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   damnable
         adj 1: deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" [syn: {damnable},
                  {execrable}]

English Dictionary: damnably by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damnably
adv
  1. in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!"
    Synonym(s): damned, damnably, cursedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damply
adv
  1. in a damp manner; "a scarf was tied round her head but the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her left eye"
    Synonym(s): damply, moistly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demobilisation
n
  1. act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"
    Synonym(s): demobilization, demobilisation
    Antonym(s): militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demobilise
v
  1. release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
    Synonym(s): demobilize, inactivate, demobilise
    Antonym(s): call up, mobilise, mobilize, rally
  2. retire from military service
    Synonym(s): demobilize, demobilise, demob
    Antonym(s): mobilise, mobilize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demobilization
n
  1. act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"
    Synonym(s): demobilization, demobilisation
    Antonym(s): militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demobilize
v
  1. release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
    Synonym(s): demobilize, inactivate, demobilise
    Antonym(s): call up, mobilise, mobilize, rally
  2. retire from military service
    Synonym(s): demobilize, demobilise, demob
    Antonym(s): mobilise, mobilize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Denebola
n
  1. a star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deniable
adj
  1. capable of being denied or contradicted [ant: undeniable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dimple
n
  1. a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    Synonym(s): dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple
  2. any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
  3. a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"
v
  1. mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream"
  2. produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dimpled chad
n
  1. a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    Synonym(s): dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dino Paul Crocetti
n
  1. United States singer (1917-1995) [syn: Martin, {Dean Martin}, Dino Paul Crocetti]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dinoflagellata
n
  1. in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
    Synonym(s): Dinoflagellata, order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dinoflagellate
n
  1. chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DNA polymerase
n
  1. the enzyme responsible for DNA replication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downfall
n
  1. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
    Synonym(s): downfall, ruin, ruination
  2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
    Synonym(s): precipitation, downfall
  3. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
    Synonym(s): fall, downfall
    Antonym(s): rise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downfield
adv
  1. toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards"
adj
  1. toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downplay
v
  1. represent as less significant or important [syn: understate, minimize, minimise, downplay]
    Antonym(s): amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
  2. understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
    Synonym(s): background, play down, downplay
    Antonym(s): foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbbell
n
  1. an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
  2. an ignorant or foolish person
    Synonym(s): dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumbly
adv
  1. in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone"
    Synonym(s): dumbly, densely, obtusely
  2. in an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumpling
n
  1. small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough [syn: dumpling, dumplings]
  2. dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dumplings
n
  1. small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough [syn: dumpling, dumplings]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dumpy level
n
  1. a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d1nophilist \[d1]*noph"i*list\, n. [Gr. [?] wine + [?] to love.]
      A lover of wine. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amblyopia \[d8]Am`bly*o"pi*a\, Amblyopy \Am"bly*o`py\, n. [Gr.
      [?]; [?] blunt, dim + [?] eye: cf. F. amblyopie.] (Med.)
      Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of
      the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amblypoda \[d8]Am*blyp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] blunt +
      [?], [?], foot.] (Paleon.)
      A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the
      Tertiary formation of the United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ambulacrum \[d8]Am`bu*la"crum\, n.; pl. {Ambulacra}. [L., an
      alley or covered way.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run
            the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes.
            These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or
            tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star
            fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of
            the rays.
      (b) One of the suckers on the feet of mites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ampelopsis \[d8]Am`pe*lop"sis\
      ([acr]m`p[esl]*l[ocr]p"s[icr]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`mpelos
      vine + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.)
      A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ampulla \[d8]Am*pul"la\, n.; pl. {Ampull[91]}. [L. ]
      1. (Rom. Antiq.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles
            and bellying out like a jug.
  
      2. (Eccl.)
            (a) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
            (b) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or
                  coronation is kept. --Shipley.
  
      3. (Biol.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle,
            as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the
            dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anopheles \[d8]A*noph"e*les\ ([adot]*n[ocr]f"[esl]*l[emac]z),
      n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anwfelh`s useless, hurtful.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the
      malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the
      only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several
      species are found in the United States. They may be
      distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus
      {Culex} by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak
      in length, while those of the female {Culex} are very short.
      They also assume different positions when resting, {Culex}
      usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it
      rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while
      {Anopheles} holds the body at an angle with the surface and
      the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become
      themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected
      with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anopla \[d8]An"o*pla\ ([acr]n"[ocr]*pl[adot]), n. pl. [NL.,
      fr. Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See {Nemertina}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anoplothere \An*op"lo*there\ ([acr]n*[ocr]p"l[osl]*th[emac]r),
   d8Anoplotherium
  
   \[d8]An`o*plo*the"ri*um\([acr]n`[osl]*pl[osl]*th[emac]"r[icr]*[ucr]m),
      n. [From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an
      implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
      A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order {Ungulata}, whose
      were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris;
      characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine
      teeth (whence the name).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anoplura \[d8]An`o*plu"ra\ ([acr]n`[osl]*pl[umac]"r[adot]), n.
      pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`plon weapon, sting + o'yra`
      tail.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A group of insects which includes the lice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Employ82 \[d8]Em`ploy`[82]"\, n. [F., p. p. of employer.]
      One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of
      an employer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8En bloc \[d8]En` bloc"\ [F. Cf. {Block}, n. ]
      In a lump; as a whole; all together. [bd]Movement of the
      ossicles en bloc.[b8] --Nature.
  
               En bloc they are known as [bd]the herd[b8]. --W. A.
                                                                              Fraser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Enfleurage \[d8]En`fleu`rage"\, n. [F., fr. en- (L. in) +
      fleur flower.]
      A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as
      fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is
      used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be
      separated by distillation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Enopla \[d8]En"o*pla\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] armed; [?] in
      + [?], pl., armor.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence
      of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hemiplegia \[d8]Hem`i*ple"gi*a\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] half
      + [?] a stroke; cf. F. h[82]miplagie.] (Med.)
      A palsy that affects one side only of the body. --
      {Hem`i"pleg"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hemophilia \[d8]Hem`o*phil"i*a\, n.
      See {Hematophilia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Implacentalia \[d8]Im`pla*cen*ta"li*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {In-}
      not, and {Placental}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes
      and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Impluvium \[d8]Im*plu"vi*um\, n. [L., fr. impluere to rain
      into; pref. im- in + pluere to rain.] (Arch.)
      In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or
      peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the
      compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works
      of art around its birm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Inflatus \[d8]In*fla"tus\, n. [L. See {Inflate}, v. t.]
      A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
  
               The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To
               ineffable inflatus.                                 --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Infula \[d8]In"fu*la\, n.; pl. {Infule}. [L.]
      A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others
      among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Invalide \[d8]In`va*lide"\, n. [F.]
      See {Invalid}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Involucellum \[d8]In`vo*lu*cel"lum\, n.; pl. {Involucella}.
      [NL.]
      See {Involucel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Involucrum \[d8]In`vo*lu"crum\, n.; pl. L. {Involucra}, E.
      {Involucrums}. [L. See {Involucre}.]
      1. (Bot.) See {Involucre}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso
            cells in the Siphonophora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mabolo \[d8]Ma*bo"lo\, n. (Bot.)
      A kind of persimmon tree ({Diospyros discolor}) from the
      Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West
      Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8N82bul82 \[d8]N[82]`bu`l[82]"\, Nebuly \Neb"u*ly\, a. [F.
      n[82]bul[82].] (Her.)
      Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a
      cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or
      subordinary may be bounded.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nauplius \[d8]Nau"pli*us\, n.; pl. {Nauplii}. [L., a kind of
      shellfish, fr. Gr. [?] ship + [?] to sail.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs
      (corresponding to the antennules, antenn[91], and mandibles),
      a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ne plus ultra \[d8]Ne plus ul"tra\ [L., no further; ne no, not
      + plus more + ultra beyond.]
      1. The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence,
            the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree;
            the acme.
  
      2. A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable
            obstacle or limiting condition. [Obs. or R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nebalia \[d8]Ne*ba"li*a\, n. [NL., of uncertain origin.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a
      distinct order ({Nebaloidea}, or {Phyllocarida}.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Neoplasia \[d8]Ne`o*pla"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. gr. [?] new + [?]
      to form, mold.] (Physiol. & Med.)
      Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nephilim \[d8]Neph"i*lim\, n. pl. [Heb. n[ecr]ph[c6]l[c6]m.]
      Giants. --Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nouveau riche \[d8]Nou`veau" riche"\, m., d8Nouvelle riche
   \[d8]Nou`velle" riche"\, f.; pl. m. {Noveaux riches}, f.
      {Nouvelles riches}. [F.]
      A person newly rich.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Omphalos \[d8]Om"pha*los\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Anat.)
      The navel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Temblor \[d8]Tem*blor"\, n. [Sp.]
      An earthquake. [Western U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Rubato \[d8]Ru*ba"to\, a. [It.]
      Robbed; borrowed.
  
      {[d8]Temple rubato}. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term
            applied to a style of performance in which some tones are
            held longer than their legitimate time, while others are
            proportionally curtailed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Timbale \[d8]Tim`bale"\, n. [F., prop., a kettledrum; -- so
      named from the form of the mold used. Cf. {Timbal}.]
      (Cookery)
      A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or
      fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case,
      usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Umbellularia \[d8]Um*bel`lu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL. {Umbellule}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of
      large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long,
      slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a
      bulbous base.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Umbilicus \[d8]Um`bi*li"cus\, n. [L. See {Umbilic}.]
      1. (Anat.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the
            abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical
            cord separated from the fetus; the navel.
  
      2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss
            fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts
            were rolled. --Dr. W. Smith.
  
      3. (Bot.) The hilum.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A depression or opening in the center of the base of
                  many spiral shells.
            (b) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a
                  feather.
  
      5. (Geom.)
            (a) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve. [Obs.]
            (b) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the
                  normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere
                  may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at
                  an umbilicus. Called also {umbilic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Univalvia \[d8]U`ni*val"vi*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Gastropoda}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dam \Dam\, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm,
      Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth.
      Fa[a3]rdammjan.]
      1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of
            earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built
            across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing
            water.
  
      2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the
            front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
  
      {Dam plate} (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the
            dam, to strengthen it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Damnability \Dam`na*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality of being damnable; damnableness. --Sir T. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Damnable \Dam"na*ble\, a. [L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F.
      damnable. See {Damn}.]
      1. Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves,
            to be damned; of a damning nature.
  
                     A creature unprepared unmeet for death, And to
                     transport him in the mind he is, Were damnable.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Odious; pernicious; detestable.
  
                     Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Damnableness \Dam"na*ble*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
  
               The damnableness of this most execrable impiety.
                                                                              --Prynne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Damnably \Dam"na*bly\, adv.
      1. In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or
            punishment.
  
      2. Odiously; detestably; excessively. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deambulate \De*am"bu*late\, v. i. [L. deambulare, deambulatum;
      de- + ambulare to walk.]
      To walk abroad. [Obs.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deambulation \De*am`bu*la"tion\, n. [L. deambulatio.]
      A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deambulatory \De*am"bu*la*to*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. deambulator a
      traveler.]
      Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining
      to a deambulatory. [Obs.] [bd]Deambulatory actors.[b8] --Bp.
      Morton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deambulatory \De*am"bu*la*to*ry\, n. [L. deambulatorium.]
      A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demivill \Dem"i*vill`\, n. (Old Law)
      A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.
      --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demivolt \Dem"i*volt`\, n. [Cf. F. demi- volte.] (Man.)
      A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse,
      in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demobilization \De*mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
      d[82]mobilisation. See {Mobilization}.] (Mil.)
      The disorganization or disarming of troops which have
      previously been mobilized or called into active service; the
      change from a war footing to a peace footing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demobilize \De*mob"i*lize\, v. t. [Cf. F. d[82]mobiliser.]
      (Mil.)
      To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which
      have been mobilized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deniable \De*ni"a*ble\, a. [See {Deny}.]
      Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimble \Dim"ble\, n. [Prob. orig., a cavity, and the same word
      as dimple. See {Dimple}.]
      A bower; a dingle. [Obs.] --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. t.
      To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimple \Dim"ple\, n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See {Dip},
      and cf. {Dimble}.]
      1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface
            of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
            --Milton.
  
                     The dimple of her chin.                     --Prior.
  
      2. A slight indentation on any surface.
  
                     The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into
                     dimples small and bright.                  --Wordsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dimpling}.]
      To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little
      inequalities.
  
               And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dimpling}.]
      To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little
      inequalities.
  
               And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimplement \Dim"ple*ment\, n.
      The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle
      depressions. [R.]
  
               The ground's most gentle dimplement.      --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dimpling}.]
      To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little
      inequalities.
  
               And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dimply \Dim"ply\, a.
      Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the
      dimply pool. --Thomson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domable \Dom"a*ble\, a. [L. domabilis, fr. domare to tame.]
      Capable of being tamed; tamable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Domableness \Dom"a*ble*ness\, n.
      Tamableness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Donable \Do"na*ble\, a. [L. donabilis, fr. donare to donate.]
      Capable of being donated or given. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doom palm \Doom" palm`\ [Ar. daum, d[d4]m: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.)
      A species of palm tree ({Hyph[91]ne Thebaica}), highly valued
      for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of
      gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.
      [Written also {doum palm}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doomful \Doom"ful\, a.
      Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] [bd]That
      doomful deluge.[b8] --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doum palm \Doum" palm`\ (d[oomac]m" p[aum]m`).
      See {Doom palm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doom palm \Doom" palm`\ [Ar. daum, d[d4]m: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.)
      A species of palm tree ({Hyph[91]ne Thebaica}), highly valued
      for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of
      gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.
      [Written also {doum palm}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doum palm \Doum" palm`\ (d[oomac]m" p[aum]m`).
      See {Doom palm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doom palm \Doom" palm`\ [Ar. daum, d[d4]m: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.)
      A species of palm tree ({Hyph[91]ne Thebaica}), highly valued
      for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of
      gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.
      [Written also {doum palm}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Downfall \Down"fall`\, n.
      1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
  
                     Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland.
  
                     Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or
            happiness; destruction; ruin.
  
                     Dire were the consequences which would follow the
                     downfall of so important a place.      --Motley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Downfallen \Down"fall`en\, a.
      Fallen; ruined. --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Downfalling \Down"fall`ing\, a.
      Falling down.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumb-bell \Dumb"-bell`\, n.
      A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected
      by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for
      gymnastic exercise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumbledor \Dum"ble*dor`\, n. [The first part is prob. of
      imitative origin. See {Dor} a beetle.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumbly \Dumb"ly\, adv.
      In silence; mutely.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumple \Dum"ple\, v. t. [See {Dumpling}.]
      To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.
      [R.]
  
               He was a little man, dumpled up together. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumpling \Dump"ling\, n. [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf.
      D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge
      into, and E. dump, v. t.]
      A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of
      pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other
      fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crust \Crust\ (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F.
      cro[ucir]te; prob. akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] ice, E.
      crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See {Raw}, and
      cf. {Custard}.]
      1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard
            exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a
            crust of snow.
  
                     I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid
                     under a crust of dross.                     --Addison.
  
                     Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of
                     infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. --Prescott.
  
      2. (Cookery)
            (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction
                  from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown
                  dry or hard.
            (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the
                  soft contents.
            (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a
                  potpie; -- also called {dumpling}.
  
                           Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                           He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. --Shak.
  
                           They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly
            universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or
            pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.
  
      6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the
            result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar,
            etc. See {Beeswing}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumpling \Dump"ling\, n. [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf.
      D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge
      into, and E. dump, v. t.]
      A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of
      pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other
      fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crust \Crust\ (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F.
      cro[ucir]te; prob. akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] ice, E.
      crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See {Raw}, and
      cf. {Custard}.]
      1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard
            exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a
            crust of snow.
  
                     I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid
                     under a crust of dross.                     --Addison.
  
                     Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of
                     infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. --Prescott.
  
      2. (Cookery)
            (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction
                  from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown
                  dry or hard.
            (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the
                  soft contents.
            (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a
                  potpie; -- also called {dumpling}.
  
                           Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                           He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. --Shak.
  
                           They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly
            universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or
            pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.
  
      6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the
            result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar,
            etc. See {Beeswing}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dumpy level \Dump"y lev"el\ (Surv.)
      A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly
      fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a
      horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one.
      It is sometimes called the {Troughton level}, from the name
      of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is
      known as the {Gavatt level}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Danville, AL
      Zip code(s): 35619
   Danville, AR (city, FIPS 17320)
      Location: 35.05208 N, 93.39028 W
      Population (1990): 1585 (733 housing units)
      Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72833
   Danville, CA (city, FIPS 17988)
      Location: 37.81440 N, 121.97138 W
      Population (1990): 31306 (11466 housing units)
      Area: 45.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 94526
   Danville, GA (town, FIPS 21688)
      Location: 32.60553 N, 83.24610 W
      Population (1990): 480 (192 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31017
   Danville, IA (city, FIPS 18435)
      Location: 40.86115 N, 91.31403 W
      Population (1990): 926 (344 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52623
   Danville, IL (city, FIPS 18563)
      Location: 40.14390 N, 87.61944 W
      Population (1990): 33828 (15326 housing units)
      Area: 39.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61832
   Danville, IN (town, FIPS 16804)
      Location: 39.76222 N, 86.51979 W
      Population (1990): 4345 (1719 housing units)
      Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46122
   Danville, KS (city, FIPS 17000)
      Location: 37.28574 N, 97.89103 W
      Population (1990): 56 (36 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67036
   Danville, KY (city, FIPS 19882)
      Location: 37.64212 N, 84.77208 W
      Population (1990): 12420 (5210 housing units)
      Area: 14.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 40422
   Danville, ME
      Zip code(s): 04223
   Danville, NH
      Zip code(s): 03819
   Danville, OH (village, FIPS 20114)
      Location: 40.44794 N, 82.26011 W
      Population (1990): 1001 (424 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43014
   Danville, PA (borough, FIPS 18136)
      Location: 40.96148 N, 76.61231 W
      Population (1990): 5165 (2461 housing units)
      Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17821
   Danville, VA (city, FIPS 590)
      Location: 36.58319 N, 79.40830 W
      Population (1990): 53056 (23297 housing units)
      Area: 111.5 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
   Danville, VA (city, FIPS 21344)
      Location: 36.58319 N, 79.40830 W
      Population (1990): 53056 (23297 housing units)
      Area: 111.5 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24540, 24541
   Danville, VT
      Zip code(s): 05828
   Danville, WA
      Zip code(s): 99121
   Danville, WV (town, FIPS 20212)
      Location: 38.08132 N, 81.83475 W
      Population (1990): 595 (303 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25053

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Demopolis, AL (city, FIPS 20296)
      Location: 32.50055 N, 87.83417 W
      Population (1990): 7512 (3015 housing units)
      Area: 31.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36732

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Denville, NJ
      Zip code(s): 07834

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dewey-Humboldt, AZ (CDP, FIPS 19145)
      Location: 34.53255 N, 112.25180 W
      Population (1990): 3640 (1937 housing units)
      Area: 64.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Downieville, CA
      Zip code(s): 95936

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   Dunnville, KY
      Zip code(s): 42528
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