diligent /dilˈi-jənt/

1. Steady and earnest in application
2. Industrious

dilˈigence noun

1. Steady application
2. Industriousness
3. A warrant to produce witnesses, books, etc, or a process by which persons or goods are attached (Scots law)
4. (also pronounced /dē-lē-zhãs/) a French or continental stagecoach (also dillˈy; historical)

• hot-metal
• hot metals
• hot money
• hot-mouthed
• hotness
• hotnesses
• HOTOL
• hot on
• hot on the heels of
• hot pants
• hotplate
• hotplates
• hotpot
• hot potato
• hotpots
• hot press
• hot-press
• hot-pressed
• hot presses
• hot-presses
• hot-pressing
• hot properties
• hot property
• hot rod
• hot-rodder