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1: unpleasant wetness [syn: {clamminess}]

1: a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea [syn: {Denmark}, {Kingdom of Denmark}]

1: one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish [syn: {Bokmal}, {Riksmal}]

1: a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen [syn: {belly dance}, {belly dancing}]

1: a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave [syn: {dance of death}]

1: a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina [syn: {danseur noble}]

1: a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina [syn: {danseur}]

1: a female ballet dancer [syn: {ballerina}]

1: an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) [syn: {Dante Alighieri}...

1: an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) [syn: {Dante}]

1: English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882) [syn: {Rossetti}]

1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn: {Dantesque}]

1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn: {Dantean}]

1: French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) [syn...

1: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) [syn: {Young}, {Cy Young}]

1: Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don [syn: {Dana}]

1: the 2nd longest European river; flows into the Black Sea [syn: {Danube River}]

1: the 2nd longest European river; flows into the Black Sea [syn: {Danube}]

1: a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century [syn: {Gdansk}]

1: philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events [syn: {Taoism}]

1: any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers 2: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amoro...

1: widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers [syn: {garland flower}]

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

1: family of tough-barked trees and shrubs and herbs especially of Australia and tropical Africa [syn: {Thymelaeaceae}, {family Thymelaeaceae}]

1: bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers [syn: {spurge laurel}, {wood laurel}]

1: small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs [syn: {mezereon}, {February daphne}]

1: minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae [syn: {water flea}]

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1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dashing}, {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {smart}, {spiffy}, {snappy}, {spruce}]

1: stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance [syn: {jauntiness}, {nattiness}, {rakishness}]

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1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: {spot}, {speckle}, {patch}, {fleck}, {maculation}] v : ...

1: gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings [syn: {dapple-grey}, {dappled-gray}, {dappled-grey}]

1: gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings [syn: {dapple-gray}, {dappled-gray}, {dappled-grey}]

1: having spots or patches of color [syn: {mottled}]

1: gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings [syn: {dapple-gray}, {dapple-grey}, {dappled-grey}]

1: gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings [syn: {dapple-gray}, {dapple-grey}, {dappled-gray}]

1: a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high) [syn: {K2}, {Godwin Austen}, {Mount Godwin Austen}]

1: antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases

1: areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted [syn: {House of War}]

1: areas where Muslims are in the majority [syn: {House of Islam}]

1: the capital and second largest city of Tanzania [syn: {capital of Tanzania}]

1: a unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad

1: any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan [syn: {Dardic}, {Dardic language}]

1: a native of ancient Troy [syn: {Trojan}, {Dardanian}]

1: the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey [syn: {Hellespont}] 2: the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and Frenc...

1: the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks [syn: {Dardanelles}]

1: a native of ancient Troy [syn: {Trojan}, {Dardan}]

1: (Greek mythology) founder of Troy

1: any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan [syn: {Dard}, {Dardic language}]

1: any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan [syn: {Dard}, {Dardic}]

1: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare" [syn: {daring}] v 1: take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?" [sy...

1: presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff" [syn: {brash}, {temerarious}] n : a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: {madcap}, {hothead}, {swashbuckler}, {lunati...

1: boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior [syn: {daredeviltry}]

1: boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior [syn: {daredevilry}]

1: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan [syn: {Dari Persian}]

1: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan [syn: {Dari}]

1: an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers [syn: {oxyphencyclimine}]

1: a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus) [syn: {keratosis follicularis}]

1: disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a ve...

1: in an original manner; "daringly he took the first step" 2: in an adventurous manner; "daringly, he set out on a camping trip in East Africa"

1: king of Persia who expanded the empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon (550-486 BC) [syn: {Darius the Great}]

1: king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC)

1: French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974) [syn: {Milhaud}]

1: king of Persia who expanded the empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon (550-486 BC) [syn: {Darius I}]

1: devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the insi...

1: the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours

1: the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance [syn: {Middle Ages}]

1: a dark shade of blue [syn: {navy}, {navy blue}]

1: bread made with whole wheat flour [syn: {whole wheat bread}, {whole meal bread}, {brown bread}]

1: chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin in usually added [syn: {bittersweet chocolate}, {semi-sweet chocolate}]

1: a comdey characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements

1: a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background [syn: {dark ground illumination}]

1: spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades" [syn: {sunglasses}, {shades}]

1: a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background [syn: {dark field illumination}]

1: a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly 2: a racehorse about which little is known

1: a lantern with a sliding panel to conceal the light

1: (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the matter in the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic part...

1: the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food

1: a red that reflects little light

1: having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" [syn: {blue}, {bluish}, {blueish}, {light-...

1: of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn: {brown}, {brownish}]

1: common North American junco having gray plumage and eyes with dark brown irises [syn: {slate-colored junco}, {Junco hyemalis}]

1: light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes [syn: {ultramicroscope}]

1: similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: {green}, {greenish}, {light-green}]

1: having hair of a dark color; "a dark-haired beauty" [syn: {black-haired}, {brown-haired}]

1: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: {colored}, {coloured}, {dark}] 2: naturally having...

1: become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: {brighten}] 2: become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" [syn: {dim}] [ant: {brighten}] 3: tarnish or sta...

1: (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the darkened margins of the paper" 2: become or made dark by lack of light; "a darkened house"; "the darkened theater"

1: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky" 2: characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predi...

1: offensive term for Black people [syn: {darky}, {darkie}]

1: offensive term for Black people [syn: {darky}, {darkey}]

1: slightly dark; "darkish red"

1: uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish 2: (poetic) occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling journey"

1: sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain [syn: {darkling groung beetle}, {tenebrionid}]

1: sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain [syn: {darkling beetle}, {tenebrionid}]

1: without light; "the river was sliding darkly under the mist" [syn: {in darkness}] 2: in a dark glowering menacing manner; "he stared darkly at her"

1: absence of light or illumination [syn: {dark}] [ant: {light}] 2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: {dark}, {shadow}] 3: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers...

1: a room in which photographs are developed

1: offensive term for Black people [syn: {darkie}, {darkey}]

1: dearly loved [syn: {beloved}, {dear}] n 1: a special loved one [syn: {favorite}, {favourite}, {pet}, {dearie}, {deary}, {ducky}] 2: an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [syn: {Darling...

1: either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep [syn: {poison bush}]

1: an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [syn: {Darling}]

1: one species: California pitcher plant [syn: {genus Darlingtonia}]

1: marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below [syn: {California pitcher plant}]

1: 1 species [syn: {genus Darmera}, {Peltiphyllum}, {genus Peltiphyllum}]

1: rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California [syn: {umb...

1: a euphemism for `damn' 2: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: {damn}, {hoot}, {red cent}, {shit}, {shucks}, {tinker's da...

1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll d...

1: weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous [syn: {tare}, {bearded darnel}, {cheat}, {Lolium temulentum}]

1: the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads

1: a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread [syn: {embroidery needle}] 2: slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; ad...

1: the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11 [syn: {Defense Advanced Research P...

1: United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938) [syn: {Clarence Darrow}, {Clarence Seward Darrow}]

1: United States filmmaker whose works include the first feature-length film with sound sequences (1902-1979) [syn: {Zanuck}, {Darryl Zanuck}]

1: United States filmmaker whose works include the first feature-length film with sound sequences (1902-1979) [syn: {Zanuck}, {Darryl Francis Zanuck}]

1: (from the Sanskrit word for `to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma

1: a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot 2: a tapered tuck made in dressmaking 3: a sudden quick movement [syn: {flit}] v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [syn: {flit}, ...

1: a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts [syn: {dartboard}]

1: someone who plays the game of darts