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Delegations
- noun - a group of representatives or delegates
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
Deletitious
- - Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.
Demolitions
- noun - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
- the act of demolishing
Denotations
- noun - the act of indicating or pointing out by name
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
Denudations
- noun - the removal of covering
Depilations
- noun - the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)
- the condition of being void of hair
Depositions
- noun - (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
- the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office
- the act of putting something somewhere
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
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"
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