Category: D
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Driving while intoxicated
Driving when the BAC is 0.1 or higher. A crime defined as the operation of a motor vehicle after the use of any substance, including alcohol or illicit drugs, that may impair one’s judgment, cognition, coordination, reflexes, or ability to react appropriately in traffic. Most states rely on a standard test that includes both observable…
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Diffuser
A styling tool for curly hair types. The air of a blow-dryer blows curls out of place, resulting in a loss of style. A diffuser attached to the dryer diffuses this airflow, while retaining the heat, so you can dry your curly hair quickly and easily without disturbing curls. Blow-dryer attachment that causes the air…
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Demipermanent color
Mild color that adds luster and depth, freshens permanent colors, and changes tone.
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Defrizz serum
A styling product that controls flyaways, eases excess volume, and eliminates frizz. Can be used on straight and curly hair types.
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Deep conditioner
Similar to regular conditioner products but full of a feast of proteins, vitamins, and nutrients to restore vitality in undernourished, chemically treated, and chronically dry hair. Should be used only once a week at most.
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Desiccated liver
The dried liver of cattle used as a dietary supplement.
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Dietary supplements
Foods which enhance nutrients that are inadquate in the diet. Dietary supplements are compounds that can be consumed in addition to an individual’s general food intake. Supplements can include a wide variety of compounds and mixtures including vital nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, proteins, amino acids, lipids, essential fatty acids, or carbohydrates. Other dietary supplements…
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Disjunct distribution
Having a natural distribution consisting of two or more occurrences separated by large geo¬ graphical gaps, for example, the occurrence of Magnolia in eastern Asia and eastern North America.
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Daisy
A type of bloom characteristic of the large composite family of plants, though by no means all composites have a typical daisy ‘flower’. It is in fact a whole inflorescence (or unit of a larger inflorescence), consisting of a disc of tiny disc florets surrounded by a ring of more showy rays or ray florets.…
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Double flower
A flower with an unusually large number of petals, often caused by mutation of the stamens into petals.