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Dirty WarnounMWEan offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victimsverified
Disabilitynounthe condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitnessverified
Disability ChecknounMWEa monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to workverified
Disability PaymentnounMWEa monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to workverified
Disablementnounthe condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitnessverified
Disaccharidasenounan enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharidesverified
Disaccharidenounany of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysisverified
Disambiguatornoun(computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is usedverified
Disappointmentnouna feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realizedverified
Disassociationnouna state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independentlyverified
Disassortative MatingnounMWEmating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random matingverified
Disasternoun1. A sudden, unplanned calamitous event causing great damage or loss. Any event that creates an inability on an enterprise's part to provide critical business functions for some predetermined period of time. Similar terms are business interruption, outage and catastrophe. 2. The period when enterprise management decides to divert from normal production responses and exercises its disaster recovery plan (DRP). It typically signifies the beginning of a move from a primary location to an alternate location.Event
Disaster recovery plannounMWEManagement policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a major loss of enterprise capability or damage to its facilities. The DRP is the second plan needed by the enterprise risk managers and is used when the enterprise must recover (at its original facilities) from a loss of capability over a period of hours or days. See Continuity of Operations Plan and Contingency Plan.ProcessInternal
Disbursalnounamounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)verified
Disbursementnounamounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)verified
Disc BrakenounMWEhydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake padsverified
Disc DrivenounMWEcomputer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on itverified
Disc PacknounMWE(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage deviceverified
Discharge LampnounMWEa lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gasverified
Discolorationnounthe act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or fadedverified
Discolourationnounthe act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or fadedverified
DisconnectionnounThe termination of an interconnection between two or more IT systems. A disconnection may be planned (e.g., due to changed business needs) or unplanned (i.e., due to an attack or other contingency).Event
Discount RatenounMWEthe rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve Systemverified