diabatic | (adjective) involving a transfer of heat | - |
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diabetic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing diabetes | - |
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(adjective) suffering from diabetes | - |
diabolic | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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(adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
diabolical | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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(adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
diachronic | (adjective) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | Synonyms: historical |
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diacritic | (adjective) capable of distinguishing | Synonyms: diacritical |
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diacritical | (adjective) capable of distinguishing | Synonyms: diacritic |
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diadromous | (adjective) (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters | - |
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diagnosable | (adjective) capable of being diagnosed | - |
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diagnostic | (adjective) concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis | - |
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(adjective) characteristic or indicative of a disease | Synonyms: symptomatic |
diagonal | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping |
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(adjective) connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face | - |
diagonalizable | (adjective) capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix | - |
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diagrammatic | (adjective) shown or represented by diagrams | Synonyms: diagrammatical |
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diagrammatical | (adjective) shown or represented by diagrams | Synonyms: diagrammatic |
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dialectal | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a dialect | - |
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dialectic | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectical |
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dialectical | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectic |
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diamagnetic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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diamantine | (adjective) consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds | - |
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diametral | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametric, diametrical |
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diametric | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametrical |
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(adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametrical, opposite, polar |
diametrical | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametric |
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(adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, opposite, polar |
dianoetic | (adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | Synonyms: discursive |
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diaphanous | (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
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diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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diaphyseal | (adjective) relating to the diaphysis of a bone | Synonyms: diaphysial |
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diaphysial | (adjective) relating to the diaphysis of a bone | Synonyms: diaphyseal |
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diarrheal | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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diarrheic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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diarrhetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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diarrhoeal | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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diarrhoeic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoetic |
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diarrhoetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic |
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diastolic | (adjective) of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole | - |
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diatomic | (adjective) of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms | - |
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diatonic | (adjective) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals | - |
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(adjective) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music | - |
diazo | (adjective) relating to or containing diazonium | - |
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dicarboxylic | (adjective) containing two carboxyls per molecule | - |
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dicey | (adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | Synonyms: chanceful, chancy, dodgy |
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dichotomous | (adjective) divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications | - |
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dichromatic | (adjective) of or relating to dichromatism | - |
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(adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured |
dickey | (adjective) (British informal) faulty | Synonyms: dicky |
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dicky | (adjective) (British informal) faulty | Synonyms: dickey |
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diclinous | (adjective) having pistils and stamens in separate flowers | - |
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dicotyledonous | (adjective) (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed | - |
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dictated | (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: determined, set |
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dictatorial | (adjective) of or characteristic of a dictator | - |
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(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, overbearing |
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical |
dictyopteran | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera | - |
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didactic | (adjective) instructive (especially excessively) | Synonyms: didactical |
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didactical | (adjective) instructive (especially excessively) | Synonyms: didactic |
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diestrous | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrual, dioestrous, dioestrual |
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diestrual | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrous, dioestrous, dioestrual |
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dietary | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietetic, dietetical |
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dietetic | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietary, dietetical |
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dietetical | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietary, dietetic |
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different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
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(adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
(adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
(adjective) distinct or separate | - |
differentiable | (adjective) possessing a differential coefficient or derivative | - |
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(adjective) capable of being perceived as different | - |
differential | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference | - |
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(adjective) involving or containing one or more derivatives | - |
differentiated | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | - |
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(adjective) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment | - |
difficult | (adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | Synonyms: hard |
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(adjective) hard to control | Synonyms: unmanageable |
diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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(adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
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(adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
(adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
diffused | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, soft |
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(adjective) (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material | - |
diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
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diffusive | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative |
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digestible | (adjective) capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal | - |
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digestive | (adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion | - |
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dighted | (adjective) dressed or adorned (as for battle) | - |
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digital | (adjective) of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits | - |
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(adjective) relating to or performed with the fingers | - |
(adjective) displaying numbers rather than scale positions | - |
digitate | (adjective) resembling a finger | Synonyms: fingerlike |
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digitigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) | - |
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dignified | (adjective) having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance | - |
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(adjective) having or showing self-esteem | Synonyms: self-respectful, self-respecting |
dignifying | (adjective) investing with dignity or honor | Synonyms: ennobling |
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digressive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling |
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(adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: tangential |
dilapidated | (adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down |
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dilatory | (adjective) wasting time | Synonyms: laggard, pokey, poky |
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dilettante | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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dilettanteish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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dilettantish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, sciolistic |
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diligent | (adjective) characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks | - |
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(adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: persevering |
dilute | (adjective) reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity | Synonyms: diluted |
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diluted | (adjective) reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity | Synonyms: dilute |
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diluvial | (adjective) of or connected with a deluge | Synonyms: diluvian |
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diluvian | (adjective) of or connected with a deluge | Synonyms: diluvial |
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dim | (adjective) made dim or less bright | Synonyms: dimmed |
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(adjective) lacking in light; not bright or harsh | Synonyms: subdued |
(adjective) offering little or no hope | Synonyms: black, bleak |
(adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: faint, shadowy, vague, wispy |
(adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow |
dimensional | (adjective) of or relating to dimensions | - |
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(adjective) having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person | - |
dimensioning | (adjective) indicating or determining size and position in space | - |
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diminished | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | Synonyms: atrophied, wasted |
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(adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: lessened, vitiated, weakened |
(adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | Synonyms: belittled, small |
(adjective) (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval | - |
diminishing | (adjective) becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so | - |
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diminuendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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diminutive | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: bantam, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny |
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dimmed | (adjective) made dim or less bright | Synonyms: dim |
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dimorphic | (adjective) occurring or existing in two different forms | Synonyms: dimorphous |
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dimorphous | (adjective) occurring or existing in two different forms | Synonyms: dimorphic |
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dingy | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | Synonyms: begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy |
(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | Synonyms: dirty, muddied, muddy |
dinky | (adjective) (British informal) pretty and neat | - |
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(adjective) small and unimpressive | Synonyms: insignificant |
diocesan | (adjective) belonging to or governing a diocese | - |
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dioecian | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals | Synonyms: dioecious |
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dioecious | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals | Synonyms: dioecian |
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dioestrous | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrous, diestrual, dioestrual |
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