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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of deciliter.
  • noun An abbreviation of Doctor of Letters and Didactics, a degree conferred by some institutions.
  • noun An abbreviation of Dead Letter Office.
  • noun An abbreviation of Doctor of Library Science, a degree conferred by the University of the State of New York.

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  • abbreviation chemistry dextro-/levo- (used as a prefix to describe racemic mixtures)
  • initialism computing download

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  • noun a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter

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