Vocabulary : Dinosaur to Dinting

Dinosaur : Alt. of Dinosaurian
Dinosauria : An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.
Dinosaurian : One of the Dinosauria.
Dinothere : Alt. of Dinotherium
Dinotherium : A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Dinoxide : Same as Dioxide.
Dinsome : Full of din.
Dint : A blow; a stroke. ;; The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. ;; Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of. ;; To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
Dinted : of Dint
Dinting : of Dint

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