Deuce :: Deuce (n.) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts..

Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..

Deuce :: Deuce (n.) The devil; a demon.

Deuced :: Deuced (a.) Devilish; excessive; extreme.

Deuse :: Deuse (a.) Alt. of Deuse.

Deused :: Deused (a.) See Deuce, Deuced..

Deut- :: Deut- () A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi-or di-, although little used..

Deuterocanonical :: Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc..

Deuterogamist :: Deuterogamist (n.) One who marries the second time.

Deuterogamy :: Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy..

Deuterogenic :: Deuterogenic (a.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.

Deuteronomist :: Deuteronomist (n.) The writer of Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy :: Deuteronomy (n.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses..

Deuteropathia :: Deuteropathia (n.) Alt. of Deuteropath.

Deuteropathic :: Deuteropathic (a.) Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.

Deuteropathy :: Deuteropathy (n.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach..

Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) Second sight.

Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.

Deuterozooid :: Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids..

Deuthydroguret :: Deuthydroguret (n.) Same as Deutohydroguret.

Deuto- :: Deuto- () Alt. of Deut.

Deutohydroguret :: Deutohydroguret (n.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical.

Deutoplasm :: Deutoplasm (n.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk..

Deutoplastic :: Deutoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm..

Deutosulphuret :: Deutosulphuret (n.) A disulphide.

Deutoxide :: Deutoxide (n.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide..

Deutzia :: Deutzia (n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated..

Frondeur :: Frondeur (n.) A member of the Fronde.

Grandeur :: Grandeur (n.) The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.

Odeum :: Odeum (n.) See Odeon.

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