English words starting with dip

Meanings of Dip:

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Usage examples:

He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

Usage examples:

They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

Meanings of Dip in:

phrasal verb

To put your hand into a container and take something out

Usage examples:

We all dipped into the box of chocolates., he dipped his hand in his pocket and took out a few coins.

Meanings of Dipeptid:

noun

A peptide composed of two amino-acid residues.

Usage examples:

These proteases are both endopeptidase and exopeptidase, and their combined action in the intestine…

Meanings of Dipeptide:

noun

A peptide composed of two amino-acid residues.

Usage examples:

These proteases are both endopeptidase and exopeptidase, and their combined action in the intestine…

Meanings of Diphenhydramine:

noun

An antihistamine compound used for the symptomatic relief of allergies.

Usage examples:

Take an antihistamine containing diphenhydramine (benadryl, tylenol severe allergy) or chlorphenira…

Meanings of Diphenylamine:

noun

A synthetic crystalline compound with basic properties, used in making azo dyes and as an insecticide and larvicide.

Usage examples:

However, fluorescence has also been used to evaluate new storage practices, such as hydrocooling of…

Meanings of Diphtheria:

noun

An acute and highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat which hinders breathing and swallowing, and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood. it is now rare in developed countries owing to immunization.

Usage examples:

Epidemics such as influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and typhoid took a deadly toll.

Meanings of Diphtheric:

adjective

Diphtheritic.

Meanings of Diphtheroid:

noun

Any bacterium of a genus that includes the diphtheria bacillus, especially one that does not cause disease.

Usage examples:

Other normal inhabitants of the birth canal - staph, strep, diphtheroids, anaerobes, e. coli and li…

adjective

Similar to diphtheria.

Usage examples:

Diphtheroid endocarditis

Meanings of Diphthong:

noun

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin, loud, and side ).

Meanings of Diphthongise:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongised:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongized:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongizing:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongs:

noun

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin, loud, and side ).

Meanings of Diphycercal:

adjective

(of a fish's tail) approximately symmetrical and with the vertebral column continuing to the tip, as in lampreys.

Usage examples:

The symmetrical, diphycercal tail, not perfected by gnathostomes until the cretaceous, was standard…

Meanings of Diplegia:

noun

Paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body, typically affecting the legs more severely than the arms.

Usage examples:

When both legs are affected (spastic diplegia), a child may have difficulty walking because tight m…

Meanings of Diplegias:

noun

Paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body, typically affecting the legs more severely than the arms.

Usage examples:

When both legs are affected (spastic diplegia), a child may have difficulty walking because tight m…

Meanings of Diploblastic:

adjective

Having a body derived from only two embryonic cell layers (ectoderm and endoderm, but no mesoderm), as in sponges and coelenterates.

Usage examples:

The transition from diploblastic to triploblastic body plans hinges on the origin of mesoderm.

Meanings of Diplococci:

noun

A bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci, e.g. pneumococcus.

Usage examples:

If the smear shows gram negative intracellular diplococci, the patient is treated for gonorrhoea an…

Meanings of Diplococcocci:

noun

A bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci, e.g. pneumococcus.

Usage examples:

If the smear shows gram negative intracellular diplococci, the patient is treated for gonorrhoea an…

Meanings of Diplococcus:

noun

A bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci, e.g. pneumococcus.

Usage examples:

If the smear shows gram negative intracellular diplococci, the patient is treated for gonorrhoea an…

Meanings of Diplodocus:

noun

A huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late jurassic period, with a long slender neck and tail.

Usage examples:

‘very large dinosaurs like the diplodocus found in the algoa basin took about three decades to reac…

Meanings of Diplodocuses:

noun

A huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late jurassic period, with a long slender neck and tail.

Usage examples:

‘very large dinosaurs like the diplodocus found in the algoa basin took about three decades to reac…

Meanings of Diploid:

adjective

(of a cell or nucleus) containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.

Usage examples:

An obvious question is whether the mat bias is absent in azygotic meiosis after homologous chromoso…

noun

A diploid cell, organism, or species.

Usage examples:

We conclude that the haploids had a greater frequency of mutant phenotypes than the diploids.