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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

DISTENSIBILITY n.
The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]
DISTINCTION n.
That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good. The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter. Locke.
DISTINCTNESS n.
The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth.
DISTINGUISH v.
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum. We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood. Watts. Nor more can you disting…
DISTINGUISHABLENESS n.
The quality of being distinguishable.
DISTRIBUTIVENESS n.
Quality of being distributive.
DIURETICALNESS n.
The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.
DIURNALNESS n.
The quality of being diurnal.
DIVERSENESS n.
The quality of being diverse.
DIVERSIFIABILITY n.
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Earle.
DIVERSIFICATION n.
The act of making various, or of changing form or quality. Boyle.
DIVERSIFY v.
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects. Separated and diversified on from another. Locke. Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor.
DIVINENESS n.
The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence. Shak.
DIVISIBILITY n.
The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation. Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
DIVISIVE a.
ate, division, separation, or difference. It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity. J. C. Shairp. -- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n. Carlyle.
DOCIMACY n.
The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.
DOGMATICALNESS n.
The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.
DOLICHOCEPHALY; DOLICHOCEPHALISM n.
The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
DOLVEN p.
State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom.
DONSHIP n.
The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.
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