| d
|
(adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units |
Synonyms:
500,
five hundred |
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| (noun) the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet |
Synonyms:
D |
| dab
|
(verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface |
Synonyms:
swab,
swob |
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| (verb) hit lightly |
Synonyms:
pat |
| (verb) to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil |
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| (verb) to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing |
- |
| (noun) a light touch or stroke |
Synonyms:
pat,
tap |
| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid |
Synonyms:
splash,
splatter |
| (noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing |
Synonyms:
dabbing |
| dabbing
|
(noun) pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate |
- |
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| (noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing |
Synonyms:
dab |
| dabble
|
(verb) dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid |
- |
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| (verb) play in or as if in water, as of small children |
Synonyms:
paddle,
splash around |
| (verb) work with in an amateurish manner |
Synonyms:
play around,
smatter |
| (verb) bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water |
- |
| dabbled
|
(adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination) |
Synonyms:
spattered,
splashed,
splattered |
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| dabbler
|
(noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge |
Synonyms:
dilettante,
sciolist |
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| (noun) any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling |
Synonyms:
dabbling duck |
| dabchick
|
(noun) small European grebe |
Synonyms:
Podiceps ruficollis,
little grebe |
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| dace
|
(noun) small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body |
Synonyms:
Leuciscus leuciscus |
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| dacha
|
(noun) Russian country house |
- |
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| dachshund
|
(noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows |
Synonyms:
dachsie,
badger dog |
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| dachsie
|
(noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows |
Synonyms:
dachshund,
badger dog |
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| dacite
|
(noun) a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals |
- |
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| dacitic
|
(adjective) relating to or consisting of dacite |
- |
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| dacoit
|
(noun) a member of an armed gang of robbers |
Synonyms:
dakoit |
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| dacoity
|
(noun) robbery by a gang of armed dacoits |
Synonyms:
dakoity |
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| dacryocyst
|
(noun) either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands |
Synonyms:
tear sac,
lacrimal sac |
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| dacryocystitis
|
(noun) inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose |
- |
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| dacryon
|
(noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone |
- |
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| dactyl
|
(noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables |
- |
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| (noun) a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates |
Synonyms:
digit |
| dactylic
|
(adjective) of or consisting of dactyls |
- |
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| dactylomegaly
|
(noun) abnormally large fingers or toes |
- |
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| dad
|
(noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk |
Synonyms:
dada,
pop,
daddy,
pa,
papa,
pappa |
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| dada
|
(noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk |
Synonyms:
pop,
dad,
daddy,
pa,
papa,
pappa |
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| (noun) a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty |
Synonyms:
dadaism |
| dadaism
|
(noun) a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty |
Synonyms:
dada |
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| daddy
|
(noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk |
Synonyms:
dada,
pop,
dad,
pa,
papa,
pappa |
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| dado
|
(verb) provide with a dado |
- |
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| (verb) cut a dado into or fit into a dado |
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| (noun) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall |
Synonyms:
wainscot |
| (noun) the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase |
- |
| (noun) a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it |
- |
| daedal
|
(adjective) complex and ingenious in design or function |
- |
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| daemon
|
(noun) an evil supernatural being |
Synonyms:
daimon,
demon,
devil,
fiend |
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| (noun) a person who is part mortal and part god |
Synonyms:
demigod |
| daffodil
|
(noun) any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown |
Synonyms:
Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
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| daft
|
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular |
Synonyms:
round the bend,
nuts,
nutty,
haywire,
dotty,
kookie,
kooky,
wacky,
whacky,
cracked,
crackers,
around the bend,
balmy,
barmy,
bats,
batty,
bonkers,
buggy,
fruity,
loco,
loony,
loopy |
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| daftly
|
(adverb) in a mildly insane manner |
Synonyms:
nuttily,
dottily,
wackily,
balmily |
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| daftness
|
(noun) informal terms for insanity |
Synonyms:
craziness,
flakiness |
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| dag
|
(noun) 10 grams |
Synonyms:
decagram,
dekagram,
dkg |
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| (noun) a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing |
Synonyms:
jag |
| dagame
|
(noun) source of a tough elastic wood |
Synonyms:
Calycophyllum candidissimum,
lemonwood tree |
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| dagga
|
(noun) relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco |
Synonyms:
red dagga,
wilde dagga,
Cape dagga,
Leonotis leonurus |
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| dagger
|
(noun) a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing |
Synonyms:
sticker |
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| (noun) a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used |
Synonyms:
obelisk |
| daggerboard
|
(noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel |
- |
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| dago
|
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |
Synonyms:
Guinea,
ginzo,
greaseball,
wop |
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| daguerreotype
|
(noun) a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor |
- |
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| dah
|
(noun) the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code |
Synonyms:
dash |
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| dahl
|
(noun) tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics |
Synonyms:
pigeon pea,
cajan pea,
red gram,
dhal,
pigeon-pea plant,
Cajanus cajan,
catjang pea |
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| (noun) small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |
Synonyms:
pigeon pea,
cajan pea |
| dahlia
|
(noun) any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia |
Synonyms:
Dahlia pinnata |
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| daikon
|
(noun) radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked |
Synonyms:
radish,
Raphanus sativus longipinnatus,
Japanese radish |
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| daily
|
(adverb) every day; without missing a day |
- |
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| (adverb) gradually and progressively |
Synonyms:
day by day |
| (adjective) of or belonging to or occurring every day |
Synonyms:
day-after-day,
day-by-day,
day-to-day |
| (adjective) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions |
Synonyms:
everyday,
casual |
| (noun) a newspaper that is published every day |
- |
| daimon
|
(noun) an evil supernatural being |
Synonyms:
daemon,
demon,
devil,
fiend |
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| daintily
|
(adverb) in a dainty and fastidious manner |
- |
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| (adverb) in a manner suggestive of delicate beauty or grace |
- |
| daintiness
|
(noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance |
Synonyms:
delicacy,
fineness |
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| dainty
|
(noun) something considered choice to eat |
Synonyms:
delicacy,
kickshaw,
goody,
treat |
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| (adjective) delicately beautiful |
Synonyms:
exquisite |
| (adjective) especially pleasing to the taste |
- |
| (adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted |
Synonyms:
nice,
prissy,
overnice,
squeamish |
| daiquiri
|
(noun) a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice |
Synonyms:
rum cocktail |
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| dairy
|
(noun) a farm where dairy products are produced |
Synonyms:
dairy farm |
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| dairying
|
(noun) the business of a dairy |
Synonyms:
dairy farming |
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| dairymaid
|
(noun) a woman who works in a dairy |
Synonyms:
milkmaid |
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| dairyman
|
(noun) the owner or manager of a dairy |
Synonyms:
dairy farmer |
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| (noun) a man who works in a dairy |
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| dais
|
(noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it |
Synonyms:
rostrum,
podium,
pulpit,
soapbox,
stump,
ambo |
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| daishiki
|
(noun) a loose and brightly colored African shirt |
Synonyms:
dashiki |
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| daisy
|
(noun) any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
- |
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| daisybush
|
(noun) 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 purple or blue rays |
Synonyms:
daisy bush,
daisy-bush |
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| daisylike
|
(adjective) resembling a daisy |
- |
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| dak
|
(noun) East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye |
Synonyms:
dhak,
palas,
Butea frondosa,
Butea monosperma |
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| dakoit
|
(noun) a member of an armed gang of robbers |
Synonyms:
dacoit |
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| dakoity
|
(noun) robbery by a gang of armed dacoits |
Synonyms:
dacoity |
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| daktylos
|
(noun) a Greek unit of length equal to one centimeter. |
- |
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| dal
|
(noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
Synonyms:
decaliter,
decalitre,
dekaliter,
dekalitre,
dkl |
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| dalasi
|
(noun) the basic unit of money in Gambia |
- |
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| dale
|
(noun) an open river valley (in a hilly area) |
- |
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| dalesman
|
(noun) a person who lives in the dales of northern England |
- |
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| daleth
|
(noun) the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
- |
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| dalliance
|
(noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
Synonyms:
dawdling,
trifling |
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| (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest |
Synonyms:
coquetry,
flirt,
flirtation,
flirting,
toying |
| dallier
|
(noun) someone who wastes time |
Synonyms:
lounger,
mope,
dilly-dallier,
dillydallier |
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| dallisgrass
|
(noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States |
Synonyms:
dallis grass,
Paspalum dilatatum,
paspalum |
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| dally
|
(verb) behave carelessly or indifferently |
Synonyms:
play,
flirt,
toy |
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| (verb) waste time |
Synonyms:
dawdle |
| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
Synonyms:
butterfly,
romance,
philander,
flirt,
mash,
chat up,
coquet,
coquette |
| (verb) consider not very seriously |
Synonyms:
play,
trifle |
| dalmatian
|
(noun) a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia |
Synonyms:
carriage dog,
coach dog |
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| dalo
|
(noun) 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 |
Synonyms:
dasheen,
taro,
Colocasia esculenta,
taro plant |
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| dam
|
(noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea |
Synonyms:
dike,
dyke |
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| (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
Synonyms:
decameter,
decametre,
dekameter,
dekametre,
dkm |
| (noun) female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock |
- |
| (verb) obstruct with, or as if with, a dam |
Synonyms:
dam up |
| damage
|
(noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse |
Synonyms:
impairment,
harm |
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| (noun) loss of military equipment |
Synonyms:
equipment casualty |
| (noun) the act of damaging something or someone |
Synonyms:
harm,
hurt,
scathe |
| (noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something |
Synonyms:
price,
terms |
| (noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
Synonyms:
wrong,
legal injury |
| (verb) inflict damage upon |
- |
| (verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage |
- |
| damaged
|
(adjective) harmed or injured or spoiled |
- |
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| (adjective) being unjustly brought into disrepute |
Synonyms:
discredited |
| damages
|
(noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
Synonyms:
redress,
restitution,
indemnification,
amends,
indemnity |
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| damaging
|
(adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury |
Synonyms:
detrimental,
prejudicial,
prejudicious |
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| (adjective) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions |
Synonyms:
negative |
| damar
|
(noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine |
Synonyms:
dammar,
dammar resin,
gum dammar |
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| damascene
|
(noun) a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel |
- |
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| (adjective) (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals |
- |
| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people |
- |
| (verb) inlay metal with gold and silver |
- |
| damask
|
(noun) a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern |
- |
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| (noun) a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it |
- |
| (adjective) having a woven pattern |
- |
| dame
|
(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman |
Synonyms:
doll,
skirt,
bird,
chick,
wench |
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| (noun) a woman of refinement |
Synonyms:
ma'am,
madam,
gentlewoman,
lady |
| daminozide
|
(noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time |
Synonyms:
Alar |
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| dammar
|
(noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine |
Synonyms:
damar,
dammar resin,
gum dammar |
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| damn
|
(adverb) extremely |
Synonyms:
all-fired,
all-firedly,
bloody |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon |
Synonyms:
imprecate,
maledict,
curse,
anathemise,
anathemize,
bedamn,
beshrew |
| (adjective) used as expletives |
Synonyms:
goddamn |
| (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers |
Synonyms:
infernal,
damned,
darned,
deuced,
goddam,
goddamn,
goddamned,
blame,
blamed,
blasted,
blessed |
| (noun) something of little value |
Synonyms:
shit,
darn,
hoot,
shucks,
red cent,
tinker's dam,
tinker's damn |
| damnable
|
(adjective) deserving to be execrated |
Synonyms:
execrable |
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| damnably
|
(adverb) in a damnable manner |
Synonyms:
damned,
cursedly |
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| damnation
|
(noun) the act of damning |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell |
Synonyms:
eternal damnation |
| damnatory
|
(adjective) threatening with damnation |
Synonyms:
damning |
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| damned
|
(adverb) in a damnable manner |
Synonyms:
damnably,
cursedly |
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| (noun) people who are condemned to eternal punishment |
- |
| (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers |
Synonyms:
infernal,
damn,
darned,
deuced,
goddam,
goddamn,
goddamned,
blame,
blamed,
blasted,
blessed |
| (adjective) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell |
Synonyms:
unredeemed,
unsaved,
doomed,
cursed |
| damning
|
(adjective) threatening with damnation |
Synonyms:
damnatory |
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| damoiselle
|
(noun) a young unmarried woman |
Synonyms:
demoiselle,
damosel,
damozel,
damsel |
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| damosel
|
(noun) a young unmarried woman |
Synonyms:
demoiselle,
damoiselle,
damozel,
damsel |
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| damourite
|
(noun) a variety of muscovite |
- |
|---|
| damozel
|
(noun) a young unmarried woman |
Synonyms:
demoiselle,
damoiselle,
damosel,
damsel |
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| damp
|
(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping |
Synonyms:
dampen,
dull,
tone down,
muffle,
mute |
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| (verb) restrain or discourage |
- |
| (verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
Synonyms:
dampen,
deaden |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect |
Synonyms:
break,
weaken,
dampen,
soften |
| (adjective) slightly wet |
Synonyms:
moist,
dampish |
| (noun) a slight wetness |
Synonyms:
moistness,
dampness |
| dampen
|
(verb) suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity |
Synonyms:
stifle |
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| (verb) make moist |
Synonyms:
wash,
moisten |
| (verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping |
Synonyms:
damp,
dull,
tone down,
muffle,
mute |
| (verb) reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) |
- |
| (verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
Synonyms:
damp,
deaden |
| (verb) check; keep in check (a fire) |
- |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect |
Synonyms:
break,
weaken,
damp,
soften |
| dampener
|
(noun) a device that dampens or moistens something |
Synonyms:
moistener |
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| dampening
|
(noun) the act of making something slightly wet |
Synonyms:
moistening |
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| damper
|
(noun) a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations |
Synonyms:
muffler |
| (noun) a depressing restraint |
- |