Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
dipped |
imp. & past participle |
of Dip |
diploe |
noun |
The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull. |
dipnoi |
noun pl. |
A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix. |
dipody |
noun |
Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. |
dipper |
noun |
One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle., A small grebe; the dabchick., The buffel duck., The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe., The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus). |
dipsas |
noun |
A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst., A genus of harmless colubrine snakes. |
dipyre |
noun |
A mineral of the scapolite group; — so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent. |