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- demographic
- a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.)
- detention
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- dependable
- reliable
- divulge
- reveal
- diagnosis
- process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased situation
- demonstrations
- a show or display
- diversion
- an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
- document
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- digital
- of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits
- dismissed
- having lost your job
- dialogue
- a discussion intended to produce an agreement
- dwarf
- a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man
- double stars
- a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
- dolphin
- any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout
- distance
- size of the gap between two places
- disconnect
- make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
- descent
- a movement downward
- distribute
- cause to become widely known
- diameter
- the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
- different
- unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
- destructive
- causing great damage
- dermatologist
- doctor who treats diseases of the skin
- disguise
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- divisible
- Capable of being separated into parts.
- disintegrate
- break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- diluted
- watered down, made weak
- differentiate
- mark as different
- digestible
- capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
- detain
- keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention
- difference
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- disastrous
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
- disposable
- not worthy of being kept; easily given or thrown away
- description
- the telling of what something is like
- despair
- the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- discrimination
- Unfair treatment because of a person's race, sex, religion, age, or physical condition
- drowned
- to die or cause to die under water or other liquid because of lack of air to breathe
- dictator
- a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
- dilemma
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- desegregation
- the abolishment of racial segregation, which happened due to the work of Civil Rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- drought
- n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
- despondent
- without or almost without hope
- discipline
- training to improve strength or self-control
- describe
- to give an account or representation of in words