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  • depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
  • developmentalism — An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and to impose high tariffs on imported goods.
  • developmentalist — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
  • diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
  • dispersal prison — a prison organized and equipped to accommodate a proportion of the most dangerous and highest security risk prisoners
  • displaced person — a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.
  • displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
  • display standard — (hardware, standard)   IBM and others have introduced a bewildering plethora of graphics and text display standards for IBM PCs. The standards are mostly implemented by plugging in a video display board (or "graphics adaptor") and connecting the appropriate monitor to it. Each new standard subsumes its predecessors. For example, an EGA board can also do CGA and MDA. With the PS/2, IBM introduced the VGA standard and built it into the main system board motherboard. VGA is also available as a plug-in board for PCs from third-party vendors. Also with the PS/2, IBM introduced the 8514 high-resolution graphics standard. An 8514 adaptor board plugs into the PS/2, providing a dual-monitor capability. Graphics software had to support the major IBM graphics standards and many non-IBM, proprietary standards for displays. Either software vendors provided display drivers or display vendors provided drivers for the software package. In either case, switching software or switching display systems was fraught with compatibility problems. More colours are available from third-party vendors for some display types. See also MDA, CGA, EGA, PGA, Hercules, MCGA, VGA, SVGA, 8514, VESA.
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
  • dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
  • english-speaking — speaking English as a mother tongue
  • epiphenomenalism — (philosophy, psychology, uncountable) The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause any effects in the material world.
  • exceptionalities — Plural form of exceptionality.
  • exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • expansion bottle — a tank collecting coolant from a radiator while an engine is heated, and from which the coolant returns to the radiator when the engine cools
  • family physician — a general practitioner.
  • flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
  • francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
  • french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
  • health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
  • herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
  • hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
  • humanly possible — feasible, practical
  • hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
  • imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
  • in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
  • in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
  • in plain english — in clear and simple language
  • inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
  • indianapolis 500 — a 500-mile oval-track race for rear-engine cars having particular specifications, held annually in Indianapolis, Ind.
  • indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
  • inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
  • installment plan — a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.
  • instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
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