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   Dame Margot Fonteyn
         n 1: English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in
               1919) [syn: {Fonteyn}, {Dame Margot Fonteyn}]

English Dictionary: domineer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dame Muriel Spark
n
  1. Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dame Myra Hess
n
  1. English pianist (1890-1965)
    Synonym(s): Hess, Dame Myra Hess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Damon Runyon
n
  1. United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
    Synonym(s): Runyon, Damon Runyon, Alfred Damon Runyon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dano-Norwegian
n
  1. book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish
    Synonym(s): Bokmal, Bokmaal, Dano- Norwegian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demeanor
n
  1. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
    Synonym(s): demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demeanour
n
  1. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
    Synonym(s): demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demineralisation
n
  1. abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) [syn: demineralization, demineralisation]
  2. the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water)
    Synonym(s): demineralization, demineralisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demineralise
v
  1. remove the minerals or salts from; "demineralize water"
    Synonym(s): demineralize, demineralise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demineralization
n
  1. abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) [syn: demineralization, demineralisation]
  2. the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water)
    Synonym(s): demineralization, demineralisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demineralize
v
  1. remove the minerals or salts from; "demineralize water"
    Synonym(s): demineralize, demineralise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demon-ridden
adj
  1. as if possessed by demons
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
denumerable
adj
  1. that can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets"
    Synonym(s): countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
domineer
v
  1. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
    Synonym(s): tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
domineering
adj
  1. tending to domineer
    Antonym(s): submissive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
domineeringly
adv
  1. in a domineering manner; "his wife behaved domineeringly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
domineeringness
n
  1. the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn: imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to
      {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}.
  
      Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at
               the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike
               bill with which they are able to drill holes in the
               bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91]
               upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed
               partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under
               {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the
               ground in search of ants and other insects. The most
               common European species are the greater spotted
               woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted
               woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or
               yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species
               are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the
               ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}),
               which is one of the largest known species, the
               red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes
               erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M.
               Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker
               ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates
               villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the
               three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the
               golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap
               suckers. See also {Carpintero}.
  
      {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic
            hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in
            color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amenorrhd2a \[d8]A*men`or*rh[d2]"a\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?]
      month + [?] to flow: cf. F. am[82]norrh[82]e.] (Med.)
      Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anomura \[d8]An`o*mu"ra\, d8Anomoura \[d8]An`o*mou"ra\, n. pl.
      [NL., fr. Gr. [?] lawless + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an
      example.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anomura \[d8]An`o*mu"ra\, d8Anomoura \[d8]An`o*mou"ra\, n. pl.
      [NL., fr. Gr. [?] lawless + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an
      example.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Haminura \[d8]Ham`i*nu"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large edible river fish ({Erythrinus macrodon}) of Guiana.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Inamorato \[d8]In*a`mo*ra"to\, n.; pl. {Inamoratos}. [See
      {Inamorata}.]
      A male lover.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Memorabilia \[d8]Mem`o*ra*bil"i*a\, n. pl. [L., fr.
      memorabilis memorable. See {Memorable}.]
      Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also,
      the record of them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Memoria \[d8]Me*mo"ri*a\, n. [L.]
      Memory.
  
      {Memoria technica}, technical memory; a contrivance for
            aiding the memory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Memoriter \[d8]Me*mor"i*ter\, adv. [L., fr. memor mindful. See
      {Memorable}.]
      By, or from, memory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Menorrhagia \[d8]Men`or*rha"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] month
      + [?] to break.] (Med.)
      (a) Profuse menstruation.
      (b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Minorat \[d8]Mi`no*rat"\, n. [G. Cf. {Minor}, a.] (Law)
      A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England,
      formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving
      in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed
      estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the
      youngest male heir.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Monera \[d8]Mo*ne"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which
      resemble the am[d2]bas, but are destitute of a nucleus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Moneron \[d8]Mo*ne"ron\, n.; pl. L. {Monera}; E. {Monerons}.
      [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Monera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Monerula \[d8]Mo*ner"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of moner. See
      {Monera}.] (Biol.)
      A germ in that stage of development in which its form is
      simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It
      precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to
      a moner. --Haeckel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Monorhina \[d8]Mon`o*rhi"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single
      + [?], [?], nose.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The Marsipobranchiata.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Myomorpha \[d8]My`o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a
      mouse + [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice,
      jerboas, and many allied forms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nemertes \[d8]Ne*mer"tes\, n. [NL., fr. gr. [?] unerring.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of nemertina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nemertida \[d8]Ne*mer"ti*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Nemertina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nemertina \[d8]Nem`er*ti"na\, n. pl. [NL. See {Nemrtes}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth,
      often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating
      cilia; -- called also {Nemertea}, {Nemertida}, and
      {Rhynchoc[d2]la}.
  
      Note: The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight
               intestine at the posterior and. They have a very
               singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted
               from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous
               system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of
               the species become over one hundred feet long. They are
               mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh
               water. the two principal divisions are Anopla and
               Enopla.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demeanor \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For
      demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.]
      1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]
  
                     God commits the managing so great a trust . . .
                     wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton.
  
      2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
  
                     His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay.
  
                     The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and
                     simple refined demeanor.                     --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demeanor \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For
      demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.]
      1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]
  
                     God commits the managing so great a trust . . .
                     wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton.
  
      2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
  
                     His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay.
  
                     The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and
                     simple refined demeanor.                     --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demeanure \De*mean"ure\, n.
      Behavior. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demonry \De"mon*ry\, n.
      Demoniacal influence or possession. --J. Baillie.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dinumeration \Di*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [L. dinumeratio; di- = dis-
      + numerare to count, fr. numerus number.]
      Enumeration. [Obs.] --Bullokar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
      OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.]
      To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;
      to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with
      conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as,
      to domineer over dependents.
  
               Go to the feast, revel and domineer.      --Shak.
  
               His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at
               home.                                                      --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
      OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.]
      To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;
      to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with
      conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as,
      to domineer over dependents.
  
               Go to the feast, revel and domineer.      --Shak.
  
               His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at
               home.                                                      --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
      Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
  
               A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
                                                                              Mag.
  
      Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. --
               {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
      OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.]
      To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;
      to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with
      conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as,
      to domineer over dependents.
  
               Go to the feast, revel and domineer.      --Shak.
  
               His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at
               home.                                                      --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
      Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
  
               A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
                                                                              Mag.
  
      Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. --
               {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dannemora, NY (village, FIPS 19642)
      Location: 44.72084 N, 73.71932 W
      Population (1990): 4005 (484 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   domain architecture
  
      A generic, organisational structure or
      design for software systems in a {domain}.   The domain
      architecture contains the designs that are intended to satisfy
      requirements specified in the {domain model}.   A domain
      architecture can be adapted to create designs for software
      systems within a domain and also provides a framework for
      configuring {assets} within individual software systems.
  
      (1997-12-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Domain Architecture Model
  
      A set of software architectures generic to
      a {domain} that define organising frameworks for constructing
      new application designs and implementations within the domain,
      consistent with the domain requirements model.
  
      (1997-12-26)
  
  
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