daunted
1: caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections" [syn: {bothered}, {fazed}]
daunting
1: discouraging through fear [syn: {intimidating}]
dauntingly
1: to a degree or in a manner that daunts; "dauntingly difficult"
dauntless
1: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: {audacious}, {brave}, {fearless}, {intrepid}, {unfearing}]
dauntlessly
1: without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat" [syn: {fearlessly}, {intrepidly}] [ant: {fearfully}]
dauphin
1: formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
Davalia bullata
1: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia [syn: {squirrel's-foot fern}, {ball fern}, {Davalia bullata mariesii}, {Davallia Mariesii}]
Davalia bullata mariesii
1: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia [syn: {squirrel's-foot fern}, {ball fern}, {Davalia bullata}, {Davallia Mariesii}]
davallia
1: any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes
Davallia canariensis
1: fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira [syn: {Canary Island hare's foot fern}]
Davallia Mariesii
1: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia [syn: {squirrel's-foot fern}, {ball fern}, {Davalia bullata}, {Davalia bullata mariesii}]
Davallia pyxidata
1: a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia [syn: {Australian hare's foot}]
Davalliaceae
1: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {family Davalliaceae}]
Davenport
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
David
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 ...
David Alfaro Siqueiros
1: Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974) [syn: {Siqueiros}, {David Siqueiros}]
David Barnard Steinman
1: United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960) [syn: {Steinman}]
David Ben Gurion
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}]
David Bruce
1: Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) [syn: {Bruce}, {Sir David Bruce}]
David Bushnell
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...
David Crockett
1: United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) [syn: {Crockett}, {Davy Crockett}]
David Garrick
1: English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779) [syn: {Garrick}]
David Glasgow Farragut
1: United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870) [syn: {Farragut}]
David Grun
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}]
David Hartley
1: English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757) [syn: {Hartley}]
David Herbert Lawrence
1: English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) [syn: {Lawrence}, {D. H. Lawrence}]
David Hilbert
1: German mathematician (1862-1943) [syn: {Hilbert}]
David Hubel
1: United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926) [syn: {Hubel}]
David Hume
1: Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776) [syn: {Hume}]
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David Lewelyn Wark Griffith
1: United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948) [syn: {Griffith}, {D. W. Griffith}]
David Livingstone
1: Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873) [syn: {Livingstone}]
David Low
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}]
David Mamet
1: United States playwright (born in 1947) [syn: {Mamet}]
David O. Selznick
1: United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965) [syn: {Selznick}, {David Oliver Selznick}]
David Oliver Selznick
1: United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965) [syn: {Selznick}, {David O. Selznick}]
David Ricardo
1: English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823) [syn: {Ricardo}]
David Riesman
1: United States sociologist (1909-2002) [syn: {Riesman}, {David Riesman Jr.}]
David Riesman Jr.
1: United States sociologist (1909-2002) [syn: {Riesman}, {David Riesman}]
David Rittenhouse
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}]
David Sarnoff
1: United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971) [syn: {Sarnoff}]
David Siqueiros
1: Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974) [syn: {Siqueiros}, {David Alfaro Siqueiros}]
David Smith
1: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: {Smith}, {David Roland Smith}]
Davidson's penstemon
1: mat-forming plant with blue-lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California [syn: {Penstemon davidsonii}]
Daviesia
1: genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods [syn: {genus Daviesia}]
Davis
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...
Davis Cup
1: cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition
Davis' Birthday
1: celebrated in southern United States [syn: {Jefferson Davis' Birthday}, {June 3}]
davit
1: a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
Davy
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...
Davy Crockett
1: United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) [syn: {Crockett}, {David Crockett}]
Davy Jones
1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean floor}, {ocean bottom}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones's locker}]
Davy Jones's locker
1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean floor}, {ocean bottom}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones}]
Davy lamp
1: an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) [syn: {safety lamp}]
Davy's gray
1: slightly purplish or bluish dark gray [syn: {iron blue}, {steel gray}]
Davys
1: English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) [syn: {John Davys}, {Davis}, {John Davis}]
daw
1: common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn: {jackdaw}, {Corvus monedula}]
dawah
1: missionary work for Islam [syn: {da'wah}]
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