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}]
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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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