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Having or exhibiting two colors.

The state of being dichromatic.

Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three. Sir J. Herschel.

Dichroic.

An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.

A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.

A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

In a distichous manner.

Divided into twos or threes.

Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al, a. & n.

The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.

Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]

To place in a niche. Sterne.

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge. Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream.

One who enriches.

The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.