diamond /dīˈə-mənd/

1. A highly prized gemstone, and the hardest of all minerals, consisting of carbon crystallized in the cubic system
2. A rhombus
3. A card of a suit distinguished by pips of that form
4. A baseball field, or the part between bases
5. One of the smallest kinds of English printing type (about 41/2-point)

1. Resembling, made of or marked with diamonds
2. Lozenge-shaped, rhombic

d īˈamonded adjective

Furnished with diamonds

d īamondifˈerous adjective

Yielding diamonds

diamond anniversary noun

A sixtieth anniversary

diˈamondback noun

1. A N American terrapin with diamond-shaped markings on its shell
2. A N American rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) with diamond-shaped markings

diamondback moth noun

A small moth with diamond-shaped markings on its (folded) wings

diˈamond-beetle noun

A beautiful sparkling S American weevil

diamond bird noun

1. Any of several small insectivorous Australian songbirds
2. A pardalote

diˈamond-cut adjective

Cut in facets like a diamond

diamond dove noun

A small Australian dove (Geopelia cuneata) with white markings on the wings, often kept in cage or aviary

diˈamond-drill noun

A borer whose bit is set with bort

diˈamond-dust or diˈamond-powder noun

The powder made by the friction of diamonds on one another in the course of polishing

diˈamond-field noun

A region that yields diamonds

• dull-brained
• dull-browed
• dulled
• duller
• dullest
• dull-eyed
• dullier
• dulliest
• dulling
• dullish
• dullness
• dullnesses
• dulls
• dull-sighted
• dull-witted
• dully
• dulness
• dulnesses
• dulocracies
• dulocracy
• duloses
• dulosis
• dulotic
• dulse
• dulses