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abbess
abbess
n : the superior of a group of nuns [syn: {mother superior}, {prioress}]


Albers
Albers
n : United States painter born in Germany; works characterized
by simple geometrical patterns in various colors
(1888-1976) [syn: {Josef Albers}]


dabbed
dabbed
See {dab}

dab
v 1: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with
paint" [syn: {swab}, {swob}]
2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: {pat}]
[also: {dabbing}, {dabbed}]

dab
n 1: a light touch or stroke [syn: {tap}, {pat}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {splash}, {splatter}]
[also: {dabbing}, {dabbed}]


dabbler
dabbler
n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: {dilettante},
{sciolist}]
2: any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending
and dabbling [syn: {dabbling duck}] [ant: {diving duck}]


Dalbergia
Dalbergia
n : large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and
paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their
dramatically grained and colored timbers [syn: {genus
Dalbergia}]


dauber
dauber
n : an unskilled painter


dibber
dibber
n : a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in
the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: {dibble}]


drabber
drab
adj 1: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab
personality"; "life was drab compared with the more
exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary
dinner parties" [syn: {dreary}]
2: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains";
"sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
[syn: {sober}, {somber}, {sombre}]
3: depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy
streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens;
"drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy
tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of
death"- B.A.Williams [syn: {dingy}, {dismal}, {drear}, {dreary},
{gloomy}, {sorry}]
[also: {drabbing}, {drabbed}, {drabbest}, {drabber}]

drabber
See {drab}


drabbest
drab
adj 1: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab
personality"; "life was drab compared with the more
exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary
dinner parties" [syn: {dreary}]
2: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains";
"sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
[syn: {sober}, {somber}, {sombre}]
3: depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy
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