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Breeze Fly :: Breeze fly (n.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies..

Diphthong :: Diphthong (n.) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong..

Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)

Adipocere :: Adipocere (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration..

Water Crake :: Water crake () The dipper.

Dipneumona :: Dipneumona (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.

Daddy Longlegs :: Daddy longlegs () A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs..

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) Anything consisting of two leaves.

Diplomatically :: Diplomatically (adv.) According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.

Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Vocal :: Vocal (n.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal..

Dipping :: Dipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Di.

Diplomatic :: Diplomatic (a.) Alt. of Diplomatica.

Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc..

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

Dipper :: Dipper (n.) The buffel duck.

Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

Adipocerous :: Adipocerous (a.) Like adipocere.

Dop :: Dop (v. i.) To dip.

Diphtheric :: Diphtheric (a.) Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.

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