Crossword-Solution: DERIVING 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

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Deriving p. pr. & vb. n. of Derive

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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with DERIVING (5)

Deriving his idiosyncrasies from both sides of the Channel, he showed at such junctures as the present the inelasticity of the Englishman, mingled with that blindness to the line where sentiment verges on mawkishness, characteristic of the French.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
This unhappy person had effected such a transformation by devoting himself for seven years to the constant analysis of a heart full of torture, and deriving his enjoyment thence, and adding fuel to those fiery tortures which he analysed and gloated over.
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1992
Pejorative hackerism for `venture capitalist', deriving from the common practice of pushing contracts that deprive inventors of control over their own innovations and most of the money they ought to have made from them.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
This had been settled in a council held by Front-de-Bœuf, De Bracy, and the Templar, in which, after a long and warm debate concerning the several advantages which each insisted upon deriving from his peculiar share in this audacious enterprise, they had at length determined the fate of their unhappy prisoners.
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1993
See Kermes.] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Noah Webster 1995

Quotes with DERIVING (3)

Deriving truth from joy may be far more easier than generating joy from the truth.
Toba Beta My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil — you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself.
Dan Barker Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist
All energy given to us for the achievements of goals and self-actualization is instead spent on deriving acceptance from our surroundings and compliance with the requirements of the society
Sunday Adelaja
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Appears in: NYT, WSJ.

Used 2 times in crossword archives (1983–2023).