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English Dictionary: Daniel Morgan	by the DICT Development Group
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Daniel Morgan n soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) Synonym(s): Morgan, Daniel Morgan
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Demulen n trade name for an oral contraceptive
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demyelinate v destroy the myelin sheath of; "the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers"
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demyelination n loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function
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Denali National Park n a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault
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Din Land n United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) Synonym(s): Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land
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dunlin n small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions Synonym(s): red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d892mail ombrant \[d8][92]`mail` om`brant"\ [F., shaded enamel.] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. --Ure.
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d8Analemma \[d8]An`a*lem"ma\ (-l[ecr]m"m[adot]), n. [L. analemma a sun dial on a pedestal, showing the latitude and meridian of a place, Gr. 'ana`lhmma a support, or thing supported, a sun dial, fr. 'analamba`nein to take up; 'ana` + lamba`nein to take.] 1. (Chem.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.
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d8Anallantoidea \[d8]An`allantoid"e*a\, n. pl. [Gr. 'an priv. + E. allantoidea.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
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d8M82lange \[d8]M[82]`lange"\, n. [F. See {Mell}, {Meddle}.] A mixture; a medley.
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d8Malambo \[d8]Ma*lam"bo\, n. [Pg.] A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub {Croton Malambo}.
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d8Malmag \[d8]Mal"mag\, n. [F., from native name in Madagascar.] (Zo[94]l.) The tarsius, or spectral lemur.
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d8Malum \[d8]Ma"lum\, n.; pl. {Mala}. [L.] An evil. See {Mala}.
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d8Mel91na \[d8]Me*l[91]"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, m., me`laina, f., black.] (Med.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.
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d8Melan91mia \[d8]Mel`an[91]"mia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, -anos, black + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
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d8Melancholia \[d8]Mel`ancho"lia\, n. [L. See {Melancholy}.] (Med.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
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d8Melanochroi \[d8]Mel`anoch"roi\, n. pl. [NL. See {Melanochroic}.] (Ethnol.) A group of the human race, including the dark whites.
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d8Melanoma \[d8]Mel`a*no"ma\, n.; L. pl. {-nomata}. [NL.; Gr. [?], [?], black + -oma.] (Med.) (a) A tumor containing dark pigment. (b) Development of dark-pigmented tumors.
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d8Melanorrhd2a \[d8]Mel`anorrh[d2]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, -anos, black + [?] to flow.] (Bot.) An East Indian genus of large trees. {Melanorrh[oe]a usitatissima} is the lignum-vit[91] of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.
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d8Melanosis \[d8]Mel`a*no"sis\, [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a growing black, fr. me`las, -anos, black.] (Med.) The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.
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d8Melena \[d8]Me*le"na\, n. (Med.) See {Mel[91]na}.
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d8Millionnaire \[d8]Mil`lion`naire"\, n. [F.] Millionaire.
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d8Myelencephala \[d8]My`elenceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Myelencephalon}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Vertebrata}.
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d8Myelencephalon \[d8]My`elenceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] marrow + E. encephalon.] (Anat.) (a) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal. (b) The metencephalon. --Huxley.
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d8Myelon \[d8]My"e*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] marrow.] (Anat.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)
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d8Myeloneura \[d8]My`eloneu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] + [?] a nerve.] (Zo[94]l.) The Vertebrata.
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d8Myolemma \[d8]My`o*lem"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a muscle + [?] skin.] (Anat.) Sarcolemma.
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d8Nelumbo \[d8]Ne*lum"bo\, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is {Nelumbo lutea}, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, {N. speciosa}. [Written also {Nelumbium}.]
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d8Noli-me-tangere \[d8]No"li-me-tan"ge*re\, n. [L., touch me not.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs ({Impatiens}) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See {Impatiens}. (b) The squirting cucumber. See under {Cucumber}. 2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to {Lupus exedens}, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
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Demilance \Dem"i*lance`\, n. A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.
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Demilancer \Dem"i*lan`cer\, n. A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.
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Demilune \Dem"i*lune`\, n. [F. demi- lune.] 1. (Fort.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See {Ravelin}. 2. (Physiol.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. Note: Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.
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Diamylene \Diam"ylene\, n. [Pref. di- + amylene.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, {C10H20}, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Down \Down\, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[?]n, ad[?]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up. 2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. --Shak. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Tennyson. And that drags down his life. --Tennyson. There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. --Addison. The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. --Shak. (b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet. I was down and out of breath. --Shak. The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. --Shak. He that is down needs fear no fall. --Bunyan. 3. From a remoter or higher antiquity. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. --D. Webster. 4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. --Arbuthnot. Note: Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation. Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. --Shak. If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down. --Locke. Down is also used intensively; as, to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down. The temple of Her[8a] at Argos was burnt down. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as, down East. Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London. --Stormonth. {Down helm} (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. {Down on} [or] {upon} (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power. Come down upon us with a mighty power. --Shak. {Down with}, take down, throw down, put down; -- used in energetic command. [bd]Down with the palace; fire it.[b8] --Dryden. {To be down on}, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.] {To cry down}. See under {Cry}, v. t. {To cut down}. See under {Cut}, v. t. {Up and down}, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. [bd]Let them wander up and down.[b8] --Ps. lix. 15.
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Downlying \Down"ly`ing\, n. The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. --Cavendish. {At the downlying}, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}. It is found both in Europe and America.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Denali National, AK Zip code(s): 99755
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dunellen, NJ (borough, FIPS 18490) Location: 40.58940 N, 74.46536 W Population (1990): 6528 (2496 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Dunnellon, FL (city, FIPS 18675) Location: 29.04954 N, 82.44845 W Population (1990): 1624 (959 housing units) Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)