<B>diesel</B> or <B>Diesel, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=diesel engine.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a truck, locomotive, train, tractor, or construction equipment, run by a diesel engine. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=diesel oil.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>equipped with or run by a diesel engine. <BR> <I>Ex. a diesel locomotive. Its truck fleets include 250 diesel tractors (Wall Street Journal)</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or for a diesel engine. <BR> <I>Ex. diesel fuel.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (of an internal combustion engine) to continue firing after the ignition has been shut off. <BR> <I>Ex. When hot, the engine would diesel ... after the ignition was switched off (Popular Science).</I> </DL>
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<B>diesel</B> or <B>Diesel cycle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thermodynamic cycle of operations, performed in four strokes or two strokes by a diesel engine. It consists of intake of air, compression of air, injection and ignition of fuel accompanied by expansion of burned mixture, and exhaustion of combustion products. </DL>
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<B>diesel-electric</B> or <B>Diesel-electric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having an electric motor supplied with electricity from a generator run by a diesel engine. <BR> <I>Ex. a diesel-electric locomotive.</I> </DL>
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<B>diesel</B> or <B>Diesel engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an internal-combustion engine in which fuel oil is ignited by heat from compression of air in the cylinder heads. </DL>
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<B>dieseling</B> or <B>Dieseling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a brief continued idling of an automobile after the ignition is turned off. Dieseling may occur in standard automobiles that use lean fuel mixtures for idling in order to reduce the emission of exhaust pollutants. </DL>
<B>dieselization</B> or <B>Dieselization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of dieselizing or state of being dieselized. </DL>
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<B>dieselize</B> or <B>Dieselize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to equip with, or convert to use of, a diesel engine or engines. <BR> <I>Ex. It pinched the French railway system, almost completely dieselized (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>diesel</B> or <B>Diesel motor,</B> <B>=diesel engine.</B></DL>
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<B>diesel oil</B> or <B>fuel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a light fuel oil burned by diesel engines and obtained after the distillation of gasoline and kerosene from crude oil. </DL>
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<B>dies faustus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a lucky or auspicious day. </DL>
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<B>dies infaustus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) an unlucky or inauspicious day. </DL>
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<B>diesinker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes dies for shaping or stamping. </DL>
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<B>diesinking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the making of dies for shaping or stamping. </DL>
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<B>Dies Irae,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a medieval liturgical poem which describes the Day of Judgment and usually forms the second section of the Requiem Mass. <DD><B> 2. </B>a musical setting of it, either the traditional plain song or an original composition </DL>
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<B>diesis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Printing.) the double dagger. </DL>
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<B>dies non,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a day on which law courts are not open; day when courts do not transact business. </DL>
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<B>diesohol, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mixture of diesel oil and ethyl alcohol, used as a fuel in diesel engine. <BR> <I>Ex. As prices for petroleum products rise the economics should become favorable for gasohol and for the diesel fuel-ethanol combination, called diesohol (John Patrick Jordan).</I> </DL>
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<B>diestock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the stock or handle for holding the dies used in cutting screws. </DL>
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<B>diestrum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) an inactive period in the estrous cycle; anestrum. </DL>
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<B>diet</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the usual kind of food and drink for a person or animal. <BR> <I>Ex. My diet is made up of meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, water, and milk. Grass is a large part of a cow's diet.</I> (SYN) fare, victuals. <DD><B> 2. </B>any special selection of food eaten in sickness, or to make oneself fatter or thinner. <BR> <I>Ex. The doctor ordered a liquid diet for the sick child. The doctor put my uncle on a diet because he was too fat.</I> (SYN) regimen. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a habitual or repeated exposure to something. <BR> <I>Ex. She served him a steady diet of complaints.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to eat special food as a part of a doctor's treatment, or in order to gain or lose weight. <BR> <I>Ex. Don't give me any cake; I'm dieting to lose weight.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to eat food; feed. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to eat special or limited amounts of food and drink. <DD><B> 2. </B>to feed with a particular kind of food. noun <B>dieter.</B> </DL>
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<B>diet</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a formal assembly for discussion. (SYN) congress, convention, council. <DD><B> 2. </B>the national lawmaking body in certain countries. Switzerland and Japan are governed by diets. (SYN) parliament. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Scottish.) <DD><B> a. </B>a day set for a particular meeting or assembly. <DD><B> b. </B>a session or sitting, as of a court. <DD><B> 4. </B>a formal assembly in the Holy Roman Empire to discuss or act upon public or state affairs. </DL>
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<B>dietarian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who follows a dietary or diet. </DL>
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<B>dietary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-taries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with diet. <BR> <I>Ex. Dietary rules tell what foods to eat for healthy living.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an allowance of food, in a prison, hospital, etc. (SYN) ration. <DD><B> 2. </B>a system or course of diet. </DL>
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<B>dietary fiber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> roughage in food, such as bran and fruit skins. </DL>
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<B>dietary laws,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a code of laws, observed chiefly by Orthodox Jews, dealing with the foods that one is permitted or not permitted to eat, the slaughtering of animals, the foods that may or may not be eaten together, and dishes and utensils to be used at various times. </DL>
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<B>dietetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with diet or dietetics. <BR> <I>Ex. Many dietetic foods are without sugar, salt, or fats.</I> adv. <B>dietetically.</B> </DL>
<B>dietetics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science that deals with the amount and kinds of food needed by the body. </DL>
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<B>dietetist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies dietetics. </DL>
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<B>diethylcarbamazine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline, odorless powder, used in medicine, especially as a drug destructive of filariae. </DL>
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<B>diethyl ether, =ether </B>(def. 1).</DL>
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<B>diethylstilbestrol</B> or <B>diethylstilboestrol, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biochemistry.) a colorless, synthetic substance used like estrone but not itself an estrogen; stilbestrol. </DL>
<A NAME="diethyltoluamide">
<B>diethyl toluamide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless liquid insect repellent with a mild odor and low toxicity, used also as a solvent for resins; deet. </DL>
<A NAME="dietician">
<B>dietician, </B>noun. <B>=dietitian.</B></DL>
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<B>dietitian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person trained to plan meals that have the right amounts of various kinds of food. Many hospitals and schools employ dietitians. </DL>
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<B>diet kitchen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kitchen, usually connected with a hospital, where special diets for invalids and other patients are prepared. </DL>
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<B>dietless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a diet; not following a diet. </DL>
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<B>Diet of Worms,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the meeting of the German lawmaking assembly, in 1521, at which Martin Luther defended his doctrines. </DL>
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<B>dietotherapy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the treatment of disease by the regulation of diet. </DL>
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<B>diet pill,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) any of various hormones, diuretics, or other drugs in tablet form, prescribed to reduce weight, usually by speeding up metabolism. </DL>
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<B>dietzeite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral consisting of the iodate and chromate of calcium, occurring in yellow prismatic crystals and fibrous masses. </DL>
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<B>Dieu avec nous,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) God with us. </DL>
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<B>Dieu et mon droit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) God and my right (the motto on the royal arms of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). </DL>
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<B>Dieu vous garde,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) God keep you (a form of salutation). </DL>
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<B>dif-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>dis-</B> (2) before <I>f,</I> as in <I>diffuse.</I> </DL>
<B>differ, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to be not the same; be unlike; be different (from). <BR> <I>Ex. My answer to the arithmetic problem differed from hers. The twins differ from each other in their interests.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to hold or express a different opinion; disagree. <BR> <I>Ex. The two of us differ as to how we should spend the money. I differed from him in the solution he offered. I never differ with your plans.</I> (SYN) dissent. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to dispute; quarrel. </DL>
