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Deer Tick
- noun - a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
Defatting
- verb - remove the fat from
Defeateds
- noun - people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
Defeating
- verb - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
- win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
Defeatism
- noun - acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
Defeatist
- noun - someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
Defecting
- verb - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
Defection
- noun - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
Defective
- adjective - Faulty
- having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"
- not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"