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detribalise

verb · cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity

detribalize

verb · cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity

detrimental

adjective · (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

Example: damaging to career and reputation

detusk

verb · remove the tusks of animals

Example: tusk an elephant

deucedly

adverb · (used as intensives) extremely

Example: she was madly in love

develop

verb · come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Example: He grew a beard

developmentally

adverb · with respect to development

Example: developmentally retarded

devil-may-care

adjective · marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness- Crary Moore

Example: a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors

devilise

verb · turn into a devil or make devilish

Example: Man devilized by war

devilish

adjective · showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil

Example: devilish schemes

deviously

adverb · in a devious manner

Example: he got the promotion by behaving deviously

devitalize

verb · sap of life or energy

Example: The recession devitalized the economy

devotedly

adverb · with devotion

Example: He served his master devotedly

dexterously

adverb · with dexterity; in a dexterous manner

Example: dextrously he untied the knots

dextrous

adjective · skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

Example: a deft waiter

dextrously

adverb · with dexterity; in a dexterous manner

Example: dextrously he untied the knots

diabolically

adverb · as a devil; in an evil manner

Example: his writing could be diabolically satiric

diabolise

verb · turn into a devil or make devilish

Example: Man devilized by war

diabolize

verb · turn into a devil or make devilish

Example: Man devilized by war

diagonalize

verb · transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix

diagonally

adverb · in a diagonal manner

Example: she lives diagonally across the street from us

diagrammatically

adverb · in a diagrammatic manner

Example: the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin

dialectically

adverb · in a dialectic manner

Example: his religiousness is dialectically related to his sinfulness

diametrically

adverb · as from opposite ends of a diameter

Example: when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?

diane de poitiers

noun · French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)

diaphanous

adjective · so thin as to transmit light

Example: a hat with a diaphanous veil

diarrheic

adjective · of or relating to diarrhea

diazepam

noun · a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning

dicksonia

noun · tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae

didactically

adverb · in a didactic manner

Example: this is a didactically sound method

didder

verb · move with or as if with a tremor

Example: his hands shook

diddle

verb · manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

Example: She played nervously with her wedding ring

die down

verb · become progressively weaker

Example: the laughter died down

die off

verb · become extinct

Example: Dinosaurs died out

diesel engine

noun · an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

different

adjective · differing from all others; not ordinary

Example: advertising that strives continually to be different

differentiable

adjective · capable of being perceived as different

Example: differentiable species

differential

adjective · relating to or showing a difference

Example: differential treatment

differentially

adverb · in a differential manner

Example: Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina

differentiated

adjective · made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different

Example: the differentiated markings of butterflies

differently

adverb · in another and different manner;

Example: very soon you will know differently

diffraction grating

noun · optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

diffusely

adverb · in a diffuse manner

Example: the arteries were diffusely narrowed

diflunisal

noun · nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

digit

noun · a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

digital

adjective · of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

Example: digital computer

digitalise

verb · put into digital form, as for use in a computer

Example: he bought a device to digitize the data

digitally

adverb · in terms of integers

Example: the time was digitally displayed

digress

verb · lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

Example: She always digresses when telling a story

dilettantish

adjective · showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish

Example: his dilettantish efforts at painting

diligently

adverb · with diligence; in a diligent manner

Example: we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint

diluvial

adjective · of or connected with a deluge

diminutive

adjective · very small

Example: diminutive in stature

dimly

adverb · in a dim indistinct manner

Example: we perceived the change only dimly

dimorphic

adjective · occurring or existing in two different forms

Example: dimorphic crystals

dine

verb · give dinner to; host for dinner

Example: I'm wining and dining my friends