dirty dog
         n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
               "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
               bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a
               contemptible person a `git'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty dog},
               {rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {puke},
               {crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}]

English Dictionary: dirty dog	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty trick n an unkind or aggressive trick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty tricks n underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
door-to-door adj (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination ; "the limousine offers door-to-door service" omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage" Synonym(s): door-to-door, house-to-house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothea Dix n United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887) Synonym(s): Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothy Dix n United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951) Synonym(s): Gilmer, Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer, Dorothy Dix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothy Hodgkin n English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) Synonym(s): Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreaded adj causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" Synonym(s): awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dried-out adj thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" Synonym(s): desiccated, dried-out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aortitis \[d8]A`or*ti"tis\, n. [Aorta + -itis.] (Med.)       Inflammation of the aorta.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Artiodactyla \[d8]Ar`ti*o*dac"ty*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]       even + [?] finger or toe.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional       toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit       of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is       asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog,       the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to {Perissodactyla}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8R82duit \[d8]R[82]`duit"\ (r?`dw?"), n. [F. See {Redoubt}, n.       ] (Fort.)       A central or retired work within any other work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Radiata \[d8]Ra`di*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. radiatus, p. p. See       {Radiate}.] (Zo[94]l.)       An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all       the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the       body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each       ray or spheromere.          Note: It includes the c[oe]lenterates and the echinoderms.                Formerly, the group was supposed to be a natural one,                and was considered one of the grand divisions of the                animal kingdom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ratit91 \[d8]Ra*ti"t[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ratis a raft;       cf. L. ratitus marked with the figure of a raft.] (Zo[94]l.)       An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary,       or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The       ostrich, emu, and apteryx are examples.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Retitel91 \[d8]Ret`i*te"l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. rete a net +       tela a web.] (Zo[94]l.)       A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also       {Retitelari[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ridotto \[d8]Ri*dot"to\, n. [It., fr. LL. reductus a retreat.       See {Redoubt}.]       A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music       and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. --Brande & C.                   There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets. --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ridotto \[d8]Ri*dot"to\, n. [See {Redoubt}.] (Music)       An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rotatoria \[d8]Ro`ta*to"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Rotifera}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Traditor \[d8]Trad"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See       {Traitor}.] (Eccl. Hist.)       A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who       delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to       their persecutors to save their lives. --Milner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dart \Dart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Darting}.]       1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or             other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.          2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to             shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.                         Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dartoid \Dar"toid\, a. [Dartos + -oid.] (Anat.)       Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dehortation \De`hor*ta"tion\, n. [L. dehortatio.]       Dissuasion; advice against something. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dehortative \De*hort"a*tive\, a.       Dissuasive. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dehortatory \De*hort"a*to*ry\, a. [L. dehortatorius.]       Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dehort \De*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dehorted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Dehorting}.] [L. dehortari; de- + hortari to urge,       exhort.]       To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.]                   The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. --Bp.                                                                               Ward.                   [bd]Exhort[b8] remains, but dehort, a word whose place                neither [bd]dissuade[b8] nor any other exactly                supplies, has escaped us.                        --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deride \De*ride"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derided}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deriding}.] [L. deridere, derisum; de- + rid[?]re to       laugh. See {Ridicule}.]       To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to       ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.                   And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. --Luke xvi.                                                                               14.                   Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding                both his sides.                                       --Milton.          Syn: To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer;                banter; rally.          Usage: To {Deride}, {Ridicule}, {Mock}, {Taunt}. A man may                   ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object                   may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the                   age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a                   contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his                   religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes                   open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To                   taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to                   taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more                   in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince                   themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are                   always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diorthotic \Di`or*thot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] = [?] + [?] to set       straight.]       Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something;       corrective.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diradiation \Di*ra`di*a"tion\, n. [Pref. di- + radiation.]       The emission and diffusion of rays of light.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta       to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]tan.]       1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust,             etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or             unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.                         Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.   --Is. lvii.                                                                               20.          2. Meanness; sordidness.                         Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy.                                                                               --Melmoth.          3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.          {Dirt bed} (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum             in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the             coal measures.          {Dirt eating}.             (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing                   among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt.             (b) (Med.) Same as {Chthonophagia}.          {Dirt pie}, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of             pastry. --Otway (1684).          {To eat dirt}, to submit in a meanly humble manner to             insults; to eat humble pie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirty \Dirt"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dirtied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dirtying}.]       1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes             or hands.          2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of             reputation, character, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dread \Dread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dreaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dreading}.] [AS. dr[?]dan, in comp.; akin to OS. dr[be]dan,       OHG. tr[be]tan, both only in comp.]       To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to,       with terrific apprehension.                   When at length the moment dreaded through so many years                came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's                mind.                                                      --Macaulay.