david o. selznick

United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965) ;

david oliver selznick

United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965) ;

david ricardo

English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823) ;

david riesman

United States sociologist (1909-2002) ;

david riesman jr.

United States sociologist (1909-2002) ;

david rittenhouse

United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796) ;

david roland smith

United States sculptor (1906-1965) ;

david sarnoff

United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971) ;

david siqueiros

Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974) ;

david smith

United States sculptor (1906-1965) ;

davidson's penstemon

mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California ;

daviesia

genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods ;

davis

United States film actress (1908-1989) ; United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) ; American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889) ; United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991) ; United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964) ; English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) ;

davis' birthday

celebrated in southern United States ;

davis cup

cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition ;

davit

a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat) ;

davy

English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829) ;

davy's gray

slightly purplish or bluish dark grey ;

davy's grey

slightly purplish or bluish dark grey ;

davy crockett

United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) ;

davy jones

the bottom of a sea or ocean ;

davy jones's locker

the bottom of a sea or ocean ;

davy lamp

an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) ;

davys

English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) ;

daw

common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery ;

dawah

missionary work for Islam ;

dawdler

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind ;

dawdling

the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working ;

dawes

American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799) ;

dawn

the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" ; the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" ; an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" ;

dawn horse

earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal ;

dawn redwood

large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China ;

dawning

the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" ;

dawson

a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike ;

dawson's encephalitis

a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years ;

day

United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935) ; a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" ; some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" ; the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed" ; time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" ; a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" ; the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" ; the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day ; the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" ; an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" ;

day bed

convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed ;

day blindness

inability to see clearly in bright light ;

day boarder

a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home ;

day book

the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station ;