dialectical stands for of or relating to or employing dialectic, of or relating to logical disputation

DFLP stands for a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change

doff stands for remove

dictatorship stands for a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

date palm stands for tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit

deform stands for assume a different shape or form, alter the shape of (something) by stress, become misshapen, cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form, twist and press out of shape, make formless

dopa stands for amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain

damson plum tree stands for plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit

Dracula stands for fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips

disgustful stands for highly offensive

dislocate stands for put out of its usual place, position, or relationship, move out of position

Dracaenaceae stands for one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae

downtown stands for the commercial center of a town or city, of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center, toward or in the lower or central part of town

D.C. stands for the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington

dorsal fin stands for unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance

dryly stands for in a dry laconic manner

David Riesman Jr. stands for United States sociologist (1909-2002)

Dasyprocta aguti stands for agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies

dressing sack stands for a woman’’s loose jacket

dusty stands for covered with a layer of dusty

doomed stands for people who are destined to die soon, marked for certain death, (usually followed by `to”) determined by tragic fate, marked by or promising bad fortune, in danger of the eternal punishment of hell

dry-cleaned stands for cleaned with chemical solvents

ditty stands for a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)

Don Marquis stands for humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

defective pleading stands for any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency

digitize stands for put into digital form, as for use in a computer

disguised stands for having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading, deliberately concealed as if with a veil

drove chisel stands for a stonemason’’s chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone

dry mop stands for a dry swab for dusting floors

dryopithecine stands for considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans

decampment stands for breaking camp, the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)

divarication stands for branching at a wide angle

Dimorphotheca stands for South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers

docility stands for the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable

Dutch elm stands for any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall

dong stands for the basic unit of money in Vietnam, go `ding dong”, like a bell

diffusely stands for in a diffuse manner

dumper stands for truck whose contents can be emptied without handling

detribalisation stands for the decline or termination of tribal organization, the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living

deferential stands for showing deference

DTs stands for acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning

Dutch oven stands for n oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire, iron or earthenware cooking pot ,used for stews

diffuse stands for cause to become widely known, spread or diffuse through, move outward, spread out ,not concentrated in one place, lacking conciseness

duffer stands for an incompetent or clumsy person

dilator stands for a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ, a drug that causes dilation, a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part

dour stands for showing a brooding ill humor, harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance, stubbornly unyielding

distance vision stands for vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer

dejection stands for a state of melancholy depression, solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

demulcent stands for a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin, having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

day labourer stands for a laborer who works by the day