Vocabulary : Diorama to Dioxide

Diorama : A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced. ;; A building used for such an exhibition.
Dioramic : Pertaining to a diorama.
Diorism : Definition; logical direction.
Dioristic : Distinguishing; distinctive; defining.
Diorite : An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.
Dioritic : Containing diorite.
Diorthotic : Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
Dioscorea : A genus of plants. See Yam.
Diota : A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.
Dioxide : An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide. ;; An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide.
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