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Delousing
- verb - free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
Deltasone
- noun - a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
Delundung
- - An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.
Delusions
- noun - (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
Demandant
- - One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.
Demanding
- verb - ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
- claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
- lay legal claim to
- request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"
- require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
- requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"
- summon to court
Demeaning
- verb - causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
Demijohns
- noun - large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork
Demisting
- verb - free from mist; "demist the car windows"
Demobbing
- verb - retire from military service