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• ddenoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
• D and Ca surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion
• D regionthe lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves
• d valveA kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.
• D-daydate of the Allied landing in France, World War II
• D-layerthe lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves
• D. H. LawrenceEnglish novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
• D. W. GriffithUnited States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
• D.A.a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus
• D.C.the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
• d.o.a.abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room
• D.P.R.K.a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
• D'Oyly CarteEnglish impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
• DAan official prosecutor for a judicial district
• da GammaPortuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
• da VinciItalian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
• da'wahmissionary work for Islam
• daba light touch or stroke
• Dabaa Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
• dabbA large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.
• dabberThat with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.
• dabblebob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
• dabbledcovered with bright patches (often used in combination)
• dabblerany of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
• dabbling duckany of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
• dabblinglyIn a dabbling manner.
• dabchicksmall European grebe
• Daboeciaa dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae
• Daboecia cantabricalow straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
• daboiaA large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).
• dabsterOne who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.] Note: Sometimes improperly used for dabbler; as, "I am but a dabster with gentle art."
• dacapoFrom the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.
• Daccathe capital and largest city of Bangladesh
• dacesmall European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
• DaceloAustralasian kingfishers
• Dacelo gigasAustralian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
• dachaRussian country house
• Dachaua concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany
• dachshundsmall long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
• dachsiesmall long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
• dacianOf or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians. -- n. A native of ancient Dacia.
• dacitea grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals
• daciticrelating to or consisting of dacite
• Dacninaethe honeycreepers
• dacoita member of an armed gang of robbers
• dacoityrobbery by a gang of armed dacoits
• dacotahsSame as Dacotas. Longfellow.
• Dacridium laxifoliuslow-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand
• Dacrona kind of polyester fabric
• Dacrycarpusevergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines
• Dacrycarpus dacrydioidesNew Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
• DacrydiumAustralasian evergreen trees or shrubs
• Dacrydium bidwilliNew Zealand shrub
• Dacrydium colensoiNew Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
• Dacrydium cupressinumtall New Zealand timber tree
• Dacrydium frankliniiTasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
• Dacrymycestype genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
• Dacrymycetaceaea family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
• dacryocysteither of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands
• dacryocystitisinflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose
• dacryonthe craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone
• dactyla finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
• dactylarPertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
• dactyletA dactyl. [Obs.]
• dactylicof or consisting of dactyls
• dactylioglyph(a) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. (b) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.
• dactylioglyphyThe art or process of gem engraving.
• dactyliography(a) The art of writing or engraving upon gems. (b) In general, the literature or history of the art.
• dactyliology(a) That branch of archæology which has to do with gem engraving. (b) That branch of archæology which has to do with finger rings.
• dactyliomancyDivination by means of finger rings.
• Dactylisa monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
• Dactylis glomeratawidely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
• dactylistA writer of dactylic verse.
• dactylitisAn inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.
• Dactylocteniuma monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
• Dactyloctenium aegypticuma creeping grass with spikes like fingers
• dactylologyThe art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. Note: There are two different manual alphabets, the one hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abbé de l'Epée, who died in 1789), and the two hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix.
• dactylomancyDactylio mancy. [R.] Am. Cyc.
• dactylomegalyabnormally large fingers or toes
• dactylonomyThe art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
• Dactylopiidaecochineal insects
• Dactylopiustype genus of the Dactylopiidae
• Dactylopius coccusMexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
• Dactylopteridaeflying gurnards
• dactylopterousHaving the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.
• Dactylopterusa genus of Dactylopteridae
• Dactylorhizagenus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa
• Dactylorhiza fuchsiiEuropean orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
• Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsiiEuropean orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
• Dactyloscopidaesand stargazers
• dactylothecaThe scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.
• dactylozooidA kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.
• dadan informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• dadaa nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
• dadaisma nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
• daddleTo toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.
• daddockThe rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
• daddyan informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• daddy longlegsspiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
• dadeTo hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.] Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton. To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.] No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip. Drayton.
• dadoa rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
• dado planea plane for making a dado groove
• Dae-Han-Min-Gookan Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
• daedalcomplex and ingenious in design or function
• daedalianCunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. Our bodies decked in our dædalian arms. Chapman. The dædal hand of Nature. J. Philips. The doth the dædal earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser.
• daedalousHaving a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.
• Daedalus(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
• daemona person who is part mortal and part god
• daemonicSee Demon, Demonic.
• daffTo cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.] Canst thou so daff me Thou hast killed my child. Shak. A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull. [Obs.] Chaucer. To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.] Jamieson. To daunt. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
• Daffoa Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
• daffodilany of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
• daffodil garlicEuropean onion with white flowers
• Daflalittle known Kamarupan languages
• daftinformal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• daftlyin a mildly insane manner
• daftnessinformal terms for insanity
• daga flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
• Dag HammarskjoldSwedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)
• Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl HammarskjoldSwedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)
• dag-tailedDaggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. "Dag- tailed sheep." Bp. Hall.
• dagamesource of a tough elastic wood
• Dagangod of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
• Dagdachief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
• Dagestanian ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
• daggarelatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
• daggera short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
• dagger fernNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
• dagger-likeresembling a dagger
• daggerboarda removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel
• daggesAn ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell.
• daggleTo trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten. The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray. Sir W. Scott. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle. Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town. Pope.
• daggle-tailHaving the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
• daggle-tailedHaving the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
• daglockA dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
• dago(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
• dagobaA dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies]
• dagonThe national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith. This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. Milton. They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v.
• dagswainAcoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. "Under coverlets made of dagswain." Holinshed.
• DaguerreFrench inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)
• daguerreanPertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
• daguerreianPertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
• daguerreotypea photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
• daguerreotyperOne who takes daguerreotypes.
• daguerreotypistOne who takes daguerreotypes.
• daguerreotypyThe art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
• dahthe longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
• dahabeahA nile boat
• dahlsmall highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
• dahliaany of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
• Dahlia pinnataany of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
• dahlinA variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
• Dahnaa desert in southern Saudi Arabia
• Dahomeya country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
• dahoonAn evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close- grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.
• daikonradish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
• Dailthe lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic
• Dail Eireannthe lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic
• dailinessDaily occurence. [R.]
• dailyappropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
• daily dewany of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
• daily doublea single bet on two horse races in the same day
• daily roundthe usual activities in your day
• daily variationfluctuations that occur between one day and the next
• daimioThe title of the feudal nobles of Japan.daimyo The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc.
• DaimlerGerman engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)
• daimonan evil supernatural being
• daintSomething of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a. Dainty. [Obs.] To cherish him with diets daint. Spenser.
• daintifyTo render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. "Daintified emotion." Sat. rev.
• daintilyin a refined manner
• daintinessthe quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
• daintrelAdelicacy. [Obs.] Halliwell.
• daintydelicately beautiful
• daiquiria cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice
• dairaAny of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh, or Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates.
• Dairena port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
• dairya farm where dairy products are produced
• dairy cattlecattle that are reared for their milk
• dairy cowcattle that are reared for their milk
• dairy farma farm where dairy products are produced
• dairy farmerthe owner or manager of a dairy
• dairy farmingthe business of a dairy
• dairy productmilk and butter and cheese
• dairyingthe business of a dairy
• dairymaida woman who works in a dairy
• dairymana man who works in a dairy
• dairywomanA woman who attends to a dairy.
• daisa platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• daishikia loose and brightly colored African shirt
• daisiedFull of daisies; adorned with daisies. "The daisied green." Langhorne. The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot.
• daisyany of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
• daisy bushany of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
• daisy chainflower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
• daisy cuttera batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground
• daisy fleabanewidely naturalized white-flowered North American herb
• daisy print wheela wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper
• daisy wheela wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper
• daisy-bushany of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
• daisy-chainconnect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer
• daisy-leaved grape fernof North America and Eurasia