The Dictionary

I read from directorial to dirigible.

The word "dirge", in our current usage, basically just comes from the first word of a psalm that I think was said/sung at funerals. 

https://www.etymonline.com/word/dirge#etymonline_v_8616

The audio is from possibly the most famous dirge/funeral song which is Chopin's "Funeral March".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D05AB8xs7qA

The word of the episode is "director's cut".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director%27s_cut

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I read from direction cosine to directorate.

A direction finder is used to find where something is located using triangulation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direction_finding

The directoire style only lasted for 4 years (almost exactly) and ended when Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directoire_style

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Directory

The word of the episode is "director".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director

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I read from direct to direction angle)

The word of the episode is "direct current".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_current

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I read from diptych to direct.

In olden times, kids would use a diptych filled with wax to take their school notes. Then they would heat it up so it melted when they were done. It's sad that they didn't get to keep their school notes for decades like we used to do. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diptych

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I read from diplopod to dipterocarp.

The lungfish is not the fish I thought it might be that I mentioned in the episode but they do have the ability to breathe air!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungfish

There are fun shapes related to "dipole".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole

Dipper birds have bobbing and dipping movement and can dive and swim underwater. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipper

A more modern name for "dipsomania" is "Alcohol Dependence Syndrome".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsomania

The word of the episode is "dipstick".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipstick

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I read from dipl- to diplopia.

Diplococcus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplococcus

Diplodocus is named thusly because of the "double beams" on the underside of tail bones which are basically 2 parallel boney protrusions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodocus

"Humans are diploid organisms, normally carrying two complete sets of chromosomes in their somatic cells..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploidy

Diplophase

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diplophase

Diplopia can either be voluntary or involuntary, but if it's the latter you might want to get that checked out. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplopia

The word of the episode is "diplomacy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy

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I read from dip to diphyodont.

Diphosgene was originally made for chemical warfare. Not cool. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphosgene

Diphteria sounds pretty terrible but there is a vaccine! Yay Science!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria

I guess "diphyletic" is the same as "paraphyletic" which my brain is currently having a hard time grasping. So many words! 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphyly

Humans are Diphyodonts!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphyodont

The word of the episode is "diphthong".

Smack those vowels together and you've got a "diphthong".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong

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I read from diorama to dip.

 As you know, Castor and Pollux (the "dioscuri") are "...an example of heteropaternal superfecundation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux

The word of the episode is "dip".

What are you favorite dips to dip food into?

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I read from dinucleotide to dioptric.

A Diode is used in electrical thingies. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode

It looks like many stories have been written about Diomedes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedes

If I understand the basics, a Diopter is a unit of thickness of a lens that determines how far away from the lens the light focuses. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioptre

The word of the episode is "Dionysus".

Wow! Dionysus is the god of many things including "...grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus

Let's Party! The Dionysia was the 2nd most important festival of the year!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysia

I think living a balance between Dionysian and Apollonian is best. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_and_Dionysian

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I read from dinitrophenol to dint.

Some dinoflagellates are bioluminescent!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinoflagellate

The word of the episode is "dino".

Dinosaurs are old!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur

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