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   Datura sanguinea
         n 1: arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-
               red flowers [syn: {red angel's trumpet}, {Brugmansia
               sanguinea}, {Datura sanguinea}]

English Dictionary: detergent builder by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Datura stramonium
n
  1. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    Synonym(s): jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Datura suaveolens
n
  1. South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
    Synonym(s): angel's trumpet, Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead reckoning
n
  1. an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning]
  2. navigation without the aid of celestial observations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead-air space
n
  1. an unventilated area where no air circulates
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dehydrogenate
v
  1. remove hydrogen from
    Antonym(s): hydrogenate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deodar cedar
n
  1. tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber
    Synonym(s): deodar, deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deodorise
v
  1. eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits"
    Synonym(s): deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
    Antonym(s): odorize, odourise, scent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deodorize
v
  1. eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits"
    Synonym(s): deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
    Antonym(s): odorize, odourise, scent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deodourise
v
  1. eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits"
    Synonym(s): deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
    Antonym(s): odorize, odourise, scent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deterge
v
  1. wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detergence
n
  1. detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
    Synonym(s): detergency, detergence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detergency
n
  1. detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
    Synonym(s): detergency, detergence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detergent
adj
  1. having cleansing power
    Synonym(s): detergent, detersive
n
  1. a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering
  2. a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detergent builder
n
  1. a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
    Synonym(s): builder, detergent builder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detersive
adj
  1. having cleansing power
    Synonym(s): detergent, detersive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detract
v
  1. take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
    Synonym(s): take away, detract
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detraction
n
  1. a petty disparagement [syn: detraction, {petty criticism}]
  2. the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detractive
adj
  1. causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detractor
n
  1. one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
    Synonym(s): detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Didrikson
n
  1. outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) [syn: Zaharias, Babe Zaharias, Didrikson, Babe Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dietary supplement
n
  1. something added to complete a diet or to make up for a dietary deficiency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dietrich
n
  1. United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
    Synonym(s): Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
n
  1. German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)
    Synonym(s): Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dihydric alcohol
n
  1. any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
    Synonym(s): diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dihydrostreptomycin
n
  1. antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dihydroxyphenylalanine
n
  1. amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain
    Synonym(s): dopa, dihydroxyphenylalanine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
do drugs
v
  1. use recreational drugs
    Synonym(s): drug, do drugs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
do-it-yourself
adj
  1. done by yourself; "their house was a do-it-yourself project"; "he opened a do-it-yourself store"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Adarce \[d8]A*dar"ce\, n. [L. adarce, adarca, Gr. [?].]
      A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in
      Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for
      cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in
      leprosy. --Dana.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ataraxia \[d8]At`a*rax"i*a\, Ataraxy \At"a*rax`y\, n. [NL.
      ataraxia, Gr. 'ataraxi`a; 'a priv. + tarakto`s disturbed,
      tara`ssein to disturb.]
      Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Atresia \[d8]A*tre"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] not
      perforated.] (Med.)
      Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the
      body; imperforation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Atrocha \[d8]At`ro*cha\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?] a
      circle.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A kind of ch[91]topod larva in which no circles of cilia are
      developed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hadrosaurus \[d8]Had`ro*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s
      thick + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
      An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the
      iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heterauxesis \[d8]Het`e*raux*e"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the
      other + [?] growth.] (Bot.)
      Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heterocera \[d8]Het`e*roc"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      other + [?] horn.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk
      moths, which have the antenn[91] variable in form.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heterosis \[d8]Het`e*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] alteration,
      fr. [?] other, different.] (Rhet.)
      A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or
      pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the
      sentence: [bd]What is life to such as me?[b8] --Aytoun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Heterosomati \[d8]Het`e*ro*so"ma*ti\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      other + [?], [?], body.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole,
      etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes
      on one side. Called also {Heterosomata}, {Heterosomi}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hidrosis \[d8]Hi*dro"sis\, n. [Written also, but incorrectly,
      {idrosis}.] [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to sweat, [?] sweat.]
      1. (Physiol.) Excretion of sweat; perspiration.
  
      2. (Med.) Excessive perspiration; also, any skin disease
            characterized by abnormal perspiration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrocorallia \[d8]Hy`dro*co*ral"li*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
      {Hydra}, and {Coral}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete
      a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of
      zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and
      resemble those of other hydroids. See {Millepora}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydrosome \Hy"dro*some\, d8Hydrosoma \[d8]Hy`dro*so"ma\, n. [NL.
      hydrosoma. See {Hydra}, and {-some} body.] (Zo[94]l.)
      All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including
      the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrozo94n \[d8]Hy`dro*zo"[94]n\, n.; pl. L. {Hydrozoa}, E.
      {Hydrozo[94]ns}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Hydrozoa.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrozoa \[d8]Hy`dro*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr.
      [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The Acaleph[91]; one of the classes of c[d2]lenterates,
      including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hydrus \[d8]Hy"drus\, n. [L., a water serpent; also, a certain
      constellation, Gr. "y`dros.] (Astron.)
      A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south
      pole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Outrecuidance \[d8]Ou`tre*cui`dance"\, n. [F., fr. outre
      beyond + cuider to think, L. cogitare.]
      Excessive presumption. [R.] --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tetracoralla \[d8]Te`tra*co*ral"la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tetra-},
      and {Corallum}.] (Paleon.)
      Same as {Rugosa}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tetractinellida \[d8]Te*trac`ti*nel"li*da\, n. pl. [NL., from
      Gr. te`tra- tetra- + [?], [?], ray, spoke.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Spongi[91] in which the spicules are siliceous
      and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also
      {Tetractinellin[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tetragrammaton \[d8]Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?];
      te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a letter.]
      The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to
      represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters
      among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek
      qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tetragynia \[d8]Tet`ra*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. te`tra-
      (see {Tetra-}) + gynh` a woman, female.] (Bot.)
      A Linn[91]an order of plants having four styles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Utricularia \[d8]U*tric`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
      A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed
      leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See {Ascidium},

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.)
      The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura
      stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown,
      Virginia. See {Datura}.
  
      Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and
               gympsum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stramonium \Stra*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.)
      A poisonous plant ({Datura Stramonium}); stinkweed. See
      {Datura}, and {Jamestown weed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atropine \At"ro*pine\, n. [Gr. [?] inflexible; hence [?] [?],
      one of the three Parc[91]; 'a priv. + [?] to turn.] (Chem.)
      A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from
      the {Atropa belladonna}, or deadly nightshade, and the
      {Datura Stramonium}, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its
      power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also
      {daturine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.)
      The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura
      stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown,
      Virginia. See {Datura}.
  
      Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and
               gympsum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stramonium \Stra*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.)
      A poisonous plant ({Datura Stramonium}); stinkweed. See
      {Datura}, and {Jamestown weed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atropine \At"ro*pine\, n. [Gr. [?] inflexible; hence [?] [?],
      one of the three Parc[91]; 'a priv. + [?] to turn.] (Chem.)
      A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from
      the {Atropa belladonna}, or deadly nightshade, and the
      {Datura Stramonium}, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its
      power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also
      {daturine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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]:
  
  
      {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]:
  
  
      {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]:
  
  
      {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]:
   Dead-reckoning \Dead"-reck`on*ing\, n. (Naut.)
      See under {Dead}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deadworks \Dead"works`\, n. pl. (Naut.)
      The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dehydrogenate \De*hy"dro*gen*ate\, v. t. (Chem.)
      To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dehydrogenation \De*hy`dro*gen*a"tion\, n. (Chem.)
      The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the
      condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deodorization \De*o`dor*i*za"tion\, n.
      The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors
      resulting from impurities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deodorize \De*o"dor*ize\, v. t.
      To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from
      impurities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deodorizer \De*o"dor*i`zer\, n.
      He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that
      destroys offensive odors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deterge \De*terge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deterged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Deterging}.] [L. detergere, detersum; de + tergere to
      rub or wipe off: cf. F. d[82]terger.]
      To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from
      the body, or from an ulcer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deterge \De*terge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deterged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Deterging}.] [L. detergere, detersum; de + tergere to
      rub or wipe off: cf. F. d[82]terger.]
      To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from
      the body, or from an ulcer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detergency \De*ter"gen*cy\, n.
      A cleansing quality or power. --De Foe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detergent \De*ter"gent\, a. [L. detergens, -entis, p. pr. of
      detergere: cf. F. d[82]tergent.]
      Cleansing; purging. -- n. A substance which cleanses the
      skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers,
      etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deterge \De*terge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deterged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Deterging}.] [L. detergere, detersum; de + tergere to
      rub or wipe off: cf. F. d[82]terger.]
      To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from
      the body, or from an ulcer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detersion \De*ter"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]tersion. See
      {Deterge}.]
      The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detersive \De*ter"sive\, a. [Cf. d[82]tersif.]
      Cleansing; detergent. -- n. A cleansing agent; a detergent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detersively \De*ter"sive*ly\, adv.
      In a way to cleanse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detersiveness \De*ter"sive*ness\, n.
      The quality of cleansing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detorsion \De*tor"sion\, n.
      Same as {Detortion}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detracor \De*trac"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. d[82]tracteur.]
      One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
  
               His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
      detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d[82]tracter. See
      {Trace}.]
      1. To take away; to withdraw.
  
                     Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
      2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
  
                     That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what
                     laboriously we do.                              --Drayton.
  
      Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
               vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detract \De*tract"\, v. i.
      To take away a part or something, especially from one's
      credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; --
      often with from.
  
               It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral
               and literary character of Cicero.            --V. Knox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
      detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d[82]tracter. See
      {Trace}.]
      1. To take away; to withdraw.
  
                     Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
      2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
  
                     That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what
                     laboriously we do.                              --Drayton.
  
      Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
               vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detracter \De*tract"er\, n.
      One who detracts; a detractor.
  
               Other detracters and malicious writers.   --Sir T.
                                                                              North.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
      detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d[82]tracter. See
      {Trace}.]
      1. To take away; to withdraw.
  
                     Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
      2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
  
                     That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what
                     laboriously we do.                              --Drayton.
  
      Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
               vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detractingly \De*tract"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a detracting manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detraction \De*trac"tion\, n. [F. d[82]traction, L. detractio.]
      1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.]
  
                     The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of
            another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of
            others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or
            malice; calumny.
  
      Syn: Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander;
               calumny; aspersion; censure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detractious \De*trac"tious\, a.
      Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detractive \De*tract"ive\, a.
      1. Tending to detractor draw. [R.]
  
      2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detractiveness \De*tract"ive*ness\, n.
      The quality of being detractive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detractory \De*tract"o*ry\, a.
      Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. --Sir
      T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detractress \De*tract"ress\, n.
      A female detractor. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detrect \De*trect"\, v. t. [L. detrectare; de + tractare,
      intens. of trahere to draw.]
      To refuse; to decline. [Obs.] [bd]To detrect the battle.[b8]
      --Holinshed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detrusion \De*tru"sion\, n. [L. detrusio. See {Detrude}.]
      The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward
      thrust. -- {De*tru"sive}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detrusion \De*tru"sion\, n. [L. detrusio. See {Detrude}.]
      The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward
      thrust. -- {De*tru"sive}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuterocanonical \Deu`ter*o*ca*non"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] second +
      E. canonical.]
      Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of
      inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain
      Epistles, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuterogamist \Deu`ter*og"a*mist\, n. [See {Deuterogamy}.]
      One who marries the second time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuterogamy \Deu`ter*og"a*my\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] second + [?]
      wedding, marriage.]
      A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of
      wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old
      canon law. See {Bigamy}. --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuterogenic \Deu`ter*o*gen"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] second + root of
      [?] to be born.] (Geol.)
      Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material
      has been derived from older rocks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuteroscopy \Deu`ter*os"co*py\, n. [Gr. [?] second + -scopy.]
      1. Second sight.
  
                     I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland
                     seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to
                     witness things unmeet for mortal eye. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the
            literal sense; the second intention; a hidden
            signification. --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deuterozooid \Deu`ter*o*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. [?] second + E. zooid.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by
      budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having
      alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are
      deuterozooids.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Didrachm \Di"drachm\, Didrachma \Di*drach"ma\, n. [Gr. [?]; di-
      = di`s- twice + [?] a drachm.]
      A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth
      nearly forty cents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Didrachm \Di"drachm\, Didrachma \Di*drach"ma\, n. [Gr. [?]; di-
      = di`s- twice + [?] a drachm.]
      A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth
      nearly forty cents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dietary \Di"et*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Dietaries}.
      A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse,
      prison, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hydroquinone \Hy`dro*qui"none\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + quinone.]
      (Chem.)
      A white crystalline substance, {C6H4(OH)2}, obtained by the
      reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and
      metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also
      {dihydroxy benzene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ditrichotomous \Di`tri*chot"o*mous\, a. [Pref. di- +
      trichotomous.]
      1. Divided into twos or threes.
  
      2. (Bot.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; --
            said of a leaf or stem. [R.] --Loudon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ditrochean \Di`tro*che"an\, a. (Pros.)
      Containing two trochees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ditrochee \Di*tro"chee\, n. [L. ditrochaeus, Gr. [?]; di- =
      di`s- twice + [?] trochee.] (Pros.)
      A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Deadhorse, AK (CDP, FIPS 18290)
      Location: 70.20556 N, 148.51165 W
      Population (1990): 26 (2 housing units)
      Area: 74.0 sq km (land), 6.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dieterich, IL (village, FIPS 19915)
      Location: 39.05963 N, 88.38212 W
      Population (1990): 568 (215 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62424

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dietrich, ID (city, FIPS 21790)
      Location: 42.91370 N, 114.26403 W
      Population (1990): 127 (45 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83324

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   data warehouse
  
      1. A generic term for a system for storing,
      retrieving and managing large amounts of any type of data.
      Data warehouse software often includes sophisticated
      {compression} and {hashing} techniques for fast searches, as
      well as advanced filtering.
  
      2. A {database}, often remote, containing recent snapshots of
      corporate data.   Planners and researchers can use this
      database freely without worrying about slowing down day-to-day
      operations of the production database.
  
      Compare {data mart}.
  
      (1998-04-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   data warehousing
  
      {data warehouse}
  
  
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