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   Darmera
         n 1: one species [syn: {Darmera}, {genus Darmera},
               {Peltiphyllum}, {genus Peltiphyllum}]

English Dictionary: draw near	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Darmera peltata n rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California Synonym(s): umbrella plant, Indian rhubarb, Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
darner n a person who mends by darning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorian order n the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base Synonym(s): Doric order, Dorian order
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dorm room n a large sleeping room containing several beds [syn: dormitory, dormitory room, dorm room]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dormer n a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window Synonym(s): dormer, dormer window
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dormer window n the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window Synonym(s): dormer, dormer window
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
draw near v move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" Synonym(s): approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drawnwork n ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreamer n someone who is dreaming someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations Synonym(s): idealist, dreamer a person who escapes into a world of fantasy Synonym(s): escapist, dreamer, wishful thinker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreamworld n a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination Synonym(s): never-never land, dreamland, dreamworld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drum roll n the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously Synonym(s): paradiddle, roll, drum roll
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drummer n someone who plays a drum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry nurse n a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry-nurse v take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Drymarchon n a genus of Colubridae [syn: Drymarchon, {genus Drymarchon}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Drymarchon corais n large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico Synonym(s): indigo snake, gopher snake, Drymarchon corais
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Drymarchon corais couperi n a variety of indigo snake [syn: eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Drynaria n large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia Synonym(s): Drynaria, genus Drynaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Drynaria rigidula n giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia Synonym(s): basket fern, Drynaria rigidula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dernier \[d8]Der`nier"\, a. [F., from OF. darrein, derrain. See {Darrein}.] Last; final. {Dernier ressort}[F.], last resort or expedient.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Remora \[d8]Rem"ora\ (r?m"?r?), n. [L.: cf. F. r[82]mora.] 1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to {Echeneis}, {Remora}, and allied genera. Called also {sucking fish}. Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamell[91], situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks ({Echeneis naucrates}), and the swordfish remora ({Remora brachyptera}), are common American species. 3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Theromorpha \[d8]The`ro*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL.: Gr. [?] beast + [?] form.] (Paleon.) See {Theriodonta}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tornaria \[d8]Torna"ria\, n.; pl. {Tornari[91]} . [NL., fr. L. tornare to turn.] (Zo[94]l.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tournure \[d8]Tour*nure"\, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.] 1. Turn; contour; figure. 2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Trimera \[d8]Tri"me*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tri-}, and {-mere}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Trimurti \[d8]Tri*mur"ti\, n. [Skr. trim[umac]rti; tri three + m[umac]rti body.] (Hindu Myth.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [Spelled also {Trimurtti}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Turner \[d8]Tur"ner\, n. [G.] A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Darner \Darn"er\, n. One who mends by darning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dernier \[d8]Der`nier"\, a. [F., from OF. darrein, derrain. See {Darrein}.] Last; final. {Dernier ressort}[F.], last resort or expedient.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dormer \Dor"mer\, [or] Dormer window \Dor"mer win"dow\, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See {Dormant}, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dormer \Dor"mer\, [or] Dormer window \Dor"mer win"dow\, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See {Dormant}, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dormer \Dor"mer\, [or] Dormer window \Dor"mer win"dow\, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See {Dormant}, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drainer \Drain"er\, n. One who, or that which, drains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drawn \Drawn\, p. p. & a. See {Draw}, v. t. & i. {Drawn butter}, butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. {Drawn fowl}, an eviscerated fowl. {Drawn game} [or] {battle}, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. {Drawn fox}, one driven from cover. --Shak. {Drawn work}, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreamer \Dream"er\, n. 1. One who dreams. 2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreamy \Dream"y\, a. [Compar. {Dreamier}; superl. {Dreamiest}.] Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. [bd]The dreamy dells.[b8] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drowner \Drown"er\, n. One who, or that which, drowns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffed \Ruffed\, a. Furnished with a ruff. {Ruffed grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also {tippet grouse}, {partridge}, {birch partridge}, {pheasant}, {drummer}, and {white-flesher}. {ruffed lemur} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur varius}) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also {ruffed maucaco}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drummer \Drum"mer\, n. 1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching. 2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as: (a) The squeteague. (b) A California sculpin. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A large West Indian cockroach ({Blatta gigantea}) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffed \Ruffed\, a. Furnished with a ruff. {Ruffed grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also {tippet grouse}, {partridge}, {birch partridge}, {pheasant}, {drummer}, and {white-flesher}. {ruffed lemur} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur varius}) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also {ruffed maucaco}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drummer \Drum"mer\, n. 1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching. 2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as: (a) The squeteague. (b) A California sculpin. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A large West Indian cockroach ({Blatta gigantea}) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nurse \Nurse\, n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf. {Nutritious}.] 1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm. 2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. --Burke. 3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercari[91] by asexual reproduction. See {Cercaria}, and {Redia}. (b) Either one of the nurse sharks. {Nurse shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large arctic shark ({Somniosus microcephalus}), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also {sleeper shark}, and {ground shark}. (b) A large shark ({Ginglymostoma cirratum}), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. {To put to nurse}, [or] {To put out to nurse}, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. {Wet nurse}, {Dry nurse}. See {Wet nurse}, and {Dry nurse}, in the Vocabulary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dry nurse \Dry" nurse`\ A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drynurse \Dry"nurse`\, v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast. --Hudibras.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drumore, PA Zip code(s): 17518
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drumright, OK (city, FIPS 21750) Location: 35.99070 N, 96.59744 W Population (1990): 2799 (1447 housing units) Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74030
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DRAM refresh The operation which cycles through a {DRAM} reading each row and writing it back again to compensate for the gradual leakage of charge from the {capacitors} which store the data. This may be done by the {CPU} but is often done by a dedicated {memory controller}. (1997-02-23)