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- DIABLERYsorcery
- DIGESTIFAn alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
- DIGNITARYAn important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
- DIORAMAA three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a pa
- DIPLOTENEThe fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible
- DISABUSETo free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).
- DISANCHORTo raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
- DISCOClipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
- DISCOTHEQUEA nightclub where dancing takes place.
- DISCRETIONARYAvailable at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
- DISEURA male storyteller or reciter of monologues.
- DISEUSEA female artiste who is a skilled and professional reciter of monologues.
- DISINFECTANTServing to kill germs or viruses.
- DISINTERTo take out of the grave or tomb.
- DISORGANISETo make less organised; to reduce to chaos.
- DISORGANIZETo make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
- DISORIENTTo cause to lose orientation or direction.
- DISPLACEMENTThe act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
- DISTINGUEFashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
- DISTRAITabsent-minded, troubled, distracted
- DISTRAITEAlternative form of distrait.
- DIVORCEEA divorced person.
- DIZAINdecastich
- DJEMBEA large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
- DOLMENA prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
- DOLOMITEAn evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO3)2; it also exists as the rock dolostone.
- DOMAINEA vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.
- DORMITIVECausing sleep.
- DOSAGEThe administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
- DOSSIERA collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
- DOUANEA custom house.
- DOUANIERA French customs officer.
- DOUBLUREAn elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.
- DOUCA colobine Old World monkey, making up the genus Pygathrix.
- DOUCHEA jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.
- DOUXSweet.
- DRAPCloth.
- DRAWERAn open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
- DROGUETA ribbed woollen dress fabric, a variety of rep.
- DROITA legal right or entitlement.
- DRUGGISTA manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
- DUPLICATUREA doubling; a fold, especially of a membrane.
- DURANTAlternative form of durance (“duration”)
- DURANTSAlternative form of durance (“duration”)
- ECARTEA card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
- ECLATAlternative spelling of éclat.
- ECLOSIONThe emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
- ECRUA beige colour.
- ECURIEA stable.
- EDULCORANTsweetening.
- EGLOMISEGlass ornamented with gold foil.
- ELOGISTsomeone who pronounces an eloge or elogy.
- EMBARKATIONThe act of embarking.
- EMERGENCEThe act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
- EMETINEA white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C29H40N2O4, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in avers
- EMIGREOne who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
- EMPLOYEEA person who provides labor to a company or another person.
- EMPLOYERA person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
- EMULETo emulate.
- ENCOLUREThe neck of a horse.
- ENCOREA brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
- ENFILADEA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
- ENFILEDHaving an object, such as the head of a man or animal, impaled on it.
- ENGOBEA non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.
- ENJAMBTo carry a sentence over to the next line without a pause.
- ENRACETo implant.
- ENSILAGEThe process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
- ENSILETo preserve (forage) in a silo.
- ENTOURAGEA retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
- ENTRECHATA manoeuvre whereby the performer jumps up and strikes the heels together a number of times.
- ENTRESOLA mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.
- ENTRYISMA political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectab
- ENTRYISMSA political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectab
- ENVELOPEA paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
- ENVISAGETo conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
- ENVOIA short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
- ENVOYA diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
- EONISMThe pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.
- EPAULEThe shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
- EPAULETAlternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”).
- EPAULETTEAn ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
- EPERGNEA table centerpiece, usually made of silver, generally consisting of a central bowl with radiating dishes or holders.
- EPIDERMThe epidermis.
- EPIDOTEAny of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
- EPILATIONThe removal of hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root.
- EPISODICRelating to an episode.
- EPIZOOTYAn epizootic disease or outbreak.
- EPURATIONpurification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction)
- EQUIPMENTThe act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- ERGOTAny fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- ERUPTIVEThat erupts or bursts forth.
- ESCALOPEA thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
- ESCAMOTAGEtrickery; legerdemain
- ESCARGOTA dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
- ESCARPMENTA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
- ESCLANDREAn incident that occasions much disapproving talk; scandalous conduct; a scene.
- ESCORTA group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
- ESCRITOIREA writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
- ESPAGNOLEA strong basic sauce consisting of a dark brown roux that is slowly reduced while further ingredients are added, traditionally including veal stock.
- ESPALIERA latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.