 1. Obtainable, to be derived.
- 2. Deducible, that may be inferred (from premises).
- 3. That may be traced (to a root).
Derivation, n.
- 1. Descent, genealogy, extraction.
- 2. Etymology.
- 3. Deriving, obtaining, deducing.
- 4. Source (in), origination (from), foundation (in).
Derivative, a. Derived.
Derive, v. a.
- 1. Draw, receive, obtain, get.
- 2. Deduce, trace.
Derm, n. Skin, true skin, cutis or cutis vera.
Dermatoid, a. Skin-like.