Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 51
Digestion (n.) (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
Digestion (n.) The process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat.
Digestion (n.) The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body.
Digestion (n.) Learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion".
Digestion (n.) The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead -- a circumstance from which that wicked writer, Dr. Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.
Digestive (a.) Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. -- B. Jonson.
Digestive apparatus, The organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.
Digestive salt, The chloride of potassium.
Digestive (n.) That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. -- Chaucer.
That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. -- Blackw. Mag.
Digestive (n.) (Med.) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. --Dunglison.
Digestive (n.) (Med.) A tonic. [R.]
Digestive (a.) Relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment".
Digestive (n.) Any substance that promotes digestion digestive system.
Digestive (n.) The system that makes food absorbable into the body [syn: digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium].
Digestive system (n.) The system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products; in mammals the system includes the alimentary canal extending from the mouth to the anus, and the hormones and enzymes assisting in digestion.
Digestive system (n.) The alimentary canal together with the salivary glands, liver, pancreas, and other organs of digestion.
Digestor (n.) See Digester.
Digesture (n.) Digestion. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Diggable (a.) Capable of being dug.
Digger (n.) One who, or that which, digs.
Digger wasp (Zool.), Any one of the fossorial Hymenoptera.
Diggers (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.
Digger (n.) A laborer who digs.
Digger (n.) A machine for excavating [syn: power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel].
Digging (n.) The act or the place of excavating.
Syn: excavation, dig.
Digging (n.) pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent]
Digging (n.) pl. Region; locality. [Low]
Digging (n.) A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion).
Syn: ransacking, rummage.
Digging (n.) The act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging, dig].
Dight (imp. & p. p.) of Dight.
Dighted () of Dight.
Dighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dight.
Dight (v. t.) To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn.
Dight (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
Dighter (n.) One who dights.
Digit (n.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
Digit (n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
Digit (n.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
Digit (n.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
Digit (v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
Digital (a.) Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
Digitain (n.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the "German extract," etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties.
Digitain (n.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside.
Digitalis (n.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.
Digitalis (n.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.
Digitate (v. t.) To point out as with the finger.
Digitate (a.) Alt. of Digitated.
Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.
Digitation (n.) A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
Digitiform (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.
Digitigrade (a.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
Digitigrade (n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.
Digitipartite (a.) Parted like the fingers.
Digitize (v. t.) To finger; as, to digitize a pen.
Digitorium (n.) A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
Digitule (n.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.
Digladiate (v. i.) To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.
Digladiation (n.) Act of digladiating.
Diglottism (n.) Bilingualism.
Diglyph (n.) A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.
Dignation (n.) The act of thinking worthy; honor.
Digne (a.) Worthy; honorable; deserving.
Digne (a.) Suitable; adequate; fit.
Digne (a.) Haughty; disdainful.
Dignification (n.) 使其尊嚴化 The act of dignifying; exaltation.
Dignified (a.) Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.
Dignified (imp. & p. p.) of Dignify.
Dignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dignify.
Dignify (v. t.) 使有尊嚴，使高貴 [（+by/ with）]；抬高……的身價 [（+by/ with）] To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.
Your worth will dignify our feast. -- B. Jonson.
Syn: To exalt; elevate; prefer; advance; honor; illustrate; adorn; ennoble.
Dignify (v.) Confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title" [syn: ennoble, dignify].
Dignify (v.) Raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer".
Dignified (a.) 有尊嚴的；莊嚴的；高貴的；dignify的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman" [ant: undignified].
Dignified (a.) Having or showing self-esteem [syn: dignified, self-respecting, self-respectful].
Dignitaries (n. pl. ) of Dignitary.
Dignitary (n.) 顯貴，要人 [C] One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.
Dignitary (n.) An important or influential (and often overbearing) person [syn: very important person, VIP, high-up, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck].
Dignities (n. pl. ) of Dignity.
Dignity (n.) 尊嚴；莊嚴 [U]；尊貴；高尚 [U] The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
Dignity (n.) Elevation; grandeur.
The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings. -- Shak.
Dignity (n.) Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. --Macaulay.
And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? -- Esth. v. i. 3.
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. -- Gen. xlix. 3.
Dignity (n.) Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of mien, manner, style, etc.
A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought and language. -- Macaulay.
Dignity (n.) One holding high rank; a dignitary.
These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities. -- Jude. 8.
Dignity (n.) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs.] Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves. -- Sir T. Browne.
Syn: See Decorum.
To stand upon one's dignity, to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.
They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else. -- R. G. White.
Dignity (n.) The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure" [syn: dignity, self-respect, self-regard, self-worth].
Dignity (n.) Formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity, lordliness, gravitas].
Dignity (n.) High office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries".
Dignotion (n.) Distinguishing mark; diagnostic.
Digonous (a.) Having two angles.
Digram (n.) A digraph.
Digraph (n.) Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.
Digraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to a digraph.
Digressed (imp. & p. p.) of Digress.
Digressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Digress.
Digress (v. i.) 走向岔道；脫離主題 To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
Digress (v. i.) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
Digress (v.) Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn: {digress}, {stray}, {divagate}, {wander}].
Digress (v.) Wander from a direct or straight course [syn: {sidetrack}, {depart}, {digress}, {straggle}].
Digress (n.) Digression. [Obs.]
Digression (n.) 離題，扯到枝節上，脫軌 The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
Digression (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
Digression (n.) (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.
Digression (n.) A message that departs from the main subject [syn: {digression}, {aside}, {excursus}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}].
Digression (n.) A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: {diversion}, {deviation}, {digression}, {deflection}, {deflexion}, {divagation}].
Digression (n.) Wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: {digression}, {excursion}].
Digressional (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
Digressive (a.) Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
Digressively (adv.) By way of digression.
Digue (n.) A bank; a dike.
Digynia (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles.
Digynian (a.) Alt. of Digynous.
Digynous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles.
Dihedral (a.) Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal.
Dihedron (n.) A figure with two sides or surfaces.
Dihexagonal (a.) Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base.
Dihexagonal (a.) Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism.
Diiamb (n.) A diiambus.
Diiambus (n.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses.
Diiodide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.
Diisatogen (n.) A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
Dijudicant (n.) One who dijudicates.
Dijudicated (imp. & p. p.) of Dijudicate.
Dijucating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dijudicate.
Dijudicate (v. i.) To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
Dijudication (n.) The act of dijudicating; judgment.
Dika (n.) A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread.
Dike (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
Dike (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
Dike (n.) A wall of turf or stone.
Dike (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.