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Dactyl

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digitnoun(mathematics) A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.

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digitnoun(mathematics) A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
dactylenounArchaic form of dactyl. [A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.]
dactilenounObsolete form of dactyl. [A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.]
dactylusnounSynonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
double dactylnounA short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.
double-dactylnounAlternative form of double dactyl. [A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.]
dactylionnoun(anatomy) The tip of the middle finger.
dactylistnounA writer of dactylic verse.
diiambusnoun(poetry) A double iambus; a metrical foot consisting of two iambs.
dactyly(biology) The number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or (sometimes) wings, of a tetrapod animal.
dactylologynounThe use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf.
dialefenounA short metrical pause between two identical vowel sounds, one at the end of a word, the other at the beginning of the next word.
adonicnoun(of a man) Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect.
diambnoun(poetry) Alternative form of diiamb. [(poetry) A diiambus.]
diaeresisnoun(linguistics, prosody) (orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
dissyllablenounAlternative form of disyllable. [A word comprising two syllables.]
diiambnoun(poetry) A diiambus.
dactylographnoun(archaic) A typewriter.
daffnounA fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
dissyllabismnounAlternative form of disyllabism. [The quality of being disyllabic, or having two syllables.]

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