1. (a.) Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.

2. (n.) That which dilutes.

3. (n.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.

IC analysis Siberian abbreviation abscission accidence acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious acute adulteration affix affixation algid allomorph amphibian amputation ana analects angiosperm annual anthology apocope aposiopesis apportionment appositive aquatic plant arctic asperous astringent attribute attributive attrition bastardizing below zero biennial bit biting bitter bitterly cold bleak boreal bound morpheme brisk brumal budgeting butchering butt caustic chill chip chopping chunk clear-cut cleavage clip clipping clippings cold cold as charity cold as death cold as ice cold as marble collectanea collection collop complement conjugation construction modifier contamination contemptuous contraction corroding corrosive corruption cosmopolite crasis crisp crop crumb curtailment cut cutting the pie cuttings debasement deciduous plant declension decrease decrement deep structure depletion depreciation derivation derogation detraction dichotomy dicot dicotyledon difference of form diluent dilution diminution dip direct object disparagement dissolvent dividing division divvy doctoring dollop double-edged drastic driving edged effective elision ellipsis enclitic end enucleation ephemeral escharotic evergreen excerpta excerpts excessive excision exorbitant exotic extraction extracts extravagant extreme featheredged fierce filler fine fission florilegium flowering plant flowers forceful forcible form-function unit formative fortifying fragment fragments free form freezing freezing cold frigid function fungus furious gametophyte gathering gelid glacial gleaning gleanings gob gobbet great gutsy gymnosperm harsh harvest harvesting hibernal hiemal hunk hydrophyte hyperborean ice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy immediate constituent analysis immoderate impairment imperative impressive incisive inclement indirect object infix infixation inflection ingoing intemperate intense invidious irritating keen keen-edged knifelike laceration lacing lessening levels lump malevolent malicious miscellanea miscellany modicum modifier moiety monocot monocotyl mordacious mordant morph morpheme morphemic analysis morphemics morphology morphophonemics morsel mutilation nervous nipping nippy nose-tickling numbing nutting object outrageous paradigm parceling paring particle partition partitioning penetrating perennial phrase structure piece piercing pinching piquant plant poignant pollution polycot polycotyl polycotyledon