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   dampen
         v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn:
               {stifle}, {dampen}] [ant: {excite}, {stimulate}]
         2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: {moisten},
            {wash}, {dampen}]
         3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
            {muffle}, {mute}, {dull}, {damp}, {dampen}, {tone down}]
         4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
         5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
            "muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {deaden}, {damp}]
         6: check; keep in check (a fire)
         7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
            [syn: {dampen}, {damp}, {soften}, {weaken}, {break}]

English Dictionary: dampen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dampener
n
  1. a device that dampens or moistens something; "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them"
    Synonym(s): dampener, moistener
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dampening
n
  1. the act of making something slightly wet [syn: moistening, dampening]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damping off
n
  1. a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damping off fungus
n
  1. fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings [syn: damping off fungus, Pythium debaryanum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dampness
n
  1. a slight wetness
    Synonym(s): damp, dampness, moistness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Demavend
n
  1. an active volcano in northern Iran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dien Bien Phu
n
  1. the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DNA fingerprint
n
  1. biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
    Synonym(s): DNA fingerprint, genetic fingerprint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
down payment
n
  1. a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
    Synonym(s): down payment, deposit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downbound
adj
  1. heading in any direction that is conventionally down; "a downbound channel"; "the downbound train"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumb bomb
n
  1. a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target
    Synonym(s): dumb bomb, gravity bomb
    Antonym(s): smart bomb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbfound
v
  1. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbfounded
adj
  1. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
    Synonym(s): dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbfounding
adj
  1. bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn: astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbness
n
  1. the quality of being mentally slow and limited [syn: denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumfounded
adj
  1. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
    Synonym(s): dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumfounding
adj
  1. bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn: astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumpiness
n
  1. a short and stout physique [syn: dumpiness, squattiness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumping
n
  1. selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dynapen
n
  1. antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin
    Synonym(s): dicloxacillin, Dynapen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ambon \[d8]Am"bon\, n.
      Same as {Ambo}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amphineura \[d8]Am`phi*neu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. [?] + [?]
      sinew, nerve.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry
      of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amphiuma \[d8]Am`phi*u"ma\ ([acr]m`f[icr]*[umac]"m[adot]), n.
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States,
      having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two
      persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Embonpoint \[d8]Em`bon`point"\, n. [F., fr. en bon point in
      good condition. See {Bon}, and {Point}.]
      Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat
      corpulent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Empyema \[d8]Em`py*e"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], from [?] to
      suppurate; [?] in + [?] pus.] (Med.)
      A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of
      the body, especially that of the pleura. --Dunglison.
  
      Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of
               pus in the cavity of the pleura.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Impennes \[d8]Im*pen"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not +
      penna feather.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the
      wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Impoon \[d8]Im*poon"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The duykerbok.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Infanta \[d8]In*fan"ta\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fem. of infante. See
      {Infante}.]
      A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of
      Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Infante \[d8]In*fan"te\, n. [Sp. & Pg. See {Infant}.]
      A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and
      Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Infinito \[d8]In`fi*ni"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
      Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the
      beginning. See {Infinite}, a., 5.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Infundibulum \[d8]In`fun*dib"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Infundibula},
      E. {Infundibulums}. [L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in
      or into. See {Infuse}.]
      1. (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the
            infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process,
            connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the
            pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged
            terminations of the bronchial tubes.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the
                  gastric sac leads.
            (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See {Cephalopoda}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Neuvaines \[d8]Neu`vaines"\, n. pl. [F. neuvaine, fr. LL.
      novena, fr. L. novem. See {Noon}.] (R.C.Ch.)
      Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nova \[d8]No"va\ (n[omac]"v[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Nov[91]}
      (-v[emac]), E. {Novas} (-v[adot]z). [L., fem. sing. of novus
      new.] (Astron.)
      A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief
      period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are
      supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star
      with interstellar nebulosities.
  
      Note: The most important modern nov[91] are:
  
      {[d8]No"va Co*ro"n[91] Bo`re*a"lis}[1866];
  
      {[d8]No"va Cyg"ni}[1876];
  
      {[d8]No"va An*dro"me*d[91]}[1885];
  
      {[d8]No"va Au*ri"g[91]}[1891-92];
  
      {[d8]No"va Per"se*i}[1901]. There are two nov[91] called
            {Nova Persei}. They are:
      (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881.
      (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901.
            It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night
            (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky. By July
            it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding
            nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving
            radially outward from the star at incredible velocity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Timpano \[d8]Tim"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Timpani}. [It.] (Mus.)
      See {Tympano}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tympanites \[d8]Tym`pa*ni"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] a
      kettledrum.] (Med.)
      A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tympano \[d8]Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Tympani}. [It. timpano. See
      {Tympanum}.] (Mus.)
      A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the
      kettledrums of an orchestra. See {Kettledrum}. [Written also
      {timpano}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dambonite \Dam"bo*nite\ (-b[osl]*n[imac]t), n. [Cf. F.
      dambonite.] (Chem.)
      A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an
      African caoutchouc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Dampening}.]
      1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
  
      2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
  
                     In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
                                                                              --The Century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dampen \Damp"en\, v. i.
      To become damp; to deaden. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Dampening}.]
      1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
  
      2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
  
                     In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
                                                                              --The Century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Dampening}.]
      1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
  
      2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
  
                     In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
                                                                              --The Century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.]
      1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately
            wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
  
      2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to
            cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make
            dull; to weaken; to discourage. [bd]To damp your tender
            hopes.[b8] --Akenside.
  
                     Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements,
                     and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring
                     if it were not for this slug.            --Bacon.
  
                     How many a day has been damped and darkened by an
                     angry word!                                       --Sir J.
                                                                              Lubbock.
  
                     The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of
                     the soldiers.                                    --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dampne \Damp"ne\, v. t.
      To damn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dampness \Damp"ness\, n.
      Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Danubian \Da*nu"bi*an\, a.
      Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen,
      eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten,
      one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks,
      from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.]
      1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical
            and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary,
            subordinate to a bishop.
  
      {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter;
            he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to
            bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its
            estates.
  
      {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has
            some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the
            jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.]
  
      {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care
            and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or
            districts of the diocese.
  
      2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and
            Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard
            to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley.
  
      3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some
            colleges or universities.
  
      4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of
            a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific
            department. [U.S.]
  
      5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony;
            as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by
            courtesy.
  
      {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of
            cardinals at Rome. --Shipley.
  
      {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body
            of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and
            his canons or prebendaries.
  
      {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches.
  
      {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or
            barristers; specifically, the president of the
            incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh.
  
      {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and
            still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty
            is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see
            that they conform to the law.
  
      {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior
            over ten monks.
  
      {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dempne \Demp"ne\v. t.
      To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
      dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf.
      {Dummy}.]
      1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
            articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
  
                     To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
            accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
  
                     This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
  
                     To pierce into the dumb past.            -- J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
  
                     Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
                                                                              --De Foe.
  
      {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}.
  
      {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever
            which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.]
  
      {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
            to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
            to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8]
  
      {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
            eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
            future husbands. --Halliwell.
  
      {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
            ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the
            tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
            speech.
  
      {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}.
  
      {Dumb show}.
            (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
                  in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and
                  noise.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
                  in dumb show.
  
      {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
            by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
            speech.
  
      Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft
      (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte
      strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.)
      A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the
      harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated
      length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by
      keys.
  
      {Dumb piano}. See {Digitorium}.
  
      {Grand piano}. See under {Grand}.
  
      {Square piano}, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong
            case.
  
      {Upright piano}, one with an upright frame and vertical
            wires.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Digitorium \Dig`i*to"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.]
      A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the
      fingers; -- called also {dumb piano}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft
      (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte
      strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.)
      A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the
      harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated
      length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by
      keys.
  
      {Dumb piano}. See {Digitorium}.
  
      {Grand piano}. See under {Grand}.
  
      {Square piano}, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong
            case.
  
      {Upright piano}, one with an upright frame and vertical
            wires.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Digitorium \Dig`i*to"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.]
      A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the
      fingers; -- called also {dumb piano}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.]
      To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
      {dumbfound}.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumfounder \Dum"found`er\, v. t.
      To dumfound; to confound. [Written also {dumbfounder}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumbness \Dumb"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence;
      inability to speak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.]
      To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
      {dumbfound}.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.]
      To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
      {dumbfound}.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumfounder \Dum"found`er\, v. t.
      To dumfound; to confound. [Written also {dumbfounder}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.]
      To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
      {dumbfound}.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumpiness \Dump"i*ness\, n.
      The state of being dumpy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel.
      dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw.
      dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.]
      1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence,
            to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand,
            coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body
            of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called
            also {dump car}, or {dump cart}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel.
      dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw.
      dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.]
      1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence,
            to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand,
            coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body
            of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called
            also {dump car}, or {dump cart}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hopper \Hop"per\, n. [See 1st {Hop}.]
      1. One who, or that which, hops.
  
      2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an
            opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any
            material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its
            trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining
            or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a
            furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
  
      3. (Mus.) See {Grasshopper}, 2.
  
      4. pl. A game. See {Hopscotch}. --Johnson.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) See {Grasshopper}, and {Frog hopper}, {Grape hopper},
                  {Leaf hopper}, {Tree hopper}, under {Frog}, {Grape},
                  {Leaf}, and {Tree}.
            (b) The larva of a cheese fly.
  
      6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to
            sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a
            mechanical contrivance; -- called also {dumping scow}.
  
      {Bell and hopper} (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a
            blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced,
            while the gases are retained.
  
      {Hopper boy}, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread
            meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the
            floor, through which it falls.
  
      {Hopper closet}, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in
            which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap.
           
  
      {Hopper cock}, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a
            water-closet.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dana Point, CA (city, FIPS 17946)
      Location: 33.45700 N, 117.69634 W
      Population (1990): 31896 (14666 housing units)
      Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 77.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Danevang, TX
      Zip code(s): 77432

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Doniphan, MO (city, FIPS 19792)
      Location: 36.62291 N, 90.82204 W
      Population (1990): 1713 (905 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Doniphan, NE (village, FIPS 13365)
      Location: 40.77354 N, 98.37117 W
      Population (1990): 736 (293 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68832

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Doniphan County, KS (county, FIPS 43)
      Location: 39.78891 N, 95.14771 W
      Population (1990): 8134 (3337 housing units)
      Area: 1015.8 sq km (land), 12.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Donovan, IL (village, FIPS 20331)
      Location: 40.88540 N, 87.61472 W
      Population (1990): 361 (162 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60931
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