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English Dictionary: Deltasone	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Deltasone n a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant Synonym(s): prednisone, Orasone, Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diltiazem n a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure Synonym(s): diltiazem, Cardizem
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doltish adj heavy and dull and stupid Synonym(s): cloddish, doltish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doltishly adv in a stupid manner; "he had stupidly bought a one way ticket" Synonym(s): stupidly, doltishly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Date \Date\, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. [?], prob. not       the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.]       (Bot.)       The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.          Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,                containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,                and inclosing a hard kernel.          {Date palm}, [or] {Date tree} (Bot.), the genus of palms             which bear dates, of which common species is {Ph[d2]nix             dactylifera}. See Illust.          {Date plum} (Bot.), the fruit of several species of             {Diospyros}, including the American and Japanese             persimmons, and the European lotus ({D. Lotus}).          {Date shell}, or {Date fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve shell, or             its inhabitant, of the genus {Pholas}, and allied genera.             See {Pholas}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Altissimo \[d8]Al*tis"si*mo\, n. [It.; superl. of alto.]       (Mus.)       The part or notes situated above F in alt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Haliotis \[d8]Ha`li*o"tis\ (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] sea       + [?], [?], ear.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See {Abalone}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hylodes \[d8]Hy*lo"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] woody, wooded,       muddy; [?] a wood + [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.)       The piping frog ({Hyla Pickeringii}), a small American tree       frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and       ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lates \[d8]La"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a fish of the Nile.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species ({Lates       Niloticus}) inhabits the Nile, and another ({L. calcarifer})       is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are       valued as food fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Latex \[d8]La"tex\, n. [L.] (Bot.)       A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities       (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar       principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid,       and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Latigo \[d8]La"ti*go\, n. [Sp. l[a0]tigo.]       A strap for tightening a saddle girth. [Western U. S. & Sp.       Amer.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Latus rectum \[d8]La"tus rec"tum\ [L., the right side.] (Conic       Sections)       The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to       the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is       the parameter of the principal axis. See {Focus}, and       {Parameter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lithiasis \[d8]Li*thi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. li`qos       stone.] (Med.)       The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of       the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages.       --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lituus \[d8]Lit"u*us\, n.; pl. {Litui}. [L.]       1. (Rom. Antig.)             (a) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the                   heavens.             (b) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a                   somewhat curved form and shrill note.          2. (Math.) A spiral whose polar equation is r^{2}[theta] = a;             that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies             inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with             a given line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Weltschmertz \[d8]Welt"schmertz`\, n. [G., fr. welt world +       schmertz pain. See {World}; {Smart}, v. i.]       Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of       the world in general; sentimental pessimism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Welwitschia \[d8]Wel*witsch"i*a\, n. [NL. So named after the       discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.] (Bot.)       An African plant ({Welwitschia mirabilis}) belonging to the       order {Gnetace[91]}. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped       stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the       cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into       diverging segments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delitescence \Del`i*tes"cence\, n. [See {Delitescent}.]       1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement.                         The delitescence of mental activities. --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          2. (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delitescency \Del`i*tes"cen*cy\, n.       Concealment; seclusion.                   The mental organization of the novelist must be                characterized, to speak craniologically, by an                extraordinary development of the passion for                delitescency.                                          --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delitescent \Del`i*tes"cent\, a. [L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr.       of delitescere to lie hid.]       Lying hid; concealed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delitigate \De*lit"i*gate\, v. i. [L. delitigare to rail. See       {Litigate}.]       To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delitigation \De*lit`i*ga"tion\, n.       Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delta connection \Delta connection\ (Elec.)       One of the usual forms or methods for connecting apparatus to       a three-phase circuit, the three corners of the delta or       triangle, as diagrammatically represented, being connected to       the three wires of the supply circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delta current \Delta current\ (Elec.)       The current flowing through a delta connection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deltaic \Del*ta"ic\, a.       Relating to, or like, a delta.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delta \Del"ta\, n.; pl. {Deltas}. [Gr. de`lta, the name of the       fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of       which is [DELTA], Eng. D), from the Ph[d2]nician name of the       corresponding letter. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit       at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the Delta of the       Nile.]       A tract of land shaped like the letter delta ([DELTA]),       especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two       or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of       the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deltic \Del"tic\, a.       Deltaic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dialytic \Di`a*lyt"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?]. See {Dialysis}.]       Having the quality of unloosing or separating. --Clarke.          {Dialytic telescope}, an achromatic telescope in which the             colored dispersion produced by a single object lens of             crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or             combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at             a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of             rays, usually near the middle of the tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] viewing afar, farseeing;       [?] far, far off + [?] a watcher, akin to [?] to view: cf. F.       t[82]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and {-scope}.]       An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the       heavenly bodies.          Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first,                by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant                object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and,                secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a                larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ,                thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would                otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential                parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which                collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the                object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by                which the image is magnified.          {Achromatic telescope}. See under {Achromatic}.          {Aplanatic telescope}, a telescope having an aplanatic             eyepiece.          {Astronomical telescope}, a telescope which has a simple             eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the             image formed by the object glass, and consequently             exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in             astronomical observations.          {Cassegrainian telescope}, a reflecting telescope invented by             Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in             having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave,             and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian             represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their             natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust.             under {Reflecting telescope}, below) is a Cassegrainian             telescope.          {Dialytic telescope}. See under {Dialytic}.          {Equatorial telescope}. See the Note under {Equatorial}.          {Galilean telescope}, a refracting telescope in which the             eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the             common opera glass. This was the construction originally             adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It             exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural             positions.          {Gregorian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See             under {Gregorian}.          {Herschelian telescope}, a reflecting telescope of the form             invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one             speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the             object is formed near one side of the open end of the             tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly.          {Newtonian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See             under {Newtonian}.          {Photographic telescope}, a telescope specially constructed             to make photographs of the heavenly bodies.          {Prism telescope}. See {Teinoscope}.          {Reflecting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is             formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two             speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope,             and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an             object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian,             [and] Newtonian, telescopes}, above.          {Refracting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is             formed by refraction through an object glass.          {Telescope carp} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish.          {Telescope fish} (Zo[94]l.), a monstrous variety of the             goldfish having very protuberant eyes.          {Telescope fly} (Zo[94]l.), any two-winged fly of the genus             {Diopsis}, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies             are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long             stalks.          {Telescope shell} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated gastropod             ({Cerithium telescopium}) having numerous flattened             whorls.          {Telescope sight} (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to             the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as             a sight.          {Terrestrial telescope}, a telescope whose eyepiece has one             or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose             of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dialytic \Di`a*lyt"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?]. See {Dialysis}.]       Having the quality of unloosing or separating. --Clarke.          {Dialytic telescope}, an achromatic telescope in which the             colored dispersion produced by a single object lens of             crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or             combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at             a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of             rays, usually near the middle of the tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doltish \Dolt"ish\, a.       Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish       clown. -- {Dolt"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dolt"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doltish \Dolt"ish\, a.       Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish       clown. -- {Dolt"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dolt"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doltish \Dolt"ish\, a.       Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish       clown. -- {Dolt"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dolt"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duledge \Du"ledge\, n. (Mil.)       One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form       the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. --Wilhelm.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Delta County, CO (county, FIPS 29)       Location: 38.86222 N, 107.86119 W       Population (1990): 20980 (10082 housing units)       Area: 2958.3 sq km (land), 16.6 sq km (water)    Delta County, MI (county, FIPS 41)       Location: 45.77535 N, 86.87297 W       Population (1990): 37780 (17928 housing units)       Area: 3030.8 sq km (land), 2127.8 sq km (water)    Delta County, TX (county, FIPS 119)       Location: 33.38659 N, 95.67445 W       Population (1990): 4857 (2305 housing units)       Area: 717.9 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Delta Junction, AK (city, FIPS 18620)       Location: 64.06369 N, 145.70816 W       Population (1990): 652 (413 housing units)       Area: 39.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
delayed control-transfer          A technique used on the {SPARC} to reduce       the effect of {pipeline breaks} by executing the instruction       after a branch instruction (the "delay instruction" in the       "delay slot").   If there is no useful instruction which can be       placed in the delay slot then the "annul bit" on the control       transfer instruction can be set, preventing execution of the       delay instruction (unless the control transfer is conditional       and is taken).          Annulled branches are indicated in SPARC assembler language by       appending ",A" to the {operation code}.   For example,             LOOP: ...          CMP      %L0,10          BLE,A   LOOP          ADD      %L2, %L3, #L4          If the delay instruction is also a control transfer       instruction then it gets more complicated.   Both control       transfer instructions are executed (but not the following       instruction) and, assuming they are both taken, control is       transferred briefly to the destination of the first and then       immediately to the destination of the second.          (2001-06-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
delta conversion          {delta reduction}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DELTASE          A distributed processing environment concerned with       fault-tolerant and process-control applications from the       Esprit Delta-4 project.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dual-attached          The form of {FDDI} interface where a device is connected to       both FDDI token-passing rings, so that uninterrupted operation       continues in the event of a failure of either of the rings.       All connections to the main {FDDI} rings are dual-attached.       Typically, a small number of critical infrastructure devices       such as {router}s and {concentrator}s are dual-attached,       whereas {host} computers are normally single-attached or       {dual-homed} to a router or concentrator.          For example, a ring could be formed between a single router       and two concentrators (all dual-attached) then all other       components that need to be fault-tolerant (typically file       servers) can be {dual-homed} to both concentrators.          (1994-12-13)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dale, the king's       the name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh"       (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where the king of Sodom met Abraham       (Gen. 14:17). Some have identified it with the southern part of       the valley of Jehoshaphat, where Absalom reared his family       monument (2 Sam. 18:18).