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Dormant AccountnounMWEa savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified periodverified
Dormer WindownounMWEa gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical windowverified
Dorsal FinnounMWEunpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balanceverified
Dorsal HornnounMWEone of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibersverified
Dorsal RootnounMWEone of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibersverified
Dorsal Scapular VeinnounMWEvein that is a tributary of the subclavian vein or external jugular vein and accompanies the descending scapular arteryverified
Dot Com CompanynounMWEa company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'verified
Dot Matrix PrinternounMWEa printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrixverified
Dot PrinternounMWEa printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrixverified
Dotted GayfeathernounMWEherb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowersverified
Double BlindnounMWEa test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completedverified
Double BondnounMWEa covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atomsverified
Double DamagesnounMWEtwice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled toverified
Double DecompositionnounMWEa chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)verified
Double Decomposition ReactionnounMWEa chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)verified
Double DippernounMWEsomeone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)verified
Double DippingnounMWEtwo incomes received from the same source (as by holding a government job and receiving a government pension)verified
double downverbMWEto double or significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitmentverified
Double DribblenounMWEan illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop)verified
Double DutchnounMWEthe difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turnersverified
Double EntrynounMWEa style of accounting where a bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to anotherverified
Double FaultnounMWE(tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the pointverified
Double FeaturenounMWEtwo games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)verified
Double FlatnounMWEa musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitonesverified
Double IndemnitynounMWEa clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental deathverified
Double JeopardynounMWEthe prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been triedverified
Double KnitnounMWEa knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitchesverified
Double Leg CirclenounMWEa gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommelsverified
Double ReednounMWEa pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwindsverified
Double Replacement ReactionnounMWEa chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compoundverified
Double ReversenounMWE(American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverseverified
Double SaltnounMWEa solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallizationverified
Double SharpnounMWEa musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitonesverified
Double StandardnounMWEan ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to anotherverified
Double Standard of Sexual BehaviornounMWEa code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)verified
Double StarnounMWEa system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitationverified
Double-Blind ExperimentnounMWEan experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experimentverified
Double-Blind ProcedurenounMWEan experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experimentverified
Double-Blind StudynounMWEan experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experimentverified