Davy Crockett
         n 1: United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who
               died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) [syn:
               {Crockett}, {Davy Crockett}, {David Crockett}]

English Dictionary: Davy Crockett	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Davy's gray n slightly purplish or bluish dark grey [syn: iron blue, steel grey, steel gray, Davy's grey, Davy's gray]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Davy's grey n slightly purplish or bluish dark grey [syn: iron blue, steel grey, steel gray, Davy's grey, Davy's gray]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debaser n a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) Synonym(s): debaser, degrader
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debaucher n someone who assaults others sexually [syn: violator, debaucher, ravisher]
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debauchery n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debugger n a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
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deep cervical vein n a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name [syn: cervical vein, deep cervical vein, vena cervicalis profunda]
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deposer n a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviser n a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver, deviser]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devisor n someone who devises real property in a will
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diffuser n baffle that distributes sound waves evenly [syn: diffuser, diffusor] optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly Synonym(s): diffuser, diffusor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diffusor n baffle that distributes sound waves evenly [syn: diffuser, diffusor] optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly Synonym(s): diffuser, diffusor
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dip circle n a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) Synonym(s): inclinometer, dip circle
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divisor n one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" Synonym(s): divisor, factor the number by which a dividend is divided
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DuBois Heyward n United States writer (1885-1940) [syn: Heyward, {DuBois Heyward}, Edwin DuBois Hayward]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Abgeordnetenhaus \[d8]Ab"ge*ord`ne*ten*haus`\, n. [G.]       See {Legislature}, Austria, Prussia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocrisiary \Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry\, d8Apocrisiarius    \[d8]Ap`o*cris`i*a"ri*us\, n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius,       fr. Gr. [?] answer, fr. [?] to answer; [?] from + [?] to       separate.] (Eccl.)       A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate       at Constantinople.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Baccara \[d8]Bac`ca*ra"\, Baccarat \Bac`ca*rat"\, n. [F.]       A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Basso-rilievo \[d8]Bas"so-ri*lie"vo\, Basso-relievo    \Bas"so-re*lie"vo\, n. [It. basso-rilievo.]       Same as {Bas-relief}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Becard \[d8]Bec"ard\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A South American bird of the flycatcher family. ({Tityra       inquisetor}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bichir \[d8]Bi*chir"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A remarkable ganoid fish ({Polypterus bichir}) found in the       Nile and other African rivers. See {Brachioganoidei}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Buceros \[d8]Bu"ce*ros\, n. [Gr. boy`kerws horned like an ox;       boy^s ox + ke`ras horn.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bucranium \[d8]Bu*cra"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. {Bucrania}. [L., fr.       Gr. [?] ox head.]       A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with       wreaths, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8D82bouchure \[d8]D[82]`bou`chure"\, n. [F.]       The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epacris \[d8]Ep"a*cris\ ([ecr]p"[adot]*kr[icr]s), n. [NL.,       from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion       to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.)       A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc.,       having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much       resembling heaths.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epicardium \[d8]Ep`i*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon +       [?] heart.] (Anat.)       That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the       heart; the cardiac pericardium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epichirema \[d8]Ep`i*chi*re"ma\, n.; pl. {Epichiremata}. [L.,       fr. Gr. [?], from [?] to attempt to prove.] (Rhet. & Logic)       A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise,       or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the       conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also       {epicheirema}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epicranium \[d8]Ep`i*cra"ni*um\, n. [NL. See {Epi-}, and       {Cranium}.]       1. (Anat.) The upper and superficial part of the head,             including the scalp, muscles, etc.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fiacre \[d8]Fia"cre\, n. [F.]       A kind of French hackney coach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Figaro \[d8]Fi`ga`ro"\, n. [From the name of the barber in       Beaumarchais' [bd]Barber of Seville.[b8]]       An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Figurine \[d8]Fi`gu`rine"\ (? [or] ?), n. [F., dim. of       figure.]       A very small figure, whether human or of an animal;       especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished       from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze,       marble, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fissirostres \[d8]Fis`si*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus       (p. p. of findere to cleave) + rostrum beak.] (Zo[94]l.)       A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fissurella \[d8]Fis`su*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a       fissure.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or       limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also       {keyhole limpet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fjord \[d8]Fjord\ (fy[ocir]rd), n.       See {Fiord}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fossores \[d8]Fos*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fossor[?]       digger, fr. fodere to dig.] (Zo[94]l.)       A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps.       They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs,       with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young       when hatched. [Written also {Fossoria}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fossoria \[d8]Fos*so"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Fossores}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Habeas corpus \[d8]Ha"be*as corpus\ [L. you may have the       body.] (Law)       A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court       or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a       person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view       to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring       a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial.       --Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypocarp \Hy"po*carp\, d8Hypocarpium \[d8]Hy`po*car"pi*um\, n.       [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + [?] fruit.] (Bot.)       A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem,       below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of       {Cashew}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Observandum \[d8]Ob*ser`van"dum\, n.; pl. {Observanda}. [L.]       A thing to be observed. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Passeres \[d8]Pas"se*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. passer a       sparrow.] (Zo[94]l.)       An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of       all the known species. It embraces all singing birds       (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pecora \[d8]Pec"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pecus. See       {Pecuniary}.] (Zo[94]l.)       An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes,       deer, and cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Picari91 \[d8]Pi*ca"ri*[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a       woodpecker.] (Zo[94]l.)       An extensive division of birds which includes the       woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers,       motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made       to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Poseur \[d8]Po`seur"\, n. masc.; pl. {Poseurs}, d8Poseuse    \[d8]Po`seuse"\, n. fem.; pl. {Poseuses}, [F.]       A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Psora \[d8]Pso"ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Med.)       A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Psoriasis \[d8]Pso*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]       psora.] (Med.)       (a) The state of being affected with psora. [Obs.]       (b) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery             scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the             skin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pygarg \Py"garg\, d8Pygargus \[d8]Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr.       [?], literally, white rump; [?] the rump + white: cf. F.       pygargue.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope             having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The female of the hen harrier.             (b) The sea eagle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pygropodes \[d8]Py*grop"o*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes,       divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vacher \[d8]Va`cher"\, n. [F., from vache a cow. Cf.       {Vaquero}.]       A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vaquero \[d8]Va*que"ro\, n. [Sp., cowherd, fr. vaca a cow, L.       vacca. Cf. {Vacher}.]       One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman.       [Southwestern U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vigoroso \[d8]Vig`o*ro"so\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.)       Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a       passage with energy and force.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Viscera \[d8]Vis"ce*ra\, n.,       pl. of {Viscus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vizier-azem \[d8]Vi*zier`-a*zem"\, n. [Ar. azam great. See       {Vizier}.]       A grand vizier. See under {Vizier}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Voussoir \[d8]Vous`soir"\, n. [F., akin to vo[96]te an arch, a       vault.] (Arch.)       One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Voyageur \[d8]Voy`a`geur"\, n. [F., fr. voyager to travel. See       {Voyage}.]       A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur       companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the       land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;             commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.                         Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and                      secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.                         I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and                      the grace of the gift.                        --Longfellow.          7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister             goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the             attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They             were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,             Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the             inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to             wisdom, love, and social intercourse.                         The Graces love to weave the rose.      --Moore.                         The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.          8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and             formerly of the king of England.                         How fares your Grace !                        --Shak.          9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]                         Yielding graces and thankings to their lord                      Melibeus.                                          --Chaucer.          10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks             rendered, before or after a meal.          11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either             introduced by the performer, or indicated by the             composer, in which case the notation signs are called             grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.          12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the             government of the institution; a degree or privilege             conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.          13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of             motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one             player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of             each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}.          {Act of grace}. See under {Act}.          {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the             offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.                         That day of grace fleets fast away.   --I. Watts.          {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the             day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are             allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In             Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are             three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants             being different.          {Good graces}, favor; friendship.          {Grace cup}.             (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after                   grace.             (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.                               The grace cup follows to his sovereign's                            health.                                       --Hing.          {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a             grace cup.                         To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the                      custom of the grace drink, she having established it                      as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till                      grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.                                                                               Brit.          {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n.,             13.          {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and             def. 11 above.          {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.                      {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or             favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.          {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon.                         Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.          {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal.          {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;             graciously.          {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory             manner; ungraciously.                         What might have been done with a good grace would at                      least be done with a bad grace.         --Macaulay.          Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.          Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often                   interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar                   meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is                   spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy                   is kindness or compassion to the suffering or                   condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way                   for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debaser \De*bas"er\, n.       One who, or that which, debases.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debaucher \De*bauch"er\, n.       One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer       to lewdness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}.       1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or             allegiance.                         The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the                      debauchery of the army.                     --Burke.          2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,             excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality;             habitual lewdness.                         Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}.       1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or             allegiance.                         The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the                      debauchery of the army.                     --Burke.          2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,             excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality;             habitual lewdness.                         Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defacer \De*fa"cer\, n.       One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defiguration \De*fig`u*ra"tion\, n.       Disfiguration; mutilation. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defigure \De*fig"ure\, v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) + figure.]       To delineate. [Obs.]                   These two stones as they are here defigured. --Weever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deposer \De*pos"er\, n.       1. One who deposes or degrades from office.          2. One who testifies or deposes; a deponent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deviser \De*vis"er\, n.       One who devises.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devisor \De*vis"or\, n. (Law)       One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; --       correlative to devisee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diffuser \Dif*fus"er\, n.       One who, or that which, diffuses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inclinnometer \In`clin*nom"e*ter\, n. [Incline + -meter.]       (Magnetism)       An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's       magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also       {inclination compass}, and {dip circle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diphycercal \Diph`y*cer"cal\, a. [Gr. difyh`s double (di- =       di`s- twice + fy`ein to produce) + ke`rkos tail.] (Anat.)       Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the       notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See       {Protocercal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divisor \Di*vi"sor\, n. [L., fr. dividere. See {Divide}.]       (Math.)       The number by which the dividend is divided.          {Common divisor}. (Math.) See under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.)       A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly       prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in       the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doub grass \Doub" grass`\(Bot.)       Doob grass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.)       A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly       prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in       the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doub grass \Doub" grass`\(Bot.)       Doob grass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.)       A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly       prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in       the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Davis Creek, CA       Zip code(s): 96108
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dove Creek, CO (town, FIPS 21265)       Location: 37.76599 N, 108.90523 W       Population (1990): 643 (305 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 81324
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
divisor          A quantity that evenly divides another quantity.          Unless otherwise stated, use of this term implies that the       quantities involved are integers.   (For non-integers, the more       general term {factor} may be more appropriate.)             Example: 3 is a divisor of 15.          Example: 3 is not a divisor of 14.          (1997-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DV cartridge          (Digital Video?)   A plug-in circuit cartridge required       by some games consoles in order to play {MPEG} video material.          (1994-11-02)