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  • consul general — a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance
  • consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
  • cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
  • cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • daddy longlegs — A daddy longlegs is a flying insect with very long legs.
  • daddy-longlegs — Also called harvestman. any of numerous spiderlike arachnids of the order Opiliones, having a compact rounded body and extremely long, slender legs.
  • 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.
  • data modelling — data model
  • de los angeles — Victoria (bikˈtorja). 1923–2005, Spanish soprano
  • delegitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
  • dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatological — the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
  • dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
  • diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
  • diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
  • dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • dinoflagellate — any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending from its center.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • dollar-average — to engage in dollar averaging.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • eau de cologne — cologne.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • 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.
  • emilia-romagna — a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop: 4 030 220 (2003 est). Area: 22 123 sq km (8628 sq miles)
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