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  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
  • crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
  • cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
  • dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
  • data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
  • daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
  • daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
  • dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
  • debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
  • 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.
  • dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.
  • demythologizer — a person who removes mythical elements from something
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
  • dermatographic — relating to dermatography
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
  • dio chrysostom — 2nd century ad, Greek orator and philosopher
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
  • dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
  • draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
  • 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.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
  • 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
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
  • exhereditation — A disinheriting; disherison.
  • extractor hood — a fan used over a cooker to remove fumes
  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
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