Words in english starting with D

• disk error — Noun – English ～ error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk
• Diplotaxis erucoides — Noun – English ～ from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe
• de-escalate — Verb – English ～ reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
• de-escalate — Verb – English ～ diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"
• de-escalation — Noun – English ～ (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)
• destroyer escort — Noun – English ～ warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys
• divinyl ether — Noun – English ～ a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
• diethyl ether — Noun – English ～ a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
• division Eubacteria — Noun – English ～ one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
• division Euglenophyta — Noun – English ～ free-swimming flagellate algae
• division Eumycota — Noun – English ～ true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
• draft evader — Noun – English ～ someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
• diving event — Noun – English ～ an athletic competition that involves diving into water
• dramatic event — Noun – English ～ an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
• direct evidence — Noun – English ～ evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute
• direct examination — Noun – English ～ (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
• deterrent example — Noun – English ～ punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
• double-blind experiment — Noun – English ～ an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment; "a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects"
• disrupting explosive — Noun – English ～ a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack
• Diomedea exulans — Noun – English ～ very large albatross; white with wide black wings

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