Vocabulary : Diurnation to Divaricately

Diurnation : Continuance during the day. ;; The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.
Diuturnal : Of long continuance; lasting.
Diuturnity : Long duration; lastingness.
Diva : A prima donna.
Divagation : A wandering about or going astray; digression.

Divalent : Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.
Divan : A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. ;; In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. ;; A chief officer of state. ;; A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room. ;; A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable. ;; A coffee and smoking saloon.
Divaricate : To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. ;; To diverge; to be divaricate. ;; To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. ;; Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. ;; Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
Divaricated : of Divaricate
Divaricately : With divarication.

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