English dictionary: words starting with deu
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proper nounThe son of prometheus. with his wife pyrrha he survived a flood sent by zeus to punish human wickedness; they were then instructed to throw stones over their shoulders, and these turned into humans to repopulate the world.
nounThe two on dice or playing cards.
Usage examples:
A doctored die having two deuces
adjectiveUsed for emphasis, especially to express disapproval or frustration.
Usage examples:
I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter
nounThe two on dice or playing cards.
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A doctored die having two deuces
nounAn unnatural or very unlikely end to a story or event, that solves or removes any problems too easily
idiomAn agent who appears unexpectedly to solve a difficulty
nounAn unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
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In racine's account it is this second iphigenia who sacrifices herself; in this way racine avoided …
nounThe person second in importance to the protagonist in a drama.
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The first actor was the protagonist, the second the deuteragonist, and the third the tritagonist.
nounA person suffering from deuteranopia.
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The major difference between protanopes and deuteranopes is in their sensitivity to colored lights.
nounColour blindness resulting from insensitivity to green light, causing confusion of greens, reds, and yellows.
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The genetic cause has been determined for several color vision defects, achromatopsia (the loss of …
adjectiveRelating to or denoting alteration of the minerals of an igneous rock during the later stages of consolidation.
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Although such grains would have low curie points of c.250 deg c they invariably undergo subsolidus …
nounA stable isotope of hydrogen with a mass approximately twice that of the usual isotope.
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The most easily attained fusion reaction involves fusing nuclei of the two isotopes of hydrogen, de…
adjective(of sacred books or literary works) forming a secondary canon.
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I had difficulty accepting scobie's reasoning for not including the deuterocanonical books as a leg…
nounThe nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
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The wave functions of both the deuteron and the alpha particle are invariant under the interchange …
proper nounThe fifth book of the bible, containing a recapitulation of the ten commandments and much of the mosaic law.
nounThe nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
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The wave functions of both the deuteron and the alpha particle are invariant under the interchange …
nounA deuterostomatous animal; also as adjective.
nounThe main german stock market, based in frankfurt
nounAn ornamental shrub with white or pinkish flowers, native to asia and central america.
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Spring-flowering shrubs include such popular plants as forsythia, deutzia, lilac, viburnum, mock-or…
nounAn ornamental shrub with white or pinkish flowers, native to asia and central america.
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Spring-flowering shrubs include such popular plants as forsythia, deutzia, lilac, viburnum, mock-or…
abbreviationDelaware (in official postal use).
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