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Diversity

A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

Divert

To turn aside; to digress.

Diverter

One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

Divertissement

A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play.

Divertive

Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.

Dives

The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the /Rich Man and Lazarus/ (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.

Divest

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

Divestiture

The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

Divi-divi

A small tree of tropical America (C/salpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

Dividable

Capable of being divided; divisible.

Divide

A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide.

Divided

Parted; disunited; distributed.

Dividend

A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

Divider

One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

Dividing

That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.

Dividual

Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.

Divination

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

Divinator

One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.

Divine

To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

Divinely

In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.

Divineness

The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.

Diviner

One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

Diving

That dives or is used or diving.

Divinity

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

Divinize

To invest with a divine character; to deify.

Divisibility

The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.

Division

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

Divisional

That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.

Divisive

Indicating division or distribution.

Divisor

The number by which the dividend is divided.

Divorce

To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.

divorced

having a marriage legally terminated and having not remarried.

Divorceless

Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.

Divorcement

Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.

Divorcer

The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.

Divorcive

Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.

Divot

A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.

Divulsive

Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.

divvy

divide up among a group; distribute; -- often followed by up; as, divvy up the proceeds; divvy up the loot.

Dixie

A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.

Dixiecrats

a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman.

Dixieland

the 11 southern states that seceded from the U. S. in 1861.

Dizen

To dress; to attire.

Dizz

To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.

Dizzard

A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.]

Dizziness

Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Dizzy

To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

DJ

same as disc jockey.

Djerrid Djereed

A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries. A game played with it.

DJIA

The Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Djibouti

The capital city of Djibouti. Population (2000) = 395,000.

djinny djinni djinnee

A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals. Same as djinni and Jinnee. See Jinnee, Jinn.

DNA

abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid; -- more commonly used than the full name. See also RNA.

DNA polymerase

an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Cells contain several types of DNA polymerase, some of which are required for replication of DNA, and are indispensable for multipliation and division of cells.

DNAase DNase

any of numerous enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of DNA into oligonucleotides or mononucleotides.

Do

Deed; act; fear.

do

To place; to put.

Do-all

General manager; factotum.

do-it-yourself

performed or made by an end-user who is without professional training in the relevant techniques; as, their house was a do-it-yourself project. Contrasted with factory-made and professional.

do-it-yourselfer

a person who often makes objects typically made by professionals, or performs repairs typically performed by professionals, though not having professional training in the relevant art. The term is used mostly to refer to activities related to maintaining a home.

Do-little

One who performs little though professing much.

do-si-do

a movement in square-dancing in which two dancers move around each other in a back-to-back position, and return to their original places.

do.

An abbreviation of Ditto.

Dobby

An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads).

Dobson

The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Docent

Serving to instruct; teaching.

Docetae

Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.

Docetic

Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docet/.

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