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41dunce — Drosophila mutant that is deficient in short term memory. Gene codes for cAMP phosphodiesterase and mutation leads to elevated cAMP levels that in turn particularly affect the delayed rectifier potassium currents in neurons of brain centres… …
42dunce — duncical, duncish, adj. duncishly, adv. /duns/, n. a dull witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt. [1520 30; after John DUNS SCOTUS, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolish] Syn. dullard, numbskull, blockhead, ignoramus,… …
43dunce — noun One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt …
44DUNCE — Dial Up Networking Connection Enhancement (Computing » Telecom) …
45dunce — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, block, blockhead, bonehead, boob, booby, bufflehead, cabbagehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodpate, clodpoll, cluck, dabbler, dilettante, dimwit, dodo, dolt, dolthead, donkey, dope, drip,… …
46dunce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dullard, moron, fool, dunderhead, simpleton, simple Simon, nitwit; dolt, oaf, clod; bonehead, meathead, boob, dope (all sl.). See ignorance, folly. Ant., genius, sage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dolt,… …
47dunce — dÊŒns n. dullard, simpleton, half wit, idiot, stupid person …
48dunce — n. Simpleton, fool, dolt, ignoramus, witling, wiseacre, blockhead, block, numskull, dullard, thickhead, thick skull, dunderhead, dunderpate, clodpoll, clodpate, beetle head, bull head, dull head, addle head, logger head, chuckle head, jolt head,… …
49dunce — n dolt, numskull, simpleton, dullard. See dullard …
50dunce — [[t]dʌns[/t]] n. a dull witted, stupid, or ignorant person • Etymology: 1520–30; after John Duns Scotus, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolish dun′ci•cal, dunc′ish, adj. dunc′ish•ly, adv …
