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développé: developed
développé couché: bench press
déventer: to take the wind out (of the sails of a vessel)
déverbal: deverbal (noun derived from and describing the action of a given verb)
déverbal: deverbal (which derives from a verb); deverbal (derived from a verb)
déverbalisation: deverbalization
déverbaliser: to deverbalize
déverbatif: deverbative
déverbatif: deverbative
dévergondage: shamelessness; extravagance
dévergonder: to break bad, be led astray; to debauch, corrupt, pervert
dévergondé: shameless; debauched, depraved
déverguer: to unbend the sails from the yards
déverminage: burn-in
déverminer: to debug
déverni: unvarnished
dévernissage: The removal of varnish; unvarnishing
déverrouillage: unlocking
déverrouiller: to unlock, unbolt, unfasten
dévers: out of plumb, unplumb, not vertical
dévers: a cant, bevel, tilt; cant, superelevation: a railroad tracks adjustment where the inner rail and outer rail are put at different level from each other, used in curved tracks to ease off strains caused by centrifugal force and to obtain the necessary centripetal force; an overhang
déversement: spillage, discharge
déverser: to pour, pour out, spill out; to pour (into), to flow (into)
déverser sa bile: to vent one's spleen
déversoir: overflow, spillway
déviance: deviance (variation from expected behavior or form); anomaly
déviant: deviant
déviarger: to destroy or damage; to hurt physically;; to deflower a virgin
déviateur: deviator
déviation: diversion; different route to travel; deflection
déviationnisme: deviationism
déviationniste: deviationist
déviationniste: deviationist
dévidage: reeling, unwinding, spooling
dévider: to put (string) into a ball; to unwind, spool, reel; to recount, to reel off (a story)
dévideur: streamer (for storing data)
dévidoir: niddy-noddy; swift; reel (for fire hose or garden hose), drum (for cable); tape dispenser
dévier: to divert; to deviate, stray, go off course; to deflect, parry
dévirginiser: to deflower
déviriliser: to devirilize
dévisager: to peer at (someone's face), stare at (the face of)
dévissable: unscrewable (capable of being unscrewed)
dévissage: unscrewing
dévisser: to unscrew, undo; to remove (the lid from a container); to lose one's grip and fall; to drop sharply, to plunge, to plummet
dévitalisation: root canal surgery
dévitaliser: to devitalize; to perform root canal surgery
dévitalisé: devitalized
dévitrification: devitrification
dévitrifier: to devitrify
dévoiement: canting, sloping; the act of leading astray, corruption; runny bowels, diarrhoea
dévoiler: to unveil (remove a veil from); to unveil, to reveal, to disclose; to unveil oneself, to reveal oneself; to appear, to manifest
dévoisement: devoicing, surdization
dévolu: devolved (to); reserved (for)
dévolution: devolution (transfer of power)
dévonien: Devonian
dévorant: consuming, devouring
dévorateur: devouring
dévorer: to devour
dévorer des yeux: to stare hungrily at, to eye intensely, greedily, to eye up and down; to feast one's eyes on, to devour with one's eyes
dévorer du regard: to stare hungrily at, to eye intensely, greedily, to eye up and down; to feast one's eyes on, to devour with one's eyes