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. |
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. |