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defender of the bond
: a diocesan official charged with defending the validity of the marriage bond in suits for annulment
denial of the antecedent
: the logical fallacy of inferring the negation of the consequent of an implication from the negation of the antecedent (as in "if it rains then the game is canceled but it has not rained therefore the game is not canceled") compare affirmation of the consequent
depression of the dew point
: the number of degrees that the dew point is lower than the temperature
dictatorship of the proletariat
noun: the assumption of political power by the proletariat with concomitant repression of previously controlling or governing classes that in Marxist philosophy is considered an essential preliminary to establishment of the classless state
duplication of the cube
: the mathematical problem of finding the edge of a cube having twice the volume of a given cube
equation of the center
: the difference between the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a circle and its place as moving in an ellipse
Exaltation of the Cross
: a feast observed in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches on September 14 in commemoration of what is held to be the historical recovery of the true cross from the Persians and its return to Jerusalem in the 7th century
fallacy of the antecedent
: the logical fallacy of denying the antecedent : denial of the antecedent
fallacy of the consequent
: the logical fallacy of affirming the consequent : affirmation of the consequent
falling of the womb
: prolapse of the uterus into the vagina
fall of the hammer
: the customary stroke of the hammer or gavel made by an auctioneer to denote that the sale is closed and the highest previous bid is accepted compare by inch of candle at inch entry 1
false lily of the valley
noun: a small 2-leaved herb (Maianthemum canadense) of the northern U.S. and parts of Canada
figure of the earth
: the precise geometric shape of the planet compare geoid
first lord of the treasury
: the principal lord commissioner of the treasury whose office has only nominal official duties but is usually held by the British prime minister
fistula of the withers
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