Diluvialist (n.) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
Diluvian (a.) Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin.
Diluviate (v. i.) To run as a flood.
Diluviums (pl. ) of Diluvium
Diluvia (pl. ) of Diluvium
Diluvium (n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.
Dim (superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
Dim (superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
Dimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Dim
Dimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dim
Dim (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
Dim (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
Dim (v. i.) To grow dim.
Dimble (n.) A bower; a dingle.
Dime (n.) A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.
Dimension (n.) Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.
Dimension (n.) Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.
Dimension (n.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.
Dimension (n.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.
Dimension (n.) The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.
Dimensional (a.) Pertaining to dimension.
Dimensioned (a.) Having dimensions.
Dimensionless (a.) Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.
Dimensity (n.) Dimension.
Dimensive (a.) Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.
Dimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi.
Dimera (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.
Dimeran (n.) One of the Dimera.
Dimerous (a.) Composed of, or having, two parts of each kind.
Dimeter (a.) Having two poetical measures or meters.
Dimeter (n.) A verse of two meters.
Dimethyl (n.) Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.
Dimetric (a.) Same as Tetragonal.
Dimication (n.) A fight; contest.
Dimidiate (a.) Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
Dimidiate (a.) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed.
Dimidiate (a.) Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.
Dimidiated (imp. & p. p.) of Dimidiate
Dimidiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimidiate
Dimidiate (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts.
Dimidiate (v. t.) To represent the half of; to halve.
Dimidiation (n.) The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being dimidiate.
Diminished (imp. & p. p.) of Diminish
Diminishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diminish
Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
Diminish (v. t.) To take away; to subtract.
Diminish (v. i.) To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
Diminishable (a.) Capable of being diminished or lessened.
Diminisher (n.) One who, or that which, diminishes anything.
Diminishingly (adv.) In a manner to diminish.
Diminishment (n.) Diminution.
Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.
Diminuent (a.) Lessening.
Diminutal (a.) Indicating or causing diminution.
Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Diminution (n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.
Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.
Diminution (n.) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.
Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.
Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.
Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
Diminutively (adv.) In a diminutive manner.
Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
Dimish (a.) See Dimmish.
Dimission (n.) Leave to depart; a dismissing.
Dimissory (a.) Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart.
Dimit (v. t.) To dismiss, let go, or release.
Dimity (n.) A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.
Dimly (adv.) In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.
Dimmish (a.) Alt. of Dimmy
Dimmy (a.) Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes.
Dimness (n.) The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
Dimness (n.) Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception.
Dimorph (n.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs.
Dimorphic (a.) Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.
Dimorphism (n.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
Dimorphism (n.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
Dimorphous (a.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic.
Dimorphous (a.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.
Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
Dimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Dimple
Dimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimple
Dimple (v. i.) To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
Dimple (v. t.) To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.
Dimplement (n.) The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
Dimply (a.) Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool.
Dim-sighted (a.) Having dim sight; lacking perception.
Dimya (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria
Dimyaria (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.
Dimyarian (a.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya.
Dimyarian (n.) One of the Dimya.