Drosophyllum lusitanicum
— Noun
– English
~ perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco
dasht-e-lut
— Noun
– English
~ a desert in eastern Iran
Digitalis lutea
— Noun
– English
~ European yellow-flowered foxglove
de luxe
— Adjective
– English
~ elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations"
dwarf lycopod
— Noun
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~ tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America
Dorothea Lynde Dix
— Noun
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~ United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
desert lynx
— Noun
– English
~ of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia
Douglas MacArthur
— Noun
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~ United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
deus ex machina
— Noun
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~ any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
diathermy machine
— Noun
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~ a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes
dialysis machine
— Noun
– English
~ a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
Discina macrospora
— Noun
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~ a discina with a flat or saucer-shaped fertile body that is brown on the upper surface; has a short stalk; not recommended for eating
Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii
— Noun
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~ European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
Daubentonia madagascariensis
— Noun
– English
~ nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs