Asiphonata :: Asiphonata (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (n.) An asiphonate mollusk.

Asiphonea :: Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

Asiphonida :: Asiphonida (n. pl.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks..

Basipodite :: Basipodite (n.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.

Basipterygium :: Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

Basipterygoid :: Basipterygoid (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

Desipient :: Desipient (a.) Foolish; silly; trifling.

Dissipable :: Dissipable (a.) Capable of being scattered or dissipated.

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates..

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation..

Dissipated :: Dissipated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissipat.

Dissipated :: Dissipated (a.) Squandered; scattered.

Dissipated :: Dissipated (a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate..

Dissipating :: Dissipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissipat.

Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness..

Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

Dissipative :: Dissipative (a.) Tending to dissipate.

Dissipativity :: Dissipativity (n.) The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

Dorsiparous :: Dorsiparous (a.) Same as Dorsiferous.

Elasipoda :: Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.

Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..

Erysipelatoid :: Erysipelatoid (a.) Resembling erysipelas.

Erysipelatous :: Erysipelatous (a.) Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature..

Erysipelous :: Erysipelous (a.) Erysipelatous.

Fissipalmate :: Fissipalmate (a.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves..

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