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- 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.
- CURFEWAny regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
- CURIE3.7×10 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
- CURIOUSTending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying.
- CURLEWAny of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
- CURRANTA small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
- CURTAILTo cut short the tail of (an animal).
- CURTALA variety of short-barrelled cannon.
- CURTSEYA small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in defer
- CUSPIDORA spittoon.
- CUSTODIALProviding protection, care, supervision or guarding.
- CUSTRELA knight's attendant or man-at-arms; a knave.
- CUTLASSA short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
- CUTLEROne whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.
- CUTLERYSharp cutting utensils.
- 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.
- DACEA shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
- DACQUOISEA dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.
- DADOThe section of a pedestal above the base.
- DAHLIAAny plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.
- DAIRY(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
- DALLIANCEPlayful flirtation; amorous play.
- DALLYTo waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- DAMASKINA sword of Damascus steel.
- DANGEROUSFull of danger.
- DANSEURA male ballet dancer.
- DANSEUSEA female dancer
- DARCYA (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of porous mediums such as sand.
- DARIOLEA dessert consisting of puff pastry filled with almond cream, baked in an oven.
- DASHEENOld cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
- DAUBEA stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- DAUPHINEThe wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
- DAVITA spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.
- DEANERA shilling.
- DEBARTo exclude or shut out; to bar.
- DEBARKTo unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
- DEBAUCHEESomebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
- DEBELTo conquer.
- DEBONAIRGracious, courteous.
- DEBOUCHA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
- DEBOUCHETo enter into battle.
- DEBOUCHUREThe outward opening of a river, creek, valley, or strait.
- 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.
- DECEIVABLEAble to be deceived; gullible.
- DECEIVERA person who lies or deceives.
- 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
- DECISIVEHaving the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
- DECLARANTA person who makes a formal declaration or statement
- DECLARATIVEServing to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- DECLINATORAn instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
- DECLINATORYContaining or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
- DECOLORANTA substance that removes colour, or bleaches.
- DECOMPOSETo separate or break down (something) into its components.
- DECORThe style of decoration of a room or building.
- DECORATIONThe act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
- 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.
- DECOUPLETo unlink; to take apart or come apart.
- DECROWNTo deprive of a crown; to discrown.
- DECRYTo denounce as harmful.
- DEFEATISTOf or relating to defeatism.
- DEFERENCEGreat respect.
- DEFIANCEThe feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
- DEFIANTDefying.
- DEFORCIANTOne who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- DEFORMABLECapable of being reshaped.
- DEFORMATIONThe act of deforming, or state of being deformed. Physically so.
- DEFOULTo trample underfoot.
- DEFRAUDTo obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
- DEFRAUDMENTPrivation by fraud; defrauding
- DEFRAYTo pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
- 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.
- DEGUAny species of the genus Octodon, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.
- DEGUSTTo taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour
- DELAINEA kind of mixed fabric previously used to make women's dresses.
- DELEGATIONAn act of delegating.
- DELIGATIONA binding up; a bandaging.
- DELIVERANCEThe act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
- DELIVERYThe act of conveying something.
- 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.