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List of One word substitutions beginning with D
One Word Substitution : D
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One Word
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Sentence
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Debacle
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Sudden collapse - general break-up - violent rush.
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Debtor
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One who owes money to another.
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Decalogue
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Ten commandments.
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Decelerate
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Slow down.
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Defendant
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One who is sued by the plaintiff.
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Deism
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Got birth and followed principles in a particular caste
but telling, he is not god.
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Deist
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One who believes in the existence of god.
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Delettante
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An admirer by the people
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Deliquisic
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Become liquid by absorbing moisture from
the air - Melt away.
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Delittante
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One who takes up an art - dabbler - a lover of fine arts.
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Deluge
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Anything that overwhelms like a flood - great flood - rain
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Democracy
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The govt formed by the people.
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Demography
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Science of vital and social statistics.
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Demonology
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Relating to devils - ghost and other terror things.
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Depilate
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Remove hair from.
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Dermatologist
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One who treats skin diseases.
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Desiceate
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Dry thoroughly - Remove moisture from.
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Despondent
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High - Spirited - Overflowing with
enthusiasm - boiling up.
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Despotism
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Is a form of government in which a single entity rules
with absolute power.
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Detenu
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One who detained in custody.
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Dislectical (s)
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Logical argumentation.
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Dialysis
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The process for blood purification when the
kidneys malfunction.
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Dilemma
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A state of a person, who is asked to choose one of
the two infavourable things.
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Dilemma
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Situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable
alternatives - perplexing problem.
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Diminish
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Make or become smaller.
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Diminuendo
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Gradual increase in force.
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Dipsomania
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Irresistibly craving for alcoholic drinks.
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Dissuade
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Persuade not to do something.
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Dividend
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Sum payable as profit to an individual by a joint
stock company.
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Domicile
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A place where one lives permanently.
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Dorsal
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Situated on bank.
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Drinker's apparatus
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Instrument used to help breathing in infantile paralysis.
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Dynamo
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The origin of electricity in a dynamo is the
transformation of mechanical energy into energy.
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