Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Ditty (v. i.) To sing; to warble a little tune.
(2) - Ditty (v. t.) A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.
(3) - Ditty (v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.

(1) - Diuresis (n.) Free excretion of urine.

(1) - Diuretic (n.) A medicine with diuretic properties.
(2) - Diuretic (a.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.

(1) - Diurnal (a.) A diurnal bird or insect.
(2) - Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
(3) - Diurnal (a.) A daybook; a journal.
(4) - Diurnal (a.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
(5) - Diurnal (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.
(6) - Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.
(7) - Diurnal (a.) Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.