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Diaconate
- - The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
Diagonals
- noun - (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
- an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
Dialyzate
- - The material subjected to dialysis.
Diaphragm
- noun - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
- a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;
- electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
Diazepams
- noun - a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning
Dichogamy
- - The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.
Dickheads
- noun - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
Dicyemata
- - An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.
Diffusate
- - Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.
Dignitary
- noun - an important or influential (and often overbearing) person