Webster's Dictionary 1828

1891

DIGYNIAN

DIGYNIAN, adjective Having two pistils.

1892

DIHEDRAL

DIHEDRAL, adjective [Gr., supra; a seat or face.] Having two sides, as a figure.

1893

DIHEDRON

DIHEDRON, noun [Supra.] A figure with two sides or surfaces.

1894

DIHEXAHEDRAL

DIHEXAHEDRAL, adjective [di and hexahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a hexahedral prism with trihedral summits.

1895

DIJUDICATE

DIJUDICATE, verb transitive [Latin] To judge or determine by censure.

1896

DIJUDICATION

DIJUDICATION, noun Judicial distinction.

1897

DIKE

DIKE, noun [G. See Dig. It is radically the same word as ditch, and this is its primary sense; but by an easy transition, it came to signify also the bank formed by digging and ...

1898

DILACERATE

DILACERATE, verb transitive [Latin, to tear.] To tear; to rend asunder; to separate by force.

1899

DILACERATED

DILACERATED, participle passive Torn; rent asunder.

1900

DILACERATING

DILACERATING, participle present tense Tearing; rending in two.

1901

DILACERATION

DILACERATION, noun The act of rending asunder; a tearing, or rending. [In lieu of these words, lacerate, laceration, are generally used.]

1902

DILANIATE

DILANIATE, verb transitive [Latin, to rend in pieces.] To tear; to rend in pieces; to mangle. [Little used.]

1903

DILANIATION

DILANIATION, noun A tearing in pieces.

1904

DILAPIDATE

DILAPIDATE, verb intransitive [Latin, to stone; a stone. It seems originally to have signified to pull down stone-work, or to suffer such work to fall to pieces.] To go to ruin;...

1905

DILAPIDATED

DILAPIDATED, participle passive Wasted; ruined; pulled down; suffered to go to ruin.

1906

DILAPIDATING

DILAPIDATING, participle present tense Wasting; pulling down; suffering to go to ruin.

1907

DILAPIDATION

DILAPIDATION, noun1. Ecclesiastical waste; a voluntary wasting or suffering to go to decay any building in possession of an incumbent. dilapidation is voluntary or active, when ...

1908

DILAPIDATOR

DILAPIDATOR, noun One who causes dilapidation.

1909

DILATABILITY

DILATABILITY, noun [See Dilate.] The quality of admitting expansion by the elastic force of the body itself, or of another elastic substance acting upon it; opposed to contracti...

1910

DILATABLE

DILATABLE, adjective Capable of expansion; possessing elasticity; elastic. A bladder is dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat. It is opposed to contractible.

1911

DILATATION

DILATATION, noun The act of expanding; expansion; a spreading or extending in all directions; the state of being expanded; opposed to contraction. dilatation differs from extens...

1912

DILATE

DILATE, verb transitive [Latin See Delay.]1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; opposed to contract. The air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by rar...

1913

DILATED

DILATED, participle passive Expanded; distended; enlarge so as to occupy a greater space.

1914

DILATER

DILATER, noun One who enlarges; that which expands.

1915

DILATING

DILATING, participle present tense Expanding; enlarging; speaking largely.

1916

DILATOR

DILATOR, noun That which widens or expands; a muscle that dilates.

1917

DILATORILY

DILATORILY, adverb With delay; tardily.