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- CRAMPOONAlternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe)
- CRAPAUDA toad.
- CRAPPIEA member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish.
- CREAMERYA place where dairy products are prepared or sold.
- CREPONA thin fabric made from silk or fine wool
- CRINEShorsehair fabric
- CROKINOLEA game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
- CROQUANTEA kind of crisp-textured cake.
- CROQUETA game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
- CROQUISA quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.
- CROUPADEA leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.
- CROUSTADEAn edible container (often of pastry) filled with a savoury food
- CROUTONA small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.
- CRUDITEAlternative form of crudité.
- CRUDITESAlternative spelling of crudités.
- CRUELSswelling in the lymph glands of neck, caused by scrofula
- CRUSETA goldsmith's crucible.
- CUBAGEA cubic measurement.
- CUIRASSIERA cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor).
- CULOTTEsingular of culottes
- CULOTTESA type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.
- CUMULATIVEIncorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
- CURETTAGEThe removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette.
- CURETTEA hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.
- CURIE3.7×10 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
- CURIOA strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
- CURTALA variety of short-barrelled cannon.
- CUSTODIALProviding protection, care, supervision or guarding.
- CUVETTEA pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
- CYTISINEA polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment of nicotinism.
- DACQUOISEA dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.
- DAMASKINA sword of Damascus steel.
- DANSEURA male ballet dancer.
- DANSEUSEA female dancer
- DARCYA (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of porous mediums such as sand.
- DASHEENOld cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
- DAUBEA stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- DAUPHINEThe wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
- DEBAUCHEESomebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
- DEBELTo conquer.
- DEBOUCHA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
- DEBOUCHETo enter into battle.
- DEBUTANTA person (especially a male) who débuts, or appears for the first time.
- DEBUTANTEA young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
- DECAGRAMAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: dag
- DECALITRETen litres. Symbol: daL
- DECAMETERUS spelling of decametre.
- DECAMETREAn SI unit of length equal to 10 metres. Symbol: dam
- DECANALPertaining to a dean or deanery.
- DECIAREA measure of area, equivalent to one tenth of an are, or ten square metres.
- DECIGRAMAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: dg
- DECILITREAn SI unit of fluid equal to 10 liters. Symbol: dl.
- DECIMETERUS spelling of decimetre.
- DECIMETREAn SI unit of length equal to 10 metres. Symbol: dm
- DECLARANTA person who makes a formal declaration or statement
- DECLINATORAn instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
- DECOLORANTA substance that removes colour, or bleaches.
- DECORThe style of decoration of a room or building.
- DECOUPAGEAn art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
- DECROWNTo deprive of a crown; to discrown.
- DEFEATISMAcceptance of defeat without struggle.
- DEFEATISTOf or relating to defeatism.
- DEFERENCEGreat respect.
- DEFIANTDefying.
- DEFORMABLECapable of being reshaped.
- DEFROCKTo divest of a frock.
- DEGRASA semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly used as a dressing for hides.
- DEGROWTHA negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
- DEGUSTTo taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour
- DELAINEA kind of mixed fabric previously used to make women's dresses.
- DELIGATIONA binding up; a bandaging.
- DELOPETo fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.
- DEMAGOGICOf or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.
- DEMIGLACEA rich brown sauce in French cuisine, typically made from veal stock and espagnole sauce, used by itself or as a base for other sauces.
- DEMIJOHNA large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
- DEMILUNEIn the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.
- DEMIRELIEFdemi-rilievo
- DEMITASSEA small cup of strong black coffee.
- DEMIVOLTESA half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his forelegs in a particular manner.
- DEMOCRATA supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- DEMOCRATISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of democratize.
- DEMORALIZETo destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
- DENATURETo take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
- DENIMA textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
- DEPILATORYThat removes hair
- DEPLOYMENTAn arrangement or classification of things.
- DEPRECIABLEAble to be depreciated.
- DEPRECIATIONThe state of being depreciated; disparagement.
- DEPURATIVEPurifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
- DERACINEHaving been uprooted.
- DERAILSynonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
- DERAILMENTThe action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
- DETACHABLEDesigned to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
- DETACHMENTThe action of detaching; separation.
- DETERMINANTA determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
- DETERMINISMThe doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
- DETERMINISTAn advocate of determinism.
- DETOURA diversion or deviation from one's original route.
- DEVIANCEActions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
- DIABLERIEwitchcraft, sorcery