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

drunkenly
adverb showing effects of much strong drink; `He sang drunkenly`

drunkenness
inebriation noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

drupaceous
adjective of or related to a drupe

drupe
stone fruit noun fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube

drupelet
noun a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe

Druze
Druse noun an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; `a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives`

dry
ironic adjective humorously sarcastic or mocking; `dry humor`; `an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely`; `an ironic novel`; `an ironical smile`; `with a wry Scottish wit`

dry battery
noun a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells

dry cell
noun a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid; the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell; used in flashlights, portable radios, etc.

dry clean
verb clean with chemical agents

dry cleaner
noun the operator of dry-cleaning establishment

dry cleaning
noun the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water

dry dock
drydock noun a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

dry fly
noun a fly (fisherman`s lure) that skims the surface of the water

dry gangrene
cold gangrene noun (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color

dry ice
noun solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant

dry kiln
noun a kiln for drying and seasoning lumber

dry masonry
noun masonry without mortar

dry nurse
noun a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant

dry pint
noun a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

dry plate
dry plate process noun a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion

dry point
noun a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate

dry quart
noun a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches

dry rot
noun a fungus causing dry rot

dry run
noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); `he missed too many rehearsals`; `a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding`

dry season
noun one of the two seasons in tropical climates

dry socket
noun inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form

dry unit
dry measure noun a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)

dry vermouth
French vermouth noun dry pale amber variety

dry wall
dry-stone wall noun a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar

dry walling
noun the activity of building stone walls without mortar

dry-bulb thermometer
noun an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature

dry-cleaned
adjective cleaned with chemical solvents

dry-dock
drydock verb haul a ship into a drydock

dry-gulching
noun the act of killing from ambush

dry-nurse
verb take care of an infant without breastfeeding it

dry-rot
verb affect or be affected with dry rot

dry-shod
adjective having or keeping the feet or shoes dry; `a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod`

dry-wood termite
noun any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil

dryad
wood nymph noun a deity or nymph of the woods

Dryadella
genus Dryadella noun comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers

Dryas
genus Dryas noun mountain avens

Dryden
John Dryden noun the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)

dryer
drier noun an appliance that removes moisture

drygoods
soft goods noun textiles or clothing and related merchandise

drying oil
noun an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base

dryland blueberry
dryland berry noun low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries

Drymarchon
genus Drymarchon noun a genus of Colubridae

Drymoglossum
genus Drymoglossum noun epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea

Drynaria
genus Drynaria noun large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia

Drynaria rigidula
noun giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia

dryness
waterlessness noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

dryopithecine
noun considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans

Dryopithecus
genus Dryopithecus noun genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene

Dryopteridaceae
family Dryopteridaceae noun alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Dryopteris
genus Dryopteris noun large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae

drypis
noun spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers

Du Barry
Comtesse Du Barry noun courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois noun United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)

du Maurier
George du Maurier noun English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896)

du Maurier
Dame Daphne du Maurier noun English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989)

dual
adjective a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); `ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek`

dual
duple adjective consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; `an egg with a double yolk`; `a double (binary) star`; `double doors`; `dual controls for pilot and copilot`; `duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure`

dual scan display
noun a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously

dualism
noun the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil

dualist
noun an adherent of dualism

dualistic
adjective of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism; `a Manichaean conflict between good and evil`

duality
wave-particle duality noun (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory

dub
nickname verb give a nickname to

dub
verb raise (someone) to knighthood; `The Beatles were knighted`

Dubai
noun port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf

dubbin
noun tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof

dubbing
noun a new soundtrack that is added to a film

dubious
adjective not convinced; `they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious`

Dublin
Irish capital noun capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State

Dubliner
noun a resident of Dublin

dubnium
Db noun a transuranic element

Dubonnet
noun (trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an apertif

Dubrovnik
Ragusa noun a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center

Dubuque
noun a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River

ducal
adjective of or belonging to or suitable for a duke; `ducal palace`

ducat
noun formerly a gold coin of various European countries

duce
noun leader; `Mussolini was called Il Duce`

Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp noun French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968)

Duchenne`s muscular dystrophy
pseudohypertrophic dystrophy noun the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)

duchess
noun the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

duchy
dukedom noun the domain controlled by a duke or duchess

duck
noun small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

duck down
noun down of the duck

duck hunter
noun hunter of ducks

duck hunting
noun hunting ducks

duck pate
noun a pate made from duck liver

duck sauce
hoisin sauce noun a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment

duck-like
adjective resembling a duck

duckbill
duck-billed adjective having a beak resembling that of a duck; `a duck-billed dinosaur`

duckboard
noun a boardwalk laid across muddy ground

ducking
noun hunting ducks

duckling
noun young duck

duckpin
noun a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin

duckpins
noun a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider