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   dachshund
         n 1: small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a
               short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for
               following game into burrows [syn: {dachshund}, {dachsie},
               {badger dog}]

English Dictionary: disassembly	by the DICT Development Group
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daisy chain n (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
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daisy-chain v connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer
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day jessamine n West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel- shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day Synonym(s): day jessamine, Cestrum diurnum
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deaccession v sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works; "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"
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decagon n a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
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decision n the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" Synonym(s): decision, determination, conclusion a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" Synonym(s): decision, determination, conclusion (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent" the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row" the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" Synonym(s): decisiveness, decision Antonym(s): indecision, indecisiveness
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decision maker n someone who administers a business [syn: administrator, decision maker]
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decision making n the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making" Synonym(s): decision making, deciding
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decision table n a table of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each
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degaussing n the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
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deoxygenate v remove oxygen from (water)
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deoxyguanosine n a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose Synonym(s): deoxyguanosine, guanosine
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deoxyguanosine monophosphate n one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) Synonym(s): deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G
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desiccant n a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) Synonym(s): desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative
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design n the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" Synonym(s): design, designing an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" Synonym(s): design, plan something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" Synonym(s): blueprint, design, pattern a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" Synonym(s): design, pattern, figure an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" Synonym(s): purpose, intent, intention, aim, design a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building" the creation of something in the mind Synonym(s): invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design v make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" Synonym(s): plan, project, contrive, design plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work" create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit" make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" Synonym(s): design, plan create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day" intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"
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design criteria n criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device; "the job specifications summarized the design criteria"
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designate adj appointed but not yet installed in office v assign a name or title to Synonym(s): designate, denominate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) Synonym(s): delegate, designate, depute, assign indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" Synonym(s): indicate, point, designate, show decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" Synonym(s): destine, fate, doom, designate design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" Synonym(s): intend, destine, designate, specify
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designated driver n the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home
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designated hitter n a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
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designation n identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others Synonym(s): appellation, denomination, designation, appellative the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" Synonym(s): appointment, assignment, designation, naming the act of designating or identifying something Synonym(s): designation, identification
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designative adj serving to designate
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designatum n something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
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designed adj done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses" Synonym(s): designed, intentional Antonym(s): undesigned
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designedly adv with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" Synonym(s): intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design Antonym(s): accidentally, by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally
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designer n a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings Synonym(s): interior designer, designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room decorator, decorator someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) Synonym(s): architect, designer someone who specializes in graphic design Synonym(s): graphic designer, designer a person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack" Synonym(s): designer, intriguer someone who designs clothing Synonym(s): couturier, fashion designer, clothes designer, designer
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designer drug n a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti- drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
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designing adj concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" Synonym(s): designing, scheming n the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" Synonym(s): design, designing
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deus ex machina n any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
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digoxin n digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully Synonym(s): digoxin, Lanoxin
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diocesan adj belonging to or governing a diocese n a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
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disassemble v take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] Antonym(s): assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
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disassembly n the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery); "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons" Synonym(s): dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly Antonym(s): assemblage, assembly, fabrication, gathering
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discussant n a participant in a formal discussion
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discussion n an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" Synonym(s): discussion, treatment, discourse an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" Synonym(s): discussion, give-and-take, word
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discussion section n a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course" Synonym(s): section, discussion section
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dishwashing n the act of washing dishes Synonym(s): dishwashing, washup
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dishwashing detergent n a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers Synonym(s): dishwasher detergent, dishwashing detergent, dishwashing liquid
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dishwashing liquid n a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers Synonym(s): dishwasher detergent, dishwashing detergent, dishwashing liquid
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dishwashing machine n a machine for washing dishes [syn: dishwasher, {dish washer}, dishwashing machine]
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dissuasion n a communication that dissuades you persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action Antonym(s): persuasion, suasion
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Dusicyon n crab-eating dog Synonym(s): Dusicyon, genus Dusicyon
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Dusicyon cancrivorus n wild dog of northern South America [syn: crab-eating dog, crab-eating fox, Dusicyon cancrivorus]
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dysosmia n a disorder in the sense of smell [syn: dysosmia, parosamia, olfactory impairment]
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d8Accismus \[d8]Ac*cis"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Rhet.) Affected refusal; coyness.
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d8Accouchement \[d8]Ac*couche"ment\ (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See {Collate}.] Delivery in childbed
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d8Assignat \[d8]As`si`gnat"\ (?; 277), n. [F. assignat, fr. L. assignatus, p. p. of assignare.] One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
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d8Cac91mia \[d8]Cac[91]"mia\, d8Cach91mia \[d8]Cach[91]"mia\n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] bad+ [?][?][?][?] blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
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d8Cach91mia \[d8]Cach[91]"mia\, d8Cachemia \[d8]Cache"mia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bad + [?] blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- {Cach[91]"mic}, {Cache"mic}, a.
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d8Cac91mia \[d8]Cac[91]"mia\, d8Cach91mia \[d8]Cach[91]"mia\n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] bad+ [?][?][?][?] blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
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d8Cach91mia \[d8]Cach[91]"mia\, d8Cachemia \[d8]Cache"mia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bad + [?] blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- {Cach[91]"mic}, {Cache"mic}, a.
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d8Cachunde \[d8]Ca*chun"de\, n. [Sp.] (Med.) A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
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d8Cacomixle \[d8]Ca`comix"le\, Cacomixtle \Ca`comix"tle\, Cacomixl \Ca"co*mix`l\, n. [Mexican name.] A North American carnivore ({Bassaris astuta}), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.
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d8Caseum \[d8]Ca"se*um\, n. [L. caseus cheese.] Same as {Casein}.
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d8Casino \[d8]Ca*si"no\, n.; pl. E. {Casinos}, It. {Casini}. [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. {Cassing}.] 1. A small country house. 2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc. 3. A game at cards. See {Cassino}.
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d8Chacma \[d8]Chac"ma\, n. [Native name.] A large species of African baboon ({Cynocephalus porcarius}); -- called also {ursine baboon}. Note: [See Illust. of {Baboon}.]
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d8Chaconne \[d8]Cha*conne"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. chacona.] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.
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d8Chasse-mar82e \[d8]Chasse`-ma`r[82]e"\, n. [F., fr. chasser to chase + mar[82]e tide.] (Naut.) A French coasting lugger.
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d8Chekmak \[d8]Chek"mak\, n. A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
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Chiasm \Chi"asm\, d8Chiasma \[d8]Chias"ma\, n. [NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. [?] two lines placed crosswise, fr. [?] to mark with a [chi].] (Anat.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. -- {Chias"mal}, a..
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d8Chiasmus \[d8]Chi*as"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a placing crosswise, fr. [?]. See {Chiasm}.] (Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. --Dwight.
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d8Chignon \[d8]Chi"gnon\, n. [F., prop. equiv. to cha[8c]non link, fr. cha[8c]ne chain, fr. L. catena Cf. {Chain}.] A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head. A curl that had strayed from her chignon. --H. James.
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d8Chih hsien \[d8]Chih" hsien`\ [Chin. chih hsien, lit., (He who) knows (the) district.] An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases.
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d8Coccinella \[d8]Coc`ci*nel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See {Cochoneal}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larv[91] feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called {ladybirds} and {ladybugs}.
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d8Cognati \[d8]Cog*na"ti\, n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. --Wharton.
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d8Cognatus \[d8]Cog*na"tus\, n. [L., a kinsman.] (Law) A person connected through cognation.
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d8Cognoscente \[d8]Cog`nos*cen"te\, n.; pl. {Cognoscenti}. [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.] A connoisseur. --Mason.
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d8Cognovit \[d8]Cog*no"vit\, n. [L., he has acknowledged.] (Law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. --Mozley & W.
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d8Coquina \[d8]Co*qui"na\, n. [Sp., shellfish, cockle.] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
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d8Cosmos \[d8]Cos"mos\, n. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants closely related to {Bidens}, usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are cultivated. {Cosmos bipinnatus} and {C. diversifolius} are among the best-known species; {C. caudatus}, of the West Indies, is widely naturalized.
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d8Cosmos \[d8]Cos"mos\ (k[ocr]z"m[ocr]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. [cced]ad to distinguish one's self.] 1. The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it. 2. The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. --Humboldt.
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d8Cucumis \[d8]Cu"cu*mis\ (k?k?--m?s), n. [L., cucumber.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
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d8Cuisine \[d8]Cui`sine"\ (kw?`z?n"), n. [F., fr. L. coquina kitchen, fr. coquere to cook. See {Kitchen}.] 1. The kitchen or cooking department. 2. Manner or style of cooking.
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d8Dachshund \[d8]Dachs"hund`\, n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also {badger dog}. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
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d8Decagynia \[d8]Dec`agyn"ia\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + [?] a woman, a female.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an order of plants characterized by having ten styles.
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d8Exogium \[d8]Exo"gium\, n. [L.] See {Exode}.
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d8Exosmosis \[d8]Ex`os*mo"sis\, n. [NL. See {Exo-}, and {Osmose}.] (Physics) See {Exosmose}.
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d8Hexagynia \[d8]Hex`agyn"ia\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + gynh^ a woman, female: cf. F. hexagynie.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an order of plants having six pistils.
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d8Icosandria \[d8]I`cosan"dria\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] twenty +[?], [?], man, male: cf. F. icosandrie.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.
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d8Jacqueminot \[d8]Jacque"mi*not\, n. A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.
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d8Jaganatha \[d8]Jag`anat"ha\, d8Jaganatha \[d8]Jag`anat"ha\, n. See {Juggernaut}.
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d8Jejunum \[d8]Je*ju"num\, n. [NL., fr. L. jejunus empty, dry.] (Anat.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.
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d8Jugum \[d8]Ju"gum\, n.; pl. L. {Juga}, E. {Jugums}. [L., a yoke, ridge.] (Bot.) (a) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants. (b) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
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d8Kjoekken moeddings \[d8]Kjoek"ken moed`dings\ [Dan.] See {Kitchen middens}.
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d8Kokama \[d8]Ko*ka"ma\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The gemsbok.
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d8Kukang \[d8]Ku*kang"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [Native name.] The slow lemur. See {Lemur}.
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d8Oxygenium \[d8]Ox`yge"nium\, n. [NL.] (Chem.) The technical name of oxygen. [R.]
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d8Sagum \[d8]Sa"gum\, n.; pl. {Saga}. [L. sagum, sagus; cf. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Say} a kind of serge.] (Rom. Antiq.) The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
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d8Scazon \[d8]Sca"zon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ska`zwn, fr. ska`zein to limp.] (Lat. Pros.) A choliamb.
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d8Schisma \[d8]Schis"ma\, n. [L., a split, separation, Gr. schi`sma: cf. F. schisma. See {Schism}.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval equal to half a comma.
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d8Schizomycetes \[d8]Schiz`omyce"tes\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to split + [?], -[?], a fungus.] (Biol.) An order of {Schizophyta}, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See {Schizophyta}, in the Supplement.
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d8Schizonemertea \[d8]Schiz`onemer"te*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Schizo}-, and {Nemertes}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
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d8Secondo \[d8]Se*con"do\ (?; It.), n. [It.] (Mus.) The second part in a concerted piece.
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d8Segno \[d8]Se"gno\, n. [It. See {Sign}.] (Mus.) A sign. See {Al segno}, and {Dal segno}.
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d8Sigma \[d8]Sig"ma\, n.; pl. {Sigmas}. [L., from Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?].] The Greek letter [SIGMA], [sigma], or [sigmat] (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
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d8Significavit \[d8]Sig`nifica"vit\, n. [L., (he) has signified, perf. ind. of significare to signify.] (Eng. Eccl. Law) Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church. --Crabb.
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d8Signor \[d8]Signor"\, d8Signore \[d8]Signo"re\, n. [It. See {Seignior}.] Sir; Mr.; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.
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d8Signora \[d8]Si*gno"ra\, n. [It.] Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.
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d8Signor \[d8]Signor"\, d8Signore \[d8]Signo"re\, n. [It. See {Seignior}.] Sir; Mr.; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.
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d8Signorina \[d8]Si`gno*ri"na\, n. [It.] Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.
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d8Sui generis \[d8]Su"i gen"e*ris\ [L.] Of his or its own kind.
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d8Sycones \[d8]Sy*co"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a fig.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of calcareous sponges. Note: They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in ampull[91] connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body.
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d8Syconium \[d8]Syco"nium\, d8Syconus \[d8]Sy*co"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the fig.] (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.
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d8Syconium \[d8]Syco"nium\, d8Syconus \[d8]Sy*co"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the fig.] (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.
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d8Thecosomata \[d8]The`coso"mata\, n. pl. [NL. See {Theca}, and {Soma}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See {Pteropoda}. -- {The`coso"matous}, a.
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d8Tschakmeck \[d8]Tschak*meck"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The chameck.
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d8Zachun \[d8]Za*chun"\, n. (Bot.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree ({Balanites [92]gyptiaca}), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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d8Zauschneria \[d8]Zauschne"ria\, n. [NL., named for M. Zauschner, a Bohemian botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants. {Zauschneria Californica} is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.
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d8Zizania \[d8]Ziza"nia\, n. [NL., from L. zizanium darnel, cockle, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
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d8Zygantrum \[d8]Zy*gan"trum\, n.; pl. {Zygantra}. [Gr. [?] a yoke + [?] a cave, hole.] (Anat.) See under {Zygosphene}.
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d8Zygoma \[d8]Zy*go"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to yoke, [?] a yoke.] (Anat.) (a) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone. (b) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone. (c) The whole zygomatic arch.
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Dashism \Dash"ism\ (-[icr]z'm), n. The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.] He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. --V. Knox.
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Decagon \Dec"a*gon\, n. [Pref. deca- + Gr. [?] a corner or angle: cf. F. d[82]cagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.
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Decagonal \Decag"onal\, a. Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
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Decagynian \Dec`agyn"ian\, Deccagynous \Deccag"ynous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]cagyne.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
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Decagynian \Dec`agyn"ian\, Deccagynous \Deccag"ynous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]cagyne.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
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Decease \De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deceased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceasing}.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. She's dead, deceased, she's dead. --Shak. When our summers have deceased. --Tennyson. Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. --Emerson.
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Decession \De*ces"sion\, n. [L. decessio, fr. decedere to depart. See {Decease}, n.] Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Decision \De*ci"sion\, n. [L. decisio, fr. dec[c6]dere, decisum: cf. F. d[82]cision. See {Decide}.] 1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson. 2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. The decision of some dispute. --Atterbury. 3. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court. 4. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision. Syn: {Decision}, {Determination}, {Resolution}. Usage: Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution.
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Decucuminated \Dec`ucu"mina`ted\, a. [L. decacuminare to cut off the top. See {Cacuminate}.] Having the point or top cut off. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Deoxygenate \Deox"ygen*ate\, v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize. [Obs.]
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Deoxygenation \Deox`ygen*a"tion\, n. (Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
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Deoxygenize \Deox"ygen*ize\, v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize.
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Desegmentation \Deseg`menta"tion\, n. (Anat.) The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.
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Desiccant \De*sic"cant\, a. [L. desiccans, p. pr. of desiccare. See {Desiccate}.] Drying; desiccative. -- n. (Med.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore. --Wiseman.
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Design \De*sign"\, n. [Cf. dessein, dessin.] 1. A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan. 2. A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot. The vast design and purpos[?] of the King. --Tennyson. The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman. --Hallam. A . . . settled design upon another man's life. --Locke. How little he could guess the secret designs of the court! --Macaulay. 3. Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design. 4. The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design. 5. (Mus.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole. {Arts of design}, those into which the designing of artistic forms and figures enters as a principal part, as architecture, painting, engraving, sculpture. {School of design}, one in which are taught the invention and delineation of artistic or decorative figures, patterns, and the like. Syn: Intention; purpose; scheme; project; plan; idea. Usage: {Design}, {Intention}, {Purpose}. Design has reference to something definitely aimed at. Intention points to the feelings or desires with which a thing is sought. Purpose has reference to a settled choice or determination for its attainment. [bd]I had no design to injure you,[b8] means it was no part of my aim or object. [bd]I had no intention to injure you,[b8] means, I had no wish or desire of that kind. [bd]My purpose was directly the reverse,[b8] makes the case still stronger. Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life? --Tillotson. I wish others the same intention, and greater successes. --Sir W. Temple. It is the purpose that makes strong the vow. --Shak.
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Design \De*sign"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d[82]signer to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}, and cf. {Design}, n., {Designate}.] 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. --Dryden. 2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint. We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry. --Shak. Meet me to-morrow where the master And this fraternity shall design. --Beau. & Fl. 3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral. 4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to. Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed. --Burke. He was designed to the study of the law. --Dryden. Syn: To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean.
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Design \De*sign"\, v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan. {Design for}, to intend to go to. [Obs.] [bd]From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne].[b8] --Evelyn.
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Design \De*sign"\, v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan. {Design for}, to intend to go to. [Obs.] [bd]From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne].[b8] --Evelyn.
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Grolier \Gro"lier`\, n. The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a design, etc. {Grolier binding}, a book binding decorated with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto. {Grolier} {design [or] school}, the pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean Grolier's book bindings.
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Designable \Des"ignable\, a. Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. --Boyle.
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Designate \Des"ig*nate\, a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See {Design}, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck.
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Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designating}.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
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Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designating}.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
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Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designating}.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
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Designation \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf. F. d[82]signation.] 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of the days of the week. --Whewell. 4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things have parts. --Locke.
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Designative \Des"ignative\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]signatif.] Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
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Designator \Des"ig*na`tor\, n. [L.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
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Designatory \Des"ignato*ry\, a. Serving to designate; designative; indicating. [R.]
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Design \De*sign"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d[82]signer to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}, and cf. {Design}, n., {Designate}.] 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. --Dryden. 2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint. We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry. --Shak. Meet me to-morrow where the master And this fraternity shall design. --Beau. & Fl. 3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral. 4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to. Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed. --Burke. He was designed to the study of the law. --Dryden. Syn: To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean.
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Designedly \Design"edly\, adv. By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
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Designer \De*sign"er\, n. 1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver. 2. (Fine Arts) One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration. 3. A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense.
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Designful \Design"ful\, a. Full of design; scheming. [R.] -- {Design"ful*ness}, n. [R.] --Barrow.
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Designful \Design"ful\, a. Full of design; scheming. [R.] -- {Design"ful*ness}, n. [R.] --Barrow.
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Design \De*sign"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d[82]signer to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}, and cf. {Design}, n., {Designate}.] 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. --Dryden. 2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint. We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry. --Shak. Meet me to-morrow where the master And this fraternity shall design. --Beau. & Fl. 3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral. 4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to. Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed. --Burke. He was designed to the study of the law. --Dryden. Syn: To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean.
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Designing \De*sign"ing\, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.
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Designing \De*sign"ing\, n. The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.
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Designless \Design"less\, a. Without design. [Obs.] -- {Design"less*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
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Designless \Design"less\, a. Without design. [Obs.] -- {Design"less*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
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Designment \De*sign"ment\, n. 1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. [Obs.] For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. --Dryden. 2. Design; purpose; scheme. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle.
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Dichogamous \Dichog"amous\, a. (Bot.) Manifesting dichogamy.
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Dichogamy \Dichog"amy\, n. [Gr. [?] in two, asunder + [?] marriage.] (Bot.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.
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Androdid2cious \An`drodi[d2]"cious\, -diecious \-die"cious\, a. [Gr. [?], [?], man + E. di[d2]cious.] (Bot.) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- {An`drodi[d2]"cism}, {-die"cism}, n.
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Dihexagonal \Di`hexag"onal\, a. [Pref. di- + hexagonal.] (a) Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base. (b) Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism.
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Diocesan \Dioc"esan\ (?; 277), a. [LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. dioc[82]sain.] Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.
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Diocesan \Dioc"esan\, n. 1. A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York. 2. pl. The clergy or the people of a diocese. --Strype.
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Diocesener \Di`oce"sener\, n. One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Disaccommodate \Dis`accom"modate\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + accommodate.] To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [R.] --Bp. Warburton.
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Disaccommodation \Dis`accom`moda"tion\, n. A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. [R.] --Sir M. Hale.
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Disacknowledge \Dis`ac*knowl"edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disacknowledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disacknowledging}.] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] --South.
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Disacknowledge \Dis`ac*knowl"edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disacknowledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disacknowledging}.] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] --South.
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Disacknowledge \Dis`ac*knowl"edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disacknowledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disacknowledging}.] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disacquaint \Dis`ac*quaint"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + acquaint: cf. OF. desacointier.] To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.] While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. --Herrick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disacquaintance \Dis`ac*quaint"ance\, n. Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disagree \Dis`a*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disagreed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disageeing}.] [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. d[82]sagr[82]er to displease.] 1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems to disagree with what they call reason. --Atterbury. 2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? --Pope. 3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste. Note: Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal. Syn: To differ; vary; dissent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disassent \Dis`as*sent"\, v. i. To dissent. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disassent \Dis`as*sent"\, n. Dissent. [Obs.] --E. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disassenter \Dis`as*sent"er\, n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] --State Trials (1634).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disassimilate \Dis`assim"ilate\, v. t. (Physiol.) To subject to disassimilation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disassimilation \Dis`assim`ila"tion\, n. (Physics) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disassimilative \Dis`assim"ila*tive\, a. (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation. Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. --McKendrick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disaugment \Dis`aug*ment"\, v. t. To diminish. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discession \Dis*ces"sion\, n. [L. discessio, fr. discedere, discessum. See {Discede}.] Departure. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discosent \Dis`co*sent"\, v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discuss \Dis*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discussing}.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] 1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. --Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. --Rambler. 3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. --Spenser. 4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. [bd]We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain.[b8] --Tennyson. [bd]To discuss questions of taste.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. --Sir S. Baker. 6. (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. --Burrill. Syn: To {Discuss}, {Examine}, {Debate}. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discussion \Dis*cus"sion\, n. [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.] 1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. 2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. --Macaulay. {Discussion of a problem} [or] {an equation} (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math. Dict.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discussion \Dis*cus"sion\, n. [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.] 1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. 2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. --Macaulay. {Discussion of a problem} [or] {an equation} (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math. Dict.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discussional \Discus"sional\, a. Pertaining to discussion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diseasement \Dis*ease"ment\, n. Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diseasing}.] 1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser. 2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disguisement \Dis*guise"ment\, n. Disguise. [R.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disguise \Dis*guise"\ (?; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disguised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disguising}.] [OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. d[82]guiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See {Guise}.] 1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. --Macaulay. 2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. All God's angels come to us disguised. --Lowell. 3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. --Spectator. Syn: To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See {Conceal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disguising \Dis*guis"ing\, n. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseizin \Dis*sei"zin\, n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also {disseisin}.] --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseizin \Dis*sei"zin\, n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also {disseisin}.] --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseize \Dis*seize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disseized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disseizing}.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also {disseise}.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissuasion \Dis*sua"sion\, n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See {Dissuade}.] 1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation. In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. --Boyle. 2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disuse \Dis*use"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disusing}.] 1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of. 2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. [bd]Disuse me from . . . pain.[b8] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doggish \Dog"gish\, a. Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. -- {Dog"gishly}, adv. -- {Dog"gishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dough-kneaded \Dough"-knead`ed\, a. Like dough; soft. He demeans himself . . . like a dough-kneaded thing. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duskish \Dusk"ish\, a. Somewhat dusky. [bd] Duskish smoke.[b8] --Spenser. -- {Dusk"ishly}, adv. -- {Dusk"ishness}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Desha County, AR (county, FIPS 41) Location: 33.83126 N, 91.25930 W Population (1990): 16798 (6706 housing units) Area: 1981.4 sq km (land), 141.2 sq km (water)
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Duchesne County, UT (county, FIPS 13) Location: 40.28165 N, 110.43531 W Population (1990): 12645 (5860 housing units) Area: 8387.4 sq km (land), 46.4 sq km (water)
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Dukes County, MA (county, FIPS 7) Location: 41.37448 N, 70.70302 W Population (1990): 11639 (11604 housing units) Area: 268.9 sq km (land), 1002.8 sq km (water)
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Duquesne, MO (village, FIPS 20512) Location: 37.07125 N, 94.45867 W Population (1990): 1229 (504 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Duquesne, PA (city, FIPS 20432) Location: 40.37320 N, 79.85079 W Population (1990): 8525 (4106 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15110
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
daisy chain A {bus} wiring scheme in which, for example, device A is wired to device B, device B is wired to device C, etc. The last device is normally wired to a resistor or {terminator}. All devices may receive identical signals or, in contrast to a simple bus, each device in the chain may modify one or more signals before passing them on. Characteristic of {RS-485}, of {Apple}'s {LocalTalk}, and of various industrial control networks; also often used to describe {Thinwire} {Ethernet} ({10base2}). (1997-01-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
decision problem A problem with a yes/no answer. Determining whether some potential solution to a question is actually a solution or not. E.g. "Is 43669" a {prime number}?". This is in contrast to a "{search problem}" which must find a solution from scratch, e.g. "What is the millionth prime number?". See {decidability}. (1996-05-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
decision support Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a {decision support database}. [Examples?] (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
decision support database A {database} from which data is extracted and analysed statistically (but not modified) in order to inform business or other decisions. This is in contrast to an {operational database} which is being continuously updated. For example, a decision support database might provide data to determine the average salary of different types of workers, whereas an operational database containing the same data would be used to calculate pay check amounts. Often, decision support data is extracted from operation databases. (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Decision Support Systems (DSS) Software tools to help with {decision support}. (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
decision theory A branch of statistics concerning strategies for decision making in non-{deterministic} systems. Decision theory seeks to find strategies that maximise the expected value of a {utility function} measuring the desirability of possible outcomes. (1995-09-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
design The approach that engineering (and some other) disciplines use to specify how to create or do something. A successful design must satisfies a (perhaps informal) {functional specification} (do what it was designed to do); conforms to the limitations of the target medium (it is possible to implement); meets implicit or explicit requirements on performance and resource usage (it is efficient enough). A design may also have to satisfy restrictions on the design process itself, such as its length or cost, or the tools available for doing the design. In the {software life-cycle}, design follows {requirements analysis} and is followed by implementation. ["Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications", 2nd ed., Grady Booch]. (1996-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Design In Real Time (Dirt) A user {interface builder} for the {X Window System} by R. Hesketh. (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
design pattern A description of an {object-oriented design} technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies {classes} and {instances}, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use. {Home (http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/patterns/patterns.html)}. ["Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software", Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides]. (1997-07-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
design recovery A subtask of {reverse engineering} in which domain knowledge, external information, and deduction of fuzzy reasoning are added to the observations of the subject system to identify meaningful higher level abstractions beyond those obtained directly by examining the system itself. In other words, design recovery aims to work out what a system or component was designed to do rather than just examining its subcomponents and their interrelationships. (1996-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Design System language J. Gaffney, Evans & Sutherland 1976. Interpretive FORTH-like language for 3d graphics databases. Earliest forerunner of both Interpress and PostScript. Mentioned in PostScript Language Reference Manual, Adobe Systems, A-W 1985.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Digicom {(ftp://ftp.whnet.com/pub/wolfgang)}, {(ftp://softmodem.whnet.com/pub/wolfgang)}, {(ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/wolfgang)}. {(http://ftp.whnet.com/wolfgang/)}. [Description?]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
discussion group Any system that supports group messaging, e.g. a shared {mailbox}, {Usenet}, {bulletin board system}, or possibly a {mailing list}, used to publish messages on some particular topic. (2000-11-16)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Decision, Valley of a name given to the valley of Jehoshaphat (q.v.) as the vale of the sentence. The scene of Jehovah's signal inflictions on Zion's enemies (Joel 3:14; marg., "valley of concision or threshing").