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

ducks and drakes
noun a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water

duckweed
noun any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds

duct
epithelial duct noun a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; `the tear duct was obstructed`; `the alimentary canal`; `poison is released through a channel in the snake`s fangs`

duct tape
noun a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses; `duct tape holds the world together`

ductile
malleable adjective easily influenced

ductility
ductileness noun the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets

ductless
adjective not having a duct; `ductless glands`

ductule
ductulus noun a very small duct

ductus arteriosus
noun a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth

dud
adjective failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; `he stepped on a dud mine`

dude ranch
noun a holiday resort offering ranch activities (riding and camping)

dudeen
noun a clay pipe with a short stem

dudgeon
high dudgeon noun a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon`)

due
adjective owed and payable immediately or on demand; `payment is due`

due care
ordinary care noun the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty

due process
due process of law noun (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards

due(p)
adjective scheduled to arrive; `the train is due in 15 minutes`

duel
affaire d`honneur noun a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

dueler
dueller noun a person who fights duels

duenna
noun a woman chaperon

duet
duette noun a musical composition for two performers

duet
noun two performers or singers who perform together

duette
noun two performers or singers who perform together

duff
plum duff noun a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron

duffel
duffle noun a coarse heavy woolen fabric

duffel bag
duffle bag noun a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings

duffel coat
duffle coat noun a warm coat made of duffel; usually has a hood and fastens with toggles

duffer
noun an incompetent or clumsy person; `as a golfer he was only a duffer`

Dufy
Raoul Dufy noun French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953)

dug
noun an udder or breast or teat

dugong
Dugong dugon noun sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate

Dugongidae
family Dugongidae noun a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller`s sea cow

dugout
noun a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

dugout canoe
dugout 2 pirogue noun a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

Dukas
Paul Dukas noun French composer (1865-1935)

duke
noun a British peer of the highest rank

Duke University
noun a university in Durham, North Carolina

dukedom
noun the dignity or rank or position of a duke

dulcet
honeyed adjective pleasing to the ear; `the dulcet tones of the cello`

dulciana
noun the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality

dulcimer
noun a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers

dull
grey adjective darkened with overcast; `a dark day`; `a dull sky`; `a grey rainy afternoon`; `grey clouds`; `the sky was leaden and thick`

dull
verb make dull or blunt; `Too much cutting dulls the knife`s edge`

dull-purple
adjective of a dull shade of purple

dull-white
adjective of a dull shade of white

dulled
benumbed adjective having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; `the mind of the audience is becoming dulled`; `the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond`

Dulles
John Foster Dulles noun United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)

dullness
noun lack of sensibility; `there was a dullness in his heart`; `without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it.`

dully
adverb without liveliness; `she nodded her head dully`

dulse
Rhodymenia palmata noun coarse edible red seaweed

Duluth
noun a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior

Dumas
Alexandre Dumas noun French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)

dumb
adjective unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

dumb bomb
gravity bomb noun a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target

dumb cane
mother-in-law plant noun a evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name

dumbbell
noun an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle

dumbfounded
dumfounded adjective as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; `a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident`; `the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless`; `was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion`

dumbly
adverb in an inarticulate manner; `I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope`

dumbly
adverb in a stupid manner; `he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone`

dumbness
slow-wittedness noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited

dumbwaiter
food elevator noun a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another

dumdum
dumdum bullet noun a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound

Dumetella
genus Dumetella noun catbirds

dummy
adjective having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; `a dummy corporation`

dummy
noun a person who does not talk

dummy whist
noun a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up

dump
garbage dump noun a piece of land where waste materials are dumped

dump
verb sell at artificially low prices

dump routine
noun a routine that writes from an internal store to some external medium

dump truck
dumper noun truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity

dumpcart
noun a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling

dumped
adjective that is dropped in a heap; `his hastily dumped clothes`; `the money was there, dumped all over the floor`

dumpiness
squattiness noun a short and stout physique

dumping
noun selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market

dumpling
noun small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

dumplings
noun small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

dumps
mopes noun an informal expression for a mildly depressed state; `in the dumps`; `have the mopes`

Dumpster
noun a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste

dumpy
podgy adjective short and plump

Dumpy level
noun a surveyor`s level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level

Dumuzi
Tammuz noun Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna

dun
adjective of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; `the dun and dreary prairie`

dun-colored
dun-coloured adjective having a dun color

Duncan
Isadora Duncan noun United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)

Duncan Grant
Duncan James Corrow Grant noun Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

dunce
dunderhead noun these words are used to express a low opinion of someone`s intelligence

dunce cap
dunce`s cap noun a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils

dundathu pine
queensland kauri noun Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer

dune
sand dune noun a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

dune buggy
beach buggy noun a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes

dune cycling
noun bicycling or motorcycling on sand dunes

dung
verb defecate; used of animals

dung beetle
noun any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs

Dungeness crab
Cancer magister noun small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America

dunghill
midden noun a heap of dung or refuse

dunk
dunk shot noun a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

dunked
soused adjective wet from being plunged into liquid; `a dunked doughnut`; `fell into the pool and came up soused`

Dunker
Dunkard noun an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

Dunkirk
Dunkerque noun an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire

Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus noun Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)