dry-rot
— Verb
– English
~ affect or be affected with dry rot
dry rot
— Noun
– English
~ a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus
dry rot
— Noun
– English
~ a fungus causing dry rot
Dorothy Rothschild Parker
— Noun
– English
~ United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)
Desmodus rotundus
— Noun
– English
~ mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals
Dendroctonus rufipennis
— Noun
– English
~ small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree; "the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"