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1: caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections" [syn: {bothered}, {fazed}]

1: discouraging through fear [syn: {intimidating}]

1: to a degree or in a manner that daunts; "dauntingly difficult"

1: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: {audacious}, {brave}, {fearless}, {intrepid}, {unfearing}]

1: without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat" [syn: {fearlessly}, {intrepidly}] [ant: {fearfully}]

1: resolute courageousness [syn: {intrepidity}]

1: formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne

1: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia [syn: {squirrel's-foot fern}, {ball fern}, {Davalia bullata mariesii}, {Davallia Mariesii}]

1: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia [syn: {squirrel's-foot fern}, {ball fern}, {Davalia bullata}, {Davallia Mariesii}]

1: any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes

1: fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira [syn: {Canary Island hare's foot fern}]

1: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia [syn: {squirrel's-foot fern}, {ball fern}, {Davalia bullata}, {Davalia bullata mariesii}]

1: a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia [syn: {Australian hare's foot}]

1: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {family Davalliaceae}]

1: a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island 2: a small decorative writing desk 3: a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

1: patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) [syn: {Saint David}, {St. David}] 2: French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825) [syn: {Jacques Louis David}] 3: (Old ...

1: Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974) [syn: {Siqueiros}, {David Siqueiros}]

1: United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960) [syn: {Steinman}]

1: Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973) [syn: {Ben Gurion}, {David Grun}]

1: Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) [syn: {Bruce}, {Sir David Bruce}]

1: American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824) [syn: {Bushnell}, {Father of the Sub...

1: United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) [syn: {Crockett}, {Davy Crockett}]

1: English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779) [syn: {Garrick}]

1: United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870) [syn: {Farragut}]

1: Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973) [syn: {Ben Gurion}, {David Ben Gurion}]

1: English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757) [syn: {Hartley}]

1: English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) [syn: {Lawrence}, {D. H. Lawrence}]

1: German mathematician (1862-1943) [syn: {Hilbert}]

1: United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926) [syn: {Hubel}]

1: Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776) [syn: {Hume}]

1: English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931) [syn: {le Carre}, {John le Carre}]

1: United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948) [syn: {Griffith}, {D. W. Griffith}]

1: Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873) [syn: {Livingstone}]

1: British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) [syn: {Low}, {Sir David Low}, {Sir David Alexander Cecil Low}]

1: United States playwright (born in 1947) [syn: {Mamet}]

1: United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965) [syn: {Selznick}, {David Oliver Selznick}]

1: United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965) [syn: {Selznick}, {David O. Selznick}]

1: English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823) [syn: {Ricardo}]

1: United States sociologist (1909-2002) [syn: {Riesman}, {David Riesman Jr.}]

1: United States sociologist (1909-2002) [syn: {Riesman}, {David Riesman}]

1: United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796) [syn: {Rittenhouse}]

1: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: {Smith}, {David Smith}]

1: United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971) [syn: {Sarnoff}]

1: Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974) [syn: {Siqueiros}, {David Alfaro Siqueiros}]

1: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: {Smith}, {David Roland Smith}]

1: mat-forming plant with blue-lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California [syn: {Penstemon davidsonii}]

1: genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods [syn: {genus Daviesia}]

1: English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) [syn: {Davys}, {John Davys}, {John Davis}] 2: United States painter who developed an American version...

1: cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition

1: celebrated in southern United States [syn: {Jefferson Davis' Birthday}, {June 3}]

1: a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)

1: English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829) [syn: {Humphre...

1: United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) [syn: {Crockett}, {David Crockett}]

1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean floor}, {ocean bottom}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones's locker}]

1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean floor}, {ocean bottom}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones}]

1: an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) [syn: {safety lamp}]

1: slightly purplish or bluish dark gray [syn: {iron blue}, {steel gray}]

1: English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) [syn: {John Davys}, {Davis}, {John Davis}]

1: common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn: {jackdaw}, {Corvus monedula}]

1: missionary work for Islam [syn: {da'wah}]

1: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: {linger}] [ant: {rush}] 2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: {dally}] 3: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: {...

1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: {drone}, {laggard}, {lagger}, {trailer}]

1: the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working [syn: {dalliance}, {trifling}, {wasting time}]

1: American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799) [syn: {William Dawes}]

1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawning}, {morning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunri...

1: earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene animal [syn: {eohippus}]

1: large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being ...

1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {morning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}...

1: a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike

1: a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles i...

1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" [syn: {twenty-four hours}, {solar...

1: for an indefinite number of successive days [syn: {day in day out}]

1: convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed [syn: {studio couch}]

1: inability to see clearly in bright light [syn: {hemeralopia}]

1: a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home

1: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station [syn: {blotter}, {police blotter}, {rap sheet}, {charge sheet}]

1: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day" [syn: {daily}]

1: a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime

1: childcare during the day while parents work [syn: {daycare}]

1: a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work [syn: {day nursery}]

1: a game played in daylight [ant: {night game}]

1: without respite; "he plays chess day in and day out" [syn: {all the time}]

1: for an indefinite number of successive days [syn: {day after day}]

1: West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day [syn: {Cestrum diurnum}]

1: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages [syn: {day labourer}]

1: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages [syn: {day laborer}]

1: any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover [syn: {plantain lily}] 2: any of numerous perennials ha...

1: a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work [syn: {day care center}]

1: (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law [syn: {Yom Kippur}]

1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {D...

1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgement}, {...

1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {D...

1: the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) [syn: {anniversary}]

1: a day set aside for rest [syn: {rest day}] [ant: {workday}]

1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: {date}]

1: any one of the seven days in a week

1: a day when you are not required to work; "Thursday is his day off"

1: a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day

1: a private school taking day students only [ant: {boarding school}] 2: a school giving instruction during the daytime [ant: {night school}] 3: a school building without boarding facilities

1: the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) 2: workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) [syn: {day watch}]

1: workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) [syn: {day shift}]

1: occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day occurrence" [syn: {daily}, {day-to-day}, {ev...

1: at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care" [syn: {around-the-clock}, {nonstop}, {round-the-clock}]

1: not fresh today; "day-old bread is cheaper than fresh"

1: occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day occurrence" [syn: {daily}, {day-after-day}, ...

1: Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) [syn: {Moshe Dayan}]

1: an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night [syn: {divan bed}] 2: a long chair; for reclining [syn: {chaise longue}, {chaise}]

1: a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred [syn: {journal}] 2: an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook" [syn: {ledger}]

1: a day boarder who is a boy

1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise},...

1: childcare during the day while parents work [syn: {day care}]

1: absent-minded dreaming while awake [syn: {reverie}, {revery}, {daydreaming}, {oneirism}, {air castle}, {castle in the air}, {castle in Spain}] v 1: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [syn: {drea...

1: someone who indulges in idle or absent-minded daydreaming [syn: {woolgatherer}]

1: absent-minded dreaming while awake [syn: {reverie}, {revery}, {daydream}, {oneirism}, {air castle}, {castle in the air}, {castle in Spain}]

1: any plant of the family Commelinaceae [syn: {spiderwort}]

1: slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days [syn: {mayfly}, {shadfly}]

1: a day boarder who is a girl

1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: {day}, {daytime}] [ant: {night}] 2: lig...

1: time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings [syn: {daylight-saving time}, {daylight-savings time},...

1: time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings [syn: {daylight-saving time}, {daylight-savings time},...