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   deactivate
         v 1: remove from active military status or reassign; "The men
               were deactivated after five years of service"
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            {inactivate}, {deactivate}] [ant: {activate}]

English Dictionary: deceitfulness	by the DICT Development Group
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deactivation n breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) Synonym(s): deactivation, inactivation the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) Synonym(s): deactivation, defusing Antonym(s): activation
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deceitful adj intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" Synonym(s): deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray Synonym(s): ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued
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deceitfully adv in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend" Synonym(s): dishonestly, venally, deceitfully Antonym(s): aboveboard, honestly
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deceitfulness n the quality of being crafty [syn: craftiness, deceitfulness, guile]
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desktop n the top of a desk (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear Synonym(s): background, desktop, screen background
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desktop computer n a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace
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desktop publishing n (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials
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destabilisation n the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) Synonym(s): destabilization, destabilisation Antonym(s): stabilisation, stabilization
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destabilise v become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly" [syn: destabilize, destabilise] Antonym(s): stabilise, stabilize make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government" Synonym(s): destabilize, destabilise Antonym(s): stabilise, stabilize
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destabilization n an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) Synonym(s): destabilization, destabilisation Antonym(s): stabilisation, stabilization
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destabilize v become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly" [syn: destabilize, destabilise] Antonym(s): stabilise, stabilize make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government" Synonym(s): destabilize, destabilise Antonym(s): stabilise, stabilize
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dicot family n family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Synonym(s): dicot family, magnoliopsid family
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Dictaphone n a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation
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Dictyophera n closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus Synonym(s): Dictyophera, genus Dictyophera
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Dictyoptera n in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera Synonym(s): Dictyoptera, order Dictyoptera
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dictyopteran adj of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera
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dictyopterous insect n cockroaches and mantids
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disadvantage n the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position Antonym(s): advantage, vantage v put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" Synonym(s): disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour Antonym(s): advantage
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disadvantaged adj marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law" Synonym(s): deprived, disadvantaged
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disadvantageous adj constituting a disadvantage Antonym(s): advantageous
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disadvantageously adv in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" Synonym(s): badly, disadvantageously Antonym(s): advantageously, well
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distaff adj characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" Synonym(s): female, distaff n the sphere of work by women the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
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dogwood family n a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia Synonym(s): Cornaceae, family Cornaceae, dogwood family
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Dostoevski n Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) Synonym(s): Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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Dostoevskian adj of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski Synonym(s): Dostoevskian, Dostoyevskian
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Dostoevsky n Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) Synonym(s): Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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Dostoyevskian adj of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski Synonym(s): Dostoevskian, Dostoyevskian
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Dostoyevsky n Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) Synonym(s): Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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duckweed family n family of small free-floating thalloid plants [syn: Lemnaceae, family Lemnaceae, duckweed family]
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duct tape n a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses; "duct tape holds the world together"
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dust bag n a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner [syn: dust bag, vacuum bag]
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dust bowl n a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
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dust devil n a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
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dustbin n a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn: ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin]
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dustpan n the quantity that a dustpan will hold [syn: dustpan, dustpanful] a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept
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dustpanful n the quantity that a dustpan will hold [syn: dustpan, dustpanful]
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dustup n an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" Synonym(s): quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
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Dwight David Eisenhower n United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) Synonym(s): Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower
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Dwight Davis n United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) Synonym(s): Davis, Dwight Davis, Dwight Filley Davis
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Dwight Filley Davis n United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) Synonym(s): Davis, Dwight Davis, Dwight Filley Davis
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dyestuff n a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair Synonym(s): dye, dyestuff
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dystopia n state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror Antonym(s): utopia a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
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dystopian adj of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag Antonym(s): utopian
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler.
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Yam \Yam\ (y[acr]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native name.] (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus {Dioscorea}; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is {D. sativa}, but several others are cultivated. {Chinese yam}, a plant ({Dioscorea Batatas}) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species. {Wild yam}. (a) A common plant ({Dioscorea villosa}) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) An orchidaceous plant ({Gastrodia sesamoides}) of Australia and Tasmania.
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d8Acetabulifera \[d8]Ac`etab`ulif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Acetabuliferous}.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See {Cephalopoda}.
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d8Acetabulum \[d8]Ac`etab"ulum\, n. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc. 2. (Anat.) (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
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d8Cadaver \[d8]Ca*da"ver\, n. [L., fr cadere to fall.] A dead human body; a corpse.
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d8Catabasion \[d8]Cat`a*ba"sion\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kataba`sion.] A vault under altar of a Greek church.
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d8Catafalco \[d8]Cat`a*fal"co\, n. [It.] See {Catafalque}.
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d8Ch91topoda \[d8]Ch[91]top"oda\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] hair + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral set[91], or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: {Oligoch[91]ta}, including the earthworms and allied forms, and {Polych[91]ta}, including most of the marine species.
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d8Ci-devant \[d8]Ci`-de*vant"\, a. [F., hitherto, formerly.] Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
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d8Ectobronchium \[d8]Ec`tobron"chium\, n.; pl. {Ectobronchia}. [NL. See {Ecto-}, and {Bronchia}.] (Anat.) One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
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d8Ectopia \[d8]Ecto"pia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] out + [?] place.] (Med.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.
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d8Ectoprocta \[d8]Ec`to*proc"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] outside + [?] the anus.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
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Estafet \Es`tafet"\, d8Estafette \[d8]Es`tafette"\, n. [F. estafette, cf. Sp. estafeta; fr. It. stafetta, fr. staffa stirrup, fr. OHG. stapho footstep, footprint, G. stapfe; akin to E. step.] A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.
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d8Estufa \[d8]Es*tu"fa\, n.; pl. {Estufas}. [Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. {Stove}.] An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. --L. H. Morgan.
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d8Guttifer \[d8]Gut"ti*fer`\, n. [NL., fr. L. gutta drop+ ferre to bear.] (Bot.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.
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d8Ichthyophthira \[d8]Ich`thyophthi"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a fish + [?] a louse.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.
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d8Ichthyopsida \[d8]Ich`thyop"sida\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a fish + [?] appearance.] (Zo[94]l.) A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.
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d8Ichthyopterygia \[d8]Ich`thyop`teryg"i*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ichthyopterygium}.] (Paleon.) See {Ichthyosauria}.
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d8Ichthyopterygium \[d8]Ich`thyop`teryg"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a fish + [?] a fin.] (Anat.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
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d8Khedive \[d8]Khe`dive"\, n. [F. kh[82]dive, Pers. khediw a prince.] A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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d8Kytoplasma \[d8]Ky`to*plas"ma\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. [?] a hollow vessel + [?] thing molded.] (Biol.) See {Karyoplasma}.
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d8Octapla \[d8]Oc"ta*pla\, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr.Gr. [?] (for [?] eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf.Gr. [?] eightfold.] A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
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d8Octopoda \[d8]Octop"oda\, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Same as {Octocerata}. (b) Same as {Arachnida}.
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d8Octopodia \[d8]Oc`topo"dia\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] eight + [?] a little foot.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Octocerata}.
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d8Osteoperiostitis \[d8]Os`teoper`iosti"tis\, n. [NL.; osteo- + periosteum + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.
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d8Osteoporosis \[d8]Os`teopo*ro"sis\, n. [NL.; osteo- + Gr. [?] pore.] (Med. & Physiol.) An absorption of bone so that the tissue becomes unusually porous.
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d8Scutibranchia \[d8]Scu`tibran"chia\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scutibranchiata}.
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d8Scutibranchiata \[d8]Scu`tibran`chia"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Scutum}, and {Branchia}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike. Note: It is now usually regarded as including only the Rhipidoglossa and the Docoglossa. When originally established, it included a heterogenous group of mollusks having shieldlike shells, such as Haliotis, Fissurella, Carinaria, etc.
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d8Shadoof \[d8]Shadoof"\ (sh[adot]d[oomac]f"), n. [Ar. sh[be]d[umac]f.] A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
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d8Sotto voce \[d8]Sot`to vo"ce\ [It.] 1. (Mus.) With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone. 2. Spoken low or in an undertone.
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d8Stabat Mater \[d8]Sta"bat Ma"ter\ [L., the mother was standing.] A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making [bd]the way of the cross[b8] (Via Crucis). See {Station}, 7 (c) .
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d8Stapelia \[d8]Stape"lia\, n. [NL. So named after John Bod[91]us a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order {Asclepiadace[91]} (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.
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d8Stapes \[d8]Sta"pes\, n. [LL., a stirrup.] (Anat.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of {Ear}.
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d8Staphyloma \[d8]Staph`y*lo"ma\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] a bunch of grapes.] (Med.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
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d8Stephanotis \[d8]Steph`a*no"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fit for a crown, fr. [?] crown.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes. 2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of {Stephanotis floribunda}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stibium \[d8]Stib"i*um\, n. [L. stibium, stibi, Gr. [?], [?].] 1. (Chem.) The technical name of antimony. 2. (Min.) Stibnite. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stipes \[d8]Sti"pes\ (-p[emac]z), n.; pl. {Stipites}. [L., a stock.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. (b) An eyestalk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stipula \[d8]Stip"u*la\, n.; pl. E. {Stipulas}, L. {Stipul[91]}. [L., a stalk, stem.] 1. (Bot.) A stipule. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A newly sprouted feather.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stufa \[d8]Stu"fa\, n. [It. stufa a stove. See {Stove}.] A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stupa \[d8]Stu"pa\ (st[umac]"p[adot]), n. [L.] (Med.) See 1st {Stupe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stupa \[d8]Stu"pa\ (st[oomac]"p[adot]), n. [Skr. st[umac]pa.] A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Stuprum \[d8]Stu"prum\, n. [L.] Stupration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tectibranchia \[d8]Tec`tibran"chia\, n. pl. [NL.] Same as {Tectibranchiata}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tectibranchiata \[d8]Tec`tibran`chia"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tectus (p. p. of tegere to cover) + Gr. [?] a gill.] (Zo[94]l.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deceitful \De*ceit"ful\, a. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deceitfully \Deceit"fully\, adv. With intent to deceive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deceitfulness \Deceit"fulness\, n. 1. The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual. 2. The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices. 3. Tendency to mislead or deceive. [bd]The deceitfulness of riches.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 22.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decidable \Decid"able\, a. Capable of being decided; determinable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desitive \Des"i*tive\, n. (Logic) A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion. [Obs.] --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desitive \Des"i*tive\, a. Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] [bd]Desitive propositions.[b8] --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictaphone \Dic"ta*phone\, n. [Dictate + -phone, as in telephone.] A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digitiform \Dig"itiform\, a. [L. digitus a finger + -form.] Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digitipartite \Dig`itipar"tite\, a. [L. digitus finger + partite.] (Bot.) Parted like the fingers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvance \Dis`ad*vance"\ (?; 61), v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + advance: cf. OF. desavancier.] To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\ (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F. d[82]savantage.] 1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury. I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you. --Burke. Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. --Palfrey. 2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good. They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public. --Bancroft. Syn: Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantage \Dis`ad*van"tage\, v. t. [Cf. F. d[82]savantager.] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantageable \Dis`advan"tagea*ble\, a. Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantageous \Disad`vanta"geous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]savantageux.] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to {advantageous}; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. --Prescott. -- {Disad`vanta"geously}, adv. -- {Disad`vanta"geousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantageous \Disad`vanta"geous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]savantageux.] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to {advantageous}; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. --Prescott. -- {Disad`vanta"geously}, adv. -- {Disad`vanta"geousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvantageous \Disad`vanta"geous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]savantageux.] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to {advantageous}; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. --Prescott. -- {Disad`vanta"geously}, adv. -- {Disad`vanta"geousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadventure \Dis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + adventure: cf. OF. desaventure.] Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadventurous \Dis`adven"turous\, a. Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disadvise \Dis`ad*vise"\, v. t. To advise against; to dissuade from. [R.] --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discoid \Dis"coid\, a. [Gr. [?] quoit-shaped, [?] a round plate, quoit + [?] form, shape: cf. F. disco[8b]de. See {Disk}.] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. {Discoid flower} (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disdeify \Disde"ify\, v. t. To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disdiapason \Disdi`apa"son\, n. [Pref. dis- (Gr. [?]) + diapason.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also {bisdiapason}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disedify \Dised"ify\, v. t. To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disquietful \Disqui"etful\, a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disquietive \Disqui"etive\, a. Tending to disquiet. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. --Fairfax. 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. --Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. --Howell. Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side. {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. --Fairfax. 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. --Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. --Howell. Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side. {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. --Fairfax. 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. --Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. --Howell. Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side. {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. --Fairfax. 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. --Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. --Howell. Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side. {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. --Fairfax. 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. --Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. --Howell. Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side. {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poison bush \Poison bush\ In Australia: (a) Any fabaceous shrub of the genus {Gastrolobium}, the herbage of which is poisonous to stock; also, any species of several related genera, as {Oxylobium}, {Gompholobium}, etc. (b) The plant {Myoporum deserti}, often distinguished as {Ellangowan poison bush} or {dogwood poison bush}. (c) The ulmaceous plant {Trema cannabina}, which, though not poisonous, is injurious to stock because of its large amount of fiber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ductible \Duc"ti*ble\, a. Capable of being drawn out [R.] --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dust \Dust\, n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [?].] 1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. --Byron. 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] [bd]To touch a dust of England's ground.[b8] --Shak. 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21. 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. And you may carve a shrine about my dust. --Tennyson. 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak. 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam. ii. 8. 7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. {Down with the dust}, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] [bd]My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.[b8] --Fuller. {Dust brand} (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo}); -- called also {smut}. {Gold dust}, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. {In dust and ashes}. See under {Ashes}. {To bite the dust}. See under {Bite}, v. t. {To} {raise, [or] kick up, dust}, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] {To throw dust in one's eyes}, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dustbrush \Dust"brush`\, n. A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dustpan \Dust"pan\, n. A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dust-point \Dust"-point`\, n. An old rural game. With any boy at dust-point they shall play. --Peacham (1620).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dyestuff \Dye"stuff`\, n. A material used for dyeing.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
De Soto Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 31) Location: 32.06172 N, 93.73595 W Population (1990): 25346 (10919 housing units) Area: 2272.1 sq km (land), 44.8 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
decidability A property of sets for which one can determine whether something is a member or not in a {finite} number of computational steps. Decidability is an important concept in {computability theory}. A set (e.g. "all numbers with a 5 in them") is said to be "decidable" if I can write a program (usually for a {Turing Machine}) to determine whether a number is in the set and the program will always terminate with an answer YES or NO after a finite number of steps. Most sets you can describe easily are decidable, but there are infinitely many sets so most sets are undecidable, assuming any finite limit on the size (number of instructions or number of states) of our programs. I.e. how ever big you allow your program to be there will always be sets which need a bigger program to decide membership. One example of an undecidable set comes from the {halting problem}. It turns out that you can encode every program as a number: encode every symbol in the program as a number (001, 002, ...) and then string all the symbol codes together. Then you can create an undecidable set by defining it as the set of all numbers that represent a program that terminates in a finite number of steps. A set can also be "semi-decidable" - there is an {algorithm} that is guaranteed to return YES if the number is in the set, but if the number is not in the set, it may either return NO or run for ever. The {halting problem}'s set described above is semi-decidable. You decode the given number and run the resulting program. If it terminates the answer is YES. If it never terminates, then neither will the decision algorithm. (1995-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
decidable {decidability}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DECtape A reel of {magnetic tape} about 4 inches in diameter and one inch wide. Unlike today's {macrotapes}, microtape drivers allowed {random access} to the data, and therefore could be used to support {file systems} and even for {swapping} (this was generally done purely for {hack value}, as they were far too slow for practical use). DECtape was a variant on {LINCtape}. In their heyday DECtapes were used in pretty much the same ways one would now use a {floppy disk}: as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs. (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
desktop database {Macintosh file system}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) A {specification} from the {Desktop Management Task Force} (DMTF) that establishes a standard {framework} for managing networked computers. DMI covers {hardware} and {software}, {desktop} systems and {servers}, and defines a model for filtering events and describing {interfaces}. DMI provides a common path for technical support, IT managers, and individual users to access information about all aspects of a computer - including {processor} type, installation date, attached {printers} and other {peripherals}, power sources, and maintenance history. It provides a common format for describing products to aid vendors, systems integrators, and end users in enterprise desktop management. DMI is not tied to any specific hardware, operating system, or management protocols. It is easy for vendors to adopt, mappable to existing management protocols such as {Simple Network Management Protocol} (SNMP), and can be used on non-network computers. DMI's four components are: Management Information Format (MIF) - a text file containing information about the hardware and software on a computer. Manufacturers can create their own MIFs specific to a component. Service layer - an OS add-on that connects the management interface and the component interface and allows management and component software to access MIF files. The service layer also includes a common interface called the local agent, which is used to manage individual components. Component interface (CI) - an {application program interface} (API) that sends status information to the appropriate MIF file via the service layer. Commands include Get, Set, and Event. Management interface (MI) - the management software's interface to the service layer. Commands are Get, Set, and List. CI, MI, and service layer drivers are available on the Internet. {Intel}'s {LANDesk Client Manager} (LDCM) is based on DMI. Version: 2.0s (as of 2000-01-19). {Home (http://www.dmtf.org/spec/dmis.html)}. {Sun overview (http://www.sun.com/solstice/products/ent.agents/presentations/sld014.html)}. (2000-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) The industry consortium that develops, supports, and maintains standards for systems management of {PC} systems and products, to reduce total cost of ownership. These include the {Desktop Management Interface} (DMI), the most-widely used management standard today. The DMTF is participating in an industry effort to create a standard for management over the {Internet}. They are defining an {object-oriented} {Common Information Model} (CIM). {Home (http://www.dmtf.org/)}. (2000-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
desktop manager A {user interface} to system services, usually {icon} and {menu} based like the {Macintosh} {Finder}, enabling the user to run {application program}s and use a {file system} without directly using the command language of the {operating system}. (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
desktop publishing (DTP) Using computers to lay out text and graphics for printing in magazines, newsletters, brochures, etc. A good DTP system will provide, among other things, facilities to fit text into irregular shapes in a variety of fonts and sizes. {(http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html)}. [Other features? Usenet newsgroup? Software?] (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
disk duplexing A variation on {disk mirroring} where, as well as redundant {disk drives}, a second {disk controller} or {host adapter} is also present. (1996-02-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
distfix ("distributed {fixity}"?) A description of an {operator} represented by multiple symbols before, between, and/or after the arguments. The classical example is the {C} conditional operator, "?:" which is written E1 ? E2 : E3 If E1 is true it returns E2 otherwise it returns E3. Several {functional programming languages}, e.g. {Hope}, {Haskell}, have similar operators ("if E1 then E2 else E3"). {Objective C} {messages} are effectively distfix operator applications: getRow:row andColumn:col ofCell:cell is a message with three arguments, row, col, and cell. (1997-01-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DQDB {Distributed Queue Dual Bus}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Distaff (Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19).