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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

cytosol
noun the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended

cytostome
noun mouth of a protozoan

cytotoxic
adjective of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells

cytotoxic drug
noun any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells

cytotoxicity
noun the degree to which something is toxic to living cells

cytotoxin
noun any substance that has a toxic effect on cells

czar
noun a person having great power

czarina
tsarina noun the wife or widow of a czar

czarist
czaristic adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a czar

Czech
Czechoslovakian adjective of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language; `The Czech border`; `Czechoslovak nationalists`; `The Czechoslovakian population`

Czech monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Czech Republic

Czech Republic
noun a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993

Czechoslovakia
noun a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993

Czechoslovakian
Czechoslovak noun a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia

Czerny
Karl Czerny noun Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)

Czestochowa
noun a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims

da Gamma
Vasco da Gamma noun Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)

da`wah
dawah noun missionary work for Islam

dab
splash noun a small quantity of something moist or liquid; `a dab of paint`; `a splatter of mud`; `just a splash of whiskey`

Daba
Kola noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

dabble
paddle verb play in or as if in water, as of small children

dabble
verb work with in an amateurish manner; `She dabbles in astronomy`; `He plays around with investments but he never makes any money`

dabbled
spattered adjective covered with bright patches (often used in combination); `waves dabbled with moonlight`; `a blood-spattered room`; `gardens splashed with color`; `kitchen walls splattered with grease`

dabbler
dilettante noun an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

dabbling duck
dabbler noun any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

dabchick
little grebe noun small European grebe

Daboecia
genus Daboecia noun a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae

dace
Leuciscus leuciscus noun small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

dace-like
adjective resembling a dace

Dacelo
genus Dacelo noun Australasian kingfishers

dacha
noun Russian country house

Dachau
noun a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany

dachshund
dachsie noun small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows

dacite
noun a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

dacitic
adjective relating to or consisting of dacite; `dacitic magma is highly viscous`

dacoit
dakoit noun a member of an armed gang of robbers

dacoity
dakoity noun robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

Dacron
Terylene noun a kind of polyester fabric

Dacrycarpus
genus Dacrycarpus noun evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines

Dacrydium
genus Dacrydium noun Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs

Dacrydium colensoi
noun New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes

Dacrymyces
genus Dacrymyces noun type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa

Dacrymycetaceae
family Dacrymycetaceae noun a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa

dacryocystitis
noun inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose

dacryon
noun the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone

dactyl
noun a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

dactylic
adjective of or consisting of dactyls; `dactylic meter`

Dactylis
genus Dactylis noun a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)

Dactyloctenium
genus Dactyloctenium noun a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae

dactylomegaly
noun abnormally large fingers or toes

Dactylopiidae
family Dactylopiidae noun cochineal insects

Dactylopius
genus Dactylopius noun type genus of the Dactylopiidae

Dactylopteridae
family Dactylopteridae noun flying gurnards

Dactylopterus
genus Dactylopterus noun a genus of Dactylopteridae

Dactylorhiza
genus Dactylorhiza noun genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa

Dactyloscopidae
family Dactyloscopidae noun sand stargazers

dad
dada noun an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

dada
dadaism noun a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty

dado
verb cut a dado into or fit into a dado

dado
noun panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

dado plane
noun a plane for making a dado groove

daedal
adjective complex and ingenious in design or function; `the daedal hand of nature`

Daedalus
Daedal noun (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

daemon
noun a person who is part mortal and part god

daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus noun any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown

daffodil garlic
flowering onion noun European onion with white flowers

daftly
dottily adverb in a mildly insane manner; `the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily`

dagame
lemonwood tree 1 Calycophyllum candidissimum noun source of a tough elastic wood

Dagan
noun god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon

Dagda
noun chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit

Dagestani
noun an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan

dagga
Cape dagga noun relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco

dagger
sticker noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

dagger-like
adjective resembling a dagger

daggerboard
noun a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel

Dagon
noun god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines

Daguerre
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre noun French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)

daguerreotype
noun a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor

dahlia
Dahlia pinnata noun any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia

daikon
Japanese radish noun radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

Dail Eireann
Dail noun the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Free State

daily
day-to-day adjective occurring or done each day; `a daily record`; `day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women`- H.S.Truman; `her day-after-day behavior`; `an every day occurrence`

daily double
noun a single bet on two horse races in the same day

daily round
noun the usual activities in your day; `the doctor made his rounds`

daily variation
noun fluctuations that occur between one day and the next

Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler noun German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)

daintily
adverb in a refined manner; `she nibbled daintily at her cake`

daintiness
delicacy noun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; `the daintiness of her touch`; `the fineness of her features`

dainty
exquisite adjective delicately beautiful; `a dainty teacup`; `an exquisite cameo`

daiquiri
rum cocktail noun a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice

dairy
dairy farm noun a farm where dairy products are produced

dairy cattle
dairy cow noun cattle that are reared for their milk

dairy product
noun milk and butter and cheese

dairying
dairy farming noun the business of a dairy

dairymaid
milkmaid noun a woman who works in a dairy

dairyman
dairy farmer noun the owner or manager of a dairy

dais
podium noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

daisy
noun any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

daisy chain
noun flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools

daisy cutter
noun a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground