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diet disturb and destroy each
The instincts contra diet, disturb, and destroy each other; I have already defined modernism as physiological self-contradiction.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

de devenir amoureux de enchanté
de , devenir amoureux de. enchanté, e , ensorcelé; très content.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Dividendenkonto dividend account Dividendenpapiere equities
fall of the bank rate Diskontspesen discount charges Diskontwechsel discount bill Diskretion; Ermessen discretion diskriminieren; benachteiligen discriminate Diskriminierung; Benachteiligung discrimination Diskussionsgruppe discussion group Dispositionsdokument document of title Disziplinarverfahren disciplinary action Diversifikation diversification Diversifikation der Produktion diversification of production diversifizieren diversify Dividende dividend Dividende auf Stammaktien dividend on common stock Dividende auf Vorzugsaktien dividend on preferred stock Dividendenausschüttung distribution of dividends Dividendenausschüttung dividend disbursement Dividendenaussichten dividend prospects dividendenbevorrechtigt privileged as to dividend Dividendencoupon dividend coupon Dividendenfonds bonus fund Dividendenkonto dividend account Dividendenpapiere equities Dividendenpapiere equity securities Dividendenreserve bonus reserve Dividendensatz rate of dividend Dividendenvoraussage dividend forecast Dock; Trockendock dock Dockschein dock warrant Dokument document dokumentäres Inkasso documentary collection Dokumentarfilm documentary film Dokumente aufnehmen to take up documents Dokumente aushändigen to deliver documents Dokumente freigeben to release documents Dokumente gegen Wechselakzept documents against acceptance Dokumente müssen vorgelegt werden documents are to be presented Dokumente übergeben to hand over documents Dokumente verwendet zum instruments used for Dokumente werden nur freigegeben documents will only be released Dokumente zum Inkasso documents for collection Dokumente; mit den die Gewalt übergeben wird documents transferring title to sb.
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

DON DIEGO Ah de esta
DON DIEGO: ¡Ah de esta casa!
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

doubtless dirty and damp enough
The household and retainers dined in the space below, which was strewn with rushes and called “the marsh,” which, according to Turner’s History of Domestic Architecture , “was doubtless dirty and damp enough to deserve that name.”
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

dependents defectives and delinquents etc
But there would be economies exercised in a coöperative commonwealth, such as the economy of insurance, of advertising, of unnecessary sickness, of strikes and lockouts, of the cost of pauperism, crime and in some measure that of dependents, defectives and delinquents, etc., which would probably pay the cost of distribution.
— from Twentieth Century Socialism: What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Edmond Kelly

der dritte aus der einfach
ihm sehr genähert ist und noch näher der Flügelspitze in die Randader mündet; der zweite Ast spaltet sich bald wieder in zwei Aeste, von denen der äussere vor der Flügelspitze in die Randader auslauft, der innere theilt sich nochmals in zwei Gabeläste, welche ohne Zweifel innerhalb der Flügelspitze ausmünden; ganz nahe, wo der zweite Hauptast der vena externo-media entspringt, läuft der dritte aus, der einfach und nach dem Hinterrande geht; auf diesen folgt ein vierter Ast, dessen Insertion aber nicht zu sehen; es scheint, dass er auf der Flügelfläche entspringe.—Die vena interno-media ist ebenfalls stark ausgesprochen; sie sendet nach Innen zwei starke, aber einfach bleibende Aeste aus, so dass sie
— from Fossil Butterflies Memoirs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I. by Samuel Hubbard Scudder

dirt decay and deprivation everywhere
Dingy soldiers everywhere, dirt, decay and deprivation everywhere, listlessness and laissez-faire on the surface, with unrest and upheaval below.
— from The New Germany by George Young

ductus deferens and ductus epididymis
The latter are stored in both ductus deferens and ductus epididymis.
— from Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch

Dii Dioscuri and Dioscouroi Erinuës
The following are used inconsistently in the book: aftertimes and after-times battlefield and battle-field bowstring and bow-string cupbearer and cup-bearer dependence and dependance Dî and Dii Dioscuri and Dioscouroi Erinuës and Erinues fountainhead and fountain-head Histie and Hestie i. e. and i.e. indoor and in-door preeminence and pre-eminence reestablished and re-established stepmother and step-mother synonym and synonyme Theomythology and Theo-mythology End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3, by W. E. Gladstone *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STUDIES ON HOMER
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

Danny Deevers a dangerous escaped
“Be on lookout for Danny Deevers, a dangerous escaped criminal.
— from Swamp Island by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

Downing Dracut Amber Dutchess Early
Diana * Downing * Dracut Amber * Dutchess * Early Victor * Eaton * Eclipse *
— from Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick


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