| dye |
a liquid used to impart color, as to fabrics, or the substance, usu. a powder, from which the liquid is made. [5 definitions] |
| dyeable |
combined form of dye. |
| dyed-in-the-wool |
complete; utter. [2 definitions] |
| dyed in the wool |
confirmed or firmly established. |
| dyeing |
the process or art of using dye to color fabric. |
| dyer's woad |
a yellow-flowered biennial plant whose leaves yield a blue dye. |
| dyestuff |
a substance that can be used as or made into a dye. |
| dying |
nearing death; losing life. [4 definitions] |
| dyke1 |
variant of dike. |
| dyke2 |
(offensive slang) a female homosexual; lesbian. |
| dyna- |
power. |
| dynamic |
characterized by constant activity, forward movement, or change, often with positive results. [5 definitions] |
| dynamics |
(used with a sing. verb) a branch of physics that studies how motion and the action of forces affecting motion interrelate. [3 definitions] |
| dynamism |
any of various philosophical theories that hold that natural phenomena are based in force or energy. [2 definitions] |
| dynamite |
a strong explosive made of nitroglycerine or ammonium nitrate. [3 definitions] |
| dynamo |
a machine for generating electricity, esp. direct current, from a different source of power. [3 definitions] |
| dynamo- |
see dyna-. |
| dynamoelectric |
of or pertaining to the conversion of mechanical energy to electric energy or vice versa. |
| dynamometer |
any of several devices for measuring the energy expended by a force. |
| dynamotor |
an electric machine that transforms direct current into alternating current. |
| dynast |
a ruler, esp. a hereditary one. |