The act or the place of digging or excavating.

temporary living quarters.

To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn.

One who dights.

To point at or out with the finger.

Of or pertaining to the fingers; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

a computer that represents information by numerical digits with a fixed number of values; -- most commonly each piece of information is internally represented in binary code, as an array of bits, which are information units each of which can take only two values. The possible values of each bit are conventionally represented as the numbers 1 or 0.

Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the /French extract,/ the /German extract,/ etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties. Both Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea have been used to prepare such extracts. the distinctive chemical substance, a steroid glycoside, which is the essential ingredient of the extracts of foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C36H56O14), and is a 3-substituted diglucoside of a steroid. It is a powerful cardiac stimulant and is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3/,5/,16/)-3-[6-Deoxy-4-O-/-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-methyl-/-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-14,16-dihyroxy-card-20(22)-enolide. The related compounds digitoxin and digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove. The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycosides.

A genus of plants of the family Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove.

same as digitalization.

the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders.

to record digitally, e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.

a genus of plants including the crab grass (Digitaria sanguinalis); finger grass.

To point out as with the finger.

Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.

A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.

Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.

Parted like the fingers.

To finger; as, to digitize a pen.

A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.

A steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C41H64O13), and is a 3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally to digitalin and digoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3/,5/)-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-/-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1/4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-/-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1/4)-2,6-dideoxy-/-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-14-hydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide. The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycoside group.

A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.

To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.

Act of digladiating.

Bilingualism.

A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.

The act of thinking worthy; honor.

Worthy; honorable; deserving.

The act of dignifying; exaltation.

Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.

serving to make dignified.

One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.

The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

Distinguishing mark; diagnostic.

Having two angles.

a steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C41H64O14), and is a 3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally to digitalin and digitoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3/,5/,12/)-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-/-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1->4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-/-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1->4)-2,6-dideoxy-/-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-12,14-dihydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide. The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycosides.

A digraph.

Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.

Of or pertaining to a digraph.

Digression.

The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.

Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

By way of digression.

same as diggings.

A bank; a dike.

A Linn/an order of plants having two styles.

Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles.

Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal.

A figure with two sides or surfaces.

Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base. Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism.

A diiambus.

A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (/ / / /).

A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.

A red crystalline nitrogenous substance of artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.

One who dijudicates.

To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.

The act of dijudicating; judgment.

To work as a ditcher; to dig.

A ditcher.

To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.

The act of rending asunder.

To rend in pieces; to tear.

A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration.

To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.

Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.

The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

One who causes dilapidation.

The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility.

Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.

Prolixity; diffuse discourse.

A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.

Extensive; expanded.

Expanded; enlarged.

In a dilated manner.

One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.

The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.

Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.

An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.

One who, or that which, widens or expands.

With delay; tardily.

The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.

Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

a device shaped like an erect penis, used by some women for sexual stimulation.

A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).

Love; choice.

An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.

A dilettante.

An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

Somewhat like a dilettante.

The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.

Dilettanteish.

Same as Dilettanteism.

A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.

Diligence; care; persevering endeavor.

Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity.

To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding magnolialike flowers which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves.

a natural family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems, including the genera Dillenia and Hibbertia.

a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; it contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.

A darling; a favorite.

A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.

something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally effective; as, a dilly of a movie; when I make a mistake, it's a dilly.

To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

Ambiguous; of double meaning.

An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.

Clear; lucid.

To elucidate.

The act of making clear.

That which dilutes.

Diluted; thin; weak.

Reduced in strength; thin; weak.

The quality or state of being dilute.

One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, or weaker.

The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted.

Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.