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diseased person |
Noun
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a person suffering from an illness |
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disburser |
Noun
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someone who spends money to purchase goods or services |
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docker |
Noun
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
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dockhand |
Noun
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
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dock worker |
Noun
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
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dockworker |
Noun
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
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dock-walloper |
Noun
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
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dweeb |
Noun
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an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious |
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dining companion |
Noun
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someone you dine with |
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dolt |
Noun
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a person who is not very bright |
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deponent |
Noun
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a person who testifies or gives a deposition |
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deposer |
Noun
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a person who testifies or gives a deposition |
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diehard |
Noun
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one who adheres to traditional views |
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disagreeable woman |
Noun
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a woman who is an unpleasant person |
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dupe |
Noun
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a person who is tricked or swindled |
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dupe |
Verb
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fool or hoax |
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debaucher |
Noun
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someone who assaults others sexually |
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drifter |
Noun
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a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
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despot |
Noun
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a cruel and oppressive dictator |
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dignitary |
Noun
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an important or influential (and often overbearing) person |
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dirt ball |
Noun
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a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect |
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de Valera |
Noun
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Irish statesman (born in the United States) |
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da Gamma |
Noun
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Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 |
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du Maurier |
Noun
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English writer and illustrator |
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domino effect |
Noun
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the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall) |
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dielectric heating |
Noun
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heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field |
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deluge |
Noun
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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
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deluge |
Noun
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a heavy rain |
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deluge |
Noun
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an overwhelming number or amount |
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deluge |
Verb
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fill or cover completely, usually with water |
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deluge |
Verb
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charge someone with too many tasks |
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deluge |
Verb
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fill quickly beyond capacity |
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diastolic pressure |
Noun
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the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood |
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dust cloud |
Noun
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a cloud of dust suspended in the air |
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daylight |
Noun
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light during the daytime |
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daylight |
Noun
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the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside |
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decalescence |
Noun
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phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase |
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decay |
Noun
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the organic phenomenon of rotting |
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decay |
Noun
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a gradual decrease |
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decay |
Noun
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the process of gradually becoming inferior |
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decay |
Noun
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the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation |
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decay |
Noun
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an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying |
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decay |
Verb
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fall into decay or ruin |
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decay |
Verb
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lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current |
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decay |
Verb
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undergo decay or decomposition |
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dehiscence |
Noun
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(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue |
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delta rhythm |
Noun
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the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep |
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delta wave |
Noun
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the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep |
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desquamation |
Noun
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loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales |
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diapedesis |
Noun
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passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue |