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derivable
adj 1: capable of being derived

English Dictionary: drop-off	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Draba verna n annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules Synonym(s): whitlow grass, shadflower, shad- flower, Draba verna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drive back v force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Synonym(s): repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drive off v force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" Synonym(s): chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drive up v approach while driving; "The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drive-by killing n homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drive-by shooting n shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drop off v fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures" Synonym(s): fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off Antonym(s): arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" Synonym(s): drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge retreat Synonym(s): fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede Antonym(s): advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win get worse; "My grades are slipping" Synonym(s): slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drop open v open involuntarily; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped" Synonym(s): drop open, fall open
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drop-off n a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" Synonym(s): slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" Synonym(s): cliff, drop, drop-off a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" Synonym(s): decrease, lessening, drop-off Antonym(s): increase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drop-off charge n a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dwarf buffalo n small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns Synonym(s): anoa, dwarf buffalo, Anoa depressicornis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dwarf pipefish n small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast Synonym(s): dwarf pipefish, Syngnathus hildebrandi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8A89rophobia \[d8]A`[89]ropho"bia\, A89rophoby \A`[89]roph"o*by\, n. [A[89]ro- + Gr. [?] fear: cf. F. a[82]rophobie.] (Med.) Dread of a current of air.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Herbivora \[d8]Herbiv"ora\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derivable \Deriv"able\, a. [From {Derive}.] That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources. All honor derivable upon me. --South. The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. --H. G. Bell. The argument derivable from the doxologies. --J. H. Newman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derivably \Deriv"ably\, adv. By derivation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whitlow \Whit"low\, n. [Prov. E. whickflaw, for quickflaw, i. e., a flaw or sore at the quick; cf. Icel. kvika the quick under the nail or under a horse's hoof. See {Quick}, a., and {Flaw}.] 1. (Med.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone. 2. (Far.) An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. {Whitlow grass} (Bot.), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as {Saxifraga tridactylites}, {Draba verna}, and several species of {Paronychia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drivebolt \Drive"bolt`\, n. A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drivepipe \Drive"pipe`\, n. A pipe for forcing into the earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Depth of a sail} (Naut.), the extent of a square sail from the head rope to the foot rope; the length of the after leach of a staysail or boom sail; -- commonly called the {drop of a sail}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Darbyville, OH (village, FIPS 20212) Location: 39.69574 N, 83.11419 W Population (1990): 272 (104 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)