| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dia- | Alt. of Di- | |
| dial | noun | An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth’s axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical., The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands., A miner’s compass., To measure with a dial., To survey with a dial. |
| dian | adjective | Diana. |
| dibs | noun | A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. |
| dice | noun | Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n., To play games with dice., To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes., of Die |
| dich | verb i. | To ditch. |
| dido | noun | A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. |
| died | imp. & past participle | of Die |
| dies | plural | of Die |
| diet | noun | Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare., A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed., To cause to take food; to feed., To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of., To eat; to take one’s meals., To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet., A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521. |
| dika | noun | A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; — called also dika bread. |
| dike | noun | A ditch; a channel for water made by digging., An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee., A wall of turf or stone., A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata., To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank., To drain by a dike or ditch., To work as a ditcher; to dig. |
| dill | noun | An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; — called also dillseed., To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. |
| dime | noun | A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. |
| dine | verb i. | To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner., To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men., To dine upon; to have to eat. |
| ding | verb t. | To dash; to throw violently., To cause to sound or ring., To strike; to thump; to pound., To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang., To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster., A thump or stroke, especially of a bell. |
| dink | adjective | Trim; neat., To deck; — often with out or up. |
| dint | noun | A blow; a stroke., The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent., Force; power; — esp. in the phrase by dint of., To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. |
| dipt | of Dip | |
| dire | superl. | Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens., Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. |
| dirk | noun | A kind of dagger or poniard; — formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander., To stab with a dirk., Dark., To darken. |
| dirl | verb i. & t. | To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. |
| dirt | noun | Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt., Meanness; sordidness., In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing., To make foul of filthy; to dirty. |
| dis- | ., A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever., A prefix from Gr. di`s- twice. See Di-. | |
| disc | noun | A flat round plate, A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk. |
| dish | noun | A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table., The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. “A dish fit for the gods.”, The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel., A hollow place, as in a field., A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured., That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor., To put in a dish, ready for the table., To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes., To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. |
| disk | noun | A discus; a quoit., A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper., The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens., A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc., The whole surface of a leaf., The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower., A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil., The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones., The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk., In owls, the space around the eyes. |
| dite | verb t. | To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. |
| ditt | noun | See Dit, n., 2. |
| dive | verb i. | To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid., Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore., To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck., To explore by diving; to plunge into., A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively., A place of low resort. |
| dizz | verb t. | To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. |