data mining
         n 1: data processing using sophisticated data search
               capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover
               patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a
               way to discover new meaning in data

English Dictionary: deadening	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead-man's float n a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward Synonym(s): dead-man's float, prone float
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead-man's-fingers n the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria [syn: dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead-men's-fingers n the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria [syn: dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deadening adj so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" Synonym(s): boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome n the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) Synonym(s): stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detainment n a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" Synonym(s): detention, detainment, hold, custody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duodenum n the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ad hominem \[d8]Ad hom"i*nem\ [L., to the man.]       A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the       principles, interests, or passions of a man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adenoma \[d8]Ad`e*no"ma\, n.; L. pl. {-mata}. [NL.; adeno- +       -oma.] (Med.)       A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement       of a gland. -- {Ad`e*nom"a*tous}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adynamia \[d8]Ad`y*na"mi*a\, n. [NL. adynamia, fr. Gr. [?]       want of strength; [?] priv + [?] power, strength.] (Med.)       Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid       fever. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Atman \[d8]At"man\, n. [Skr. [be]tman.] (Hinduism)       (a) The life principle, soul, or individual essence.       (b) The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise.             This sense is a European excrescence on the East Indian             thought.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Didynamia \[d8]Did`y*na"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- =       di`s- twice + [?] power.] (Bot.)       A Linn[91]an class of plants having four stamens disposed in       pairs of unequal length.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Didynamian \[d8]Did`y*na"mi*an\, a.       Didynamous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Duodenum \[d8]Du`o*de"num\, n. [NL., fr. duodeni twelve each:       cf. F. duodenum. So called because its length is about twelve       fingers' breadth.] (Anat.)       The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the       jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under       {Digestive}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deaden \Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d[?]dan to kill, put       to death. See {Dead}, a.]       1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or             sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt;             as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a             sound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dead-eye \Dead"-eye`\, n. (Naut.)       A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an       iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the       lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for       other purposes. Called also {deadman's eye}. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detain \De*tain"\ (d[esl]*t[amac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[82]tenir, L.       detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.]       1. To keep back or from; to withhold.                         Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor.          2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay;             as, we were detained by an accident.                         Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a                      kid for thee.                                    --Judges xiii.                                                                               15.          3. To hold or keep in custody.          Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard;                delay; hinder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detainment \De*tain"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. detenement.]       Detention. [R.] --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Didymium \Di*dym"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] twin.] (Chem.)       A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal       cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an       element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler       elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See       {Neodymium}, and {Praseodymium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Didynamous \Di*dyn"a*mous\, a. (Bot.)       Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens       disposed in pairs of unequal length.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodman \Dod"man\, n.       1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov.             Eng.] --Nares.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a             lobster. [Prov. Eng.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Management Language          (DML)          1. Any language for manipulating data or files,       e.g. {IBM}'s {Distributed Data Management} (DDM).          2. An early {ALGOL}-like language with lists and graphics,       that ran on the {Honeywell 635}.          ["DML: A Data Management Language", D.W. Bray et al, GE,       Syracuse NY].          (1999-06-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Manipulation Language          (DML, or {Data Management Language}) A       language for the manipulation of data in a {database} by       applications and/or directly by end-users.          {SQL} contains DML commands such as INSERT, UPDATE, and       DELETE.          See also {Data Definition Language} (DDL).          (1999-04-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data mining          Analysis of data in a {database} using tools which       look for trends or anomalies without knowledge of the meaning       of the data.   Data mining was invented by {IBM} who hold some       related patents.          Data mining may well be done on a {data warehouse}.          {ShowCase STRATEGY (http://www.showcasecorp.com/)} is an       example of a data mining tool.          (2001-02-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dedanim       the descendants of Dedan, the son of Raamah. They are mentioned       in Isa. 21:13 as sending out "travelling companies" which lodged       "in the forest of Arabia." They are enumerated also by Ezekiel       (27:20) among the merchants who supplied Tyre with precious       things.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dodanim       leaders, a race descended from Javan (Gen. 10:4). They are known       in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting       Illyricum. They were a semi-Pelasgic race, and in the       ethnographical table (Gen. 10) they are grouped with the Chittim       (q.v.). In 1 Chr. 1:7, they are called Rodanim. The LXX. and the       Samaritan Version also read Rhodii, whence some have concluded       that the Rhodians, the inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, are       meant.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Dedanim, the descendants of Dedan