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- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- developments — Plural form of development.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disseminator — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticates — Plural form of domesticate.
- domesticized — Simple past tense and past participle of domesticize.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- econometrics — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- econometrist — An econometrician.
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- ecoterrorism — Violence carried out to further environmentalist ends.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- eliminations — Plural form of elimination.
- emanationism — A religious concept that everything is derived from emanations from a god.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emotionalism — An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. (from 19th c.).
- emotionalist — Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
- empassionate — intensely affected
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endorsements — Plural form of endorsement.
- endosmometer — an instrument for measuring the action of endosmosis