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Word
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Definition
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| dacnomania
| obsession with killing
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| dacoitage
| robbery by gang or mob
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| dacryops
| wateriness of the eyes
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| dactylioglyph
| engraver of rings or of gems
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| dactyliology
| study of rings
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| dactyliomancy
| divination by means of a finger
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| dactylogram
| fingerprint
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| dactylography
| the study of fingerprints
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| dactyloid
| like or resembling a finger
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| dactylology
| study of sign language
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| dactylomancy
| divination using rings
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| dactylomegaly
| condition of having abnormally large digits
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| dactylonomy
| counting using the fingers and toes
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| dactyloscopy
| comparing fingerprints for purpose of identification
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| dado
| large wooden moulding along bottom of wall
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| daedal
| formed with art; displaying inventive skill
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| daedalist
| aviator; pilot
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| dag
| dirty tatted tuft of sheep's wool
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| dal
| a dried legume, such as lentils, beans or peas
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| dalmatic
| ecclesiastical robe or other outer vestment
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| dalton
| unit of atomic mass
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| damascene
| decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns
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| damask
| fine lustrous fabric with flat patterns and a satin weave
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| damine
| having antlers like a fallow deer
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| dammar
| hard resin used in making varnish
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| damnification
| causation of injury or loss
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| damoiseau
| male form of damsel; a young man not yet dubbed a knight
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| dancetté
| deeply indented
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| danism
| lending money on usury
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| dap
| to dip gently into water; to fish with a surface fly
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| dapatical
| lavish; sumptuous; costly
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| daphnomancy
| divination using a laurel
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| dapifer
| one who brings meat to the table
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| dapocaginous
| mean-spirited; heartless
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| darbies
| handcuffs
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| darby
| large trowel for levelling concrete or plaster
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| darcy
| unit of permeability of rock to various substances
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| darkle
| to grow or make dark
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| darraign
| to vindicate; to justify or prove
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| dash
| non-specific very small unit of measurement used in cooking
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| dashpot
| shock absorber
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| dasyphyllous
| having crowded, thick or woolly leaves
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| dasypoedes
| types of birds having downy-feathered young
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| dasyure
| flesh-eating marsupial
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| datary
| papal officer who registers and dates bulls and edicts
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| dation
| act of giving, conferring or donating
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| dative
| indicating indirect object of a verb
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| davenport
| small ornamental writing desk; large sofa
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| davit
| device for hoisting and lowering a boat
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| daw
| simpleton; bird of the crow family
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| deaconing
| act of putting best looking goods on top of pile
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| deadeye
| rounded wooden block with hole used to set up ship's stays
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| deadhouse
| mortuary
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| deadstock
| farm equipment
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| deadwood
| timbers built into ends of ship when too narrow to permit framing
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| dealate
| insect divested of its wings
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| dealbation
| whitening; bleaching
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| deambulatory
| place for walking around or about in
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| dearticulate
| to disjoint
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| deasil
| sunwise motion
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| debarrass
| to disembarrass; disentangle; free
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| debel
| to conquer in war
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| debellate
| to conquer or overcome through battle
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| debouch
| to issue or emerge; to flow from a confined place
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| debouchure
| mouth of a river or strait
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| debridement
| the removal of foreign matter from a wound
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| decadarchy
| government by ten individuals; decarchy
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| decadist
| author who writes works in ten parts
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| decalcomania
| process of transferring a design onto a surface using specially prepared paper
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| decalescence
| point in heating metal where it appears to cool
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| decalogist
| exponent of rules such as the Ten Commandments
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| decalvant
| removing hair; depilatory
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| decamerous
| having parts in tens
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| decanal
| located on south side of the choir in a church
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| decanal
| of, like or pertaining to a dean or deacon
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| decantate
| to chant or say repeatedly
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| decarchy
| government by ten individuals
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| decare
| 1000 square metres
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| decarnate
| denied or deprived of physical bodily form
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| decastich
| ten-line poem
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| decatise
| to uncurl through the use of steam or moisture
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| decaudate
| to cut off the tail of
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| decelerometer
| instrument for measuring deceleration
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| decennoval
| of, like or pertaining to the number nineteen
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| decession
| departure
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| decimestrial
| lasting ten months
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| deckle
| ragged edge of paper
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| declassé
| below one's social class
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| declinometer
| instrument for measuring magnetic declination
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| declivity
| place that slopes downwards; inclination downwards
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| decoct
| to prepare or extract by boiling; to devise
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| decollate
| to behead; to disorganize
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| decomplex
| repeatedly compound
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| decorticate
| to remove the bark, husk or peel of
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| decoupage
| the application of paper cutouts to wood surfaces
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| decrassify
| to make less crass or boorish
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| decrement
| a gradual decrease in quantity or quality
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| decrepitate
| to crackle; to roast so as to cause to crackle
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| decrescent
| becoming gradually less
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| decretal
| papal decree deciding a point of church law
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| decretal
| of, like or pertaining to a decree
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| decrudescence
| diminution or reduction of a disease
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| decuman
| principle; large; primary
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| decumbent
| lying down; reclining on the ground
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| decumbiture
| the time spent by an invalid in bed
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| decurrent
| extending or running downwards
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| decurtate
| to curtail, shorten or abbreviate
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| decussate
| to divide in the form of an X; to cross or intersect
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| dedans
| spectators at a court tennis match
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| dedition
| surrender; capitulation
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| deek
| look at; see
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| deemster
| judge on the Isle of Man
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| defalcate
| to embezzle money held on trust
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| defeasible
| that may be annulled
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| defenestration
| throwing a person or object out a window
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| deferrise
| to remove iron from
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| defervescence
| abatement of heat; coolness; decrease of fever
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| defilade
| to arrange fortifications against frontal attack
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| defiliation
| depriving a parent of a child
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| definiens
| word or words used in a dictionary definition
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| deflexure
| deviation
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| deflocculate
| to break down into small pieces
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| defluent
| running down; decurrent
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| defluvium
| falling of hair
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| dégagé
| at rest; untroubled; at ease
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| deglutinate
| to unglue or unstick
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| deglutition
| the power or act of swallowing
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| degression
| gradual decrease; reduction in taxes
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| dégringolade
| rapid decline or decay; downfall
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| degustation
| eating in a series of small portions
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| dehisce
| to gape; to burst open
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| dehort
| to dissuade
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| deicide
| destruction or killing of a god
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| deictic
| directly demonstrating something or some proposition
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| deiform
| appearing like or shaped like a god
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| deiparous
| bearing a god
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| deipnosophy
| learned dinner-conversation
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| deipotent
| having godlike power
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| deism
| belief in God but rejection of religion
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| deixis
| relating to time and place of a linguistic utterance
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| delactation
| weaning
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| delaine
| light fabric of wool or mixed wool and cotton
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| delaminate
| to split into layers
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| delate
| to pass on; to charge with a crime
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| delative
| indicating motion downward
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| delectus
| anthology of useful passages or quotations
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| delenda
| things to be deleted or destroyed
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| deleterious
| harmful to body or mind
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| delf
| drain; ditch; excavation
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| delibate
| to sip
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| deligation
| bandaging
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| delignate
| to remove wood from; to deprive of wood
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| deliquesce
| to melt into liquid by absorbing moisture
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| deliration
| madness; aberration
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| delirifacient
| producing or creating delirium
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| delitescent
| latent
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| delope
| to fire one's gun into the air in a duel
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| delphically
| enigmatically; obscurely
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| delphine
| pertaining to the Dauphin of France
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| delphinine
| of, like or pertaining to dolphins
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| deltiology
| the collection and study of picture postcards
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| deltoid
| shaped like a delta or triangle
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| delubrum
| a font, a temple or shrine having a font
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| demagogue
| political agitator appealing to popular prejudices
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| démarche
| decisive course of action taken in diplomacy
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| demarchy
| government by the people; popular government
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| demegoric
| of, like or pertaining to demagogues or demagogic speech
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| démenti
| official denial or refusal
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| demephitise
| to purify air
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| demerge
| to immerse; to plunge
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| demersal
| subaqueous; living underwater; sinking to the bottom
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| demesne
| feudal manor-house with adjacent lands
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| demicastor
| beaver pelt of poor quality; beaver fur mixed with another type of fur
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| demigration
| change of abode
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| demijohn
| large bottle having a wicker case
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| demisang
| half-breed; hybrid
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| demiurge
| creative spirit or entity
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| demogenic
| of, like or pertaining to membership by citizenship rather than kinship
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| demology
| study of human behaviour
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| demonarchy
| government by a demon
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| demonetise
| to deprive of monetary value; to withdraw from circulation
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| demonocracy
| government by demons or evil forces
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| demonolatry
| worship of or devotion to demons
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| demonology
| study of demons
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| demonomancy
| divination using demons
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| demonomania
| pathological belief that one is possessed by demons
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| demonosopher
| one who is inspired by a demon or devil
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| demotic
| of, like or pertaining to the common people
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| demulcent
| emulsifier; something soothing
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| demurrage
| delay of vessel's departure or loading with cargo
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| denary
| one of ten; tenfold; of, like or pertaining to group of ten
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| dendriform
| shaped like a tree
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| dendritiform
| branched
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| dendrochronology
| study of tree rings
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| dendroid
| tree-like; resembling a tree
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| dendrolatry
| worship of trees
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| dendrology
| study of trees
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| dendrometer
| instrument for measuring trees
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| dendrophilous
| fond of trees
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| denehole
| vertical shaft having chambers at the base
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| denier
| unit of yarn fineness
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| dennet
| light two-wheeled carriage
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| densimeter
| instrument for measuring closeness of grain of a substance
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| densitometer
| instrument for measuring optical or photographic density
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| dentagra
| toothache
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| dentellated
| having small notches or teeth
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| dentelle
| lace; lacework
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| denticle
| small toothlike structure
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| dentiform
| shaped like a tooth
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| dentigerous
| toothed; bearing teeth
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| dentiloquy
| speaking with clenched teeth
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| dentine
| ivory-like material making up teeth
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| dentiologist
| one who speaks with closed teeth
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| dentirostral
| with notched beak
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| deobstruent
| something that removes an obstacle
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| deodate
| a gift to or from God
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| deonerate
| to disburden
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| deontic
| of or relating to duty or obligation
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| deontology
| the theory or study of moral obligation
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| deoppilate
| to free from obstruction
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| deordination
| abnormality or irregularity
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| deorsumversion
| turning downwards
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| deosculate
| to kiss affectionately
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| depascent
| eating
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| depaysé
| out of one's element or natural environment
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| depeculation
| embezzlement of public funds
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| deponent
| having a passive form but active meaning
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| depotentiate
| to deprive or divest of power
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| deprehend
| to catch; to seize
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| depurate
| to purify
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| deracinate
| to root up
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| deray
| to go wild; to derange
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| deric
| of, like or pertaining to the skin
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| dermatoglyphics
| the study of skin patterns and fingerprints
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| dermatoid
| like or resembling skin
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| dermatology
| study of skin
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| dermographia
| condition where writing on skin causes red mark to form
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| derodidymus
| two-headed beast
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| derrick
| hoisting mechanism using a boom and a central post
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| desacralise
| to deprive or remove sacred qualities
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| descrive
| to describe
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| desideratum
| something which is greatly desired
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| desiderium
| longing or yearning
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| desinent
| terminal; ending
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| desipient
| playing the fool; trifling
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| desmology
| study of ligaments
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| désobligeante
| carriage for one passenger
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| despoliation
| despoiling; despoilment
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| despotocracy
| government by despots or tyrants
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| despumate
| to throw off impurities in foam; to skim; to remove scum
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| desquamate
| to scale or flake off
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| desudation
| extreme sweating
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| desuetude
| state of disuse
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| desultory
| jumping from one thing to another; rambling; unplanned
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| detersion
| the act of cleaning
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| detinue
| wrongful seizure of property; action to recover it
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| detort
| to untwist; to twist the other way
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| détraqué
| a person who is deranged
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| detritus
| waste or debris
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| detrude
| to thrust downward or outward
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| detumescence
| diminution of swelling
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| deuteragonist
| a person who serves as a foil to another
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| deuterogamy
| second marriage after the death of the first wife
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| deuteropathy
| second illness in addition to an initial one
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| deuteroscopy
| second view or meaning; second sight
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| devall
| to sink; to decline
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| devisee
| one to whom property is bequeathed in a will
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| devoir
| what is due; duty
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| dewlap
| turkey's wattle; flap of skin under the throat
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| dexiotropic
| turning to the right
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| dexter
| relating to the right side of a heraldic shield
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| dextroduction
| shifting the eyes from left to right
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| dextrogyratory
| turning to the right
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| diable
| unglazed earthenware casserole
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| diablerie
| magic; sorcery; mischief
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| diabolocracy
| government by the Devil
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| diabology
| study of devils
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| diabrotic
| corrosive
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| diacatholicon
| panacea
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| diachoretic
| laxative
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| diaclastic
| refractory
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| diaconal
| of, like or pertaining to a deacon
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| diaconicon
| sacristy for sacred vessels in Orthodox churches
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| diacope
| deep wound or incision
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| diacoustic
| of, like or pertaining to the refraction of sound
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| diacritic
| making a distinction; aiding a diagnosis or evaluation
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| diactinal
| having two pointed ends
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| diadermic
| of, like or pertaining to the puncturing of the skin
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| diadrom
| course or passing; vibration
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| diagenesis
| production of rock out of sediment
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| diaglyph
| figure etched or engraved in surface of gem or stone; intaglio
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| diagometer
| instrument for measuring electrical conductivity
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| diagraph
| instrument for enlarging or projecting drawings
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| diagraphics
| art of making diagrams or drawings
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| dialectology
| study of dialects
|
| diallage
| device in which many arguments brought upon one point
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| diallelus
| circular argument
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| diamanté
| glittering; decoration using glitter
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| diamantiferous
| bearing diamonds
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| dianoetic
| capable of, like or pertaining to thought
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| diaphanometer
| instrument for measuring the transparency of air
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| diaphanous
| transparent; translucent
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| diaphone
| low-pitched fog signal consisting of two tones
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| diaphoresis
| artificially induced sweat
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| diapyesis
| release or discharge of pus
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| diarchy
| government by two people
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| diaskeuast
| reviser; interpolator
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| diaspora
| dispersion
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| diastema
| space between teeth
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| diastomatic
| moving through the pores
|
| diastrophe
| upheaval or drastic modification of the earth's crust
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| diasyrm
| rhetorical device of condemning through faint praise
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| diatessaron
| medicine of four ingredients
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| diathermic
| permeable to or able to conduct radiant heat
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| diathesis
| particular condition of body or mind; predisposing factor
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| dibble
| pointed tool for making holes for seeds or plants
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| dicacity
| raillery; banter
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| dicaeology
| defending oneself in argument by claiming justification
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| dicephalous
| two-headed
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| dicephalus
| conjoined twins with two heads
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| dicerous
| two-horned; having two antennae
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| dichogamous
| having males and females maturing at different rates
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| dichord
| musical instrument with two strings
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| dichroscope
| instrument for examining crystals for dichroism
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| didact
| a person given to lecturing or moralizing
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| didapper
| someone who disappears and bobs up again
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| didascalic
| didactic; pertaining to education or teaching
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| diddicoy
| itinerant tinker or scrap-dealer
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| didelphine
| of, like or pertaining to opossums
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| didelphous
| marsupial or pouched mammal
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| didine
| of, like or pertaining to dodos
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| didymous
| twin; twinned; growing in pairs
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| diectasis
| extending line of verse by adding extra syllable
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| diegesis
| the narration of facts
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| diesis
| double dagger sign
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| diestrus
| period of sexual inactivity
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| diffarreation
| Roman form of divorce
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| differentia
| property which distinguishes one from another
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| diffident
| overly shy or modest
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| diffinity
| lack of similarity or affinity
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| diffluent
| readily flowing away
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| diffract
| to break up into segments or portions
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| diffractometer
| instrument for determining structure of crystal through light diffraction
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| diffrangible
| capable of being diffracted or separated
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| diffugient
| dispersing; diffusing
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| dight
| disposed, adorned, clothed
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| digitate
| having or resembling fingers
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| digitiform
| shaped like a finger
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| digitigrade
| walking on the toes alone
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| digitorium
| silent piano for practicing
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| digladiate
| to fight with swords; to fence
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| digonal
| figure such that a half-turn gives the same figure
|
| digoneutic
| double brooded
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| digraph
| two letters expressing a single sound
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| dijudicate
| to judge; to decide
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| dilacerate
| to rend or tear asunder
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| dilaniate
| to tear to pieces
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| dilatometer
| instrument for measuring expansion
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| dilatory
| slow; given to delay or procrastination
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| dilettante
| dabbler or lover of fine arts
|
| dilogical
| ambiguous; having two meanings
|
| dilogy
| intentional ambiguousness
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| diluent
| diluting
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| diluvial
| of, like or pertaining to floods; especially mythical ones
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| dimerous
| consisting of two parts
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| dimidiate
| divided into halves
|
| dimissory
| sending away or giving leave to depart; dismissing
|
| dimity
| sheer and stout white cotton
|
| dinanderie
| bronze-coloured metal alloy used for decorative vessels
|
| dinarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
|
| dinic
| of, like or pertaining to vertigo or dizziness
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| dinomania
| mania for dancing
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| dioecious
| having male and female sexual organs in different individuals
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| diogenic
| cynical
|
| dionym
| name containing two parts or terms
|
| dioptometer
| instrument for measuring focus or refraction of the eyes
|
| dioptre
| unit of measurement of power of lens or eye
|
| dioptric
| transparent
|
| dioptrics
| study of light refraction
|
| diorism
| distinction; definition
|
| diorthosis
| a critical revision of a text; any correction or adjustment
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| diotic
| affecting both ears
|
| diphyletic
| descended from two distinct ancestral groups
|
| diphyodont
| having second set of teeth that replaces the first
|
| diphysitism
| belief in the dual nature of Christ
|
| dipleidoscope
| instrument for measuring moment when an object passes a meridian
|
| diplocephalus
| two-headed monster
|
| diplogenesis
| doubling of ordinarily single organ or part
|
| diplograph
| instrument for writing two lines of text at once
|
| diplomatics
| science of deciphering ancient writings and texts
|
| diplomatology
| study of diplomats
|
| diplopia
| double vision
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| dipnoous
| having both lungs and gills
|
| dippydro
| person who often changes mind
|
| diprionidian
| serrated on both sides
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| dipsetic
| causing to be thirsty
|
| dipsomania
| abnormal craving for alcohol
|
| dipsosis
| pathological great thirst
|
| diptote
| noun taking two grammatical cases only
|
| diptych
| pair of pictures on hinged panels; register of bishops and saints
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| diremption
| separation into two; disjunction
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| dirigent
| guiding
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| dirigible
| able to be directed
|
| dirigism
| state control in economic and social spheres
|
| diriment
| condition of legal nullification
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| disafforest
| to clear of forest; to disforest
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| disagio
| fee charged for exchanging foreign or depreciated currency
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| disbosom
| to make known; to reveal
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| discalced
| without shoes; barefoot; a religious order wearing no shoes
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| discarnate
| disembodied; separated from the body
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| discept
| to dispute; to debate
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| discerptible
| able to be separated
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| disciform
| round or oval in shape
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| discigerous
| bearing a disc or discus
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| discinct
| ungirded
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| discission
| open incision or cut
|
| discobolus
| discus thrower
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| discomania
| obsession for disco music
|
| discombobulate
| to disconcert; to upset
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| discommodious
| inconvenient
|
| discophile
| one who loves and studies sound recordings
|
| discophoran
| of, like or pertaining to jellyfishes
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| discountenance
| to abash; to discourage
|
| disculpate
| to free from blame
|
| disembogue
| to discharge or eject into the sea
|
| disembrangle
| to free from dispute
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| diseuse
| female orator or reciter of verse
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| disgarnish
| to despoil
|
| disgeneric
| being of a different genus
|
| disgregation
| separation; scattering
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| disillude
| to free from illusion
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| disimmure
| to liberate; to release from walls
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| disinure
| to render unfamiliar
|
| disjection
| scattering or dispersion
|
| disomus
| monster with two bodies
|
| disorbed
| deprived of authority or sovereignty
|
| dispendious
| extravagant; expensive
|
| dispiteous
| pitiless; malicious
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| dispone
| to set in order; dispose
|
| disponge
| to sprinkle or discharge as if from a sponge
|
| disport
| to play about, frolic or gambol
|
| dispread
| to spread in different ways
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| dispurvey
| to deprive of provisions
|
| disquisition
| carefully argued examination of a topic
|
| disseize
| to seize or deprive of property wrongfully
|
| dissentient
| one who dissents; dissenter
|
| dissepiment
| partition or separation of tissue
|
| dissilient
| springing apart; bursting open with force
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| dissimulate
| to pretend; to feign; to fake
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| dissolute
| of loose morals; debauched
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| distaff
| of, like or pertaining to the female branch of a family or women's work
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| distichous
| in or having two rows
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| distraint
| seizure of goods
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| distrait
| distracted; inattentive
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| distributary
| branch of river that flows away from the main stream
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| distributive
| indicating separate members of a group, one at a time
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| dit
| poem; words of a song
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| ditheism
| belief in two equal gods, one good and one evil
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| ditheletism
| doctrine that Christ had two wills
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| dithyrambic
| passionate; ecstatic; frenzied
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| ditokous
| producing two at a birth or in a clutch
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| ditrichotomous
| divided into either two or three parts
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| dittography
| unintentional repetition of letters in print
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| dittology
| double reading or interpretation
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| diurnation
| hibernating or sleeping during daylight
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| diutiurnal
| lasting long
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| divagate
| to digress; wander about
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| divaricate
| to divide into two branches
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| divellent
| drawing apart; pulling apart in pieces
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| diversiloquent
| speaking in different ways; speaking on different subjects
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| diverticulum
| blind passage or tunnel
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| divisim
| separately
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| divulsion
| act of pulling or rendering apart or away
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| dixit
| individual's uncorroborated statement
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| dizen
| to dress up; to dress gaudily
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| dobbin
| workhorse
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| dobhash
| interpreter
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| docimasy
| scrutiny; assaying; application of tests
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| docimology
| the art of assaying
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| doctiloquent
| speaking learnedly
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| doddered
| decayed with loss of branches
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| dodecafid
| divisible into twelve parts or regions
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| dodecarchy
| government by twelve people
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| dodger
| shield against rain or spray on a ship's bridge
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| dodoism
| stupid remark
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| dogcart
| light two-wheeled carriage with seats back-to-back
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| dogwatch
| a short, evening period of watch duty on a ship
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| doit
| a trifle or minor thing
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| dol
| unit for measuring intensity of pain
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| dolabrate
| of, like or pertaining to axes or hatchets
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| dolabriform
| resembling a hatchet or cleaver
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| dolee
| one who receives a government benefit, especially unemployment benefits
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| dolent
| mourning; doleful
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| dolichocephalic
| long-headed
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| dolichopodous
| having long feet
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| dolioform
| shaped like a barrel
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| dolmen
| prehistoric structure or tomb of unhewn stones
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| doloriferous
| bearing grief or pain
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| dolorific
| causing great sadness or sorrow
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| dolose
| having evil or malicious intent
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| domal
| of, like or pertaining to a house or dome
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| domett
| plain cotton-wool blend
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| dompteuse
| female animal trainer
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| donary
| thing given for a sacred purpose
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| donative
| benefice presented to church without reference to bishop
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| donné
| basic assumption or axiom; basic principle of an artwork
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| donnism
| self-importance
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| donnybrook
| an uproarious brawl
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| dontopedalogy
| putting one's foot in one's mouth
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| doomster
| judge; pessimist
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| dop
| copper cup for holding a diamond while cutting it
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| doppio
| double meter Renaissance dance step
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| doramania
| obsession with owning furs
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| dormer
| gabled window
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| dormition
| falling asleep; death
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| dornick
| stout linen
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| doromania
| obsession with giving gifts
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| dorsiventral
| having differentiated opposite faces or surfaces
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| doryphorus
| sculpture of a spear-bearer
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| dos-a-dos
| carriage where passengers seated back to back
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| dosimeter
| instrument for measuring dose of radiation
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| dosimetry
| measurement of doses of drugs
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| dosiology
| the study of doses
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| dossal
| ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
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| dossil
| plug; spigot; wad of lint for wiping a wound
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| dotation
| endowment or donation
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| douanier
| customs official
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| doublette
| copy of own artwork made by an artist
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| doucet
| savory tart baked in sweet dough
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| douceur
| gentleness or sweetness; a subtly offered bribe
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| doulocracy
| government by slaves
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| dowlas
| coarse linen
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| downhaul
| rope for holding down or hauling down a sail or spar
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| doxastic
| of, like or pertaining to opinion
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| doxographer
| compiler of opinions of philosophers
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| doxology
| hymn or verse of praise to God
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| drabbet
| coarse linen
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| drabble
| to besmear; bedraggle
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| draconiform
| shaped like a dragon
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| draconites
| jewel supposedly found inside a dragon's head
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| draffish
| worthless
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| drageoir
| box for holding sweetmeats
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| dragoman
| interpreter
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| dragonism
| unremitting watchfulness
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| dragonnade
| persecution by military means
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| dragoon
| to compel by military bullying; to compel by force
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| drail
| iron bow of a plough; heavy fishhook
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| dramaturgy
| art of producing and staging dramatic works
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| drap-de-Berry
| old woollen cloth
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| drapetomania
| intense desire to run away from home
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| dreadnought
| heavy woollen cloth
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| dreamery
| a place favourable to dreams
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| dree
| to endure or withstand
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| dreikanter
| three-faced pebble worn by wind
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| drepaniform
| shaped like a sickle
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| drepanoid
| like a sickle
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| drill
| durable twilled cotton
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| dripstone
| stone projection used to dispose of rainwater
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| dririmancy
| divination by observing dripping blood
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| droguet
| ribbed woollen dress fabric
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| drogulus
| entity whose existence is unverifiable due to lack of physical effects
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| drollery
| drollness; comic show; jest
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| dromestoners
| persons who remove stones from temporary airfields
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| dromic
| of, like or pertaining to a racecourse
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| dromomania
| compulsive longing for travel
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| dromometer
| instrument for measuring speed
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| dromond
| large single-sailed ship powered by rowers
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| dromophobia
| fear of crossing streets
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| droskhy
| low four-wheeled open carriage
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| drosometer
| instrument for measuring dew
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| drugget
| coarse durable wool fabric
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| drumlin
| long hill formed by glacial retreat
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| drung
| narrow road or path to a pasture
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| drupaceous
| of, like or pertaining to drupes or stone-fruits
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| druxy
| having decayed spots concealed by healthy wood
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| drygulch
| to murder by pushing off a cliff
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| drysalter
| seller of dry goods and chemicals
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| duarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
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| dubiety
| doubtfulness
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| dubitate
| to doubt; to hesitate
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| dubitative
| mood signifying doubt or incertitude
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| ducape
| plain-woven stout silk fabric
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| ducdame
| meaningless refrain
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| duck
| durable closely woven cotton fabric
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| ductia
| vigorous stamping dance
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| dudgeon
| resentment; offended resignation
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| duende
| power to attract through personal charm
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| duenna
| governess; chaperone
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| duffel
| fabric of thick, low-quality woolen cloth
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| dulcian
| a small early bassoon
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| dulcifluous
| flowing sweetly
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| dulciloquy
| a soft manner of speaking
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| dulia
| inferior veneration of saints and angels in comparison with God
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| dulocracy
| government by slaves; doulocracy
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| dulosis
| slavery practiced by animals; especially ants
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| dumose
| bushy
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| dump
| obsolete English dance in 4/4 time
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| duncical
| stupid; dim-witted
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| dungaree
| heavy coarse durable twilled cotton, usually coloured
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| duniwassal
| a Scottish gentleman
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| dunnage
| wood laid in hold to keep cargo dry and safe
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| duodenary
| of, like or pertaining to the number twelve
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| duomachy
| duel or fight between two people
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| dupion
| coarse silk
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| duramen
| heartwood
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| durative
| continuing; not completed; undergoing transformation
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| dure
| to last; to endure
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| durity
| hardness
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| durometer
| instrument for measuring hardness of substances
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| duroy
| coarse woollen
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| duteous
| devoted to duty; obedient
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| duumvirate
| governing council or body of two individuals
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| duvetyn
| smooth lustrous velvety fabric
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| dwale
| stupefying drink
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| dwile
| floorcloth or mop
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| dyarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
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| dynamogenesis
| production of increased nerve activity
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| dynamograph
| instrument for recording mechanical forces
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| dynamometer
| instrument for measuring mechanical force
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| dyne
| unit of force to accelerate 1 gram to 1 cm per second per second
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| dyogram
| ship's chart indicating compass deflection due to ship's iron
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| dysaesthesia
| loss of sensation
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| dysania
| having a hard time waking up in the morning
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| dysbulia
| loss of willpower
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| dyschroa
| discoloration of the skin
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| dyschromatopic
| colour-blind
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| dysgenesis
| sterility in hybrid creatures
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| dysgenics
| the study of racial degeneration
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| dyslogia
| inability to express ideas due to mental incompetence
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| dyslogistic
| conveying censure; opprobrious
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| dysmorphophobia
| fear of physical deformities
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| dysphagia
| pathological difficulty in swallowing
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| dysphemism
| replacement of an inoffensive by an offensive word
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| dysphonia
| physical abnormality causing speech impediment
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| dysphoria
| uneasiness; restlessness; general depression
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| dystectic
| not easily fused
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| dysteleology
| study of purposeless organs
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| dysteleology
| doctrine of purposelessness
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| dystocia
| difficult childbirth
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| dystopia
| place where all is as bad as possible
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