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- CLUTCHESplural of clutch
- COAXTo fondle, kid, pet, tease.
- COLGATE
- COLONThe punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
- CONSIDERATEConsciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).
- CONTRIVETo invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- COPULATETo engage in sexual intercourse.
- CORSETA woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- CORSEY
- COUPA quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
- CRAMMEDsimple past and past participle of cram
- CRANIUMThat part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
- CREATINAlternative form of creatine.
- CREATINEAn amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.
- CREATIVETending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- CRIMINOLOGYThe study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
- CRIMPEasily crumbled; friable; brittle.
- CROGS
- CRUELTYAn indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
- CUPIDA putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
- DAFNA
- DANTO
- DARCYA (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of porous mediums such as sand.
- DARWIN
- DAVENto recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
- DAWNSplural of dawn
- DEACONA designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- DEALIO
- DEBRIEFTo question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
- DEGAN
- DELANCEY
- DELANCY
- DELANEY
- DELHI
- DELUGESplural of deluge
- DELUSIONAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
- DEMERITA quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
- DENMARK
- DEPLORETo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- DEPLORESthird-person singular simple present indicative of deplore
- DESCRIPTIONA sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- DESTIN
- DETHRONETo depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
- DEVALUETo lower or remove the value of something.
- DEVINE
- DEVOURTo eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- DEWSplural of dew
- DIABETICOf or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
- DIABOLICOf, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
- DIAGNOSTICOf, or relating to diagnosis.
- DIAGONALJoining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
- DIALECTA lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized i
- DICEN
- DICEYFraught with danger.
- DIPSTICKA stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
- DISROBETo undress someone or something.
- DISTAINTo stain, discolour or tarnish
- DIURETICIncreasing the amount or frequency of urination.
- DOCENTInstructive; that teaches.
- DOCENTSplural of docent
- DOGMAAn authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support
- DOLAR
- DOLCEA soft-toned organ stop.
- DOMICILEA home or residence.
- DOPAMINEA monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
- DORB
- DORITO
- DORMANTInactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
- DORSELA pannier.
- DOTINGpresent participle and gerund of dote
- 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.
- DOWRYPayment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
- DOXYA sweetheart, a prostitute, a mistress or kept woman.
- DRABA fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
- DRASTICHaving a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
- DRAWINGpresent participle and gerund of draw
- DROOLTo secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
- DUARTE
- DULCE
- DUMPSTERA large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
- DUNCESplural of dunce
- DUNESplural of dune
- DUOMOSplural of duomo
- DYNAMICChanging; active; in motion.
- EJACULATIONThe act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure. A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimula
- EMANCIPATETo set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate. To cause (a place) to be free from the colonization or rule of another entity.
- ENGULFTo overwhelm.
- ENIGMASomething or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- ENRAGETo become angry or wild.
- EQUIPMENTThe act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- EXERTIONAn expenditure of physical or mental effort.
- EXODUSA sudden departure of a large number of people.
- FABULOSO
- FACIST
- FACTORIALThe result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3
- FAILTo be unsuccessful.
- FAULTEDsimple past and past participle of fault
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FEMURA thighbone.
- FERLY