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date-nut bread
n 1: bread containing chopped dates and nuts

English Dictionary: detent	by the DICT Development Group
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de-iodinate v remove iodine from; "de-iodinate the thyroxine" [ant: iodinate]
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de-iodinating adj removing iodine from Antonym(s): iodinating
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de-iodination n the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds
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dead end n a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, {cul de sac}, dead end] a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" Synonym(s): deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill
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dead hand n real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) Synonym(s): mortmain, dead hand the oppressive influence of past events or decisions Synonym(s): dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain
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dead hand of the past n the oppressive influence of past events or decisions [syn: dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain]
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dead metaphor n a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') Synonym(s): dead metaphor, frozen metaphor
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dead nettle n foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome Synonym(s): hedge nettle, dead nettle, Stachys sylvatica any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States Synonym(s): hemp nettle, dead nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves Synonym(s): richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla
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dead on target adj accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" Synonym(s): true, dead on target
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dead-end adj lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job"
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dead-end street n a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]
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deadened adj devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities" Synonym(s): dead, deadened made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
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detent n a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward Synonym(s): pawl, detent, click, dog
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detente n the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
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detention n a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" Synonym(s): detention, detainment, hold, custody a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
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detention basin n a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream
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detention camp n an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) Synonym(s): detention home, detention house, house of detention, detention camp
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detention cell n a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily Synonym(s): bullpen, detention cell, detention centre
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detention centre n a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily Synonym(s): bullpen, detention cell, detention centre
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detention home n an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) Synonym(s): detention home, detention house, house of detention, detention camp
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detention house n an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) Synonym(s): detention home, detention house, house of detention, detention camp
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detonate v cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" Synonym(s): explode, detonate, blow up, set off burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" Synonym(s): detonate, explode, blow up
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detonating device n a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive Synonym(s): detonator, detonating device, cap
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detonating fuse n a fuse containing an explosive
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detonation n a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction Synonym(s): explosion, detonation, blowup the act of detonating an explosive
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detonative adj exploding almost instantaneously
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detonator n a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive Synonym(s): detonator, detonating device, cap
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diatomite n a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material Synonym(s): diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr
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Diodontidae n spiny puffers Synonym(s): Diodontidae, family Diodontidae
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dot matrix n a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed
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dot matrix printer n a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix Synonym(s): dot matrix printer, matrix printer, dot printer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luxe \Luxe\, n. [L. luxus: cf. F. luxe.] Luxury. [Obs.] --Shenstone. {[d8][90]dition de luxe}. [F.] (Printing) A sumptuous edition as regards paper, illustrations, binding, etc.
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d890dition de luxe \[d8][90]`di`tion" de luxe"\ [F.] See {Luxe}.
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d8Ad interim \[d8]Ad in"ter*im\[L.] Meanwhile; temporary.
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d8Addendum \[d8]Ad*den"dum\, n.; pl. {Addenda}. [L., fr. addere to add.] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. {Addendum circle} (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. --Rankine.
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d8Adenitis \[d8]Ad`e*ni"tis\, n. [Aden- + -itis.] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. --Dunglison.
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d8Adiantum \[d8]Ad`i*an"tum\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], maidenhair; 'a priv. + [?] to wet.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
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d8Admittatur \[d8]Ad`mit*ta"tur\, n. [L., let him be admitted.] The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
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d8Edentata \[d8]E`den*ta"ta\, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also {Bruta}. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
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Odium \O"di*um\, n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Gr. {Annoy}, {Noisome}.] 1. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him. 2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden. {[d8]Odium theologicum}[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending theologians. Syn: Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy. Usage: {Odium}, {Hatred}. We exercise hatred; we endure odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man, but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent. I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To oppose his hatred fully. --Shak. You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
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d8Odonata \[d8]Odon"ata\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
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d8Odontalgia \[d8]O`dontal"gia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + [?] pain.] (Med.) Toothache.
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d8Odontiasis \[d8]O`donti"asis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] Cutting of the teeth; dentition.
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d8Odontocete \[d8]Odon`toce"te\, n.pl. [NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + [?] a whale.] (Zo[94]l.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
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d8Odontolcae \[d8]O`don*tol"cae\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + [?] a furrow.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes {Hesperornis}, and allied genera. See {Hesperornis}. [Written also {Odontholcae}, and {Odontoholcae}.]
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d8Odontophora \[d8]O`dontoph"ora\, n.pl. [NL. See {Odontophore}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Cephalophora}.
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d8Odontopteryx \[d8]O`dontop"teryx\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + pte`ryx a wing.] (Paleon.) An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.
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d8Odontornithes \[d8]Odon`torni*"thes\, n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + [?], [?], a bird.] (Paleon.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolc[91], Odontotorm[91], and Saurur[91].
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d8Odontotormae \[d8]Odon`totor"mae\, n.pl. [NL., fr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + [?] a socket.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See {Ichthyornis}.
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d8Titanotherium \[d8]Ti`tanothe"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a Titan + [?], dim. of [?] a beast.] (Paleon.) A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.
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Dead \Dead\ (d[ecr]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[a0]d; akin to OS. d[omac]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[edh]r, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to {alive} and {living}; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. [bd]The queen, my lord, is dead.[b8] --Shak. The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. --Arbuthnot. Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. --Shak. 2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. 4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. 5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. 6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. 7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. 8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. [bd]The ground is a dead flat.[b8] --C. Reade. 9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith. 10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak. 11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. [bd]Dead in trespasses.[b8] --Eph. ii. 1. 12. (Paint.) (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. 13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead. 14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See {Spindle}. {Dead ahead} (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. {Dead angle} (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. {Dead block}, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. {Dead calm} (Naut.), no wind at all. {Dead center}, [or] {Dead point} (Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L. {Dead color} (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it. {Dead coloring} (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this is usually in monochrome. {Dead door} (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. {Dead flat} (Naut.), the widest or midship frame. {Dead freight} (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. --Abbott. {Dead ground} (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. {Dead hand}, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. [bd]Serfs held in dead hand.[b8] --Morley. See {Mortmain}. {Dead head} (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. {Dead heat}, a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins. {Dead horse}, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid in advance. [Law] {Dead language}, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
7. Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite. Away he goes, . . . a matter of seven miles. --L' Estrange. I have thoughts to tarry a small matter. --Congreve. No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before. --Mi --lton. 8. Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance. 9. (Metaph.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to {form}. --Mansel. 10. (Print.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing. {Dead matter} (Print.), type which has been used, or which is not to be used, in printing, and is ready for distribution. {Live matter} (Print.), type set up, but not yet printed from. {Matter in bar}, {Matter of fact}. See under {Bar}, and {Fact}. {Matter of record}, anything recorded. {Upon the matter}, [or] {Upon the whole matter}, considering the whole; taking all things into view. Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot. --Clarendon.
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{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc.
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Dead plate} (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. {Dead pledge}, a mortgage. See {Mortgage}. {Dead point}. (Mach.) See {Dead center}. {Dead reckoning} (Naut.), the method of determining the place of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as given by compass, and the distance made on each course as found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the aid of celestial observations. {Dead rise}, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor. {Dead rising}, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length. {Dead-Sea apple}. See under {Apple}. {Dead set}. See under {Set}. {Dead shot}. (a) An unerring marksman. (b) A shot certain to be made. {Dead smooth}, the finest cut made; -- said of files. {Dead wall} (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. {Dead water} (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. {Dead weight}. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load. --Knight. {Dead wind} (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. {To be dead}, to die. [Obs.] I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer. Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See {Lifeless}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deaden \Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d[?]dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Death \Death\, n. [OE. deth, dea[?], AS. de[a0][?]; akin to OS. d[?][?], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[?]i, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. Note: Local death is going on at times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and death of the tissues. By the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. When death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval. --Huxley. 2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory. The death of a language can not be exactly compared with the death of a plant. --J. Peile. 3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life. A death that I abhor. --Shak. Let me die the death of the righteous. --Num. xxiii. 10. 4. Cause of loss of life. Swiftly flies the feathered death. --Dryden. He caught his death the last county sessions. --Addison. 5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe. Death! great proprietor of all. --Young. And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that at on him was Death. --Rev. vi. 8. 6. Danger of death. [bd]In deaths oft.[b8] --2 Cor. xi. 23. 7. Murder; murderous character. Not to suffer a man of death to live. --Bacon. 8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life. To be [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] m[?][?][?][?][?] is death. --Rom. viii. 6. 9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death. It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. --Atterbury. And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. --Judg. xvi. 16. Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc. {Black death}. See {Black death}, in the Vocabulary. {Civil death}, the separation of a man from civil society, or the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm, entering a monastery, etc. --Blackstone. {Death adder}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis tortor}); -- so called from the virulence of its venom. (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family {Elapid[91]}, of several species, as the {Hoplocephalus superbus} and {Acanthopis antarctica}. {Death bell}, a bell that announces a death. The death bell thrice was heard to ring. --Mickle. {Death candle}, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. {Death damp}, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. {Death fire}, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death. And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at night. --Coleridge. {Death grapple}, a grapple or struggle for life. {Death in life}, a condition but little removed from death; a living death. [Poetic] [bd]Lay lingering out a five years' death in life.[b8] --Tennyson. {Death knell}, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death. {Death rate}, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths to the population. At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than in rural districts. --Darwin. {Death rattle}, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a dying person. {Death's door}, the boundary of life; the partition dividing life from death. {Death stroke}, a stroke causing death. {Death throe}, the spasm of death. {Death token}, the signal of approaching death. {Death warrant}. (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy. {Death wound}. (a) A fatal wound or injury. (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak. {Spiritual death} (Scripture), the corruption and perversion of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God. {The gates of death}, the grave. Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? --Job xxxviii. 17. {The second death}, condemnation to eternal separation from God. --Rev. ii. 11. {To be the death of}, to be the cause of death to; to make die. [bd]It was one who should be the death of both his parents.[b8] --Milton. Syn: {Death}, {Decease}, {Demise}, {Departure}, {Release}. Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words only to the human race. Decease is the term used in law for the removal of a human being out of life in the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dedentition \De`den*ti"tion\, n. The shedding of teeth. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deodand \De"o*dand`\, n. [LL. deodandum, fr. L. Deo dandum to be given to God.] (Old Eng. Law) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand. Note: Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detainder \De*tain"der\ (-d[etil]r), n. (Law) A writ. See {Detinue}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detain \Detain"\ (d[esl]t[amac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[82]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detent \De*tent"\, n. [F. d[82]tente, fr. d[82]tendre to unbend, relax; pref. d[82]- (L. dis- or de) + tendre to stretch. See {Distend}.] (Mech.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detention \De*ten"tion\, n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d[82]tention. See {Detain}.] 1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding. 2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity. 3. Confinement; restraint; custody. The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court. --Hallam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder}, and cf. {Detonize}.] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder}, and cf. {Detonize}.] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder}, and cf. {Detonize}.] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n. from {Detonate}. {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. {Detonating primer}, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. {Detonating tube}, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n. from {Detonate}. {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. {Detonating primer}, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. {Detonating tube}, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n. from {Detonate}. {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. {Detonating primer}, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. {Detonating tube}, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n. from {Detonate}. {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. {Detonating primer}, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. {Detonating tube}, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n. from {Detonate}. {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. {Detonating primer}, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. {Detonating tube}, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonation \Det`o*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]tonation.] An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonator \Det"o*na`tor\, n. One that detonates; specif.: (a) An explosive whose action is practically instantaneous. (b) Something used to detonate a charge, as a detonating fuse. (c) A case containing detonating powder, the explosion of which serves as a signal, as on railroads. (d) A gun fired by a percussion cap. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonator \Det"ona`tor\ (d[ecr]t"[osl]n[amac]`t[etil]r), n. One who, or that which, detonates.
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Diodont \Di"o*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. -- n. A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.
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Dittander \Dit*tan"der\, n. [See {Dittany}.] (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass ({Lepidium latifolium}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dotant \Do"tant\, n. A dotard. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Datamation /day`t-may'shn/ n. A magazine that many hackers assume all {suit}s read. Used to question an unbelieved quote, as in "Did you read that in `Datamation?'" (But see below; this slur may be dated by the time you read this.) It used to publish something hackishly funny every once in a while, like the original paper on {COME FROM} in 1973, and Ed Post's "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal" ten years later, but for a long time after that it was much more exclusively {suit}-oriented and boring. Following a change of editorship in 1994, Datamation is trying for more of the technical content and irreverent humor that marked its early days. Datamation now has a WWW page at `http://www.datamation.com' worth visiting for its selection of computer humor, including "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal" and the `Bastard Operator From Hell' stories by Simon Travaglia (see {BOFH}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA) A not-for-profit corporation that acts as the secretariat for {ANSI}'s {EDI} standards committee, ASC X12 that works on {ANSI X12}. DISA manages ASC X12's membership, balloting, standards development and maintenance, publications, and communications with ANSI. (1999-09-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data model The product of the {database} design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be used, and how the items in the database will be related to each other. For example, a data model might specify that a customer is represented by a customer name and credit card number and a product as a product code and price, and that there is a one-to-many relation between a customer and a product. It can be difficult to change a database layout once code has been written and data inserted. A well thought-out data model reduces the need for such changes. Data modelling enhances application maintainability and future systems may re-use parts of existing models, which should lower development costs. A data modelling language is a mathematical formalism with a notation for describing data structures and a set of operations used to manipulate and validate that data. One of the most widely used methods for developing data models is the {entity-relationship model}. The {relational model} is the most widely used type of data model. Another example is {NIAM}. ["Principles of Database and Knowledge-Base Systems", J.D. Ullman, Volume I, Computer Science Press, 1988, p. 32]. (2000-06-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data modeling US spelling of "{data model}ling". (2000-06-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data modelling {data model}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Datamation /day"t-may"shn/ A magazine that many hackers assume all {suit}s read. Used to question an unbelieved quote, as in "Did you read that in "Datamation?"" It used to publish something hackishly funny every once in a while, like the original paper on {COME FROM} in 1973, and Ed Post's "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal" ten years later, but it has since become much more exclusively {suit}-oriented and boring. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dot matrix printer A kind of printer with a vertical column of up to 48 small closely packed needles or "pins" each of which can be individually forced forward to press an ink ribbon against the paper. The print head is repeatedly scanned across the page and different combinations of needles activated at each point. Dot matrix printers are noisy compared to {non-impact printer}s. [Other pin arrangements?] (1995-03-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dot notation {Berkeley Unix} notation for an {Internet address}, consisting of one to four numbers (a "dotted quad") in {hexadecimal} (leading 0x), {octal} (leading 0), or (usually) decimal. It represents a 32-bit address. Each leading number represents eight bits of the address (high byte first) and the last number represents the rest. E.g. address 0x25.32.0xab represents 0x252000ab. By far the most common form is four decimal numbers, e.g. 146.169.22.42. Many programs accept an address in dot notation in place of a {hostname}. (2000-08-10)