Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.

A crustade.

To darken; to obscure.

of a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.

of a color similar to that of wood or earth.

similar to the color of fresh grass.

same as brunet; as, a dark-haired beauty.

same as colored.

To grow or darker.

overtaken by night or darkness.

One who, or that which, darkens.

Twilight; gloaming.

Full of darkness.

a black person; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.

Somewhat dark; dusky.

To grow dark; to show indistinctly.

Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.

With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.

The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.

a negro; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.

Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.

A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

a genus consisting of one species.

A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all.

Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety Lolium Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.

One who mends by darning.

Same as Dornick.

The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.

The European black tern.

To make ready to fight; to array.

Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts. It may have any of several patterns on it, such as concentric circles, or a central circle with rays.

A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.

Like a dart; rapidly.

To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.

Of or pertaining to the dartos.

Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.

A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.

The capital city of Brunei. Population (2000) = 52,300.

An advocate of Darwinism.

Darwinism.

The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.

See Daze.

To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled.

Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States.

That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.

Bold; spirited; showy.

Conspicuously; showily.

The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.

Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.

To dastardize.

To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.

Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.

Dastardliness.

Base timidity; cowardliness.

See Dasewe

An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.

Dasyp/dic.

Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.

Pertaining to the Dasyp/des; ptilop/dic.

a natural family including the agoutis and pacas.

the type genus of the Dasypodidae.

A carnivorous catlike marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, called also native cat. There are several species.

a natural family including the dasyures, native cats, pouched mice, banded anteaters, and Tasmanian devils.

Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.

the type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats.

digital audiotape, a digitally encoded tape recording of sound; -- in contrast to the usual analog audio tape.

See Datum.

relying on observation or experiment.

an organized body of related information.

That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date.

Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.

that can be given a date. Opposite of undatable.

marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.

Without date; having no fixed time.

One who dates.

A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).

The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.

As a gift.

A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.

an analgesic derived from acetanolide; also used as an antipyretic; Datril and Tylenol are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets. See acetaminophen.

Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.

A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.

Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina.

A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.

smeared thickly; as, mud-daubed walls.

the type genus, coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae.

a natural family comprising solely the aye-aye.

One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.

A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.

Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.

The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.

The wife of one's son.

The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

Becoming a daughter; filial.

See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.

A variant of Dan, a title of honor.

To overcome; to conquer.

One who daunts.

serving to discourage, dishearten, or intimidate; discouraging; disheartening. Opposite of encouraging.

Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.

resolute courageousness.

The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

The title of the wife of the dauphin.

The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.

any fern of the genus Davallia; they have scaly creeping rhizomes.

one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Araiostegia; Davallia; Davallodes; Gymnogrammitis; Humata; Leucostegia; Scyphularia; Trogostolon.

A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.