"I have good news and bad news," the defense lawyer says to his client.
"Whats the bad news?"
The lawyer says, "Your blood matches the DNA found at the murder scene."
"Dammit!" cries the client. "What"s the good news?"
"Well," the lawyer says, "Your cholesterol is down to 140."
n. (pl. -ies) 1 denseness of thing(s) or a substance.
- physics degree of consistency measured by the quantity of mass per unit volume.
- opacity of a photographic image.
DENTATE
adj. Bot. & zool. Toothed; with toothlike notches.
DENTINE
n. (us dentin) hard dense tissue forming the bulk of a tooth.
DENTIST
n. Person qualified to treat, extract, etc., teeth. dentistry n.
DENTURE
n. Removable artificial tooth or teeth.
DEPLETE
v. (-ting) (esp. In passive) reduce in numbers, force, or quantity; exhaust. depletion n. [latin pleo fill]
DEPLORE
v. (-ring) 1 regret deeply.
- find exceedingly bad. [latin ploro wail]
DEPOSIT
account n. Bank account that pays interest but is not usu. Immediately accessible.
- —n. - a money in a bank account. B anything stored for safe keeping.
- a payment made as a pledge for a contract or as an initial part payment for a thing bought. B returnable sum paid on the hire of an item.
- a natural layer of sand, rock, coal, etc. B layer of accumulated matter on a surface. —v. (-t-) 1 a put or lay down (deposited the book on the shelf). B (of water etc.) Leave (matter etc.) Lying.
- a store or entrust for keeping. B pay (a sum of money) into a bank account.
- pay (a sum) as part of a larger sum or as a pledge for a contract. [latin pono posit- put]
DEPRAVE
v. (-ving) corrupt, esp. Morally. [latin pravus crooked]
DEPRESS
v. - make dispirited or sad.
- push down; lower.
- reduce the activity of (esp. Trade).
- (as depressed adj.) A miserable. B suffering from depression. depressing adj. Depressingly adv. [latin: related to *press1]
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