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   demureness
         n 1: the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
         2: the affectation of being demure in a provocative way [syn:
            {coyness}, {demureness}]

English Dictionary: Dinornithiformes by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dinner napkin
n
  1. a large napkin used when dinner is served
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dinornis
n
  1. type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas [syn: Dinornis, genus Dinornis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dinornis giganteus
n
  1. the largest moa; about 12 feet high [syn: giant moa, Dinornis giganteus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dinornithidae
n
  1. moas
    Synonym(s): Dinornithidae, family Dinornithidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dinornithiformes
n
  1. a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
    Synonym(s): Dinornithiformes, order Dinornithiformes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amaranthus \Am`a*ran"thus\ ([acr]m`[adot]*r[acr]n"th[ucr]s),
   d8Amarantus \[d8]Am`a*ran"tus\ ([acr]m`[adot]*r[acr]n"t[ucr]s),
      n.
      Same as {Amaranth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Deinornis \[d8]Dei*nor"nis\, n. [NL.] (Paleon.)
      See {Dinornis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Dinornis \[d8]Di*nor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?]
      bird.] (Paleon.)
      A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which
      formerly inhabited New Zealand. See {Moa}. [Written also
      {Deinornis}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8In rem \[d8]In rem\ [L.] (Law)
      Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;
  
      Note: used:
      (a) Of any right (called
  
      {right, [or] jus},
  
      {in rem}) of such a nature as to be available over its
            subject without reference to one person more than another,
            or, as generally expressed, a right competent, or
            available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not
            alone rights over physical property, but all rights
            available against all persons indifferently, as those of
            life, liberty, and reputation.
      (b) Of actions for recovering or reducing to possession or
            enjoyment a specific object, as in the enforcement of
            maritime liens against a vessel, which is made the
            defendant by a sort of personification. Most actions for
            the specific recovery of property in English and American
            law are in the nature of actions in personam against a
            person alleged to be unlawfully withholding the property.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Inermis \[d8]In*er"mis\, a. [L. inermis, inermus; pref. in-
      not + arma arms: cf. F. inerme.] (Bot.)
      Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Maharmah \[d8]Ma*har"mah\, n.
      A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face,
      worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Marimba \[d8]Ma*rim"ba\, n. [Pg.]
      A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars
      yielding musical tones when struck. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Marimonda \[d8]Mar`i*mon"da\, n. [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A spider monkey ({Ateles belzebuth}) of Central and South
      America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Marmoratum opus \[d8]Mar`mo*ra`tum o"pus\ [L. See {Marmorate},
      and {Opus}.] (Arch.)
      A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of
      Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Marmorosis \[d8]Mar`mo*ro"sis\, n. [NL.] (Geol.)
      The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into
      marble. --Geikie.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Merenchyma \[d8]Me*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a part +
      -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.)
      Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Meringue \[d8]Me`ringue"\ (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F.]
      A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of
      eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mohurrum \[d8]Mo*hur"rum\, d8Muharram \[d8]Mu*har"ram\, n.
      [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month
      of the Mohammedan lunar year.]
      1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. --Whitworth.
  
      2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held
            during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Moir82 m82tallique \[d8]Moi`r[82]" m[82]`tal`lique"\ [F.]
      A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on
      tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Morendo \[d8]Mo*ren"do\, a. & n. [It.] (Mus.)
      Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or
      cadence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mormon \[d8]Mor"mon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] monster, bugbear.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the
            puffin.
      (b) The mandrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Morn82 \[d8]Mor`n[82]"\, a. [F., fr. morne a morne.] (Her.)
      Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion
      represented heraldically.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Morne \[d8]Morne\, n. [F., fr. morne sad, sorrowful. See
      {Mourn}.]
      A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an
      adversary in tilting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Morne \[d8]Morne\, n. [OE. morning, morwening. See {Morn}.]
      1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood
            as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the
            time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.
  
      2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.
  
      3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mohurrum \[d8]Mo*hur"rum\, d8Muharram \[d8]Mu*har"ram\, n.
      [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month
      of the Mohammedan lunar year.]
      1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. --Whitworth.
  
      2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held
            during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mur91na \[d8]Mu*r[91]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of large eels of the family {Mir[91]nid[91]}. They
      differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in
      having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry
      ({Mur[91]na Helen[91]}) of Southern Europe was the mur[91]na
      of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nero-antico \[d8]Ne`ro-an*ti"co\, n. [It.; nero black + antico
      ancient.] (Art)
      A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman
      ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Neuroma \[d8]Neu*ro"ma\, n. [NL. See {Neuro-}, and {-oma}.]
      (Med.)
      A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one
      consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Neuron \[d8]Neu"ron\, n.; pl. {Neura}. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron
      nerve.] (Anat.)
      The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis;
      myelencephalon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Dinornis \[d8]Di*nor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?]
      bird.] (Paleon.)
      A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which
      formerly inhabited New Zealand. See {Moa}. [Written also
      {Deinornis}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demureness \De*mure"ness\ (d[esl]*m[umac]r"n[ecr]s), n.
      The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or
      modesty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demur \De*mur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Demurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Demurring}.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger,
      stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay,
      tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking,
      reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See {Memory}.]
      1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]
  
                     Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
                                                                              --Nicols.
  
      2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in
            view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the
            determination or conclusion of an affair.
  
                     Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit
                     to demur.                                          --Hayward.
  
      3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to
            that statement.
  
      4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See {Demurrer}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimeran \Dim"er*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Dimera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimyarian \Dim`y*a"ri*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Like or pertaining to the Dimya. -- n. One of the Dimya.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dameron, MD
      Zip code(s): 20628

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dammeron Valley, UT
      Zip code(s): 84783
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