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| Dissipate
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(1) To break up and scatter; to dispel or disperse. (2) To spread thinly as to make disappear. |
| Dissolve
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(1) To liquefy or to melt. (2) To merge with a liquid, which absorbs the addition. |
| Distance wheel
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Distance wheels are excellent for estimating jobs with large square-footage. One person can easily roll the handle-mounted wheel to measure feet and/or inches and read them on an odometer-like readout. A distance wheel is also ideal for measuring curved surfaces. |
| Distill
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(1) Heating a mixture to separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts, then cooling an condensing the resulting vapor, to produce a more nearly pure or refined substance. (2) To draw out or obtain the part that is essential, pure, etc. |
| Distilled water
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Pure water free from dissolved salts. Formerly made by distillation, now produced chemically by demineralisation. |
| Distraint
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Landlord's act of seizing a tenant's property to satisfy defaulted rent payments. |
| Distressed
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A heavy artificial texture in which the floor has been scraped, scratched, or gouged to give it a time-worn antique look. (A common method of distressing is wirebrushing.). |
| Distressed property
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Property in poor financial or physical condition; foreclosed real estate or property in a bankruptcy; Income property which is making an inadequate return. |
| Distressing
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Treatment of furniture, usually in the process of being antiqued, in order to make it appear older than it is. Consists of marring the surface or applying specks of glaze before varnishing. |
| Distributed generation
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A popular term for localized or on-site power generation. |
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