desert soil
— Noun
– English
～ a type of soil that develops in arid climates
dip solder
— Verb
– English
～ solder by immersion in a bath of molten solder
drinking song
— Noun
– English
～ a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties
dead soul
— Noun
– English
～ someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
duck soup
— Noun
– English
～ any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
Deep South
— Noun
– English
～ the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
due south
— Noun
– English
～ the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
double-space
— Verb
– English
～ type with a full space between lines
dead-air space
— Noun
– English
～ an unventilated area where no air circulates
disk space
— Noun
– English
～ (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
disc space
— Noun
– English
～ (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
deep space
— Noun
– English
～ any region in space outside the solar system
double-spaced
— Adjective
– English
～ (of type or print) having a blank line between lines of type; "manuscripts must be double-spaced"
double-spacing
— Noun
– English
～ typing that leaves alternate lines blank
ditch spade
— Noun
– English
～ a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches
Dame Muriel Spark
— Noun
– English
～ Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
Dicentra spectabilis
— Noun
– English
～ garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
deficit spending
— Noun
– English
～ spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy
division Spermatophyta
— Noun
– English
～ seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)