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Tending to produce thirst. Wright.

Deep-sea; as, a dipsey line; a dipsy lead. [Sailor's Cant]

A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

Of or pertaining to dipsomania.

Excessive thirst produced by disease.

An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called mag…

Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.

An insect of the order Diptera.

A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.

Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.

Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes.

A noun which has only two cases. Andrews.

Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially:

A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

Containing two stones or nutlets.

A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.

A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.

Becoming fatty.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.