Dactylopius
1: type genus of the Dactylopiidae [syn: {genus Dactylopius}]
Dactylopius coccus
1: Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye [syn: {cochineal insect}, {cochineal}]
Dactylopterus
1: a genus of Dactylopteridae [syn: {genus Dactylopterus}]
Dactylorhiza
1: genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa [syn: {genus Dactylorhiza}]
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
1: European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple [syn: {common spotted orchid}, {Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii}]
Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii
1: European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple [syn: {common spotted orchid}, {Dactylorhiza fuchsii}]
dad
1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: {dada}, {daddy}, {pa}, {papa}, {pappa}, {pater}, {pop}]
dada
1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: {dad}, {daddy}, {pa}, {papa}, {pappa}, {pater}, {pop}] 2: a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in ...
dadaism
1: 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 [syn: {dada}]
daddy
1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: {dad}, {dada}, {pa}, {papa}, {pappa}, {pater}, {pop}]
daddy longlegs
1: long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite [syn: {crane fly}] 2: spider-like arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs [syn: {harvestman}, {Phalangium...
dado
1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest [syn: {wainscot}] 2: the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase 3: a rectangular groov...
daedal
1: complex and ingenious in design or function; "the daedal hand of nature" n : (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos; to escape the Labyrinth he fashioned wings for ...
Daedalus
1: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos; to escape the Labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his sone Icarus [syn: {Daedal}]
daemon
1: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief [syn: {devil}, {fiend}, {demon}, {daimon}] 2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: {demigod}]
Daffo
1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: {Ron}, {Bokkos}]
daffodil
1: any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown [syn: {Narcissus pseudonarcissus}]
daffodil garlic
1: European onion with white flowers [syn: {flowering onion}, {Naples garlic}, {Allium neopolitanum}]
Dafla
1: little known Kamarupan languages [syn: {Miri}, {Mirish}, {Abor}]
daft
1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy}, {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked}, {crackers}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire},...
daftly
1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily" [syn: {dottily}, {balmily}, {nuttily}, {wackily}]
daftness
1: informal terms for insanity [syn: {craziness}, {flakiness}]
dag
1: 10 grams [syn: {dekagram}, {decagram}, {dkg}] 2: a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing [syn: {jag}] [also: {dagging}, {dagged}]
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Dag Hammarskjold
1: Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peace-keeping matters (1905-1961) [syn: {Hammarskjold}, {Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold}]
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
1: Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peace-keeping matters (1905-1961) [syn: {Hammarskjold}, {Dag Hammarskjold}]
dagame
1: source of a tough elastic wood [syn: {lemonwood tree}, {Calycophyllum candidissimum}]
Dagan
1: god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
Dagda
1: chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
Dagestani
1: an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
dagga
1: relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco [syn: {Cape dagga}, {red dagga}, {wilde dagga}, {Leonotis leonurus}]
dagger
1: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing [syn: {sticker}] 2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote [syn: {obelisk}]
dagger fern
1: North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds [syn: {Christmas fern}, {canker brake}, {evergreen wood fern}, {Polystichum acrostichoides}]
daggerboard
1: a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel
dago
1: offensive terms for a person of Italian descent [syn: {wop}, {Guinea}, {greaseball}] [also: {dagoes} (pl)]
Dagon
1: god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
Daguerre
1: French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851) [syn: {Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre}]
daguerreotype
1: a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
dah
1: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: {dash}]
dahl
1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: {pigeon pea}, {pigeon-pea plant}, {cajan pea}, {catjang pea}, {red gram}, {dhal}, {Cajanus cajan}] ...
dahlia
1: 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...
Dahlia pinnata
1: 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...
Dahomey
1: a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control [syn: {Benin}, {Republic of Benin}]
daikon
1: radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked [syn: {Japanese radish}, {Raphanus sativus longipinnatus}]
Dail
1: the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Free State [syn: {Dail Eireann}]
Dail Eireann
1: the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Free State [syn: {Dail}]
daily
1: occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day occurrence" [syn: {day-to-day}, {day-after-d...
daily dew
1: any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {sundew}, {sundew plant}]
daily double
1: a single bet on two horse races in the same day
daily round
1: the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds" [syn: {round}]
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