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proper noun
- (biblical character) Fifth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Bilhah.
- (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, )
- (given name, male), diminutive of Daniel
- A surname.
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
- (biblical) An abbreviation used for the Book of Daniel, an Old Testament book of the Bible.
| | Deborah |
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proper noun - (biblical character) A judge of Israel; a nurse of Rebecca.
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, )
| | deluge |
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noun
- A great flood or rain.
- The continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- An overwhelming amount of something.
- The rock concert was a of sound.
- The Deluge: The Biblical flood during the time of Noah.
verb (deluges, deluging, deluged)
- (transitive) To flood with water.
- (transitive) To overwhelm.
- After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
| | Deuteronomy |
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proper noun
- The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.
| | Dinah |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) a female given name of biblical origin
| | dives |
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noun
- (plural of, dive)
verb
- (third-person singular of, dive)
| | doubting Thomas |
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noun (doubting Thomases)
- One who requires proof before believing.
| | dragon |
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noun
- A serpentine legendary creature
- (Western) A gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like tail, often with fiery breath.
- c.1900 " w:Edith Nesbit, Edith Nesbit, s:The Last of the Dragons, The Last of the Dragons
- :But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a , and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.
- (Eastern) A large snake-like lizard with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag, and the claws of a tiger
- 1913 " w:Sax Rohmer, Sax Rohmer, s:The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, ch XIII
- :These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each , I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.
- A large reptile, especially a Komodo dragon.
- The constellation Draco.
- 1605 " w:William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, s:The Tragedy of King Lear, King Lear, i 2
- :My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.
- (pejorative) An unpleasant woman; a harridan.
- She"s a bit of a .
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