dam up
         v 1: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the
               Yangtse River" [syn: {dam}, {dam up}]

English Dictionary: dummy up	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damp adj slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" Synonym(s): damp, dampish, moist n a slight wetness Synonym(s): damp, dampness, moistness v deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" Synonym(s): dampen, deaden, damp lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" Synonym(s): dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Danube n the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube" Synonym(s): Danube, Danube River, Danau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
de novo adv from the beginning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demob v retire from military service [syn: demobilize, demobilise, demob] Antonym(s): mobilise, mobilize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Deneb n the brightest star in Cygnus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dombeya n any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet- scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
down-bow n a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumb adj slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" Synonym(s): dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" Synonym(s): speechless, dumb lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals" unable to speak because of hereditary deafness Synonym(s): dumb, mute, silent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dummy up v make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published" Synonym(s): dummy, dummy up refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" Synonym(s): close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum Antonym(s): open up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dump n a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit" [syn: shit, dump] a piece of land where waste materials are dumped Synonym(s): dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs a place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump" v throw away as refuse; "No dumping in these woods!" sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" Synonym(s): dump, ditch sell at artificially low prices Synonym(s): dump, underprice drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" Synonym(s): plunge, dump knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" Synonym(s): deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumpy adj resembling a garbage dump short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" Synonym(s): chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy short and plump Synonym(s): dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ambo \[d8]Am"bo\, n.; pl. {Ambos}. [LL. ambo, Gr. [?], any       rising, a raised stage, pulpit: cf. F. ambon.]       A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian       churches. --Gwilt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hemiopia \[d8]Hem`i*o"pi*a\, Hemiopsia \Hem`i*op"si*a\, n.       [NL., fr. Gr. [?] half + Gr. [?] sight.] (Med.)       A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but       half of an object looked at.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impi \[d8]Im"pi\, n. [Zulu.]       A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [South       Africa]                   As early as 1862 he crossed assagais with and defeated                a Matabili impi (war band).                     --James Bryce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Maffia \[d8]Maf"fi*a\, d8Mafia \[d8]Ma"fi*a\, n. [It. maffia.]       A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political       organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is       used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by       illegal methods.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Maffia \[d8]Maf"fi*a\, d8Mafia \[d8]Ma"fi*a\, n. [It. maffia.]       A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political       organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is       used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by       illegal methods.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8N82v82 \[d8]N[82]`v[82]"\, n. [F., fr. [?] nix, nivis, snow.]       (Geol.)       The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual       snow. See {Galcier}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Napu \[d8]Na*pu"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A very small chevrotain ({Tragulus Javanicus}), native of       Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its       agility in leaping. Called also {Java musk deer}, {pygmy musk       deer}, and {deerlet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nawab \[d8]Na*wab"\, n. [See {Nabob}.]       A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by       courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nepa \[d8]Ne"pa\, n. [L. nepa scorpion.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon       other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called       also {scorpion bug} and {water scorpion}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nova \[d8]No"va\ (n[omac]"v[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Nov[91]}       (-v[emac]), E. {Novas} (-v[adot]z). [L., fem. sing. of novus       new.] (Astron.)       A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief       period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are       supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star       with interstellar nebulosities.          Note: The most important modern nov[91] are:          {[d8]No"va Co*ro"n[91] Bo`re*a"lis}[1866];          {[d8]No"va Cyg"ni}[1876];          {[d8]No"va An*dro"me*d[91]}[1885];          {[d8]No"va Au*ri"g[91]}[1891-92];          {[d8]No"va Per"se*i}[1901]. There are two nov[91] called             {Nova Persei}. They are:       (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881.       (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901.             It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night             (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky. By July             it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding             nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving             radially outward from the star at incredible velocity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Onappo \[d8]O*nap"po\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A nocturnal South American monkey ({Callithrix discolor}),       noted for its agility; -- called also {ventriloquist monkey}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tempo \[d8]Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.]       (Mus.)       The rate or degree of movement in time.          {[d8]A tempo giusto} (j[oomac]s"t[osl]) [It.], in exact time;             -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a             tempo rubato.          {Tempo rubato}. See under {Rubato}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Umbo \[d8]Um"bo\, n.; pl. L. {Umbones}, E. {Umbos}. [L.]       1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually             projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.          2. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding             depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo             in the integument of the larv[91] of echinoderms or in the             tympanic membrane of the ear.          3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the lateral prominence just above the             hinge of a bivalve shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damnify \Dam"ni*fy\ (d[acr]m"n[icr]*f[imac]), v. t. [LL.       damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See       {Damnific}.]       To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [R.]                   This work will ask as many more officials to make                expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of                learning be not damnified.                     --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,       steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.       dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]       1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.                         Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps                      and dreadful gloom.                           --Milton.          2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.                         Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,                      A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.                                                                               --Addison.                         It must have thrown a damp over your autumn                      excursion.                                          --J. D.                                                                               Forbes.          3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old             wells, pints, etc.          {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid             gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal             life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.          {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air             currents and prevent accumulation of gas.          {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted             hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when             mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with             flame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damp \Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]       1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;             moist; humid.                         O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]                         All these and more came flocking, but with looks                      Downcast and damp.                              --Milton.
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]:
Dampy \Damp"y\, a.       1. Somewhat damp. [Obs.] --Drayton.          2. Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful. [Obs.] [bd]Dispel dampy             throughts.[b8] --Haywards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diiamb \Di`i*amb"\, n.       A diiambus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Domify \Dom"i*fy\, v. t. [L. domus + -fy: cf. F. domifier.]       1. (Astrol.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses.             See {House}, in astrological sense. [Obs.]          2. To tame; to domesticate. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Done \Done\,       p. p. from {Do}, and formerly the infinitive.          1. Performed; executed; finished.          2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; --             used elliptically.          {Done brown}, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to             one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.             [Colloq.]          {Done for}, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead;             killed. [Colloq.]          {Done up}.             (a) Wrapped up.             (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.       dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf.       {Dummy}.]       1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter             articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.                         To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.                                                                               --Hooker.          2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not             accompanied by words; as, dumb show.                         This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.                         To pierce into the dumb past.            -- J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]                         Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.                                                                               --De Foe.          {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}.          {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever             which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.]          {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted             to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction             to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8]          {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's             eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their             future husbands. --Halliwell.          {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family             ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the             tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of             speech.          {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}.          {Dumb show}.             (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown                   in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and                   noise.[b8] --Shak.             (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story                   in dumb show.          {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent             by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of             speech.          Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dumb \Dumb\, v. t.       To put to silence. [Obs.] --Shak.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dump \Dump\, n. [See {Dumpling}.]       A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by       boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] --Smart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dump \Dump\, n.       1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.          2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.          3. That which is dumped.          4. (Mining) A pile of ore or rock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dump \Dump\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan. dump       dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and       E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. {Damp}, or {Dump},       v. t.]       1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low             spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the             plural.                         March slowly on in solemn dump.         --Hudibras.                         Doleful dumps the mind oppress.         --Shak.                         I was musing in the midst of my dumps. --Bunyan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dumpy \Dump"y\, a. [Compar. {Dumpier}; superl. {Dumpiest}.] [       1. From {Dump} a short ill-shapen piece.          2. From {Dump} sadness.]          1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately             stout.          2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Danby, VT       Zip code(s): 05739
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Danube, MN (city, FIPS 14716)       Location: 44.79131 N, 95.10254 W       Population (1990): 562 (225 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56230
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Denby, SD       Zip code(s): 57716
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Denhoff, ND       Zip code(s): 58430
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dinuba, CA (city, FIPS 19318)       Location: 36.54561 N, 119.38731 W       Population (1990): 12743 (3836 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 93618
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dump n.   1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information    about a problem or the state of a system, especially one routed to    the slowest available output device (compare {core dump}), and most    especially one consisting of hex or octal {runes} describing the    byte-by-byte state of memory, mass storage, or some file.   In {elder    days}, debugging was generally done by `groveling over' a dump (see    {grovel}); increasing use of high-level languages and interactive    debuggers has made such tedium uncommon, and the term `dump' now has    a faintly archaic flavor.   2. A backup.   This usage is typical only    at large timesharing installations.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DNF          {disjunctive normal form}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOMF          Distributed Object Management Facility.          An {OMG}-compliant object management system; part of {DOE}.       Produced by {SunSoft}.          (1994-11-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DTMF          {Dual Tone Multi Frequency}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dump          1. An undigested and voluminous mass of       information about a problem or the state of a system,       especially one routed to the slowest available output device       (compare {core dump}), and most especially one consisting of       {hexadecimal} or {octal} {runes} describing the byte-by-byte       state of memory, mass storage, or some file.   In {elder days},       debugging was generally done by "groveling over" a dump (see       {grovel}); increasing use of high-level languages and       interactive debuggers has made such tedium uncommon, and the       term "dump" now has a faintly archaic flavour.          2. A {backup}.   This usage is typical only at large       {time-sharing} installations.          {Unix manual page}: dump(1).          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-12-01)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dinhabah       robbers' den, an Edomitish city, the capital of king Bela (Gen.       36:32). It is probably the modern Dibdiba, a little north-east       of Petra.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dumb       from natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what to say       (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps. 39:9; Lev. 10:3).       Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matt. 9:32, 33; Luke 11:14;       Matt. 12:22) to the use of speech.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Dinhabah, he gives judgment