| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dabbed | imp. & past participle | of Dab |
| dabber | noun | That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink. |
| dabble | verb t. | To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet., To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water., To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. |
| daboia | noun | A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). |
| dacapo | From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; — indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated. | |
| dacian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians., A native of ancient Dacia. |
| dacoit | noun | One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs. |
| dactyl | noun | A poetical foot of three sylables (– ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. merb6ciful; — so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger., A finger or toe; a digit., The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean. |
| dadoes | plural | of Dado |
| daedal | adjective | Alt. of Daedalian |
| daemon | adjective | Alt. of Daemonic |
| dagger | noun | A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace., A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; — called also obelisk., To pierce with a dagger; to stab., A timber placed diagonally in a ship’s frame. |
| dagges | noun pl. | An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. |
| daggle | verb t. | To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten., To run, go, or trail one’s self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle. |
| dagoba | noun | A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. |
| dahlia | noun | A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. |
| dahlin | noun | A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; — called also inulin. See Inulin. |
| daimio | noun | The title of the feudal nobles of Japan. |
| dainty | noun | Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything., That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy., A term of fondness., Rare; valuable; costly., Delicious to the palate; toothsome., Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender., Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. |
| dakoit | noun | Alt. of Dakoity |
| dallop | noun | A tuft or clump. |
| dammed | imp. & past participle | of Dam |
| damage | noun | Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief., The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another., To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair., To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight. |
| damask | noun | Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like., Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color., A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; — made for furniture covering and hangings., Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or “water” of such steel., A deep pink or rose color., Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus., Having the color of the damask rose., To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or “water,” as metal. See Damaskeen. |
| dammar | noun | Alt. of Dammara |
| damned | imp. & past participle | of Damn, Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition., Hateful; detestable; abominable. |
| damnum | noun | Harm; detriment, either to character or property. |
| damped | imp. & past participle | of Damp |
| dampen | verb t. | To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet., To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen., To become damp; to deaden. |
| damper | noun | That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. |
| dampne | verb t. | To damn. |
| damsel | noun | A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales., A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden., An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper. |
| damson | noun | A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; — called also damask plum. |
| danced | imp. & past participle | of Dance |
| dancer | noun | One who dances or who practices dancing. |
| dander | noun | Dandruff or scurf on the head., Anger or vexation; rage., To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. |
| dandie | noun | One of a breed of small terriers; — called also Dandie Dinmont. |
| dandle | verb t. | To move up and down on one’s knee or in one’s arms, in affectionate play, as an infant., To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet., To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. |
| danger | noun | Authority; jurisdiction; control., Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty., Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity., Difficulty; sparingness., Coyness; disdainful behavior., To endanger. |
| dangle | verb i. | To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion., To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. |
| daniel | noun | A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. |
| danish | adjective | Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country., The language of the Danes. |
| danite | noun | A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan., One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. |
| daphne | noun | A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms., A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree. |
| dapper | adjective | Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. |
| dapple | noun | One of the spots on a dappled animal., Alt. of Dappled, To variegate with spots; to spot. |
| daring | present participle & vb. noun | of Dare, of Dare, Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act., Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits. |
| dargue | noun | A day’s work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. |
| darken | adjective | To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room., To render dim; to deprive of vision., To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible., To cast a gloom upon., To make foul; to sully; to tarnish., To grow or darker. |
| darkle | verb i. | To grow dark; to show indistinctly. |
| darkly | adverb | With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly., With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look. |
| darned | imp. & past participle | of Darn |
| darnel | noun | Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay. |
| darner | noun | One who mends by darning. |
| darnex | noun | Alt. of Darnic |
| darnic | noun | Same as Dornick. |
| darted | imp. & past participle | of Dart |
| darter | noun | One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts., The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; — so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird., A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid. |
| dartle | verb t. & i. | To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: — frequentative of dart. |
| dartos | noun | A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum. |
| dasewe | verb i. | To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. |
| dashed | imp. & past participle | of Dash |
| dasher | noun | That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn., A dashboard or splashboard., One who makes an ostentatious parade. |
| datary | noun | An officer in the pope’s court, having charge of the Dataria., The office or employment of a datary. |
| dating | present participle & vb. noun | of Date |
| dative | adjective | Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective., In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office., Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer., Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law., The dative case. See Dative, a., 1. |
| datura | noun | A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. |
| daubed | imp. & past participle | of Daub |
| dauber | noun | One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter., A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber., A low and gross flatterer., The mud wasp; the mud dauber. |
| daubry | noun | A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses. |
| davyne | noun | A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius. |
| davyum | noun | A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154. |
| dawdle | verb i. | To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter., To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning., A dawdler. |
| dawish | adjective | Like a daw. |
| dawned | imp. & past participle | of Dawn |
| dayaks | noun pl. | See Dyaks. |
| dayfly | noun | A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; — so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. |
| dazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Daze |
| dazzle | verb t. | To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light., To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind., To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy., To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness., A light of dazzling brilliancy. |