daedal
         adj 1: complex and ingenious in design or function; "the daedal
                  hand of nature"
         n 1: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the
               labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned
               wings for himself and his son Icarus [syn: {Daedalus},
               {Daedal}]

English Dictionary: diddley	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dawdle v take one's time; proceed slowly Synonym(s): linger, dawdle Antonym(s): belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" Synonym(s): dally, dawdle hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. Synonym(s): lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deadly adv as if dead Synonym(s): deadly, lifelessly (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" Synonym(s): madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly adj causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" Synonym(s): deadly, deathly, mortal of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" Synonym(s): deadly, lethal extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" Synonym(s): deadly, venomous, virulent involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" Synonym(s): deadly, mortal(a) exceedingly harmful Synonym(s): baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deathly adv to a degree resembling death; "he was deathly pale" adj having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor" Synonym(s): deathlike, deathly causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" Synonym(s): deadly, deathly, mortal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detail n an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" Synonym(s): detail, item, point a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" Synonym(s): detail, particular, item extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail" a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees" a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent" Synonym(s): contingent, detail v provide details for assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diddle v deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" Synonym(s): toy, fiddle, diddle, play
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diddley n a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diddly n a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doddle n an easy task
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doodle n an aimless drawing Synonym(s): scribble, scrabble, doodle v make a doodle; draw aimlessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dottily adv in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily" Synonym(s): daftly, dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dottle n the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dowdily adv in a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily" Synonym(s): dowdily, frumpily, frumpishly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Datura \[d8]Da*tu"ra\, n. [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt[?]ra, Per. &       Ar. tat[?]ra, Tat[?]la.] (Bot.)       A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped       flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.          Note: The commonest species are the thorn apple ({D.                stramonium}), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of                {capsule}), white flowers and green stem, and {D.                tatula}, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers.                Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Atole \[d8]A*to"le\, n. [Mex. Sp.]       A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the       like. [Sp. Amer.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dadle \Dad"le\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Daddled}, p. pr. & vb. n.       {Daddling}.] [Prob. freq. of dade.]       To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man;       hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dawdle \Daw"dle\, v. t.       To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dawdle \Daw"dle\, n.       A dawdler. --Colman & Carrick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dawdle \Daw"dle\ (d[add]"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawdled}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Dawdling}.] [Cf. {Daddle}.]       To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.                   Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with                me.                                                         --Johnson.                   We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall.   --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Dead letter}.             (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time                   uncalled for at the post office to which it was                   directed, is then sent to the general post office to                   be opened.             (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the                   law has become a dead letter.          {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office             where dead letters are examined and disposed of.          {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country.          {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from             mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.;             hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead             lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military             prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty             of being instantly shot.          {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as             the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving             load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of             wind.          {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be             played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession.          {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a             nettle ({Lamium album}).          {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the             distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol,             naphthalus, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Dead plate} (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire             grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.                      {Dead pledge}, a mortgage. See {Mortgage}.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) See {Dead center}.          {Dead reckoning} (Naut.), the method of determining the place             of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as             given by compass, and the distance made on each course as             found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the             aid of celestial observations.          {Dead rise}, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's             floor.          {Dead rising}, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to             determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the             ship's length.          {Dead-Sea apple}. See under {Apple}.          {Dead set}. See under {Set}.          {Dead shot}.             (a) An unerring marksman.             (b) A shot certain to be made.          {Dead smooth}, the finest cut made; -- said of files.          {Dead wall} (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or             other openings.          {Dead water} (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a             ship's stern when sailing.          {Dead weight}.             (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.             (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy                   goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.             (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live                   weight being the load. --Knight.          {Dead wind} (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the             ship's course.          {To be dead}, to die. [Obs.]                         I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.          Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See {Lifeless}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deadly \Dead"ly\, a.       1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive;             certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or             wound.          2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately             hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.                         Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.]                         The image of a deadly man.                  --Wyclif (Rom.                                                                               i. 23).          {Deadly nightshade} (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna.             See under {Nightshade}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deadly \Dead"ly\, adv.       1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.             [bd]Deadly pale.[b8] --Shak.          2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally.                         The groanings of a deadly wounded man. --Ezek. xxx.                                                                               24.          3. In an implacable manner; destructively.          4. Extremely. [Obs.] [bd]Deadly weary.[b8] --Orrery. [bd]So             deadly cunning a man.[b8] --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS.       sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s[81]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L.       sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of       the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is.       Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.]       1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the             divine command; any violation of God's will, either in             purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character;             iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.                         Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.                                                                               --John viii.                                                                               34.                         Sin is the transgression of the law.   --1 John iii.                                                                               4.                         I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly                      win.                                                   --Shak.                         Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires.                                                                               --Milton.          2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a             misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.                         I grant that poetry's a crying sin.   --Pope.          3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.                         He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.                                                                               --2 Cor. v.                                                                               21.          4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]                         Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this                      bewailing land Of noble Buckingham.   --Shak.          Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of                obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred,                sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.          {Actual sin},          {Canonical sins},          {Original sin},          {Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc.          {Deadly}, [or]          {Mortal},          {sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions,             which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from             vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride,             covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.          {Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in             England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on             the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to             have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself.          {Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an             expiation for sin.          Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deathly \Death"ly\, a.       Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deathly \Death"ly\, adv.       Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detail \De*tail"\, n. (Arch. & Mach.)       (a) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the             buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called             {larger details}) a porch, a gable with its windows, a             pavilion, or an attached tower.       (b) A detail drawing.          {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item;             circumstantially; with particularity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detail \De"tail\ (d[emac]"t[amac]l or d[esl]*t[amac]l"; 277), n.       [F. d[82]tail, fr. d[82]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in       detail; pref. d[82]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See       {Tailor}.]       1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an             item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a             scheme or transaction.                         The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley.          2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which             dwells on particulars.          3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person             or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so             selected.          {Detail drawing}, a drawing of the full size, or on a large             scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.          {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item;             circumstantially; with particularity.          Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation;                narration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detail \De"tail\ (d[esl]*t[amac]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Detailed} (-t[amac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Detailing}.] [Cf.       F. d[82]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See       {Detail}, n.]       1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report             minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he             detailed all the facts in due order.          2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as             an officer, a troop, or a squadron.          Syn: {Detail}, {Detach}.          Usage: Detail respect the act of individualizing the person                   or body that is separated; detach, the removing for                   the given end or object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Didal \Di"dal\, n.       A kind of triangular spade. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diddle \Did"dle\, v. i. [Cf. {Daddle}.]       To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] --Quarles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diddle \Did"dle\, v. t. [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the       letter r being changed to l.]       To cheat or overreach. [Colloq.] --Beaconsfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doodle \Doo"dle\, n. [Cf. {Dawdle}.]       A trifler; a simple fellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dotal \Do"tal\, a. [L. dotalis, fr. dos, dotis, dowry: cf. F.       dotal. See {Dot} dowry.]       Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion;       constituting dower, or comprised in it. --Garth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. {Dowdier}; superl. {Dowdiest}.]       [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd       flat, dead.]       Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in       dress; vulgar-looking. -- {Dow"di*ly}, adv. -- {Dow"di*ness},       n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Datil, NM       Zip code(s): 87821
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dudley, GA (city, FIPS 24488)       Location: 32.53282 N, 83.08068 W       Population (1990): 430 (184 housing units)       Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31022    Dudley, MA       Zip code(s): 01571    Dudley, MO (city, FIPS 20296)       Location: 36.78914 N, 90.09142 W       Population (1990): 271 (131 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63936    Dudley, NC       Zip code(s): 28333    Dudley, PA (borough, FIPS 20152)       Location: 40.20150 N, 78.17652 W       Population (1990): 232 (94 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 16634
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
diddle   1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly    serious manner.   "I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't    double-space all the time."   "Let's diddle this piece of code and    see if the problem goes away."   See {tweak} and {twiddle}.   2. n.    The action or result of diddling.   See also {tweak}, {twiddle},    {frob}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DETOL          {Directly Executable Test Oriented       Language}.          (1995-09-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
diddle          1. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious       manner.   "I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't       double-space all the time."   "Let's diddle this piece of code       and see if the problem goes away."          See {tweak} and {twiddle}.          2. The action or result of diddling.          See also {tweak}, {twiddle}, {frob}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-01-31)