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1: German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900) [syn: {Gottlieb Daimler}]

1: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief [syn: {devil}, {fiend}, {demon}, {daemon}]

{dainty}

{dainty}

1: in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake" 2: in a delicate manner; "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold"

1: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [syn: {delicacy}, {fineness}]

1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {mincing}, {niminy-piminy}, {prim}, {twee}] 2: of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" [syn: {exquisite}] 3: especially plea...

1: a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice [syn: {rum cocktail}]

1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: {dairy farm}]

1: cattle that are reared for their milk [syn: {dairy cow}, {milch cow}, {milk cow}, {milcher}, {milker}]

1: cattle that are reared for their milk [syn: {dairy cattle}, {milch cow}, {milk cow}, {milcher}, {milker}]

1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: {dairy}]

1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: {dairyman}]

1: the business of a dairy [syn: {dairying}]

1: milk and butter and cheese

1: the business of a dairy [syn: {dairy farming}]

1: a woman who works in a dairy [syn: {milkmaid}]

1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: {dairy farmer}] 2: a man who works in a diary

1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: {podium}, {pulpit}, {rostrum}, {ambo}, {stump}, {soapbox}]

1: a loose and brightly colored African shirt [syn: {dashiki}]

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

1: any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purpl...

1: (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences 2: flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools

1: a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles [syn: {fra...

1: widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb [syn: {Erigeron annuus}]

1: a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper [syn: {daisy wheel}]

1: a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper [syn: {daisy print wheel}]

1: any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purpl...

1: connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer

1: of North America and Eurasia [syn: {daisyleaf grape fern}, {Botrychium matricariifolium}]

1: any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purpl...

1: of North America and Eurasia [syn: {daisy-leaved grape fern}, {Botrychium matricariifolium}]

1: resembling a daisy

1: a printer that uses a daisy print wheel

1: East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye [syn: {dhak}, {palas}, {Butea frondosa}, {Butea monosperma}]

1: the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal [syn: {capital of Senegal}]

1: a member of an armed gang of robbers [syn: {dacoit}]

1: robbery by a gang of armed dacoits [syn: {dacoity}]

1: a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux 2: the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota 3: the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota pe...

1: a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters [syn: {dekaliter}, {dekalitre}, {decaliter}, {decalitre}, {dkl}]

1: chief lama and once ruler of Tibet [syn: {Grand Lama}]

1: the basic unit of money in Gambia

1: large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers [syn: {genus Dalbergia}]

1: Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood [syn: {kingwood}, {kingwood tree}]

1: East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood [syn: {Indian blackwood}, {East Indian rosewood}, {East India rosewood}, {Indian rosewood}]

1: an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black [syn: {Brazilian rosewood}, {caviuna wood}, {jacaranda}]

1: a valuable timber tree of tropical South America [syn: {cocobolo}]

1: East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties [syn: {sissoo}, {sissu}, {sisham}]

1: Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood [syn: {Honduras rosewood}]

1: an open river valley (in a hilly area)

1: United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955) [syn: {Carnegie}]

1: indigo bush [syn: {genus Dalea}]

1: grayish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States nd Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored hone...

1: a person who lives in the dales of northern England

1: the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

1: surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989) [syn: {Salvidor Dali}]

1: large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska [syn: {Dall's sheep}, {white sheep}, {Ovis montana dalli}]

1: large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska [syn: {Dall sheep}, {white sheep}, {Ovis montana dalli}]

1: a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields

1: the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working [syn: {dawdling}, {trifling}, {wasting time}] 2: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: {flirt}, {flirting}, {flirtation}, {...

{dally}

1: someone who wastes time [syn: {dillydallier}, {dilly-dallier}, {mope}, {lounger}]

1: tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States [syn: {dallisgrass}, {paspalum}, {Paspalum dilatatum}]

1: tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States [syn: {dallis grass}, {paspalum}, {Paspalum dilatatum}]

1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: {toy}, {play}, {flirt}] 2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: {dawdle}] 3: talk or behave amorously, wit...

1: tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia [syn: {flurazepam}, {flurazepam hydrochloride}]

1: a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands

1: white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: {pyrethrum}, {Dalmatian pyrethr...

1: of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia 2: a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia [syn: {coach dog}...

1: European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers [syn: {Iris pallida}]

1: erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus [syn: {Petteria ramentacea}, {Cytisus rame...

1: white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: {pyrethrum}, {Dalmatia pyrethru...

1: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves [syn: {taro}, {taro plant}, {dasheen}, {Colocasia es...

1: English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844) [syn: {John Dalton}]

1: United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976) [syn: {Trumbo}]

1: (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple re...

1: (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals th...

1: dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red [syn: {deuteranopia}, {green-blindness}]

1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [syn: {dike}, {dyke}, {levee}] 2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: {decameter}, {dekameter}, {decametre}, ...

1: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" [syn: {dam}]

1: fallow deer [syn: {genus Dama}]

1: small Eurasian deer [syn: {fallow deer}]

1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: {harm}, {impairment}] 2: loss of military equipment [syn: {equipment casualty}] 3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: {harm}, {hurt}, {sca...

1: an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss

1: harmed or injured or spoiled; "I wont't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" [ant: {undamaged}] 2: being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician...

1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: {amends}, {indemnity}, {indemnification}, {restitution}, {redress}]

1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" [syn: {detrimental}, {prejudi...

1: African antelopes: sassabies [syn: {genus Damaliscus}]

1: a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal [syn: {sassaby}, {topi}]

1: any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine [syn: {dammar}, {gum dammar}, {dammar resin}]

1: colonial mole rat of western Africa; similar to naked mole rat

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people; "damascene city gates" 2: (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened...

1: an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic con...

1: a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades [syn: {Damask steel}]

1: having a woven pattern; "damask table linens" n 1: a table linen made from linen damask 2: a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it

1: large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids [syn: {summer damask rose}, {Rosa damascena}]

1: a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades [syn: {Damascus steel}]

1: long-cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America [syn: {Dame's violet}, {sweet rocket}, {Hesperis m...

1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {doll}, {wench}, {skirt}, {chick}, {bird}] 2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: {madam}, {ma'am...

1: prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976) [syn: {Christie}, {Agatha Christie}]

1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: {Terry}, {Dame Ellen Terry}]

1: English ballet dancer (born in 1910) [syn: {Markova}, {Lilian Alicia Marks}]

1: British sculptor (1902-1975) [syn: {Hepworth}, {Barbara Hepworth}]

1: English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989) [syn: {du Maurier}, {Daphne du Maurier}]

1: English poet (1887-1964) [syn: {Sitwell}, {Dame Edith Sitwell}]

1: English poet (1887-1964) [syn: {Sitwell}, {Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell}]

1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: {Terry}, {Dame Alice Ellen Terry}]

1: British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999) [syn: {Murdoch}, {Iris Murdoch}]

1: Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926) [syn: {Sutherland}, {Joan Sutherland}]

1: New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944) [syn: {Te Kanawa}, {Dame Kiri Te Kanawa}]

1: New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944) [syn: {Te Kanawa}, {Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa}]

1: English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919) [syn: {Fonteyn}]

1: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: {Spark}, {Muriel Spark}, {Muriel Sarah Spark}]

1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: {Hess}]

1: Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931) [syn: {Melba}, {Helen Porter Mitchell}]

1: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: {West}, {Rebecca West}, {Cicily Isabel Fairfield}]

1: English actress (1882-1976) [syn: {Thorndike}]

1: long-cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America [syn: {damask violet}, {sweet rocket}, {Hesperis m...

1: (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk [syn: {Damkina}]

1: a growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees; entire crop can be harvested at one time [syn: {Alar}]