Dusk (noun)
the period between afternoon and nighttime
It is recommended that a driver turn his lights on at the first signs
of dusk.
Dwarf (verb)
to make extremely small
Given that is has snowed 35 inches in less than two days, this blizzard
dwarfs any other
storm that we have ever seen in our state.
Dwellings (noun)
a building or shelter where one lives
Many ancient Native American dwellings were built within the cliffs of
the Grand
Canyon in Northern Arizona.
Dye (noun)
something that gives color
Ancient peoples used fermentation to make beer and used plants to
produce dyes and
medicines.
Dynamism (noun)
the quality of being energetic, vigorous
Driven by dizzying mutations in medical costs, program directors and
staff ponder the
disruptive dynamism of these new reforms.
Dysfunction (noun)
abnormal, impaired, or incomplete functioning, as of a body organ or
part
Victims may have a predisposition to mood disorders which can be
heightened by
dysfunctions in family life.
Easternmost (adjective)
the farthest east of a boundary or territory
On the easternmost edge of Colorado lies a Native American
settlement.
Eccentricity (noun)
deviating from the normal or customary; peculiar behavior
The high eccentricity of Mercury's orbit would produce very strange
effects for an
observer on Mercury's surface. At some longitudes the observer would
see the Sun rise
and then gradually increase in apparent size as it slowly moved toward
the zenith.
Eclipse (verb)
to be greater or better than
Albert Einstein eclipsed his predecessors with his revolutionary
breakthroughs in
relativity.
Echolocation (noun)
a process of locating distant or invisible objects by means of sound
waves reflected back to
the emitter (as a bat or a submarine) by the objects
The biological sonar, or echolocation, of bats and a few other animals
is one of nature’s
great inventions.
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