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Derrick
- noun - a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered
- a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
Derrida
- noun - French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)
Dervish
- noun - an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
Derwent
- unknown - The Derwent is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England
Desalts
- verb - remove salt from; "desalinate water"
Descale
- verb - remove the scales from; "scale fish"
Descant
- noun - a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
- sing in descant
- talk at great length about something of one's interest
Descend
- verb - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- Go down
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"