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Dactyliology
That branch of archology which has to do with gem engraving.
Daintrel
Adelicacy.
Dark
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored;
Debatement
Controversy; deliberation; debate.
Debatingly
In the manner of a debate.
Decortication
The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.
Dedition
The act of yielding; surrender.
Deeply
At or to a great depth; far below the surface; .
deep-rooted
well-established; .
Defacement
The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
Deferential
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
defroster
A device that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane).
Deka-
A prefix signifying . See .
Delectation
Great pleasure; delight.
Delight
A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Demisuit
A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.
Demur
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
Dendroaspis
a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
Denial
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of .
Depardieux
In God's name; certainly.
Derailment
The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
Derecho
A straight wind without apparent cyclonic tendency, usually accompanied with rain and often destructive, common in the prairie regions of the United States.
desensitized
rendered insensitive.
Designative
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
Determinedly
In a determined manner; with determination.
Detester
One who detests.
Devocation
A calling off or away.
Dewless
Having no dew.
Diarist
One who keeps a diary.
Dicyemid
Like or belonging to the Dicyemata.
Dies juridicus
A court day.
Difficile
Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn.
Dilleniaceae
a natural family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems, including the genera and .
Dimyarian
Like or pertaining to the Dimya.
Dinnerly
Of or pertaining to dinner.
Disciplinarian
Pertaining to discipline.
Discover
To uncover.
Discovery
The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; .
Disfurnish
To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.
Disharmony
Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.
disherison
The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinherison.
Disobligatory
Releasing from obligation.
Disordinate
Inordinate; disorderly.
disowning
the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's own.
Disparage
Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
Disperser
One that disperses.
Dispost
To eject from a post; to displace.
disrupted
Not continuous in time or space. Opposite of .
disseminative
Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
Dissentation
Dissension.
Dissilition
The act of bursting or springing apart.
Dissonance
A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Disunion
The termination of union; separation; disjunction; .
Disuse
Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; .
Divest
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to .
Divet
See .
dolma
a dish composed of well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock, stuffed into tomatoes or green peppers, or wrapped in grape leaves; -- popular in the near east.
Domed
Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome.
Domestication
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.
Donnat
See .
doorstopper
same as .
Dope
Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.
Double-banked
Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.
Dr.
abbreviation for , a title accorded to a person who holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree.
Drawbolt
A coupling pin. See under .
drop cloth
a sheet of material used to cover objects or surfaces while painting a ceiling or wall of a house, so as to protect objects from being marred by drops of paint splashed inadvertantly in the painting process. Originally such were made of cloth, but more recently paper or plastic have also commonly been used.
Dubiety
Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
Duchesse d'Angoulecirc;me
A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.
Dudish
Like, or characterized of, a dude.
Dulcification
The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
Dunghill
A heap of dung.
duplicitous
exhibiting duplicity{2}; deceitful; double-dealing.
dynamic RAM
a type of using circuits that require periodic refresh cycles in order to retain the stored information. Contrasted to , which maintains the memory state as long as the power is still applied.
Dystocia
Difficult delivery pr parturition.