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Declaration
- noun - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence"
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
Declination
- noun - (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
- a downward slope or bend
- a polite refusal of an invitation
Decollation
- - The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
Decussation
- noun - an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
Deep-Yellow
- adjective - of something having the color of a pumpkin
Defalcation
- noun - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- the sum of money that is misappropriated
Defiliation
- - Abstraction of a child from its parents.
Deflagrator
- - A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.