All English words - page 1459

Meanings of Diathesis:

noun

A tendency to suffer from a particular medical condition.

Usage examples:

A bleeding diathesis

Meanings of Diatom:

noun

A single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. many kinds are planktonic, and extensive fossil deposits have been found.

Usage examples:

From single-celled algae called diatoms to the story of a man who plants acorns, idfuel reminds us …

Meanings of Diatomaceous:

adjective

Containing or relating to diatoms.

Usage examples:

Diatomaceous sediments

Meanings of Diatomic:

adjective

Consisting of two atoms.

Usage examples:

Only diatomic molecules are easy to study in this way, as larger molecules invariably fragment

Meanings of Diatomite:

noun

A fine-grained sedimentary rock formed from consolidated diatomaceous earth.

Usage examples:

Diatoms have an extensive fossil record going back to the cretaceous; some rocks are formed almost …

Meanings of Diatoms:

noun

A single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. many kinds are planktonic, and extensive fossil deposits have been found.

Usage examples:

From single-celled algae called diatoms to the story of a man who plants acorns, idfuel reminds us …

Meanings of Diatonic:

adjective

(of a scale, interval, etc.) involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration.

Usage examples:

Harmonically, the added notes are needed to provide a major or minor triad for each note of the dia…

Meanings of Diatreme:

noun

A long vertical pipe or plug formed when gas-filled magma forced its way up through overlying strata.

Usage examples:

Various architectures connecting extrusive mud volcanic cones to their underlying source layer have…

Meanings of Diatribe:

noun

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Usage examples:

A diatribe against consumerism

Meanings of Diatribes:

noun

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Usage examples:

A diatribe against consumerism

Meanings of Diazepam:

noun

A tranquillizing muscle-relaxant drug used chiefly to relieve anxiety.

Usage examples:

Tranquilising drugs such as diazepam or temazepam are not suitable for treating stress because they…

Meanings of Diazepams:

noun

A tranquillizing muscle-relaxant drug used chiefly to relieve anxiety.

Usage examples:

Tranquilising drugs such as diazepam or temazepam are not suitable for treating stress because they…

Meanings of Diazo:

noun

A copying or colouring process using a diazo compound decomposed by ultraviolet light.

Usage examples:

Diazo printers

Meanings of Diazomethane:

noun

A poisonous, reactive yellow gas used as a methylating agent in chemical synthesis.

Usage examples:

Samples were evaporated to dryness under vacuum, redissolved in 20 mm of methanol, then diazomethan…

Meanings of Diazonium:

noun

An organic cation containing the group —n2+ bonded to an organic group. aromatic diazonium compounds are typically intensely coloured and include many synthetic dyes.

Usage examples:

A diazonium salt

Meanings of Diazotype:

noun

A copying or colouring process using a diazo compound decomposed by ultraviolet light.

Usage examples:

Diazo printers

Meanings of Dib:

verb

Another term for dap1.

Meanings of Dibasic:

adjective

(of an acid) having two replaceable hydrogen atoms.

Usage examples:

Condensation polymers are usually formed between dibasic organic acids and dihydroxyalcohols or dia…

Meanings of Dibbed:

verb

Another term for dap1.

Meanings of Dibber:

noun

Another term for dibble.

Meanings of Dibbers:

noun

Another term for dibble.

Meanings of Dibbing:

verb

Another term for dap1.

Meanings of Dibble:

noun

A pointed hand tool for making holes in the ground for seeds or young plants.

Usage examples:

For small bulbs, make holes with a dibble and plant bulbs 3 to 5 inches apart.

verb

Make (a hole) in soil with a dibble.

Usage examples:

The seeds were dibbled at the rate of two seeds per hole at an espacement of 30 cm by 45 cm during …

Meanings of Dibbled:

verb

Make (a hole) in soil with a dibble.

Usage examples:

The seeds were dibbled at the rate of two seeds per hole at an espacement of 30 cm by 45 cm during …

noun

A pointed hand tool for making holes in the ground for seeds or young plants.

Usage examples:

For small bulbs, make holes with a dibble and plant bulbs 3 to 5 inches apart.

Meanings of Dibbler:

noun

A marsupial mouse found in south-western australia. it is very rare and possibly extinct.

Usage examples:

In the early 19th century the dibbler was widely distributed over the southwest of western australia.