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  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
  • dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
  • dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
  • deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
  • denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatographic — relating to dermatography
  • dermatological — the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
  • device manager — (operating system)   The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
  • digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
  • direct-reading — (of an instrument) calibrated so that a given quantity to be measured can be read directly off the scale without the need of a multiplying constant
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
  • discharge head — The discharge head is the pressure at the discharge of a pump, measured as a height.
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discharge rate — The discharge rate is the rate at which a process produces waste or a product.
  • discharge tube — gas tube.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
  • drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
  • dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
  • egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
  • electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
  • electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
  • electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • emergency call — a telephone call to the emergency services made during an emergency
  • emergency ward — a ward in a hospital that deals with patients who need emergency treatment
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • energy balance — An energy balance is a consideration of the energy input, output, and consumption or generation in a process or stage.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
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