denial
denial: n.
1 the act or an instance of denying.
2 a refusal of a request or wish.
3 a statement that a thing is not true; a rejection (denial of the accusation).
4 a disavowal of a person as one's leader etc.
5 = SELF-DENIAL.

downland
downland: n. = DOWN(3).

dancing
distortion
distortion: n.
1 the act or an instance of distorting; the process of being distorted.
2 Electronics a change in the form of a signal during transmission etc. usu. with some impairment of quality. øødistortional adj. distortionless adj. [L distortio (as DISTORT)]

dovetail
dovetail: n. & v. --n.
1 a joint formed by a mortise with a tenon shaped like a dove's spread tail or a reversed wedge.
2 such a tenon. --v.
1 tr. join together by means of a dovetail.
2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by into, with) fit readily together; combine neatly or compactly.

daily
daily: adj., adv., & n. --adj.
1 done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday.
2 constant, regular. --adv.
1 every day; from day to day.
2 constantly. --n. (pl. -ies) colloq.
1 a daily newspaper.
2 Brit. a charwoman or domestic help working daily. ødaily bread necessary food; a livelihood. daily dozen Brit. colloq. regular exercises, esp. on rising. [ME f. DAY + -LY(1), -LY(2)]

dysentery
dysentery: n. a disease with inflammation of the intestines, causing severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus. øødysenteric adj. [OF dissenterie or L dysenteria f. Gk dusenteria (as DYS-, enteria f. entera bowels)]

defiant
defiant: adj.
1 showing defiance.
2 openly disobedient. øødefiantly adv.

despicable
despicable: adj. vile; contemptible, esp. morally. øødespicably adv. [LL despicabilis f. despicari (as DE-, specere look at)]

dewar
dewar: n. Physics a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls to reduce the transfer of heat. [Sir James Dewar, Brit. physicist d. 1923]

doorbell
doorbell: n. a bell in a house etc. rung by visitors outside to signal their arrival.