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Destresses
- verb - reduce the emphasis
Diathermal
- - Freely permeable by radiant heat.
Diathermic
- - Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.
Distressed
- verb - afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
- generalized feeling of distress
- suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
Distresses
- noun - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
- psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
Dostoevski
- noun - Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Dostoevsky
- noun - Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Editresses
- unknown - Female editors. Plural of editress, a female editor.
Epithelial
- adjective - of or belonging to the epithelium; "epithelial layer"
Epitheliod
- adjective - resembling epithelium; "epithelial tissue"