| daturine | <chemistry> Atropine. Synonym: daturia and daturina. Origin: From Datura. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Daubenton | (D'Aubenton) Louis J.M., French physician, 1716-1799. See: Daubenton's angle, Daubenton's line, Daubenton's plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Daubenton's angle | An angle formed by the junction, at the opisthion, of lines coming from the basion and from the projection in the median plane of the lower border of the orbits. See: Daubenton's line, Daubenton's plane. Synonym: angulus occipitalis ossis parietalis, occipital angle of parietal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Daubenton's line | The line passing between the opisthion and the basion. See: Daubenton's angle, Daubenton's plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Daubenton's plane | The plane of the foramen magnum. See: Daubenton's angle, Daubenton's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dauber | 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. 2. A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber. 3. A low and gross flattere. 4. <zoology> The mud wasp; the mud dauber. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daubing | 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. 2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. 3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; called also dubbing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daubreelite | <chemical> A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons. Origin: From Daubree, a French mineralogist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dauerschlaf | Rarely used term for prolonged sleep induced by drugs as a treatment for certain mental disorders. Origin: Ger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daughter | Origin: OE. Doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. Dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. Dohtar, D. Dochter, G. Tochter, Icel. Dtir, Sw. Dotter, Dan. Dotter, datter, Goth. Daohtar, OSlav. Dshti, Russ. Doche, Lith. Dukt, Gr, Zen. Dughdhar, Skr. Duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. Duh to milk, 245. 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; applied also to the lower animals. 2. A female descendant; a woman. "This woman, being a daughter of Abraham." (Luke xiii. 16) "Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land." (Gen. Xxxiv. 1) 3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. "And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters." (Ruth. I. 11) 4. A term of adress indicating parental interest. "Daughter, be of good comfort." (Matt. Ix. <biology> 22) Daughter cell, one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daughter cell | One of the two or more cell's formed in the division of a parent cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daughter colony | A secondary colony growing on the surface of an older colony; it is smaller and may have characteristics different from those of the mother colony. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daughter cyst | A secondary cyst, usually multiple, derived from a mother cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daughter isotope | An element produced by radioactive decay of another. See: radionuclide generator, cow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daughter star | One of the figures forming the diaster. Synonym: polar star. (05 Mar 2000) |