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dicacious \di*ca"cious\ (d[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. dicax,
dicacis, fr. dicere to say.] Talkative; pert; saucy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

dicacity \di*cac"i*ty\ (d[i^]*k[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
dicacitas: cf. F. dicacit['e]. See {Dicacious}.] Pertness; sauciness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

dicalcic \di*cal"cic\ (d[-i]*k[a^]l"s[i^]k), a. [Pref. di- +
calcic.] (Chem.) Having two atoms or equivalents of calcium to the molecule. [1913 Webster]

dicarbonic \di`car*bon"ic\ (d[imac]`k[aum]r*b[o^]n"[i^]k), a.
[Pref. di- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl groups or radicals; as, oxalic acid is the simplest dicarbonic acid. In the latter sense, synonymous with {dicarboxylic}; as, succinic acid is a {dicarboxylic} acid. [1913 Webster +PJC]

dicast \di"cast\ (d[imac]"k[.a]st), n. [Gr. dikasth`s, fr.
dika`zein to judge, di`kh right, judgment, justice.] A functionary in ancient Athens resembling closely to the modern juryman. [1913 Webster]

dicastery \di*cas"ter*y\, n. [Gr. dikasth`rion, fr. dikasth`s
juryman. See {Dicast}.] A court of justice; judgment hall. [R.] --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]

dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), n.; pl. of {Die}.
Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See {Die}, n. [1913 Webster] {dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]

dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {diced} (d[imac]st);
p. pr. & vb. n. {dicing}.] To play games with dice. [1913 Webster] I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diced} (d[imac]st);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Dicing}.] 1. (Cooking) To cut into small cubes; as, to slice and dice carrots. [PJC] 2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. [1913 Webster]

dicebox \dice"box`\ (d[imac]s"b[o^]ks`), n.
A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

Dicentra \Di*cen"tra\ (d[-i]*s[e^]n"tr[.a]), Prop. n. [NL., fr.
Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ke`ntron spur.] (Bot.) 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} ({Dicentra spectabilis}). [Corruptly written {dielytra}.] [1913 Webster]

dicephalous \di*ceph"a*lous\ (d[-i]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[u^]s), a. [Gr.
dike`falos; di- = di`s- twice + kefalh` head.] Having two heads on one body; double-headed. [1913 Webster]

Dicer \Di"cer\, n.
A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester. [1913 Webster] As false as dicers' oaths. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Dich \Dich\, v. i.
To ditch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Dichastic \Di*chas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to part asunder, fr. ? in
two, asunder, fr. di`s- twice.] (Biol.) Capable of subdividing spontaneously. [1913 Webster]

Dichlamydeous \Di`chla*myd"e*ous\
(d[imac]`kl[.a]*m[i^]d"[-e]*[u^]s), a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + chlamy`s, chlamy`dos, a cloak.] (Bot.) Having two coverings, a calyx and a corolla. [1913 Webster]

Dichloride \Di*chlo"ride\, n. [Pref. di- + chloride.] (Chem.)
Same as {Bichloride}. [1913 Webster]

Dichogamous \Di*chog"a*mous\, a. (Bot.)
Manifesting dichogamy. [1913 Webster]

Dichogamy \Di*chog"a*my\, n. [Gr. ? in two, asunder + ?
marriage.] (Bot.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves. [1913 Webster]

Dichotomist \Di*chot"o*mist\, n.
One who dichotomizes. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. i.
To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous. [1913 Webster]

Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Dichotomized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dichotomizing}.] [See {Dichotomous}.] 1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] [1913 Webster] The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half disk. See {Dichotomy}, 3. "[The moon] was dichotomized." --Whewell. [1913 Webster]

Dichotomous \Di*chot"o*mous\, a. [L. dichotomos, Gr. ?; ? in
two, asunder + diate`mnein to cut.] Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. -- {Di*chot"o*mous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Dichotomy \Di*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dichotomie.
See {Dichotomous}.] 1. A cutting in two; a division. [1913 Webster] A general breach or dichotomy with their church. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures. [1913 Webster] 4. (Biol.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation. [1913 Webster] 5. The place where a stem or vein is forked. [1913 Webster] 6. (Logic) Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white. [1913 Webster]

Dichroic \Di*chro"ic\, a. [See {Dichroism}.]
Having the property of dichroism; as, a dichroic crystal. [1913 Webster]

Dichroiscope \Di*chro"i*scope\, n.
Same as {Dichroscope}. [1913 Webster]

Dichroism \Di"chro*ism\, n. [Gr. ? two-colored; di- = di`s-
twice + ? color.] (Opt.) The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes. [1913 Webster]

Dichroite \Di"chro*ite\, n. [See {Dichroism}.] (Min.)
Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See {Iolite}. [1913 Webster]

Dichroitic \Di`chro*it"ic\, a.
Dichroic. [1913 Webster]

Dichromate \Di*chro"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also {bichromate}. [1913 Webster]

Dichromatic \Di`chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + chromatic: cf. Gr.
?.] 1. Having or exhibiting two colors. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects. [1913 Webster]

Dichromatism \Di*chro"ma*tism\, n.
The state of being dichromatic. [1913 Webster]

Dichromic \Di*chro"mic\, a. [Gr. ? two-colored; di- = di`s-
twice + ? color.] Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three. --Sir J. Herschel. [1913 Webster]

Dichroous \Di"chro*ous\, a.
Dichroic. [1913 Webster]

Dichroscope \Di"chro*scope\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? color
+ ? to view.] An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. [1913 Webster]

Dichroscopic \Di`chro*scop"ic\, a.
Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it. [1913 Webster]

Dicing \Di"cing\, n.
1. An ornamenting in squares or cubes. [1913 Webster] 2. Gambling with dice. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]

Dickcissel \Dick*cis"sel\, n. (Zool.)
The American black-throated bunting ({Spiza Americana}). [1913 Webster]

Dickens \Dick"ens\, n. or interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim.
devilkins.] The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.] [1913 Webster] I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Dicker \Dick"er\, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr,
Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}.] 1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood. [1913 Webster] 2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. --Whittier. [1913 Webster]

Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t.
To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." --Cooper. Dickey

Dickey \Dick"ey\, Dicky \Dick"y\, n.
1. 1. A false detachable shirt front or bosom. [Also spelled {dickie}.] [1913 Webster] 2. A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. (a) A seat for the driver (In a carriage); -- called also dickey box or dickie seat. (b) A seat at the back for servants. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. One of various animals; specif.: (a) A donkey. (b) Any small bird; -- called also {dickeybird} or {dickey bird}. [Colloq.] (c) The hedge sparrow. [Dial. Eng.] (d) The haddock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] dickeybird

dickeybird \dickeybird\, dickey bird \dickey bird\n.
Any small bird; as, adults talking to children sometimes call small birds dickeybirds. [informal] Syn: dickybird. [WordNet 1.5]

dickie \dickie\ n.
1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [British English] Syn: dickey, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box. [WordNet 1.5] 2. An article of clothing worn by men, consisting of a detachable insert (usually starched), worn suspended from the neck, which simulates the front of a shirt. Syn: dickey, dicky, shirtfront. [WordNet 1.5]

dickie-seat \dickie-seat\ n.
1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [British English] Syn: dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box. [WordNet 1.5]

Dicksonia \Dicksonia\ prop. n.
A genus of tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems it is placed in the family {Cyatheaceae}. Syn: genus {Dicksonia}. [WordNet 1.5]

Dicksoniaceae \Dicksoniaceae\ prop. n.
1. A family of plants comprising the tree ferns; it includes the genera {Dicksonia}; {Cibotium}; {Culcita}; and {Thyrsopteris}. Syn: family {Dicksoniaceae}. [WordNet 1.5]

dicky \dicky\ adj.
Faulty. [British informal] Syn: dickey. [WordNet 1.5] I've got this dicky heart --John le Carre

dicky \dicky\ n.
See {dickey}. [WordNet 1.5]

dicky-seat \dicky-seat\ n.
1. same as {dickie-seat}. Syn: dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat. [WordNet 1.5]