n. Deep wooded valley or dell. [origin unknown]

adj. Austral. & nz colloq. Genuine, honest, true. dinkum oil the honest truth. Fair dinkum 1 fair play.

- genuine(ly), honest(ly), true, truly. [origin unknown]

lady n. Woman who supervises school dinners.

- n. - main meal of the day, either at midday or in the evening.

- (in full dinner-party) formal evening meal, esp. With guests. [french: related to *dine]

- service n. Set of matching crockery for dinner.

n. - two equal and oppositely charged or magnetized poles separated by a distance.

- molecule in which a concentration of positive charges is separated from a concentration of negative charges.

- aerial consisting of a horizontal metal rod with a connecting wire at its core.

n. - diving bird, esp. The water ouzel.

- ladle.

current n. Electric current flowing in one direction only.

- debit n. Regular debiting of a bank account at the request of the payee.

- object n. Primary object of the action of a transitive verb.

- speech n. Words actually spoken, not reported.

- tax n. Tax that one pays directly to the government, esp. On income.

- —adj. - extending or moving in a straight line or by the shortest route; not crooked or circuitous.

- straightforward; frank.

- with nothing or no-one in between; personal (direct line).

- (of descent) lineal, not collateral.

- complete, greatest possible (the direct opposite). —adv. - in a direct way or manner (dealt with them direct).

- by the direct route (sent direct to london). —v. - control; govern or guide (duty directs me).

- (foll. By to + infin., or that + clause) order (a person) to.

- (foll. By to) a address (a letter etc.). B tell or show (a person) the way to (a place).

- (foll. By at, to, towards) point, aim, or turn (a blow, attention, or remark).

- (also absol.) Supervise the performing, staging, etc., of (a film, play, etc.). directness n. [latin dirigo from rego rect- guide]

n. Principal monetary unit of morocco and the united arab emirates. [arabic]

n. - dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt.

- full skirt of this kind. [german]

v. - take weapons etc. Away from.

- reduce or give up one's own weapons.

- defuse (a bomb etc.).

- make less angry, hostile, etc; charm, win over. disarming adj. (esp. In sense 4). Disarmingly adv.

v. (-rr-) deprive (a barrister) of the right to practise. disbarment n.