Reverse Dictionary: DEM – DEO

DEMAND, DEMANDING – ADJECTIVES
– BALL-BREAKING troublesome, difficult, very irritating, physically demanding, exhausting …1959 US sl.
– BALL-BUSTING troublesome, difficult; irritating; physically demanding, exhausting  …1944 US sl.
– HIGH-MAINTENANCE of a person: requiring a high level of care and attention; demanding …1980s US colloq.
 
DEMAND etc. – NOUNS
– LUG a demand …1929 US sl.
– AGATE-CRACKER a demanding task …1940s US sl.
– BACKBREAKER an exhausting, demanding, usually physical task …18C sl.
– PARTY a difficult, demanding situation …1960s sl.
 
DEMAND etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ASS-BREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman …1961 Amer. sl.
– BALLBREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman …1942 US sl.
– BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman …c1944 US sl.
– BALL-CUTTER a demanding, nagging, or domineering woman …1962 US sl.
– CLAMOUR GIRL a demanding female …Bk1942 US sl.
 
DEMAND etc. – VERBS
– CRACK to ask; to made a demand of …1928 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– CRACK ON to ask; to made a demand of …1928 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– EFFLAGITATE to demand eagerly; to desire  eagerly …1641 obs. rare
– HAVE THE CALL to be in the most demand …c1840 colloq.
– KICK to make a demand or request for money, work, etc. …1829 sl.
– OFGO to demand, to require, to exact …c1000 obs.
– QUEST to question, to request, to demand …1897 rare
– RANE to demand with a continuous cry …1513 obs.
– SCROUGE;  SCROWGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties …1830 Amer. dial.
 
DEMEAN, DEMEANING – VERBS
– BEAR LOW SAIL to demean oneself humbly …a1300 obs.
– BELOW to make low or lowly; to humble; to demean …1377 obs. rare exc. Sc.
– BETEEM to demean, to lower …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CREEP UP SOMEONE’S ASS to demean oneself as a means of currying favour with someone …1698 sl.
– EVEN to bring down to a level, to lower, to demean …1660 Sc.
– LESSEN to lower the dignity, position, or character of; to humble; to degrade, to demean …a1654 obs.
– UNDERMAN to demean, to degrade …1889 Eng. dial.
– EAT DIRT to act in a demeaning, humiliating manner …M19 sl.
 
DEMEANOUR – NOUNS
– APPORT demeanour; bearing …LME
– FARE mode of proceeding, bearing, demeanour; appearance, aspect …1297 obs.
– GARB(E) a person’s outward bearing, behaviour, carriage, or demeanour …1605 obs.
– HABIT bearing, demeanour, deportment, behaviour; posture …1413 obs.
– HAVING behaviour, manners, demeanour, deportment; often in plural …1375 chiefly Sc.
– LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits …1725 Sc.
– LEATS;  LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs …1725 Sc.
– MANAGE bearing, demeanour, conduct …1593 obs.
 
DEMENTED – ADJECTIVES
– BUGGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient …1905 Amer. dial.
– BUGS foolish, silly, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient …1915 Amer. dial.
– DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented …1899 US sl.
– LOOPED demented, crazy …1960s US sl.
– LOOPED UP demented, crazy …1960s US sl.
– NUTTY AS A CUCKOO crazy, demented, insane …1922 Amer. dial.
– OFF ONE’S BEAN adj. crazy; demented …1940s US sl.
– OFF ONE’S CHUMP crazy; demented …1877 US sl.
– OFF ONE’S CONK crazy; demented …1870 US sl.
– OFF ONE’S HEAD insane, crazy, demented …c1845 sl.
– OFF ONE’S NUT crazy, demented …1873 sl.
– OFF ONE’S ROCKER crazy, demented …sl.
– QUEERLY queer, odd; slightly demented …1870 Eng. dial.
 
DEMENTED – NOUNS, PERSON
– DEMENTO a demented person …1977 US sl.
– NEWDLING a simpleton; a demented person …1876 Eng. dial.
– NUDDLING a simpleton; a demented person …1876 Eng. dial.
 
DEMENTED – VERBS
– BEMENT to render demented …Bk1911 Sc.
– GET IT ON THE NERVE to be demented …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DEMENTIA – ADJECTIVES
– FATUOUS that is in a state of dementia or imbecility; idiotic …1773 rare
 
DEMENTIA – NOUNS
– FATUISM idiocy, mental imbecility, dementia …1884
– FATUITY idiocy, mental imbecility, dementia …1621-51 rare
 
DEMERIT – NOUNS
– IMMERIT want of merit; demerit …1628 obs.
 
DEMILITARIZED – NOUNS
– D a demilitarised zone (DMZ) …1991 US sl.
– DEAD MAN’S ZONE a demilitarized zone …1984 US sl.
– DEAD MARINE ZONE a demilitarized zone …1984 US sl.
 
DEMOLISH, DEMOLISHED – ADJECTIVES
– BANJAXED demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car …20C teen & high school sl.
 
DEMOLISH etc. – VERBS
– DEBOLISH to demolish, to sweep away …1615 obs.
– DEFACE to destroy, to demolish, to lay waste …1494 obs.
– DOLLYMOLISH to demolish …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOLLYMOSH to demolish, to destroy, to entirely spoil …19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
– EXFLUNCTICATE to demolish; to utterly destroy …1842 Amer. dial.
– RASE to demolish, to level with the ground …1537 rare
– TO-BREAK to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish …c888 obs.
– UNBUILD to destroy or demolish a building or structure …1607
– WALK INTO to attack, to overcome, to demolish …M19 sl.
– BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP to be completely demolished, utterly defeated …1852 sl.
 
DEMON – NOUNS
– COBBY a name given by nurses to in imaginary demon or frightful spirit …1790 Eng. dial. obs.
– DEBLERIE an evil spirit, a demon …a1325 obs.
– KELPIE, KELPY the Lowland Scottish name of a fabled water-spirit or demon assuming various shapes, but usually appearing in that of a horse; it is reputed to haunt lakes and rivers, and to take delight in, or even to bring about, the drowning of travellers and others …1747 Sc.
– MARTINET the demon who had the office of summoning witches to their assemblies …1609 obs.
– OLD BAKER a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD DELPH WILL a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD GOGGIE a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1889 Eng. dial.
– OLD HOB a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD JENNY GREENTEETH a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1870 Eng. dial.
– OLD LOB a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1870 Eng. dial.
– OLD MOSS a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD PACK a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– PASTY-FOOT a ghost, demon; a tramp …1897 Eng. dial.
– PUG a small demon or imp; a sprite …17C obs.
– RAGAMUFFIN the name of a demon …1393 obs. rare
– SKOOKUM a ghost, a demon, a spirit …1900 Amer. dial.
– SUCCUBA a demon in female form supposed to have carnal intercourse with men in their sleep …1587
– SUCCUBE a demon in female form supposed to have carnal intercourse with men in their sleep …1721 rare
– SUCCUBUS a demon in female form supposed to have carnal intercourse with men in their sleep …1387
– SUCCUBUS a demon, an evil spirit …1601
– UNCLEAN SPIRIT a wicked or evil spirit; a demon …c950
– WARLOCK a devil, a demon, spirit of hell …a900 obs. rare
– WATER-KELPIE the Lowland Scottish name of a fabled water-spirit or demon assuming various shapes, but usually appearing in that of a horse; it is reputed to haunt lakes and rivers, and to take delight in, or even to bring about, the drowning of travellers and others …1747 Sc.
 
DEMON – NOUNS, PERSON
– DÆMONIST – a demonist; a believer in or a worshipper of demons …1641
 
DEMON – VERBS
– CACODEMONIZE to make into a demon …1834-43 rare
 
DEMONSTRATE, DEMONSTRATION, DEMONSTRATIVE – ADJECTIVES
– WALLACHING noisy, demonstrative in manner …Bk1905 Sc.
 
DEMONSTRATE etc. – NOUNS
– DEMO a demonstration …1936 sl.
– ROKO a protest or demonstration …L20 Indian
– SERENADE a noisy, prankish demonstration, esp. following a wedding or as a Christmas celebration …1849 Amer. dial.
 
DEMONSTRATE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BETOGER a political demonstrator …1971 S. Afr.
– MANIFESTANT one who demonstrates in public …1880
– MONSTRATOR a demonstrator; an exhibitor …1852 obs. rare
– WALLACH a noisy, blustering, demonstrative person …Bk1905 Sc.
– WALLOCH-GOUL a noisy, blustering, demonstrative person …Bk1905 Sc.
 
DEMONSTRATE etc. – VERBS
– COMMONSTRATE to make clear; to teach, to demonstrate, to impart information …1623 obs.
 
DEMORALIZE – ADJECTIVES
– ABJECTIVE tending to lower or demoralize …1865 rare
 
DEMOTED, DEMOTION – ADJECTIVES
– DEHORNED denied or deprived of position or authority; demoted or discharged …1945 Amer. dial.
 
DEMOTED etc. – NOUNS
– FLOP a demotion …1973 US sl.
 
DEMOTED etc. – VERBS
– HAVE ONE’S R TAKEN FROM ONE to be demoted …18C naval usage
 
DEMURE – ADJECTIVES
– ANCIENT of children: staid, demure, precocious …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MIM prim, demure; affectedly modest or shy; prudish; primly silent or reticent …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MIMINY-MOUTHED prim, demure, affected …1897 Eng. dial.
– MIMP prim, demure, affected …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MOME gentle; quiet; demure, diffident; thoughtful; smooth-spoken …1864 Eng. dial.
– OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure …1896 Eng. dial.
– SMOOLY sly and demure; smooth-spoken but deceptive …B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– VERECUNDOUS. modest, shamefaced, demure …1656
 
DEN – ADJECTIVES
– LATEBROUS full of dens or hiding holes …1656 obs. rare
 
DEN – NOUNS
– CABBAGE a den or lair …1567 obs. rare
– CABIN a natural cave or grotto; the den or hole of a wild beast …1377 obs.
– CABINET a little cabin, hut, soldier’s tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast …1572 obs.
 
DENIAL, DENY, DENYING – ADJECTIVES
– ABNUTIVE negative; implying denial or refusal …a1682 obs. rare
– INFICIATORY pertaining to denial, denying …1611 obs. rare
– NEGATIVE making denial of something …c1400 obs. rare
– NEGATORY expressing denial or refusal; denying; negative …1580
– ABNEGATIVE denying; renouncing; negative …Bk1888 rare
– ABNUTIVE negative; implying denial or refusal …a1682 obs. rare
– INFICIATORY pertaining to denial, denying …1611 obs. rare
– NEGATORY expressing denial or refusal; denying; negative …1580
– RECUSATIVE that tends to refuse or prohibit; denying, refusing, negative obs. rare
 
DENIAL etc. – ADVERBS
– TO THE NAY-WARD towards denial or disbelief …1611 rare
 
DENIAL etc. – INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
– HENFIRE NO! an expression of strong denial …1967 Amer. dial.
– I’LL BE PICK-AXED! a strong expression of denial or refusal …1910s Aust. sl.
– I’LL BE SWITCHED! exclamation of irritation, surprise, denial …M19
– IN A PIG’S EAR used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial …1968 colloq.
– IN A PIG’S EYE used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial …1847 colloq.
– KAH-KA-KA! used as an expression of amazement, denial, consternation, etc. …1835 Amer. dial.
– KAI! used as an expression of amazement, denial, consternation, etc. …1835 Amer. dial.
– KI! used as an expression of amazement, denial, consternation, etc. …1835 Amer. dial.
– MY EYE! expresses surprise, disbelief, or denial …1826
– MY LEFT FOOT! an exclamation of denial …20C colloq.
– MY LEFT KNICKER! an exclamation of denial …20C colloq.
– MY LEFT TIT! an exclamation of denial …20C colloq.
– NO SIR used for registering a strong refusal or denial …1856 US
– NOSSIR used for registering a strong refusal or denial …1856 US
– NOT BY A CAT’S ASS! an emphatic denial …1966 Amer. dial.
– NOT BY THE HAIR ON MY NECK denying something very firmly …1966 Amer. dial.
– NOT BY THE HAIR ON MY CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN denying something very firmly …1966 Amer. dial.
– NOT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA an expression of strong denial …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOT ON YOUR LIFE! used for registering emphatic refusal or denial …1896 US sl.
– NOT ON YOUR NELLY! used as an absolute denial, refusal, or rejection …1941 UK rhyming sl. (not on your Nellie Duff for puff (breath, hence life))
– NOTHING DOING! used as an expression of rejection or denial …1910 UK sl.
– NO WAY, JOSE! int. a humorous, if empathic, denial …1981 US sl.
 
DENIAL etc. – NOUNS
– ABNEGATION denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection …1554
– ABNEGATION denial of anything to oneself; self-denial; renunciation of rights, things esteemed, etc. …1639
– BELYING giving of the lie; denial …1587
– NAY-SAY refusal, denial …1631
– NAY-SAYING denial, contradiction …1535
 
DENIAL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BELIER a denier …1588
​- NEGANT one who denies; a negative proposition …c1560 obs. rare
 
DENIAL etc. – VERBS
– ABNEGATE to deny oneself anything; to renounce or surrender a right or privilege …1657
– ABNEGATE to renounce or abjure; to deny …1755
– BREAK to disappoint, to deny, to refuse …Bk1911 Sc.
– GAINSAY to deny …a1300
– INFICIATE to deny, to disavow …1611 obs. rare
– NAIT to refuse, to deny …c1374 obs. rare
– NAY to deny a manner …c1400 obs.
– NAY-SAY to refuse, to deny; to contradict …1773 Eng. dial. & arch.
– NE to deny …c1400 obs. rare
– NEGATIVE to deny, to contradict …1812
– NEGE to deny; to contradict …1624 obs. rare
– NICK to deny a thing; to disavow; to refuse to acknowledge a person …a1400 obs.
– NICK WITH NAY to deny; to disappoint by denying; to meet one with a refusal  …1350
– NIX to reject, to deny …1903 US sl.
– OFSAKE to deny …c1000 obs.
– PERNEGATE to deny absolutely …1623 obs.
– RENEAGUE to withdraw from an engagement; to jilt; to refuse; to deny …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WARN to refuse or deny a thing to a person; to refuse to grant …c897 obs.
 
DENIGRATE – VERBS
– ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate …1890 Brit. sl.
 
DENMARK – ADJECTIVES
– DANIC Danish …1613 obs.
– DANISK Danish …1596 obs.
– DANSK Danish …1569 obs.
 
DENMARK – NOUNS
– DANSK Denmark …1568 obs.
 
DENMARK – NOUNS, PERSON
– DANSKER a Dane …1602 obs.
– GINGER-MAN a Dane by origin, so called from the characteristic red hair …1891 Eng. dial.
– SCABBY-NECK a native of Denmark …M19 sl.
 
DENOTE – VERBS
– BETOKEN to signify, to mean; to denote, to express in words …c1175 obs.
– JACKET to denote, to point out …1859 Amer. thieves’ sl.
– NOTIFICATE to denote …1654 obs. rare
 
DENOUNCE – VERBS
– CRY HARROW to denounce a person’s doings …c1386 obs.
– DECRY to denounce, to condemn, to suppress, or to depreciate by proclamation; to reduce the value of money …1617
 
DENSE, DENSELY, DENSITY (compact)  – ADJECTIVES
– HARDFAST dense …1674 obs.
– TIGHT dense, as a wood or thicket …c1435 obs. rare
 
DENSE (compact) etc. – ADVERBS
– SARRALY in close order or array, closely, densely …c1330 obs.
– SARRAY in close order or array, closely, densely …1375 Sc. obs. rare
 
DENSE (compact) etc. – NOUNS
– FASTNESS the quality or state of being compact or close; density, solidity …1555 obs.
– HARDFASTNESS density …1674 nonce word obs.
 
DENSE (stupid) – NOUNS, PERSON
– DENSO – a dense person; a dullard …1987 US sl.
 
DENT, DENTED – ADJECTIVES
– BENKLED of a tin can: dented …1891 Sc.
 
DENT etc. – NOUNS
– DING a dent, scratch, scrape, or rip …1945 US sl.
– DINGE a dent …1978 Amer. dial.
– DUNKLE an indentation made in something by a blow or by pressure; a dent …1788 Sc. rare
– NICK a dent in the bottom of a beer can …Bk1902 sl.
 
DENT etc. – verbs
– BENKLE to dent, to dimple …Bk1898 Sc.
– DING to dent, scratch, scrape or rip …1968 US sl.
– DINGE to make a shallow dent …c1970 Amer. dial.
– DUNKLE to make a depression or indentation in a hard surface with a blow or by pressure; to dent …1822 Sc. rare
– DUNTLE to dent with a blow or impact; to mark something with indentations …1857 obs.
– NICK to indent a beer can …Bk1902 sl.
 
DENTIST – NOUNS
– FANG FACTORY a dental surgery …1970s sl.
– FANG-CHOVEY a dental surgery …M19 sl.
– PULLIKINS a dentist’s forceps for extracting teeth …1850 Amer. dial.
 
DENTIST – NOUNS, PERSON
– DOC a dentist …1965 Amer dial.
– FANG-BANDIT a dentist …1950s Aust. sl.
– FANG-CARPENTER a dentist …1950s Aust. sl.
– FANGER a dentist or oral surgeon …1981 medical sl.
– FANG-FAKER a dentist …19C Brit. cant
– FANG-FARRIER a dentist; a dental surgeon …20C nautical sl.
– FANG-LIFTER a dentist …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– GUM-DIGGER a dentist …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– GUMPUNCHER a dentist …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– HEAD-KNOCKER a dentist …1965 Amer. dial.
– IVORY CARPENTER a dentist …c1885 jocular colloq.
– IVORY-PICKER a dentist …1967 Amer. sl.
– IVORY-PULLER a dentist …1967 Amer. sl.
– IVORY-SNATCHER a dentist …c1880 sl.
– JAWBONE BREAKER a dentist …1965 Amer. dial.
– JAWBONE DOCTOR a dentist …1965 Amer. dial.
– a dentist JAW BREAKER 1954 Amer. dial.
– a dentist JAW CRACKER 1944 Amer. dial.
– a dentist JAW PULLER 1965 Amer. dial.
– a dentist JAW-SMITH 1942 Amer. sl.
– a jocular name for a tooth-drawer; a dentist KIND-HEART 17C obs.
– a dentist MOLAR JERKER 1968 Amer. dial.
– a dentist MOLAR MASHER 1950 Amer. dial.
– a dentist MOLAR TINKER 1968 Amer. dial.
– a dentist ODONTIST 1819
– a dentist OLD JAW PULLER 1965 Amer. dial.
– a nickname for a dentist SNAG-CATCHER 19C Brit. sl.
– a nickname for a dentist SNAG-FENCER 19C Brit. sl.
– a dentist TEETH-HALER B1900 Eng. dial.
– a dentist TOOTH CARPENTER 1846 Amer. dial.
– a dentist TOOTH-DOCTOR 1767
– one who extracts teeth, a dentist TOOTH-DRAWER 1393 now contemptuous usage
– the dental surgeon TOOTHWRIGHT Bk1950 nautical sl.
– a dentist YANK Bk1945 jive usage
 
DENUDE – VERBS
– to strip, to denude; to scatter TIRD 1892 Sc.
 
DENY – see DENIAL
 
DEODORANT – NOUNS
– a deodorant; an underarm deodorant BO JUICE Bk2006 US sl.
– underarm deodorant PIT GUARD 1960s Amer. sl.