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   day watch
         n 1: workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) [syn:
               {day shift}, {day watch}]

English Dictionary: dodge	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead duck n something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"
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Dead Sea n a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
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death house n the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution Synonym(s): death house, death row
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death wish n (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die [syn: {death instinct}, death wish, Thanatos]
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deduce v reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] conclude by reasoning; in logic Synonym(s): deduce, infer
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deeds n performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works" Synonym(s): works, deeds
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detach v cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" Antonym(s): attach separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment" come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" Synonym(s): detach, come off, come away Antonym(s): attach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detick v free (a pet) of ticks
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detox n the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified v treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" Synonym(s): detox, detoxify
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detusk v remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: tusk, detusk]
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deutzia n any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ditch n a long narrow excavation in the earth any small natural waterway v forsake; "ditch a lover" throw away; "Chuck these old notes" Synonym(s): chuck, ditch sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" Synonym(s): dump, ditch make an emergency landing on water crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" Synonym(s): trench, ditch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodge n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" Synonym(s): contrivance, stratagem, dodge a quick evasive movement a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery Synonym(s): dodge, dodging, scheme v make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow" move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd" avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodgy adj of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker Synonym(s): chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" Synonym(s): crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dotage n mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations Synonym(s): dotage, second childhood, senility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duds n informal terms for clothing [syn: togs, threads, duds]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch adj of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; "Dutch painting"; "Dutch painters" n the people of the Netherlands; "the Dutch are famous for their tulips" Synonym(s): Dutch, Dutch people the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch hoe n a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling [syn: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duteous adj willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; Synonym(s): dutiful, duteous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dyadic adj of or relating to a dyad or based on two
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adagio \[d8]A*da"gio\, a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See {Agio}.] (Mus.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adagio \[d8]A*da"gio\, n. A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adios \[d8]A`dios"\, interj. [Sp., fr. L. ad to + deus god. Cf. {Adieu}.] Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people. Note: This word is often pronounced [86]*d[emac]"[osl]s, but the Spanish accent, though weak, is on the final syllable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ataxia \[d8]Atax"ia\, Ataxy \At"ax*y\, n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. [?], fr. [?] out of order; 'a priv. + [?] ordered, arranged, [?] to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.] 1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions. (b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. {Locomotor ataxia}. See {Locomotor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Attacca \[d8]At*tac"ca\ [It., fr. attaccare to tie, bind. See {Attach}.] (Mus.) Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Attach82 \[d8]At`ta*ch[82]"\, n. [F., p. p. of attacher. See {Attach}, v. t.] One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Deutzia \[d8]Deut"zi*a\, n. [NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Did2cia \[d8]Di[d2]"cia\ (d[isl][emac]"sh[icr][adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di = di`s twice + o'i^kos a house.] 1. (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Etaac \[d8]E*taac"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The blue buck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eutexia \[d8]Eutex"ia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a being easily melted.] (Physics) The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hadj \[d8]Hadj\, n. [Ar. hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a pilgrimage.] The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Howadji \[d8]How*adj"i\, n. [Ar.] 1. A traveler. 2. A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8O94theca \[d8]O`[94]*the"ca\, n.; pl. {O[94]thec[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an egg + [?] a case.] (Zo[94]l.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. {O[d2]cium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Otis \[d8]O"tis\, n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds including the bustards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tedesco \[d8]Te*des"co\, a.; pl. {Tedeschi}. [It., of Germanic origin. See {Dutch}.] German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tettix \[d8]Tet"tix\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a kind of grasshopper.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The cicada. [Obs. or R.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small grasshoppers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daddock \Dad"dock\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. dad a large piece.] The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dado \Da"do\, n.; pl. {Dadoes}. [It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See {Die}, n.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of {Column}. Hence: (b) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See {Base course}, under {Base}. (c) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deadhouse \Dead"house`\, n. A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deadish \Dead"ish\, a. Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. The lips put on a deadish paleness. --A. Stafford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deads \Deads\, n. pl. (Mining) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deduce \De*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deducing}.] [L. deducere; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See {Duke}, and cf. {Deduct}.] 1. To lead forth. [A Latinism] He should hither deduce a colony. --Selden. 2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of. O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times? --Pope. Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known. --Locke. See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deity \De"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Deities}. [OE. deite, F. d[82]it[82], fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen. Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d[emac]va divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy[omac] sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. {Divine}, {Journey}, {Journal}, {Tuesday}.] 1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman. 2. A god or goddess; a heathen god. To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. --Milton. {The Deity}, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaching}.] [F. d[82]tacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. d[82] (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See {Attach}, and cf. {Staccato}.] 1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party. 2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment. Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See {Detail}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detach \De*tach"\, v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dido \Di"do\, n.; pl. {Didos}. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. {To cut a dido}, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dietic \Di*et"ic\, a. Dietetic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[be]ncropp.] 1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer. 2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus {Sedum}, esp. {Sedum acre}, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See {Orpine}. {Virginian}, [or] {Ditch}, {stonecrop}, an American plant ({Penthorum sedoides}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat} or a {fosse}. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditch \Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ditching}.] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. 2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak. 3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditch \Ditch\, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditty \Dit"ty\, n.; pl. {Ditties}. [OE. dite, OF. diti[82], fr. L. dictatum, p. p. neut. of dictare to say often, dictate, compose. See {Dictate}, v. t.] 1. A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme. O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. --Spenser. 2. A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung. [bd]Religious, martial, or civil ditties.[b8] --Milton. And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing. --Sandys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditto \Dit"to\, n.; pl. {Dittos}. [It., detto, ditto, fr. L. dictum. See {Dictum}.] The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two [bd]turned commas[b8] ([bd]), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition. A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodge \Dodge\, n. The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.] Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. -- Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton. 2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodge \Dodge\, v. t. 1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown. 2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich. 3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodo \Do"do\, n.; pl. {Dodoes}. [Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. {Booby}); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.] (Zo[94]l.) A large, extinct bird ({Didus ineptus}), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also {dronte}. It was related to the pigeons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dotage \Do"tage\, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage. Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. --Macaulay. 2. Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. -- Milton. 3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. -- Bp. Burnet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dotish \Dot"ish\, a. Foolish; weak; imbecile. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. {Dowdies}. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowdyish \Dow"dy*ish\, a. Like a dowdy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dudish \Dud"ish\, a. Like, or characterized of, a dude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duds \Duds\, n. pl. [Scot. dud rag, pl. duds clothing of inferior quality.] 1. Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments. [Colloq.] 2. Effects, in general.[Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. pe[a2]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dutch \Dutch\, n. 1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen. 2. The language spoken in Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. (b) A social party at which the german is danced. {High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. {Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or {Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low German}), spoken in many dialects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}. {Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. {Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duteous \Du"teous\, a. [From {Duty}.] 1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. --Shak. -- {Du"teously}, adv. -- {Du"teous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duty \Du"ty\, n.; pl. {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. --Tyndale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dyadic \Dy*ad"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] two.] Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements. {Dyadic arithmetic}, the same as {binary arithmetic}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dodge, ND (city, FIPS 19820) Location: 47.30531 N, 102.20195 W Population (1990): 135 (74 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58625 Dodge, NE (village, FIPS 13295) Location: 41.72163 N, 96.87937 W Population (1990): 693 (285 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68633 Dodge, WI Zip code(s): 54625
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Douds, IA Zip code(s): 52551
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dodgy adj. Syn. with {flaky}. Preferred outside the U.S.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DADS {Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dodgy Synonym with {flaky}. Preferred outside the US [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dyadic {binary} (describing an {operator}). Compare {monadic}. (1998-07-24)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dead Sea the name given by Greek writers of the second century to that inland sea called in Scripture the "salt sea" (Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:12), the "sea of the plain" (Deut. 3:17), the "east sea" (Ezek. 47:18; Joel 2:20), and simply "the sea" (Ezek. 47:8). The Arabs call it Bahr Lut, i.e., the Sea of Lot. It lies about 16 miles in a straight line to the east of Jerusalem. Its surface is 1,292 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. It covers an area of about 300 square miles. Its depth varies from 1,310 to 11 feet. From various phenomena that have been observed, its bottom appears to be still subsiding. It is about 53 miles long, and of an average breadth of 10 miles. It has no outlet, the great heat of that region causing such rapid evaporation that its average depth, notwithstanding the rivers that run into it (see {JORDAN}), is maintained with little variation. The Jordan alone discharges into it no less than six million tons of water every twenty-four hours. The waters of the Dead Sea contain 24.6 per cent. of mineral salts, about seven times as much as in ordinary sea-water; thus they are unusually buoyant. Chloride of magnesium is most abundant; next to that chloride of sodium (common salt). But terraces of alluvial deposits in the deep valley of the Jordan show that formerly one great lake extended from the Waters of Merom to the foot of the watershed in the Arabah. The waters were then about 1,400 feet above the present level of the Dead Sea, or slightly above that of the Mediterranean, and at that time were much less salt. Nothing living can exist in this sea. "The fish carried down by the Jordan at once die, nor can even mussels or corals live in it; but it is a fable that no bird can fly over it, or that there are no living creatures on its banks. Dr. Tristram found on the shores three kinds of kingfishers, gulls, ducks, and grebes, which he says live on the fish which enter the sea in shoals, and presently die. He collected one hundred and eighteen species of birds, some new to science, on the shores, or swimming or flying over the waters. The cane-brakes which fringe it at some parts are the homes of about forty species of mammalia, several of them animals unknown in England; and innumerable tropical or semi-tropical plants perfume the atmosphere wherever fresh water can reach. The climate is perfect and most delicious, and indeed there is perhaps no place in the world where a sanatorium could be established with so much prospect of benefit as at Ain Jidi (Engedi).", Geikie's Hours, etc.