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damageous

adjective

Hurtful;  damaging.

Examples:

If I stabbed someone in the abdomen with that kitchen knife and then stitched up the wound, they might fall into shock from the pain I caused - and perhaps even die on the spot.  However, the story would be very different if I had first put them under anaesthesia.  After cutting open their tummy and suturing it up the same way, they would only suffer minor post-operative discomfort.  The injury would be comparably damageous, but their overall condition should be more or less fine.  (Context:  Dr∙ Barton compares the outcomes of physical injuries with and without the influence of nerve-blocking medicines.  He uses this analogy before going to compare somatic and mental traumas, including the role of neuro-psychiatric medications in healing.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

deannuation

noun

Plural:   deannuations 

A denotation of the year in a date;  approximate dating by the year only;  identification of the year of origin.

Examples: 

Back then, it was something similar to today's lazy people leaving out not only the first digit from the date, but they abrogate the whole century in one swing.  I am sure you've already seen in everyday life the misperfection of some people writing only 79 instead of 1979.  Or they scribble something like 12/10/11 and are supremely pleased with themselves for how rationalistic they are.  They even cannot tell later if their own record meant 12th October, 10th December, 10th November, or some other combination.  It's even harder to guess the year unless we know the exact context of the given entry.  Was it the year 12, 112, 312, 1012, 1812, 1912?  Or 511, 1611, 1711, 1811, or any of the unconsidered remaining deannuations.  (Context:  Dr∙ Barton and aides are trying to decipher an unclear identification record on an ancient oil painting labelled "415 XI/18".  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

Translations:

Slovak / Slovenčina (SK):  deanuácia;  anuitné datovanie;  anuačné datovanie;  anuácia;  ročníkovanie;  denotácia ročníka

Czech / Čeština (CZ):  deanuace;  anuitní datování;  denotace ročníku

debaptise

verb

British:
Infinitive:   debaptise
3rd person:   debaptises
Present:   debaptising
Gerund:   debaptising
Past:   debaptised
Perfect:   debaptised

American:
Infinitive:   debaptize
3rd person:   debaptizes
Present:   debaptizing
Gerund:   debaptizing
Past:   debaptized
Perfect:   debaptized

To undo baptism.  Can also be used figuratively or as expressive exaggeration of a hypothetical threat or punishment ("She would debaptise me if I lost her wedding ring.").

debater

noun

Plural:   debaters

A persons involved in a debate;  disputer;  talker.

deet

noun

Plural:   deets

(casual)   Detail.

demoisturise

verb

Infinitive:  demoisturise (Brit·)  /  demoisturize (Amer·)
3rd person:  demoisturises (Brit·)  /  demoisturizes (Amer·)
Present:  demoisturising (Brit·)  /  demoisturizing (Amer·)
Gerund:  demoisturising (Brit·)  /  demoisturizing (Amer·)
Past:  demoisturised (Brit·)  /  demoisturized (Amer·)
Perfect:  demoisturised (Brit·)  /  demoisturized (Amer·)

To undo moisturising;  to remove moisture;  to dehydrate;  to dry.

Examples:

Upon demoisturised semolina coming in contact with a water-rich egg, they instantly begin to react with each other.  The egg-borne water seeps into the pores on the breaking post-milling superficies of semolina grains.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Semolina Dumplings for Soups  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

deprave

verb

Infinitive:   deprave
3rd person:   depraves
Present:   depraving
Gerund:   depraving
Past:   depraved
Perfect:   depraved 

To make corrupt or immoral.

Examples:

—Do you see its colour?
—Gold...
—So it is.  To seduce people.  Debauch and deprave.  We have to do the opposite.  Don't let the gold fool you.  On the contrary!  The golden monster must be repudiated by golden means.  A stuck wedge can be released by a counterwedge, isn't it so?  By that, I mean that the spiritualistic cleansing will cost you something.  (Context:  Dr∙ Barton is trying to get rid of a dangerously superstitious visitor.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

devoir

noun

Plural:   devoirs 

Responsibility;  duty;  entrusted task or mission.

Examples: 

On the other hand, however, the notion mentioned above revived the bugs in their heads.  It evoked new reflections on the nature of the mysterious dreamboat's devoirs behind the reinforced fencing of the little-known company in which he often worked day and night.  His frequent crop-ups and the non-everyday contracts in the speech therapist's household were notless wonderworthy.  (Context:  Visitors wonder about Hubert's, Dr∙ Barton's nontalkative helper's, real profession and obscure background.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

Translations:

Slovak / Slovenčina (SK):  úloha;  poslanie;  pracovná náplň;  misia;  zodpovednosť

Czech / Čeština (CZ):  úkol;  poslání;  mise;  odpovědnost

dietological

adjective

Pertaining to, derived from, or justified by dietology / the study of nutrition and nutritional regimes;  dietologically substantiated.

Examples: 

Suitability or unsuitability for certain dietological regimens has been inferred from generally known or publicly published findings in the literature and derived from the usual average nutritional composition.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Semolina Dumplings for Soups  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

dietologically

adverb

In a manner pertaining to, derived from, or justified by dietology (the study of nutrition and nutritional regimes);  in the ways substantiated or approved by the scientific knowledge of healthy eating and drinking.

Examples: 

Optimised pan pre-coating (the above-described scorch-based priming) will always reduce oil consumption considerably to dietologically acceptable health-keeping amounts.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

dilacerate

verb

Infinitive:   dilacerate
3rd person:   dilacerates
Present:   dilacerating
Gerund:   dilacerating
Past:   dilacerated
Perfect:   dilacerated 

To rip or tear apart or into shreds or pieces.

Examples:

Mam considered something inwardly and softened her tone: 
—I don't know why you need a blurry picture of the Moon. 
—A cut-up x-ray of a bone! 
—Clear.  Tuck it in here. 
—You're not gonna dilacerate it, are you? 
—Not in there!—  Mam pulled away her open purse and offered a paper napkin instead.  —I am not gonna touch that viscid dirt.  Dila-, what?  Where did you learn that word?  Either we wrap the photo, or adios to it.  Take your pick.  (Context:  Mam dropped a piece of paper on a sidewalk.  It fell near copious spittle.  Bruno thinks it's a small part of a bigger skeleton image and wants to save it.  Mam does not share this view and believes the dirtened card belongs to trash.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

Translations:

Slovak / Slovenčina (SK):  roztrhať;  rozdriapať

discoherence

noun

Plural:   discoherences

The state or quality of not being coherent / cohesive / compact;  crumbliness;  fragility.

Examples: 

A large overdose of semolina can predispose the soup-cooked dough to discoherence (if the egg proportion decreases severely, there is nothing to hold the grains conglued).  (Source: J∙ Okram - Semolina Dumplings for Soups  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

doughmaker

noun

Plural:  doughmakers

Someone who makes dough - either as a profession,or when going to bake bread or cook dough-based meals.

Examples:

Strain off excessive unbound fluid pooling overabundantly in the raw commixture.  For luckier doughmakers, this solves the problem; in sadder instances of soggy flesh, we can't circumvent dough wringing or squeezing.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

doughmaking

noun

Plural:  doughmakings

The process of preparing a dough;  mixing and kneading.

Examples:

Shrivelled murphies are nothing worrisome.  They are uneasy to grate, but they contain lesser humidity (that's why they are wrinkled):  perfect for eggless and no-flour self-cohesive Barton-style doughmaking.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

doughmass

noun

Plural:   doughmasses

A raw substance used to prepare food;  dough;  batter;  the entire dough's mass as a whole (i·e· not only its surface).

Examples:

Press and smear it, spanning the entire bottom area without unnecessary delays (the doughmass is semi-solid and does not spread out on its own).  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

doughplate

noun

Plural:   doughplates
Alternative:   dough-plate  /  pl·   dough-plates

1.  A wooden plank or board for kneading doughs.

2.  A layer of dough;  cake;  pancake;  bread disc;  corpus.

Examples: 

Only after the doughplate has been heated through and hardened can we get involved:  It's possible to tenderly expedite the pancake to unstick by stepwise detaching and picking up its edge.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

doily

noun

Plural:   doilies 

A small piece of paper, fabric, crochet, lace, or similar textile, often with embellishments such as embroidery, small holes, etc∙, used as mats for table or room decorations.

Examples: 

There was a dense discommoding soundlessness mounting in the room.  The brusque man sat down on the sofa and read some documents.  Grandmother Estela looked clueless, and she set about tidying up the crocheted doilies (she had shifted each one of them at least three times).  (Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

—You sure they won't kick us out of here?—  Denis wondered.
—Dead cert.
—Then let's get this place set up.  On my part, I can bring some of the nana's silk doilies.  (Context:  Boys want to furnish a newly acquired space for their detective agency.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

dreamboat

noun

Plural:   dreamboats 

1.  A physically well-built and/or very attractive person.

2.  A well-designed or luxurious vehicle, such as a car, yacht, etc∙.

Examples: 

On the other hand, however, the notion mentioned above revived the bugs in their heads.  It evoked new reflections on the nature of the mysterious dreamboat's devoirs behind the reinforced fencing of the little-known company in which he often worked day and night.  His frequent crop-ups and the non-everyday contracts in the speech therapist's household were notless wonderworthy.  (Context:  Visitors wonder about Hubert's, Dr∙ Barton's nontalkative helper's, real profession and obscure background.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

Translations:

Slovak / Slovenčina (SK):  fešák;  elegán

Czech / Čeština (CZ):  krasavec

dreampan

noun

Plural:   dreampans

A frying pan of a superior quality everybody dreams of having.

Examples: 

Summary:  The lighter subvarieties (no pork bellies and/or no oil in the batter mix) and the dry-fried variations necessitate the topmost quality anti-adhesive dreampans (Teflonised, siliconised, durable Delimano enamels, etc∙).  Elsewise, our frycakes will cling and overburn.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

dukefist

noun

Plural:   dukefists

(pseudo-archaism)   A big or fatty fist.

Examples: 

...and when on every gate he pounders ferventulously with enfattened his dukefist clenched, this doorbuster bloodthirsty, the avarice-driven mammonite.  (Context:  Warning about untrustworthy butchers from Grandma Estela's archaic husbandry guide.  Source:  J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.) 

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