| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| diana | noun | The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; — identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. |
| diary | noun | A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician’s diary., lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. |
| diced | imp. & past participle | of Dice |
| dicer | noun | A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester. |
| dicky | noun | A seat behind a carriage, for a servant., A false shirt front or bosom., A gentleman’s shirt collar. |
| dicta | noun pl. | See Dictum., of Dictum |
| didal | noun | A kind of triangular spade. |
| didos | plural | of Dido |
| didst | the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do. | |
| didym | noun | See Didymium. |
| dight | imp. & past participle | of Dight, To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn., To have sexual intercourse with. |
| digit | noun | One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe., A finger’s breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch., One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; — so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing., One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; — a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk., To point at or out with the finger. |
| digne | adjective | Worthy; honorable; deserving., Suitable; adequate; fit., Haughty; disdainful. |
| digue | noun | A bank; a dike. |
| diked | imp. & past participle | of Dike |
| diker | noun | A ditcher., One who builds stone walls; usually, one who builds them without lime. |
| dildo | noun | A burden in popular songs., A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii). |
| dilly | noun | A kind of stagecoach. |
| dimit | verb t. | To dismiss, let go, or release. |
| dimly | adverb | In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight. |
| dimmy | adjective | Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. |
| dimya | noun pl. | Alt. of Dimyaria |
| dinar | noun | A petty money of accounts of Persia., An ancient gold coin of the East. |
| dined | imp. & past participle | of Dine |
| diner | noun | One who dines. |
| dingy | noun | Alt. of Dinghy, Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. |
| dingo | noun | A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color. |
| diota | noun | A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears. |
| dirge | adjective | A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn. |
| dirty | superl. | Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white., Sullied; clouded; — applied to color., Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow., Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather., To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands., To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; — said of reputation, character, etc. |
| disci | plural | of Discus |
| disme | noun | A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. |
| ditch | noun | A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse., Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth., To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land., To surround with a ditch., To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side., To dig a ditch or ditches. |
| ditto | noun | The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two “turned commas” (“), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition., As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also. |
| ditty | verb t. | A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme., A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung., To sing; to warble a little tune. |
| divan | noun | A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz., In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly., A chief officer of state., A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room., A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable., A coffee and smoking saloon. |
| dived | imp. & past participle | of Dive |
| divel | verb t. | To rend apart. |
| diver | noun | One who, or that which, dives., Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business., Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. |
| dives | noun | The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord’s parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus” (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling. |
| divet | noun | See Divot. |
| divot | noun | A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. |
| dixie | noun | A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. |
| dizen | verb t. | To dress; to attire., To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out. |
| dizzy | superl. | Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct., Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo., Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless., To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. |