di
This ROOT-WORD is the Prefix DI which means TWO, DOUBLE & SEPARATE. Notice the SEPARATE idea of Divide and Divorce. It is a difficult key.
1. Dicephalous: DI cephalous (die sef’ a lus) adj.
Having two heads
2. Didactic: DI dactyl (die dak’ til) n.
An organism with only two digits on each extremity
3. Diota: DI ota (die o’ ta) n.
A vessel with two handles
4. Dicellate: DI cellate (die sel’ ate) n.
Having two prongs; as, a fork
5. Dicotyledon: DI cotyledon (di kot el eed’ on) n.
A plant that has two seed leaves
6. Dicotyledonous: DI cotyledonous (di kot el eed’ on us) adj.
Having two seed leaves
7. Dichromatic: DI chromatic (die kroe mat’ ik) adj.
Having two colors
8. Dichotomy: DI chotomy (die kot’ o me) n.
A separation into two parts
9. Diclinic: DI clinic (die klin’ ik) adj.
Having two oblique intersections behind three of the axes of a crystal
10. Diacid: DI acid (die as’ id) n.
An acid having two hydrogen atoms
11. Dimeter: DI meter (dim’ et er) n.
A line of verse with two metrical feet
12. Dilemma: DI lemma (di lem’ a) n.
A situation which poses two or more difficult choices
13. Dilogy: DI logy (dil’ o jee) n.
Speech that has two or more meanings
14. Diphthong: DI phthong (dif’ thong) n.
A sound made by joining two vowels; as, OU in hOUse
15. Dioxide: DI oxide (die ok’ side) n.
A compound containing two atoms of oxygen
16. Digraph: DI graph (die’ graf) n.
Two vowels written together and making one sound; as, AE in Aesop
17. Divide: DI vide (di vide’) v.
To separate into two or more parts
18. Divorce: DI vorce (di vors’) n.
Separation, one from the other
19. Divulsion: DI vulsion (die vul’ shun) n.
A tearing apart
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