| ACCIDIAS | • ACCIDIA n. (Latin) sloth; physical torpor, also ACCIDIE, ACEDIA. |
| ARCADIAS | • arcadias n. Plural of arcadia. • ARCADIA n. (Latin) an ideal region of rural contentment. |
| DAVIDIAS | • davidias n. Plural of davidia. • DAVIDIA n. a kind of tree, aka handkerchief tree. |
| DIASCIAS | • DIASCIA n. a plant of the genus Diascia, native to southern Africa, cultivated for its colourful, pink flowers. |
| DIASCOPE | • diascope n. A projector used for projecting transparencies. • diascope n. (Medicine) A flat piece of glass or transparent plastic, used to examine lesions in the skin. • DIASCOPE n. an optical projector used for showing transparencies on a screen. |
| DIASPORA | • diaspora n. (Historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE). • diaspora n. (By extension) Any similar dispersion. • diaspora n. (Collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel. |
| DIASPORE | • diaspore n. A natural hydrate of aluminium, sometimes forming stalactites. • diaspore n. A gemstone consisting of hydrate of aluminium in crystal form. • diaspore n. (Botany) seeds and fruit together regarded as a dispersal unit. |
| DIASTASE | • diastase n. (Biochemistry) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly… • DIASTASE n. a soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. |
| DIASTEMA | • diastema n. (Pathology) A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans). • diastema n. (Pathology) any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or part of the body. • diastema n. (Cytology) the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division. |
| DIASTEMS | • diastems n. Plural of diastem. • DIASTEM n. (Greek) in Greek music, an interval, esp. one forming a single degree of the scale. |
| DIASTERS | • diasters n. Plural of diaster. • DIASTER n. (Greek) a stage in cellular mitosis. |
| DIASTOLE | • diastole n. (Chiefly uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers… • diastole n. (Uncountable, prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length. • diastole n. (Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek. |
| DIASTRAL | • diastral adj. (Biology) Relating to a diaster. • DIASTRAL adj. relating to diaster, a stage in cellular mitosis. |
| DIASTYLE | • diastyle n. (Architecture) An intercolumnation of three column diameters. • DIASTYLE n. a colonnade with closely spaced columns. |
| GIARDIAS | • GIARDIA n. a parasitic protozoan inhabiting the intestines. |
| MELODIAS | • MELODIA n. (Latin) a type of organ stop. |
| SCANDIAS | • SCANDIA n. an oxide of scandium. |