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Darkener
- - One who, or that which, darkens.
Dasheens
- noun - edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
- tropical starchy tuberous root
Daviesia
- noun - genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods
Deadened
- verb - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
- devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
- lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
- made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
Deadener
- - One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
Deadeyes
- noun - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
- a dead shot
- Unerring marksman.
Deafened
- verb - be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
- caused to hear poorly or not at all
- make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
- make soundproof; "deafen a room"
Dearests
- noun - a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- most costly
Decrease
- noun - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- a process of becoming smaller or shorter
- decrease in size, extent, or range;
- Diminish
- make smaller; "
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the amount by which something decreases
- to get smaller
Decrepit
- adjective - aged
- Dilapidated
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
- worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"