#D124 (Dhu’l-Hijja to diabolical)

<p>I read from dex to dextranase.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The month that Muslims take a pilgrimage to Mecca is "Dhu al-Hijja".</p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhu_al-Hijja'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhu_al-Hijja</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Diabase" is the preferred name of these types of rocks in North America, but per usual, the rest of the English speaking world prefers to the use the name "dolerite". </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabase'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabase</a></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The word of the episode is "diabetes".</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">You have many places to go to learn more about diabetes! The last link talks more about the etymology. </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://diabetes.org/'>https://diabetes.org/</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://www.etymonline.com/word/diabetes#etymonline_v_8505'>https://www.etymonline.com/word/diabetes#etymonline_v_8505</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Theme music from Tom Maslowski</p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://zestysol.com/'>https://zestysol.com/</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Merchandising!</p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar'>https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgbCUfpJs3OF3ZuTTgqdkc39'>"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgb3Gcsu8L_bl3q_UBAuaHPl'>"T