← D's Export Options Alphabetize Word-Def Delimiter Tab Comma Custom Def-Word Delimiter New Line Semicolon Custom Data Copy and paste the text below. It is read-only. Select All Debt - for -nature Swap financial transactions in which a portion of a developing nation's foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for local Deforestation the state of being clear of trees Democracy the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives. Desalinization the removal of salt (especially from sea water). Dictatorship a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Diffusion a time-dependent process, constituted by random motion of given entities and causing the statistical distribution of these entities to spread in space. D: Microthermal ( Severe mid- latitude) Eruope; North America(majority of climate). Danube River the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; Dead Sea a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level Deccan plateau a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country.