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Offset :: Offset (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off..

Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

Hypocoristic :: Hypocoristic (a.) Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name..

Mudhole :: Mudhole (n.) A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn..

Feces :: Feces (n. pl.) dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.

Dimeter :: Dimeter (n.) A verse of two meters.

Novice :: Novice (n.) One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro..

Misty :: Misty (superl.) Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight..

Disaffect :: Disaffect (v. t.) To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.

Dimpling :: Dimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimpl.

Decantation :: Decantation (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another..

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake..

Stadtholder :: Stadium (n.) A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod..

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish..

Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..

Halved :: Halved (a.) Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate..

Dim :: Dim (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse..

Blastemal :: Blastemal (a.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

Size :: Size (v. t.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting..

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