dubnium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Daphne mezereum
         n 1: small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored
               flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs [syn:
               {mezereon}, {February daphne}, {Daphne mezereum}]

English Dictionary: dubnium	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deafening adj loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deep-mined adj of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine; "deep-mined coal"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deepening adj accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk" Synonym(s): deepening(a), thickening(a) n a process of becoming deeper and more profound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defeminise v remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) [syn: defeminize, defeminise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defeminize v remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) [syn: defeminize, defeminise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defining n any process serving to define the shape of something [syn: shaping, defining]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deponent n a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Devonian n from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites Synonym(s): Devonian, Devonian period, Age of Fishes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Devonian period n from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites Synonym(s): Devonian, Devonian period, Age of Fishes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divine messenger n a messenger from God; "angel of death"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Divine Unity n an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons Synonym(s): al-Tawhid, Al Tawhid, Divine Unity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divining rod n forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil Synonym(s): divining rod, dowser, dowsing rod, waterfinder, water finder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dopamine n a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension Synonym(s): dopamine, Dopastat, Intropin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dubnium n a transuranic element [syn: dubnium, Db, hahnium, element 105, atomic number 105]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [82]b[8a]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. [?]; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[c6]m, pl. Cf. {Ebon}.] A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[91]caria glandulosa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Apneumona \[d8]Apneu"mona\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?], [?], a lung.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also {Apoda} or {Apodes}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8B91nomere \[d8]B[91]"no*mere\, n. [Gr. [?] to walk + -mere.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. --Packard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Beau monde \[d8]Beau` monde"\ [F. beau fine + monde world.] The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bimana \[d8]Bim"a*na\, n. pl. [NL. See {Bimanous}.] (Zo[94]l.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bonhomie \[d8]Bon`homie"\, d8Bonhommie \[d8]Bon`hommie"\, n. [F.] good nature; pleasant and easy manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bonhomie \[d8]Bon`homie"\, d8Bonhommie \[d8]Bon`hommie"\, n. [F.] good nature; pleasant and easy manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dipneumona \[d8]Dipneu"mona\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] = [?] lung.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Written also {Dipneumones}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fain82ant \[d8]Fai`n[82]`ant"\, a. [F.; fait he does + n[82]ant nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Funambulo \[d8]Funam"bulo\, d8Funambulus \[d8]Funam"bulus\n. [Sp. funambulo, or It. funambolo, fr. L. funambulus; funis rope (perh. akin to E. bind) + ambulare to walk. See {Amble}, and cf. {Funambulist}.] A ropewalker or ropedancer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Funambulo \[d8]Funam"bulo\, d8Funambulus \[d8]Funam"bulus\n. [Sp. funambulo, or It. funambolo, fr. L. funambulus; funis rope (perh. akin to E. bind) + ambulare to walk. See {Amble}, and cf. {Funambulist}.] A ropewalker or ropedancer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hypnum \[d8]Hyp"num\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] moss.] (Bot.) The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pianino \[d8]Pi`a*ni"no\, n. [It., dim. of piano, adj. See {Piano}.] (Mus.) A pianette, or small piano.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pinenchyma \[d8]Pinen"chyma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a tablet + -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pneumo94toka \[d8]Pneu`mo[94]t"oka\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pneumo-}, and {O[94]ticoid}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sauropsida}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pneumonitis \[d8]Pneu`mo*ni"tis\, n. [NL. See {Pneumo-}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pneumonophora \[d8]Pneu`monoph"ora\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a lung + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also {Pneumatophor[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pneumophora \[d8]Pneumoph"ora\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pneumonophora}.] (Zo[94]l.) (Zo[94]l.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Venantes \[d8]Ve*nan"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. venans, p. pr. of venari to hunt.] (Zo[94]l.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vimen \[d8]Vi"men\, n. [L., a twig.] (Bot.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vinum \[d8]Vi"num\, n.; pl. {Vina}. [L. See {Wine}.] Wine, -- chiefly used in Pharmacy in the name of solutions of some medicinal substance in wine; as: {vina medicata}, medicated wines; {vinum opii}, wine of opium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mezereon \Meze"reon\, n. [F. m[82]z[82]r[82]on, Per. m[be]zriy[umac]n.] (Bot.) A small European shrub ({Daphne Mezereum}), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Umbelliferone \Um`bellif"erone\, n. (Chem.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, {C9H6O3}, found in the bark of a certain plant ({Daphne Mezereum}), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the {Umbellifer[91]}, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also {hydroxy-coumarin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daphnin \Daph"nin\, n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon ({Daphne mezereum}) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.] (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from {Daphne mezereum} and {D. alpina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mezereon \Meze"reon\, n. [F. m[82]z[82]r[82]on, Per. m[be]zriy[umac]n.] (Bot.) A small European shrub ({Daphne Mezereum}), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Umbelliferone \Um`bellif"erone\, n. (Chem.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, {C9H6O3}, found in the bark of a certain plant ({Daphne Mezereum}), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the {Umbellifer[91]}, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also {hydroxy-coumarin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daphnin \Daph"nin\, n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon ({Daphne mezereum}) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.] (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from {Daphne mezereum} and {D. alpina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daphnin \Daph"nin\, n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon ({Daphne mezereum}) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.] (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from {Daphne mezereum} and {D. alpina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daphnomancy \Daph"no*man`cy\, n. [Gr. da`fnh the laurel + -mancy.] Divination by means of the laurel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deafened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deafening}.] [From {Deaf}.] 1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. --Addison. 2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deafening \Deaf"en*ing\, n. The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See {Pug}, v. t.] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc. 2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called {deafening}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deafened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deafening}.] [From {Deaf}.] 1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. --Addison. 2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deafening \Deaf"en*ing\, n. The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See {Pug}, v. t.] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc. 2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called {deafening}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deepen \Deep"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deepened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deepening}.] 1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. --Addison. 2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. --Peacham. 3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow. 4. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defame \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See {Fame}.] 1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden. 3. To charge; to accuse. [R.] Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defamingly \Defam"ingly\, adv. In a defamatory manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Definement \De*fine"ment\, n. The act of defining; definition; description. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Define \De*fine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defining}.] [OE. definer, usually, to end, to finish, F. d[82]finir to define, L. definire to limit, define; de- + finire to limit, end, finis boundary, limit, end. See {Final}, {Finish}.] 1. To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. [bd]To define controversies.[b8] --Barrow. 2. To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country. 3. To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument. Rings . . . very distinct and well defined. --Sir I. Newton. 4. To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term. They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deponent \De*po"nent\, n. [L. deponenes, -entis, laying down. See {Depone}, v. t.] 1. (Law) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing. 2. (Gr. & Lat. Gram.) A deponent verb. Syn: {Deponent}, {Affiant}. Usage: These are legal terms describing a person who makes a written declaration under oath, with a view to establish certain facts. An affiant is one who makes an affidavit, or declaration under oath, in order to establish the truth of what he says. A deponenet is one who makes a deposition, or gives written testimony under oath, to be used in the trial of some case before a court of justice. See under {Deposition}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deponent \De*po"nent\, a. [L. deponens, -entis, laying down (its proper passive meaning), p. pr. of deponere: cf. F. d[82]ponent. See {Depone}.] (Gram.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depone \Depone"\ (d[esl]p[omac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deponed} (-p[omac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deponing}.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See {Position}, and cf. {Deposit}.] 1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 2. To lay down. [R.] --Southey. 3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. --State Trials(1606).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devonian \Devo"nian\, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. {Devonian age} (Geol.), the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the {Age of fishes}. The various strata of this age compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under {Geology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devonian \Devo"nian\, n. The Devonian age or formation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devonian \Devo"nian\, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. {Devonian age} (Geol.), the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the {Age of fishes}. The various strata of this age compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under {Geology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaphanometer \Di`aphanom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] transparent + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dipneumona \[d8]Dipneu"mona\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] = [?] lung.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Written also {Dipneumones}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divinement \Di*vine"ment\, n. Divination. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divineness \Di*vine"ness\, n. The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divining \Di*vin"ing\, a. That divines; for divining. {Divining rod}, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divine \Di*vine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divining}.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See {Divination}.] 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. --Bancroft. 2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak. 3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser. Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divining \Di*vin"ing\, a. That divines; for divining. {Divining rod}, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diviningly \Divin"ingly\, adv. In a divining manner.
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
dubnium Symbol: Db Competing name for {unnilquadium}, the 104th element, proposed by the IUPAC.