Die (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
Die (v. i.) To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
Dice (pl. ) of Die
Dies (pl. ) of Die
Die (n.) A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.
Die (n.) Any small cubical or square body.
Die (n.) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Die (n.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
Die (n.) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.
Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
Die (n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool.
Diecian (a.) Alt. of Diecious
Diecious (a.) See Dioecian, and Dioecious.
Diedral (a.) The same as Dihedral.
Diegesis (n.) A narrative or history; a recital or relation.
Dielectric (n.) Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.
Dielytra (n.) See Dicentra.
Diencephalon (n.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.
Dieresis (n.) Same as Diaeresis.
Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.
Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.
Dieses (pl. ) of Diesis
Diesis (n.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.
Diesis (n.) The mark /; -- called also double dagger.
Dies Irae () Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
Dies juridici (pl. ) of Dies juridicus
Dies juridicus () A court day.
Dies non () A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.
Diestock (n.) A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
Diet (n.) Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.
Diet (n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
Dieted (imp. & p. p.) of Diet
Dieting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diet
Diet (v. t.) To cause to take food; to feed.
Diet (v. t.) To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
Diet (v. i.) To eat; to take one's meals.
Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.
Diet (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.
Dietarian (n.) One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.
Dietary (a.) Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.
Dietaries (pl. ) of Dietary
Dietary (n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.
Dieter (n.) One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food, according to hygienic rules.
Dietetic (a.) Alt. of Dietetical
Dietetical (a.) Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
Dietetically (adv.) In a dietetical manner.
Dietetics (n.) That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.
Dietetist (n.) A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.
Diethylamine (n.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.
Dietic (a.) Dietetic.
Dietical (a.) Dietetic.
Dietine (n.) A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank.
Dietist (n.) Alt. of Dietitian
Dietitian (n.) One skilled in dietetics.
Diffame (n.) Evil name; bad reputation; defamation.
Diffarreation (n.) A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See Confarreation.
Differed (imp. & p. p.) of Differ
Differing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Differ
Differ (v. i.) To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
Differ (v. i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.
Differ (v. i.) To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.
Differ (v. t.) To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance.
Difference (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?
Difference (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
Difference (n.) That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
Difference (n.) Choice; preference.
Difference (n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.
Difference (n.) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
Difference (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.
Differenced (imp. & p. p.) of Difference
Differencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Difference
Difference (v. t.) To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
Different (a.) Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Different (a.) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.
Differentiae (pl. ) of Differentia
Differentia (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
Differential (a.) Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.
Differential (a.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to differentials.
Differential (a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage; producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.
Differential (n.) An increment, usually an indefinitely small one, which is given to a variable quantity.
Differential (n.) A small difference in rates which competing railroad lines, in establishing a common tariff, allow one of their number to make, in order to get a fair share of the business. The lower rate is called a differential rate. Differentials are also sometimes granted to cities.
Differential (n.) One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
Differential (n.) A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
Differentially (adv.) In the way of differentiation.
Differentiate (v. t.) To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.
Differentiate (v. t.) To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.
Differentiate (v. t.) To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.
Differentiate (v. i.) To acquire a distinct and separate character.
Differentiation (n.) The act of differentiating.
Differentiation (n.) The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.
Differentiation (n.) The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions.
Differentiator (n.) One who, or that which, differentiates.
Differently (adv.) In a different manner; variously.
Differingly (adv.) In a differing or different manner.
Difficile (a.) Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn.
Difficilitate (v. t.) To make difficult.
Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
Difficult (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
Difficult (v. t.) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.