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Dilogy
- - An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.
Dilute
- adjective - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
- reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
Dimash
- noun - an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
Dimera
- - A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi. (b) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.
Dimers
- noun - a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers
Dimity
- noun - a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains
Dimmed
- verb - become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
- become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
- made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
- make dim by comparison or conceal
- make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Dimmer
- adjective - a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination
- lacking clarity or distinctness;
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
- made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
- offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"