(n) a distinguishing difference; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

(n) a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

(n) a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

(n) high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

(n) distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

(n) an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

(a) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"

(s) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

(s) serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting; "defensive fortifications"; "defensive dikes to protect against floods"

(v) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

(s) unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"

(a) soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dir

(a) (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"

(a) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"

(s) unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

(s) violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

(s) expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"

(s) obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

(s) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"

(s) vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

(s) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"

(s) contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

(n) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"

(n) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"

(n) a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18"

(n) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"

(n) a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"

(v) increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"

(v) hit a two-base hit

(v) do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"

(v) make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"

(v) bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"

(v) bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)

(s) having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"

(s) large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"

(a) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

(s) twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"

(s) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a me

(s) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederic

(a) used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical"

(r) to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"

(r) two together; "some people sleep better double"

(r) downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain"

(s) distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "diverse parts of the country"; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"

(s) many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"

(n) the act of delivering a child

(n) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"

(n) (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

(n) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"

(n) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

(n) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

(n) the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"