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dump truck

a truck, usually with an open top, the carrying bopdy of which can be tilted so as to emptied its contents without handling.

Dumpage

The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter.

dumpcart

a cart that can be tilted to empty the contents without handling them.

dumped

p. p. of dump, v. t.; as, The money was there, dumped all over the floor.

Dumpish

Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy.

Dumple

To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.

Dumpling

A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

Dumps

a gloomy mental state; same as 2nd dump{1}; -- used mostly in the phrase /in the dumps/.

Dumpy

Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

Dumuzi

the Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna.

Dun

Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

Dunbird

The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre. An American duck; the ruddy duck.

Dunce

One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

Duncify

To make stupid in intellect.

Dunder

The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.

Dune

A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds.

Dunfish

Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality.

Dung

To void excrement.

Dungaree

A coarse kind of unbleached cotton fabric; blue denim.

dungeon

A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.

Dungmeer

A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure.

Dungy

Full of dung; filthy; vile; low.

Dunker

One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists, and they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren.

Dunkerque

the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.

Dunkirk

the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.

Dunlin

A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.

Dunnage

Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

Dunner

One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

dunno

A slang shortening of I don't know or don't know; as, dunno where I lost my keys; Where'd he go? I dunno..

Dunnock

The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.

Duo

A composition for two performers; a duet.

Duodecimal

A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.

Duodecimo

A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12/.

Duodenal

Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion.

Duodenary

Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.

Duodenum

The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

Duograph

A picture printed from two half-tone plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same color or in black and one tint.

Duoliteral

Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.

Duotone

Any picture printed in two shades of the same color, as duotypes and duographs are usually printed.

Duotype

A print made from two half-tone plates made from the same negative, but etched differently.

Dup

To open; as, to dup the door.

Dupe

To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery.

Duper

One who dupes another.

Dupery

The act or practice of duping.

Dupion

A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.

Duplex

To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.

duplex

something which is duplex; -- used mostly in reference to a living unit, such as an apartment, in a building having two similar living units.

duplexer

a device which switches electronic circuitry so that a radio antenna can function as either a transmitting or receiving antenna.

Duplicate

To double; to fold; to render double.

duplication

The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.

duplicative

Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

duplicitous

exhibiting duplicity{2}; deceitful; double-dealing.

Dur

Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

Dura

Short form for Dura mater.

Durability

The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.

Durable

Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.

Durableness

Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.

Durably

In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

Dural

Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

Duralumin

an aluminum-based alloy which is both light and strong, containing 4 per cent of copper and 0.5 per cent of magnesium and smaller amounts of iron, manganese, and silicon. It hardens with aging at room temperature.

Duramen

The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

Durance

Continuance; duration. See Endurance.

Durante

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

Duration

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

Durative

Continuing; not completed; implying duration.

Durbar

An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.

Dure

To last; to continue; to endure.

Durene

A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.

Duressor

One who subjects another to duress

Durham

One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

During

In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.

Durio

A fruit tree (Durio zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Durion Durian

The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

Durometer

An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

Durra

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn.

Durst

of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

Durukuli

A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). The owl monkey. See douroucouli.

Durylic

Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.

Duse

A demon or spirit. See Deuce.

Dushanbe

The capital city of Tajikistan. Population (2000) = 524,000.

Dusken

To make dusk or obscure.

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