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   daredevil
         adj 1: presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the
                  right stuff" [syn: {daredevil}, {temerarious}]
         n 1: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn:
               {daredevil}, {madcap}, {hothead}, {swashbuckler},
               {lunatic}, {harum-scarum}]

English Dictionary: dried-up	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daredevilry n boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior [syn: daredevilry, daredeviltry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daredeviltry n boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior [syn: daredevilry, daredeviltry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dart board n a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts Synonym(s): dartboard, dart board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dart player n someone who plays the game of darts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dartboard n a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts Synonym(s): dartboard, dart board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirt ball n a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect Synonym(s): worm, louse, insect, dirt ball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirt bike n a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground Synonym(s): trail bike, dirt bike, scrambler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty bomb n an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty pool n conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirty-faced adj having a dirty face; "a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorothy Parker n United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967) Synonym(s): Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Rothschild Parker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreadful adj causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" Synonym(s): awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" Synonym(s): atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable very unpleasant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreadfully adv of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" Synonym(s): dreadfully, awfully, horribly in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed" Synonym(s): dismally, dreadfully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreadfulness n a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dried apricot n apricots preserved by drying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dried fruit n fruit preserved by drying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dried-up adj (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" Synonym(s): dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
durative n the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration [syn: durative, durative aspect]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
durative aspect n the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration [syn: durative, durative aspect]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aard-vark \[d8]Aard"-vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), n. [D., earth-pig.] (Zo[94]l.) An edentate mammal, of the genus {Orycteropus}, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Droit \Droit\, n. [F. See {Direct}.] A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right. -- Abbott. {[d8]Droit d'aubaine}. See under {Aubaine}. {Droits of the Admiralty} (Eng. Law), rights or perquisites of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships in port on the breaking out of war, or those coming into port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken by noncommissioned captors; also, the proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for the public benefit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orthopnoea \[d8]Or`thopn[oe]"a\, Orthopny \Orthop"ny\, n. [L. orthopnoea, Gr. [?]; 'orqo`sstraight, right + pnei^n to breathe: cf. F. orthopn[82]e.] (Med.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orthopoda \[d8]Orthop"oda\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ortho-}, and {-poda}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orthoptera \[d8]Orthop"tera\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + [?] feather, wing.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under {Insect}. Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Radio-flagellata \[d8]Ra`dio-flag`ella"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Radiate}, and {Flagellata}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rataplan \[d8]Ra`ta`plan"\, n. [F.] The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Redif \[d8]Re*dif"\, n. [Turk. red[c6]f, fr. rad[c6]f, orig., he who rides behind another on the same beast, fr. radaf to follow.] A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See {Army organization}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Redivivus \[d8]Red`i*vi"vus\, a. [L., fr. pref. red-, re-, re- + vivus alive.] Living again; revived; restored.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rotifera \[d8]Rotif"era\, n.; pl. [NL., from L. rota [?] wheel + ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rudbeckia \[d8]Rudbeck"ia\, n. [NL. So named after Olaf Rudebeck, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. {Rudbeckia hirta}, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tritovum \[d8]Tri*to"vum\, n.; pl. {Tritova}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] third + L. ovum egg.] (Zo[94]l.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Turdiformes \[d8]Tur`di*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. turdus a thrush + forma form.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dare-devil \Dare"-dev`il\, n. A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. --Ld. Lytton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dare-deviltry \Dare"-dev`il*try\, n; pl. {Dare-deviltries}. Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dare-deviltry \Dare"-dev`il*try\, n; pl. {Dare-deviltries}. Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furzeling \Furze"ling\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An English warbler ({Melizophilus provincialis}); -- called also {furze wren}, and {Dartford warbler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dewar vessel \Dew"ar ves`sel\ (d[umac]"[etil]r). [After Sir James Dewar, British physicist.] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape, {Dewar bulb}, {Dewar tube}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. --Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. --Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. {Dirt bed} (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. {Dirt eating}. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as {Chthonophagia}. {Dirt pie}, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. --Otway (1684). {To eat dirt}, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. --Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. --Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. {Dirt bed} (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. {Dirt eating}. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as {Chthonophagia}. {Dirt pie}, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. --Otway (1684). {To eat dirt}, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sting \Sting\, n. [AS. sting a sting. See {Sting}, v. t.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of {Scorpion}. 2. (Bot.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it. 3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. The sting of death is sin. --1 Cor. xv. 56. 4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. [bd]The lurking serpent's mortal sting.[b8] --Shak. 5. A goad; incitement. --Shak. 6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. {Sting moth} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs. {Sting ray}. (Zo[94]l.) See under 6th {Ray}. {Sting winkle} (Zo[94]l.), a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex erinaceus}). See Illust. of {Murex}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreadable \Dread"a*ble\, a. Worthy of being dreaded.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dread-bolted \Dread"-bolt`ed\, a. Armed with dreaded bolts. [bd]Dread-bolted thunder.[b8] [Poetic] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreadful \Dread"ful\, a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] [bd]With dreadful heart.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. [bd] Dreadful gloom.[b8] --Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. --Wordsworth. 3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] [bd]God's dreadful law.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See {Frightful}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreadfulness \Dread"ful*ness\, n. The quality of being dreadful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aubaine \[d8]Au`baine"\, n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere.] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. --Littr[82]. {Droit d'aubaine}, the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. --Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Durative \Dur"a*tive\, a. Continuing; not completed; implying duration. Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. --J. Byrne.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dirtball n. [XEROX PARC] A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not in the major or even the minor leagues. For example, "Xerox is not a dirtball company". [Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope of PARC's contributions to computer science have been such that this superior attitude is not much resented. --ESR]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dirty power n. Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, {drop-outs}, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as {power hit}s).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dirtball ({XEROX PARC}) A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not in the major or even the minor leagues. For example, "Xerox is not a dirtball company". Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope of PARC's contributions to computer science have been such that this superior attitude is not much resented. - ESR [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dirty power Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, {drop-outs}, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as {power hit}s). [{Jargon File}]