Vocabulary : Directress to Direptitious
Directress : A woman who directs.Directrix : A directress. ;; A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface. ;; A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.
Directrixes : of Directrix
Direful : Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.
Direly : In a dire manner.