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dauber
dauber: n. a person or implement that daubs, esp. in painting. øget one's dauber down US sl. become dispirited or depressed.


duplicator
duplicator: n.
1 a machine for making copies of a document, leaflet, etc.
2 a person or thing that duplicates.


dispenser
dispenser: n.
1 a person or thing that dispenses something, e.g. medicine, good advice.
2 an automatic machine that dispenses an item or a specific amount of something (e.g. cash).


discrimination
discrimination: n.
1 unfavourable treatment based on prejudice, esp. regarding race, colour, or sex.
2 good taste or judgement in artistic matters etc.
3 the power of discriminating or observing differences.
4 a distinction made with the mind or in action.


despite
despite: prep. & n. --prep. in spite of. --n. archaic or literar.
1 outrage, injury.
2 malice, hatred (died of mere despite). ødespite (or in despite) of archaic in spite of. øødespiteful adj. [ME f. OF despit f. L despectus noun f. despicere (as DESPISE)]


desolation
desolation: n.
1 a the act of desolating. b the process of being desolated.
2 loneliness, grief, or wretchedness, esp. caused by desertion.
3 a neglected, ruined, barren, or empty state. [ME f. LL desolatio (as DESOLATE)]


demise
demise: n. & v. --n.
1 death (left a will on her demise; the demise of the agreement).
2 Law conveyance or transfer (of property, a title, etc.) by demising. --v.tr. La.
1 convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease.
2 transmit (a title etc.) by death. [AF use of past part. of OF de(s)mettre DISMISS, in refl. abdicate]