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  • English Word Diapering Definition Same as Diaper, n., 2.
  • English Word Diaphane Definition A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.
  • English Word Diaphaned Definition Transparent or translucent.
  • English Word Diaphaneity Definition The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness.
  • English Word Diaphanic Definition Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.
  • English Word Diaphanie Definition The art of imitating //ined glass with translucent paper.
  • English Word Diaphanometer Definition An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air.
  • English Word Diaphanoscope Definition A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.
  • English Word Diaphanotype Definition A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one.
  • English Word Diaphanous Definition Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
  • English Word Diaphanously Definition Translucently.
  • English Word Diaphemetric Definition Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses.
  • English Word Diaphonic Definition Alt. of Diaphonical
  • English Word Diaphonical Definition Diacoustic.
  • English Word Diaphonics Definition The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
  • English Word Diaphoresis Definition Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.
  • English Word Diaphoretic Definition Alt. of Diaphoretical
  • English Word Diaphoretic Definition A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.
  • English Word Diaphoretical Definition Having the power to increase perspiration.
  • English Word Diaphote Definition An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph.
  • English Word Diaphragm Definition A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
  • English Word Diaphragm Definition The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.
  • English Word Diaphragm Definition A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.
  • English Word Diaphragm Definition A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope.
  • English Word Diaphragm Definition A partition in any compartment, for various purposes.
  • English Word Diaphragmatic Definition Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.
  • English Word Diaphysis Definition An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
  • English Word Diaphysis Definition The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.
  • English Word Diapnoic Definition Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic.
  • English Word Diapnoic Definition A gentle diaphoretic.