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debilitating weakening or enfeebling.

dendrology the scientific study of trees and woody plants, especially their taxonomy.

deterrence the policy or practice of stockpiling nuclear weapons to deter another nation from making a nuclear attack.

Diet the parliament of Japan.

diplomatic pouch sack or pouch with an opening at the top that can be closed and used by governments to transport highly sensitive information.

distilled spirits strong alcoholic liquor produced by distillation.

diversion anything that diverts or distracts the attention; specifically, a pastime or amusement.

efficacious producing or capable of producing the desired effect; having the intended result, effective.

emanations heavy, gaseous isotopes that result from the decay of a radioactive element.

Enola Gay the B-29 bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, dubbed with this name to honor the pilot's mother.

Esperanto an invented language, devised (1887) by Polish physician L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917) and proposed for use as an international (chiefly European) auxiliary language.

estuarial of an estuary, an inlet or arm of the sea; especially the lower portion or wide mouth of a river, where the salty tide meets the freshwater current.

extricated set free; release or disentangle (from a net, difficulty, and so on).

feverfew a bush with finely divided foliage and flowers with white florets around a yellow disk.

fission fragments fragments resulting from the splitting of an atom's nucleus.


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