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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Drop-Down MenunounMWEa menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on itverified
Drop-Off ChargenounMWEa fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rentedverified
Dropkickernouna football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the groundverified
Droplinenouna headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the rightverified
Droppernounpipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a timeverified
Dropsynounswelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavitiesverified
Drosophilanounsmall fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritanceverified
Drug CartelnounMWEan illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugsverified
Drug CocktailnounMWEa combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitorsverified
Drug of AbusenounMWEa drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects)verified
Druidismnounthe system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremoniesverified
Drum BrakenounMWEhydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoeverified
Drum PrinternounMWEa line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing positionverified
Drum RollnounMWEthe sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuouslyverified
Drumfishnounsmall to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noiseverified
Drumhead Court-MartialnounMWEa military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in actionverified
Drumstick TreenounMWEdeciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinallyverified
Drusennoun(plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retinaverified
Dry GangrenenounMWE(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown colorverified
Dry MustardnounMWEa substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emeticverified
Dry PlatenounMWEa former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsionverified
Dry Plate ProcessnounMWEa former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsionverified