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- DAMSELFLYAny of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.
- DAMSONA subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
- DANCEA sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- DANGERExposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
- DANIOAny of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
- DATAplural of datum
- DATIVEDenoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
- DAUBExcrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
- DEALBATETo whiten.
- DEALBATIONThe process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
- DEALBATIONSThe process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
- DEANA senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function
- DEBASETo lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- DEBATETo participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
- DEBILEWeak; feeble.
- DEBILITYA state of physical or mental weakness.
- DEBITIn bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- DEBITORA debtor
- DEBTAn action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- DEBTORA person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
- DECADENTCharacterized by moral or cultural decline.
- DECANIOf the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the dean's stall is placed (the right hand side to a person facing the altar); decanal.
- DECANTTo pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
- DECAYRot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
- DECEITAn act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- DECEIVETo trick or mislead.
- DECEMVIRAny of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
- DECEMVIRALPertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
- DECEMVIRATEA group of ten people, especially a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
- DECENCYThe quality of being decent; propriety.
- DECENNIUMSynonym of decade: a ten year period.
- DECEPTIONAn instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
- DECEPTIOUSdeceptive, tending to deceive.
- DECEPTIVELikely or attempting to deceive.
- DECEPTORYdeceptive
- DECESSIONdeparture; decrease
- DECIDETo resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
- DECIDUAA mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
- DECILEAny of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
- DECILLION(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 10.
- DECIMALNATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.
- DECIMATETo kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
- DECIMATIONThe killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
- DECIPHERTo convert a code or cipher to plain text.
- DECISIONThe act of deciding.
- DECLAIMTo recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arg
- DECLAMATIONThe act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
- DECLARATIONAn emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- DECLARETo make clear, explain, interpret.
- DECLINATEBent downward or aside.
- DECLINATORYContaining or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
- DECLIVITOUSDescending gradually; sloping; downhill.
- DECOLLATIONThe act of beheading someone.
- DECORATETo furnish with decorations.
- DECORATIONThe act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
- DECORATIVEThat serves to decorate
- DECORUMAppropriate social behavior.
- DECREMENTA small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions.
- DECREPITWeakened or worn out from age or wear.
- DECREPITATETo roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
- DECRETALPertaining to a decree.
- DECUBITUSThe posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining.
- DECUMANLarge; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
- DECUMBENTLying down; reclining on the ground.
- DECUMBITUREThe fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
- DECUPLETenfold.
- DECURIONAn officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army.
- DECURRENTOf plant parts: extending downward, most often in the case of leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.
- DECURSIONA flowing.
- DECURYA group of ten men under the command of a decurion.
- DECUSSATIONA crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
- DEDUCTTo take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- DEFACETo damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
- DEFALCATETo misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
- DEFALCATIONThe act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
- DEFAMATIONThe act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
- DEFAMATORYDamaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
- DEFAMETo disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
- DEFAULTThe condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- DEFEASIBLECapable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
- DEFECATETo excrete feces from one's bowels.
- DEFECATIONThe act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
- DEFECTA fault or malfunction.
- DEFECTIONAn act or incidence of defecting.
- DEFECTIVEHaving one or more defects.
- DEFECTOROne who defects.
- DEFENCEThe action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- DEFENDANTServing, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- DEFENESTRATETo eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
- DEFENSEThe action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- DEFENSIBLECapable of being defended against armed attack.
- DEFERTo delay or postpone.
- DEFERENTIALRespectful and considerate; showing deference.
- DEFICIENCYInadequacy or incompleteness.
- DEFICIENTLacking something essential; often construed with in.
- DEFICITDeficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- DEFINETo determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- DEFINITEHaving distinct limits.
- DEFINITUDEdefiniteness
- DEFLAGRATETo burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.