English Dictionary: dead-men's-fingers | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Ad hominem \[d8]Ad hom"i*nem\ [L., to the man.] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Adenoma \[d8]Ad`e*no"ma\, n.; L. pl. {-mata}. [NL.; adeno- + -oma.] (Med.) A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. -- {Ad`e*nom"a*tous}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Adynamia \[d8]Ad`y*na"mi*a\, n. [NL. adynamia, fr. Gr. [?] want of strength; [?] priv + [?] power, strength.] (Med.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. --Dunglison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Atman \[d8]At"man\, n. [Skr. [be]tman.] (Hinduism) (a) The life principle, soul, or individual essence. (b) The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise. This sense is a European excrescence on the East Indian thought. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Didynamia \[d8]Did`y*na"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] power.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Didynamian \[d8]Did`y*na"mi*an\, a. Didynamous. | |
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d8Duodenum \[d8]Du`o*de"num\, n. [NL., fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodenum. So called because its length is about twelve fingers' breadth.] (Anat.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under {Digestive}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deaden \Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d[?]dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dead-eye \Dead"-eye`\, n. (Naut.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also {deadman's eye}. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Detain \De*tain"\ (d[esl]*t[amac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[82]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Detainment \De*tain"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. detenement.] Detention. [R.] --Blackstone. | |
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Didymium \Di*dym"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] twin.] (Chem.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See {Neodymium}, and {Praseodymium}. | |
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Didynamous \Di*dyn"a*mous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dodman \Dod"man\, n. 1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Nares. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Data Management Language 1. Any language for manipulating data or files, e.g. {IBM}'s {Distributed Data Management} (DDM). 2. An early {ALGOL}-like language with lists and graphics, that ran on the {Honeywell 635}. ["DML: A Data Management Language", D.W. Bray et al, GE, Syracuse NY]. (1999-06-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Data Manipulation Language language for the manipulation of data in a {database} by applications and/or directly by end-users. {SQL} contains DML commands such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE. See also {Data Definition Language} (DDL). (1999-04-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
data mining look for trends or anomalies without knowledge of the meaning of the data. Data mining was invented by {IBM} who hold some related patents. Data mining may well be done on a {data warehouse}. {ShowCase STRATEGY (http://www.showcasecorp.com/)} is an example of a data mining tool. (2001-02-08) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dedanim the descendants of Dedan, the son of Raamah. They are mentioned in Isa. 21:13 as sending out "travelling companies" which lodged "in the forest of Arabia." They are enumerated also by Ezekiel (27:20) among the merchants who supplied Tyre with precious things. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dodanim leaders, a race descended from Javan (Gen. 10:4). They are known in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting Illyricum. They were a semi-Pelasgic race, and in the ethnographical table (Gen. 10) they are grouped with the Chittim (q.v.). In 1 Chr. 1:7, they are called Rodanim. The LXX. and the Samaritan Version also read Rhodii, whence some have concluded that the Rhodians, the inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, are meant. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dedanim, the descendants of Dedan |