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n. خنجر knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges


Spelling Word: dagger
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n. الجمود standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate


Spelling Word: deadlock
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a. نهائي final; complete; precisely defined or explicit


Spelling Word: definitive
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a. مجنون insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill


Spelling Word: demented
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n. الامراض الجلدية one who studies skin and its diseases


Spelling Word: dermatologist
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v. اعتقال keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay


Spelling Word: detain
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n. حساب harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss


Spelling Word: detriment
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a. مدمرة destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction


Spelling Word: devastating
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a. ضار الملتوية departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward


Spelling Word: devious
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v. يلتهم consume; eat greedily; destroy completely


Spelling Word: devour