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   Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
         n 1: Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the
               United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961) [syn:
               {Hammarskjold}, {Dag Hammarskjold}, {Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl
               Hammarskjold}]

English Dictionary: desexualise by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decasyllabic
adj
  1. having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decasyllable
n
  1. a verse line having ten syllables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decoagulant
n
  1. medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
    Synonym(s): anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
desexualise
v
  1. direct one's libidinous urges into another direction [syn: desexualize, desexualise]
  2. make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
    Synonym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
desexualize
v
  1. direct one's libidinous urges into another direction [syn: desexualize, desexualise]
  2. make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
    Synonym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Discoglossidae
n
  1. family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue
    Synonym(s): Discoglossidae, family Discoglossidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disequilibrium
n
  1. loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
    Antonym(s): equilibrium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dishcloth
n
  1. a cloth for washing dishes
    Synonym(s): dishrag, dishcloth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dishcloth gourd
n
  1. any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
    Synonym(s): luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dizzy Gillespie
n
  1. United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
    Synonym(s): Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dusky salamander
n
  1. common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dusky-colored
adj
  1. having a dark color [syn: dark-colored, {dark- coloured}, dusky-colored, dusky-coloured]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dusky-coloured
adj
  1. having a dark color [syn: dark-colored, {dark- coloured}, dusky-colored, dusky-coloured]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reef \Reef\ (r?f), n. [Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan.
      rev; cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear.
      Cf. {Rift}, {Rive}.]
      1. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of
            the water. See {Coral reefs}, under {Coral}.
  
      2. (Mining.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called
            in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable
            ore.
  
      {Reef builder} (Zo[94]l.), any stony coral which contributes
            material to the formation of coral reefs.
  
      {Reef heron} (Zo[94]l.), any heron of the genus {Demigretta};
            as, the blue reef heron ({D. jugularis}) of Australia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Acicula \[d8]A*cic"u*la\, n.; pl. {Acicul[91]}. [L., a small
      needle, dimin. of acus needle.] (Nat. Hist.)
      One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of
      some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cacolet \[d8]Ca`co*let"\, n. [F.]
      A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or
      pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous
      districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded
      of an army.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cascalho \[d8]Cas*cal"ho\, n. [Pg., a chip of stone, gravel.]
      A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which
      the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cassolette \[d8]Cas`so*lette"\, n. [F.]
      a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Chachalaca \[d8]Cha`cha*la"ca\, n. [Native name, prob. given
      in imitation of its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The Texan guan ({Ortalis vetula}). [written also
      {chiacalaca}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Chicalote \[d8]Chi`ca*lo"te\, n. [Sp., prob. of Mex. origin.]
      (Bot.)
      A Mexican prickly poppy ({Argemone platyceras}), which has
      migrated into California.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cicala \[d8]Ci*ca"la\ (ch[esl]*k[aum]"l[adot]), n. [It., fr.
      L. cicada.]
      A cicada. See {Cicada}. [bd]At eve a dry cicala sung.[b8]
      --Tennison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ciselure \[d8]Ci`se*lure"\, n. [F.]
      The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.
      --Weale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cocculus Indicus \[d8]Coc"cu*lus In"di*cus\, n. [NL. cocculus
      (dim. of L. coccum kermes berry) + L. Indicus of India.]
      (Bot.)
      The fruit or berry of the {Anamirta Cocculus}, a climbing
      plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and
      stimulant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cochlea \[d8]Coch"le*a\, n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr.
      [?] a snail, fr. [?] a shellfish with a spiral shell.]
      (Anat.)
      An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is
      elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See {Ear}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cochleare \[d8]Coch`le*a"re\, n. [L.]
      1. A spoon. --Andrews.
  
      2. (Med) A spoonful. --Dungleson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coquelicot \[d8]Coque"li*cot`\, n. [F.]
      1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose.
  
      2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like
            orange mixed with scarlet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coucal \[d8]Cou"cal\ (k??"k?l), n. [Prob. native name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus {Centropus},
      of several species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coxalgia \[d8]Cox*al"gi*a\ (-?l"j?-?), Coxalgy \Cox"al`gy\
      (k?ks"?l`j?), n. [NL. coxalgia, fr. L. coxa hip. + Gr.
      [?][?][?] pain: cf. F. coxalgie.] (Med.)
      Pain in the hip.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cucullus \[d8]Cu*cul"lus\, n.; pl. {Cuculli}. [L., a hood.]
      1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's
            hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A color marking or structure on the head
            somewhat resembling a hood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cycloganoidei \[d8]Cy`clo*ga*noi"de*i\ (s?"kl?-g?-noi"d?-?),
      n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + NL. ganoidei. See
      {Ganoid}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin
      ({Amia calva}) is a living example.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cycloidei \[d8]Cy*cloi"de*i\ (s?-kloi"d?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
      Gr. ky`klos circle + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those
      with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as
      the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as
      artificial.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cyclosis \[d8]Cy*clo"sis\ (s?-kl?"s?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
      ky`klwsis circulation, from kykloy^n. See {Cyclone}.] (Bot.)
      The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a
      living vegetable cell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cyclostomata \[d8]Cy`clo*stom"a*ta\ (s?`kl?-st?m"?-t?),
   d8Cyclostoma \[d8]Cy*clos"to*ma\ (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL.,
      fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular
      apertures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cyclostomata \[d8]Cy`clo*stom"a*ta\ (s?`kl?-st?m"?-t?),
   d8Cyclostoma \[d8]Cy*clos"to*ma\ (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL.,
      fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular
      apertures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cyclostomi \[d8]Cy*clos"to*mi\ (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL.
      See {Cyclostomata}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as
      the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Docoglossa \[d8]Doc`o*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a
      beam + [?] the tongue.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and
      having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Eschscholtzia \[d8]Esch*scholtz"i*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dr.
      Eschscholtz, a German botanist.] (Bot.)
      A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon
      the west coast of North America, some species of which
      produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white
      flowers; the California poppy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ghazal \[d8]Ghaz"al\, d8Ghazel \[d8]Ghaz"el\, n. [Ar. ghazal.]
      A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written
      in recurring rhymes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ghazal \[d8]Ghaz"al\, d8Ghazel \[d8]Ghaz"el\, n. [Ar. ghazal.]
      A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written
      in recurring rhymes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Juglans \[d8]Jug"lans\, n. [L., walnut.] (Bot.)
      A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of
      Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Jugulum \[d8]Ju"gu*lum\, n.; pl. {Jugula}. [L.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the
      breast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Kieselguhr \[d8]Kie"sel*guhr`\, n. [G., fr. kiesel flint +
      guhr an earthy deposit or sediment in water.]
      Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used
      as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of
      dynamite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ossiculum \[d8]Os*sic"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Ossicula}. [L., a
      little bone.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Ossicle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sacculus \[d8]Sac"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Sacculi}. [L., little
      sack.] (Anat.)
      A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the
      ear. See the Note under {Ear}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Secale \[d8]Se*ca"le\, n. [L., a kind of grain.] (Bot.)
      A genus of cereal grasses including rye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sequela \[d8]Se*que"la\, n.; pl. {Sequel[91]}. [L., a
      follower, a result, from sequit to follow.]
      One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:
      (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.
            [bd]Coleridge and his sequela.[b8] --G. P. Marsh.
      (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning;
            inference; conclusion; suggestion.
  
                     Sequel[91], or thoughts suggested by the preceding
                     aphorisms.                                       --Coleridge.
      (c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a
            disease; a disease resulting from another.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Siciliano \[d8]Si*ci`li*a"no\, n. [It., Sicilian.]
      A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather
      slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the
      music to the dance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sicilienne \[d8]Si`ci`lienne"\, n. [F., fem. of sicilien
      Sicilian.]
      A kind of rich poplin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sigillaria \[d8]Sig`il*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [L., from sigillum a
      seal. See {Sigil}.] (Rom. Antic.)
      Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or
      given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia;
      hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the
      Saturnalia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sigillaria \[d8]Sig`il*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fem sing. fr. L.
      sigillum a seal.] (Paleon.)
      A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal
      formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in
      vertical rows on the surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sigillum \[d8]Si*gil"lum\, n.; pl. {Sigilla}. [L.] (Rom. & Old
      Eng. Law)
      A seal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sigla \[d8]Sig"la\, n. pl. [L.]
      The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for
      words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins,
      medals, etc. --W. Savage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tachyglossa \[d8]Tach`y*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s
      quick + [?] tongue.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters
      of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under {Echidna}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Toxoglossa \[d8]Tox`o*glos"sa\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a
      bow + [?] tongue.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula
      are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells ({Conus}),
      Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of {Cone},
      n., 4, {Pleurotoma}, and {Terebra}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Zeuglodonta \[d8]Zeu`glo*don"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Phocodontia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Zo94chlorella \[d8]Zo`[94]*chlo*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. from
      Gr. zw^,on an animal + [?] green.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the
      interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other
      invertebrates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Zo94gld2a \[d8]Zo`[94]*gl[d2]"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an
      animal + [?] any glutinous substance.] (Biol.)
      A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous
      substance. The zo[94]gl[d2]a is characteristic of a
      transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria
      pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Decasyllabic \Dec`a*syl*lab"ic\, a. [Pref. deca- + syllabic: cf.
      F. d[82]casyllabique, d[82]casyllable.]
      Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Desoxalic \Des`ox*al"ic\, a. [F. pref. des- from + E. oxalic.]
      (Chem.)
      Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dice \Dice\, n.; pl. of {Die}.
      Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also,
      the game played with dice. See {Die}, n.
  
      {Dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical
            fragments. --Brande & C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dickcissel \Dick*cis"sel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The American black-throated bunting ({Spiza Americana}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL.
      toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G.
      zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel,
      AS. [thorn]we[a0]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel.
      [thorn]v[amac], Sw. tv[86], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf.
      {Doily}.]
      A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying
      anything wet, as the person after a bath.
  
      {Towel gourd} (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant
            {Luffa [92]gyptiaca}; also, the plant itself. The fruit is
            very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds,
            is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath
            sponge}, and {dishcloth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dishcloth \Dish"cloth`\ (?; 115), n.
      A cloth used for washing dishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL.
      toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G.
      zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel,
      AS. [thorn]we[a0]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel.
      [thorn]v[amac], Sw. tv[86], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf.
      {Doily}.]
      A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying
      anything wet, as the person after a bath.
  
      {Towel gourd} (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant
            {Luffa [92]gyptiaca}; also, the plant itself. The fruit is
            very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds,
            is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath
            sponge}, and {dishcloth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dishcloth \Dish"cloth`\ (?; 115), n.
      A cloth used for washing dishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dishclout \Dish"clout`\, n.
      A dishcloth. [Obsolescent]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dissocial \Dis*so"cial\, a. [Pref. dis- + social: cf. L.
      dissocialis. See {Dissociate}, v. t.]
      Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial
      feelings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dissocialize \Dis*so"cial*ize\, v. t.
      To render unsocial.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doggish \Dog"gish\, a.
      Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish;
      growling; brutal. -- {Dog"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Dog"gish*ness},
      n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Duchesse lace \Du`chesse" lace\
      A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally
      in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with
      fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern,
      with much raised work.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Duskish \Dusk"ish\, a.
      Somewhat dusky. [bd] Duskish smoke.[b8] --Spenser. --
      {Dusk"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dusk"ish*ness}, n.
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