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  • English Word Diaeresis Definition Alt. of Dieresis
  • English Word Diaeretic Definition Caustic.
  • English Word Diageotropic Definition Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
  • English Word Diageotropism Definition The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.
  • English Word Diaglyph Definition An intaglio.
  • English Word Diaglyphic Definition Alt. of Diaglyphtic
  • English Word Diaglyphtic Definition Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic.
  • English Word Diagnose Definition To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.
  • English Word Diagnoses Definition of Diagnosis
  • English Word Diagnosis Definition The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.
  • English Word Diagnosis Definition Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.
  • English Word Diagnosis Definition Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.
  • English Word Diagnostic Definition Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.
  • English Word Diagnostic Definition The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
  • English Word Diagnosticate Definition To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease.
  • English Word Diagnostics Definition That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.
  • English Word Diagometer Definition A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.
  • English Word Diagonal Definition Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
  • English Word Diagonal Definition A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.
  • English Word Diagonal Definition A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.
  • English Word Diagonal Definition A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.
  • English Word Diagonally Definition In a diagonal direction.
  • English Word Diagonial Definition Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed.
  • English Word Diagram Definition A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.
  • English Word Diagram Definition Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.
  • English Word Diagram Definition To put into the form of a diagram.
  • English Word Diagrammatic Definition Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram.
  • English Word Diagraph Definition A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.
  • English Word Diagraphic Definition Alt. of Diagraphical
  • English Word Diagraphical Definition Descriptive.