dashing
         adj 1: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: {dashing},
                  {gallant}]
         2: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
            young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing},
            {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {spiffy}, {snappy},
            {spruce}]

English Dictionary: dismiss	by the DICT Development Group
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dashing hopes n an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: disappointment, dashing hopes]
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dashingly adv in a highly fashionable manner; "he was dashingly handsome"
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Dawson's encephalitis n a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years Synonym(s): subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, SSPE, inclusion body encephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, Van Bogaert encephalitis
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De Quincey n English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859) Synonym(s): De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey
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deaconess n a woman deacon
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decanoic acid n a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats Synonym(s): capric acid, decanoic acid
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decency n the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality Antonym(s): indecency the quality of being polite and respectable
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Decimus Junius Juvenalis n Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140) Synonym(s): Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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decommission v withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"
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deconcentrate v make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized" Synonym(s): decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise Antonym(s): centralise, centralize, concentrate
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decongestant n a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion
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deconsecrate v remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate] Antonym(s): bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify
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deconsecrated adj divested of consecration
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deconstruct v interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
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deconstruction n a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning Synonym(s): deconstruction, deconstructionism
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deconstructionism n a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning Synonym(s): deconstruction, deconstructionism
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deconstructionist adj of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism; "deconstructionist criticism"
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deconstructivism n a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction
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dehiscence n (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
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descensus n the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) Synonym(s): prolapse, prolapsus, descensus
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descensus uteri n prolapse of the uterus [syn: metroptosis, {descensus uteri}]
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desensitisation n the process of reducing sensitivity; "the patient was desensitized to the allergen" Synonym(s): desensitization, desensitisation
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desensitisation procedure n a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished Synonym(s): desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation
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desensitisation technique n a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished Synonym(s): desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation
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desensitise v cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" Synonym(s): desensitize, desensitise Antonym(s): sensitise, sensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" Synonym(s): desensitize, desensitise Antonym(s): sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize
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desensitising adj making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli Synonym(s): desensitizing, desensitising Antonym(s): sensitising, sensitizing
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desensitization n the process of reducing sensitivity; "the patient was desensitized to the allergen" Synonym(s): desensitization, desensitisation
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desensitization procedure n a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished Synonym(s): desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation
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desensitization technique n a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished Synonym(s): desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation
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desensitize v cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" Synonym(s): desensitize, desensitise Antonym(s): sensitise, sensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" Synonym(s): desensitize, desensitise Antonym(s): sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize
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desensitizing adj making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli Synonym(s): desensitizing, desensitising Antonym(s): sensitising, sensitizing
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Desmograthus n an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae [syn: Desmograthus, genus Desmograthus]
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desynchronisation n the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves" Synonym(s): asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing Antonym(s): synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony
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desynchronise v cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times Synonym(s): desynchronize, desynchronise Antonym(s): sync, synchronise, synchronize
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desynchronization n the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves" Synonym(s): asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing Antonym(s): synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony
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desynchronize v cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times Synonym(s): desynchronize, desynchronise Antonym(s): sync, synchronise, synchronize
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desynchronizing n the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves" Synonym(s): asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing Antonym(s): synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony
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diagnosable adj capable of being diagnosed
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diagnose v determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis Synonym(s): diagnose, name subject to a medical analysis
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diagnosing n identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosis, diagnosing]
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diagnosis n identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosis, diagnosing]
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diagnostic adj concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a diagnostic reading test" characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown" Synonym(s): diagnostic, symptomatic
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diagnostic assay n an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes [syn: diagnostic test, diagnostic assay]
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diagnostic procedure n a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis [syn: diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique]
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diagnostic program n a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program
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diagnostic technique n a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis [syn: diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique]
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diagnostic test n an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes [syn: diagnostic test, diagnostic assay]
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diagnostician n a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis [syn: diagnostician, pathologist]
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diagnostics n the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease Synonym(s): nosology, diagnostics
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diakinesis n the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
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dickens n a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" Synonym(s): devil, deuce, dickens English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870) Synonym(s): Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens
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Dickensian adj of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
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Dickinson n United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886) Synonym(s): Dickinson, Emily Dickinson
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Dicksoniaceae n tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans Synonym(s): Dicksoniaceae, family Dicksoniaceae
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die-sinker n someone who makes dies [syn: diemaker, diesinker, {die- sinker}]
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diesinker n someone who makes dies [syn: diemaker, diesinker, {die- sinker}]
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digenesis n alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn: metagenesis, digenesis]
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digging n the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" Synonym(s): excavation, digging, dig
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digging up n the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried Synonym(s): exhumation, disinterment, digging up
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diggings n an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology Synonym(s): diggings, digs temporary living quarters Synonym(s): diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad
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Diogenes n an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
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disco music n popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques Synonym(s): disco, disco music
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discomycete n any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes Synonym(s): discomycete, cup fungus
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Discomycetes n a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped Synonym(s): Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes
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discomycetous adj relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes
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disconcert v cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" Synonym(s): confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off cause to lose one's composure Synonym(s): upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
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disconcerted adj having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw Synonym(s): discombobulated, disconcerted
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disconcerting adj causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" Synonym(s): disconcerting, upsetting
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disconcertingly adv in a disturbing or embarrassing manner; "he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her"
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disconcertion n anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment]
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disconcertment n anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment]
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disconnect n an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" Synonym(s): gulf, disconnect, disconnection v pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable; "unplug the hair dryer after using it" Synonym(s): unplug, disconnect Antonym(s): connect, plug in, plug into make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten Antonym(s): connect, link, link up, tie
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disconnected adj (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes" Synonym(s): staccato, disconnected Antonym(s): legato, smooth having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" Synonym(s): disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" Synonym(s): abrupt, disconnected not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected" lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" Synonym(s): confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
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disconnectedness n state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] Antonym(s): connectedness, connection, link
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disconnection n state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] Antonym(s): connectedness, connection, link an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" Synonym(s): gulf, disconnect, disconnection the act of breaking a connection Synonym(s): disconnection, disjunction
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disconsolate adj sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" Synonym(s): inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable Antonym(s): consolable causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" Synonym(s): blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
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disconsolately adv in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects Synonym(s): desolately, disconsolately
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disconsolateness n feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness]
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disenchant v free from enchantment Synonym(s): disenchant, disillusion Antonym(s): delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport
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disenchanted adj freed from enchantment Antonym(s): enchanted
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disenchanting adj freeing from illusion or false belief [syn: disenchanting, disillusioning]
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disenchantment n freeing from false belief or illusions [syn: disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment]
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disencumber v release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" Synonym(s): extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber
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disengage v release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" Synonym(s): disengage, withdraw Antonym(s): engage, lock, mesh, operate free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" Synonym(s): free, disengage Antonym(s): block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" Antonym(s): engage
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disengagement n the act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn: detachment, disengagement] to break off a military action with an enemy Synonym(s): disengagement, fallback, pullout
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dishonest adj deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Synonym(s): dishonest, dishonorable Antonym(s): honest, honorable capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" Synonym(s): corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal
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dishonestly adv in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend" Synonym(s): dishonestly, venally, deceitfully Antonym(s): aboveboard, honestly
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dishonesty n the quality of being dishonest [ant: honestness, honesty] lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing Synonym(s): dishonesty, knavery
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disincarnate v make immaterial; remove the real essence of [ant: incarnate]
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disincentive n a negative motivational influence [syn: disincentive, deterrence] Antonym(s): incentive, inducement, motivator
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disinclination n that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known" Antonym(s): inclination a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" Synonym(s): reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
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disincline v make unwilling Synonym(s): indispose, disincline [ant: dispose, incline]
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disinclined adj unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody" Antonym(s): inclined(p)
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disingenuous adj not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse" Synonym(s): disingenuous, artful Antonym(s): artless, ingenuous
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disingenuously adv in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work" Synonym(s): disingenuously, artfully
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disingenuousness n the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant: ingenuousness]
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disjunct adj progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second Antonym(s): conjunct having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly Synonym(s): disjunct, isolated used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"
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disjunction n state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] Antonym(s): connectedness, connection, link the act of breaking a connection Synonym(s): disconnection, disjunction
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disjunctive adj serving or tending to divide or separate [ant: conjunctive]
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disjunctive conjunction n the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings
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disjuncture n state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] Antonym(s): connectedness, connection, link
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dismiss v bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" Synonym(s): dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!" Synonym(s): dismiss, throw out stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" Synonym(s): dismiss, send packing, send away, drop terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" Synonym(s): displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate Antonym(s): employ, engage, hire end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report" Synonym(s): dismiss, usher out declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" Synonym(s): dissolve, dismiss
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dismissal n a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial [syn: judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismissal] official notice that you have been fired from your job Synonym(s): dismissal, dismission, pink slip permission to go; the sending away of someone the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Synonym(s): dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
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dismissed adj having lost your job [syn: discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped]
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dismissible adj subject to dismissal; "appointed and removable by the mayor"
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dismission n official notice that you have been fired from your job Synonym(s): dismissal, dismission, pink slip the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Synonym(s): dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
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dismissive adj showing indifference or disregard; "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "'chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term 'housewife syndrome'" stopping to associate with; "they took dismissive action after the third violation"
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dissension n disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: discord, dissension] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters Synonym(s): disagreement, dissension, dissonance Antonym(s): accord, agreement
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dizziness n a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall Synonym(s): dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo
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docking n the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn: docking, moorage, dockage, tying up]
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docking facility n landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" Synonym(s): dock, dockage, docking facility
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docking fee n a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock [syn: dockage, docking fee]
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dogging adj relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears" Synonym(s): dogging, persisting
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dousing n the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing]
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Dow Jones n an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing" Synonym(s): Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Industrial Average
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Dow-Jones Industrial Average n an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing" Synonym(s): Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Industrial Average
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dowsing n searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod Synonym(s): dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy
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dowsing rod n forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil Synonym(s): divining rod, dowser, dowsing rod, waterfinder, water finder
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dozens n a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers" Synonym(s): tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy n the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) Synonym(s): Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy
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ducking n hunting ducks Synonym(s): ducking, duck hunting the act of wetting something by submerging it Synonym(s): submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
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ducking stool n an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water Synonym(s): cucking stool, ducking stool
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dugong n sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate Synonym(s): dugong, Dugong dugon
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Dugong dugon n sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate Synonym(s): dugong, Dugong dugon
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Dugongidae n a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow Synonym(s): Dugongidae, family Dugongidae
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duskiness n the state of being poorly illuminated [syn: dimness, duskiness] a swarthy complexion Synonym(s): darkness, duskiness, swarthiness
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dysgenesis n infertility between hybrids
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dysgenic adj pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced Synonym(s): dysgenic, cacogenic Antonym(s): eugenic
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dysgenics n the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced Synonym(s): dysgenics, cacogenics Antonym(s): eugenics
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dyskinesia n abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
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China \Chi"na\, n.       1. A country in Eastern Asia.          2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for             porcelain. See {Porcelain}.          {China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.             See {Aster}.          {China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1.          {China clay} See {Kaolin}.          {China grass}, Same as {Ramie}.          {China ink}. See {India ink}.          {China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of             {Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single             or double flowers; Indian pink.          {China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax}             ({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much             esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used             for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and             {Alpinia officinarum}).          {China rose}. (Bot.)             (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of                   rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other                   species.             (b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis})                   of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China                   and the east Indies.          {China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or             of crockery.          {China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century             because brought from the far East, and differing from the             pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,             crockery in general.          {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}.
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Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.)       A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Delphinium}), having showy       flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North       Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is {D.       Consolida}. The flower of the bee larkspur ({D. elatum}) has       two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a       bee.
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d8Acinaces \[d8]A*cin"a*ces\, n. [L., from Gr. [?].] (Anc.       Hist.)       A short sword or saber.
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d8Acinesia \[d8]Ac`i*ne"si*a\       ([acr]s`[icr]*n[emac]"s[icr]*[adot]), n. (Med.)       Same as {Akinesia}.
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d8Acinus \[d8]Ac"i*nus\, n.; pl. {Acini}. [L., grape,       grapestone.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up                   some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry,                   etc.             (b) A grapestone.          2. (Anat.) One of the granular masses which constitute a             racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of             the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.             --Quain.
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d8Agamogenesis \[d8]Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. [?] unmarried       ('a priv. + [?] marriage) + [?] reproduction.] (Biol.)       Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes:       asexual reproduction.
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d8Agenesis \[d8]A*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] birth.]       (Physiol.)       Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of       organization.
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d8Agennesis \[d8]Ag`en*ne"sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] an       engendering.] (Physiol.)       Impotence; sterility.
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d8Agnus \[d8]Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. {Agnuses}; L. {Agni}. [L., a       lamb.]       Agnus Dei.
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d8Agnus castus \[d8]Ag"nus cas"tus\ [Gr. [?] a willowlike tree,       used at a religious festival; confused with [?] holy,       chaste.] (Bot.)       A species of {Vitex} ({V. agnus castus}); the chaste tree.       --Loudon.                   And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.
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d8Agnus Dei \[d8]Ag"nus De"i\ [L., lamb of God.] (R. C. Ch.)       (a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.       (b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from             the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the             Pope.       (c) A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning             with the words [bd]Agnus Dei.[b8]
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d8Agnus Scythicus \[d8]Ag"nus Scyth"i*cus\ [L., Scythian lamb.]       (Bot.)       The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See       {Barometz}.
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d8Akinesia \[d8]Ak`i*ne"si*a\, n. [Gr. [?] quiescence; 'a priv.       + [?] motion.] (Med.)       Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. --Foster.
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d8Ascomycetes \[d8]As`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; ascus + Gr.       [?], [?], fungus.] (Bot.)       A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate       hyph[91], and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore       sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts,       molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. -- {As`co*my*ce"tous},       a.
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d8Caimacam \[d8]Cai`ma*cam"\, n. [Turk.]       The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
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d8Camisard \[d8]Cam"i*sard\, n. [F.]       One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against       Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so       called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.
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d8Camisole \[d8]Cam"i*sole\, n. [F. See {chemise}.]       1. A short dressing jacket for women.          2. A kind of straitjacket.
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d8Cancan \[d8]Can"can\, n. [F.]       A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or       extravagant postures and gestures.
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d8Cancelli \[d8]Can*cel"li\, n. pl. [L., a lattice. See       {Cancel}, v. t.]       1. An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework,             rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of             justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or             in a window.          2. (Anat.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the             elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp.             in their articular extremities.
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d8Canis \[d8]Ca"nis\ (k[acr]"n[icr]s), n.; pl. {Canes}       (-n[emac]z). [L., a dog.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family {Canid[91]},       including the dogs and wolves.          {[d8]Canis major} [L., larger dog], a constellation to the             southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.          {[d8]Canis minor} [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the             east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first             magnitude.
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d8Canis \[d8]Ca"nis\ (k[acr]"n[icr]s), n.; pl. {Canes}       (-n[emac]z). [L., a dog.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family {Canid[91]},       including the dogs and wolves.          {[d8]Canis major} [L., larger dog], a constellation to the             southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.          {[d8]Canis minor} [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the             east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first             magnitude.
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d8Canis \[d8]Ca"nis\ (k[acr]"n[icr]s), n.; pl. {Canes}       (-n[emac]z). [L., a dog.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family {Canid[91]},       including the dogs and wolves.          {[d8]Canis major} [L., larger dog], a constellation to the             southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.          {[d8]Canis minor} [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the             east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first             magnitude.
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d8Cannicula \[d8]Can*nic"u*la\, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little       dog, a dim of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.)       The Dog Star; Sirius.
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d8Canzone \[d8]Can*zo"ne\, n. [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr.       canere to sing. Cf. {Chanson}, {Chant}.] (Mus.)       (a) A song or air for one or more voices, of Proven[87]al             origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.       (b) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.
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d8Chameck \[d8]Cha*meck"\, n. [Native Brazilian name.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A kind of spider monkey ({Ateles chameck}), having the thumbs       rudimentary and without a nail.
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d8Chamisal \[d8]Cha`mi*sal"\, n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a       kind of wild cane.]       1. (Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub ({Adenostoma             fasciculatum}) which often forms an impenetrable             chaparral.          2. A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub.
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d8Chamsin \[d8]Cham*sin"\, n. [F.]       See {Kamsin}.
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d8Chank \[d8]Chank"\, n. [Skr. [87]a[ef]kha. See {Conch}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several       species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp.       {Turbinella pyrum}. Called also {chank chell}.
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d8Chanson de geste \[d8]Chan`son" de geste"\ [F., prop., song of       history.]       Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or       exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and       written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve       syllables. The most famous one is the {Chanson de Roland}.                   Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the                later chansons de geste.                        --Saintsbury.
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d8Chansonnette \[d8]Chan`son*nette"\, n.; pl. {Chansonnettes}.       [F., dim. of chanson.]       A little song.                   These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung.                                                                               --Black.
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d8Chemosis \[d8]Che*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a swelling of       the cornea resembling a cockleshell, fr. [?] a gaping, hence       a cockleshell.] (Med.)       Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding       the cornea. -- {Che*mot"ic}, a.
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d8Cheng \[d8]Cheng\, n. [Chinese.]       A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.
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d8Chinoiserie \[d8]Chi`noi`se*rie"\       (sh[emac]`nw[adot]`z'*r[emac]"), n. [F.]       Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a       specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.
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d8Chomage \[d8]Cho`mage"\, n. [F. chomage.]       1. Stoppage; cessation (of labor).          2. A standing still or idle (of mills, factories, etc.).
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d8Cimex \[d8]Ci"mex\, n.; pl. {Cimices}. [L., a bug.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the       best known example. See {Bedbug}.
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d8Cingulum \[d8]Cin"gu*lum\, n. [L., a girdle.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line             as seen on certain univalve shells.       (b) The clitellus of earthworms.       (c) The base of the crown of a tooth.
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d8Cinquecento \[d8]Cin`que*cen"to\, n. & a. [It., five hundred,       abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so       called because it arose after the year 1500.]       The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or       literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento       style.
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d8Comes \[d8]Co"mes\, n. [L., a companion.] (Mus.)       The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.
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d8Commissionnaire \[d8]Com*mis`sion*naire"\ (?; F. ?), n. [F.,       fr. L. commissio.]       1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant.          2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who             perform miscellaneous services for travelers.
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d8Concertmeister \[d8]Con*cert`meis"ter\, n. [G.] (Mus.)       The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra;       the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
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Concessionaire \Con*ces`sion*aire"\, d8Concessionnaire    \[d8]Con`ces`sion`naire"\, n. [F. concessionnaire.]       The beneficiary of a concession or grant.
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d8Concetto \[d8]Con*cet"to\ (?; It. ?), n.; pl. {Concetti}.       [It., fr. L. conceptus. See {Conceit}.]       Affected wit; a conceit. --Chesterfield.
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d8Concha \[d8]Con"cha\, n. [LL. (in sense 1), fr. [?] concha.       See {Conch}.]       1. (Arch.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for             the entire apse.          2. (Anat.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest             concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to             the auditory canal.
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d8Conchifera \[d8]Con*chif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. concha +       ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.)       That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the       Lamellibranchiata. See {Mollusca}.
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d8Concierge \[d8]Con`cierge"\, n. [F.]       One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private;       a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
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d8Conciergerie \[d8]Con`cier`ge*rie"\, n. [F.]       1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor.          2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in             Paris.
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d8Cong82 \[d8]Con`g[82]"\ ([?]; E. [?]; 277), n. [F., leave,       permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave       of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come;       com- + meare to go. Cf. {Permeate}.] [Formerly written       {congie}.]       1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also,             dismissal.                         Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her                      cong[82]?                                          --Thackeray.          2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a             courtesy.                         The captain salutes you with cong[82] profound.                                                                               --Swift.          3. (Arch.) An apophyge. --Gwilt.          {[d8]Cong[82] d'[82]lire}[F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the             sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to             choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.
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d8Cong82 \[d8]Con`g[82]"\ ([?]; E. [?]; 277), n. [F., leave,       permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave       of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come;       com- + meare to go. Cf. {Permeate}.] [Formerly written       {congie}.]       1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also,             dismissal.                         Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her                      cong[82]?                                          --Thackeray.          2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a             courtesy.                         The captain salutes you with cong[82] profound.                                                                               --Swift.          3. (Arch.) An apophyge. --Gwilt.          {[d8]Cong[82] d'[82]lire}[F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the             sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to             choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.
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d8Congius \[d8]Con"gi*us\, n. [L.]       1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three             quarts.          2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to             {cong.}]
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d8Conistra \[d8]Co*nis"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]       dust.] (Greek Antiq.)       Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the       Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in       sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself.       Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.
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d8Conjugium \[d8]Con*ju"gi*um\, n. [L.] (Rom. Law)       The marriage tie.
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d8Conjunctiva \[d8]Con`junc*ti"va\, n. [NL., from L.       conjunctivus connective.] (Anat.)       The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the       ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the       conjunctival membrane.
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d8Conservatoire \[d8]Con`ser"va*toire`\, n. [F.]       A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp.       music and the arts. [See {Conservatory}, 3].
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d8Consigne \[d8]Con"signe\, n. [F.] (Mil.)       (a) A countersign; a watchword.       (b) One who is orders to keep within certain limits.
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d8Consolato del mare \[d8]Con`so*la"to del ma"re\ [It., the       consulate of the sea.]       A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to       have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th       century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent       collections of maritime laws. --Kent. --Bouvier.
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d8Consomm82 \[d8]Con`som`m"[82]\, n. [F., lit. p. p. of       consommer to finish.] (Cookery)       A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.
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d8Constat \[d8]Con"stat\, n. [L., it is evident.] (Law)       A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a       matter in question.
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d8Conus \[d8]Co"nus\, n. [L., a cone.]       1. A cone.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical             shell. See {Cone}, n., 4.
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d8Cumacea \[d8]Cu*ma"ce*a\ (k?-m?"sh?-? or -s?-?), n. pl. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.
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d8Cunctator \[d8]Cunc*ta"tor\ (k?nk-t?"t?r), n. [L., lit., a       delayer; -- applied as a surname to Q. Fabius Maximus.]       One who delays or lingers. [R.]
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d8Cyanosis \[d8]Cy`a*no"sis\ (s?`?-n?"s?s), n. [NL. See       {Cyanic}.] (Med.)       A condition in which, from insufficient a[eum]ration of the       blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See       {Cyanopathy}.
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d8Dochmius \[d8]Doch"mi*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Pros.)       A foot of five syllables (usually [?] -- -[?] -).
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d8Dysgenesis \[d8]Dys*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. dys- + genesis.]       (Biol.)       A condition of not generating or breeding freely;       infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are       sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of       either parent race.
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d8Ecchymosis \[d8]Ec`chy*mo"sis\, n.; pl. {Ecchymoses}. [NL.,       fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to extravasate; [?] out of + [?] to       pour.] (Med.)       A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation       or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a       contusion.
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d8Echinococcus \[d8]E*chi`no*coc"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]       hedgehog, sea urchin + [?] grain, seed. So called because       forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and       disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals,       forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in       various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which       often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T[91]nia       echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.
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d8Echinozoa \[d8]E*chi`no*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an       echinus + [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.)       The Echinodermata.
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d8Echinus \[d8]E*chi"nus\, n.; pl. {Echini}. [L., a hedgehog,       sea urchin, Gr. [?].]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A hedgehog.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common             edible sea urchin of Europe.          3. (Arch.)             (a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of                   the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar                   elastic curve. See {Entablature}.             (b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric                   style. See Illust. of {Column}             (c) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg                   and dart molding, because that ornament is often                   identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably                   alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.
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d8Gamogenesis \[d8]Gam`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. [?] marriage + E.       genesis.] (Biol.)       The production of offspring by the union of parents of       different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of       agamogenesis.
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d8Ganocephala \[d8]Gan`o*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]       brightness + [?] head.] (Paleon.)       A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts,       having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in       some ganoid fishes.
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d8Genista \[d8]Ge*nis"ta\, n. [L., broom.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants including the common broom of Western       Europe.
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{[d8]Genius loci}[L.], the genius or presiding divinity of a             place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or             institution, as of a college, etc.
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d8Gens \[d8]Gens\ (j[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Gentes}       (j[ecr]n"t[emac]z). [L. See {Gentle}, a.] (Rom. Hist.)       1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of             the same stock, who had a common name and certain common             religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or             tribe.          2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American             aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent,             and bear the same totem.
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d8Genys \[d8]Ge"nys\ (j[emac]"n[icr]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ge`nys       the under jaw.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Gonys}.
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d8Ginglymodi \[d8]Gin`gly*mo"di\, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. [?]       ginglymoid. See {Ginglymoid}.] (Zo[94]l.)       An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and       many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a       heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the       fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebr[91] convex in       front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint.       See {Ganoidel}.
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d8Ginglymus \[d8]Gin"gly*mus\, n.; pl. {Ginglymi}. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?] a hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.] (Anat.)       A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and       extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and       the ankle.
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d8Gnosis \[d8]Gno"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.] (Metaph.)       The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was       claimed by the Gnostics.
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d8Gonococcus \[d8]Gon`o*coc"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] semen,       the genitals + NL. & E. coccus.] (Med.)       A vegetable micro[94]rganism of the genus {Micrococcus},       occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by       some to constitute the cause of this disease.
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d8Gonys \[d8]Go"nys\, n. [Cf. {Genys}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the       mandibular rami are united.
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d8Gunjah \[d8]Gun"jah\, n. (Bot.)       See {Ganja}.
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d8Gymnochroa \[d8]Gym*noch"ro*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s       naked + chro`a skin, body.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See {Hydra}.
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d8Gymnocladus \[d8]Gym*noc"la*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s       naked + kla`dos a branch.] (Bot.)       A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The       leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.
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d8Gymnocopa \[d8]Gym"no*co`pa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s       naked + [?] an oar.] (Zo[94]l.)       A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae       only in the cephalic appendages.
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d8Gymnoglossa \[d8]Gym"no*glos`sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s       naked + [?] tongue.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without       teeth.
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d8Gymnosomata \[d8]Gym`no*so"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       gymno`s naked + [?], [?], the body.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.
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d8Gyn91ceum \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ce"um\, d8Gyn91cium    \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ci"um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] women's apartments,       fr. [?] a woman.]       The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively       appropriated to women. [Written also {gyneceum}, {gynecium}.]       --Tennyson.
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d8Gyn91ceum \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ce"um\, d8Gyn91cium    \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ci"um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] women's apartments,       fr. [?] a woman.]       The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively       appropriated to women. [Written also {gyneceum}, {gynecium}.]       --Tennyson.
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d8Gyneceum \[d8]Gyn"e*ce`um\, n.       See {Gyn[91]ceum}.
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d8Hyoscyamus \[d8]Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] a       sow, hog + [?] a bean.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade             family; henbane.          2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus             niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
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d8Ignis fatuus \[d8]Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. {Ignes fatui}. [L.       ignis fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its       tendency to mislead travelers.]       1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over             marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the             decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by             some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also             {Will-with-the-wisp}, or {Will-o'-the-wisp}, and             {Jack-with-a-lantern}, or {Jack-o'-lantern}.
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d8Jamacina \[d8]Jam`a*ci"na\, n. [NL.]       Jamaicine.
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d8Jeniquen \[d8]Je*ni"quen\, n. [Sp. jeniquen.] (Bot.)       A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp ({Agave rigida}, var.       Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written also {hen[c6]equen}.]
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d8Jeunesse dor82e \[d8]Jeu`nesse" do`r[82]e"\ [F.]       Lit., gilded youth; young people of wealth and fashion, esp.       if given to prodigal living; -- in the French Revolution,       applied to young men of the upper classes who aided in       suppressing the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror.
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d8Jungermannia \[d8]Jun`ger*man"ni*a\, n.; pl.       {Jungermanni[91]}. [NL. Named after Ludwig Jungermann, a       German botanist.] (Bot.)       A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but       formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is       sometimes therefore called {Jungermanniace[91]}.
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d8Junker \[d8]Jun"ker\, n. [G. Cf. {Yonker}.]       A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the       aristocratic party in Prussia.
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d8Juwansa \[d8]Ju*wan"sa\, n. (Bot.)       The camel's thorn. See under {Camel}.
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d8Kaimacam \[d8]Kai`ma*cam"\, n.       Same as {Caimacam}.
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d8Kin91sthesis \[d8]Kin`[91]s*the"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to       move + [?] perception.] (Physiol.)       The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.       --Bastian.
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d8Oceanus \[d8]O*ce"a*nus\, n. [L., from Gr. [?].] (Gr.Myth.)       The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was       believed to flow around the whole earth.
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d8Oscines \[d8]Os"ci*nes\, n. pl. [L. oscen, -inis.] (Zo[94]l.)       Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous       syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability.
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d8Quinquennalia \[d8]Quin`quen*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L., fr.       quinquennalis. See {Ouinquennial}.] (Rom. Antiq.)       Public games celebrated every five years.
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d8Quinquevir \[d8]Quin"que*vir\, n.; pl; E. {Quinquevirs}, L.       {Quinqueviri}. [L., fr. quinque Five + vir man.] (Bot.       Antiq.)       One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
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d8Quinquina \[d8]Quin*qui"na\, n. [NL. & F. See {Quinine}.]       Peruvian bark.
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d8S82ance \[d8]S[82]`ance"\, n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p.       pr. of sedere to sit. See {Sit}.]       A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of       spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
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d8Saengerbund \[d8]Saeng"er*bund`\, n.; G. pl. {-b[81]nde}. [G.       s[84]ngerbund.] (Music)       A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs,       esp. German.
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d8Saengerfest \[d8]Saeng"er*fest\, n. [G. s[84]ngerfest.]       A festival of singers; a German singing festival.
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d8Samaj \[d8]Sa*maj"\, n. [Hind. sam[be]j meeting, assembly, fr.       Skr. sam[be]ja a community.]       A society or congregation; a church or religious body.       [India]
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d8Samisen \[d8]Sam"i*sen\, n. [Jap.] (Mus.)       A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling       a guitar or banjo.
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d8Samshoo \[d8]Sam"shoo\, Samshu \Sam"shu\, n. [Chinese san-shao       thrice fired.]       A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty       liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.       --S. W. Williams.
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Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, n. [L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.]       A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved       for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.          {[d8]Sanctum sanctorum} [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most             holy place, as in the Jewish temple.
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d8Sanga \[d8]San"ga\, Sangu \San"gu\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The Abyssinian ox ({Bos [or] Bibos, Africanus}), noted for       the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.
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d8Sang-froid \[d8]Sang`-froid"\, n. [F., cold blood.]       Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in       trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. --Burke.
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d8Sanguinaria \[d8]San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Sanguinary},       a. & n.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.          Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only                species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a                few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms                in early spring. See {Bloodroot}.          2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an             emetic, etc.
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d8Sanies \[d8]Sa"ni*es\, n. [L.] (Med.)       A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul       wounds.
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d8Sankha \[d8]Sank"ha\, n. [Skr. [cced]ankha a shell.]       A chank shell ({Turbinella pyrum}); also, a shell bracelet or       necklace made in India from the chank shell.
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d8Sankhya \[d8]Sankh"ya\, n.       A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul       and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three       elements, goodness, passion, and darkness. --Whitworth.
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d8Sans \[d8]Sans\ (s[aum]n; E. s[acr]nz), prep. [F., from L.       sine without.]       Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English       word. [bd]Sans fail.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.                                                                               --Shak.
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d8Sans-culotte \[d8]Sans`-cu`lotte"\ (F. [?]; E. [?]), n. [F.,       without breeches.]       1. A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of             reproach given in the first French revolution to the             extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an             emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and             adopted pantaloons.          2. Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent             revolutionist; a Jacobin.
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d8Sans-souci \[d8]Sans`-sou`ci"\, adv. [F.]       Without care; free and easy.
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d8Scansores \[d8]Scan*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. scandere,       scansum, to climb.] (Zo[94]l.)       An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order.       They are distributed among several orders by modern       ornithologists.          Note: The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by                which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon,                trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and                trogons. See Illust. under {Aves}.
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d8Scincoidea \[d8]Scin*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)       A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See {Skink}.
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d8Sem91ostomata \[d8]Se*m[91]`o*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?][?][?][?] a military standard + [?][?][?], [?][?][?],       mouth.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It       includes {Aurelia}, and {Pelagia}. Called also {Semeostoma}.       See Illustr. under {Discophora}, and {Medusa}.
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d8Senecio \[d8]Se*ne"ci*o\, n. [L., groundsel, lit., an old man.       So called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.]       (Bot.)       A very large genus of composite plants including the       groundsel and the golden ragwort.
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d8Senza \[d8]Sen"za\, prep. [It.] (Mus.)       Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments.
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d8Shin Shu \[d8]Shin Shu\ [Jap., lit., true sect.]       The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan,       resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha.       Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.
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d8Singspiel \[d8]Sing"spiel`\, n. [G.; singen to sing + spiel to       play.] (Music)       A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a       kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th       century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and       patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated       accompaniment.
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d8Singultus \[d8]Sin*gul"tus\, n. [L.] (Med.)       Hiccough.
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d8Syncarpium \[d8]Syn*car"pi*um\, n.; pl. {Syncarpia}. [NL.]       (Bot.)       Same as {Syncarp}.
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d8Synchondrosis \[d8]Syn`chon*dro"sis\, n.; pl. {Synchondroses}.       [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] cartilage.] (Anat.)       An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by       cartilage. -- {Syn`chon*dro"si*al}, a.
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d8Synchysis \[d8]Syn"chy*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       confound; sy`n with + [?] to pour.]       A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a       sentence, or of humors in the eye.          {Sparkling synchysis} (Med.), a condition in which the             vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales             of cholesterin.
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d8Synclinorium \[d8]Syn`cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Synclinoria}.       [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to lay together + [?] mountain.] (Geol.)       A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a       geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and       upturning. --Dana.
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d8Syncrisis \[d8]Syn"cri*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a       comparison; [?] together + [?] to judge.] (Rhet.)       A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are       compared. --Crabb.
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d8Syncytium \[d8]Syn*cy"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Syncitia}. [NL., from       Gr. [?] together + [?] a hollow vessel.]       1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are             wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that             the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in             which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The ectoderm of a sponge.
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d8Synechia \[d8]Syn*e"chi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       hold together; sy`n with + [?] to hold.] (Med.)       A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea       or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
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d8Synecphonesis \[d8]Syn*ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       fr. [?] to utter together.] (Gram.)       A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.
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d8Syngenesia \[d8]Syn`ge*ne"si*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n       with, together + [?] generation, birth.] (Bot.)       A Linn[91]an class of plants in which the stamens are united       by the anthers.
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d8Syngnathi \[d8]Syng"na*thi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with +       [?] jaw.] (Zo[94]l.)       A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated       snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The       pipefishes and sea horses are examples. -- {Syng"na*thous},       a.
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d8Synizesis \[d8]Syn`i*ze"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       sit together; sy`n with + [?] to sit.]       1. (Med.) An obliteration of the pupil of the eye.          2. (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one;             synecphonesis.
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d8Synocha \[d8]Syn"o*cha\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a holding       together. See {Synechia}.] (Med.)       See {Synochus}. [Obs.]
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d8Synochus \[d8]Syn"o*chus\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] joined       together.] (Med.)       A continuous fever. [Obs.]          Note: Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two                distinct types of fever, but in different senses at                different periods. The same disease is placed under                synocha by one author, under synochus by another.                --Quain.
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d8Synosteosis \[d8]Syn*os`te*o"sis\, n.; pl. {Synosteoses}.       [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + [?] bone.] (Anat.)       Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and       obliteration of sutures.
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d8Synostosis \[d8]Syn`os*to"sis\, n. [NL.]       Same as {Synosteosis}.
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d8Tsung tu \[d8]Tsung" tu`\       A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial       official in China, with civil and military authority over one       or more provinces.
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d8Tsung-li Yamen \[d8]Tsung"-li Ya"men\ [Written also       {Tsung-li-Yamen} or {Tsungli Yamen}.] [Chin.]       The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese       government. See {Yamen}.
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d8Zingaro \[d8]Zin"ga*ro\, n.; pl. {Zingari}. [It.]       A gypsy.
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d8Zwanziger \[d8]Zwan"zi*ger\ (tsv[aum]n"ts[esl]*g[etil]r), n.       [G.]       An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about       10 cents.
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d8Zymosis \[d8]Zy*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fermentation,       fr. [?] ferment.] (Med.)       (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an             infectious disease is believed to be developed.       (b) A zymotic disease. [R.]
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Dash \Dash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dashing}.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat,       strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]       1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike             violently or hastily; -- often used with against.                         If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of                      the water, it maketh a sound.            --Bacon.          2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to             crust; to frustrate; to ruin.                         Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's                      vessel.                                             --Ps. ii. 9.                         A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. --Shak.                         To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. --Milton.          3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to             depress. --South.                         Dash the proud games[?]er in his gilded car. --Pope.          4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix,             reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an             inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter;             to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to             dash paint upon a picture.                         I take care to dash the character with such                      particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured                      applications.                                    --Addison.                         The very source and fount of day Is dashed with                      wandering isles of night.                  --Tennyson.          5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute             rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash             off a review or sermon.          6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with             out; as, to dash out a word.
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Dashing \Dash"ing\, a.       Bold; spirited; showy.                   The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the                listless.                                                --T. Campbell.
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Dashingly \Dash"ing*ly\, adv.       Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.]                   A dashingly dressed gentleman.               --Hawthorne.
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Daze \Daze\ (d[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazed} (d[amac]zd);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Dazing}.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel.       dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie       idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D.       dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw[aemac]s, dysig, stupid.       [root]71. Cf. {Dizzy}, {Doze}.]       To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or       with fear; to confuse; to benumb.                   While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.                                                                               --Spenser.                   Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world.                                                                               --Sir H.                                                                               Taylor.                   He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an                odd though a sufficient substitute for interest.                                                                               --Dickens.
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Deaconess \Dea"con*ess\, n. (Eccl.)       A female deacon; as:       (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties             resembled those of deacons.       (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for             church work by a bishop.       (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the             Congregationalists.
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2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive             act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual             course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process             of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process;             processes of nature.                         Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak.          3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          4. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting             part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.          5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or             personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end             of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the             defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic             term for writs of the class called judicial.          {Deacon's process} [from H. Deacon, who introduced it]             (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing             hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been             previously saturated with a solution of some metallic             salt, as sulphate of copper.          {Final process} (Practice), a writ of execution in an action             at law. --Burrill.          {In process}, in the condition of advance, accomplishment,             transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.          {Jury process} (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned             in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced.             --Burrill.          {Leblanc's process} (Chem.), the process of manufacturing             soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the             sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting             with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to             sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.          {Mesne process}. See under {Mesne}.          {Process milling}, the process of high milling for grinding             flour. See under {Milling}.          {Reversible process} (Thermodynamics), any process consisting             of a cycle of operations such that the different             operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order             with a reversal of their effects.
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Deaconship \Dea"con*ship\, n.       The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
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Decangular \Dec*an"gu*lar\, a. [Pref. deca- + angular.]       Having ten angles.
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Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Decaying}.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d[82]choir,       to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See       {Chance}.]       To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,       to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste       away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or       disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes       decay; hopes decay.                   Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where                wealth accumulates and men decay.            --Goldsmith.
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Decence \De"cence\, n.       Decency. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Decency \De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. {Decencies}. [L. decentia, fr.       decens: cf. F. d[82]cence. See {Decent}.]       1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or             becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in             social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper             formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom             from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.                         Observances of time, place, and of decency in                      general.                                             --Burke.                         Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of                      decency is want of sense.                  --Roscommon.          2. That which is proper or becoming.                         The external decencies of worship.      --Atterbury.                         Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all                      her words and actions.                        --Milton.
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Decency \De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. {Decencies}. [L. decentia, fr.       decens: cf. F. d[82]cence. See {Decent}.]       1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or             becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in             social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper             formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom             from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.                         Observances of time, place, and of decency in                      general.                                             --Burke.                         Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of                      decency is want of sense.                  --Roscommon.          2. That which is proper or becoming.                         The external decencies of worship.      --Atterbury.                         Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all                      her words and actions.                        --Milton.
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Decimosexto \Dec`i*mo*sex"to\, n. [Prop., in sixteenth; fr. L.       decimus tenth + sextus sixth.]       A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into       sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a       size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16[deg].
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Decimosexto \Dec`i*mo*sex"to\, a.       Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form,       book, leaf, size.
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Deck \Deck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Decking}.] [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See       {Thatch}.]       1. To cover; to overspread.                         To deck with clouds the uncolored sky. --Milton.          2. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe             with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to             embellish.                         Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. --Job                                                                               xl. 10.                         And deck my body in gay ornaments.      --Shak.                         The dew with spangles decked the ground. --Dryden.          3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
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Deconcentrate \De`con*cen"trate\, v. t.       To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.]
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Deconcentration \De*con`cen*tra"tion\, n.       Act of deconcentrating. [R.]
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Deconcoct \De`con*coct"\, v. t.       To decompose. [R.] --Fuller.
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Deconsecrate \De*con"se*crate\, v. t.       To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. --       {De*con`se*cra"tion}, n.
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Deconsecrate \De*con"se*crate\, v. t.       To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. --       {De*con`se*cra"tion}, n.
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Decoy \De*coy"\ (d[esl]*koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet,       soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.]       To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare;       to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy       troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.                   Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy.      --Thomson.                   E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart,                distrusting, asks if this be joy.            --Goldsmith.          Syn: To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See {Allure}.
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Dehiscence \De*his"cence\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]hiscence.]       1. The act of gaping.          2. (Biol.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of             attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening             of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to             emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as             in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their             contents.
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Deignous \Deign"ous\, a. [For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos,       desdaigneus, F. d[82]daigneux. See {Disdain}.]       Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Descension \De*scen"sion\, n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See       {Descent}.]       The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking;       declension; degradation.          {Oblique descension} (Astron.), the degree or arc of the             equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the             horizon of an oblique sphere.          {Right descension}, the degree or arc of the equator which             descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same             time with the object. [Obs.]
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Descensional \De*scen"sion*al\, a.       Pertaining to descension. --Johnson.
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Descensive \De*scen"sive\, a.       Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. --Smart.
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Descensory \De*scen"so*ry\, n. [NL. descensorium: cf. OF.       descensoire. See {Descend}.]       A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
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Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Desking}.]       To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
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Desmognathous \Des*mog"na*thous\, a. [Gr. desmo`s bond + [?]       jaw.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a       group of carinate birds ({Desmognath[91]}), including various       wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also       raptorial and other kinds.
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Dezincification \De*zinc`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.       The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition       resulting from the removal of zinc.
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Dezincify \De*zinc"i*fy\, v. t. [Pref. de- + zinc + -fy.]       To deprive of, or free from, zinc.
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Diagnose \Di`ag*nose"\, v. t. & i.       To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See       {Diagnosticate}.
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Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. {Diagnoses}. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?], fr. [?] to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + [?] to       know. See {Know}.]       1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of             disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its             character; also, the decision arrived at.          2. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise             description of characterization of a species.          3. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such             scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning,             motives and character.                         The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of                      men's minds, and the love of epigram. --Compton                                                                               Reade.                         My diagnosis of his character proved correct. --J.                                                                               Payn.          {Differential diagnosis} (Med.), the determination of the             distinguishing characteristics as between two similar             diseases or conditions.
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Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. {Diagnoses}. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?], fr. [?] to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + [?] to       know. See {Know}.]       1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of             disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its             character; also, the decision arrived at.          2. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise             description of characterization of a species.          3. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such             scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning,             motives and character.                         The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of                      men's minds, and the love of epigram. --Compton                                                                               Reade.                         My diagnosis of his character proved correct. --J.                                                                               Payn.          {Differential diagnosis} (Med.), the determination of the             distinguishing characteristics as between two similar             diseases or conditions.
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Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] able to distinguish, fr.       [?]: cf. F. diagnostique.]       Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the       nature of a disease.
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Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, n.       The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or       distinguished from others.
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Diagnosticate \Di`ag*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. & i. [From       {Diagnostic}.]       To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a       disease.
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Diagnostics \Di`ag*nos"tics\, n.       That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the       nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.                   His rare skill in diagnostics.               --Macaulay.
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Dice \Dice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Diced}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dicing}.]       1. To play games with dice.                         I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak.          2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
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Dicing \Di"cing\, n.       1. An ornamenting in squares or cubes.          2. Gambling with dice. --J. R. Green.
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Dickens \Dick"ens\, n. [or] interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim.       devilkins.]       The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]                   I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak.
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Diesinker \Die"sink`er\, n.       An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.
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Diesinking \Die"sink`ing\, n.       The process of engraving dies.
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Digamist \Dig"a*mist\, n. [Gr. [?] = [?] twice + [?] to marry.       Cf. {Bigamist}.]       One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. --Hammond.
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Digamous \Dig"a*mous\, a.       Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death       of the first wife or the first husband.
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Digenesis \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.)       The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated       by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See       {Parthenogenesis}.
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Digenous \Dig"e*nous\, a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.)       Sexually reproductive.          {Digenous reproduction}. (Biol.) Same as {Digenesis}.
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Digenous \Dig"e*nous\, a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.)       Sexually reproductive.          {Digenous reproduction}. (Biol.) Same as {Digenesis}.
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Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same       word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to       dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].]       1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to             open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or             other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if             with a spade.                         Be first to dig the ground.               --Dryden.          2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.          3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing             earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.          4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]                         You should have seen children . . . dig and push                      their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them:                      Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear                      pearls.                                             --Robynson                                                                               (More's                                                                               Utopia).          {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as,             to dig down a wall.          {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or             obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine;             to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is             often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron             ore, digging potatoes.          {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.
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Digging \Dig"ging\, n.       1. The act or the place of excavating.          2. pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain             localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at             which gold is obtained. [Recent]          3. pl. Region; locality. [Low]
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Digonous \Dig"o*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] = [?] double + [?] an angle.]       Having two angles. --Smart.
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Digynian \Di*gyn"i*an\, Digynous \Dig"y*nous\, a. [Cf. F.       digyne.] (Bot.)       Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles.
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Dike \Dike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Diking}.] [OE. diken, dichen, AS. d[c6]cian to dike. See       {Dike}.]       1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure             with a bank.          2. To drain by a dike or ditch.
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.       A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in       Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims       and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.          {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit             crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies             and often destructive to crops.          {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is             said to have carried about with him as his house, in which             he lived.
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.       A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in       Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims       and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.          {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit             crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies             and often destructive to crops.          {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is             said to have carried about with him as his house, in which             he lived.
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.       A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in       Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims       and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.          {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit             crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies             and often destructive to crops.          {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is             said to have carried about with him as his house, in which             he lived.
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Disanchor \Dis*an"chor\, v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + anchor: cf. F.       d[82]sancrer.]       To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.]       --Heywood.
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Disangelical \Dis`an*gel"ic*al\, a.       Not angelical. [R.] [bd]Disangelical nature.[b8] --Coventry.
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Disannex \Dis`an*nex"\, v. t.       To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. --State       Trials (1608).
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Discinct \Dis*cinct\, a. [L. discinctus, p. p. of discingere to       ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.]       Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Discommission \Dis`com*mis"sion\, v. t.       To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] --Laud.
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.       OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.]       1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into             disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the             plans of his enemy.          2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;             to discompose; to abash.                         The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law                      somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn                      and perfumed with tobacco might well do.                                                                               --Thackeray.          Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;                defeat; frustrate.
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, n.       Want of concert; disagreement. --Sir W. Temple.
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.       OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.]       1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into             disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the             plans of his enemy.          2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;             to discompose; to abash.                         The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law                      somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn                      and perfumed with tobacco might well do.                                                                               --Thackeray.          Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;                defeat; frustrate.
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.       OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.]       1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into             disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the             plans of his enemy.          2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;             to discompose; to abash.                         The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law                      somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn                      and perfumed with tobacco might well do.                                                                               --Thackeray.          Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;                defeat; frustrate.
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Disconcertion \Dis`con*cer"tion\, n.       The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted;       discomposure; perturbation. [R.] --State Trials (1794).
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Discongruity \Dis`con*gru"i*ty\, n.       Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. --Sir M. Hale.
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Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.]       To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to       sever; to separate; to disperse.                   The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected                into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.                   This restriction disconnects bank paper and the                precious metals.                                    --Walsh.
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Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.]       To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to       sever; to separate; to disperse.                   The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected                into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.                   This restriction disconnects bank paper and the                precious metals.                                    --Walsh.
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Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.]       To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to       sever; to separate; to disperse.                   The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected                into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.                   This restriction disconnects bank paper and the                precious metals.                                    --Walsh.
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Disconnection \Dis`con*nec"tion\, n.       The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected;       separation; want of union.                   Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate                members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion.                                                                               --Burke.
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Disconsecrate \Dis*con"se*crate\, v. t.       To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]
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Disconsolacy \Dis*con"so*la`cy\, n.       The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, n.       Disconsolateness. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- +       consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v.       t.]       1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited;             hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a             bereaved and disconsolate parent.                         One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood                      disconsolate.                                    --Moore.                         The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were                      dropping wet, disconsolate and wan.   --Dryden.          2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the             disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray.          Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful;                hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. --                {Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n.
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Disconsolated \Dis*con"so*la`ted\, a.       Disconsolate. [Obs.]                   A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. --Sterne.
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- +       consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v.       t.]       1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited;             hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a             bereaved and disconsolate parent.                         One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood                      disconsolate.                                    --Moore.                         The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were                      dropping wet, disconsolate and wan.   --Dryden.          2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the             disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray.          Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful;                hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. --                {Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n.
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- +       consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v.       t.]       1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited;             hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a             bereaved and disconsolate parent.                         One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood                      disconsolate.                                    --Moore.                         The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were                      dropping wet, disconsolate and wan.   --Dryden.          2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the             disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray.          Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful;                hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. --                {Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n.
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Disconsolation \Dis*con`so*la"tion\, n.       Dejection; grief. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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Discounsel \Dis*coun"sel\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF.       desconseiller.]       To dissuade. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Disenchained \Dis`en*chained"\, a.       Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] --E. A. Poe.
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Disenchant \Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disenchanted};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenchanting}.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf.       F. d[82]senchanter.]       To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms       or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.                   Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the                charms, and disenchants the grove.         --Dryden.
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Disenchant \Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disenchanted};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenchanting}.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf.       F. d[82]senchanter.]       To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms       or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.                   Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the                charms, and disenchants the grove.         --Dryden.
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Disenchanter \Dis`en*chant"er\, n.       One who, or that which, disenchants.
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Disenchant \Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disenchanted};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenchanting}.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf.       F. d[82]senchanter.]       To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms       or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.                   Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the                charms, and disenchants the grove.         --Dryden.
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Disenchantment \Dis`en*chant"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- +       enchantment: cf. F. d[82]senchantement.]       The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.       --Shelton.
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Disencharm \Dis`en*charm"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) +       charm.]       To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to       disenchant. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Disenclose \Dis`en*close\, v. t.       See {Disinclose}.
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Disencouragement \Dis`en*cour"age*ment\, n.       Discouragement. [Obs.] --Spectator.
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Disencrese \Dis`en*crese"\, v. i. [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E.       increase.]       To decrease. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Disencrese \Dis`en*crese"\, n.       Decrease. [Obs.]
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Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref.       dis- + encumber: cf. F. d[82]sencombrer.]       To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,       impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen.                   I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.   --Dryden.
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Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref.       dis- + encumber: cf. F. d[82]sencombrer.]       To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,       impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen.                   I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.   --Dryden.
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Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref.       dis- + encumber: cf. F. d[82]sencombrer.]       To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,       impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen.                   I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.   --Dryden.
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Disencumbrance \Dis`en*cum"brance\, n.       Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything       burdensome or troublesome. --Spectator.
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. i.       To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's       self.                   From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! --Young.
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.       d[82]sengager.]       To release from that with which anything is engaged,       engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach;       to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from       a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath,       promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a       favorite pursuit, the mind from study.                   To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be                borrowed.                                                --Milton.                   Caloric and light must be disengaged during the                process.                                                --Transl. of                                                                               Lavoisier.          Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;                detach; withdraw; wean.
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Disengaged \Dis`en*gaged"\, a.       Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from       occupation or care; vacant. -- {Dis`en*ga"ged*ness}, n.
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.       d[82]sengager.]       To release from that with which anything is engaged,       engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach;       to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from       a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath,       promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a       favorite pursuit, the mind from study.                   To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be                borrowed.                                                --Milton.                   Caloric and light must be disengaged during the                process.                                                --Transl. of                                                                               Lavoisier.          Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;                detach; withdraw; wean.
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Disengaged \Dis`en*gaged"\, a.       Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from       occupation or care; vacant. -- {Dis`en*ga"ged*ness}, n.
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Disengagement \Dis`en*gage"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- + engagement:       cf. F. d[82]sengagement.]       1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of             being disengaged.                         It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric                      and light evident to the senses.         --Transl. of                                                                               Lavoisier.                         A disengagement from earthly trammels. --Sir W.                                                                               Jones.          2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.                         Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment.                                                                               --Bp. Butler.
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Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a.       Loosing; setting free; detaching.          {Disengaging machinery}. See under {Engaging}.
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.       d[82]sengager.]       To release from that with which anything is engaged,       engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach;       to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from       a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath,       promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a       favorite pursuit, the mind from study.                   To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be                borrowed.                                                --Milton.                   Caloric and light must be disengaged during the                process.                                                --Transl. of                                                                               Lavoisier.          Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;                detach; withdraw; wean.
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Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a.       Loosing; setting free; detaching.          {Disengaging machinery}. See under {Engaging}.
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Disensanity \Dis`en*san"i*ty\, n. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) +       sanity.]       Insanity; folly. [Obs.]                   What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.
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Disenshrouded \Dis`en*shroud"ed\, a.       Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.                   The disenshrouded statue.                        --R. Browning.
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Disenslave \Dis`en*slave"\, v. t.       To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.                   He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. --South.
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Dish \Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dished}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dishing}.]       1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.          2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish;             as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.          3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low]          {To dish out}.          1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at             table.          2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.          {To dish up}, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and             put in dishes to be served at table.
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Dishing \Dish"ing\, a.       Dish-shaped; concave.
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Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F.       d[82]shonn[88]te, OF. deshoneste.]       1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]                         Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope.                         Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the                      women].                                             --Sir T.                                                                               North.          2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]                         Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,                      Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.                                                                               --Dryden.          3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed             to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.          4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity;             knavish; fraudulent; unjust.                         To get dishonest gain.                        --Ezek. xxii.                                                                               27.                         The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.
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Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.]       To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]                   I will no longer dishonest my house.      --Chapman.
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Dishonestly \Dis*hon"est*ly\, adv.       In a dishonest manner.
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Dishonesty \Dis*hon"es*ty\, n. [Cf. OF. deshonest[82], F.       d[82]shonn[88]tet[82].]       1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] [bd]The hidden             things of dishonesty.[b8] --2 Cor. iv. 2.          2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want             of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to             defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.          3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation             from probity; a dishonest act.          4. Lewdness; unchastity. --Shak.
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Disincarcerate \Dis`in*car"cer*ate\, v. t.       To liberate from prison. [R.] --Harvey.
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Disinclination \Dis*in`cli*na"tion\, n.       The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire,       or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.                   Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair                sex.                                                      --Arbuthnot.                   Having a disinclination to books or business.                                                                               --Guardian.          Syn: Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike;                indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.
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Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.]       To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight       aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.                   Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or                affection to the Queen.                           --Clarendon.                   To social scenes by nature disinclined.   --Cowper.
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Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.]       To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight       aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.                   Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or                affection to the Queen.                           --Clarendon.                   To social scenes by nature disinclined.   --Cowper.
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Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.]       To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight       aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.                   Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or                affection to the Queen.                           --Clarendon.                   To social scenes by nature disinclined.   --Cowper.
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Disinclose \Dis`in*close"\, v. t. [Cf. {Disenclose}.]       To free from being inclosed.
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disincorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disincorporating}.]       1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to             divest of the condition of a corporate body.          2. To detach or separate from a corporation. --Bacon.
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, a.       Separated from, or not included in, a corporation;       disincorporated. --Bacon.
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disincorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disincorporating}.]       1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to             divest of the condition of a corporate body.          2. To detach or separate from a corporation. --Bacon.
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disincorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disincorporating}.]       1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to             divest of the condition of a corporate body.          2. To detach or separate from a corporation. --Bacon.
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Disincorporation \Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion\, n.       Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.       --T. Warton.
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Disingenuity \Dis*in`ge*nu"i*ty\, n.       Disingenuousness. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.       1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;             unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.          2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not             frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.                         So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].                                                                               --Pope.             -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. --             {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay.
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Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.       1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;             unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.          2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not             frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.                         So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].                                                                               --Pope.             -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. --             {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay.
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Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.       1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;             unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.          2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not             frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.                         So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].                                                                               --Pope.             -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. --             {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay.
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Disinsure \Dis`in*sure"\, v. t.       To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] --Fanshawe.
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Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to       disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf. {Disjoint}.]       1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]          2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated             by a deep constriction.          {Disjunct tetrachords} (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to             each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note             higher than the acutest note of the other.
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Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to       disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf. {Disjoint}.]       1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]          2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated             by a deep constriction.          {Disjunct tetrachords} (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to             each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note             higher than the acutest note of the other.
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.       disjonctif.]       1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.          2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive             notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music).          {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting             grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same             time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions             or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although,             except, lest, etc.          {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are             connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day             or night.          {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major             proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a             circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle,             therefore it moves in an ellipse.
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, n.             (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction.             (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition.
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.       disjonctif.]       1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.          2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive             notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music).          {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting             grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same             time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions             or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although,             except, lest, etc.          {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are             connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day             or night.          {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major             proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a             circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle,             therefore it moves in an ellipse.
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.       disjonctif.]       1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.          2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive             notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music).          {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting             grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same             time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions             or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although,             except, lest, etc.          {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are             connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day             or night.          {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major             proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a             circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle,             therefore it moves in an ellipse.
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F.       disjonctif.]       1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.          2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive             notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music).          {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting             grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same             time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions             or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although,             except, lest, etc.          {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are             connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day             or night.          {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major             proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a             circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle,             therefore it moves in an ellipse.
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d8Symbiosis \[d8]Sym`bi*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a living       together, [?] to live together; [?] with + [?] to live.]       (Biol.)       The living together in more or less imitative association or       even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad       sense the term includes parasitism, or          {antagonistic, [or] antipathetic, symbiosis}, in which the             association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of             the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where             the association is advantageous, or often necessary, to             one or both, and not harmful to either. When there is             bodily union (in extreme cases so close that the two form             practically a single body, as in the union of alg[91] and             fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of alg[91] in             radiolarians) it is called          {conjunctive symbiosis}; if there is no actual union of the             organisms (as in the association of ants with             myrmecophytes),          {disjunctive symbiosis}.
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Disjunctively \Dis*junc"tive*ly\, adv.       In a disjunctive manner; separately. --Dr. H. More.
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Disjuncttion \Dis*junct"tion\, n. [L. disjunctio.]       1. The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting;             as, the disjunction of soul and body.          2. A disjunctive proposition. --Coleridge.
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Disjuncture \Dis*junc"ture\ (?; 135), n.       The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined;       separation. --Fuller.
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Disk \Disk\, n. [L. discus, Gr. [?]. See {Dish}.] [Written also       {disc}.]       1. A discus; a quoit.                         Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.                                                                               --Pope.          2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.          3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen             projected of the heavens.          4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals;             as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.          5. (Bot.)             (a) The whole surface of a leaf.             (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in                   sunflower.             (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under,                   or around, or even on top of, the pistil.          6. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[d2]lenterate                   animals, as of sea anemones.             (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates,                   especially when used for locomotion, when it is often                   called a creeping disk.             (c) In owls, the space around the eyes.          {Disk engine}, a form of rotary steam engine.          {Disk shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Discina.
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Dismask \Dis*mask"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + mask: cf. F.       d[82]masquer.]       To divest of a mask. --Shak.
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Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F.       d[82]m[83]ter.]       To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the       masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.
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Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F.       d[82]m[83]ter.]       To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the       masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.
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Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F.       d[82]m[83]ter.]       To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the       masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.
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Dismastment \Dis*mast"ment\, n.       The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.]       --Marshall.
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to       send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d[82]mettre. See       {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.]       1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or             permit to go; to put away.                         He dismissed the assembly.                  --Acts xix.                                                                               41.                         Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.                                                                               --Cowper.                         Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service,             or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the             matter dismisses his servant.          3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or             regard, as a petition or motion in court.
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, n.       Dismission. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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Dismissal \Dis*miss"al\, n.       Dismission; discharge.                   Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it,                upon pain of immediate dismissal.            --Motley.
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to       send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d[82]mettre. See       {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.]       1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or             permit to go; to put away.                         He dismissed the assembly.                  --Acts xix.                                                                               41.                         Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.                                                                               --Cowper.                         Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service,             or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the             matter dismisses his servant.          3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or             regard, as a petition or motion in court.
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to       send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d[82]mettre. See       {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.]       1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or             permit to go; to put away.                         He dismissed the assembly.                  --Acts xix.                                                                               41.                         Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.                                                                               --Cowper.                         Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service,             or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the             matter dismisses his servant.          3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or             regard, as a petition or motion in court.
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Dismission \Dis*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. L. dimissio.]       1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave;             leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the             grand jury.          2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with             honor or with disgrace.          3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or             unworthy of consideration.
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Dismissive \Dis*miss"ive\, a.       Giving dismission.
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Dissension \Dis*sen"sion\, n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension.       See {Dissent}.]       Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character,       producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words;       partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and       union; strife; discord; quarrel.                   Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and                disputation with them.                           --Acts xv. 2.                   Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. --Dryden.                   A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among                the people.                                             --Robynson                                                                               (More's                                                                               Utopia).
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Dissensious \Dis*sen"sious\, a.       Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] --Ascham.       -- {Dis*sen"sious*ly}, adv. --Chapman.
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Dissensious \Dis*sen"sious\, a.       Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] --Ascham.       -- {Dis*sen"sious*ly}, adv. --Chapman.
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Dizziness \Diz"zi*ness\, n. [AS. dysigness folly. See {Dizzy}.]       Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
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Dizzy \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dizzying}.]       To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.                   If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy                understanding.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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d8Djinnee \[d8]Djin"nee\, n.; pl. {Jjinn}or {Djinns}.       See {Jinnee}, {Jinn}.
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Dochmiac \Doch"mi*ac\, a. (Pros.)       Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
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Docimacy \Doc"i*ma*cy\, n. [Gr. [?] an assay, examination, fr.       [?] to examine (Metals), fr. [?] assayed, tested, fr. [?] to       take, approve: cf. F. docimasie.]       The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the       nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of       medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.
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Swordbill \Sword"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A humming bird ({Docimastes ensiferus}) having a very long,       slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
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Docimastic \Doc`i*mas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. docimastique.]       Proving by experiments or tests.          {Docimastic art}, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals;             the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and             determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances             contained in any ore or mineral.
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Docimastic \Doc`i*mas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. docimastique.]       Proving by experiments or tests.          {Docimastic art}, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals;             the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and             determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances             contained in any ore or mineral.
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Dock \Dock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Docking}.] [See {Dock} a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to       dock, clip.]       1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut             short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.                         His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer.          2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to             subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.          3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
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Dog \Dog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dogging}.]       To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or       indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if       by dogs; to hound with importunity.                   I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. -- Pope.                   Your sins will dog you, pursue you.         --Burroughs.                   Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly                supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to,                dogging him from place to place, till they even extort                an answer to their rude requests.            -- South.
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Dogma \Dog"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Dogmas}, L. {Dogmata}. [L. dogma,       Gr. [?], pl. [?], fr. [?] to think, seem, appear; akin to L.       decet it is becoming. Cf. {Decent}.]       1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.                         The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. --                                                                               Whewell.          2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a             definite, established, and authoritative tenet.          3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or             truth; an arbitrary dictum.          Syn: tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine.          Usage: -- {Dogma}, {Tenet}. A tenet is that which is                   maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets                   of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid                   down with authority as indubitably true, especially a                   religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A                   tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a                   dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to                   decide and determine. Dogma has in our language                   acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its                   carrying with it the idea of undue authority or                   assumption. This is more fully the case with its                   derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.
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Dokimastic \Dok`i*mas"tic\, a.       Docimastic.
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Dose \Dose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {dosing}.] [Cf. F. doser. See {Dose}, n.]       1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the             patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.          2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give             potions to, constantly and without need.                         A self-opinioned physician, worse than his                      distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him,                      [bd]secundum artem.[b8]                     -- South          3. To give anything nauseous to.
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Doughiness \Dough"i*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being doughy.
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Douse \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the       fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and       noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]       1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to             dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.          2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;             as, douse the topsail.
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Dousing-chock \Dous"ing-chock`\, n. (Shipbuilding)       One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in       the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.       --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}.       [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze       twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two},       {Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.]       1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;             with or without of before the substantive which follows.             [bd]Some six or seven dozen of Scots.[b8] [bd]A dozen of             shirts to your back.[b8] [bd]A dozen sons.[b8] [bd]Half a             dozen friends.[b8] --Shak.          2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.          {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.
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Doziness \Doz"i*ness\, n.       The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
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Doze \Doze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dozing}.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d[?]sa to       doze, Dan. d[94]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d[94]s       dullness, drowsiness, d[94]sig drowsy, AS. dw[?]s dull,       stupid, foolish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Dizzy}.]       To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied       condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.                   If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler                waked him.                                             --L'Estrange.
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Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken,       OHG. t[?]hhan, MHG. tucken, t[81]cken, t[?]chen, G. tuchen.       Cf. 5th {Duck}.]       1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and             suddenly withdraw.                         Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice,                      leaped out of the tub.                        --Fielding.          2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing             it; as, duck the boy.          3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward             motion. [bd] Will duck his head aside.[b8] --Swift.
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Ducking \Duck"ing\,       n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i.          {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were             formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.             See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the             latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the             early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the             19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.
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Ducking \Duck"ing\,       n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i.          {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were             formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.             See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the             latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the             early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the             19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.
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Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n.       An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant       scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}.       --Blacktone.
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Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k[?]k"[?]ng st[?][?]l`). [Cf.       AS. scealfingst[d3]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to       scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a       hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf.       Icel. k[?]ka to dung, k[?]kr dung, the name being given as to       a disgracing or infamous punishment.]       A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also       dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in       front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,       but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called       also a {castigatory}, a {tumbrel}, and a {trebuchet}; and       often, but not so correctly, a {ducking stool}. --Sir. W.       Scott.
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Ducking \Duck"ing\,       n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i.          {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were             formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.             See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the             latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the             early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the             19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.
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Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n.       An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant       scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}.       --Blacktone.
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Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k[?]k"[?]ng st[?][?]l`). [Cf.       AS. scealfingst[d3]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to       scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a       hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf.       Icel. k[?]ka to dung, k[?]kr dung, the name being given as to       a disgracing or infamous punishment.]       A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also       dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in       front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,       but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called       also a {castigatory}, a {tumbrel}, and a {trebuchet}; and       often, but not so correctly, a {ducking stool}. --Sir. W.       Scott.
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Dugong \Du*gong"\, n. [Malayan d[?]y[?]ng, or Javan. duyung.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An aquatic herbivorous mammal ({Halicore dugong}), of the       order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed       tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and       Australia. [Written also {duyong}.]
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Duskiness \Dusk"i*ness\, n.       The state of being dusky.
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Duskness \Dusk"ness\, n.       Duskiness. [R.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Dysgenesic \Dys`ge*nes"ic\, a.       Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be       dysgenesic with respect to another. --Darwin.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dickinson, AL       Zip code(s): 36436    Dickinson, ND (city, FIPS 19620)       Location: 46.88611 N, 102.78272 W       Population (1990): 16097 (6838 housing units)       Area: 25.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    Dickinson, TX (city, FIPS 20344)       Location: 29.45371 N, 95.06632 W       Population (1990): 9497 (3900 housing units)       Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dickinson Center, NY       Zip code(s): 12930
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dickinson County, IA (county, FIPS 59)       Location: 43.37719 N, 95.15178 W       Population (1990): 14909 (9723 housing units)       Area: 987.0 sq km (land), 58.6 sq km (water)    Dickinson County, KS (county, FIPS 41)       Location: 38.86409 N, 97.15759 W       Population (1990): 18958 (8415 housing units)       Area: 2197.5 sq km (land), 10.9 sq km (water)    Dickinson County, MI (county, FIPS 43)       Location: 45.99733 N, 87.87200 W       Population (1990): 26831 (12902 housing units)       Area: 1985.0 sq km (land), 27.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dickson City, PA (borough, FIPS 19160)       Location: 41.46877 N, 75.63478 W       Population (1990): 6276 (2795 housing units)       Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 18519
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dickson County, TN (county, FIPS 43)       Location: 36.15365 N, 87.36151 W       Population (1990): 35061 (14149 housing units)       Area: 1268.9 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Diggins, MO (village, FIPS 19504)       Location: 37.17404 N, 92.85227 W       Population (1990): 258 (108 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dixon County, NE (county, FIPS 51)       Location: 42.49931 N, 96.86850 W       Population (1990): 6143 (2613 housing units)       Area: 1233.9 sq km (land), 16.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dixon Springs, TN       Zip code(s): 37057
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dixons Mills, AL       Zip code(s): 36736
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dock Junction, GA (CDP, FIPS 23200)       Location: 31.20215 N, 81.51692 W       Population (1990): 7094 (2923 housing units)       Area: 24.7 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dugginsville, MO       Zip code(s): 65761
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DACNOS          A prototype network operating system for multi-vendor       environments, from IBM European Networking Centre Heidelberg       and University of Karlsruhe.          (1995-01-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dechunker          {chunker}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
disconnect          {SCSI reconnect}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Disjunctive Normal Form          (DNF) A logical formula consisting of a {disjunction} of       {conjunction}s where no conjunction contains a disjunction.       E.g. the DNF of (A or B) and C is (A and C) or (B and C).          (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
docking station          A {desktop} mains powered unit into which a       {laptop} or other portable computer can be connected via fixed       connectors at the rear of the computer to provide quick and       convenient connection of {peripherals} not normally used with       a laptop.   These can include power supply, {expansion cards},       additional {storage}, an external {monitor}, {network card},       {CD-ROM}, full-size {keyboard}, {printer}, and {mouse}.   The       alternative would require each of the above to be connected to       the laptop individually.          (2000-04-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOCMaker          An application for the {Apple}       {Macintosh} which creates stand-alone, self-running document       {files}.   It features scrollable and re-sizable windows,       graphics, varied text styles and {fonts}, full printing       capability, and links to other {software} and {information}.          Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, {Hewlett-Packard},       {Iomega}, {Adobe Systems, Inc.}, {Apple Computer} and       {Aladdin} use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based       {documentation} with their products.          {(http://www.hsv.tis.net/~greenmtn/docm1.html)}.          (1998-01-27)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dagon's house       (1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh.15: 41;       19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon.                The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the       tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches       westward. It has not been identified.                The Beth-dagon of Josh. 19:27 was one of the border cities of       Asher.                That of 1 Chr. 10:10 was in the western half-tribe of       Manasseh, where the Philistines, after their victory at Gilboa,       placed Saul's head in the temple of their god. (Comp. 1 Sam.       31:8-13).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Deaconess       Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3,       4). In these passages it is evident that females were then       engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention       of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).