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1: a sling-like device used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear [syn: {throwing stick}, {throwing board}, {spear thrower}]

1: a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts [syn: {dart board}]

1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: {snakebird}, {anhinga}] 2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirre...

1: a college in New Hampshire [syn: {Dartmouth College}]

1: a college in New Hampshire [syn: {Dartmouth}]

1: a game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard

1: a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive [syn: {propoxyphene}, {propoxyphene hydrochloride}]

1: English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) [syn: {Charles Darwin}, {Charles Robert Darwin}] 2: provincial capital of the Northern Territory of A...

1: any of several very tall, late-blooming tulips bearing large squarish flowers on sturdy stems

1: of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution; "Darwinian theories" n : an advocate of Darwinism

1: a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection

1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: {hyrax}, {coney}, {cony}, {dassie}]

1: a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories [syn: {Capital}]

1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: {elan}, {flair}, {panache}, {style}] 2: a quick run [syn: {sprint}] 3: a footrace run at top spee...

1: write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer" [syn: {dash off}]

1: write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper" [syn: {knock off}, {toss off}, {fling off}] 2: write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her law...

1: a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid

1: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: {splashboard}, {splasher}] 2: instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials a...

1: having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" [syn: {dotted}]

1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: {taro}, {cocoyam}, {eddo}] 2: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental ...

1: United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) [syn: {Hammett}, {Samuel Dashiell Hammett}]

1: a loose and brightly colored African shirt [syn: {daishiki}]

1: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: {gallant}] 2: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, ...

1: an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: {disappointment}]

1: in a highly fashionable manner; "he was dashingly handsome"

1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: {hyrax}, {coney}, {cony}, {das}]

1: treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: {dastard(a)}, {dastardly}] n : a malicious coward

1: treacherous cowardice

1: treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: {dastard(a)}]

1: sting rays [syn: {family Dasyatidae}]

1: type genus of the Dasyatidae [syn: {genus Dasyatis}]

1: one of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [syn: {roughtail stingray}]

1: densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density

1: armadillos [syn: {family Dasypodidae}]

1: type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis [syn: {genus Dasyprocta}]

1: agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food [syn: {agouti}]

1: agoutis and pacas [syn: {family Dasyproctidae}]

1: type genus of the Dasypodidae [syn: {genus Dasypus}]

1: having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay [syn: {peba}, {nine-banded armadillo}, {Texas armadillo}]

1: any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens

1: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: {dasyurid marsupial}]

1: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: {dasyurid}]

1: dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils [syn: {family Dasyuridae}, {family Dasyurinae}]

1: type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats [syn: {genus Dasyurus}]

1: a variety of dasyure [syn: {eastern dasyure}]

1: carnivorous arboreal catlike marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: {native cat}]

1: an audiotape recording of sound [syn: {digital audiotape}]

{datum}

1: electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) [syn: {digital communication}]

1: conversion from one way of encoding data to another way

1: converter for changing information from one code to another

1: (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes

1: a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together [syn: {file}]

1: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn: {format}, {formatting}, {data formatting}]

1: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn: {format}, {formatting}, {data format}]

1: an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set

1: a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device [syn: {input device}]

1: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: {link}]

1: data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data

1: a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium