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  • dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
  • declassification — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
  • deep in the past — long ago
  • deindustrialised — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialise.
  • deindustrialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialize.
  • delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
  • deliberativeness — The state or quality of being deliberative.
  • delta conversion — delta reduction
  • demilitarisation — The removal of a military force, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
  • demineralisation — Alternative spelling of demineralization.
  • demolition squad — a group of demolishers
  • demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
  • dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
  • dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
  • depart this life — to die
  • departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
  • departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
  • dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • destabilizations — Plural form of destabilization.
  • destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
  • developmentalism — An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and to impose high tariffs on imported goods.
  • developmentalist — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
  • devil's advocate — If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • dew-point spread — the degrees of difference between the air temperature and the dew point
  • diastereoisomers — Plural form of diastereoisomer.
  • digital research — (company)   The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
  • dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • director's chair — a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.
  • disaccreditation — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
  • disappearing act — magic trick
  • disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
  • disconsolateness — (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
  • displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • disproportionate — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
  • disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
  • disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
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