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- English Word Diacid Definition Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid.
- English Word Diacodium Definition A sirup made of poppies.
- English Word Diaconal Definition Of or pertaining to a deacon.
- English Word Diaconate Definition The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
- English Word Diaconate Definition Governed by deacons.
- English Word Diacope Definition Tmesis.
- English Word Diacoustic Definition Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.
- English Word Diacoustics Definition That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.
- English Word Diacritic Definition Alt. of Diacritical
- English Word Diacritical Definition That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc.
- English Word Diactinic Definition Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.
- English Word Diadelphia Definition A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.
- English Word Diadelphian Definition Alt. of Diadelphous
- English Word Diadelphous Definition Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).
- English Word Diadem Definition Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general.
- English Word Diadem Definition Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
- English Word Diadem Definition An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
- English Word Diadem Definition To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
- English Word Diadrom Definition A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum.
- English Word Diaereses Definition of Dieresis