design criteria criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device
denigratory harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
songwriter a composer of words or music for popular songs
idiosyncratic peculiar to the individual
designer drug a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
Tuscan order a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft
designated hitter a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
designate design or destine
screenwriter someone who writes screenplays
dowsing rod forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil
hypocrite a person who professes beliefs that he or she does not hold
designer someone who creates plans to be used in making something
syncretic of or characterized by syncretism
disconnected having been divided; having the unity destroyed
celiac artery an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
pecking order the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
designative serving to designate
disincarnate make immaterial; remove the real essence of
passenger train a train that carries passengers
technocrat an advocate of technocracy