| dither | (n) an excited state of agitation, Syn. fuss, pother, tizzy, flap, Example: he was in a dither; there was a terrible flap about the theft |
| dither | (v) act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain |
| dither | (v) make a fuss; be agitated, Syn. flap, pother |
| dithering | (n) the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color |
| dithyramb | (n) a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing |
| dithyramb | (n) (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) |
| dithyrambic | (adj) of or in the manner of a dithyramb |
| hadith | (n) (Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions |
| judith | (n) Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes |
| judith | (n) an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people, Syn. Book of Judith |
| meredith | (n) United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933), Syn. James Howard Meredith, James Meredith |
| meredith | (n) English novelist and poet (1828-1909), Syn. George Meredith |
| cavell | (n) English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915), Syn. Edith Louisa Cavell, Edith Cavell |
| jamison | (n) United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944), Syn. Judith Jamison |
| nonsolid color | (n) a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color, Syn. dithered color, nonsolid colour, dithered colour |
| piaf | (n) French cabaret singer (1915-1963), Syn. Edith Giovanna Gassion, Edith Piaf, Little Sparrow |
| sitwell | (n) English poet (1887-1964), Syn. Dame Edith Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell |
| sunnah | (n) (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran, Syn. hadith, Sunna |
| wharton | (n) United States novelist (1862-1937), Syn. Edith Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton |
| Dithecous | { } a. [ Pref. di- + theca. ] (Bot.) Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Dithecal |
| Ditheism | n. [ Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dithéisme. ] The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ditheist | n. One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth. |
| Ditheistical | { } a. Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Ditheistic |
| Dithionic | a. [ Pref. di- + -thionic. ] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Dithyramb | n. [ L. dithyrambus, Gr. &unr_; a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus; also, a name of Bacchus; of unknown origin: cf. F. dithyrambe. ] A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dithyrambic | a. [ L. dithyrambicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. dithyrambique. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. “Dithyrambic sallies.” Longfellow. -- n. A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dithyrambus | n. [ L. ] See Dithyramb. [ 1913 Webster ] |
