%dena%

prop. n. 1. The native name for Mount McKinley in Alaska, translated as the great one.
Syn. -- Mount McKinley. [ PJC ]

2. a national park in Alaska in which Mount McKinley is located.
Syn. -- Denali national park. [ PJC ]

v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Denarii [ L. See 2d Denier. ] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the “penny” of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. denarius. See 2d Denier. ] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number ten; a division into ten. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as denationalization.
Syn. -- privatization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. dénationalisation. ] The act or process of denationalizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denationalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing. ] [ Cf. F. dénationaliser. ] 1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. [ 1913 Webster ]

An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.
Syn. -- privatize, denationalise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denaturalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing. ] [ Cf. F. dénaturaliser. ] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as denature. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ De- + nature. ] To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. to render (ethyl alcohol) unfit to drink by adding in toxic or unpalatable substances (such as benzene or pyridine) which nevertherless permit alcohol to be used as a solvent. [ PJC ]

3. modify the tertiary structure of (a protein or nucleic acid) so as to reduce or destroy its characteristic biological activity. Bioactive macromolecules such as enzymes or DNA may be denatured by heat, acid, alkali, or solvent treatment; the extent of such treatment required to denature a molecule varies with the specific compound. In some cases the denatured molecules may regain their original properties (renature) by other treatments. Denaturation may also cause a change in the physical properties of such molecules, e.g. proteins may become insoluble in water. [ PJC ]

v. i. To become denatured. [ PJC ]

adj. changed in nature or natural quality.
Syn. -- denatured. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ See Deny. ] To deny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Denial; refusal. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. duodénal. ] Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. duodenarius, fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodénaire. ] Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -duodenal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Guardianship. [ Obs. & R. ] “ His tuition and guardenage.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Modena, in Italy. ] A certain crimsonlike color. Good. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. molybdaena galena, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; lead. ] (Min.) See Molybdenite. [ 1913 Webster ]