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dichromatism
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue…
dichromatism meaning(s)
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- (n) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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dichromatopsia
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given…
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dichromia
a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by…
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dichromic acid
the hypothetical acid (H2Cr2O7) from which dichromates are derived; known…
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dicier
/ˈdaɪ si ər/
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of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
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diciest
of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
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dick
/ˈdɪk/
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someone who is a detective
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dick fosbury
United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the…
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dick test
a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever
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dick turpin
English highwayman (1706-1739)
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dickens
/ˈdɪ kənz/
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a word used in exclamations of confusion
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dickensian
/dɪ ˈkɛn zi ən/
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of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard…
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dicker
/ˈdɪ kər/
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negotiate the terms of an exchange
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dickey
/ˈdɪ ki/
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a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
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dickey-bird
small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer…
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dickey-seat
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
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dickeybird
small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to…
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dickhead
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
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dickie
/ˈdɪ ki/
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a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
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dickie-seat
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
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dickinson
/ˈdɪ kɪn sən/
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United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
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dicksonia
tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds…
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dicksonia antarctica
of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
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dicksoniaceae
tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans