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Depicture
- - To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.
Desecrate
- verb - remove the consecration from a person or an object
- violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Desiccate
- adjective - lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
- lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
- preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
- remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
Detective
- noun - a police officer who investigates crimes
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Dibucaine
- noun - a local anesthetic that is administered by injection
Directive
- adjective - a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
- order
- showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"
Effective
- adjective - able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"
- exerting force or influence;
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
- ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"
- works well as a means or remedy; "an eff
Endocrine
- adjective - any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
- of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; "endocrine system"
- the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Enunciate
- verb - express or state clearly
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"