daylight vision
1: normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived [syn: {photopic vision}]
daylight-saving 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-savings time}, {daylight saving}, {day...
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 saving}, {dayl...
daylily
1: any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lilylike flowers that bloom for only a day [syn: {day lily}]
daylong
1: lasting through an entire day adv : during the entire day; "light pours daylong into the parlor" [syn: {all day long}]
Daypro
1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro) [syn: {oxaprozin}]
days
1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: {years}]
dayspring
1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {sunrise}, ...
daystar
1: a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky [syn: {morning star}, {Phosphorus}]
daytime
1: happening during or appropriate to the day; "a daytime job"; "daytime television"; "daytime clothes" [ant: {nighttime}] n : the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the ...
Dayton
1: a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center
Dayton ax
1: an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side [syn: {common ax}, {common axe}, {Dayton axe}]
Dayton axe
1: an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side [syn: {common ax}, {common axe}, {Dayton ax}]
Daytona Beach
1: a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials
daze
1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's deathleft him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: {shock}, {stupor}] 2: confusion c...
dazed
1: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" [syn: {...
dazedly
1: in a daze; in a dazed manner; "he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much" [syn: {torpidly}]
dazzle
1: brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: {bedazzle}, {daze}] ...
dazzled
1: having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light; "she shut her dazzled eyes against the sun's brilliance" 2: stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; "I fall back dazzled at ...
dazzling
1: amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...
dazzlingly
1: in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder
dB
1: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity [syn: {decibel}]
DBMS
1: a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database [syn: {database management system}]
DC
1: the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the nation's capital and carve out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia [syn: {District of Col...
DCCP
1: an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention [syn: {United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention}]
DCI
1: the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency [syn: {Director of Central Intelligence}]
DD
1: a doctor's degree in religion [syn: {Doctor of Divinity}]
DDS
1: a doctor's degree in dental surgery [syn: {Doctor of Dental Surgery}]
DDT
1: an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 [syn: {dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane}]
DE
1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: {Delaware}, {Diamond State}, {First State}]
De Bakey
1: United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908) [syn: {Michael Ellis De Bakey}]
de Broglie
1: French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987) [syn: {Broglie}, {Louis Victor de Broglie}]
de facto
1: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war" [syn: {actual}, {factual}] [ant: {de jure}] adv : in ...
de facto segregation
1: segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law
De Forest
1: United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961) [syn: {Lee De Forest}, {The Father of Radio...
de Gaulle
1: French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) [syn: {General de Gaulle}, {Charles de Gaulle}, {General Charle...
de jure
1: by right; according to law; "de jure recognition of the new government" [ant: {de facto}] adv : by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now" [syn: {legally}, {lawfully}, {wrongfully}...
de Kooning
1: United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997) [syn: {Willem de Kooning}]
de l'Orme
1: French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570) [syn: {Delorme}, {Philibert Delorme}, {Philibert de l'Orme}]
de la Mare
1: English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956) [syn: {Walter de la Mare}, {Walter John de la Mare}]
de luxe
1: elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations"; "a luxury condominium" [syn: {deluxe}, {luxe}, {luxury(a)}]
de Mille
1: United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (born in 1905) [syn: {Agnes de Mille}, {Agnes George de Mille}]
De Niro
1: United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) [syn: {Robert De Niro}]
De Quincey
1: English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859) [syn: {Thomas De Quincey}]
de rigueur
1: required by etiquette or usage or fashion; "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur"
de Sade
1: French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814) [syn: {Sade}, {Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade}, {Marquis de Sade}]
de Saussure
1: Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913) [syn: {Ferdinand de Saussure}, {Saussure}]
De Sica
1: Italian film maker (1901-1974) [syn: {Vittorio De Sica}]
de Spinoza
1: Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677) [syn: {Spinoza}, {Baruch de Spinoza}, {Benedict de Spinoza}]
de trop
1: being excessive or unreasonable; "the clothes she wears are a bit much"; "in retrospect the elaborate preparations seemed de trop"; "this is entirely too much!" [syn: {a bit much(p)}, {too much(p)}...
de Valera
1: Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975) [syn: {Eamon de Vale...
De Vries
1: Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935) [syn: {deVries}, {Hugo deVries}, {Hugo De Vries}]
de-access
1: dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines"
de-emphasise
1: reduce the emphasis [syn: {de-emphasize}, {destress}]
de-emphasize
1: reduce the emphasis [syn: {de-emphasise}, {destress}]
de-energise
1: deprive of energy [syn: {de-energize}] [ant: {stimulate}, {stimulate}]
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de-energize
1: deprive of energy [syn: {de-energise}] [ant: {stimulate}, {stimulate}]
de-escalate
1: diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" 2: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" [syn: {weaken}, {step down...
de-escalation
1: (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)
de-ice
1: make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window" [syn: {defrost}, {deice}]
de-iodinase
1: an enzyme that removes the iodine radical
de-iodinate
1: remove iodine from; "de-iodinate the thyroxine" [ant: {iodinate}]
de-iodination
1: the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds
de-ionate
1: remove ions from; "ionate thyroxine" [ant: {ionate}]
de-Nazification
1: social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism; "denazification was a slow process" [syn: {denazification}]
de-Stalinisation
1: social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as ...
de-Stalinization
1: social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as ...
DEA
1: federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations [syn: {Drug Enforcement Administrat...
deaccession
1: sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works; "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"
deacon
1: a Protestant layman who assists the minister [syn: {Protestant deacon}] 2: a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
deactivate
1: remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service" 2: make inactive; "they deactivated the file" [syn: {inactivate}] [ant: {activate}]
deactivation
1: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) [syn: {inactivation}] 2: the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) [syn: {defusing}] [ant: {activation}]
dead
1: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" [ant: {alive(p)}] 2: not showing characteristics o...
dead ahead
1: exactly ahead or in front; "the laboratory is dead ahead"
dead air
1: an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
dead axle
1: an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it
dead body
1: body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" [syn: {body}]
dead center
1: the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque [syn: {dead centre}]
dead centre
1: the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque [syn: {dead center}]
dead drop
1: a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information; "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time"
dead duck
1: something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"
dead end
1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: {cul}, {cul de sac}] 2: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: {deadl...
dead hand
1: real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) [syn: {mortmain}] 2: the oppressive influence of past events of decisions [syn: {dead hand of the past}, {mortmain}]
dead hand of the past
1: the oppressive influence of past events of decisions [syn: {dead hand}, {mortmain}]
dead language
1: a language that is no longer learned as a native language
dead letter
1: the state of something that has outlived its relevance [syn: {non-issue}] 2: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned [syn: {dead mail}]
dead load
1: a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself
dead mail
1: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned [syn: {dead letter}]
dead march
1: a slow march to be played for funeral processions [syn: {funeral march}]
dead metaphor
1: a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sen...
dead nettle
1: foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome [syn: {hedge nettle}, {Stachys sylvatica}] 2: any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purpli...
dead on target
1: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" [syn: {true}]
dead person
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead soul}, {deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]
dead reckoning
1: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: {guess}, {guesswork}, {guessing}, {shot}] 2: navigation without the aid of celestial observations
dead ringer
1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: {ringer}, {clone}]
dead room
1: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation [syn: {morgue}, {mortuary}]
Dead Sea
1: a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
Dead Sea scrolls
1: (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s; "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Jud...
dead set
1: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: {bent}, {bent on(p)}, {dead set(p)}, {intent on(p)}, {out to(p)}]
dead soul
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]
dead weight
1: an oppressive encumbrance 2: a heavy motionless weight
dead-end
1: lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job"
dead-end street
1: a street with only one way in or out [syn: {blind alley}, {cul de sac}, {impasse}]
dead-man's float
1: a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward [syn: {prone float}]
dead-man's-fingers
1: the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria [syn: {dead-men's-fingers}, {Xylaria polymorpha}]
dead-men's-fingers
1: the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria [syn: {dead-man's-fingers}, {Xylaria polymorpha}]
dead-on
1: accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott [syn: {dead-on(a)}]
deadbeat
1: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation [syn: {defaulter}]
deadbeat dad
1: a father who defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring
deadbolt
1: the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key [syn: {bolt}]
deaden
1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {damp}] 2: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "gir...
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