Name Report For First Name DIVA:
DIVA
First name DIVA's origin is Other. DIVA means "divine one". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DIVA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of diva.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with DIVA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with DIVA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming DIVA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DÝVA AS A WHOLE:
adiva nediva nedivah godivaNAMES RHYMING WITH DÝVA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (iva) - Names That Ends with iva:
sunniva akiva tiva iva neiva riva aviva viva kiva chaviva zivaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (va) - Names That Ends with va:
krasava miroslava eva malva minerva zeva ahava yeva daeva lomahongva nova ahuva alva anuva ava belva deva elisheva elva esteva geneva genoveva gustava jeneva jenneva keva melva naava neva orva reva synneva teva zehuva zinerva edva tova eeva chava zenevieva ginerva cleva chedva cochava mava tikvaNAMES RHYMING WITH DÝVA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (div) - Names That Begins with div:
div divon divone divsha divshah divyanshuRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (di) - Names That Begins with di:
dia diahann diahna diamanda diamanta diamante diamon diamond diamonique diamont diamontina dian diana dianda diandra diandre diane dianna diannah dianne diantha dianthe diara diarmaid dibe dice dichali dick dickran dickson didier dido didrika diederich diedre diedrick diega diego dien diep diera dierck dierdre dieter dietrich dietz digna diji dike dikesone dikran dilan dillan dillen dillin dillion dillon dimitrie dimitry dimitur din dina dinadan dinah dinar dinas dino dinora dinorah dinsmore diogo diolmhain diomasach diomedes dion diona diondra diondray diondre dione dionis dionisa dionna dionne dionte dionysia dionysie dionysius dior diorbhall dirce dirck dirk ditaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DÝVA:
First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':
dacia dada daena daganya daghda dahlia daiana daina daishya dakota dakshina dalena dalenna dalia daliila dalila damara damia damiana damita dana danetta dania danica daniela danika danila danita danitza danja danna dannia dantina danya daphna dar-al-baida dara daracha darcia darda darena darerca daria darissa darla darleena darlena darlina darnesha darnetta darnisha darra davia daviana davianna davida davina davinia davita davonna dawna dawneshia dawnetta dawnika dayla dayna daysha dayshia dea deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deanna debora debra decla deeana deeandra deeanna deedra deena deerwa defena deianira deidra deina deirdra deja deka delbina delfina delia delicia delila delinda delisa delisha delissaEnglish Words Rhyming DIVA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DÝVA AS A WHOLE:
| divagation | noun (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression. |
| divalent | adjective (a.) Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence. |
| divan | noun (n.) A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. |
| noun (n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. | |
| noun (n.) A chief officer of state. | |
| noun (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room. | |
| noun (n.) A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable. | |
| noun (n.) A coffee and smoking saloon. |
| divaricating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divaricate |
| divaricate | adjective (a.) Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. |
| adjective (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. | |
| verb (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. |
| divarication | noun (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence. |
| noun (n.) An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. | |
| noun (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles. |
| divaricator | noun (n.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda. |
| divast | adjective (a.) Devastated; laid waste. |
| diva | noun (n.) A prima donna. |
| mundivagant | adjective (a.) Wandering over the world. |
| recidivation | noun (n.) A falling back; a backsliding. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DÝVA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (iva) - English Words That Ends with iva:
| conjunctiva | noun (n.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. |
| copaiva | noun (n.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba. |
| comitiva | noun (n.) A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily. |
| kiva | noun (n.) A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof. |
| oliva | noun (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored. |
| saiva | noun (n.) One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration. |
| saliva | noun (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands. |
| siva | noun (n.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature. |
| viva | noun (n.) The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it. |
| (interj.) Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DÝVA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (div) - Words That Begins with div:
| diving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dive |
| adjective (a.) That dives or is used or diving. |
| dive | noun (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively. |
| noun (n.) A place of low resort. | |
| verb (v. i.) To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. | |
| verb (v. i.) Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. | |
| verb (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. | |
| verb (v. t.) To explore by diving; to plunge into. | |
| (pl. ) of Diva |
| divedapper | noun (n.) A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick. |
| divellent | adjective (a.) Drawing asunder. |
| diver | noun (n.) One who, or that which, dives. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. | |
| noun (n.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. |
| diverb | noun (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb. |
| diverberation | noun (n.) A sounding through. |
| diverging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diverge |
| adjective (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. |
| divergement | noun (n.) Divergence. |
| divergence | noun (n.) Alt. of Divergency |
| divergency | noun (n.) A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. |
| noun (n.) Disagreement; difference. |
| divergent | adjective (a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent. |
| adjective (a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens. | |
| adjective (a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement. |
| divers | adjective (a.) Different in kind or species; diverse. |
| adjective (a.) Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally. |
| diverse | adjective (a.) Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate. |
| adjective (a.) Capable of various forms; multiform. | |
| adverb (adv.) In different directions; diversely. | |
| verb (v. i.) To turn aside. |
| diverseness | noun (n.) The quality of being diverse. |
| diversifiability | noun (n.) The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. |
| diversifiable | adjective (a.) Capable of being diversified or varied. |
| diversification | noun (n.) The act of making various, or of changing form or quality. |
| noun (n.) State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation. |
| diversified | adjective (a.) Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Diversify |
| diversifier | noun (n.) One who, or that which, diversifies. |
| diversiform | adjective (a.) Of a different form; of varied forms. |
| diversifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diversify |
| diversiloquent | adjective (a.) Speaking in different ways. |
| diversion | noun (n.) The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business. |
| noun (n.) That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. | |
| noun (n.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts. |
| diversity | noun (n.) A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. |
| noun (n.) Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. | |
| noun (n.) Variegation. |
| diversivolent | adjective (a.) Desiring different things. |
| diversory | noun (n.) A wayside inn. |
| adjective (a.) Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. |
| diverting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divert |
| adjective (a.) Amusing; entertaining. |
| diverter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases. |
| divertible | adjective (a.) Capable of being diverted. |
| diverticle | noun (n.) A turning; a byway; a bypath. |
| noun (n.) A diverticulum. |
| diverticular | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a diverticulum. |
| diverticulum | noun (n.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one. |
| divertimento | noun (n.) A light and pleasing composition. |
| divertisement | noun (n.) Diversion; amusement; recreation. |
| divertissement | noun (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. |
| divertive | adjective (a.) Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. |
| dives | noun (n.) The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling. |
| divesting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divest |
| divestible | adjective (a.) Capable of being divested. |
| divestiture | noun (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. |
| divestment | noun (n.) The act of divesting. |
| divesture | noun (n.) Divestiture. |
| divet | noun (n.) See Divot. |
| dividable | adjective (a.) Capable of being divided; divisible. |
| adjective (a.) Divided; separated; parted. |
| dividant | adjective (a.) Different; distinct. |
| dividing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divide |
| adjective (a.) That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. |
| divide | noun (n.) A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed. |
| verb (v. t.) To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. | |
| verb (v. t.) To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question. | |
| verb (v. t.) To subject to arithmetical division. | |
| verb (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. | |
| verb (v. t.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. | |
| verb (v. t.) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. | |
| verb (v. i.) To cause separation; to disunite. | |
| verb (v. i.) To break friendship; to fall out. | |
| verb (v. i.) To have a share; to partake. | |
| verb (v. i.) To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes. |
| divided | adjective (a.) Parted; disunited; distributed. |
| adjective (a.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Divide |
| dividend | noun (n.) A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate. |
| noun (n.) A number or quantity which is to be divided. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DÝVA:
English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':
| daboia | noun (n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). |
| dactylotheca | noun (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. |
| dagoba | noun (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. |
| dahlia | noun (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. |
| dalmania | noun (n.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. |
| dalmatica | noun (n.) Alt. of Dalmatic |
| damiana | noun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. |
| dammara | noun (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. |
| noun (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. |
| damosella | noun (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle |
| daphnia | noun (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia. |
| darlingtonia | noun (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. |
| data | noun (n. pl.) See Datum. |
| (pl. ) of Datum |
| dataria | noun (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor). |
| datura | noun (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. |
| decacerata | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata. |
| decagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles. |
| decalcomania | noun (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie |
| decandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens. |
| decapoda | noun (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera. |
| decidua | noun (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it. |
| deciduata | noun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species. |
| dejecta | noun (n. pl.) Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick. |
| delenda | noun (n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out. |
| delphinoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. |
| delta | noun (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. |
| noun (n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), answering to D. | |
| noun (n.) an object having the shape of the capital /. | |
| noun (n.) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc. |
| dementia | noun (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. |
| demonomania | noun (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. |
| dendroc/la | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets. |
| derma | noun (n.) See Dermis. |
| dermaptera | noun (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran |
| dermobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills. |
| dermoptera | noun (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae). |
| noun (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo. | |
| noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. |
| derotremata | noun (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. |
| dertrotheca | noun (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds. |
| desiderata | noun (n. pl.) See Desideratum. |
| (pl. ) of Desideratum |
| desmobacteria | noun (n. pl.) See Microbacteria. |
| desmomyaria | noun (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa. |
| deuteropathia | noun (n.) Alt. of Deuteropathy |
| deutzia | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated. |
| deva | noun (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. |
| devata | noun (n.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. |
| dhoorra | noun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra |
| dhourra | noun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra |
| dhurra | noun (n.) Indian millet. See Durra. |
| diadelphia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments. |
| diana | noun (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. |
| diandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens. |
| diarrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea |
| diarrhoea | noun (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux. |
| diastema | noun (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw. |
| diatryma | noun (n.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich. |
| dibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda. |
| dicentra | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). |
| dicta | noun (n. pl.) See Dictum. |
| (pl. ) of Dictum |
| dicyemata | noun (n. pl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms. |
| didelphia | noun (n. pl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia. |
| didonia | noun (n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. |
| didrachma | noun (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents. |
| didynamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. |
| dielytra | noun (n.) See Dicentra. |
| differentia | noun (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference. |
| digamma | noun (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse. |
| digenea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents. |
| digynia | noun (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles. |
| dika | noun (n.) A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread. |
| dilemma | noun (n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. |
| noun (n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position. |
| dimera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids. |
| dimya | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria |
| dimyaria | noun (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve. |
| dinosauria | noun (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix. |
| dioecia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. |
| noun (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries. |
| diomedea | noun (n.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross. |
| dionaea | noun (n.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap. |
| dioptra | noun (n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc. |
| diorama | noun (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced. |
| noun (n.) A building used for such an exhibition. |
| dioscorea | noun (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam. |
| diota | noun (n.) A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears. |
| diphtheria | noun (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group. |
| diploma | noun (n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution. |
| diplopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Diplopy |
| diplopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. |
| dipneumona | noun (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. |
| dipsomania | noun (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism. |
| diptera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet. |
| discina | noun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle. |
| discodactylia | noun (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. |
| discophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. |
| distoma | noun (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2. |
| diurna | noun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime. |
| docoglossa | noun (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon. |
| dodecagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles. |
| dodecandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen. |
| dogma | noun (n.) That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. |
| noun (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet. | |
| noun (n.) A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. |
| dolabra | noun (n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums. |
| domina | noun (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. |
| do–a | noun (n.) Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady. |
| doncella | noun (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. |
| donna | noun (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. |
| doorga | noun (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. |
| dorsibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.] |
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