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dough.noun,.plural.doughs
a soft, thick mixture of dry ingredients, such
as flour or meal and
liquid, such as water, that is kneaded,
shaped and baked, especially as bread or pastry; a pasty mass similar
to this mixture
doughy, doughier,
doughiest.adjectives
having
the consistency
or appearance of dough
doughiness.noun,.plural.doughinesses
digest.noun,.plural.digests
a digest is a collection of pieces of writing,
often published together in a shorter form than they were originally published
(Reader's Digest); a collection of previously published material,
such as articles, essays or reports, usually in edited or condensed form
digest, digested,
digesting,
digests.verbs
transitive
verb use.when food digests
or when you digest it, it passes through your body to your stomach, where
your stomach removes the substances
that your body needs and gets rid of the rest (do not undertake.strenuous
exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest; nutrients
from the digested food can be absorbed
into the blood; digesting
food is converting
it into simpler.chemical.compounds
that can be absorbed
and assimilated
by the body, as by chemical and muscular action in the alimentary
canal; if you digest information,
you think about it carefully so that you first understand it and then overstand
it; to absorb
or assimilate mentally
intransitive
verb use.to
become assimilated into the body; to assimilate food substances
digestive.adjective
relating
to or aiding
digestion; functioning
to digest food
digestive.noun,.plural.digestives
a substance that aids digestion
digestively.adverb
digestiveness.noun
digestion.noun,.plural.digestions
the process
by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated
by the body; this is accomplished in the alimentary canal by the mechanical
and enzymatic
breakdown of foods into simpler
chemical compounds;
the ability to digest food; assimilation of ideas or information; understanding;
overstanding
digestible.adjective
readily
or easily
digested (digestible meals);
digestibility.or.digestibleness.noun
digestibly.adverb
digester.noun,.plural.digesters
one that makes a digest; a vessel
in which substances are softened or decomposed, usually for further processing
digestive system.noun,.plural.digestive
systems
the alimentary
canal and digestive glands.regarded
as an integrated.system.responsible
for the ingestion,
digestion and absorption
of food
digestive tract.noun,.plural.digestive
tracts
see alimentary canal
digestive gland.noun,.plural.digestive
glands
a gland, such as the liver or pancreas, that secretes
into the alimentary canal substances necessary for digestion
dessert.noun,.plural.desserts
a usually sweet course or dish, as of fruit, pudding,
ice cream or pastry, served at the end of a meal (she had homemade ice
cream for dessert)
drug.noun,.plural.drugs
a drug is a chemical
which is given to people in order to treat symptoms of illness or disease;
drugs are substances that some people take because of their pleasant effects,
but which are usually illegal and harmful;
if you drug a person or animal, you give them a chemical
substance
in order to make them sleepy or unconscious; a drug is a chemical
substance, such as a narcotic
or hallucinogen,
that affects
the central
nervous system, causing
changes in behavior
and often addiction
and or long term or permanent harm; a drug is a substance
recognized for its properties or defined by its effects by he U.S. Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act
drug, drugged,
drugging,
drugs.transitive
verbs
to administer
a drug to; to poison
or mix food or drink with a drug; to stupefy
or dull
with or as if with a drug
dioecious.also.diecious.adjective
having the male and female reproductive organs
borne on separate individuals of the same species; having male reproductive
organs in one individual and female in another; having staminate
and pistillate flowers borne
on different individuals flowers; characterized
by species
in which the male and female reproductive organs occur on different individuals;
sexually.distinct
dioeciously.adverb
dioecism.noun
drub, drubbed,
drubbing,
drubs.verbs
transitive verb use.to
thrash
with a stick; to instil.forcefully
(drubbed the lesson into my head); to berate.harshly
intransitive verb use.to
beat the ground; stamp;
to pound;
throb
drub.noun,.plural.drubs
a blow
with a heavy instrument, such as a stick
drubber.noun,.plural.drubbers
doodle,
doodled,
doodling,
doodles.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
scribble.aimlessly,
especially
when preoccupied; to pass
the time scribbling
transitive verb use.to
draw figures while preoccupied
doodle.noun,.plural.doodles
a figure, design or scribble
drawn or written
discomfort.noun,.plural.discomforts
mental
or bodily.distress;
something
that disturbs one's comfort;
annoyance
discomfort,
discomforted,
discomforting,
discomforts.transitive
verbs
to make uncomfortable;
distress;
discomfit
discomfortable.adjective
discomfortingly.adverb
discolor,
discolored,
discoloring,
discolors.verbs
transitive verb use.to
alter
or spoil the color of; stain
intransitive verb use.to
become altered or spoiled in color
discoloration.noun,.plural.discolorations
the act
of discoloring; the condition
of being discolored; a discolored
spot, smudge or area;
a stain
decedent.noun,.plural.decedents
in law,
a dead person
disappoint,
disappointed,
disappointing,
disappoints.verbs
transitive verb use.to
fail to satisfy the hope,
desire
or expectation of; to frustrate
or thwart
intransitive verb use.to
cause
disappointment
disappointment.noun,.plural.disappointments
the act
of disappointing; the condition
or feeling of being disappointed;
one that disappoints
disharmony.noun,.plural.disharmonies
lack of harmony;
discord
disharmonious.adjective
lacking
in harmony
disharmoniously.adverb
disharmonize,
disharmonizes,
disharmonized,
disharmonizing.transitive
verbs
to make disharmonious
disrepair.noun,.plural.disrepairs
if something is in disrepair
or is in a state of disrepair, it
is broken or in bad condition
(the house was unoccupied and in a bad state of disrepair and the same
for the 40 year old truck sat behind the barn)
ditch.noun,.plural.ditches
a long narrow.trench
or furrow.dug
in the ground, as for irrigation,
drainage or a boundary line; a
ditch is a long narrow channel
cut into the ground at the side of a road or field
ditch,
ditched,
ditching,
ditches.verbs
transitive verb use.tf
you ditch something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon
it or get rid of
it, because you no
longer want it (she decided to ditch the old torn sofa bed); if someone
ditches someone, they end a relationship with that individual; if a pilot
ditches an aircraft or if it ditches, the pilot makes an emergency landing;
to
dig or make a long narrow trench
or furrow in; to surround with a long narrow trench or furrow; to get rid
of; discard (ditched the old yard
furniture); to get away from an individual
intransitive verb use.to
dig a ditch
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