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Depredatory
- - Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.
Depressions
- noun - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- a sunken or depressed geological formation
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Depurgatory
- - Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.
Deputations
- noun - a group of representatives or delegates
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
Derivations
- noun - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations"
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
Dermatology
- noun - the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases
Derogations
- noun - (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"
- a communication that belittles somebody or something
Derris Root
- noun - woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
Descriptors
- noun - a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
Desert Boot
- noun - a boot reaching halfway up to the knee