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damn well
without any doubt; positively

dark ages
implies a suspension of progress and time

decent, decently, decentness
meeting accepted standards; adequate (a decent salary); morally upright; respectable; kind or obliging (very decent of them to give you money); characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality; free from indelicacy; modest

defunct
no longer living, existing, or functioning (the committee is now defunct); dead

delimit, delimitation
to fix or define the limits of 

delineate, delineated, delineating, delineates, delineation, delineator, delineative
describe; represent; to draw or trace the outline of; sketch out; to represent pictorially; depict; to depict in words or gestures

demean
to lower in status or character; degrade

denote, denoted, denoting, denotes, denotable, denotive
to mark; indicate: a frown that denoted increasing impatience; to serve as a symbol or name for the meaning of; signify (a flashing yellow light denotes caution); to signify directly; refer to specifically (to mean) 

depict, depicture, depicted, depicting, depicts, depiction
to represent in a picture or sculpture; describe; to picture in words; a depicting or being depicted; description

deplorable, deplorableness.or deplorability, deplorably
worthy of severe condemnation or reproach (a deplorable act causing much grief); lamentable; woeful (government programs were in a deplorable state of neglect); wretched; bad (deplorable housing conditions)

designate, designated, designating, designates, designative.or. designatory, designator
to indicate or specify; point out; to give a name or title to; characterize; to select and set aside for a duty, an office, or a purpose; allocate; appoint; appointed but not yet installed in office (the commissioner designate)

despicable, despicableness, despicably
deserving of contempt or scorn; vile

dignitary, dignitaries
aperson of high rank or position

diligent, diligently
marked by persevering, painstaking effort; busy

discharge, discharged, discharging, discharges, dischargeable, dischargee, discharger
the act or an instance of removing an obligation, a burden, or a responsibility; to unload; fulfillment of the terms of something, such as an agreement or performance, as of an office or a duty; to get rid of

disguise, disguised, disguising, disguises, disguisement, disguiser
misrepresent (disguise one's true intentions); appearance that misrepresents the true character of something; to conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; a pretense or misrepresentation; to modify the manner or appearance of in order to prevent recognition; to make appear, sound, etc. different from usual so as to be unrecognizable

dissemble, dissembled, dissembling, dissembles, dissemblance, dissembler, dissemblingly
to disguise or conceal one's real motives, nature, or feelings behind a false appearance; to make a false show of; feign

dissipate, dissipated, dissipating, dissipater
to break up and drive off (as a crowd); to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish (one's sympathy is eventually dissipated); to lose (as heat or electricity); irrecoverably; to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly (lifelong tendency to dissipate his gifts in travel and pleasure) (his fortune is dissipated in imprudent political adventures); to break up and scatter or vanish; to be extravagant or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; especially; to drink to excess; 

disfranchise, disfranchised, disfranchising, disfranchises, disfranchisement, disfranchiser
to deprive of a right (was not allowed to vote), privilege or an immunity; disenfranchise

divest, divested, divesting, divests, divestment
to strip, as of clothes; to deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess; to free of; rid; to sell off or otherwise dispose of

doctrine
teaching; instruction; something that is taught; established principles

dogma, dogmas.or.dogmata
an authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true; a doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church 

dogmatic, dogmatically
characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma

domain
a territory over which rule or control is exercised (the domain of God); field or sphere of activity or influence (as the domain of science); a sphere of activity, concern, or function; a field (the domain of history)

domination
mastery or supremacy over another or others; the exercise of such mastery or supremacy

double-dealing, double-dealer
duplicitous or deceitful; treacherous; duplicity or deceit; treachery

dupe, duped, duping, dupes, dupability, dupable, duper
to deceive (an unwary person); deceive; an easily deceived person; a person who functions as the tool of another person or power; con; screw

duplicitous, duplicitously, duplicitousness
given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
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