<B>dybbuk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a spirit in Jewish folklore, either an evil spirit, or the soul of a person who has died before his time, that enters and takes possession of a living person. <BR> <I>Ex. Playwright Paddy Chayefsky's story about a young Jewish girl possessed by a dybbuk ... succeeds as a genuine theater piece (Time).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>dibbuk.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="dye">
<B>dye, </B>noun, verb, <B>dyed,</B> <B>dyeing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a coloring matter used to color cloth, hair, and other things. Some dyes are vegetable or animal, others chemical. <DD><B> b. </B>a liquid containing such coloring matter. <BR> <I>Ex. We bought a bottle of blue dye.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a color produced by such coloring matter; tint; hue. <BR> <I>Ex. A good dye will not fade or run.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to color (cloth, leather, or hair), by putting in a liquid containing coloring matter. <BR> <I>Ex. to have a dress dyed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to impart (color) with a dye. <BR> <I>Ex. A green may be made by dyeing a blue over a yellow.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to color or stain; tinge. <BR> <I>Ex. The spilled grape juice dyed the tablecloth purple.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become colored when treated with a dye. <BR> <I>Ex. This material dyes easily and quickly.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of dyes) to give or change color. <BR> <I>Ex. Black will dye over most other colors.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>of deepest</B> (or <B>blackest</B>) <B>dye,</B> </I>of the lowest or vilest kind. <BR> <I>Ex. a mean and loathsome villain of the deepest dye.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dyeability">
<B>dyeability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> capability of being dyed. <BR> <I>Ex. Rayon has long been known for its fine dyeability (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dyeable">
<B>dyeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be dyed. <BR> <I>Ex. New dyeable and printable surfaces are being grafted, through radiation, onto slick-finish, heat-resistant plastics (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dyebath">
<B>dyebath, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a solution of coloring matter in which substances to be colored are immersed. </DL>
<A NAME="dyedinthewool">
<B>dyed-in-the-wool, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>thoroughgoing, complete. <BR> <I>Ex. a dyed-in-the-wool conservative in politics.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>dyed before being woven into cloth. </DL>
<A NAME="dyehouse">
<B>dye house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a building in which dyeing is done. </DL>
<A NAME="dyeing">
<B>dyeing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the coloring of fabrics with dye. </DL>
<A NAME="dyelaser">
<B>dye laser,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chemical laser using the fluorescence of certain organic dyes, such as rhodamine and fluorescein, to produce intense coherent light over a wide range of possible frequencies. <BR> <I>Ex. Ruby crystal lasers can produce pulses as short as five picoseconds; ... dye lasers should be able to emit even shorter ones with durations in the (10 to the power of minus 13) second range (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dyemarker">
<B>dye marker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dye, usually fluorescein, which, when dropped, colors ocean water enough to be seen from the air. </DL>
<A NAME="dyer">
<B>dyer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work or business is dyeing cloth or leather. </DL>
<B>dyer's-weed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several plants that yield a dye, as the weld, dyeweed, or woad. </DL>
<A NAME="dyestuff">
<B>dyestuff, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various substances used as a dye or yielding a dye. Indigo and cochineal are dyestuffs. </DL>
<A NAME="dyeweed">
<B>dyeweed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an Old World yellow-flowered shrub of the pea family, yielding a yellow dye; dyer's-weed. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small North American composite herb with white flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="dyewood">
<B>dyewood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any wood, such as logwood, yielding a coloring matter used for dyeing. </DL>
<A NAME="dying">
<B>dying, </B>adjective, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>at the point of death; about to die; ceasing to live. <BR> <I>Ex. a dying man.</I> (SYN) moribund, mortal, expiring. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) coming to an end. <BR> <I>Ex. the dying year. Only the dying moans of the sirens continued for a moment or two to vibrate within the ear (Graham Greene).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of death; at death. <BR> <I>Ex. dying words.</I> <DD><I>verb </I> the present participle of <B>die</B> (1). <BR> <I>Ex. The storm is dying down.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=death.</B> adv. <B>dyingly.</B> </DL>
<B>dyke</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) (generally used in an unfriendly way) a homosexual woman; Lesbian. Also, <B>dike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="dyn">
<B>dyn.</B> or <B>dynam.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> dynamics. </DL>
<A NAME="dynagraph">
<B>dynagraph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus used on a railroad car to determine and record the condition of the track, speed of the train, resistance of the car, or other operating factor. </DL>
<A NAME="dynameter">
<B>dynameter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamic">
<B>dynamic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with energy or force in motion. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with force producing motion. <DD><B> 3. </B>of or having to do with the science of dynamics. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) active; forceful; energetic. <BR> <I>Ex. a dynamic personality, dynamic plans.</I> (SYN) potent, effective. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Medicine.) functional; not organic. <BR> <I>Ex. a dynamic disease.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(of a computer memory) requiring electrical recharging to retain data; not static. <BR> <I>Ex. In the "dynamic" version developed by Texas Instruments ... the method of storage is not permanent, but must be refreshed regularly (New Scientist).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the science of dynamics. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) active force. <BR> <I>Ex. It is regular worship which continually reconstitutes the Church and gives it its dynamic (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<B>dynamically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a dynamic manner. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamicelectricity">
<B>dynamic electricity,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electric current; a stream of charges in motion. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamicist">
<B>dynamicist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a specialist in dynamics. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who believes in dynamism. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamics">
<B>dynamics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(sing. in use.) the branch of physics dealing with the motion of bodies and the action of forces on bodies either in motion or at rest. Dynamics includes kinematics, kinetics, and statics. <DD><B> 2. </B>(sing. in use.) the science of force acting in any field. <DD><B> 3. </B>(pl. in use.) the forces, physical or moral, at work in any field. <BR> <I>Ex. the dynamics of education.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(pl. in use.) the variation and contrast of force or loudness in the production of musical sounds. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamism">
<B>dynamism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various doctrines or philosophical systems which seek to explain the phenomena of nature by the action of some force. <DD><B> 2. </B>dynamic quality; energetic quality; forcefulness. <BR> <I>Ex. The visitor to Germany finds in the air a quick, nervous dynamism, which cannot be expressed in facts and figures but can only be sensed on the spot (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dynamist">
<B>dynamist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in a doctrine of dynamism. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamistic">
<B>dynamistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of dynamism; having to do with or of the nature of dynamism. <DD><B> 2. </B>according to the doctrine of dynamists. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamitard">
<B>dynamitard, </B>noun. <B>=dynamiter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="dynamite">
<B>dynamite, </B>noun, verb, <B>-mited,</B> <B>-miting,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a powerful explosive used in blasting, made mainly of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent material and pressed into round sticks. <DD><B> b. </B>any similar explosive containing ammonium nitrate or other substance instead of nitroglycerin. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. The Three Flames ... whose songs and music are dynamite (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to blow up or destroy with dynamite. <BR> <I>Ex. The rebels dynamited a government fort.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to mine or charge with dynamite. <BR> <I>Ex. The road builders dynamited the rocky hill they intended to blast and level.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to destroy; torpedo. <BR> <I>Ex. Opponents of the bill were determined to dynamite it in the legislature.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (U.S. and Canadian Slang.) outstanding, impressive, or exciting; extraordinarily good; superlative. <BR> <I>Ex. A dynamite opening ... at the Palladium (New York Post). The emphasis will be on development of a "dynamite" music and entertainment program for the park (New Orleans States-Item).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dynamitegun">
<B>dynamite gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Military.) a gun in which a shell containing dynamite or other high explosive is thrown by compressed air or gas. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamiter">
<B>dynamiter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who uses dynamite and similar explosives, especially for unlawfully destructive or revolutionary purposes. </DL>
<A NAME="dynamitic">
<B>dynamitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with dynamite or dynamiters. adv. <B>dynamitically.</B> </DL>
