(n) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

(s) relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

(a) gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent); "his developing social conscience"; "after the long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of spring"

(a) making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent; "he watched as the developing photograph became clearer and sharper"

(n) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

(n) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"

(n) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"

(n) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"

(n) a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"

(n) someone of something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"

(v) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

(v) experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"

(n) a firm engaged in trading

(n) the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

(n) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

(n) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

(n) a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

(n) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

(n) someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

(n) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

(n) a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

(n) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

(n) degree of psychological or intellectual depth

(n) extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"

(n) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

(n) (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"

(n) (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"

(n) the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

(n) a central depository where things can be left or picked up

(n) a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

(n) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

(n) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

(n) a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

(n) a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

(n) a small quantity (especially of a liquid); "one drop of each sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"

(n) a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

(v) give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

(v) grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

(v) stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

(v) lower the pitch of (musical notes)

(v) go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"

(v) change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon"

(v) leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

(v) utter casually; "drop a hint"

(v) lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"

(v) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

(v) leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

(v) get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

(v) let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"

(v) to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

(v) let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

(v) fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

(v) pay out; "spend money"

(v) terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"

(v) stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

(v) hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"