Chapter Dickens to Direct of D by Soule's Synonymes

Diminution, n. Decrease, lessening, decrement, reduction, abatement, contraction.

Diminutive, a. Little, small, dwarfish, tiny, puny, pygmy, pygmean, contracted, minute, of small size.

Dim-sighted, a. Dim-eyed, blear-eyed.

Din, n. Noise, uproar, racket, clamor, clangor, clashing, clash, crash, crashing, clatter, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly.

Dingle, n. Dale, dell, vale, valley, glen.

Dingy, a.

1. Dun, dusky, brown.

2. Soiled, sullied, smirched, dimmed, dulled, faded.

Dint, n.

1. Stroke, blow.

2. Dent, indentation.

3. Force, power. [Only in the phrase By dint of.]

Diocese, n. Bishopric, see, jurisdiction, charge (of a bishop).

Diocesan, n. Head of the diocese, reigning or ruling bishop.

Diodon, n. Globe-fish, puffer, sea-hedgehog, porcupine-fish, prickly globe-fish.

Dionæa, n. Venus’s fly-trap.

Dioxide, n. Sub-oxide.

Dip, v. a.

1. Immerse, plunge, douse, souse.

2. Take out (with a ladle, cup, etc.), ladle.

3. Baptize by immersion.

Dip, v. n.

1. Thrust a ladle (cup, etc., into a liquid).

2. Incline, tend downward.