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- do-nothingism — the policy or practice of opposing a specific measure or change simply by refusing to consider or act on proposals; deliberate obstructionism.
- dodecylphenol — a thick, straw-colored, water-insoluble liquid mixture of isomers having the formula C 18 H 30 O, used chiefly as a solvent and as an intermediate for surface-active agents.
- domino effect — the cumulative effect that results when one event precipitates a series of like events.
- domino theory — a theory that if one country is taken over by an expansionist, especially Communist, neighbor, party, or the like, the nearby nations will be taken over one after another.
- donor country — a country which provides aid to a developing country
- duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- economic good — a commodity or service that can be utilized to satisfy human wants and that has exchange value.
- economic rent — the return on a productive resource, as land or labor, that is greater than the amount necessary to keep the resource producing or on a product in excess of what would have been the return except for some unique factor.
- economization — The act or practice of using resources to the best effect.
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
- endophenotype — (medicine) any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition.
- epiphenomenal — Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.Huettel, Function Magnetic Imaging, 2004.
- epiphenomenon — A secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but does not causally influence a process, in particular.
- equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
- ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- ethanoylation — Acetylation.
- ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
- ethnobotanist — A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- ever and anon — now and then
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- foreknowledge — knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
- forget-me-not — either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.
- fortitudinous — having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
- garcia moreno — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1821–75, Ecuadorian journalist and political leader: president of Ecuador 1861–65; 1869–75.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy