Dvorak
1: Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904) [syn: {Antonin Dvorak}]
dwarf
1: a person who is abnormally small [syn: {midget}, {nanus}] 2: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn: {gnome}] v 1: make app...
dwarf astilbe
1: mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover [syn: {Astilbe chinensis pumila}]
dwarf banana
1: low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit [syn: {Musa acuminata}]
dwarf bilberry
1: low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries [syn: {dwarf blueberry}, {Vaccinium caespitosum}]
dwarf blueberry
1: low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries [syn: {dwarf bilberry}, {Vaccinium caespitosum}]
dwarf buckeye
1: a spreading shrub with pink flowers; found in southeastern United States [syn: {bottlebrush buckeye}]
dwarf buffalo
1: small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns [syn: {anoa}, {Anoa depressicornis}]
dwarf cape gooseberry
1: stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits [syn: {strawberry tomato}, {Physalis pruinosa}]
dwarf chestnut
1: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts [syn: {Allegheny chinkapin}, {eastern chinquapin}, {chinquapin}, {Castanea pumila}]
dwarf chinkapin oak
1: deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets [syn: {dwarf chinquapin oak}, {dwarf oak}, {Quercus prinoides}]
dwarf chinquapin oak
1: deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets [syn: {dwarf chinkapin oak}, {dwarf oak}, {Quercus prinoides}]
dwarf cornel
1: creeping red-berried perennial herb distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska [syn: {bunchberry}, {crackerberry}, {pudding berry}, {Cornus canadensis}]
dwarf daisy
1: tiny gray woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum [syn: {woolly dais...
dwarf dandelion
1: small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States [syn: {Krigia dandelion}, {Krigia bulbosa}]
dwarf elder
1: dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor [syn: {danewort}, {Sambucus ebulus}] 2: bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal b...
dwarf elm
1: fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament [syn: {Siberian elm}, {Chinese elm}, {Ulmus pumila}]
dwarf flowering almond
1: small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers [syn: {Prunus glandulosa}]
dwarf golden chinkapin
1: evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California [syn: {Chrysolepis sempervirens}]
dwarf gray willow
1: willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath [syn: {sage willow}, {Salix tristis}]
dwarf hulsea
1: similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea [syn: {Hulsea nana}]
dwarf iris
1: low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers [syn: {vernal iris}, {Iris verna}] 2: low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States [syn: {Iris cristata}...
dwarf juniper
1: a procumbent variety of the common juniper [syn: {ground cedar}, {Juniperus communis depressa}] 2: procumbent or spreading juniper [syn: {savin}, {Juniperus sabina}]
dwarf lycopod
1: tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America [syn: {rock spikemoss}, {Selaginella rupestris}]
dwarf maple
1: small maple of northwestern North America [syn: {Rocky-mountain maple}, {Acer glabrum}]
dwarf mountain pine
1: low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two [syn: {Swiss mountain pine}, {mountain pine}, {mugho pine}, {mugo pine}, {Pinus mugo}]
dwarf mulberry
1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: {cloudberry}, {bakeapple}, {baked-apple berry}, {salmonberry}, {Rubus chamaemorus}]
dwarf nipplewort
1: small European herb with small yellow flowers [syn: {lamb succory}, {Arnoseris minima}]
dwarf oak
1: deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets [syn: {dwarf chinkapin oak}, {dwarf chinquapin oak}, {Quercus prinoides}]
dwarf phlox
1: low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover [syn: {moss pink}, {mountain phlox}, {moss phl...
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dwarf pipefish
1: small (4 inches) fish found off Florida gulf coast [syn: {Syngnathus hildebrandi}]
dwarf pocket rat
1: small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats [syn: {kangaroo mouse}]
dwarf Russian almond
1: Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers [syn: {Russian almond}, {Prunus tenella}]
dwarf sperm whale
1: very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {Kogia simus}]
dwarf spurge
1: European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States [syn: {Euphorbia exigua}]
dwarf sumac
1: common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries [syn: {mountain sumac}, {black sumac}, {shining sumac}, {Rhus copallina}...
dwarf tulip
1: small early-blooming tulip [syn: {Tulipa armena}, {Tulipa suaveolens}]
dwarf willow
1: widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves [syn: {Salix herbacea}]
dwarf-white trillium
1: a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States [syn: {snow trillium}, {early wake-robin}]
dwarfish
1: atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"
dwarfism
1: a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature [syn: {nanism}]
dweeb
1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively [syn: {swot}, {grind}, {nerd}, {wonk}]
dwell
1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: {brood}] 2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: {consist}, {lie}, {belong}, {lie in}] 3: make one's ...
dweller
1: a person who inhabits a particular place [syn: {inhabitant}, {denizen}, {indweller}]
dwelling
1: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: {home}, {domicile}, {abode}, {habitation}, {dwelling house}...
dwelling house
1: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile}, {abode}, {habitation}]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1: United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) [syn: {Eisenhower}, {Dwight Eisenhower}, {Dwight David ...
Dwight David Eisenhower
1: United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) [syn: {Eisenhower}, {Dwight Eisenhower}, {Dwight D. Eis...
Dwight Davis
1: United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) [syn: {Davis}, {Dwight Filley Davis}]
Dwight Eisenhower
1: United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) [syn: {Eisenhower}, {Dwight D. Eisenhower}, {Dwight Dav...
Dwight Filley Davis
1: United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) [syn: {Davis}, {Dwight Davis}]
dwindle
1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" [syn: {dwindle away}, {dwindle down}]
dwindle away
1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" [syn: {dwindle}, {dwindle down}]
dwindle down
1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" [syn: {dwindle}, {dwindle away}]
dwindling
1: gradually decreasing until little remains [syn: {tapering}, {tapering off}] n : a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family" [syn: {dwindling away}]
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