dilatory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   deleterious
         adj 1: harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical
                  additives" [syn: {deleterious}, {hurtful}, {injurious}]

English Dictionary: dilatory	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delta iron n an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delta ray n an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delta rhythm n the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz) Synonym(s): delta rhythm, delta wave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilater n a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ Synonym(s): dilator, dilater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilator n a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part a drug that causes dilation a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ Synonym(s): dilator, dilater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilatoriness n slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it [syn: dilatoriness, procrastination]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilatory adj wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilatory plea n a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doldrums n a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" Synonym(s): stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dongola \Don"go*la\, n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. 2. Dongola kid. {Dongola kid}, {D. leather}, leather made by the Dongola process. {D. process}, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. {D. race}, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alatern \Al"atern\, d8Alaternus \[d8]Al`ater"nus\, n. [L. ala wing + terni three each.] (Bot.) An ornamental evergreen shrub ({Rhamnus alaternus}) belonging to the buckthorns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Alternat \[d8]Al`ter`nat"\, n. [F.] A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Alto-rilievo \[d8]Al"to-rilievo\, n.; pl. {Alto-rilievos}. [It.] (Sculp.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. Note: When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo-rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, or low relief.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Altrices \[d8]Al*tri"ces\, n. pl. [L., nourishes, pl. of altrix.] (Zo[94]l.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to {pr[91]coces}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8d8Holotricha \[d8][d8]Holot"richa\ (h[osl]l[ocr]t"r[icr]k[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + qri`x, tricho`s, a hair.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Delthyris \[d8]Del*thy"ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`lta the name of the letter [DELTA] + thy`ra door.] (Zo[94]l.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus {Spirifer}. {Delthyris limestone} (Geol.), one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dielytra \[d8]Diel"ytra\, n. (Bot.) See {Dicentra}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Elater \[d8]El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] driver, fr. [?] to drive.] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any beetle of the family {Elaterid[91]}, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click beetle}, {spring beetle}, and {snapping beetle}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The caudal spring used by {Podura} and related insects for leaping. See {Collembola}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eleutheromania \[d8]Eleu`theroma"nia\, n. [Gr. [?] free + E. mania.] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [R.] --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Halteres \[d8]Hal*te"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] weights used in jumping, fr. [?] to leap.] (Zo[94]l.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Holothurioidea \[d8]Hol`othu`rioi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holothure}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of echinoderms. Note: They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also {Holothurida}, {Holothuridea}, and {Holothuroidea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Later \[d8]La"ter\, n.; pl. {Lateres}. [L.] A brick or tile. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Latirostres \[d8]Lat`i*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. latus broad + rostrum beak.] (Zo[94]l.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Latria \[d8]La*tri"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to serve, fr. [?] servant.] The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Leiotrichi \[d8]Leiot"richi\ (-k[imac]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lei^os smooth + qri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Anthropol.) The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Liederkranz \[d8]Lie"der*kranz\, n. [G. See Lied, and Grants.] (Mus.) Lit., wreath of songs; -- used as the title of a group of songs, and esp. as the common name for German vocal clubs of men.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Liedertafel \[d8]Lie"derta`fel\ (l[emac]"d[etil]rt[aum]`f'l), n. [G., lit., a song table.] (Mus.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Literati \[d8]Lit`e*ra"ti\, n. pl. [See {Literatus}.] Learned or literary men. See {Literatus}. Shakespearean commentators, and other literati. --Craik.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Literatim \[d8]Lit`e*ra"tim\, adv. [LL., fr. L. litera, litera, letter.] Letter for letter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Literatus \[d8]Lit`e*ra"tus\, n.; pl. {Literati}. [L. litteratus, literatus.] A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural. Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lithargyrum \[d8]Lithar"gyrum\, n. [NL. See {Litharge}.] (Old Chem.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Litterateur \[d8]Lit`te`ra`teur"\, n. [F.] One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus. [bd] Befriended by one kind-hearted litt[82]rateur after another.[b8] --C. Kingsley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Littorina \[d8]Lit"to*ri"na\, n. [NL. See {Littoral}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See {Periwinkle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Telotrocha \[d8]Telot"rocha\, n.; pl. {Telotroch[91]}. [NL. See {Telotrochal}.] (Zo[94]l.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ulotrichi \[d8]Ulot"richi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], woolly-haired; [?] woolly + [?], [?], hair.] (Anthropol.) The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. {Leiotrichi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ultra vires \[d8]Ul`tra vi"res\, [Law Latin, from L. prep. ultra beyond + vires, pl. of. vis strength.] Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deal \Deal\ (d[emac]l), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d[aemac]l; akin to OS. d[emac]l, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. [root]65. Cf. 3d {Dole}.] 1. A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold. Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour. --Num. xv. 9. As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power. --M. Arnold. She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. --W. Black. Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference. 2. The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. --Swift. 3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.] 4. An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains. [Slang] 5. [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See {Thill}.] The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end. Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick. 6. Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. {Deal tree}, a fir tree. --Dr. Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delator \De*la"tor\, n. [L.] An accuser; an informer. [R.] --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deleterious \Del`ete"rious\, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- {Del`ete"riously}, adv. -- {Del`ete"riousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deleterious \Del`ete"rious\, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- {Del`ete"riously}, adv. -- {Del`ete"riousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deleterious \Del`ete"rious\, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- {Del`ete"riously}, adv. -- {Del`ete"riousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deletery \Del"etery\, a. [LL. deleterius: cf. F. d[82]l[82]t[8a]re.] Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] [bd]Deletery medicines.[b8] --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deletery \Del"etery\, n. That which destroys. [Obs.] They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deletory \Del"etory\, n. [See {Delete}.] That which blots out. [Obs.] [bd]A deletory of sin.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Delthyris \[d8]Del*thy"ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`lta the name of the letter [DELTA] + thy`ra door.] (Zo[94]l.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus {Spirifer}. {Delthyris limestone} (Geol.), one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deluder \De*lud"er\, n. One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaheliotropic \Di`ahe`lio*trop"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] through, at variance + [?] sun + [?] turning.] (Bot.) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaheliotropism \Di`ahe`liot"ro*pism\, n. (Bot.) A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dicentra \[d8]Di*cen"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] spur.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart ({D. spectabilis}). [Corruptly written {dielytra}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilater \Di*lat"er\, n. One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilator \Di*lat"or\, n. [See {Dilate}.] 1. One who, or that which, widens or expands. 2. (Anat.) A muscle that dilates any part. 3. (Med.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilatorily \Dil"atori*ly\, adv. With delay; tardily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilatoriness \Dil"atori*ness\, n. The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilatory \Dil"atory\, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See {Dilate}, {Differ}, {Defer}.] 1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant. 2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures. Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon hi[?] adversary. --Motley. {Dilatory plea} (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not connected with the merits of the case. Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering; behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See {Slow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilatory \Dil"atory\, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See {Dilate}, {Differ}, {Defer}.] 1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant. 2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures. Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon hi[?] adversary. --Motley. {Dilatory plea} (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not connected with the merits of the case. Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering; behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See {Slow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diluter \Di*lut"er\, n. One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, or weaker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doldrums \Dol"drums\, n. pl. [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation?] A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. {To be in the doldrums}, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duoliteral \Du`olit"eral\, a. [L. duo two + E. literal.] Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. --Stuart.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
delta reduction In {lambda-calculus} extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a {redex}) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with {beta reduction} (the only kind of reduction in the {pure lambda-calculus}) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example {Boolean} negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)