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Dipolar
- adjective - having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance
Dipoles
- noun - a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance
- an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
Dippers
- noun - a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
- a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
- a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
- a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
- small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
Dipping
- verb - appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
- dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
- dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
- go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
- immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
- lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket"
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
- slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- take
Diptera
- noun - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
Diptote
- - A noun which has only two cases.
Diptych
- noun - a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
Dipylon
- adjective - a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found
- of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens
Directs
- verb - be in charge of
- cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
- command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
- lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards;
- put an address on (an envelope)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take
Direful
- adjective - causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"