do one's best
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night"
drag one's heels
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
drag one's feet
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
declare oneself
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
drop open
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ open involuntarily; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped"
dyadic operation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an operation on exactly two operands
dissenting opinion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case
difference of opinion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
diametrical opposition
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the relation of opposition along a diameter
default option
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
do-or-die
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"
Delphic oracle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
dance orchestra
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
dancing lady orchid
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Dominican order
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century
Dorian order
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
Doric order
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
Dipodomys ordi
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
dressed ore
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore