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   dearly
         adv 1: in a sincere and heartfelt manner; "I would dearly love
                  to know" [syn: {dearly}, {in a heartfelt way}]
         2: at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost
            him dear" [syn: {dearly}, {dear}]
         3: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her
            affectionately" [syn: {dearly}, {affectionately}, {dear}]

English Dictionary: dearly by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derail
v
  1. cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
  2. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
    Synonym(s): derail, jump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diarrheal
adj
  1. of or relating to diarrhea [syn: diarrheal, diarrhoeal, diarrhetic, diarrhoetic, diarrheic, diarrhoeic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diarrhoeal
adj
  1. of or relating to diarrhea [syn: diarrheal, diarrhoeal, diarrhetic, diarrhoetic, diarrheic, diarrhoeic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Diuril
n
  1. a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension
    Synonym(s): chlorothiazide, Diuril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dourly
adv
  1. in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drawl
n
  1. a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
v
  1. lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drill
n
  1. a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
  2. similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
    Synonym(s): drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus
  3. systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
    Synonym(s): exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation
  4. (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
v
  1. make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
    Synonym(s): bore, drill
  2. train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
  3. learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
    Synonym(s): drill, exercise, practice, practise
  4. teach by repetition
  5. undergo military training or do military exercises
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drily
adv
  1. in a dry laconic manner; "I know that," he said dryly
    Synonym(s): laconically, dryly, drily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
droll
adj
  1. comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drool
n
  1. pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
  2. saliva spilling from the mouth
    Synonym(s): drool, dribble, drivel, slobber
v
  1. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated"
    Synonym(s): salivate, drool
  2. let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
    Synonym(s): drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry wall
n
  1. a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
    Synonym(s): wallboard, drywall, dry wall
  2. a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar
    Synonym(s): dry wall, dry-stone wall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry-wall
v
  1. construct with drywall; "dry-wall the basement of the house"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dryly
adv
  1. in a dry laconic manner; "I know that," he said dryly
    Synonym(s): laconically, dryly, drily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drywall
n
  1. a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
    Synonym(s): wallboard, drywall, dry wall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dural
adj
  1. of or relating to the dura mater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Durrell
n
  1. English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990)
    Synonym(s): Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aurelia \[d8]Au*re"li*a\ (?; 106), n. [NL., fr. L. aurum gold:
      cf. F. aur[82]lie. Cf. {Chrysalis}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting
            a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the
            butterflies.
      (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See {Discophora}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aureola \[d8]Au*re"o*la\, Aureole \Au"re*ole\, n. [F.
      aur[82]ole, fr. L. aureola, (fem adj.) of gold (sc. corona
      crown), dim. of aureus. See {Aureate}, {Oriole}.]
      1. (R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added
            to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins,
            martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the
            flesh, and the devil.
  
      2. The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters
            surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ,
            saints, and others held in special reverence.
  
      Note: Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus;
               when it envelops the whole body, an aureola.
               --Fairholt.
  
      3. A halo, actual or figurative.
  
                     The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun
                     during total eclipses.                        --Proctor.
  
                     The aureole of young womanhood.         --O. W.
                                                                              Holmes.
  
      4. (Anat.) See {Areola}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Euryale \[d8]Eu*ry"a*le\, n. [NL., fr. Euryale, one of the
      Gorgons.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and
            China. The only species ({E. ferox}) is very prickly on
            the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used
            as food.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Orlo \[d8]Or"lo\, n. [Sp.] (Mus.)
      A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8R83le \[d8]R[83]le\, n. [F. r[83]le. Cf. {Rail} the bird.]
      (Med.)
      An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying
      the normal respiratory sounds. See {Rhonchus}.
  
      Note: Various kinds are distinguished by pathologists;
               differing in intensity, as loud and small; in quality,
               as moist, dry, clicking, and sonorous; and in origin,
               as tracheal, pulmonary, and pleural.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Rouleau \[d8]Rou`leau"\, n.; pl. F. {Rouleaux} (F. [?]; E.
      [?]), E. {Rouleaus}. [F., a roll, dim. fr. fr. r[93]le,
      formerly also spelt roulle. See {Roll}.]
      A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something
      resembling such a roll.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Torula \[d8]Tor"u*la\, n.; pl. {Torul[91]} [NL., dim. of L.
      torus a semicircular molding.] (Biol.)
      (a) A chain of special bacteria.
      (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as {Saccharomyces.} Also
            used adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Trillo \[d8]Tril"lo\, n. [It. See {Trill}.] (Mus.)
      A trill or shake. See {Trill}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dariole \Da`ri*ole"\, n. [F.]
      1. A crustade. [Obs.]
  
      2. A shell or cup of pastry filled with custard, whipped
            cream, crushed macaroons, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n.
  
      {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but
            beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four
            hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,
            as that most used by astronomers.
  
      {Born days}. See under {Born}.
  
      {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}.
  
      {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary
            reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning
            at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two
            series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized
            by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and
            Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews
            at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.
           
  
      {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}.
  
      {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day;
            continually; without intermission of a day. See under
            {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common
            Prayer.
  
      {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return
            of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called
            because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,
            or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.
  
      {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a
            suit.
  
      {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which
            devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.
  
      {Days of grace}. See {Grace}.
  
      {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is
            obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.
  
      {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk
            owl}.
  
      {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)
            allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go
            beyond the prison limits for a single day.
  
      {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in
            distinction from a boarding school.
  
      {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}.
  
      {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's
            course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
  
      {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as,
            he improves from day to day.
  
      {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset.
  
      {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the
            apparent solar days of the year.
  
      {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually
            of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later.
            [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a
            husband.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance;
            temporarily. --Bacon.
  
      {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits
            of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The
            Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.
  
      {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.
            Butler.
  
      {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.
           
  
      {Working day}.
            (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction
                  from Sundays and legal holidays.
            (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,
                  during which a workman, hired at a stated price per
                  day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dearly \Dear"ly\, adv.
      1. In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as,
            to love one dearly.
  
      2. At a high rate or price; grievously.
  
                     He buys his mistress dearly with his throne.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. Exquisitely. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Derail \De*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derailed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Derailing}.]
      To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a
      locomotive. --Lardner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diarial \Di*a"ri*al\, Diarian \Di*a"ri*an\, a. [See {Diary}.]
      Pertaining to a diary; daily.

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]:
   Direly \Dire"ly\, adv.
      In a dire manner. --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dirl \Dirl\, v. i. & t. [Cf. {Drill}, {Thrill}.]
      To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dowral \Dow"ral\, a.
      Of or relating to a dower. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drail \Drail\, v. t. & i. [[?][?][?].]
      To trail; to draggle. [Obs.] --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drawl \Drawl\, v. i.
      To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness,
      lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
  
               Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a
               drawling and dreaming way about it.         --Landor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drawl \Drawl\, n.
      A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drawl \Drawl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drawled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Drawling}.] [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry,
      Icel. dralla to loiter. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draggle}.]
      To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dreul \Dreul\, v. i.
      To drool. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, v. i.
      To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, n.
      1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
            holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with
            its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a
            succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill
            press.
  
      2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the
            military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution
            of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict
            instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of
            any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as,
            infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
  
      3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
            and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin
            grammar.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which
            kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through
            the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx
            cinerea}.
  
      {Bow drill}, {Breast drill}. See under {Bow}, {Breast}.
  
      {Cotter drill}, [or] {Traverse drill}, a machine tool for
            drilling slots.
  
      {Diamond drill}. See under {Diamond}.
  
      {Drill jig}. See under {Jig}.
  
      {Drill pin}, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem
            of the key.
  
      {Drill sergeant} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose
            office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and
            to train them to military exercises and evolutions.
  
      {Vertical drill}, a drill press.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Drilling}.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably
      akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See {Thrill}.]
      1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to
            perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a
            piece of metal.
  
      2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as
            soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to
            instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch
            of knowledge; to discipline.
  
                     He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he
                     drilled his grenadiers.                     -- Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, v. i.
      1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] --Sandys.
  
      2. To sow in drills.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, n.
      1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.]
  
                     Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their
                     drills.                                             --Sandys.
  
      2. (Agr.)
            (a) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and
                  sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them
                  into the hole made.
            (b) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into
                  sowing.
            (c) A row of seed sown in a furrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, v. t. [Cf. {Trill} to trickle, {Trickle},
      {Dribble}, and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.]
      1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to
            drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy
            stratum. [R.] --Thomson.
  
      2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a
            row, like a trickling rill of water.
  
      3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on.
            [Obs.]
  
                     See drilled him on to five-fifty.      -- Addison.
  
      4. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.]
  
                     This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. --
                                                                              Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, n. [Cf. {Mandrill}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large African baboon ({Cynocephalus leucoph[91]us}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)
      Same as {Drilling}.
  
      {Imperial drill}, a linen fabric having two threads in the
            warp and three in the filling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drily \Dri"ly\, adv.
      See {Dryly}. --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droil \Droil\, v. i. [D. druilen to mope.]
      To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droil \Droil\, n. [D. druil sluggard. Cf. {Droll}.]
      1. A drudge. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      2. Mean labor; toil.[Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Drolling}.]
      To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droll \Droll\, v. t.
      1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest;
            to cajole.
  
                     Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may
                     yet be laughed or drolled into them.   --L'Estrange.
  
      2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.]
  
                     This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. -- W.
                                                                              D. Howells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droll \Droll\, a. [Compar. {Droller}; superl. {Drollest}.] [F.
      dr[93]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick
      and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance,
      demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf,
      imp, Icel. tr[94]ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If
      this is the origin, cf. {Trull}.]
      Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity;
      amusing and strange.
  
      Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous;
               ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry;
               laughable; ludicrous. -- {Droll}, {Laughable},
               {Comical}. Laughable is the generic term, denoting
               anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter;
               comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in
               comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in
               comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous;
               droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to
               persons or things which excite laughter by their
               buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical
               adventure; a droll story.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droll \Droll\, n.
      1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a
            jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. --Prior.
  
      2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet,
            a farce, and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drool \Drool\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Drooling}.] [Contr. fr. drivel.]
      To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
  
               His mouth drooling with texts.               -- T. Parker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droyle \Droyle\, v. i.
      See {Droil}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dryly \Dry"ly\, adv.
      In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without
      sympathy; coldly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dural \Du"ral\, a. (Anat.)
      Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Doral, FL (CDP, FIPS 17935)
      Location: 25.81923 N, 80.35562 W
      Population (1990): 3126 (1699 housing units)
      Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dryhill, KY
      Zip code(s): 41749

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   DROOL
  
      Dave's Recycled Object-Oriented Language.   Language
      for writing adventure games.   An updated implementation of
      AdvSys.   {multiple inheritance}, garbage collection.
  
      ["Dave's Recycled OO Language", David Betz, Dr. Dobbs J, Oct
      1993, pp.74-78].
  
  
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