diaconcentrator
The device used in diaconcentration

diaconcentrators
plural of diaconcentrator

diagnostic
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
Characteristic of a particular disease.
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
(of a skeletal or genetic feature) Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

diagonalizer
A device that diagonalizes the branches of radio antenna in order to reduce fading

diagonalizers
plural of diagonalizer

diagrammer
A software program for constructing diagrams.

diagrammers
plural of diagrammer

diallel
Involving crosses between several or all possible combinations.
Of lines: Meeting and intersecting; not parallel.

diallels
plural of diallel

diamict
Synonym of diamicton.

diamicton
A terrigenous sediment that is unsorted to poorly sorted and contains particles ranging in size from clay to boulders, suspended in an unconsolidated matrix of mud or sand.

diaminofluorescein
A fluorescein into which two amino groups have been substituted

diaminofluoresceins
plural of diaminofluorescein

diaphanometer
An instrument for measuring the transparency of a fluid, such as a Secchi disk.

diaphanometers
plural of diaphanometer

diaphote
A supposed instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. It turned out the device was a hoax.

diaphotes
plural of diaphote

diaphragm
In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs.
Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.

diaphragms
plural of diaphragm

diarylsulfone
Any sulfone that has two aryl groups

diarylsulfones
plural of diarylsulfone

diascope
A projector used for projecting transparencies.
a slide viewer, a device for looking at small transparent images.
A flat piece of glass or transparent plastic, used to examine lesions in the skin

diascopes
plural of diascope

diazinon
An organophosphorus insecticide used to control fleas etc.

diazinons
plural of diazinon

diazodinitrophenol
The first diazo compound produced, used to make dyes and explosives, and forming yellow crystals in its pure form.

diazonium
any univalent cation, of general formula R-N₂⁺; diazonium salts are used to manufacture azo dyes, and take part in the Sandmeyer reaction

diazoniums
plural of diazonium

dib
To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed.
To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.

dibber
A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc.
One who dibs.

dibbers
plural of dibber

dibenzanthracene
Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composed of two benzene rings fused to anthracene

dibenzanthracenes
plural of dibenzanthracene

dibenzazepine
Any of the class of heterocyclic compounds consisting of two benzene rings fused to an azepine ring.

dibenzazepines
plural of dibenzazepine

dibenzimidazole
A tricyclic heterocycle consisting of two benzene rings fused to one of imidazole

dibenzoazepine
Alternative form of dibenzazepine.

dibenzoazepines
plural of dibenzoazepine

dibenzocyclooctadiene
Any tricyclic hydrocarbon composed of two benzene rings fused to one of cyclooctadiene, especially those that are the basis of some lignins

dibenzocyclooctadienes
plural of dibenzocyclooctadiene

dibenzodioxin
An aromatic heterocycle having two benzene rings fused to a dioxin one; dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, oxanthrene.
Any of many derivatives of this chemical compound.

dibenzodioxins
plural of dibenzodioxin

dibenzofuran
The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins

dibenzofurans
plural of dibenzofuran

dibenzopyrazine
Synonym of phenazine.

dibenzopyrene
Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formed by two benzene rings fused to a pyrene

dibenzothiophene
The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of thiophene; any of its derivatives, especially those that occur in crude oil

dibenzothiophenes
plural of dibenzothiophene

dibenzpentacene
Any of several isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which two benzene rings are fused to a pentacene molecule, but especially 1,2,8,9-dibenzpentacene.

dicamba
The herbicide 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid used to control weeds in many crops including corn (maize), cotton, soybeans, and cereals.

dicer
A gambler who plays dice.
One who, or that which, dices (cuts into cubes); a tool for this purpose.

dicers
plural of dicer

dichlorosilane
The gas SiH₂Cl₂ that is used to grow silicon nitride crystals for semiconductors

dichlorosilanes
plural of dichlorosilane

dichrograph
A device that is used to measure circular dichroism

dichrographs
plural of dichrograph

dichroiscope
Dated form of dichroscope.

dichroiscopes
plural of dichroiscope

dichroscope
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

dichroscopes
plural of dichroscope

dickbait
Persuasion or blackmail used to manipulate or attract a man, especially a homosexual.

dickerod
Alternative form of dicker-rod.

dickerods
plural of dickerod

dicoronylene
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, consisting of two molecules of coronene fused together, that is a byproduct of the hydrocracking of petroleum

dicoronylenes
plural of dicoronylene

dicotyledon
A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.

dicotyledons
plural of dicotyledon

dictagraph
Alternative form of dictograph.

dictagraphs
plural of dictagraph

dictiosome
Alternative form of dictyosome.

dictiosomes
plural of dictiosome

dictograph
A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.

dictographs
plural of dictograph

dictyol
One of a set of alcohols containing a cyclohexane ring fused to a cyclopentane ring, found in Dictyota brown algae.

dictyosome
A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.

dictyosomes
plural of dictyosome

diffractometer
A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter.

diffractometers
plural of diffractometer

difractometer
Misspelling of diffractometer.

difurocoumarin
Any organic compound containing a coumarin fused to two furan rings

difurocoumarins
plural of difurocoumarin

digi
A scale (weighing device) with a digital readout.

digis
plural of digi

digital
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

digitals
plural of digital

digitiser
Alternative spelling of digitizer.

digitisers
plural of digitiser

digitizer
A device that digitizes.

digitizers
plural of digitizer