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dawsonite (13 points)
""A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.""
D·2+A·1+W·4+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
debenture (12 points)
Certificate of debt.
Long-term security issued by a company
IOU for time between rivers
D·2+E·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
debutante (12 points)
One throwing a ball (wordplay)
Poet takes pipe back for new one
Coming-out party honoree
D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
decollete (12 points)
Having a low neckline, from French
Low neckline cut round half of bust
Adjective for some evening gowns
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
decussate (12 points)
""To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.""
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
deductive (16 points)
Like evidence-based reasoning
Like Sherlock Holmes's powers
Like "top-down" reasoning
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
defective (18 points)
Drunk I've fed, etc is not working
Subject to a recall
Faulty iron, evicted, thrown outside
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
D·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+L·1+F·4+T·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
D·2+E·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
demitasse (12 points)
Moore's coffee cup (wordplay)
Pour out mug inside of French coffee
One may go with a saucer
D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
denigrate (11 points)
Say bad things of French granite pieces
Put down one jar after study
Blacken the name of.
D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
deprecate (14 points)
Belittle tatty carpet kept by woman
Feel and express disapproval of
Express disapproval of
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
dermatome (14 points)
Anatomy An area of skin innervated by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve.
D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
desecrate (12 points)
Seer acted badly to abuse sacred object
Defile, as something sacred
Harm a church
D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
desiccate (14 points)
Preserve by drying (eg coconut)
Preserve by removing all liquids from
Preserve by removing all liquids
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
designate (11 points)
Assign or appoint
Choose to throw giants' pants in river
Appoint gent with ideas, at work
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
desperate (12 points)
Adept seer (anagram)
Extremely dangerous (situation)
Crazy speed and more speed? Reckless!
D·2+E·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
destitute (10 points)
Very poor and innocent, perhaps
Without money or resources
Penniless, without any means
D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
D·2+E·1+S·1+U·1+E·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
determine (12 points)
Resolve to put my one off, perhaps
Judgmental winner of 1954 Derby?
Resolve to put my one off (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+E·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
D·2+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 22 pts
D·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
diazotize (28 points)
""To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.""
D·2+I·1+A·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 28 pts
D·2+I·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dipeptide (15 points)
A peptide that is composed of two amino acid molecules linked by a peptide bond.
D·2+I·1+P·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
D·2+I·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
diplotene (12 points)
""The fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis, when the paired chromosomes being to separate. This stage follows the pachytene.pachytene.""
D·2+I·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
directive (15 points)
Vet and I cried out for order
Criminal tried vice in Fiat
I have to follow dreadful court order
D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
D·2+I·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dismantle (12 points)
Take defence apart with his help!
Put down a Yankees legend (wordplay)
Take to pieces
D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
disparate (12 points)
Despair at match being unequal
Various ideas, part worked out
Contrasting, random pairs in age
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
disrepute (12 points)
Priest due to convert? Shame!
About to be trapped in quarrel - shame!
State of being held in low public esteem
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dissolute (10 points)
Duelist so (anagram) - debauched
Solid suet remarkably loose
Sidles out, upset and abandoned
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 11 pts
distraite (10 points)
""Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety: "When she did not occupy her accustomed chair at the seminar, Freud felt uneasy and distrait" (Times Literary Supplement).""
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
doctorate (12 points)
Severinsen's degree (wordplay)
Degree given to redcoat - for dancing!
PhD or D.Phil
D·2+O·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+O·1+G·2+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
doorplate (12 points)
It identifies an exec's office
Entrance appurtenance.
Item on which an office worker's name is printed
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+O·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
downstate (13 points)
Toward a southern border
Toward the southern border
Like New York City, for example
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
dramatise (12 points)
Stage star with media frenzy
Shed tears amid function - ham it up
Media star adapted to stage
D·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
drawplate (15 points)
""A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.""
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
dreamtime (14 points)
Era of creation, in Australian myth
The Creation, to indigenous Australians
Aboriginals' golden age
D·2+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
D·2+R·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
D·2+R·1+U·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
D·2+U·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
duplicate (14 points)
Bridge match (wordplay)
Copy - teacup lid (anagram)
Double up refashioning citadel walls
D·2+U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
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