daniel | (n) (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC) |
daniel | (n) a wise and upright judge; -- Shakespeare |
daniel | (n) an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar, Syn. Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel |
bernoulli | (n) Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782), Syn. Daniel Bernoulli |
boone | (n) an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820), Syn. Daniel Boone |
brinton | (n) United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899), Syn. Daniel Garrison Brinton |
burnham | (n) United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912), Syn. Daniel Hudson Burnham |
defoe | (n) English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731), Syn. Daniel Defoe |
fahrenheit | (n) German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736), Syn. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit |
french | (n) United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931), Syn. Daniel Chester French |
horney | (n) United States psychiatrist (1885-1952), Syn. Karen Danielsen Horney, Karen Horney |
jones | (n) English phonetician (1881-1967), Syn. Daniel Jones |
morgan | (n) soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802), Syn. Daniel Morgan |
moynihan | (n) United States politician and educator (1927-2003), Syn. Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
ortega | (n) Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945), Syn. Daniel Ortega, Daniel Ortega Saavedra |
palmer | (n) United States golfer (born in 1929), Syn. Arnold Palmer, Arnold Daniel Palmer |
rutherford | (n) British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819), Syn. Daniel Rutherford |
webster | (n) United States politician and orator (1782-1817), Syn. Daniel Webster |