Words starting with D — 1,178 entries

The 1,178 dictionary words that begin with the letter D, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• Dre1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Andre.
• dread12 sensesTo fear greatly.
• dreaded2 sensesCausing fear, dread, or terror.
• dreadful10 sensesFull of something causing dread, whether Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
• dream9 sensesImaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
• dreamer4 sensesOne who dreams.
• DREAMer1 senseAn undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under the DREAM Act.
• dreaming1 senseAn instance of dreaming; a dream or reverie.
• Dreaming1 senseThe time of the shaping of the physical and spiritual world by the ancestors; the events or beliefs connected to these times.
• dreamt1 senseImagined or only extant in a dream or dreams.
• dreamy4 sensesAs in a dream; resembling a dream.
• dreary3 sensesDrab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
• dredge11 sensesAny instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
• Dredge1 senseA surname.
• drenched1 senseCompletely wet; sodden
• dress40 sensesTo put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
• dressed4 sensesHaving been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
• dresser12 sensesAn item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
• Dresser1 senseA surname.
• dressing11 sensesMaterial applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
• Drew9 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Andrew.
• dried3 sensesWithout water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
• drift44 sensesMovement; that which moves or is moved. Anything driven at random.
• drifting5 sensesMoving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
• drill27 sensesTo create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
• drilling4 sensesThe act or process of drilling. Making holes in objects.
• Drilling1 senseA surname from German.
• drink20 sensesTo consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• drinker4 sensesSomeone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
• Drinker1 senseA surname
• drinking5 sensesAn act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
• drinks1 senseA short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.
• drip14 sensesTo fall one drop at a time.
• dripping4 sensesSolid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
• Driscoll3 sensesA surname from Irish, a variant of O'Driscoll.
• drive55 sensesTo operate a vehicle: To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
• driven2 sensesObsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
• driver16 sensesOne who drives something.
• Driver4 sensesA surname.
• Drivers1 senseAn unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States.
• driveway3 sensesA short private road that leads to a house or garage.
• driving5 sensesThat drives (a mechanism or process).
• droid2 sensesA robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
• drone19 sensesA male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
• Drone1 senseA surname.
• drool6 sensesTo secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
• drooling1 senseSalivation.
• drop88 sensesA small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of…
• dropped2 sensesallowed to drop or fall.
• dropping3 sensesSomething dropped; a droplet.
• drought3 sensesA period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
• Drought1 senseA surname.
• drove9 sensesA cattle drive, or a drive of another livestock animal (e.g. sheep). The herd being driven in a cattle (or other animal) drive; thus, a number of…
• drown5 sensesTo die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
• Drown1 senseA surname.
• drowned1 senseThat has died by drowning.
• drowning2 sensesAn instance of a person or animal drowning.
• drug9 sensesA substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
• drugged1 senseContaining one or more drugs; laced with drugs.
• drugstore1 senseSynonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.
• drum19 sensesA percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
• Drum6 sensesA surname.
• drummer5 sensesOne who plays the drums.
• Drummer1 senseA surname.
• drumming3 sensesThe act of beating a drum.
• drunk10 sensesIntoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
• drunkard1 senseA person who is habitually drunk.
• drunken6 sensesDrunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
• dry32 sensesFree from or lacking moisture.
• Dry1 senseA surname.
• DRY2 sensesOf code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible.
• dryer2 sensesOne who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
• Dryer1 senseA surname.
• drying2 sensesThe act of drying.
• Du1 senseA surname from Chinese
• dual12 sensesCharacterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
• Duane2 sensesA surname from Irish.
• Dubai2 sensesA city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.
• dubious3 sensesArousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
• Dublin26 sensesThe capital city of Ireland.
• Dubois4 sensesA placename A city, the county seat of Clark County, Idaho, United States.
• DuBois1 senseA city in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States, renamed (from Rumbarger) after lumber magnate John DuBois.
• duchess3 sensesThe wife or widow of a duke.
• Duchess1 senseA village in Alberta, Canada.
• duck26 sensesTo quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
• Duck3 sensesA surname transferred from the nickname.
• duckman1 senseSomeone who raises ducks to produce meat.
• Duckman1 senseA surname.
• ducks3 sensesA pair of twos.
• ducky6 sensesResembling or characteristic of a duck.
• duct8 sensesA pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
• dud6 sensesA device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
• dude9 sensesA man, generally a younger man.
• dudes1 senseAny group of people, regardless of gender.
• Dudley20 sensesA habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
• due11 sensesOwed or owing.
• Due1 senseA surname.
• duel4 sensesArranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
• dues1 senseMembership fees.
• duet7 sensesA musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
• Duet1 senseA surname.
• duff16 sensesDough.
• Duff7 sensesA surname.
• Duffy6 sensesA surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Dubhthaigh (“descendant of Dubhthach”). Dubhthach is a byname derived from dubh (“black”).
• dug2 sensesA mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts, mostly used to refer to the nipples of non-ruminants and non-primates.
• duh3 sensesA disdainful indication that something is obvious.
• duke9 sensesThe male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
• Duke7 sensesThe title of a duke.
• dukes1 senseOne's parents.
• Dukes1 senseA surname.
• dull17 sensesLacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
• Dull2 sensesA surname. of Scottish and German origin.
• duly2 sensesIn a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.
• dum2 sensescooked with steam
• Dum1 senseA surname.
• dumb16 sensesStupid.
• DUMB1 senseAn acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: dream-driven, uplifting, method-driven, behavior-driven.
• dumbass2 sensesA stupid or foolish person.
• dummy18 sensesA stupid person.
• dump29 sensesA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
• Dump2 sensesA city in Toledo District, Belize.
• dumping2 sensesThe disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.
• dumpling4 sensesA ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and…
• dumpster4 sensesA large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
• dun13 sensesA brownish grey colour.
• Dun6 sensesA river in Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, which flows into the River Kennet.
• DUN2 sensesa state legislative assembly
• Dunbar14 sensesA town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6778).
• Duncan24 sensesA male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
• dung7 sensesManure; animal excrement.
• Dung2 sensesA female given name from Vietnamese.
• dungeon7 sensesAn underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
• Dunham4 sensesA surname from Old English.
• dunk5 sensesTo submerge briefly in a liquid.
• Dunk2 sensesA surname.
• Dunn7 sensesA surname from Irish.
• dunno1 senseAn utterance of the word dunno.
• duo6 sensesTwo people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
• Duo1 senseAn unincorporated community in West Virginia.
• duplicate11 sensesBeing the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
• Duran3 sensesA commune in Gers department, Occitania, France.
• durant1 senseA strong cloth in imitation of buff leather.
• Durant6 sensesA surname.
• duration3 sensesAn amount of time or a particular time interval.
• during2 sensesFor all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
• During1 senseA surname.
• dusk6 sensesTending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
• dust35 sensesFine particles. Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the…
• Dust1 senseA surname.
• Dustin1 senseA male given name from the Germanic languages (very rarely also given to women).
• dusting5 sensesA light snowfall.
• dusty17 sensesCovered with dust.
• Dusty2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Dustin.
• dutch1 sensewife
• Dutch13 sensesOf or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
• duty7 sensesThat which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
• Duty1 senseA surname.
• Duval2 sensesA topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley.
• dwarf10 sensesAny member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural…
• DWARF1 senseA standardized debugging file format.
• Dwayne1 senseA male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Duane.
• dwell8 sensesA period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
• dwelling1 senseA house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
• Dwight10 sensesA surname transferred from the given name.
• dye3 sensesA colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
• Dye2 sensesA surname.
• dyed1 senseColoured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
• dying4 sensesApproaching death; about to die; moribund.
• dyke27 sensesAn earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
• Dyke4 sensesA village in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, named after Car Dyke (OS grid ref TF1022).
• Dylan3 sensesA male given name from Welsh.
• dynamic12 sensesChanging; active; in motion.
• dynamics4 sensesThe branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
• dynamite8 sensesA class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
• Dynamite1 senseA sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.
• dynasty4 sensesA series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
• dysfunctional2 sensesNot performing its proper or intended function.
• Dyson2 sensesA surname.