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  • cut down to size — to reduce the prestige or importance of
  • cut of one's jib — one's appearance or way of dressing
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • deboursification — (jargon)   Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
  • decision support — Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database.
  • deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
  • demolition squad — a group of demolishers
  • demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
  • dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • discourteousness — The state or quality of being discourteous.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disingenuousness — The state or quality of being disingenuous.
  • disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • do business with — trade or deal with
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • electronic music — music: synthesized
  • embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
  • enough is enough — expressing exasperation
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • exclusion clause — (in a contract) something that serves to limit liabilities
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • fashion business — the business dealing with style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
  • ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
  • figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
  • foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
  • fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • fuel consumption — use of a material to generate power
  • fullness of time — the proper or destined time.
  • functionlessness — The quality or state of being functionless.
  • furniture polish — product: shines wood
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