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Diureide :: Diureide (n.) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide..

Diuresis :: Diuresis (n.) Free excretion of urine.

Diuretic :: Diuretic (a.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.

Diuretic :: Diuretic (n.) A medicine with diuretic properties.

Diuretical :: Diuretical (a.) Diuretic.

Diureticalness :: Diureticalness (n.) The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.

Diurna :: Diurna (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A daybook; a journal.

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A diurnal bird or insect.

Diurnalist :: Diurnalist (n.) A journalist.

Diurnally :: Diurnally (adv.) Daily; every day.

Diurnalness :: Diurnalness (n.) The quality of being diurnal.

Diurnation :: Diurnation (n.) Continuance during the day.

Diurnation :: Diurnation (n.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats..

Equidiurnal :: Equidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line.

Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day..

Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc..