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initialism - developmentally disabled
- designated driver
- Discharged Dead - official designation of a sailor killed in combat
- Dual Diagnosis
- Demand Draft
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verb
- To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
- To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
- To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
- To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
- To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
| | depression |
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noun
- (context, geography) an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings
- (context, psychology) in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future
- (context, psychology) in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide
- (context, meteorology) an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes
- (context, economics) a period of major economic contraction
- The Great Depression (US history)
- (context, biology, physiology) a lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation
| | detrain |
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verb
- To exit from a train; to disembark
- If you plan to at the next stop, please begin gathering your belongings.
- For an athlete, to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
| | dew |
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noun
- moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
verb
- To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
| | dew point |
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noun
- The temperature at which the air becomes saturated and water vapor condenses to form dew.
| | diffusion |
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noun
- the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
- (physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
- (physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
- the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
- (physics) (Weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
| | disturbance |
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noun (plural disturbances)
- The act of disturbing, being disturbed
- Something that disturbs
- That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.
- An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
- (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
| | | downburst |
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noun
- a powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm
| | downwind |
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adverb
- in the same direction as the wind is blowing
- 1888: Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills
- :... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us like pieces of paper.
- (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
- :I don't want to live from a pig farm.
| | drizzle |
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noun
- Light rain
- (context, physics, weather). Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.
- No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint .
- (slang) Water.
- Stop drinking all of my , bitch!
verb (drizzl, ing)
- To rain lightly.
- To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.
- The recipe says to toss the salad and then it in olive oil.
- The recipe says to toss the salad and then olive oil on it.
- (slang) To urinate.
| | drought |
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noun
- A period of below average rain fall.
| | dust devil |
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noun
- A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.
- A dust devil may look harmless, but a large one can overturn a car.
| | duster |
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noun
- An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
- Someone who dusts.
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