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   date rape
         n 1: rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when
               they are on a date together)

English Dictionary: detribalization by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead drop
n
  1. a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information; "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detribalisation
n
  1. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living
    Synonym(s): detribalization, detribalisation
  2. the decline or termination of tribal organization
    Synonym(s): detribalization, detribalisation
    Antonym(s): tribalisation, tribalization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detribalise
v
  1. cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
    Synonym(s): detribalize, detribalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detribalization
n
  1. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living
    Synonym(s): detribalization, detribalisation
  2. the decline or termination of tribal organization
    Synonym(s): detribalization, detribalisation
    Antonym(s): tribalisation, tribalization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detribalize
v
  1. cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
    Synonym(s): detribalize, detribalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dewdrop
n
  1. a drop of dew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diatribe
n
  1. thunderous verbal attack
    Synonym(s): fulmination, diatribe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Diodora apertura
n
  1. marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
    Synonym(s): keyhole limpet, Fissurella apertura, Diodora apertura
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Athrepsia \[d8]A*threp"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] priv. + [?]
      nourishment.] (Med.)
      Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to
      unhygienic surroundings. -- {A*threp"tic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Atrypa \[d8]A*try"pa\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?] a
      hole.] (Paleon.)
      A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian
      limestones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Deuteropathia \[d8]Deu`ter*o*pa*thi"a\, Deuteropathy
   \Deu`ter*op"a*thy\, n. [NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. [?] second +
      [?] suffering, fr. [?], [?], to suffer: cf. F.
      deut[82]ropathie.] (Med.)
      A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache
      from an overloaded stomach.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Edriophthalma \[d8]Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
      [?] steadfast + [?] the eye.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks;
      the Arthrostraca. [Written also {Edriophthalmata}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heterophagi \[d8]Het`e*roph"a*gi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      other + [?] to eat.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Altrices.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heteropoda \[d8]Het`e*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      other + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed
      into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as
      {Carinaria} and {Atlanta}, have thin glassy shells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heteroptera \[d8]Het`e*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?]
      other + [?] a wing.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior
      wings is thickened. See {Hemiptera}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrobranchiata \[d8]Hy`dro*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr.
      Gr. "y`dwr water + [?] gills.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks,
      including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the
      Pulmonifera. -- {Hy`dro*bran"chi*ate}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydroperitoneum \[d8]Hy`dro*per`i*to*ne"um\, n. [NL. See
      {Hydro-}, and {Peritoneum}.] (Med.)
      Same as {Ascites}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrophora \[d8]Hy*droph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. E. hydra +
      Gr. [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The Hydroidea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrophyllium \[d8]Hy`dro*phyl"li*um\, n.; pl. L.
      {Hydrophyllia}, E. {Hydrophylliums}. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr
      water + [?] a leaf.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other
      zooids of certain Siphonophora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydropiper \[d8]Hy"dro*pi`per\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water
      + L. piper a pepper.] (Bot.)
      A species ({Polygonum Hydropiper}) of knotweed with acrid
      foliage; water pepper; smartweed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tetrabranchiata \[d8]Tet`ra*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See
      {Tetra-}, and {Branchia}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living
      species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera
      and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites,
      Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tetrapla \[d8]Tet"ra*pla\, n.;
  
      Note: etymologically pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr.
               Gr. tetraplo`os, tetraploy^s, fourfold.]
      A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged
      in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four
      languages or four columns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deturb \De*turb"\, v. t. [L. deturbare.]
      To throw down. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deturbate \De*tur"bate\, v. t. [LL. deturbatus, p. p. of
      deturbare, fr. L. deturbare to thrust down.]
      To evict; to remove. [Obs.] --Foxe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deturbation \Det`ur*ba"tion\, n.
      The act of deturbating. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deturpate \De*tur"pate\, v. t. [L. deturpare; de + turpare to
      make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul.]
      To defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deturpation \Det`ur*pa"tion\, n.
      A making foul. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuteropathic \Deu`ter*o*path"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Deuteropathia \[d8]Deu`ter*o*pa*thi"a\, Deuteropathy
   \Deu`ter*op"a*thy\, n. [NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. [?] second +
      [?] suffering, fr. [?], [?], to suffer: cf. F.
      deut[82]ropathie.] (Med.)
      A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache
      from an overloaded stomach.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dewdrop \Dew"drop`\, n.
      A drop of dew. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diatribe \Di"a*tribe\ (?; 277), n. [L. diatriba a learned
      discussion, Gr. [?], prop., a wearing away of time, fr. [?]
      to rub away, spend time; dia` through + [?] to rub: cf. L.
      terere, F. trite: cf. F. diatribe.]
      A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an
      acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or
      railing language; a philippic.
  
               The ephemeral diatribe of a faction.      --John Morley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diatribist \Di*at"ri*bist\, n.
      One who makes a diatribe or diatribes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diterebene \Di*ter"e*bene\, n. [Pref. di- + terebene.] (Chem.)
      See {Colophene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colophene \Co"lo*phene\ (? [or] ?), n. (Chem.)
      A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation
      of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of
      terebenthene. Called also {diterebene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diterebene \Di*ter"e*bene\, n. [Pref. di- + terebene.] (Chem.)
      See {Colophene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colophene \Co"lo*phene\ (? [or] ?), n. (Chem.)
      A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation
      of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of
      terebenthene. Called also {diterebene}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   De Tour Village, MI (village, FIPS 21780)
      Location: 45.98596 N, 83.90228 W
      Population (1990): 407 (292 housing units)
      Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 12.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49725

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Diotrephes
      Jove-nourished, rebuked by John for his pride (3 John 1:9). He
      was a Judaizer, prating against John and his fellow-labourers
      "with malicious words" (7).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Diotrephes, nourished by Jupiter
  
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