a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
depravity
Noun
moral perversion
dissimulation
Noun
the act of deceiving
duplicity
Noun
acting in bad faith
duplicity
Noun
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
dupery
Noun
something intended to deceive
date rape
Noun
rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
dangerous undertaking
Noun
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
duel
Noun
any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
duel
Noun
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people, often accompanied by seconds, in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
duel
Verb
fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
dacoity
Noun
robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
dakoity
Noun
robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
defalcation
Noun
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
defalcation
Noun
the sum of money that is misappropriated
double blind
Noun
a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed
disorderly conduct
Noun
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
disorderly behavior
Noun
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
disturbance of the peace
Noun
any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
doubling
Noun
raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
doubling
Noun
increase by a factor of two
dead reckoning
Noun
navigation without the aid of celestial observations
dead reckoning
Noun
an estimate based on little or no information
damage control
Noun
an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss
deregulation
Noun
the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
deregulating
Noun
the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
danger
Noun
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
danger
Noun
a dangerous place
danger
Noun
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
danger
Noun
a cause of pain or injury or loss
direction
Noun
the act of setting and holding a course
direction
Noun
the act of managing something
direction
Noun
the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction
Noun
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
direction
Noun
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
direction
Noun
a message describing how something is to be done
direction
Noun
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
direction
Noun
a line leading to a place or point
direction
Noun
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
defecation reflex
Noun
normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum
deglutition
Noun
the act of swallowing
dining
Noun
the act of eating dinner
Dutch treat
Noun
a dinner where each person pays for his own
degustation
Noun
taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality