Damn the dead balls and Dick tests!
I'll bring you the "D" words from this book that Jon and Harmony got me for my birthday. This is from Butt Rot and Bottom Gas: A Glossary of Tragically Misunderstood Words (Eric Groves, Sr.)
D
daifuku: a Japanese dessert consisting of rice cakes and bean paste
dam: a wall, often made of concrete, used to hold back water
dammer: a type of resin tapped from Australian trees of the genus Agathis
DAMN: the acronym for the molecule diaminomaleonitrile, a highly toxic polymer of hydrogen cyanide
damnify: to cause damage or injurious loss
dandy cock: a member of any of several miniature breeds of chickens that are about one-fourth the size of common breeds [dandy cock roosters are generally shown at fairs and competitions, or even kept as household pets, whereas dandy cock hens are often used for egg laying]
dastard: a cowardly bad guy
date of cleavage: the date of filing a voluntary petition of bankruptcy
dead ball: in American football, a ball that a referee has ruled as no longer in play, either because the player carrying the ball has run out of bounds (past the marked lines of the field's edges) or is tackled; teams may neither take possession of the ball nor call any plays until the referee rules that play has officially resumed
decocker: the part of a pistol that allows the hammer to be safely lowered
decoction: an extract procured by boiling away a material to obtain its pure flavor or essence ["His duty he always faithfully did; but duty is sometimes a dry obligation, and he was for irrigating its aridity, whenever possible, with a fertilizing decoction of strong waters." - Herman Melville, Billy Budd]
deep holes: in factory machining, holes drilled into various materials by professional machinists using industrial-quality drill presses in which each hole's diameter-to-depth ratio is 1 to 5 or greater (for example, a hole that is one inch wide and five inches deep)
dicker: to engage in petty haggling or negotiating
dickey: on men, a fake shirtfront; on women, a fake blouse front
dickite: a claylike mineral with micalike layers of silicate sheets
Dick test: a procedure developed in 1924 by the American bacteriologist Dr. George Frederick Dick (1881-1967) and his wife, Gladys Rowena (1881-1963), to test for the presence of scarlet fever [Dr. Dick began his seminal medical studies in the Army Medical Corps during World War I. They culminated in his climactic discovery of the Streptococcus bacterial toxins that produce scarlet fever.]
dicta: the opinions of a judge that go beyond the principal issues or facts of a case
dikdik: a member of the genus Madoqua; a small brown and white antelope roaming the bushlands of eastern Africa, it has large beautiful ears and stubby striated horns [the dik-dik's name comes from the cry it emits when frightened or disturbed]
dike: [from the Dutch word dijk, meaning "earthen dam"] a wall made of tons of compacted soil and rubble used to hold back bodies of water to prevent flooding of nearby inhabited lowlands [The first known earthen dikes were built in India around 2600 BC by the Harappan civilization. Currently, the world's largest dike is the Saemangeum Seawall in South Korea.]
dikkops: a South African bird
dirty blonde: a description for hair (usually a woman's) that is dark blonde mixed with brown
dong: the official currency of Vietnam
double slit experiment: an experiment first performed in 1805 by the British physicist Thomas Young (1773-1829) to test whether light was "corpuscular," meaning composed of particles, or composed of waves similar to sound waves; Young allowed sunlight to shine through two slits in an opaque barrier and then studied the patterns produced on a screen to gather his scientific data
double tonguing: a musical technique in which players of wind or brass instruments silently and repeatedly pronounce "too-kuh" while blowing their instruments, producing notes in rapid succession
drip dickey: a disposable fabric collar that slips over the mouth of a wine bottle and soaks up drips that might otherwise discolor clothing or tablecloths
D
daifuku: a Japanese dessert consisting of rice cakes and bean paste
dam: a wall, often made of concrete, used to hold back water
dammer: a type of resin tapped from Australian trees of the genus Agathis
DAMN: the acronym for the molecule diaminomaleonitrile, a highly toxic polymer of hydrogen cyanide
damnify: to cause damage or injurious loss
dandy cock: a member of any of several miniature breeds of chickens that are about one-fourth the size of common breeds [dandy cock roosters are generally shown at fairs and competitions, or even kept as household pets, whereas dandy cock hens are often used for egg laying]
dastard: a cowardly bad guy
date of cleavage: the date of filing a voluntary petition of bankruptcy
dead ball: in American football, a ball that a referee has ruled as no longer in play, either because the player carrying the ball has run out of bounds (past the marked lines of the field's edges) or is tackled; teams may neither take possession of the ball nor call any plays until the referee rules that play has officially resumed
decocker: the part of a pistol that allows the hammer to be safely lowered
decoction: an extract procured by boiling away a material to obtain its pure flavor or essence ["His duty he always faithfully did; but duty is sometimes a dry obligation, and he was for irrigating its aridity, whenever possible, with a fertilizing decoction of strong waters." - Herman Melville, Billy Budd]
deep holes: in factory machining, holes drilled into various materials by professional machinists using industrial-quality drill presses in which each hole's diameter-to-depth ratio is 1 to 5 or greater (for example, a hole that is one inch wide and five inches deep)
dicker: to engage in petty haggling or negotiating
dickey: on men, a fake shirtfront; on women, a fake blouse front
dickite: a claylike mineral with micalike layers of silicate sheets
Dick test: a procedure developed in 1924 by the American bacteriologist Dr. George Frederick Dick (1881-1967) and his wife, Gladys Rowena (1881-1963), to test for the presence of scarlet fever [Dr. Dick began his seminal medical studies in the Army Medical Corps during World War I. They culminated in his climactic discovery of the Streptococcus bacterial toxins that produce scarlet fever.]
dicta: the opinions of a judge that go beyond the principal issues or facts of a case
dikdik: a member of the genus Madoqua; a small brown and white antelope roaming the bushlands of eastern Africa, it has large beautiful ears and stubby striated horns [the dik-dik's name comes from the cry it emits when frightened or disturbed]
dike: [from the Dutch word dijk, meaning "earthen dam"] a wall made of tons of compacted soil and rubble used to hold back bodies of water to prevent flooding of nearby inhabited lowlands [The first known earthen dikes were built in India around 2600 BC by the Harappan civilization. Currently, the world's largest dike is the Saemangeum Seawall in South Korea.]
dikkops: a South African bird
dirty blonde: a description for hair (usually a woman's) that is dark blonde mixed with brown
dong: the official currency of Vietnam
double slit experiment: an experiment first performed in 1805 by the British physicist Thomas Young (1773-1829) to test whether light was "corpuscular," meaning composed of particles, or composed of waves similar to sound waves; Young allowed sunlight to shine through two slits in an opaque barrier and then studied the patterns produced on a screen to gather his scientific data
double tonguing: a musical technique in which players of wind or brass instruments silently and repeatedly pronounce "too-kuh" while blowing their instruments, producing notes in rapid succession
drip dickey: a disposable fabric collar that slips over the mouth of a wine bottle and soaks up drips that might otherwise discolor clothing or tablecloths
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