defect /dēˈfekt, di-fektˈ/

1. A deficiency
2. A lack
3. An imperfection
4. A blemish
5. A fault
6. An imperfection in a crystal lattice which may be caused by the presence of a minute amount of a different element in a perfect lattice (crystallography)

To desert one's country or a cause, transferring one's allegiance (to another)

defectibilˈity noun

defectˈible adjective

1. Liable to imperfection
2. Deficient

defecˈtion noun

1. (an act of) desertion
2. A failure to carry out a duty
3. (an act of) revolt

defecˈtionist noun

defectˈive adjective

1. Having defects
2. Lacking in some necessary quality
3. Imperfect
4. Faulty
5. Insufficient
6. Incomplete in inflections or forms (grammar)
7. Mentally handicapped (offensive)

A person who is mentally handicapped

defectˈively adverb

• theriomorph
• Theriomorpha
• theriomorphic
• theriomorphism
• theriomorphisms
• theriomorphoses
• theriomorphosis
• theriomorphous
• theriomorphs
• the rise of
• therm
• thermae
• -thermal
• thermal
• thermal agitation
• thermal agitations
• thermal barrier
• thermal barriers
• thermal capacities
• thermal capacity
• thermal conductivities
• thermal conductivity
• thermal conductor
• thermal conductors
• thermal diffusion