Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter D > Page 56 of 135. « Previous ¦48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 ¦ Next » Dia-, Di- Di"a-, Di- [ Greek Diabase Di"a·base noun [ French diabase , from Greek ... a crossing or passing over, from ...; ... + ... to go; -- so called by Brongniart, because it passes over to diorite.] (Min.) A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone .
Diabaterial Di·ab`a·te"ri·al adjective [ Greek ... ... (sc. ...) offerings before crossing the border, from ... to pass over. See Diabase .] Passing over the borders. [ R.] Mitford.
Diabetes Di`a·be"tes noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to pass or cross over. See Diabase .] (Medicine) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal. Diabetic, Diabetical Di`a·bet"ic, Di`a·bet"ic·al adjective Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment. Quian. Diabetic sugar . (Chemistry) Diablerie, Diabley Dia`ble·rie", Di·ab"le·y noun [ French diablerie , from diable devil, Latin diabolus . See Devil .] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.
Diabolic, Diabolical Di`a·bol"ic, Di`a·bol"ic·al adjective [ Latin diabolicus , Greek ... devilish, slanderous: confer French diabolique . See Devil .] Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act. " Diabolic power." Milton. "The diabolical institution." Motley. -- Diabolify Di`a·bol"i·fy transitive verb [ Latin diabolus devil + -fy .] To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil. [ R.] Farindon.
Diabolism Di·ab"o·lism noun Diabolize Di·ab"o·lize transitive verb To render diabolical. [ R.]
Diabolo Di·ab"o·lo (dĭ*ăb"o*lō) noun An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo ) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.
Diacatholicon Di`a·ca·thol"i·con noun [ Prefix dia- + catholicon .] (Medicine) A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.
Diacaustic Di`a·caus"tic adjective [ Prefix dia- + caustic .] (Opt.) Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface , under Caustic .
Diacaustic Di`a·caus"tic noun Diachylon Di·ach"y·lon Diacid Di·ac"id adjective [ Prefix di- + acid .] (Chemistry) Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Confer Dibasic , adjective , and Biacid .
Diacodium Di`a·co"di·um noun [ Latin , from Greek ... ... from poppy heads; Diaconal Di·ac"o·nal adjective [ Late Latin diaconalis : confer French diaconal . Confer Deacon .] Of or pertaining to a deacon.
Diaconate Di·ac"o·nate noun [ Latin diaconatus : confer French diaconat .] The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
Diaconate Di·ac"o·nate adjective Governed by deacons. " Diaconate church." T. Goodwin.
Diacope Di·ac"o·pe noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a cutting in two; Diacoustic Di`a·cous"tic adjective [ Prefix di- + acoustic .] Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.
Diacoustics Di`a·cous"tics noun [ Confer French diacoustique .] That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics . See the Note under Acoustics .
Diacritic, Diacritical Di`a·crit"ic, Di`a·crit"ic·al adjective [ Greek ..., from ... to separate, distinguish; A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer.A. J. Ellis. Diactinic Di`ac·tin"ic adjective [ Prefix di- + actinic .] (Physics) Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.
Diadelphia Di`a·del"phi·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek Diadelphian, Diadelphous Di`a·del"phi·an, Di`a·del"phous adjective [ Confer French diadelphe .] (Botany) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).
Diadem Di"a·dem noun [ French diadème , Latin diadema , from Greek ..., from ... to bind round; Diadem Di"a·dem transitive verb To adorn with a diadem; to crown. Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine.Pope. To terminate the evil,R. H. Neale. Diadrom Di"a·drom noun [ Greek ... a running through; Diageotropic Di`a·ge`o·trop"ic adjective [ Greek Diageotropism Di`a·ge·ot"ro·pism noun (Botany) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.
Diaglyph Di"a·glyph noun [ Greek ... to engrave; Diaglyphic, Diaglyphtic Di`a·glyph"ic, Di`a·glyph"tic adjective Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic .
Diagnose Di`ag·nose" transitive verb & i. To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate .
Diagnosis Di`ag·no"sis noun ; plural The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.Compton Reade. My diagnosis of his character proved correct.J. Payn. Differential diagnosis (Medicine) , Diagnostic Di`ag·nos"tic adjective [ Greek ... able to distinguish, from ...: confer French diagnostique .] Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.
Diagnostic Di`ag·nos"tic noun The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
Diagnosticate Di`ag·nos"ti·cate transitive verb & i. [ From Diagnostic .] To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease.
Diagnostics Di`ag·nos"tics noun That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. His rare skill in diagnostics .Macaulay. Diagometer Di`a·gom"e·ter noun [ Greek ... to transmit + -meter .] A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power. Nichol.
Diagonal Di·ag"o·nal adjective [ Latin diagonalis , from Greek ... from to angle; Diagonal Di·ag"o·nal noun Diagonally Di·ag"o·nal·ly adverb In a diagonal direction.
Diagonial Di`a·go"ni·al adjective Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed. [ Obsolete] Sin can have no tenure by law at all, but is rather an eternal outlaw, and in hostility with law past all atonement; both diagonal contraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together in one hemisphere.Milton. Diagram Di"a·gram noun [ Greek ..., from ... to mark out by lines; Diagram Di"a·gram transitive verb To put into the form of a diagram.
Diagrammatic Di`a·gram·mat"ic adjective Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram. -- Diagraph Di"a·graph noun [ Greek ... to draw: confer French diagraphe . See Diagram .] A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.
Diagraphic, Diagraphical Di`a·graph"ic, Di`a·graph"ic·al adjective [ Confer French diagraphique .] Descriptive.
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