Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Diver (n.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.
(2) - Diver (n.) Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.
(3) - Diver (n.) One who, or that which, dives.

(1) - Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
(2) - Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

(1) - Divergence (n.) Alt. of Divergency

(1) - Divergency (n.) Disagreement; difference.
(2) - Divergency (n.) A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

(1) - Divergent (a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
(2) - Divergent (a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.
(3) - Divergent (a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.