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English Dictionary: down pat(p)	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Don Budge n United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) Synonym(s): Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
down feather n soft fine feathers Synonym(s): down, down feather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
down pat adj understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" Synonym(s): down, down pat(p), mastered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downbeat n the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbwaiter n a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another Synonym(s): dumbwaiter, food elevator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dump truck n truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity Synonym(s): dump truck, dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ambitus \[d8]Am"bitus\ ([acr]m"b[icr]t[ucr]s), n. [L. See {Ambit}, {Ambition}.] 1. The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A canvassing for votes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amphitrocha \[d8]Amphit"rocha\ ([acr]m*f[icr]t"r[osl]k[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + trocho`s a wheel.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Anaptychus \[d8]Anap"tychus\, n.; pl. {Anaptichi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] unfolding; [?] back + [?] to fold.] (Paleon.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Emphyteusis \[d8]Em`phy*teu"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., an implanting, fr. [?] to plant or improve land; [?] in + [?] to plant.] (Rom. Law) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. --Heumann.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hemiptera \[d8]Hemip"tera\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] half + [?] wing, fr. [?] to fly.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxill[91]), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others. Note: They are divided into the Heteroptera, including the squash bug, soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the cicadas, cuckoo spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the Thysanoptera, including the thrips, and, according to most recent writers, the Pediculina or true lice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Homoioptoton \[d8]Homoi`opto"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] in a like case; [?] like + [?] falling.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Homoptera \[d8]Homop"tera\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the same, like + [?] wing.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See {Hemiptera}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Honv82d \[d8]Hon"v[82]d\, n. [Hung. honv[c7]d; hon home + v[c7]d defense.] 1. The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49. 2. = {Honv[82]ds[82]g}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Honv82ds82g \[d8]Hon"v[82]d*s[82]g`\, n. [Hung. honv[c7]ds[c7]g; honv[c7]d + s[c7]g, an abstract or collective suffix.] (Hungary) See {Army organization}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impatiens \[d8]Impa"tiens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's slipper}) is the common garden balsam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impedimenta \[d8]Imped`imen"ta\, n. pl. [L. See {Impediment}, {Impede}.] Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.), the supply trains which must accompany an army. On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta. --Julian Ralph.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impetigo \[d8]Im`pe*ti"go\, n. [L., fr. impetere to attack.] (Med.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Mephitis \[d8]Me*phi"tis\, n. [L. mephitis : cf. F. m[82]phitis.] 1. Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Myopathia \[d8]My`opathi"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a muscle + [?], [?], to suffer.] (Med.) Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Na8bvet82 \[d8]Na`[8b]ve`t[82]"\, n. [F. See {Na[8b]ve}, and cf. {Nativity}.] Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness. A story which pleases me by its na[8b]vet[82] -- that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nepeta \[d8]Nep"e*ta\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tomopteris \[d8]Tomop"teris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a cut + [?] wing (but taken to mean, fin).] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.] 1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. 2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. [bd]To damp your tender hopes.[b8] --Akenside. Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. --Bacon. How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! --Sir J. Lubbock. The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demephitize \Demeph"itize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demephitized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demephitizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]phitiser to infect with mephitis.] To purify from mephitic or foul air. -- {Demeph`iti*za"tion}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demephitize \Demeph"itize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demephitized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demephitizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]phitiser to infect with mephitis.] To purify from mephitic or foul air. -- {Demeph`iti*za"tion}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demephitize \Demeph"itize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demephitized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demephitizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]phitiser to infect with mephitis.] To purify from mephitic or foul air. -- {Demeph`iti*za"tion}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demephitize \Demeph"itize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demephitized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demephitizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]phitiser to infect with mephitis.] To purify from mephitic or foul air. -- {Demeph`iti*za"tion}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dinaphthyl \Di*naph"thyl\, n. [Pref. di- + naphthylene.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, {C20H14}, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dumb-waiter \Dumb"-wait`er\, n. A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dumb terminal n. A terminal that is one step above a {glass tty}, having a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by a {smart terminal}. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dumbed down adj. Simplified, with a strong connotation of _over_simplified. Often, a {marketroid} will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See {user-friendly}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dumb terminal A type of {terminal} that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an {intelligent terminal}, has no independent processing capability or {auxiliary storage} and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a {glass tty}. The next step up has a minimally {addressable cursor} but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an {intelligent terminal}. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal. [Examples?] [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dumbed down Simplified, with a strong connotation of oversimplified. Often, a {marketroid} will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See {user-friendly}. (1995-04-14)