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{
"dip":{
"antonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"definitions":{
": a sauce or soft mixture into which food may be dipped":[
"bean dip"
],
": a sharp downward course : drop":[
"a dip in popularity"
],
": a stupid or unsophisticated person":[],
": dim sense 1":[],
": hollow , depression":[
"a dip in the road"
],
": inclination downward:":[],
": involve":[],
": mortgage":[],
": pickpocket":[],
": pitch":[],
": something obtained by or used in dipping":[
"a dip of ice cream",
"a dip of snuff"
],
": the angle formed with the horizon by a magnetic needle free to rotate in the vertical plane":[],
": the angle that a stratum or similar geologic feature makes with a horizontal plane":[],
": to decline or decrease moderately and usually temporarily":[
"prices dipped"
],
": to drop suddenly before climbing":[],
": to examine or read something casually or superficially":[
"\u2014 used with into dip into a book"
],
": to immerse (an animal, such as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution":[],
": to immerse something into a processing liquid or finishing material":[],
": to incline downward from the plane of the horizon":[],
": to lift a portion of by reaching below the surface with something shaped to hold liquid : ladle":[],
": to lower and then raise again":[
"dip a flag in salute"
],
": to lower the body momentarily especially as part of an athletic or dancing motion":[],
": to place a pinch of (tobacco) between the lip or cheek and gum":[
"He quit dipping snuff, his only vice outside of an occasional beer.",
"\u2014 John Ed Bradley"
],
": to plunge into a liquid and quickly emerge":[],
": to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat":[
"dip candles"
],
": to suddenly drop down or out of sight":[],
": to take a portion of (snuff)":[],
": to thrust in a way to suggest immersion":[],
": to use dipping tobacco : to place a pinch of tobacco between the lip or cheek and gum":[
"Four years ago doctors removed a pre-cancerous lesion on the inside of his lower lip, and he can't quit dipping . His New Year's resolution was to quit. He lasted three days.",
"\u2014 Rick Reilly"
],
": to withdraw a part of the contents of something by or as if by reaching down inside it":[
"\u2014 used with into dipped into his pocket for change dipped into the family's savings"
],
"diploma":[],
"dual in-line package; dual in-line packaging":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Use a ladle to dip some water out of the pot.",
"dipping water from a well",
"The sun dipped below the horizon.",
"The road dips over the hill.",
"I saw his head dip below the surface of the water."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dippen , from Old English dyppan ; akin to Old High German tupfen to wash, Lithuanian dubus deep":"Verb",
"back-formation from dippy":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"souse",
"sop",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072937",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"diplomatic":{
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"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
],
"definitions":{
": employing tact and conciliation especially in situations of stress":[
"a diplomatic way to say no"
],
": exactly reproducing the original":[
"a diplomatic edition"
],
": of, relating to, or concerned with the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations : of, relating to, or concerned with diplomacy or diplomats":[
"diplomatic relations"
],
": paleographic":[]
},
"examples":[
"Negotiators are working to restore full diplomatic relations.",
"a diplomatic attempt at preventing any hurt feelings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The results were a rebuke of Macron, who appeared disengaged in the campaign and more preoccupied by France\u2019s diplomatic efforts to support Ukraine in its war against Russia. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"For decades Oliver, who went on to a distinguished U.S. diplomatic career in Denmark, had mostly tried to avoid the topic of Watergate. \u2014 Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Ahead of President Biden\u2019s trip to Israel, the Palestinian areas, Saudi Arabia and possibly other Arab states, this axis of resistance threatens to block diplomatic efforts to expand the Abraham Accords or even to reverse some of the progress. \u2014 Joseph Braude, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"The native of Tianjin, China started his diplomatic career in 1988, rising up the ranks with tours in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Praised by admirers as a champion of democracy and human rights, Albright's diplomatic career saw her push for NATO expansion and the use of U.S. military intervention abroad. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Amid the talk of arms shipments, diplomatic efforts to seek an end to the fighting also continued. \u2014 Jesica Fisch And Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The result of voting in France, a nuclear-armed nation with one of the world\u2019s biggest economies, could also impact the conflict in Ukraine, as France has played a key role in diplomatic efforts and support for sanctions against Russia. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Now, Macron has spent much of this campaign really focused on his diplomatic efforts to stop this war. \u2014 ABC News , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"in sense 1, from New Latin diplomaticus , from Latin diplomat-, diploma ; in other senses, from French diplomatique connected with documents regulating international relations, from New Latin diplomaticus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdi-pl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for diplomatic suave , urbane , diplomatic , bland , smooth , politic mean pleasantly tactful and well-mannered. suave suggests a specific ability to deal with others easily and without friction. a suave public relations coordinator urbane implies high cultivation and poise coming from wide social experience. an urbane traveler diplomatic stresses an ability to deal with ticklish situations tactfully. a diplomatic negotiator bland emphasizes mildness of manner and absence of irritating qualities. a bland master of ceremonies smooth suggests often a deliberately assumed suavity. a smooth salesman politic implies shrewd as well as tactful and suave handling of people. a cunningly politic manager",
"synonyms":[
"politic",
"tactful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010611",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"dipper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that dips: such as":[],
": a worker who dips articles":[],
": something (such as a long-handled cup) used for dipping":[],
": pickpocket":[],
": any of a genus ( Cinclus and especially C. cinclus of the Old World and C. mexicanus of North America) of birds that comprise an oscine family (Cinclidae) and include individuals that wade and dive into swift mountain streams in search of food":[],
": a group of stars that resembles a dipper: such as":[],
": big dipper":[],
": little dipper":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di-p\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Eternal stars shining overhead, a big and little dipper , are quietly heartbreaking witnesses to Earthly affairs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Dipping does not require a license, but the limit is 10 pounds per person and each dipper must have a separate container of their own, either marked with a name or in possession. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2022",
"George Washington used a goose quill dip pen, while Abraham Lincoln opted for a feathered quill dipper . \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Maybe at time-outs, the 49ers can have a water bucket with a dipper . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The most common firefly in the United States is the big dipper , but there are 150 species with specific habitats and behaviors across the nation. \u2014 Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Perhaps the most shocking revelation on this survey (to me, at least) is the fact nearly 53% of people say ketchup is an acceptable dipper . \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Aug. 2021",
"They are typically extracted mechanically or by a human with a dipper on the end of a rod. \u2014 Anna Maria Barry-jester, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"My vacation will begin when the crow- dipper sprouts, and end when the earth is damp and the air humid. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 26 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161556"
},
"dippiness":{
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
],
"definitions":{
": foolish":[]
},
"examples":[
"a movie about a slightly dippy young musician",
"a mindless movie about a bunch of dippy teenagers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s no mockery of the hippie- dippy arts community, just a warm acknowledgment of the eccentricities of the mutually supportive, nonconformist environment. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"That change \u2014 from playing a mocking hippie- dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles \u2014 took its toll. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"The writer Naomi Wolf has remained woo-ed to the gills while moving from somewhat dippy feminist to hard-right anti-vaccine activist. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Season one was in New York, and was a send-up of Brooklyn-ish wealthy hipster culture; season two was in Los Angeles and had great fun poking at dippy wellness types. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
"But could this be perceived as imposing my hippie- dippy ideals on them, or trying to guilt them into recycling",
"Her pursuit of Theo drags her through a world of wannabes and hangers-on and jeopardizes her collaboration with a pop star (Alexandra Daddario) whose dippy facade doesn\u2019t quite conceal her calculating nature. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Even comedy stalwart Jennifer Coolidge, who features as a dippy employee in Mel and Mia\u2019s store, can\u2019t manage to elevate the turgid script. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Some look pretty hippy- dippy today, but these works foreshadow how Mr. Haacke would conceive of art works as systems, shaped first by the artist\u2019s invention, and then by external factors. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di-p\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103945",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dippy":{
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
],
"definitions":{
": foolish":[]
},
"examples":[
"a movie about a slightly dippy young musician",
"a mindless movie about a bunch of dippy teenagers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s no mockery of the hippie- dippy arts community, just a warm acknowledgment of the eccentricities of the mutually supportive, nonconformist environment. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"That change \u2014 from playing a mocking hippie- dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles \u2014 took its toll. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"The writer Naomi Wolf has remained woo-ed to the gills while moving from somewhat dippy feminist to hard-right anti-vaccine activist. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Season one was in New York, and was a send-up of Brooklyn-ish wealthy hipster culture; season two was in Los Angeles and had great fun poking at dippy wellness types. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
"But could this be perceived as imposing my hippie- dippy ideals on them, or trying to guilt them into recycling",
"Her pursuit of Theo drags her through a world of wannabes and hangers-on and jeopardizes her collaboration with a pop star (Alexandra Daddario) whose dippy facade doesn\u2019t quite conceal her calculating nature. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Even comedy stalwart Jennifer Coolidge, who features as a dippy employee in Mel and Mia\u2019s store, can\u2019t manage to elevate the turgid script. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Some look pretty hippy- dippy today, but these works foreshadow how Mr. Haacke would conceive of art works as systems, shaped first by the artist\u2019s invention, and then by external factors. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di-p\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014731",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dipsomaniac":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So adding a hefty pour of ginger beer, some lime juice, and a dope copper mug to your vodka transforms your dipsomania into an actual weekend event. \u2014 Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire , 15 May 2015",
"While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania . \u2014 Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire , 23 Jan. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek dipsa thirst + Late Latin mania":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdip-s\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02ccdip-s\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259, -ny\u0259",
"-ny\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162259",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dipstick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a chemically sensitive strip of paper used to identify one or more constituents (such as glucose or protein) of urine by immersion":[],
": a graduated rod for indicating depth (as of oil in a crankcase)":[],
": nitwit":[]
},
"examples":[
"Some dipstick cut in front of me on the highway.",
"which dipstick used the good china as a dog dish",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Forry pulled out the oil dipstick and waved it in the air. \u2014 Oliver Whang, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Gilbert compares individual antibody titers with a dipstick for oil in a car. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The task of periodically checking the liquids was typically carried out by a young Russian who climbed on top of the tanks with a dipstick . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"My 2019 Alfa, with a 2-liter engine, doesn\u2019t have a dipstick to check the oil level. \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2020",
"Antibody and antigen tests are typically run as lateral flow immunoassays, says Lalli, and\u2014like pregnancy tests\u2014come as a dipstick . \u2014 Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune , 26 May 2020",
"Note: Some folks will tip a mower and drain the oil from the dipstick entry, avoiding the need to remove the drain plug. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Traditionally, urinalysis has been performed using test strips; a typical dipstick test, which changes color to reflect a positive or negative reading, costs some five dollars and can be done anywhere. \u2014 Colton Wooten, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
"The mechanic should have checked both the oil capacity and the dipstick . \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, courant.com , 6 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip-\u02ccstik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093017",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diphasic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having two phases":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u012b-\u02c8f\u0101-zik",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8f\u0101-zik"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161042"
},
"dipping":{
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"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat":[
"dip candles"
],
": to thrust in a way to suggest immersion":[],
": to immerse (an animal, such as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution":[],
": to lift a portion of by reaching below the surface with something shaped to hold liquid : ladle":[],
": to take a portion of (snuff)":[],
": involve":[],
": mortgage":[],
": to lower and then raise again":[
"dip a flag in salute"
],
": dim sense 1":[],
": to place a pinch of (tobacco) between the lip or cheek and gum":[
"He quit dipping snuff, his only vice outside of an occasional beer.",
"\u2014 John Ed Bradley"
],
": to plunge into a liquid and quickly emerge":[],
": to immerse something into a processing liquid or finishing material":[],
": to suddenly drop down or out of sight":[],
": to drop suddenly before climbing":[],
": to decline or decrease moderately and usually temporarily":[
"prices dipped"
],
": to lower the body momentarily especially as part of an athletic or dancing motion":[],
": to withdraw a part of the contents of something by or as if by reaching down inside it":[
"\u2014 used with into dipped into his pocket for change dipped into the family's savings"
],
": to examine or read something casually or superficially":[
"\u2014 used with into dip into a book"
],
": to incline downward from the plane of the horizon":[],
": to use dipping tobacco : to place a pinch of tobacco between the lip or cheek and gum":[
"Four years ago doctors removed a pre-cancerous lesion on the inside of his lower lip, and he can't quit dipping . His New Year's resolution was to quit. He lasted three days.",
"\u2014 Rick Reilly"
],
": inclination downward:":[],
": pitch":[],
": a sharp downward course : drop":[
"a dip in popularity"
],
": the angle that a stratum or similar geologic feature makes with a horizontal plane":[],
": the angle formed with the horizon by a magnetic needle free to rotate in the vertical plane":[],
": hollow , depression":[
"a dip in the road"
],
": something obtained by or used in dipping":[
"a dip of ice cream",
"a dip of snuff"
],
": a sauce or soft mixture into which food may be dipped":[
"bean dip"
],
": pickpocket":[],
": a stupid or unsophisticated person":[],
"diploma":[],
"dual in-line package; dual in-line packaging":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip"
],
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"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"souse",
"sop",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"antonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Use a ladle to dip some water out of the pot.",
"dipping water from a well",
"The sun dipped below the horizon.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the most exhilarating scene in The Man Who Climbs Trees (apart from the elephant, maybe), Aldred forgets his water before climbing a massive dipterocarp in Borneo. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 30 May 2018",
"Almost 250 feet up the dipterocarp , Aldred\u2019s muscles seize up from dehydration and over-exertion. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 30 May 2018"
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"He earned his high school diploma by attending classes at night.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was admitted to Catholic University that summer without a high school diploma and with minimal ability to speak English. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"After her husband\u2019s death in December 1967, Mrs. Redding found herself, at age 25, terrified and grieving, without a high school diploma and responsible for raising the couple\u2019s three small children. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The unemployment rate for people without a high school diploma fell really sharply from 6.3% in January to 4.3% in February. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Finding work that pays enough to make rent has been a constant challenge for her without a high school diploma , so calling churches, shelter hotlines and any other kind of case manager became its own full-time job. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The 2020 election ratified the long-term trend lines in American politics \u2014 that the Democrats are becoming the party of the college-educated, while the GOP is increasingly the refuge for voters without a university diploma . \u2014 Will Bunch, Star Tribune , 26 July 2021",
"Those who have a bachelor's degree or higher are somewhat less likely to own a gun, compared to those who have a high school diploma or only completed some college. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Phyllis Harvey-Hall grew up in Enterprise in a family that placed a high value on education even though her parents did not have a high school diploma , according to her campaign website. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
"\u00c9milie has a diploma from a prestigious university but is working\u2014for vague reasons\u2014as an Internet-service salesperson at a call center. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria , and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"According to an official interview with Putin first published in 2000, his brother died of diphtheria after being evacuated to a shelter set up for children. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Putin's older brother Viktor died of diphtheria during the siege of Leningrad before Putin was born. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In 16 states, rates for kids entering kindergarten were at least 95 percent for measles shots and for the combination diphtheria , tetanus and whooping cough shot. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In 16 states, rates for kids entering kindergarten were at least 95% for measles shots and for the combination diphtheria , tetanus and whooping cough shot. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the most recent school year, kindergartners had a 93.9% vaccination rate for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), 93.6% for diphtheria , tetanus and acellular pertussis, and 93.6% for varicella. \u2014 Virginia Langmaid, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Gavi had helped poorer countries negotiate en masse before, for diphtheria vaccine doses and others, with success. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Along with flu and HPV, vaccinations tracked in the analysis included hepatitis, chickenpox and shingles, MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), meningococcal, pneumococcal and Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis). \u2014 Deidre Mcphillips, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even though the Chronicle is the journalistic equivalent of a diploma mill , the story was picked up by the Conservative Party and all its downstream social media partners. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2019",
"In the last decade much has been written about diploma mills : schools that teach nothing, yet graduate their students, many of whom just happen to be elite athletes. \u2014 Pete Thamel, SI.com , 22 June 2016"
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"first_known_use":{
"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012907"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net . \u2014 CBS News , 2 July 2021",
"Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net . \u2014 Gillian Flaccus, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
"Just purchase a saltwater fishing license (only $17 for 3-day nonresident) and harvest up to 2 gallons of whole bay scallops by hand or dip net . \u2014 Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living , 2 July 2020",
"In confined regions such as passes, creek mouths, and canals, mesh dip nets are effective. \u2014 Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream , 2 Jan. 2020",
"The Columbia started to slow and broaden again, the slack water created by the 1957 Dalles Dam, which had buried the old Celilo Falls, a set of rapids where coho and Chinook had been caught with dip nets for thousands of years. \u2014 Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Historically, Native American communities from up and down the river traveled to Celilo each spring to catch salmon in dip nets from wooden platforms built precariously over the falls. \u2014 Corey Arnold, National Geographic , 27 Mar. 2019",
"Moose and bison heads and mounted fish overlook rows of dip nets and more than 1,000 kinds of fishing rods. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 July 2018",
"Every summer, the beaches bristle with dip nets , rods and reels; Alaskans come to fill their freezers, and guides lead guests on quests for fat king and silver salmon or Cook Inlet halibut. \u2014 Kirsten Swann, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2018"
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"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8f\u00e4s-f\u014d-\u02ccpir-\u0259-\u02ccd\u0113n-",
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"first_known_use":{
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042253"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043454"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052312"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Understandably, strabismus is frequently accompanied by diplopia , or double vision. \u2014 Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Nov. 2017"
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"She has had a long and distinguished career in diplomacy .",
"The government avoided a war by successfully resolving the issues through diplomacy .",
"This is a situation that calls for tactful diplomacy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Containment concerns Beijing's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea and its steadily expanding navy have changed how Washington views China's diplomacy and outreach, including in the South Pacific. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Yoon\u2019s dovish predecessor, Moon Jae-in, who had staked his five-year term on inter-Korean engagement, refrained from missile counter-drills after North Korea resumed ballistic missile tests in 2019 as its diplomacy with the United States fizzled. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Yoon's dovish predecessor, Moon Jae-in, who had staked his five-year term on inter-Korean engagement, refrained from missile counter-drills after North Korea resumed ballistic missile tests in 2019 as its diplomacy with the United States fizzled. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"In an Awkward Spot: Mr. Biden\u2019s remarks about the future of U.S. defense of Taiwan complicate diplomacy for the Indo-Pacific bloc, particularly for Australia. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This has been highlighted by the recent years\u2019 \u2018Wolf Warrior diplomacy \u2019 under which China is less willing to be judged by Western standards on matters such as COVID, leadership of Hong Kong, human rights and the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Not so long ago, Russian diplomacy aimed to revise European security architecture to make Ukraine look more like the Finnish example of a buffer zone between East and West. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 May 2022",
"But in recent years, Beijing has boosted its diplomacy with Pyongyang and grown to account for more than 90 percent of its external trade activity. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"The early episodes of Strange New Worlds have a little bit of everything the franchise has tried over the years: exploration, diplomacy , action, even comedy. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria , and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"According to an official interview with Putin first published in 2000, his brother died of diphtheria after being evacuated to a shelter set up for children. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Putin's older brother Viktor died of diphtheria during the siege of Leningrad before Putin was born. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In 16 states, rates for kids entering kindergarten were at least 95 percent for measles shots and for the combination diphtheria , tetanus and whooping cough shot. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In 16 states, rates for kids entering kindergarten were at least 95% for measles shots and for the combination diphtheria , tetanus and whooping cough shot. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the most recent school year, kindergartners had a 93.9% vaccination rate for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), 93.6% for diphtheria , tetanus and acellular pertussis, and 93.6% for varicella. \u2014 Virginia Langmaid, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Gavi had helped poorer countries negotiate en masse before, for diphtheria vaccine doses and others, with success. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Along with flu and HPV, vaccinations tracked in the analysis included hepatitis, chickenpox and shingles, MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), meningococcal, pneumococcal and Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis). \u2014 Deidre Mcphillips, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"noun"
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"Trump pardoned Flynn after he had been convicted of lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian diplomat . \u2014 Clare Spaulding, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"Peskov pushed back on the Russian diplomat and claimed Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine is supported by the majority of Russians. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
"His resignation is the most high-profile gesture of protest so far made by a Russian diplomat over the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"The statement is one of the most powerful Kremlin critiques to come from a Russian diplomat or official since the war began, The Washington Post notes. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 23 May 2022",
"In a post on Twitter, Alexander Alimov, a Russian diplomat at the United Nations in Geneva, said video footage from Bucha was fake because the bodies on the street appeared to be alive and moving \u2014 claims that did not stand up to scrutiny. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Nikolai Sokov, a former Russian diplomat who negotiated arms control treaties in Soviet times, said that nuclear warheads could also be placed on cruise missiles. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire again failed Saturday, and while the U.S. announced plans to provide another $200 million to Ukraine for weapons, a senior Russian diplomat warned that Moscow could attack foreign shipments of military equipment. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The Russian diplomat did not say whether Russian forces would target such convoys in Poland or Romania, NATO countries that border Ukraine. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rubber gloves can help reduce your exposure to dish soap, which may be an irritant for people with hand eczema, Cynthia Bailey, MD, a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and founder of Dr. Bailey Skin Care, tells SELF. \u2014 Stephanie Watson, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Doctors don\u2019t know why some people get dyshidrotic eczema and others don\u2019t, Cynthia Bailey, M.D., a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and president and CEO of Advanced Skin Care and Dermatology Inc., tells SELF. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 22 June 2018",
"Rubber gloves can help reduce your exposure to dish soap, which can be an irritant for people with hand eczema, Cynthia Bailey, M.D., a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and founder of Dr. Bailey Skin Care, tells SELF. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 25 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Deputies who searched the home located a bottle of ZzzQuil, which contains diphenhydramine , and a bottle of children's multi-symptom cold medicine containing dextromethorphan. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The report says methamphetamine, amphetamine and diphenhydramine were present in Jennette's blood. \u2014 CNN , 21 May 2021",
"This group includes many over-the-counter sleep medicines, such as those containing diphenhydramine . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Benadryl contains diphenhydramine , an antihistamine that temporarily relieves symptoms caused by hay fever, upper respiratory allergies or the common cold, such as a runny nose and sneezing. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Many of these adverse effects are due to the fact that diphenhydramine is not just an antihistamine, Dr. Stolbach explains. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 4 Sep. 2020",
"During the investigation, police found empty containers of diphenhydramine at the house where Banas was living in 2014. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Other drugs linked to overdose deaths were benzodiazepines; diphenhydramine , an antihistamine; and gabapentin, an anticonvulsant. \u2014 Nadia Kounang, CNN , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Doxylamine and diphenhydramine are antihistamines that can be used as sleeping aids. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Feb. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Genomicists think that the ancestors of sturgeons were diploid until all their chromosomes doubled and the fish became tetraploid. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Aug. 2020",
"So farmers plant sterile triploid plants along with diploid plants. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 3 July 2020",
"This means humans are diploid , or contain two full sets of chromosomes. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Oogonia are small diploid cells that form during the early stages of fetal development. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In another form of parthenogenesis, apomixis, reproductive cells replicate via mitosis, a process in which the cell duplicates to create two diploid cells\u2014a kind of genetic copy-and-paste. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic , 25 Aug. 2020",
"The triploids can\u2019t self-pollinate (because their pollen is not viable) but bees can carry the viable diploid pollen to the triploid flowers to complete fertilization. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 3 July 2020"
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"The dipole moment basically is a way to describe the strength of a magnet, just like electric charge describes the strength of an electric interaction. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Many of them also influence the electron's dipole moment . \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 7 Nov. 2018",
"That leads to an obvious question: what is an electric dipole moment ",
"Searching for the dipole moment of an electron is, basically, looking for this difference in sensitivities. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 7 Nov. 2018",
"The electron's egg shape, if real, would be quantified by what is known as the electric dipole moment (EDM). \u2014 Edwin Cartlidge, Science | AAAS , 26 Oct. 2017"
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"The sounds of \u201cou\u201d in \u201cout\u201d and of \u201coy\u201d in \u201cboy\u201d are diphthongs .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our heroes come from House Atreides, their elegance enhanced by that smooth classical diphthong . \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The reader can almost hear Camilleri\u2019s longtime translator, Stephen Sartarelli, chuckling over his rendition of Catarella\u2019s chatter as that mishmash of h-dropping Cockney and diphthong -slaying Brooklynese. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Even the big diphthongs that my grandfather\u2019s years in the States had tamped down swelled back to their former glory in this company. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 20 July 2019"
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"The 2019 to 2020 dipole has been unusually strong, with a temperature differential of 2\u00b0C. \u2014 Jennifer Fitchett, Quartz Africa , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Scott: The magnetic dipoles tried to orient according to the field, but\u2014 Joyce: No, no, no. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 9 Aug. 2019",
"This dipole cycles between these extremes over three to five year periods, ordinarily with a 1\u00b0C difference in sea surface temperature. \u2014 Jennifer Fitchett, Quartz Africa , 16 Feb. 2020",
"The dipole is defined by positive and negative sea surface temperature variations. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 10 Jan. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The taste derived from L-aspartyl-L-phenylalnine methyl ester, a dipeptide of amino acids that is 200 times sweeter than sucrose or table sugar. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": parthenogenesis characterized by the production of diploid offspring from unreduced primordial cells":[]
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"-n\u1d4al-\u02c8a-m\u0259n",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02ccfen-\u1d4al-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113n"
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"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-174534"
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": a frame used for dipping (as in dipping tallow candles and in dyeing)":[]
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"definitions":{
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"dipl- + Greek sph\u0113n wedge":""
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": a combining network (such as an impedance bridge or a filter circuit) allowing operation of diplex transmission (as of a radar and a communication transmitter)":[
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"\u02ccdipl\u014d(\u02cc)gl\u00e4\u02c8s\u00e4t\u0259",
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"definitions":{
": any of various enzymes that hydrolyze dipeptides but not polypeptides":[]
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"d\u012b-\u02c8pep-t\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101s, -\u02ccd\u0101z",
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"first_known_use":{
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"definitions":{
": nephridia in whose formation both the ectoderm and mesoderm take part":[]
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"definitions":{
": all of the foreign diplomats in a country":[
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
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"definitions":{
": a peptide that yields two molecules of amino acid on hydrolysis":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The taste derived from L-aspartyl-L-phenylalnine methyl ester, a dipeptide of amino acids that is 200 times sweeter than sucrose or table sugar. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Late Latin diptoton noun with only two cases, from Greek dipt\u014dton , neuter of dipt\u014dtos having one form for two cases, from di- + -pt\u014dtos (from piptein to fall, influenced in meaning by Greek pt\u014dsis case)":""
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"definitions":{
": the act or process of diploidizing or the state of being diploidized":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113002"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121830"
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"That\u2019s the story told by the film\u2019s poster, which features a diptych of star Mark Wahlberg, looking rough and rueful in a mug shot and then beatific in Catholic clergy apparel. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Clasen bought an Eric Vallely photo of a diver in the ocean with his fins up, cut it in two, and turned it into a diptych to hang in the living room. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
"This desert terrain is the world of Harrow, too; the novels form a diptych of devastation. \u2014 Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The exhibition includes one such diptych issued by the Roman general Justin on becoming consul in 540. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 16 July 2021",
"In a diptych by Iranian American photo-collagist Sepideh Salehi, a woman hides her face with her hand while her arm turns into a distant but vividly remembered landscape. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2021",
"The giant diptych places the artist\u2019s alter ego, a cross-dressing figure called Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, at the center of unsettling riffs on European colonization narratives. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2020",
"The final image was a diptych , showing Strangio reflected in the mirror of his bathroom, and a pair of gray slacks, a white shirt, and a plaid tie hanging on a door. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020"
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"definitions":{
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"Middle English dipsas , from Latin dipsad-, dipsas , from Greek, from dipsa thirst":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123832"
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": having two swarming periods each with a different form of zoospore and separated by an encysted stage (as in the Saprolegniales) \u2014 compare monoplanetic":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"di- + Greek plan\u0113tikos migratory, from plan\u0113t-, plan\u0113s wanderer (from planan to cause to wander, planasthai to wander) + -ikos -ic":""
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": a crystalline diamine C 6 H 5 NHC 6 H 4 NH 2":[]
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": a gall caused by an insect of the order Diptera":[]
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to the Dipneumonomorphae":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152227"
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": a genus of fungi (family Microthyriaceae) with shield-shaped perithecia and unequally two-celled hyaline ascospores \u2014 see black spot":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152318"
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": a suborder of Araneae comprising spiders that have a single pair of book lungs":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164931"
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": any of numerous direct dyes with a diphenyl element":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171616"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": toast drenched with milk, cream, or melted butter":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172511"
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": a hypothetical bilaterally symmetrical echinoderm larva sometimes regarded as a common ancestor of echinoderms and chordates":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipleura bilaterally symmetrical organisms (from di- + -pleura ) + -ula":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180645"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary diphenyl + thi- + carb- + az- + -one":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182222"
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"adjective"
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": having each or most of the tarsal or carpal bones of one row articulating with more than one bone of the other row":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + arthr- + -ous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184412"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having axes of the second order":[
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"dipl- + caulescent":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184957"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of tropical South American woody vines (family Apocynaceae) having large varicolored racemose flowers":[]
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"New Latin, from dipl- + Greek aden-, ad\u0113n gland + New Latin -ia ; from the pair of nectar glands":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191039"
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"noun"
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": a genus of Devonian dipnoan fishes of Scotland and America having ganoid scales, two short dorsal fins, and a heterocercal tail":[]
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"\""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek dipteros having two wings":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192619"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an inclinometer (see inclinometer sense 1 ) whose indications depend on a magnetized needle":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195502"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a prosodic unit or measure of two feet":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin dipodia , from Greek, from dipod-, dipous having two feet, from di- + pod-, pous":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200750"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": carbazole":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-202336"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of sciuromorph rodents consisting of the North American kangaroo rats":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipodo- (from Greek dipod-, dipous having two feet, from di- + pod-, pous foot) + -mys":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204453"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a family of myomorph rodents comprising the Old World jerboas and sometimes related forms":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Dipod-, Dipus , type genus + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210251"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"pronounciation":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-212606"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": phenyl ether":[],
": an ether containing two phenoxy groups":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215702"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"The trouble, rather, is that even our top foreign-policy experts and our most sophisticated diplomatists are creatures of our own cultural heritage and intellectual environment. \u2014 Nicholas Eberstadt, National Review , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": phenyl ether":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223626"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a branch of the foreign service that employs diplomatic agents and is concerned with foreign legations":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224905"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a hypothetical production of changes in the germplasm corresponding to acquired modification of somatic structure \u2014 compare lamarckism":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipl- + genesis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225423"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a crystalline compound (C 6 H 5 NH) 2 C=NH made by reaction of aniline and cyanogen chloride and used as an accelerator of vulcanization":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"diphenyl + guanidine":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-095749"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an agent employed by a state in its diplomatic service or in its intercourse or negotiation with other states":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232215"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a chromosome with four chromatids":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + chromosome":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232759"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having the ganglia arranged in pairs":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + gangliate":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233917"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": phenytoin":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-h\u012b-\u02c8dant-\u0259-w\u0259n",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02ccfe-n\u1d4al-h\u012b-\u02c8dan-t\u0259-w\u0259n",
"-\u02ccf\u0113-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"di- + phenyl + hyd rogen + all antoin":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234927"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a crystalline hydrocarbon (C 6 H 5 ) 2 CH 2 that has an odor suggesting geranium, that is made usually from benzene (as by reaction with benzyl chloride), that is used chiefly as a perfume in soaps, and that is the parent of some synthetic dyes":[]
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"noun"
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": cancellous bony tissue between the external and internal layers of the skull":[]
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"\u02c8dip-l\u0259-\u02ccw\u0113",
"-pl\u014d-\u02cc\u0113",
"\u02c8di-pl\u0259-\u02ccw\u0113"
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"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002634"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body":[]
},
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"d\u012b-\u02c8pl\u0113-j(\u0113-)\u0259"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles. \u2014 Lauren Sieben, SELF , 22 Mar. 2022",
"She was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy at age 1, according to the family's YouCaring page. \u2014 Sarah Klein, Health.com , 6 July 2018",
"Maya was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, which is a type of cerebral palsy that causes the muscles in the hips, legs and feet to be tight or spastic. \u2014 Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press , 6 July 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
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"circa 1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002926"
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": a genus of small marine and brackish-water fishes (family Serranidae) widely distributed along the warmer parts of both coasts of the Americas \u2014 compare sandfish":[]
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"d\u012b\u02c8plektr\u0259m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010710"
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": separated into parts : divided":[]
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"(\u02c8)d\u012b\u02c8p\u00e4r|\u02cct\u012bt",
"-p\u0227| also |t\u02cc\u012bt",
"usually -\u012bt+V"
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"di- + Latin partitus , past participle of partire, partiri to divide":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011333"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of deep-bodied fishes (family Sparidae) including a number of typical sargos":[]
},
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"\u02c8dipl\u0259d\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipl- + -odus":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012028"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of chiefly southern European herbs (order Rubiales) having the flowers in heads as in the Compositae but with the stamens separate":[]
},
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"\u02ccdips\u0259\u02c8k\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Dipsacus , type genus + -aceae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012748"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Diplodocus ) of large herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic known from remains found in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah":[]
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"d\u0259-\u02c8pl\u00e4-d\u0259-k\u0259s",
"d\u012b-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Plus, a line drawing of a diplodocus , the dinosaur from which Diplo takes his name. \u2014 Jon M. Gilbertson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2018",
"Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. \u2014 Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press , 14 July 2017",
"Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. \u2014 Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press , 14 July 2017",
"Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. \u2014 Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press , 14 July 2017",
"Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. \u2014 Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press , 14 July 2017",
"Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. \u2014 Leonore Schick, The Seattle Times , 13 July 2017"
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"borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from diplo- diplo- + Greek dok\u00f3s \"beam, especially one supporting a roof or floor, bar\" (perhaps, if original sense was \"something receiving/accepting a load,\" nominal agentive derivative from d\u00e9chesthai, d\u00e9kesthai \"to receive, welcome, accept,\" going back to an Indo-European verbal base *de\u1e31- \"take up, accept, perceive\"); so named from the double chevron bones forming part of the caudal vertebrae \u2014 more at decent":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015654"
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"noun"
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": a fish of the order Dipneusti":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022718"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the type genus of Diplacanthidae comprising small Devonian fishes with two strong spines between the pectoral fins":[]
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"-th\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023657"
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"dipl opia"
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"Greek, from diploos \u2014 more at double":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025943"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": resembling a diplococcus":[]
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"-\u00a6k\u00e4\u02cck\u022fid"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035851"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a large form genus of imperfect fungi (of the family Sphaeropsidaceae, order Sphaeropsidales) having carbonous pycnidia and brown 2-celled spores \u2014 see dry rot sense 2b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8pl\u014dd\u0113\u0259"
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"New Latin, irregular from diploos double; from the 2-celled spores":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045233"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": two to one in proportion : having a thesis twice the length of the arsis":[]
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"(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6pl\u0101|zik",
"-la|"
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"Greek diplas ios twofold (from di- + -plasios -fold) + English -ic":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053122"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mail pouch that is sealed shut in transit and is used for carrying communications between a legation and its home office":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053124"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pottery decorated by being dipped in slip":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054719"
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"adjective or noun",
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": a suborder of Salientia including the families Ranidae, Polypedatidae, and Brevicipitidae and having the anterior surface of the first seven vertebrae concave and the eighth vertebra biconcave, a firm median fusion of the shoulder girdle, and no ribs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)d\u012b\u02ccpl\u0101z\u0113\u014d\u02c8s\u0113l\u0259"
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"New Latin, from diplasio- (from Greek diplasios ) + -coela (from Greek koilos hollow)":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060635"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": distinctive of an elaborate stage of ancient Greek pottery making and decorating in the geometric style marked by pictures of funerals":[]
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"\u02c8dip\u0259\u02ccl\u00e4n"
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"Dipylon , gateway on the west side of ancient Athens, near which pottery in this style has been found":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062404"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of various encapsulated bacteria (such as Streptococcus pneumoniae , a common cause of pneumonia) that usually occur in pairs and that were formerly grouped in a single taxon (genus Diplococcus ) but are now all assigned to other genera":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8k\u00e4k-\u0259s",
"\u02ccdip-l\u014d-\u02c8k\u00e4-k\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, genus name":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064811"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a joint running in the same direction as the dip of the strata":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073745"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an international law that gives foreign diplomats special rights in the country where they are working":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075545"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": benzophenone":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary diphenyl + ketone":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075603"
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"dip-iron":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an implement used in removing resin from cups attached to trees tapped for resin production":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081406"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hexanitrodiphenylamine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b\u00a6pikr\u0259\u0307l\u0259\u00a6m\u0113n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary di- + picryl + amine":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082230"
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"diphthongic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": diphthongal":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-(g)ik"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084117"
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"dipshit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stupid or incompetent person":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip-\u02ccshit"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-090420"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the part of a fault displacement that is recorded by the separation of originally continuous beds or veins measured straight down the dip and in the plane of the fault":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093120"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdip-s\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02ccdip-s\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259, -ny\u0259",
"-ny\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So adding a hefty pour of ginger beer, some lime juice, and a dope copper mug to your vodka transforms your dipsomania into an actual weekend event. \u2014 Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire , 15 May 2015",
"While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania . \u2014 Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire , 23 Jan. 2016"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek dipsa thirst + Late Latin mania":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093206"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a crystal consisting of two pyramids base to base, the one geometrically a mirror image of the other with respect to the horizontal plane of symmetry":[
"dipyramids occur in the tetragonal, hexagonal, and orthorhombic systems and may have corresponding orthorhombic, tetragonal, ditetragonal, hexagonal, or dihexagonal symmetry"
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},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"di- + pyramid":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093538"
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"diplozoic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": combining a double set of vital structures in one unit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6dipl\u0259\u00a6z\u014dik"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + -zoic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101700"
},
"dipyramidal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having the shape of a dipyramid":[],
": having symmetry such that the general form is a dipyramid":[
"\u2014 used of certain of the 32 classes of symmetry"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)d\u012b+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"dipyramid + -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102653"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Dipneusti":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)dip\u00a6n(y)\u00fcst\u1d4al"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Dipneusti + English -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104616"
},
"Dipsosaurus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of small iguanid lizards including one form ( D. dorsalis ) that inhabits the desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and feeds on buds and flowers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdips\u014d\u02c8s\u022fr\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipso- (from Greek dipsa thirst) + -saurus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112119"
},
"diphthongize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to change into a diphthong":[],
": to pronounce as a diphthong":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip-",
"\u02c8dif-\u02ccth\u022f\u014b-\u02cc\u012bz"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114405"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one affected with dipsomania":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip-(\u02cc)s\u014d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His resentfully dipso wife (Mary Kay Place) adds even more mood-enhancing substances to her primarily liquid diet. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 2 Feb. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115024"
},
"Diplacanthidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of primitive placoderm fishes (subclass Acanthodii) having two dorsal fins \u2014 see diplacanthus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdipl\u0259\u02c8kan(t)th\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Diplacanthus , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115510"
},
"dip-slip fault":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a geologic fault the displacement of which is predominantly a dip slip":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121003"
},
"diphyozooid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the free-swimming sexual zooids of siphonophores":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6dif\u0113\u014d+"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"diphy- + zooid":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135032"
},
"Dipneusti":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of Choanichthyes coextensive with Dipnoi \u2014 see lungfish":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"dip\u02c8n(y)\u00fc\u02ccst\u012b"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from di- + -pneusti (irregular from Greek pneustikos of breathing, from pnein to breathe)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135255"
},
"dipneustid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": dipneustal":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-t\u0259\u0307d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140451"
},
"dip slope":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a land surface inclined in the same direction and at the same angle as the dip of the underlying rocks":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141358"
},
"diphy-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": double : bipartite":[
"diphy odont"
]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek diphy- , from diphy\u0113s , from di- + phyein to bring forth \u2014 more at be":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141420"
},
"Dipnoi":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order or other division of Choanichthyes including a number of fossil fishes known from the Devonian and later formations and three surviving genera, Neoceratodus, Protopterus , and Lepidosiren , comprising aberrant fishes that have overlapping cycloid scales and dermal fin rays, a largely cartilaginous skeleton with a persistent notochord, an autostylic skull, paired fins of the archipterygial type, gills covered by an operculum, and in addition a lung or pair of lungs communicating with the ventral side of the esophagus by a short tube":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip\u02ccn\u022fi",
"-pn\u0259\u02ccw\u012b"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from masculine plural of dipnous having two apertures for breathing":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145100"
},
"Diprotodontia":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a suborder of Marsupialia comprising the kangaroos, phalangers, koala, wombats, the extinct giants of the genus Diprotodon , and other marsupials that are all almost exclusively herbivorous, have only one well-developed pair of lower incisors, but usually have three pairs of upper incisors \u2014 compare polyprotodontia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)d\u012b\u02ccpr\u014dt\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4nch(\u0113)\u0259"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Diprotodont-, Diprotodon + -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150658"
},
"dipyre":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b\u02ccp\u012b(\u0259)r"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from di- + Greek pyr fire; from the double effect of fire in fusing it and making it phosphorescent":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151736"
},
"dipnoid":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun"
],
"definitions":{
": dipnoan":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip\u02ccn\u022fid"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Dipnoi + English -oid":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151945"
},
"dipnoan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lungfish":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u014d-\u0259n",
"\u02c8dip-n\u0259-w\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ultimately from Greek dipnoos having two breathing apertures, from di- + pno\u0113 breath, from pnein to breathe \u2014 more at sneeze":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152504"
},
"diphyodont":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by the successive development of deciduous and permanent sets of teeth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u012b-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccd\u00e4nt",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccd\u00e4nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153720"
},
"diphthongal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a gliding (see glide entry 1 sense 4 ) monosyllabic speech sound (such as the vowel combination at the end of toy ) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another":[],
": digraph":[],
": the ligature (see ligature sense 4 ) \u00e6 or \u0153":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip-",
"\u02c8dif-\u02ccth\u022f\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The sounds of \u201cou\u201d in \u201cout\u201d and of \u201coy\u201d in \u201cboy\u201d are diphthongs .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our heroes come from House Atreides, their elegance enhanced by that smooth classical diphthong . \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The reader can almost hear Camilleri\u2019s longtime translator, Stephen Sartarelli, chuckling over his rendition of Catarella\u2019s chatter as that mishmash of h-dropping Cockney and diphthong -slaying Brooklynese. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Even the big diphthongs that my grandfather\u2019s years in the States had tamped down swelled back to their former glory in this company. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 20 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English diptonge , from Middle French diptongue , from Late Latin dipthongus , from Greek diphthongos , from di- + phthongos voice, sound":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160105"
},
"Dipsacaceae":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of chiefly southern European herbs (order Rubiales) having the flowers in heads as in the Compositae but with the stamens separate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdips\u0259\u02c8k\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Dipsacus , type genus + -aceae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160508"
},
"dipodid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rodent of the family Dipodidae":[],
": of or relating to the Dipodidae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8dip\u0259d\u0259\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Dipodidae":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164641"
},
"diphycercal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having the upper and lower portions alike or nearly so and the vertebral column extending to the tip without any upturning":[
"in lungfish and crossopterygians this symmetry is attained by the evolution of a diphycercal tail",
"\u2014 A. S. Romer"
],
": having a diphycercal tail fin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-f\u0259\u0307+",
"\u00a6dif\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"diphy- + -cercal":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165122"
},
"diphycercy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the state of being diphycercal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-rk\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"diphy- + -cercy":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170646"
},
"diplotene":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stage of meiotic prophase which follows the pachytene and during which the paired homologous chromosomes begin to separate and chiasmata become visible":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dip-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0113n",
"\u02c8di-pl\u0259-\u02cct\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173228"
},
"Diphyes":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of oceanic hydrozoans of the order Siphonophora having two large swimming bells at the upper end of a stock that bears the polyps":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dif\u0113\u02cc\u0113z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek diphy\u0113s double":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173926"
},
"dipode":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": biped":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b\u02ccp\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek dipod-, dipous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175843"
},
"Diprotodon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a monotypic genus of Australian Pleistocene herbivorous marsupials related to the kangaroos, resembling a rhinoceros in size, and walking on four legs \u2014 see diprotodontia":[],
": any animal or fossil of the genus Diprotodon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b\u02c8pr\u014dt\u0259\u02ccd\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from di- + prot- + -odon":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182726"
},
"diprotodont":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": belonging to Diprotodontia":[],
": a diprotodont mammal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6pr\u014dt\u0259\u02ccd\u00e4nt",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Diprotodont-, Diprotodon":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191338"
},
"dipnoous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having both lungs and gills":[],
": dipnoan":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dipn\u0259w\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin dipnous having two apertures for breathing, from Greek dipnoos , from di- + -pnoos (from pno\u0113 breath, from pnein to breathe)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200628"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": following either of two alternate courses of embryonic development":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-f\u0259\u0307\u00a6-",
"\u00a6dif\u0113\u00a6jenik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"diphy- + -genic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202057"
},
"dipropyl ketone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": butyrone":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202235"
},
"diplotegia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a capsule developed in seed plants from an inferior ovary (as in iris)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdipl\u014d\u02c8t\u0113j\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipl- + -tegia (from Greek tegos roof)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210427"
},
"Diplotaxis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of Old World weedy herbs (family Cruciferae) with alternate pinnatifid leaves and yellow racemose flowers \u2014 see wall rocket":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipl- + -taxis":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212457"
},
"dipropyl":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": containing two propyl groups in the molecule":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary di- + propyl":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221721"
},
"dipropellant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bipropellant":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6d\u012b+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"di- + propellant":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222607"
},
"diphyllous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having two leaves":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6fil\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin diphyllus , from di- + -phyllus -phyllous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222827"
},
"diphyletic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": derived from two lines of evolutionary descent":[
"diphyletic hadrosaurs"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u012b-f\u012b-\u02c8le-tik",
"\u02ccd\u012b-f\u012b-\u02c8let-ik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225645"
},
"Diphyllidea":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of Cestoda comprising tapeworms with two bothria on the scolex and dorsal and ventral rostellar hooks and including only a few parasites of elasmobranch fishes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u012bf\u0259\u02c8lid\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from di- + phyll- + -idea":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233533"
},
"Diphylla":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of bloodsucking bats of the family Desmodontidae \u2014 see vampire sense 3":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b\u02c8fil\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from di- + -phylla (from Greek phyllon leaf); from the bifoliate nose leaf (to blossom)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233554"
},
"Diphylleia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of perennial herbs (family Berberidaceae) with a single basal peltate leaf and two cauline leaves all deeply 2-cleft, 6-petaled white flowers, and globose or oblong berries":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u012bf\u0259\u02c8l\u012b\u0259",
"-l\u0113(y)\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from di- + -phylleia (from Greek phyllon leaf)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000353"
},
"dip rope":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sailor's rope tailed with chain for clearing hawse or for mooring":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002506"
},
"diprismatic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": doubly prismatic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"di- + prismatic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011338"
},
"Diprionidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small family of sawflies that have many-jointed antennae serrate in the female and pectinate in the male and that include various serious pests of coniferous trees":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdipr\u0113\u02c8\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Diprion , type genus (from di- + -prion ) + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013039"
},
"diplostomulum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a modified metacercaria occurring unencysted especially in the lens of the eye of fishes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccdipl\u014d\u02c8st\u00e4my\u0259l\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from dipl- + Greek stoma mouth + New Latin -ulum":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-031847"
},
"diplostemonous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having the stamens in two whorls each of which has the same number as the petals and usually an inner stamen opposite each petal and an outer one opposite each sepal \u2014 compare obdiplostemonous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6dipl\u014d\u00a6st\u0113m\u0259n\u0259s",
"-tem-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from (assumed) New Latin diplostemonus , from New Latin dipl- + (assumed) New Latin -stemonus -stemonous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033020"
},
"diplospory":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": reproduction by means of unreduced spores":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dipl\u0259\u02ccsp\u014dr\u0113",
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8pl\u00e4sp\u0259r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + -spory":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033340"
},
"diplosporous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": being or belonging to diplospory":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8pl\u00e4sp\u0259r\u0259s",
"\u00a6dipl\u0259\u00a6sp\u014dr\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + -sporous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040121"
},
"diplospondylic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": embolomerous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6dipl\u014d+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"dipl- + spondylic, spondylous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041528"
}
}
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