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more info dyadic operation, n.
an operation on exactly two operands
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more info dyarchy, n.
(dyarchies)
a form of government having two joint rulers
<noun.group>

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more info dybbuk, n.
(dybbukkim)
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
<noun.person>

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more info dye, n.
(dyes)
more info dye, v.
(dyed, dyes, dying)
freq. cnt. 1
color with dye
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"Please dye these shoes"

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s their hair
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more info dye-works, n.
a workshop where dyeing is done
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more info dyed, adj.
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural
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"a bleached blonde"
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more info dyeing, n.
(dyeings)
freq. cnt. 1
the use of dye to change the color of something permanently
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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dye
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more info dyer, n.
(dyers)
someone whose job is to dye cloth
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more info dyer's greenweed, n.
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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more info dyer's mignonette, n.
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
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more info dyer's rocket, n.
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
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more info dyer's weed, n.
eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing
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more info dyer's woad, n.
European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
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more info dyer's woodruff, n.
creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
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more info dyer's-broom, n.
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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more info dyers' chamomile, n.
Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North America
<noun.plant>

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more info dyestuff, n.
(dyestuffs)
more info dyeweed, n.
(dyeweeds)
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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more info dyewood, n.
(dyewoods)
any wood from which dye is obtained
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more info dying, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"a dying man"
"his dying wish"
"a dying fire"
"a dying civilization"
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eagerly desirous
<adj.all>   (p)   (p)   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

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"anxious to see the new show at the museum"
"dying to hear who won"
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more info dying, n.
(dyings)
freq. cnt. 1
the time when something ends
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 1

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"it was the death of all his plans"
"a dying of old hopes"
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die
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die
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more info dyke, n.
(dykes)
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
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(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
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more info dyke, v.
(dyked, dykes, dyking)
enclose with a dike
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"dike the land to protect it from water"

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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more info dynamic, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

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"a dynamic market"
"a dynamic speaker"
"the dynamic president of the firm"
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(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
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of or relating to dynamics
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derived from/pertains to
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more info dynamic, n.
(dynamics)
an efficient incentive
<noun.motive>

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"they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches"
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more info dynamic balance, n.
(aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced
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more info dynamic electricity, n.
a flow of electric charge
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more info dynamic headroom, n.
the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion
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more info dynamic viscosity, n.
a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force
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