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demi
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half
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demitasse
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a very small cup, made for strong black coffee
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demi + tasse
"half cup" |
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demigod
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a minor god or inferior deity; a man with godlike qualities
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demisemiquaver
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a thirty-second note
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demi + semi + quaver
"half half eighth note" |
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demimonde
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a group existing on the margins of success or respectability
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demi + monde
"half world" |
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di
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twice, double
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dichromatic
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having two colors
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di + chromat
"two colors" |
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dicephalous
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having two heads
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di + cephal
"two heads" |
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dilemma
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a situation requiring a choice between two equal alternatives
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di + lemma
"two ideas" |
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dimorphic
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having two distinct forms
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di + morph
"two shapes" |
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dia
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across, through, apart
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diachronic
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considering things as they develop through time
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dia + chron
"through time" |
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diagonal
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joining two nonadjacent vertices of a polygon (geometry)
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dia + gonia
"through angles" |
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diameter
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the length of a line segment passing through the center and ending at the peripery of a figure, such as a circle
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dia + meter
"measure across" |
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diaspora
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a dispersian or scattering of any original unified group; especially the dispersion of the Jewish people among other peoples
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dia + spor
"scatter apart" |
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dys
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bad, poor
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dysfunction
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disordered or impaired functioning
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dyslexia
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impairment of the ability to read
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dys + leg
"read poorly" |
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dysphoria
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emotional state characterized by anixiety and depression
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dys + phor
"bear poorly" |
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dystrophy
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defective nutrition; or a disorder caused by it
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dys + troph
"poor nourishment" |
