Definition that contains dern
- little small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- sweet English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
- quick any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
- waste an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- center mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- modern belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
- bush a large wilderness area
- loan a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
- swing live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- beats a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)