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drum,n.snare-drum; base-drum; kettle-drum; tabor, taborine.Associated words: reveille, rappel, chamade, ruff, tattoo,ruffle,roll, rataplan, drummer, drumhead,drumstick.drum,v.thrum, strum.drumstick,n.tibiotarsus.drunk,a.intoxicated,drunken, inebriated, tipsy, boozy, besotted.Antonyms:sober, unintoxicated.drunk,n.(Slang)spree,drunkenness.drunkard,n.inebriate,toper,sot, tippler,carouser, dipsomaniac,wine-bibber, bacchanal, bacchanalian,debauchee.Antonyms: abstainer,ascetic, nephalist,teetotaler.drunken,a.intoxicated,drunk; sottish,maudlin,fuddled, mellow, groggy,disguised.drunkenness,n.intoxication, inebriety, inebriation, ebriety, ebriosity,debauch;excitement,frenzy,inflammation.Antonyms:sobriety,temperance,abstinence.dry,a.desiccated, exsiccated, dried, evaporated;arid, parched; anhydrous; droughty;barren, uninteresting, jejune,vapid,tedious, prosaic,tame;sharp,keen,quaint,shrewd,droll.dry,v.evaporate, desiccate, exsiccate, arefy, insolate (dry in the sun), torrefy; infumate (dry in smoke).dry goods.textile fabrics.Associated word: mercer.drying,n.desiccation, exsiccation,evaporation, torrefaction, arefaction.Associated words: desiccator, exsiccator, desiccative, evaporator, kiln.drying,a.desiccative, exsiccative, desiccatory, desiccant, exsiccant, evaporative.dryness,n.aridity,drought, desiccation, exsiccation.dubious,a.undetermined,undecided,doubtful; equivocal,questionable,vague.duck,v.souse,dip,plunge,immerse;dive;dodge,cringe.duck,n.drake (male); teal;pl.Anatidæ, Anseres.Associated words: anatine, anserine, anatiferous,quack.ducking-stool,n.castigatory, trebucket,cucking-stool, tumbrel.duct,n.tube,canal,pipe,channel, conduit.dude,n.dandy,fop,coxcomb,swell, popinjay,exquisite.Antonyms: sloven,guy.dudgeon,n.resentment,anger,displeasure.dudish,a.foppish,dandified, coxcombical.Antonyms:slovenly,seedy, unkempt.duds,n. pl.(Colloq.) frippery (old clothes);clothes, effects,things.due,a.payable,unpaid;appropriate,becoming,proper;regular, appointed;owing,ascribable.due,n.debt;duty,right.duel,n.monomachia, monomachy.duelist,n.monomachist.dugout,n.excavation.dull,a.unintelligent, obtuse,stolid, loggerheaded,inapt, doltish, beetle-headed, blockish,sluggish;apathetic,unfeeling, insensate,callous;blunt, obtuse, dulled, pointless;dim,faint;tedious, uninteresting, prosaic,stupid, wearisome, jejune, depressing;lifeless,torpid,slow,inactive; matte,lusterless, lackluster.dull,v.blunt,rebate,benumb, obtund,stupefy,deaden, hebetate; sully,tarnish,obscure,dim,bedim; depress,sadden, dishearten; assuage,alleviate,moderate,allay.dumb,a.mute,speechless; pantomimic.dumbness,n.muteness, obmutescence,speechlessness.dumb show.pantomime.dumfound,v.astound,amaze,astonish,confound.dumpish,a.dull, moody, moping, dejected,gloomy,despondent.dumps,n. pl.melancholy,depression,despondency.dunce,n.dullard, dolt,numskull, witling,blockhead,coot, lackbrain, ninny, oaf,nincompoop, mooncalf,ignoramus,booby,simpleton.duncical,a.doltish, witless.dung,n.ordure,excrement,fæces, dejections, lesses, muck; puer, fumet, fiants, treddle, spraints, coprolite (petrified),mute, guano, ornithocopros.Associated words: coprophagy, coprophagous, Augean, dungmeer, excrementitious, sterconst, sterconcolous, stercoraceous, bubulin.dupe,n.gull, cully, gudgeon, dotterel,victim.duplicate,a.double,twofold, duplex.--n.facsimile, counterpart. Seecopy.Antonyms:original, archetype prototype,model,pattern.dusk,n.twilight,evening, nightfall.dust,n.powder; detritus; stive (in flour mills).Associated words: pulverizable, pulverable, pulverulence,pulverize, pulverization.dust storm.simoon; (in India) shaitan,devil, peesash; dustwhirl.dusty,a.powdery, pulverulent, pulverous, pulverized.dutiful,a.obedient, duteous,submissive, deferential,docile.duty,n.responsibility, incumbency,accountability;service,business,work,function,office;tax, impost, toll, excise,custom.Associated words: ethics, deontology, casuistry, ethology, morals, ethicist, ethically, supererogate, supererogation.dwarf,n.pygmy, gnome,manikin, dandiprat, Lilliputian,elf, midget,runt, Tom Thumb, pigwidgeon, homunculus, hop-o-my-thumb.dwarf,v.stunt, atrophy.dwarfish,a.diminutive, undersized, Lilliputian, pygmy, pygmean, runty,stunted,undeveloped, tiny, atrophied.dweller,n.denizen,resident, sojourner,inhabitant, habitant.dwelling,n.residence, domicile,house,abode.dwindle,v.decrease,diminish,shrink.dwindling,n.decrease,diminution,shrinkage.dye,v.color,stain, tinge, imbue.dying,a.moribund; expiring,last; mortal,perishable.

drum,n.snare-drum; base-drum; kettle-drum; tabor, taborine.Associated words: reveille, rappel, chamade, ruff, tattoo,ruffle,roll, rataplan, drummer, drumhead,drumstick.

drum,v.thrum, strum.

drumstick,n.tibiotarsus.

drunk,a.intoxicated,drunken, inebriated, tipsy, boozy, besotted.Antonyms:sober, unintoxicated.

drunk,n.(Slang)spree,drunkenness.

drunkard,n.inebriate,toper,sot, tippler,carouser, dipsomaniac,wine-bibber, bacchanal, bacchanalian,debauchee.Antonyms: abstainer,ascetic, nephalist,teetotaler.

drunken,a.intoxicated,drunk; sottish,maudlin,fuddled, mellow, groggy,disguised.

drunkenness,n.intoxication, inebriety, inebriation, ebriety, ebriosity,debauch;excitement,frenzy,inflammation.Antonyms:sobriety,temperance,abstinence.

dry,a.desiccated, exsiccated, dried, evaporated;arid, parched; anhydrous; droughty;barren, uninteresting, jejune,vapid,tedious, prosaic,tame;sharp,keen,quaint,shrewd,droll.

dry,v.evaporate, desiccate, exsiccate, arefy, insolate (dry in the sun), torrefy; infumate (dry in smoke).

dry goods.textile fabrics.Associated word: mercer.

drying,n.desiccation, exsiccation,evaporation, torrefaction, arefaction.Associated words: desiccator, exsiccator, desiccative, evaporator, kiln.

drying,a.desiccative, exsiccative, desiccatory, desiccant, exsiccant, evaporative.

dryness,n.aridity,drought, desiccation, exsiccation.

dubious,a.undetermined,undecided,doubtful; equivocal,questionable,vague.

duck,v.souse,dip,plunge,immerse;dive;dodge,cringe.

duck,n.drake (male); teal;pl.Anatidæ, Anseres.Associated words: anatine, anserine, anatiferous,quack.

ducking-stool,n.castigatory, trebucket,cucking-stool, tumbrel.

duct,n.tube,canal,pipe,channel, conduit.

dude,n.dandy,fop,coxcomb,swell, popinjay,exquisite.Antonyms: sloven,guy.

dudgeon,n.resentment,anger,displeasure.

dudish,a.foppish,dandified, coxcombical.Antonyms:slovenly,seedy, unkempt.

duds,n. pl.(Colloq.) frippery (old clothes);clothes, effects,things.

due,a.payable,unpaid;appropriate,becoming,proper;regular, appointed;owing,ascribable.

due,n.debt;duty,right.

duel,n.monomachia, monomachy.

duelist,n.monomachist.

dugout,n.excavation.

dull,a.unintelligent, obtuse,stolid, loggerheaded,inapt, doltish, beetle-headed, blockish,sluggish;apathetic,unfeeling, insensate,callous;blunt, obtuse, dulled, pointless;dim,faint;tedious, uninteresting, prosaic,stupid, wearisome, jejune, depressing;lifeless,torpid,slow,inactive; matte,lusterless, lackluster.

dull,v.blunt,rebate,benumb, obtund,stupefy,deaden, hebetate; sully,tarnish,obscure,dim,bedim; depress,sadden, dishearten; assuage,alleviate,moderate,allay.

dumb,a.mute,speechless; pantomimic.

dumbness,n.muteness, obmutescence,speechlessness.

dumb show.pantomime.

dumfound,v.astound,amaze,astonish,confound.

dumpish,a.dull, moody, moping, dejected,gloomy,despondent.

dumps,n. pl.melancholy,depression,despondency.

dunce,n.dullard, dolt,numskull, witling,blockhead,coot, lackbrain, ninny, oaf,nincompoop, mooncalf,ignoramus,booby,simpleton.

duncical,a.doltish, witless.

dung,n.ordure,excrement,fæces, dejections, lesses, muck; puer, fumet, fiants, treddle, spraints, coprolite (petrified),mute, guano, ornithocopros.Associated words: coprophagy, coprophagous, Augean, dungmeer, excrementitious, sterconst, sterconcolous, stercoraceous, bubulin.

dupe,n.gull, cully, gudgeon, dotterel,victim.

duplicate,a.double,twofold, duplex.--n.facsimile, counterpart. Seecopy.Antonyms:original, archetype prototype,model,pattern.

dusk,n.twilight,evening, nightfall.

dust,n.powder; detritus; stive (in flour mills).Associated words: pulverizable, pulverable, pulverulence,pulverize, pulverization.

dust storm.simoon; (in India) shaitan,devil, peesash; dustwhirl.

dusty,a.powdery, pulverulent, pulverous, pulverized.

dutiful,a.obedient, duteous,submissive, deferential,docile.

duty,n.responsibility, incumbency,accountability;service,business,work,function,office;tax, impost, toll, excise,custom.Associated words: ethics, deontology, casuistry, ethology, morals, ethicist, ethically, supererogate, supererogation.

dwarf,n.pygmy, gnome,manikin, dandiprat, Lilliputian,elf, midget,runt, Tom Thumb, pigwidgeon, homunculus, hop-o-my-thumb.

dwarf,v.stunt, atrophy.

dwarfish,a.diminutive, undersized, Lilliputian, pygmy, pygmean, runty,stunted,undeveloped, tiny, atrophied.

dweller,n.denizen,resident, sojourner,inhabitant, habitant.

dwelling,n.residence, domicile,house,abode.

dwindle,v.decrease,diminish,shrink.

dwindling,n.decrease,diminution,shrinkage.

dye,v.color,stain, tinge, imbue.

dying,a.moribund; expiring,last; mortal,perishable.


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