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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: director - dirty</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="director"> director, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a manager; person who directs; leader. A person who plans and directs the performance of a play, a motion picture, or a show on television or radio is called a director. <DD> 2. one of a group of persons chosen to direct the affairs of a company or institution. Ex. The owners of a company elect the directors. Company directors have certain functions which really come down to giving advice out of their experience in the business world generally (Newsweek). <DD> (Abbr:) dir. <DD> 3. a gunsight that coordinates the firing of a number of guns. Also, directer. </DL> <A NAME="directorate"> directorate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the position of director. <DD> 2. a group of directors. Ex. Interlocking directorates should be prohibited (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="directorgeneral"> director-general, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person appointed as the overall director. Ex. Sir Julian Huxley, the distinguished biologist and writer, was the first director-general of Unesco (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="directorial"> directorial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with a director or directorate. adv. directorially. </DL> <A NAME="directorschair"> director's chair,<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of light folding chair used by motion-picture directors. Ex. Jungle version of director's chair, with zebra-striped canvas seat and back, bamboo-patterned frame (Good Housekeeping). </DL> <A NAME="directorship"> directorship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or term of office of a director. Ex. He resigned his directorships with several other large corporations (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="directory"> directory, noun, pl. -ries, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a list of names and addresses, usually in alphabetical order. A telephone book is a directory of people who have telephones. <DD> 2. a group of directors; directorate. <DD> 3. a book of rules or instructions. <DD> 4. a book containing directions for the order of worship. <DD>adj. serving to direct; directing; advisory. </DL> <A NAME="directory"> Directory, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the group of five men who governed France from 1795 to 1799. </DL> <A NAME="directprimary"> direct primary,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a primary in which the voters of a political party choose the candidates of their party for office by direct vote rather than at a convention. </DL> <A NAME="directquestion"> direct question,<DL COMPACT><DD> a question in a person's exact words. (Example:) He asked, "Shall we go now?" </DL> <A NAME="directress"> directress, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman director. </DL> <A NAME="directrice"> directrice, noun. =directress.</DL> <A NAME="directrix"> directrix, noun, pl. directrixes, directrices.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Geometry.) a fixed line used in determining a conic section. <DD> 2. =directress. </DL> <A NAME="directtax"> direct tax,<DL COMPACT><DD> a tax that cannot be passed on to another, for example in the form of higher prices, but must be paid directly by the taxed person. Income taxes, property taxes, and inheritance taxes are direct taxes. </DL> <A NAME="direful"> direful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dire; dreadful; terrible. Ex. direful news. One has no great hopes from Birmingham; I always say there is something direful in the sound (Jane Austen). adv. direfully. noun direfulness. </DL> <A NAME="direttissima"> direttissima, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mountaineering.) a direct ascent. Ex. ... a school in Switzerland specializing in direttissima, an innovation that ignores the traditional zigging and zagging around danger spots for a damn-the-obstacles, straight-up climb to the top (Time). </DL> <A NAME="direwolf"> dire wolf,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large wolflike mammal whose remains were found among North American Pleistocene deposits. </DL> <A NAME="dirge"> dirge, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a funeral song or tune. Ex. A dirge for her, the doubly dead in that she died so young (Edgar Allan Poe). <DD> 2. in the Roman Catholic Church: <DD> a. the choral funeral service. <DD> b. a funeral hymn or Requiem. adj. dirgelike. </DL> <A NAME="dirgeful"> dirgeful, adjective. =mournful.</DL> <A NAME="dirham"> dirham, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a unit of money in Morocco, a coin or note equal to 100 francs. <DD> 2. a measure of weight in Egypt, equal to about 3.12 grams. Also, dirhem. </DL> <A NAME="dirigibility"> dirigibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or quality of being dirigible. </DL> <A NAME="dirigible"> dirigible, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a kind of balloon that can be steered; airship. A dirigible is filled with gas that is lighter than air. <DD>adj. that can be directed. </DL> <A NAME="dirigism"> dirigism, noun. =dirigisme.</DL> <A NAME="dirigisme"> dirigisme, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. government intervention or control in the nation's economy. <DD> 2. (literally) planning; direction. </DL> <A NAME="dirigiste"> dirigiste, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) of or characterized by dirigisme. </DL> <A NAME="dirigo"> dirigo,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) I direct; I guide (the motto of Maine). </DL> <A NAME="diriment"> diriment, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that makes absolutely void; nullifying. </DL> <A NAME="dirimentimpediment"> diriment impediment,<DL COMPACT><DD> a condition, such as consanguinity or the fact that one of the partners is already married, that makes a marriage null and void from the beginning. </DL> <A NAME="dirk"> dirk, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun =dagger. <DD>v.t. to stab with a dirk. </DL> <A NAME="dirl"> dirl,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD>v.i. to vibrate; tingle. <DD>v.t. to cause to vibrate or tingle. </DL> <A NAME="dirndl"> dirndl, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an Alpine peasant girl's costume consisting of a blouse, a tight bodice, and a full, brightly colored skirt, gathered at the waist. <DD> 2. a dress imitating it. <DD> 3. a skirt of this type. </DL> <A NAME="dirndled"> dirndled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or like a dirndl. <DD> 2. dressed in a dirndl. Ex. You see buzzing factories, garlanded cattle and dirndled girls (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="dirt"> dirt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. mud, dust, earth, or anything like them. Dirt soils whatever it touches. Ex. She treats me as if I were the dirt under her feet. <DD> 2. loose earth or soil. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) an unclean thing, action, or speech. <DD> 4. uncleanness; meanness. <DD> 5. (Informal, Figurative.) scandal; gossip. Ex. Do you know the latest dirt? <DD> 6. (Informal, Figurative.) anything worthless. Ex. We were only singing seamen from the dirt of London town (Alfred Noyes). <DD> 7. (Mining.) the earth, gravel, or other material from which gold is separated by washing. expr. do (someone) dirt, (Informal.) to do (a person, his family or associates, or his reputation) intentional and malicious harm. Ex. He was somehow doing these people dirt, defiling their clean, hopeful lives (Saturday Evening Post). expr. eat dirt, (Informal.) to submit to degrading treatment; make a humiliating apology or retraction. Ex. In times of revolution a good many pecks of dirt have to be eaten (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="dirtbike"> dirt bike,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a lightweight motorcycle for racing on a dirt track. </DL> <A NAME="dirtcheap"> dirt-cheap, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. very cheap. Ex. By American standards, tuition in Germany is dirt cheap (Holiday). <DD>adv. =cheaply. </DL> <A NAME="dirtfarmer"> dirt farmer,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a farmer who has practical experience in doing his own work. </DL> <A NAME="dirtily"> dirtily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a dirty manner. </DL> <A NAME="dirtiness"> dirtiness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dirty condition. </DL> <A NAME="dirtless"> dirtless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> void of dirt. </DL> <A NAME="dirtpoor"> dirt-poor, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very poor. Ex. For all its glamor and greatness, ancient Greece was dirt-poor (Life). </DL> <A NAME="dirtroad"> dirt road,<DL COMPACT><DD> a road with dirt or gravel surface. </DL> <A NAME="dirttrack"> dirt track,<DL COMPACT><DD> an outdoor track of dirt, cinders, or the like for racing. </DL> <A NAME="dirty"> dirty, adjective, dirtier, dirtiest, verb, dirtied, dirtying, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. soiled by dirt; unclean. Ex. dirty hands. <DD> 2. that makes dirty; soiling. Ex. a dirty job. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) not clean or pure in action, thought, or speech. Ex. a dirty joke. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) low; mean; vile. Ex. a dirty, low-down rascal. Politics is neither "sweetness and light" nor "too dirty to get into" (New York Times). (SYN) base. <DD> 5. not clear or pure in color; clouded. Ex. a dirty red. <DD> 6. stormy or windy; rough. Ex. The hurricane was the dirtiest weather I ever saw. It begins to look very dirty to windward (Frederick Marryat). <DD> 7. being on drugs; using drugs. Ex. Two weeks ago four new men came into the group meeting and each admitted he was then "strung-out." Each was given 10 days to appear on the list as "clean." At the meeting 10 days later each was "dirty" (London Times). <DD> 8. causing a great amount of radioactive fallout. Ex. dirty bombs. <DD>v.t. to make dirty; soil; pollute. Ex. Don't dirty your new dress by playing outside in this wet weather. <DD>v.i. to become dirty or soiled. Ex. A white shirt will dirty faster than a dark one. <DD>adv. (Informal.) dirtily. Ex. to fight dirty. </DL> <A HREF="dirtypoo.dic">NEXT</A>