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2,277 words match “DIE”

DIETETIC; DIETETICAL a.

Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.

DIETETICALLY adv.

In a dietetical manner.

That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer.

A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. Dunglison.

DIETHYLAMINE n.

A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.

Dietetic. [R.] Ferrand.

A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank.

DIETIST; DIETITIAN n.

One skilled in dietetics. [R.]

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..

Sloth; torpor. [Obs.] "The sin of accidie." Chaucer.

ADIEU interj. 2 definitions

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

AGUARDIENTE n. 2 definitions

A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.

ALMADIA; ALMADIE n. 2 definitions

A bark canoe used by the Africans.

ANDRODIOECIOUS; ANDRODIECIOUS a.

Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*o"cism, -di*e"cism (#), n.

AUDIENCE n. 3 definitions

The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton.

AUDIENT a. 2 definitions

Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning.

The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]

A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. Tennyson.

Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied. A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh and good bodied. Hakluyt.