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   dagger-like
         adj 1: resembling a dagger

English Dictionary: dish aerial by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daygirl
n
  1. a day boarder who is a girl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Desyrel
n
  1. oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative
    Synonym(s): trazodone, trazodone hydrochloride, Desyrel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dioscorea alata
n
  1. grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
    Synonym(s): white yam, water yam, Dioscorea alata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dioscorea elephantipes
n
  1. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
    Synonym(s): elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dish aerial
n
  1. directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
    Synonym(s): dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Disraeli
n
  1. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
    Synonym(s): Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doggerel
n
  1. a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
    Synonym(s): doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doggerel verse
n
  1. a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
    Synonym(s): doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aquarelle \[d8]Aq`ua*relle"\, n. [F., fr. Ital acquerello, fr.
      acqua water, L. aqua.]
      A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also,
      the mode of painting in such colors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cerealia \[d8]Ce`re*a"li*a\, n. pl. [L. See {Cereal}.]
      1. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
  
      2. The cereals. --Crabb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Charlotte \Char"lotte\, n. [F.]
      A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of
      bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
  
      {Charlotte Russe}, or {[d8]Charlotte [85] la russe} [F.,
            lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of
            custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coralligena \[d8]Cor`al*lig"e*na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
      corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Anthozoa}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Corallum \[d8]Co*ral"lum\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The coral or skeleton of a zo[94]phyte, whether calcareous of
      horny, simple or compound. See {Coral}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Escorial \[d8]Es*co"ri*al\, n. [Sp.]
      See {Escurial}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Grall91 \[d8]Gral"l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. grallae stilts,
      for gradulae, fr. gradus. See {Grade.}] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By
      later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers,
      plovers, and allied forms; -- called also {Grallatores.}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Grallatores \[d8]Gral"la*to"res\, n. pl. [NL. from L.
      grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zo”l.)
      See {Grall[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Grille \[d8]Grille\, a. [F. See {Grill}, v. t.]
      A lattice or grating.
  
               The grille which formed part of the gate. --L.
                                                                              Oliphant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gryllus \[d8]Gryl"lus\, n. [L., locust.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of insects including the common crickets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gyrolepis \[d8]Gy*rol"e*pis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] round + [?]
      scale.] (Paleon.)
      A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red
      sandetone, and the lias bone beds. --Agassiz.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Jarl \[d8]Jarl\, n. [Icel., nobleman, chief. See {Earl}.]
      A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in
      the Danish and Norse invasions. --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Decrial \De*cri"al\, n. [See {Decry}.]
      A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Desireless \De*sire"less\, a.
      Free from desire. --Donne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disgarland \Dis*gar"land\, v. t.
      To strip of a garland. [Poetic] [bd]Thy locks disgarland.[b8]
      --Drummond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disrealize \Dis*re"al*ize\, v. t.
      To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] --Udall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\ (?; see {Dis-}), n.
      1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind);
            distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for
            some kinds of food.
  
                     Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme
                     disrelish to be told of their duty.   --Burke.
  
      2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste;
            nauseousness. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrelished}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Disrelishing}.]
      1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to
            feel a degree of disgust at. --Pope.
  
      2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a
            slight degree. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrelished}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Disrelishing}.]
      1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to
            feel a degree of disgust at. --Pope.
  
      2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a
            slight degree. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrelished}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Disrelishing}.]
      1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to
            feel a degree of disgust at. --Pope.
  
      2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a
            slight degree. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disrulily \Dis*ru"li*ly\, adv.
      In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disruly \Dis*ru"ly\, a.
      Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, a. [OE. dogerel.]
      Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
  
               This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, n.
      A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified
      poetry.
  
               Doggerel like that of Hudibras.               -- Addison.
  
               The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed
               his reverence for the brave sufferers.   --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doggrel \Dog"grel\, a. & n.
      Same as {Doggerel}.
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