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Dragonnade
- - The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.
Dragooning
- verb - compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
- subjugate by imposing troops
Drosometer
- - An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.
Drosophila
- noun - small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Drydocking
- verb - maneuver (a ship) into a drydock
Dulcorated
- verb - make sweeter in taste
Dulcorates
- verb - make sweeter in taste
Dumfounded
- adjective - as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"