| detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
| detribalise | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalize |
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| detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
| detribalize | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalise |
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| detriment | (noun) a damage or loss | Synonyms: hurt |
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| detrimental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious |
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| detrimentally | (adverb) in a detrimental manner | Synonyms: harmfully, noxiously |
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| detrition | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: friction, rubbing |
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| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, grinding |
| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, corrasion |
| detritus | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble |
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| (noun) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks | - |
| detumescence | (noun) diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen | - |
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| detusk | (verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: tusk |
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| dexamethasone | (noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | Synonyms: Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon |
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| diabetes | (noun) a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
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| diabetic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing diabetes | - |
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| (adjective) suffering from diabetes | - |
| (noun) someone who has diabetes | - |
| diacetylmorphine | (noun) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | Synonyms: heroin |
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| diamagnet | (noun) a substance that exhibits diamagnetism | - |
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| diamagnetic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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| diamagnetism | (noun) phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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| diameter | (noun) the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference | Synonyms: diam |
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| (noun) a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface) | - |
| diametral | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametric, diametrical |
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| diametric | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametrical |
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| (adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametrical, opposite, polar |
| diametrical | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametric |
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| (adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, opposite, polar |
| diametrically | (adverb) as from opposite ends of a diameter | - |
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| dianoetic | (adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | Synonyms: discursive |
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| diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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| (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
| diarrhetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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| diarrhoetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic |
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| dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | (noun) an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 | Synonyms: DDT |
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| dichloromethane | (noun) a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant | Synonyms: methylene chloride |
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| diet | (noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | Synonyms: dieting |
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| (noun) a prescribed selection of foods | - |
| (noun) the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) | - |
| (noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) | - |
| (verb) eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight | - |
| (verb) follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons | - |
| dietary | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietetic, dietetical |
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| (noun) a regulated daily food allowance | - |
| dieter | (noun) a person who diets | - |
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| dietetic | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietary, dietetical |
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| dietetical | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietary, dietetic |
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| dietetics | (noun) the scientific study of food preparation and intake | - |
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| diethylmalonylurea | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, veronal |
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| diethylstilbesterol | (noun) synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy | Synonyms: DES, stilbesterol |
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| diethylstilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| diethylstilboestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| dietician | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietitian |
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| dieting | (noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | Synonyms: diet |
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| dietitian | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietician |
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| dilettante | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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| (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, sciolist |
| dilettanteish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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| dilettantish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, sciolistic |
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| dimethylglyoxime | (noun) a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel | - |
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| dimetrodon | (noun) carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail | - |
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| dinette | (noun) a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining | - |
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| discomycete | (noun) any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes | Synonyms: cup fungus |
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| discomycetous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes | - |
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| discreet | (adjective) marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | - |
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| (adjective) heedful of potential consequences | Synonyms: circumspect |
| (adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | Synonyms: discerning |
| discreetly | (adverb) with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint | - |
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| discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
| discrete | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: distinct |
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| discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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| discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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| (noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
| (noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
| (noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
| discretional | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretionary |
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| discretionary | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretional |
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| (adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed | - |
| diskette | (noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | Synonyms: floppy, floppy disk |
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| disquiet | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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| (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: anxiousness |
| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
| disquieted | (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: distressed, disturbed, upset, worried |
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| disquieting | (adjective) causing mental discomfort | - |
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| disquietingly | (adverb) in a disquieting manner | - |
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| disquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: edginess, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| dissymmetry | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: disproportion, imbalance |
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| diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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| docket | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, schedule |
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| (noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities | - |
| (verb) make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list | - |
| (verb) place on the docket for legal action | - |
| dorbeetle | (noun) Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound | - |
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| dosemeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) | Synonyms: dosimeter |
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| dosimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) | Synonyms: dosemeter |
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| dosimetry | (noun) measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source | - |
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| doublet | (noun) a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance | - |
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| doublethink | (noun) believing two contradictory ideas at the same time | - |
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| doubleton | (noun) (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player | - |
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| doubletree | (noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast | - |
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| dovetail | (noun) a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises | Synonyms: dovetail joint |
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| (verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail | - |
| downmarket | (adjective) designed for low-income consumers | - |
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| dragnet | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: trawl, trawl net |
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| (noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | - |
| dragonet | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America | - |
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| driblet | (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: drib, drop |
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| droplet | (noun) a tiny drop | - |
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| drugget | (noun) a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling | - |
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| drupelet | (noun) a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe | - |
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| dubiety | (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty |
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| duet | (noun) (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) | Synonyms: pas de deux |
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| (noun) a musical composition for two performers | Synonyms: duette, duo |
| (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duo, twosome |
| (noun) two performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: duette, duo |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| duette | (noun) a musical composition for two performers | Synonyms: duet, duo |
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| (noun) two performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: duet, duo |
| dulcet | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet |
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| (adjective) extremely pleasant in a gentle way | - |
| durometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like. | - |
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| duvet | (noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | Synonyms: continental quilt, eiderdown |
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| dynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument designed to measure power | Synonyms: ergometer |
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| dziggetai | (noun) Mongolian wild ass | Synonyms: chigetai, Equus hemionus hemionus |
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| eaglet | (noun) a young eagle | - |
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| econometric | (adjective) of or relating to econometrics | - |
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| econometrician | (noun) an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods | Synonyms: econometrist |
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| econometrics | (noun) the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data | - |
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| econometrist | (noun) an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods | Synonyms: econometrician |
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| effete | (adjective) deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective | - |
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| (adjective) affected, overrefined, and effeminate | - |
| egret | (noun) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
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| eidetic | (adjective) of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy | - |
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| eightieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of eighty in counting order | Synonyms: 80th |
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| (noun) position 80 in a countable series of things | - |