Webster's Dictionary 1913

3025

Dictatrix

Dic‐ta″trix (?), n. A dictatress.

3026

Dictature

Dic‐ta″ture (?; 135), n. [L. dictatura: cf. F. dictature.] Office of a dictator; dictatorship. Bacon.

3027

Diction

Dic″tion (?), n. [L. dicto a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say; akin to dicare to proclaim, and to E. teach, token: cf. F. diction. See Teach, and cf. Benison, Dedicate...

3028

Dictionalrian

Dic′tion‐al″ri‐an (?), n. A lexicographer.

3029

Dictionary

Dic″tion‐a‐ry (?), n.; pl.Dictionaries (#). [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.] 1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their...

3030

Dictograph

Dic″to‐graph (?), n. [L. dictum a thing said + E. -graph.] A telephonic instrument for office or other similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthp...

3031

Dictum

‖Dic″tum (?), n.; pl. L. Dicta (#), E. Dictums (#). [L., neuter of dictus, p. p. of dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Ditto.] 1. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying;...

3032

Dictyogen

Dic‐ty″o‐gen (?), n. [Gr. � a net + -gen.] (Bot.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenæ, proposed by Lindley for the or...

3033

Dicyanide

Di‐cy″a‐nide (?), n. [Pref. di- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; — called also bicyanide.

3034

Dicyemata

‖Di′cy‐e″ma‐ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � an embryo.] (Zoöl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of t...

3035

Dicyemid

Di′cy‐e″mid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Like or belonging to the Dicyemata. — n. One of the Dicyemata.

3036

Dicynodont

Di‐cyn″o‐dont (?), n. [Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � dog + οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, tooth.] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles...

3037

Did

Did (?), imp. of Do.

3038

Didactic

{ Di‐dac″tic (?), Di‐dac″tic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �, fr. � to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile.] Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;...

3039

Didactic (2)

Di‐dac″tic, n. A treatise on teaching or education. Milton.

3040

Didactically

Di‐dac″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In a didactic manner.

3041

Didacticism

Di‐dac″ti‐cism (?), n. The didactic method or system.

3042

Didacticity

Di′dac‐tic″i‐ty (?), n. Aptitude for teaching. Hare.

3043

Didactics

Di‐dac″tics (?), n. The art or science of teaching.

3044

Didactyl

Di‐dac″tyl (?), n. [Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � finger, toe: cf. F. didactyle.] (Zoöl.) An animal having only two digits.

3045

Didactylous

Di‐dac″tyl‐ous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having only two digits; two-toed.

3046

Didal

Di″dal (?), n. A kind of triangular spade.

3047

Didapper

Di″dap′per (?), n. [For divedapper. See Dive, Dap, Dip, and cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.) See Dabchick.

3048

Didascalar

Di‐das″ca‐lar (?), a. Didascalic.

3049

Didascalic

Di′das‐cal″ic (?), a. [L. didascalius, Gr. �, fr. � to teach: cf. F. didascalique.] Didactic; preceptive. Prior.

3050

Diddle

Did″dle (?), v. i. [Cf. Daddle.] To totter, as a child in walking. Quarles.

3051

Diddle (2)

Did″dle, v. t. [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the letter r being changed to l.] To cheat or overreach. Beaconsfield.