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destarch
Subject:
Life Sciences

remove starch from the leaves of a plant by preventing photosynthesis from occurring (for a few...

detective control
Subject:
Accounting
detective control measure
Subject:
Accounting

internal control measure applied by detecting and controlling undesired events.

detergents
Subject:
Physical Sciences

synthetic soaps.

determiner
Subject:
English First Additional Language , English Home Language

a word that decides a noun or noun phrase, e.g. all, some, many, both, most, every (pronouns);...

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