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  • cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
  • cytophotometer — an instrument for examining cells by determining the intensity or wavelengths of light transmitted through them.
  • cytophotometry — the use of a photometer in order to study the chemical compounds of a cell
  • cytotechnology — the microscopic analysis of cells for the early detection of abnormalities and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer
  • czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • dance of death — a pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of death
  • dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
  • dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
  • dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
  • decorated shed — a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
  • deep hack mode — hack mode
  • deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
  • delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
  • deparochialize — to make parochial.
  • depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatographic — relating to dermatography
  • desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
  • detached house — a house that is not joined to any other house
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • dihydrocodeine — a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing, or used recreationally
  • discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • door-key child — latchkey child.
  • down the hatch — drinks toast
  • drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
  • dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
  • echinococcosis — a parasitic disease caused by tapeworms of the genus Echinococcosis
  • echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
  • ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
  • election night — the evening when the votes from an election are being counted
  • electric shock — electric current entering the body
  • electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
  • electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
  • electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
  • electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
  • elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
  • eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
  • enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).
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