Webster's Dictionary 1828

1918

DILATORINESS

DILATORINESS, noun [from dilatory.] The quality of being dilatory or late; lateness; slowness in motion; delay in proceeding; tardiness.

1919

DILATORY

DILATORY, adjective [Latin See Delay and Dilate.]1. Literally, drawing out or extending in time; hence, slow; late; tardy; applied to things; as dilatory councils or measures.2....

1920

DILECTION

DILECTION, noun [Latin] A loving.

1921

DILEMMA

DILEMMA, noun [Gr., a syllogism which strikes on each side; an assumption; to take.]1. In logic, an argument equally conclusive by contrary suppositions. A young rhetorician sai...

1922

DILETTANTE

DILETTANTE, noun One who delights in promoting science or the fine arts.

1923

DILIGENCE

DILIGENCE, noun [Latin, to love earnestly; to choose.]1. Steady application in business of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what is undertaken; exertion of body or mind w...

1924

DILIGENT

DILIGENT, adjective [Latin]1. Steady in application to business; constant in effort or exertion to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduous; attentive; industrious; not idle or ...

1925

DILIGENTLY

DILIGENTLY, adverb With steady application and care; with industry or assiduity; not carelessly; not negligently.Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God. ...

1926

DILL

DILL, noun [G.] An annual plant of the genus Anethum, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent and aromatic.

1927

DILUCID

DILUCID, adjective [Latin] Clear. [Not in use.]

1928

DILUCIDATE

DILUCIDATE, verb transitive To make clear. [Not in use. See Elucidate.]

1929

DILUENT

DILUENT, adjective [Latin See Dilute.]1. Making liquid or more fluid; making thin; attenuating.2. Weakening the strength of, by mixture with water.DILUENT, noun1. That which thi...

1930

DILUTE

DILUTE, verb transitive [Latin, to wash. See Deluge.]1. Literally, to wash; but appropriately, to render liquid, or more liquid; to make thin, or more fluid. Thus sirup or molas...

1931

DILUTED

DILUTED, participle passive Made liquid; rendered more fluid; weakened, made thin, as liquids.

1932

DILUTER

DILUTER, noun That which makes thin, or more liquid.

1933

DILUTING

DILUTING, participle present tense Making thin or more liquid; weakening.

1934

DILUTION

DILUTION, noun The act of making thin, weak, or more liquid. Opposite to dilution is coagulation or thickening.

1935

DILUVIAL

DILUVIAL, DILUVIAN, adjective [Latin, a deluge. See Dilute.]

1936

DILUVIAN

DILUVIAL, DILUVIAN adjective [Latin, a deluge. See Dilute.]1. Pertaining to a flood or deluge, more especially to the deluge in Noahs day.2. Effected or produced by a deluge, pa...

1937

DILUVIATE

DILUVIATE, verb intransitive To run as a flood. [Not much used.]

1938

DILUVIUM

DILUVIUM, noun [Latin] In geology, a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, etc., caused by the deluge.

1939

DIM

DIM, adjective [See Damp.]1. Not seeing clearly; having the vision obscured and indistinct.When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim Genesis 27:1.2. Not clearly seen; obscure; i...

1940

DIM-SIGHTED

DIM-SIGHTED, adjective Having dim or obscure vision.

1941

DIMBLE

DIMBLE, noun A bower; a cell or retreat. [Not in use.]

1942

DIME

DIME, noun A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.

1943

DIMENSION

DIMENSION, noun [Latin, to measure; Gr. See Mete and Measure.] In geometry, the extent of a body, or length, breadth and thickness or depth. A line has one dimension or length; ...

1944

DIMENSIONLESS

DIMENSIONLESS, adjective Without any definite measure or extent; boundless.