double check
— Noun
– English
~ something that checks the correctness of a previous check
double dipper
— Noun
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~ someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)
double-bitted ax
— Noun
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~ an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
double bind
— Noun
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~ (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful
double digit
— Noun
– English
~ a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99
double bond
— Noun
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~ a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms
double
— Noun
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~ a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
double blind
— Noun
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~ 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; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results
double-dealer
— Noun
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~ a person who says one thing and does another
double cream
— Noun
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~ fresh soft French cheese containing at least 60% fat
double date
— Noun
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~ a date in which two couples participate
double bar
— Noun
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~ notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines
double dipping
— Noun
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~ two incomes received from the same source (as by holding a government job and receiving a government pension)
double bass
— Noun
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~ largest and lowest member of the violin family
double agent
— Noun
– English
~ a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
double-bogey
— Noun
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~ (golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole
double dagger
— Noun
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~ a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
double
— Noun
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~ a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18"
double
— Noun
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~ someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
double boiler
— Noun
– English
~ two saucepans, one fitting inside the other