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   dirtily
         adv 1: in a sordid manner; "as dirtily drunk as usual"
         2: in a filthy unclean manner; "a dirtily dressed camel driver"
            [syn: {dirtily}, {filthily}]

English Dictionary: Dorothea Lynde Dix by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty laundry
n
  1. personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
    Synonym(s): dirty linen, dirty laundry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty linen
n
  1. personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
    Synonym(s): dirty linen, dirty laundry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty old man
n
  1. a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothea Lange
n
  1. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965)
    Synonym(s): Lange, Dorothea Lange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothea Lynde Dix
n
  1. United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
    Synonym(s): Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothy L. Sayers
n
  1. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957) [syn: Sayers, Dorothy Sayers, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Leigh Sayers]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothy Leigh Sayers
n
  1. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957) [syn: Sayers, Dorothy Sayers, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Leigh Sayers]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
draw the line
v
  1. reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"
    Synonym(s): draw the line, draw a line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreadlock
n
  1. one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dryadella
n
  1. comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
    Synonym(s): Dryadella, genus Dryadella
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aard-wolf \[d8]Aard"-wolf`\ ([aum]rd"w[oocr]lf), n. [D,
      earth-wolf] (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivorous quadruped ({Proteles Lalandii}), of South
      Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See {Proteles}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hordeolum \[d8]Hor*de"o*lum\, n. [NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim.
      of hordeum barley.] (Med.)
      A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley;
      a sty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Radiale \[d8]Ra`di*a"le\, n.; pl. {Radialia}. [NL. See
      {Radial}.]
      1. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage of the carpus which
            articulates with the radius and corresponds to the
            scaphoid bone in man.
  
      2. pl. (Zo[94]l.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Radiolaria \[d8]Ra`di*o*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Radioli}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or
      shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia
      project from the body like rays. It includes the
      polycystines. See {Polycystina}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Radioli \[d8]Ra*di"o*li\, n. pl.; sing. {Radiolus}. [NL., dim.
      of L. radius radius: cf. L. radiolus a feeble sunbeam.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Radula \[d8]Rad"u*la\, n.; pl. {Radul[91]}. [L., a scraper,
      fr. radere to scrape.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called
      also {lingual ribbon}, and {tongue}. See {Odontophore}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Rotula \[d8]Rot"u*la\, n. [L., a little wheel; cf. It.
      rotula.] (Anat.)
      The patella, or kneepan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tortilla \[d8]Tor*til"la\, n. [Sp.]
      An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron
      or stone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Trou-de-loup \[d8]Trou"-de-loup"\, n.; pl. {Trous-de-loup}.
      [F. trou hole + de of + loup wolf.] (Mil.)
      A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed
      as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a
      pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also
      {trapholes}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Urodela \[d8]U`ro*de"la\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. [?] tail + [?]
      visible.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and
      often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied
      animals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dartle \Dar"tle\, v. t. & i.
      To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: --
      frequentative of dart.
  
               My star that dartles the red and the blue. --R.
                                                                              Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diarrheal \Di`ar*rhe"al\, Diarrhd2al \Di`ar*rh[d2]"al\ a. (Med.)
      Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dirtily \Dirt"i*ly\, adv.
      In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly;
      sordidly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dreadless \Dread"less\, a.
      1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as,
            dreadless heart. [bd]The dreadless angel.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. [bd] safe
            in his dreadless den.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dreadless \Dread"less\, adv.
      Without doubt. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dreadlessness \Dread"less*ness\, n.
      Freedom from dread.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dreadly \Dread"ly\, a.
      Dreadful. [Obs.] [bd]Dreadly spectacle.[b8] --Spenser. --
      adv. With dread. [Obs.] [bd]Dreadly to shake.[b8] --Sylvester
      (Du Bartas).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Druid Hills, GA (CDP, FIPS 24264)
      Location: 33.78710 N, 84.32605 W
      Population (1990): 12174 (4794 housing units)
      Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Druid Hills, KY (city, FIPS 22474)
      Location: 38.26400 N, 85.66213 W
      Population (1990): 305 (142 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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