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   Dalton
         n 1: English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory
               and the law of partial pressures; gave the first
               description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844) [syn:
               {Dalton}, {John Dalton}]

English Dictionary: dilution	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalton Trumbo n United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976) Synonym(s): Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalton's law n (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation Synonym(s): law of multiple proportions, Dalton's law (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature Synonym(s): Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalton's law of partial pressures n (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature Synonym(s): Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Daltonism n dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red Synonym(s): deuteranopia, Daltonism, green- blindness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deletion n any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases Synonym(s): omission, deletion (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" Synonym(s): deletion, excision, cut the act of deleting something written or printed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delta wing n an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilation n a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" Synonym(s): dilation, dilatation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilation and curettage n a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion Synonym(s): dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilettante adj showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" Synonym(s): dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic n an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge Synonym(s): dabbler, dilettante, sciolist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilettanteish adj showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" Synonym(s): dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilettantish adj showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" Synonym(s): dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilutant n a diluting agent Synonym(s): dilutant, diluent, thinner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilution n a diluted solution weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner Antonym(s): concentration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Delphinium}), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is {D. Consolida}. The flower of the bee larkspur ({D. elatum}) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Althing \[d8]Al"thing\, n. [Icel. (modern) alping, earlier alpingi; allr all + ping assembly. See {All}, and {Thing}.] The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See {Thing}, n., 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dilettante \[d8]Dil`et*tan"te\, n.; pl. {Dilettanti}. [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See {Delight}, v. t.] An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ladino \[d8]La*di"no\, n.; pl. {Ladinos}. [Sp.] One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge. --Am. Cyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Leitmotif \[d8]Leit"motif"\ (l[imac]t"m[osl]t[esl]f"), n. [G.] (Mus.) See {Leading motive}, under {Leading}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lith91mia \[d8]Lith[91]"mia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`qos stone + [?] blood.] (Med.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lotong \[d8]Lo*tong"\, n. [Malay l[?]tong.] (Zo[94]l.) An East Indian monkey ({Semnopithecus femoralis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tillodontia \[d8]Til`lodon"tia\, n. pl. (Paleon.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also {Tillodonta}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ulodendron \[d8]U`lo*den"dron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], for [?] whole + [?] tree.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ultima \[d8]Ul"ti*ma\, a. [L., fem. ultimus last.] Most remote; furthest; final; last. {Ultima ratio} [L.], the last reason or argument; the last resort. {Ultima Thule}. [L.] See {Thule}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ultimo \[d8]Ul"ti*mo\ [L. ultimo (mense) in the last month.] In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. {Proximo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Waldheimia \[d8]Waldhei"mia\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Weltanschauung \[d8]Welt"an"schau`ung\, n.; pl. {Weltanschauungen}. [G.] Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daltonian \Dalto"nian\, n. One afflicted with color blindness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daltonism \Dal"ton*ism\, n. Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. --Nichol.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delate \De*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delating}.] [L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See {Tolerate}, and cf. 3d {Defer}, {Delay}, v.] [Obs. or Archaic] 1. To carry; to convey. Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. --Bacon. 2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. When the crime is delated or notorious. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. --Bp. Burnet. 4. To carry on; to conduct. --Warner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delation \De*la"tion\, n. [L. delatio accusation: cf. F. d[82]lation.] 1. Conveyance. [Obs. or Archaic] In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. --Bacon. 2. (Law) Accusation by an informer. --Milman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delete \De*lete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deleting}.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st {Dele}.] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. --Aytoun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deletion \De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See {Delete}.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. --Sir M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delude \De*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deluding}.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See {Ludicrous}.] 1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of. To delude the nation by an airy phantom. --Burke. 2. To frustrate or disappoint. It deludes thy search. --Dryden. Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See {Deceive}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilate \Di*late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dilating}.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear (see {Latitude}); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differre to separate (see {Delay}, {Tolerate}, {Differ}, and cf. {Dilatory}): cf. F. dilater.] 1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to {contract}; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat. 2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.] Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now. --Shak. Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify; expatiate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilation \Di*la"tion\, n. [L. dilatio. See {Dilatory}.] Delay. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilation \Di*la"tion\, n. [From dilate, v., cf. {Dilatation}, {Dilator}.] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. --Mrs. Browning. At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson. A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilatometer \Dil`atom"eter\, n. [Dilate + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilettant \Dil"et*tant`\, a. Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation. --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilettant \Dil`et*tant"\, n. A dilettante. Though few art lovers can be connoisseurs, many are dilettants. --Fairholt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilettanteish \Dil`ettan"teish\, a. Somewhat like a dilettante.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilettanteism \Dil`ettan"teism\, n. The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dilettante \[d8]Dil`et*tan"te\, n.; pl. {Dilettanti}. [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See {Delight}, v. t.] An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilettantish \Dil`et*tant"ish\, a. Dilettanteish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilettantism \Dil`et*tant"ism\, n. Same as {Dilettanteism}. --F. Harrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diluteness \Di*lute"ness\, n. The quality or state of being dilute. --Bp. Wilkins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diluting}.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See {Lave}, and cf. {Deluge}.] 1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. --Blackmore. 2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I. Newton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilution \Di*lu"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dilution.] The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted. --Arbuthnot.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dalton, GA (city, FIPS 21380) Location: 34.76901 N, 84.97591 W Population (1990): 21761 (9555 housing units) Area: 46.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30720, 30721 Dalton, MA Zip code(s): 01226 Dalton, MN (city, FIPS 14626) Location: 46.17344 N, 95.91633 W Population (1990): 234 (124 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56324 Dalton, MO (town, FIPS 18118) Location: 39.39815 N, 92.99200 W Population (1990): 38 (39 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65246 Dalton, NE (village, FIPS 12070) Location: 41.40767 N, 102.97036 W Population (1990): 282 (151 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69131 Dalton, NY Zip code(s): 14836 Dalton, OH (village, FIPS 19974) Location: 40.79924 N, 81.69718 W Population (1990): 1377 (538 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44618 Dalton, PA (borough, FIPS 18088) Location: 41.53786 N, 75.73863 W Population (1990): 1369 (497 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18414 Dalton, WI Zip code(s): 53926
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dalton City, IL (village, FIPS 18446) Location: 39.71413 N, 88.80702 W Population (1990): 573 (206 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61925
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dalton Gardens, ID (city, FIPS 20350) Location: 47.73347 N, 116.76687 W Population (1990): 1951 (716 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Delton, MI Zip code(s): 49046
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Deltona, FL (CDP, FIPS 17200) Location: 28.90989 N, 81.20878 W Population (1990): 50828 (20744 housing units) Area: 136.1 sq km (land), 8.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32725, 32738
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dolton, IL (village, FIPS 20292) Location: 41.62930 N, 87.59872 W Population (1990): 23930 (8594 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60419 Dolton, SD (town, FIPS 16860) Location: 43.49150 N, 97.38477 W Population (1990): 43 (29 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57319
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dowelltown, TN (town, FIPS 21420) Location: 36.01307 N, 85.94307 W Population (1990): 308 (151 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37059
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF, or "touch-tone") A method used by the telephone system to communicate the keys pressed when dialling. Pressing a key on the phone's keypad generates two simultaneous tones, one for the row and one for the column. These are decoded by the exchange to determine which key was pressed. (1995-03-28)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Deal, Tenth See {OMER}.