diasporai
plural of diaspora

diasporation
The formation of a diaspora.

diasporations
plural of diasporation

diasporicity
The state or quality of a diaspora; diasporic condition.

diasporite
A kind of metamorphic rock that contains diaspore.

diasporites
plural of diasporite

diastataxis
The state of not having a fifth secondary feather

diasterane
Any of a group of isomers of steranes formed during diagenesis

diasteranes
plural of diasterane

diastereoisomerism
Any form of stereoisomerism other than enantiomerism

diastereoisomerisms
plural of diastereoisomerism

diastereoisomerization
The formation of diastereomers from other isomers

diastereoisomerizations
plural of diastereoisomerization

diastereomerism
Alternative form of diastereoisomerism.

diastereomerization
diastereoisomerization

diastereomerizations
plural of diastereomerization

diastereomixture
a mixture of diastereoisomers

diastereomixtures
plural of diastereomixture

diastereomorphism
diastereoisomerism

diastereoselection
selection of the required diastereoisomer in a reaction, especially by using diastereocontrol

diastereoselections
plural of diastereoselection

diastereoselectivities
plural of diastereoselectivity

diastereoselectivity
The preferential formation of one diastereoisomer over another; also, the degree of said preference

diastereoseparation
The separation of diastereoisomers

diastereoseparations
plural of diastereoseparation

diastereospecificities
plural of diastereospecificity

diastereospecificity
The formation of one diastereoisomer rather than another

diastology
The assessment of diastolic function, typically by echocardiography

diastrophism
The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features

diastrophisms
plural of diastrophism

diasystem
A system that reflects features common to a group of linguistic varieties.

diasystems
plural of diasystem

diathermance
Alternative form of diathermancy.

diathermancies
plural of diathermancy

diathermancy
The condition or degree of being diathermic.

diathermaneity
The condition of being diathermanous.

diathermanism
The doctrine or phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat.

diathermocoagulation
The use of diathermy to cauterize blood vessels and reduce bleeding.

diathermocoagulations
plural of diathermocoagulation

diatomicity
The quality of being diatomic.

diatomite
A fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms

diatomites
plural of diatomite

diatomology
Study of diatoms.

diatonicism
The use of the diatonic scale.

diatonicity
The quality of being diatonic.

diatonism
The characteristic of being diatonic

diatribism
The use of a diatribe or diatribes.

diatron
An electronic circuit containing diodes

diatrons
plural of diatron

diattenuation
attenuation of light that depends upon its polarization

diauxie
The state or quality of being diauxic.

diauxy
Alternative form of diauxie.

diazaanthracene
Any of several isomeric tricyclic aromatic heterocycles derived from anthracene by replacement of two CH groups by nitrogen atoms

diazaanthracenes
plural of diazaanthracene

diazafluorene
Any of several isomeric tricyclic aromatic heterocycles derived from fluorene by replacement of two CH groups by nitrogen atoms

diazafluorenes
plural of diazafluorene

diazidation
Any reaction that produces a diazide

diazidations
plural of diazidation

diazocine
Any of several isomeric unsaturated heterocycles having six carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and four double bonds

diazocines
plural of diazocine

diazol
Alternative spelling of diazole.

diazole
Either of two unsaturated heterocycles consisting of a five-membered ring containing three carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and two double bonds - namely pyrazole and imidazole

diazols
plural of diazol

diazoniation
diazotation

diazotation
Any reaction that forms a diazo compound

diazotations
plural of diazotation

diazotizability
The ability to be diazotized.

dibaryon
Any of a proposed class of particles that would be a complex of two baryons (or six quarks).

dibaryons
plural of dibaryon

dibasicity
The property or condition of being dibasic.

diboration
Any addition reaction in which two boron atoms are attached across a double bond

diborations
plural of diboration

diboson
Any particle composed of two bosons

dibosons
plural of diboson

dibromoethane
Either of two isomeric dibromo derivatives of ethane; either ethylidene dibromide or ethylene dibromide

dibromoethanes
plural of dibromoethane

dicacities
plural of dicacity

dicacity
pertness; sauciness

dicarbonylation
Any reaction that introduces two carbonyls group into a compound.

dicarbonylations
plural of dicarbonylation

dicast
A kind of juror.

dicasts
plural of dicast

dicdef
Syllabic abbreviation of dictionary definition.

dicdefs
plural of dicdef

diceboard
A flat surface on which dice are thrown.

diceboards
plural of diceboard.

dicephaly
The condition of having two heads.

diceplay
Gambling with dice.

diceyness
The state or condition of being dicey.

dichlorethane
Alternative form of dichloroethane.

dichlorobiphenyl
Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms

dichlorobiphenyls
plural of dichlorobiphenyl

dichlorobutane
Any of various chloroalkanes with the molecular formula C₄H₈Cl₂, being flammable irritants.

dichlorobutanes
plural of dichlorobutane

dichloroethane
Either of two isomeric organochlorides with the molecular formula C₂H₄Cl₂: 1,1-dichloroethane (ethylidene dichloride) and 1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride).

dichloroethanes
plural of dichloroethane

dichloroethene
Any of several isomeric organochlorides with the molecular formula C₂H₂Cl₂.

dichloroethenes
plural of dichloroethene

dichloroethylene
Any of several isomeric organochlorides with the molecular formula C₂H₂Cl₂, dichloroethene.

dichloroethylenes
plural of dichloroethylene

dichogamy
The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.

dichoree
A double choree.

dichorees
plural of dichoree

dichoria
plural of dichorion

dichorion
A double chorion

dichorionicity
The quality of being dichorionic.

dichorions
plural of dichorion

dichotomies
plural of dichotomy

dichotomisation
Alternative spelling of dichotomization.

dichotomisations
plural of dichotomisation

dichotomism
The belief that the human being is formed of two components: material (body or flesh) and spiritual (soul or spirit).

dichotomization
The act of dichotomizing or the thing dichotomized; classification into 2 subsets (that is, a dichotomy); the special case of discretization in which n = 2.

dichotomizations
plural of dichotomization

dichotomousness
The quality of being dichotomous.

dichotomy
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of human into female and male.
The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, for example at the quadratures.
Division and subdivision; bifurcation, such as that of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.

dichroism
The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions.
The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.

dichroisms
plural of dichroism

dichromacy
The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

dichromasy
Alternative spelling of dichromacy.