Vocabulary : Diureide to Diurnalness

Diureide : One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide.
Diuresis : Free excretion of urine.
Diuretic : Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine. ;; A medicine with diuretic properties.
Diuretical : Diuretic.
Diureticalness : The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.

Diurna : A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.
Diurnal : Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours. ;; Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth. ;; Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves. ;; Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects. ;; A daybook; a journal. ;; A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline. ;; A diurnal bird or insect.
Diurnalist : A journalist.
Diurnally : Daily; every day.
Diurnalness : The quality of being diurnal.

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