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Dactylic
Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; .
Dactylonomy
The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
Daddle
To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.
Dambose
A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.
Darlingtonia
A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
Dazzle
To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Decagynia
A Linnan order of plants characterized by having ten styles.
Deck
The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
declassified
having a security classification removed so as to be open to public inspection; -- of documents or information.
deconstruct
To interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstruction.
Decoration Day
a day, May 30, originally appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; -- now called , and established as the last Monday in May, and designated as a day for commemorating those who died in all wars of the United States.
Dedicate
To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; .
de-escalate
to reduce in intensity (a crisis or a war).
Defamation
Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
Definition
The act of defining; determination of the limits; .
Delirant
Delirious.
Demeanor
Management; treatment; conduct.
Demise
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
Democratist
A democrat.
demoralizing
discouraging. Opposite of .
Dendrolagus
a genus comprising the tree wallabies.
Dentelli
Modillions.
Dentine
The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.
Deodate
A gift or offering to God.
Dephase
To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.
Deplorability
Deplorableness.
Deport
Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment.
Derogate
To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with .
Desolator
Same as .
Despicable
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless;
Detainder
A writ. See .
Detestableness
The quality or state of being detestable.
detox
to detoxify.
Diary
A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda;
dicarbonic
Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl groups or radicals; . In the latter sense, synonymous with ; .
Diduction
The act of drawing apart; separation.
Dieffenbachia
a genus of evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.
Diffarreation
A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See .
Dilettantish
Dilettanteish.
Diploblastic
Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
Diplo
The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.
Disadventure
Misfortune; mishap.
Disadventurous
Unprosperous; unfortunate.
Discard
To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
Discardure
Rejection; dismissal.
Discommodious
Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious.
Discredit
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; .
Diseased
Afflicted with disease.
Disengaging
Loosing; setting free; detaching.
disentangled
freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.
Disinteressment
Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness.
Disjunct
Disjoined; separated.
Dismay
To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Disobeisance
Disobedience.
Dispatch
The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
Disserviceable
Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable.
distressing
Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
Divertimento
A light and pleasing composition.
docking
a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors.
Dogate
The office or dignity of a doge.
Domeykite
A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.
Doorway
The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.
Dot
To mark with dots or small spots; .
Douceur
Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness.
Draconic
Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
Drawrod
A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.
Drazel
A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as .
Driftwood
Wood drifted or floated by water.
Drum
To execute on a drum, as a tune.
Duality
The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.