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DETORSION n.
Same as Detortion.
DEUTHYDROGURET n.
Same as Deutohydroguret.
DEUTO-; DEUT- n.
und in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi- or di-, although little used.
DEVILFISH n. 4 definitions
f the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.
DEW a. 5 definitions
Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.
DEXTROGLUCOSE n.
Same as Dextrose.
DEXTROGYRATE a.
Same as Dextrorotatory.
DEXTROUS; DEXTROUSLY; DEXTROUSNESS a.
Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.
DIABETIC; DIABETICAL a.
taining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment. Quian. Diabetic sugar. (Chem.) Same as Dextrose.
DIACRITIC; DIACRITICAL a.
o points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, â, ä, o, ô, etc. "Diacritical points." Sir W. Jones. 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.…
DIAGONAL a. 4 definitions
than could be conveniently marked on a plain scale. -- Diagonal stratification. (Geol.) Same as Cross bedding, under Cross, a.
DIALECTIC n.
Same as Dialectics. Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.
DIALYSIS n. 5 definitions
Same as Asyndeton.
DIANIUM n.
Same as Columbium. [Obs.]
DIAPASE n.
Same as Diapason. [Obs.] A tuneful diapase of pleasures. Spenser.
DIAPERING n.
Same as Diaper, n.,
DIATHERMOUS a.
Same as Diathermal.
DICHLORIDE n.
Same as Bichloride.
DICHROISCOPE n.
Same as Dichroscope.
DIDELPHID a. 2 definitions
Same as Didelphic.
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