| DER | capable of being derived |
|---|---|
| DER | drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation |
| DER | drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body |
| DER | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| DER | a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions |
| DER | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase |
| DER | the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| DER | (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing' |
| DER | characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base |
| DER | the part of grammar that deals with the derivations of words |
| DER | the result of mathematical differentiation |
| DER | (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word |