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

dwarf astilbe
Astilbe chinensis pumila noun mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover

dwarf banana
Musa acuminata noun low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit

dwarf bilberry
dwarf blueberry noun low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries

dwarf buckeye
bottlebrush buckeye noun a spreading shrub with pink flowers; found in southeastern United States

dwarf cape gooseberry
Physalis pruinosa noun stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits

dwarf chinkapin oak
dwarf chinquapin oak noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets

dwarf dandelion
Krigia dandelion noun small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States

dwarf elder
Sambucus ebulus noun dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

dwarf flowering almond
Prunus glandulosa noun small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers

dwarf golden chinkapin
Chrysolepis sempervirens noun evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California

dwarf grey willow
dwarf gray willow noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath

dwarf hulsea
Hulsea nana noun similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea

dwarf iris
Iris verna noun low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers

dwarf juniper
Juniperus sabina noun procumbent or spreading juniper

dwarf maple
Rocky-mountain maple noun small maple of northwestern North America

dwarf pipefish
Syngnathus hildebrandi noun small (4 inches) fish found off Florida gulf coast

dwarf sperm whale
Kogia simus noun very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific

dwarf spurge
Euphorbia exigua noun European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States

dwarf sumac
mountain sumac noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries

dwarf tulip
Tulipa armena noun small early blooming tulip

dwarf willow
Salix herbacea noun widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves

dwarf-white trillium
snow trillium noun a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States

dwarfish
adjective atypically small; `dwarf tree`; `dwarf star`

dwarfishness
noun smallness of stature

dwarfism
nanism noun a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

dwell
live 8 inhabit verb inhabit or live in; `People lived in Africa millions of years ago`; `The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted`; `this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean`

dwell
lie 1 belong verb originate (in); `The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country`

dwell on
linger over verb delay

dwelling
home noun housing that someone is living in; `he built a modest dwelling near the pond`; `they raise money to provide homes for the homeless`

dwindle
dwindle away verb become smaller or lose substance; `Her savings dwindled down`

dwindling
tapering adjective gradually decreasing until little remains

dyadic
adjective of or relating to a dyad or based on two

dyadic operation
noun an operation on exactly two operands

Dyaus
Dyaus-pitar noun god of the sky

dybbuk
dibbuk noun (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body`s behavior

dye
dyestuff noun a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

dye-works
noun a workshop where dyeing is done

dyeing
noun the use of dye to change the color of something permanently

dyer
noun someone whose job is to dye cloth

dyer`s rocket
dyer`s mignonette noun European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America

dyer`s weed
Solidago rugosa noun eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing

dyer`s woad
Isatis tinctoria noun European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves

dyer`s woodruff
Asperula tinctoria noun creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing

dyewood
noun any wood from which dye is obtained

dying
adjective in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; `a dying man`; `his dying wish`; `a dying fire`; `a dying civilization`

Dyirbal
Jirrbal noun a language of Australian aborigines

Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas noun Welsh poet (1914-1953)

dynamic
dynamical adjective characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; `a dynamic market`; `a dynamic speaker`; `the dynamic president of the firm`

dynamic balance
noun (aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced

dynamic electricity
current electricity noun a flow of electric charge

dynamical system
noun (physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space

dynamically
adverb in a forceful dynamic manner; `this pianist plays dynamically`

dynamics
kinetics noun the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies

dynamism
pizzazz noun the activeness of an energetic personality

dynamite
noun an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp

dynamiter
dynamitist noun a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause

dynamize
dynamise verb make (a drug) effective; `dynamized medicine`

dynamo
noun generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature

dynamometer
ergometer noun measuring instrument designed to measure power

dynast
noun a hereditary ruler

dynastic
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty

dynasty
noun a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

dyne
noun a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

dysaphia
noun a disorder in the sense of touch

dysarthria
noun impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

dyscalculia
noun impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics

dyschezia
noun difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate)

dyscrasia
noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body

Dysdercus
genus Dysdercus noun a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it

dysentery
noun an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

dysfunction
disfunction noun (medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part

dysfunctional
nonadaptive adjective (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; `dysfunctional behavior`

dysgenesis
noun infertility between hybrids

dysgenic
cacogenic adjective pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced

dysgenics
cacogenics noun the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced

dysgraphia
noun impaired ability to learn to write

dyskinesia
noun abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements

dyslectic
dyslexic adjective having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder

dyslexia
noun impaired ability to learn to read

dyslexic
adjective of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia

dyslogia
noun impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses)

dyslogistic
dislogistic adjective expressing disapproval; `dyslogistic terms like `nitwit` and `scalawag``

dysmenorrhea
noun painful menstruation

dysomia
noun impairment of the sense of smell

dysosmia
parosamia noun a disorder in the sense of smell

dyspeptic
adjective suffering from dyspepsia

dysphagia
noun condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful

dysphasia
noun an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage

dysphemism
noun an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; `his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter`

dysphemistic
adjective of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; ``nigger` is a dysphemistic term for `African-American``

dysphonia
noun speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation

dysphoria
noun abnormal depression and discontent

dysphoric
adjective generalized feeling of distress

dysplasia
noun abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth

dysplastic
adjective relating to or evidencing dysplasia

dyspnea
dyspnoea noun difficult or labored respiration

dysprosium
Dy noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic

dysthymia
dysthymic depression noun mild chronic depression; `I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia`

dystopia
noun a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror

dystopian
adjective as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; `AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages`- Susan Sontag