English words starting with D

d and c

1. noun: a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion

d region

1. noun: the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves

d-day

1. noun: date of the Allied landing in France, World War II

d-layer

1. noun: the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves

d'holbach

1. noun: French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe

d'oh

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d'oyly carte

1. noun: English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)

da

1. noun: an official prosecutor for a judicial district

da gamma

1. noun: Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)

da vinci

1. noun: Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)

da'wah

1. noun: missionary work for Islam

dab

1. noun: a light touch or stroke
2. noun: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey"

daba

1. noun: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

dabbed

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dabber

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dabbers

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dabbing

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dabble

1. verb: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
2. verb: play in or as if in water, as of small children

dabbled

1. adjective: covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease"

dabbler

1. noun: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
2. noun: any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

dabblers

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dabbles

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dabbling

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dabbling duck

1. noun: any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

dabchick

1. noun: small European grebe

daboecia

1. noun: a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae

daboecia cantabrica

1. noun: low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple

dabs

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dacca

1. noun: the capital and largest city of Bangladesh

dace

1. noun: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

dacelo

1. noun: Australasian kingfishers

dacelo gigas

1. noun: Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

daces

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dacha

1. noun: Russian country house

dachas

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dachau

1. noun: a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany

dachshund

1. noun: small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows

dachshunds

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dachsie

1. noun: small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows

dacite

1. noun: a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

dacitic

1. adjective: relating to or consisting of dacite; "dacitic magma is highly viscous"

dacninae

1. noun: the honeycreepers

dacoit

1. noun: a member of an armed gang of robbers

dacoity

1. noun: robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

dacridium laxifolius

1. noun: low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand

dacron

1. noun: a kind of polyester fabric

dacrycarpus

1. noun: evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines

dacrycarpus dacrydioides

1. noun: New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood

dacrydium

1. noun: Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs

dacrydium bidwilli

1. noun: New Zealand shrub

dacrydium colensoi

1. noun: New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes

dacrydium cupressinum

1. noun: tall New Zealand timber tree

dacrydium franklinii

1. noun: Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium

dacrymyces

1. noun: type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa

dacrymycetaceae

1. noun: a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa

dacryocyst

1. noun: either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands

dacryocystitis

1. noun: inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose

dacryon

1. noun: the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone

dactyl

1. noun: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
2. noun: a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

dactylic

1. adjective: of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"

dactylics

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dactylis

1. noun: a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)

dactylis glomerata

1. noun: widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

dactyloctenium

1. noun: a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae

dactyloctenium aegypticum

1. noun: a creeping grass with spikes like fingers

dactylomegaly

1. noun: abnormally large fingers or toes

dactylopiidae

1. noun: cochineal insects

dactylopius

1. noun: type genus of the Dactylopiidae

dactylopius coccus

1. noun: Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye

dactylopteridae

1. noun: flying gurnards

dactylopterus

1. noun: a genus of Dactylopteridae

dactylorhiza

1. noun: genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa

dactylorhiza fuchsii

1. noun: European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple

dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii

1. noun: European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple

dactyloscopidae

1. noun: sand stargazers

dactyls

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dad

1. noun: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

dada

1. noun: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
2. noun: a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty

dadaism

1. noun: a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty

dadaist

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dadaists

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daddies

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daddy

1. noun: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

daddy longlegs

1. noun: long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
2. noun: spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs

dado

1. noun: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
2. noun: the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase

dado plane

1. noun: a plane for making a dado groove

dadoes

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dads

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dae-han-min-gook

1. noun: an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook

daedal

1. noun: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
2. adjective: complex and ingenious in design or function; "the daedal hand of nature"

daedalus

1. noun: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

daemon

1. noun: an evil supernatural being
2. noun: a person who is part mortal and part god

daemonic

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daemons

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daffier

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daffiest

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daffiness

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daffo

1. noun: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

daffodil

1. noun: any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown

daffodil garlic

1. noun: European onion with white flowers

daffodils

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daffy

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dafla

1. noun: little known Kamarupan languages

daft

1. adjective: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

dafter

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daftest

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daftly

1. adverb: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily"

daftness

1. noun: informal terms for insanity

dag

1. noun: 10 grams
2. noun: a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing

dag hammarskjold

1. noun: Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)

dag hjalmar agne carl hammarskjold

1. noun: Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)

dagame

1. noun: source of a tough elastic wood

dagan

1. noun: god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon

dagda

1. noun: chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit

dagestani

1. noun: an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan

dagga

1. noun: relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco

dagger

1. noun: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
2. noun: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

dagger fern

1. noun: North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds

dagger-like

1. adjective: resembling a dagger

daggerboard

1. noun: a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel