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drug war |
Noun
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conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs |
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deference |
Noun
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a courteous expression, by word or deed, of esteem or regard |
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deference |
Noun
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a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
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deference |
Noun
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courteous regard for people's feelings |
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democratization |
Noun
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the action of making something democratic |
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dry-gulching |
Noun
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the act of killing from ambush |
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democratisation |
Noun
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the action of making something democratic |
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decentralization |
Noun
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the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments |
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decentralization |
Noun
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the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts |
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decentralisation |
Noun
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the dilution of power away from a central controller, often used with governments |
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devoir |
Noun
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formal expression of respect |
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deforestation |
Noun
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the removal of trees |
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deforestation |
Noun
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the state of being clear of trees |
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disforestation |
Noun
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the removal of trees |
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dam |
Noun
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female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock |
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dam |
Noun
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a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea |
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dam |
Noun
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a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
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dam |
Verb
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obstruct with, or as if with, a dam |
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darter |
Noun
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a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly |
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darter |
Noun
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fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill |
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denizen |
Noun
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a plant or animal naturalized in a region |
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denizen |
Noun
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a person who inhabits a particular place |
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draft animal |
Noun
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an animal used for pulling heavy loads |
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domestic animal |
Noun
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any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
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domesticated animal |
Noun
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any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
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dihybrid |
Noun
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a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each |
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diplococcus |
Noun
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Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs |
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diatom |
Noun
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microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica |
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difflugia |
Noun
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a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains |
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definitive host |
Noun
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the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place |
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dinoflagellate |
Noun
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chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella |
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desmid |
Noun
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freshwater green algae |
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domestic carp |
Noun
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large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia |
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dace |
Noun
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small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body |
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dulse |
Noun
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coarse edible red seaweed |
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deepwater pipefish |
Noun
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a fish 8 inches long |
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deepwater squirrelfish |
Noun
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a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico |
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dory |
Noun
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marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters |
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dory |
Noun
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pike-like freshwater perches |
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dory |
Noun
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a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled |
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doliolum |
Noun
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free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body |
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dusky shark |
Noun
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relatively slender blue-grey shark |
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dogfish |
Noun
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any of several small sharks |
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dogfish |
Noun
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primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin |
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dickeybird |
Noun
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small bird |
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dickey-bird |
Noun
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small bird |
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dickybird |
Noun
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small bird |
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dicky-bird |
Noun
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small bird |
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dark-eyed junco |
Noun
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common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises |
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dunnock |
Noun
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small brownish European songbird |