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Aestivation
- noun - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Celtiberian
- - Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). -- n. An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
Deamination
- noun - removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
Declination
- noun - (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
- a downward slope or bend
- a polite refusal of an invitation
Deification
- noun - an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists' deification of capital"
- the condition of being treated like a god
- the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
Deoxidation
- - The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.
Deplication
- - An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting.
Deprivation
- noun - a state of extreme poverty
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
- the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
Destination
- noun - the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view"
- the ultimate goal for which something is done
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location