DEVIL

Devil

Devil is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and written by Brian Nelson based on a story by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara and Bokeem Woodbine. Devil was released on September 17, 2010, and is the first of The Night Chronicles trilogy, which involves the supernatural within modern urban society.

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DevIL

Developer's Image Library or DevIL, started by Denton Woods, is a cross-platform image library which aims to provide a common API for different image file formats. It consists of three parts: the main library, the utility library and the utility toolkit, mirroring the corresponding parts of OpenGL .

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devil

Noun

  1. A creature of hell.
  2. (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
  3. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
  4. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
  5. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
  6. Hell.
  7. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
  8. A dust devil.
  9. An evil or erring entity.
  10. barren, unproductive and unused, as in .
  11. A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
  12. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Verb

  1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
  2. To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
  3. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
  4. To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
  5. To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
  6. To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.


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