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noun
- That which damps or checks; as:
- (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
- (b) A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
- (c) Something that kills the mood
- (d) A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
- Quotations
- Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any at the modest little festivities. - W. Black
- Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt: but without yeast.
- 1827: The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. — w:Peter Cunningham, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2.
adjective
- (comparative of, damp)
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noun
- A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers
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noun
- The position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod
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noun
- The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- A balcony.
- A porch.
- The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
- The roof of a passenger car.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- A heap or store.
- (slang) Cool, fresh.
- Presentation Slides (ie. MS Powerpoint or Apple Keynote)
verb
- To cover; to overspread.
- To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
- To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
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noun - A shallow deformation in the surface of something produced by impact.
verb - To impact something, producing a dent.
- To develop a dent or dents.
- ''copper, Copper is soft and dents easily.
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proper noun
- (given name, male), variant spelling of Derek.
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noun - That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
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noun
- (theology) A creature of hell.
- (theology) (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- The in me wants to let him suffer.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- Those two kids can really be little devils when they get into a toy store.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- That mathematics problem is quite a .
- (context, euphemistically, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- What in the is that?
- She is having a of a time fixing it.
- He"ll have a of a fate if he doesn"t get it done on time.
- You can go to the for all I care.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A dust devil.
- (context, Christian Science) An evil or erroneous entity.
verb (devils, deviling or devilling, deviled or devilled)
- To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
- To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
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noun
- (anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs.
- (mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber depending on the as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
- A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
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noun
- the differential gear in an automobile etc
- a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
- (mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
adjective
- of, or relating to a difference
- dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive
- having differences in speed or direction of motion
- (mathematics) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus
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noun
- an arrangement of bevel gears permitting the rotation of two shafts at two different speeds whilst supplying the same torque; used on the rear axles of automobiles to aid cornering
| | digger |
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noun
- A large piece of machinery that digs up holes.
- One who digs.
- (Australia) An Australian soldier.
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initialism (wikipedia, Driver's license)
(wikipedia, Disabled list)
- Driver's license
- Disabled list, in baseball
- (context, sexuality) down low, Down Low
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noun
- The title of a doctor (whether medical or academic) used before the doctor's name. Abbreviation: Dr, Dr.
- The students asked to see Jones.
- Smith carried out the medical procedure.
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proper noun
- (given name, female), diminutive of Dorothy, and later also of Dolores.
| | donkey |
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noun
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- A fool.
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine, also called donkey engine.
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noun
- A trip made in a motor vehicle
- It was a long .
- A driveway
- The mansion had a long, tree-lined .
- A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use:
- Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
- (computers) A mass-storage device; as, a disk drive, a DVD drive, a flash drive''
- Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition:
- ''Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had and Caesar as much again.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective:
- Napoleon's on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver
- (baseball) A ball struck in a flat trajectory (also called line drive)
- A type of public roadway.
- Beverly Hills" most famous street is Rodeo .
- (psychology) desire, Desire or interest.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
verb (drives, driving, drove, driven)
- (defn, English)
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noun
- On a steam locomotive, a powered wheel driven by the locomotive's pistons or turbine.
| | drum |
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noun
- Any hollow, cylindrical object.
- In particular, a percussive instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for strike, striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.
- In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
verb (drum, m, ed)
- (intransitive) (music) To beat a drum.
- (intransitive) To knock successively and playfully.
- Drumming one"s fingers on a table is often an expression of impatience or annoyance.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- He"s still trying to Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
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noun - An instrument used to measure the hardness or stiffness of a material, especially of an elastomer, such as rubber. A simple durometer consists of a movable tip on a spring with a dial gauge.
- She tested the sample with a to verify its consistency.
- They specified a 70 polyurethane.
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