camp david | (n) a retreat to the northwest of Washington that is used by the president of the United States |
david | (n) patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600), Syn. Saint David, St. David |
david | (n) French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825), Syn. Jacques Louis David |
david | (n) (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC) |
davidson's penstemon | (n) mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California, Syn. Penstemon davidsonii |
pere david's deer | (n) large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds, Syn. Elaphurus davidianus, elaphure |
star of david | (n) a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism, Syn. Solomon's seal, Magen David, Mogen David, Shield of David |
anderson | (n) United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991), Syn. Carl David Anderson, Carl Anderson |
ben gurion | (n) Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973), Syn. David Ben Gurion, David Grun |
bohr | (n) Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations; the Bohr theory of the atom accounted for the spectrum of hydrogen (1885-1962), Syn. Niels Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr |
bruce | (n) Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931), Syn. Sir David Bruce, David Bruce |
bushnell | (n) American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824), Syn. Father of the Submarine, David Bushnell |
crockett | (n) United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836), Syn. David Crockett, Davy Crockett |
eisenhower | (n) United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961), Syn. Dwight David Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, Ike, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower |
farragut | (n) United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870), Syn. David Glasgow Farragut |
garrick | (n) English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779), Syn. David Garrick |
goodman | (n) United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986), Syn. Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing |
griffith | (n) United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948), Syn. David Lewelyn Wark Griffith, D. W. Griffith |
hartley | (n) English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757), Syn. David Hartley |
hilbert | (n) German mathematician (1862-1943), Syn. David Hilbert |
hubel | (n) United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926), Syn. David Hubel |
hume | (n) Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776), Syn. David Hume |
kaunda | (n) statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999), Syn. Kenneth David Kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda |
kern | (n) United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945), Syn. Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern |
landau | (n) Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968), Syn. Lev Davidovich Landau |
lawrence | (n) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930), Syn. David Herbert Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence |
le carre | (n) English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931), Syn. John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell |
livingstone | (n) Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873), Syn. David Livingstone |
low | (n) British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963), Syn. Sir David Low, David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low |
mamet | (n) United States playwright (born in 1947), Syn. David Mamet |
ricardo | (n) English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823), Syn. David Ricardo |
richardson | (n) British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983), Syn. Sir Ralph David Richardson, Ralph Richardson |
riesman | (n) United States sociologist (1909-2002), Syn. David Riesman Jr., David Riesman |
rittenhouse | (n) United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796), Syn. David Rittenhouse |
salinger | (n) United States writer (born 1919), Syn. J. D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger |
sarnoff | (n) United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971), Syn. David Sarnoff |
selznick | (n) United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965), Syn. David O. Selznick, David Oliver Selznick |
siqueiros | (n) Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974), Syn. David Siqueiros, David Alfaro Siqueiros |
smith | (n) United States sculptor (1906-1965), Syn. David Roland Smith, David Smith |
steinman | (n) United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960), Syn. David Barnard Steinman |
thoreau | (n) United States writer and social critic (1817-1862), Syn. Henry David Thoreau |
trotsky | (n) Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940), Syn. Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Leon Trotsky |
大卫 | [Dà wèi, ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄟˋ, 大 卫 / 大 衛] David (name); Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter #12,680 [Add to Longdo] |
娃娃鱼 | [wá wa yú, ㄨㄚˊ ㄨㄚ˙ ㄩˊ, 娃 娃 鱼 / 娃 娃 魚] Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) #52,411 [Add to Longdo] |
戴维营 | [Dài wéi yíng, ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄥˊ, 戴 维 营 / 戴 維 營] Camp David #76,314 [Add to Longdo] |
托洛茨基 | [Tuō luò cí jī, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄘˊ ㄐㄧ, 托 洛 茨 基 / 託 洛 茨 基] Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940 #83,804 [Add to Longdo] |
蝾螈 | [róng yuán, ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ, 蝾 螈 / 蠑 螈] fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David) #111,740 [Add to Longdo] |
卫奕信 | [Wèi yì xìn, ㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ, 卫 奕 信 / 衛 奕 信] David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992 #135,722 [Add to Longdo] |
希尔伯特 | [Xī ěr bó tè, ㄒㄧ ㄦˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋ, 希 尔 伯 特 / 希 爾 伯 特] David Hilbert (1862-1943), German mathematician #141,745 [Add to Longdo] |
中国大蝾螈 | [Zhōng guó dà róng yuán, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ, 中 国 大 蝾 螈 / 中 國 大 蠑 螈] Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus) [Add to Longdo] |
休谟 | [Xiū mó, ㄒㄧㄡ ㄇㄛˊ, 休 谟 / 休 謨] David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher [Add to Longdo] |
大卫营和约 | [Dà wèi yíng hé yuē, ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄝ, 大 卫 营 和 约 / 大 衛 營 和 約] the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt [Add to Longdo] |
希耳伯特 | [Xī ěr bó tè, ㄒㄧ ㄦˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋ, 希 耳 伯 特] David Hilbert (1862-1943), German mathematician [Add to Longdo] |
火蜥蜴 | [huǒ xī yì, ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧˋ, 火 蜥 蜴] fire lizard; fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David) [Add to Longdo] |
跑酷 | [Pǎo kù, ㄆㄠˇ ㄎㄨˋ, 跑 酷] Le Parkour, a French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with aim of moving around urban areas; also written 飛躍道|飞跃道 [Add to Longdo] |
达味 | [Dá wèi, ㄉㄚˊ ㄨㄟˋ, 达 味 / 達 味] David (name) [Add to Longdo] |
达味王 | [Dá wèi wáng, ㄉㄚˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄤˊ, 达 味 王 / 達 味 王] King David [Add to Longdo] |
飞跃道 | [fēi yuè dào, ㄈㄟ ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄠˋ, 飞 跃 道 / 飛 躍 道] Le Parkour, a French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with aim of moving around urban areas); also written 飛躍道|飞跃道 [Add to Longdo] |