dart thrower
1: a sling-like device used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear [syn: {throwing stick}, {throwing board}, {spear thrower}]
dartboard
1: a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts [syn: {dart board}]
darter
1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: {snakebird}, {anhinga}] 2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirre...
Dartmouth
1: a college in New Hampshire [syn: {Dartmouth College}]
darts
1: a game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard
Darvon
1: a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive [syn: {propoxyphene}, {propoxyphene hydrochloride}]
Darwin
1: English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) [syn: {Charles Darwin}, {Charles Robert Darwin}] 2: provincial capital of the Northern Territory of A...
Darwin tulip
1: any of several very tall, late-blooming tulips bearing large squarish flowers on sturdy stems
Darwinian
1: of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution; "Darwinian theories" n : an advocate of Darwinism
Darwinism
1: a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection
das
1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: {hyrax}, {coney}, {cony}, {dassie}]
Das Kapital
1: a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories [syn: {Capital}]
dash
1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: {elan}, {flair}, {panache}, {style}] 2: a quick run [syn: {sprint}] 3: a footrace run at top spee...
dash down
1: write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer" [syn: {dash off}]
dash off
1: write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper" [syn: {knock off}, {toss off}, {fling off}] 2: write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her law...
dash-pot
1: a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid
dashboard
1: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: {splashboard}, {splasher}] 2: instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials a...
dashed
1: having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" [syn: {dotted}]
dasheen
1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: {taro}, {cocoyam}, {eddo}] 2: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental ...
Dashiell Hammett
1: United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) [syn: {Hammett}, {Samuel Dashiell Hammett}]
dashiki
1: a loose and brightly colored African shirt [syn: {daishiki}]
dashing
1: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: {gallant}] 2: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, ...
dashing hopes
1: an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: {disappointment}]
dashingly
1: in a highly fashionable manner; "he was dashingly handsome"
dassie
1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: {hyrax}, {coney}, {cony}, {das}]
dastard
1: treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: {dastard(a)}, {dastardly}] n : a malicious coward
dastardly
1: treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: {dastard(a)}]
Dasyatidae
1: sting rays [syn: {family Dasyatidae}]
Dasyatis
1: type genus of the Dasyatidae [syn: {genus Dasyatis}]
Dasyatis centroura
1: one of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [syn: {roughtail stingray}]
dasymeter
1: densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density
Dasyprocta
1: type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis [syn: {genus Dasyprocta}]
Dasyprocta aguti
1: agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food [syn: {agouti}]
Dasypus
1: type genus of the Dasypodidae [syn: {genus Dasypus}]
Dasypus novemcinctus
1: having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay [syn: {peba}, {nine-banded armadillo}, {Texas armadillo}]
dasyure
1: any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens
dasyurid
1: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: {dasyurid marsupial}]
dasyurid marsupial
1: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: {dasyurid}]
Dasyuridae
1: dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils [syn: {family Dasyuridae}, {family Dasyurinae}]
Dasyurus
1: type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats [syn: {genus Dasyurus}]
Dasyurus viverrinus
1: carnivorous arboreal catlike marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: {native cat}]
DAT
1: an audiotape recording of sound [syn: {digital audiotape}]
data communication
1: electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) [syn: {digital communication}]
data converter
1: converter for changing information from one code to another
data encryption
1: (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
data file
1: a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together [syn: {file}]
data format
1: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn: {format}, {formatting}, {data formatting}]
data formatting
1: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn: {format}, {formatting}, {data format}]
data hierarchy
1: an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set
data input device
1: a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device [syn: {input device}]
data link
1: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: {link}]
data mining
1: data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data
data multiplexer
1: a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium
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data point
1: an item of factual information derived from measurement or research [syn: {datum}]
data processing
1: (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
data processor
1: a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn: {computer}, {computing machine}, {computing device}, {electronic computer}, {information processing system}]
data rate
1: the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information
data structure
1: (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
data system
1: system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization [syn: {information system}]
data track
1: (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data [syn: {track}]
data-based
1: relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis" [syn: {experimental}, {observational}]
database
1: an organized body of related information
database management system
1: a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database [syn: {DBMS}]
datable
1: that can be given a date; "a concrete and datable happening"- C.W.Shumaker [syn: {dateable}] [ant: {undatable}]
date
1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: {day of the month}] 2: a particular day specified as the time something will happen; "the date of the election is set by law" 3: a me...
date back
1: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" [syn: {go back}, {date from}]
date bar
1: fruit bar containing chopped dates
date from
1: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" [syn: {go back}, {date back}]
date line
1: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian [syn: {dateline}, {International Date Line}]
date of reference
1: (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred [syn: {epoch}]
date palm
1: tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit [syn: {Phoenix dactylifera}]
date plum
1: an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes [syn: {Diospyros lotus}]
date rape
1: rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
date stamp
1: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: {date}]
date-mark
1: mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article" [syn: {dateline}, {datemark}]
dateable
1: that can be given a date; "a concrete and datable happening"- C.W.Shumaker [syn: {datable}] [ant: {undatable}]
dated
1: marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past 2: bearing a date; "dated and stamped documents"
dateless
1: having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth" [syn: {endless}, {sempiternal}] 2: of such great duration as to pr...
dateline
1: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian [syn: {date line}, {International Date Line}] 2: a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date...
datemark
1: mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article" [syn: {dateline}, {date-mark}]
dating
1: use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens [syn: {geological dating}]
dative
1: the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb [syn: {dative case}]
dative bond
1: a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms [syn: {coordinate bond}]
dative case
1: the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb [syn: {dative}]
Datril
1: an analgesic for mild pain; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril and Tylenol and Panadol and Phenaphen and Tempra and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) [syn: {acetaminop...
datum
1: an item of factual information derived from measurement or research [syn: {data point}] [also: {data} (pl)]
Datura
1: thorn apple [syn: {genus Datura}]
Datura arborea
1: South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: {angel's trumpet}, {maikoa}, {Brugmansia arborea}]
Datura sanguinea
1: arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers [syn: {red angel's trumpet}, {Brugmansia sanguinea}]
Datura stramonium
1: intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits [syn: {jimsonweed}, {jimson weed}, {Jamestown weed...
Datura suaveolens
1: South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: {angel's trumpet}, {Brugmansia suaveolens}]
daub
1: material used to daub walls 2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: {smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {smear}, {smirch}, {slur}] 3: an unskillful painting v 1: coat with plaster; "d...
daubed
1: smeared thickly; often useed in combination; "cheeks beplastered with cosmetics"; "paint-besmeared savage bodies"; "mud-daubed walls" [syn: {beplastered}, {besmeared}]
Daubentonia
1: type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae [syn: {genus Daubentonia}]
Daubentonia madagascariensis
1: nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs [syn: {aye-aye}]
Daubentoniidae
1: comprising solely the aye-aye [syn: {family Daubentoniidae}]
dauber
1: an unskilled painter
daubing
1: the application of plaster [syn: {plastering}]
Daucus
1: carrot [syn: {genus Daucus}]
Daucus carota
1: a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots [syn: {wild carrot}, {Queen Anne's lace}]
Daucus carota sativa
1: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical deep-orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions [syn: {carrot}, {cultivated carrot}]
daughter
1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: {girl}] [ant: {son}, {son}]
daughter cell
1: a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identical"
daughterly
1: befitting a daughter; "daughterly affection"
Daumier
1: French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879) [syn: {Honore Daumier}]
daunt
1: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: {dash}, {scare off}, {pall}, {frighten off}, {scare away}, {frighten away}, {scare}]
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