Vocabulary : Dipterygian to Direct

Dipterygian : Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes.
Diptote : A noun which has only two cases.
Diptych : Anything consisting of two leaves. ;; A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. ;; A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych. ;; A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints.
Dipyre : A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.
Dipyrenous : Containing two stones or nutlets.

Dipyridil : A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.
Dipyridine : A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.
Diradiation : The emission and diffusion of rays of light.
Dire : Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. ;; Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Direct : Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. ;; Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. ;; Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. ;; In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line. ;; In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body. ;; To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance. ;; To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road. ;; To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements

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