| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dulcino | noun | A small bassoon, formerly much used., See Dolcino. |
| dualism | noun | State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction, A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit., A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil., The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate., The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. |
| dualist | noun | One who believes in dualism; a ditheist., One who administers two offices. |
| duality | noun | The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage. |
| duarchy | noun | Government by two persons. |
| dubbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Dub, The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc., The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz., A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing., The body substance of an angler’s fly. |
| dubiety | noun | Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt. |
| dubious | adjective | Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined., Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer., Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle. |
| ducally | adverb | In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke. |
| duchess | noun | The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. |
| duchies | plural | of Duchy |
| ducking | present participle & vb. noun | of Duck, n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i. |
| ductile | adjective | Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people., Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. |
| duction | noun | Guidance. |
| ducture | noun | Guidance. |
| duddery | noun | A place where rags are bought and kept for sale. |
| dudgeon | noun | The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made., The haft of a dagger., A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger., Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure., Homely; rude; coarse. |
| duebill | noun | A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. |
| dueling | noun | The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. |
| duelist | noun | One who fights in single combat. |
| dueness | noun | Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. |
| duennas | plural | of Duenna |
| dukedom | noun | The territory of a duke., The title or dignity of a duke. |
| dulcify | verb t. | To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony., Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please. |
| dulcite | noun | A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar. |
| duledge | noun | One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. |
| dulling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dull |
| dullard | noun | A stupid person; a dunce., Stupid. |
| dullish | adjective | Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome. |
| dummies | plural | of Dummy |
| dumping | present participle & vb. noun | of Dump |
| dumpage | noun | The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter., A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads. |
| dumpish | adjective | Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. |
| dunning | present participle & vb. noun | of Dun |
| dunbird | noun | The pochard; — called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre., An American duck; the ruddy duck. |
| duncery | noun | Dullness; stupidity. |
| duncify | verb t. | To make stupid in intellect. |
| duncish | adjective | Somewhat like a dunce. |
| dunfish | noun | Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality. |
| dunging | present participle & vb. noun | of Dung |
| dungeon | noun | A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons., To shut up in a dungeon. |
| dunnage | noun | Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion. |
| dunnish | adjective | Inclined to a dun color. |
| dunnock | adjective | The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. |
| dupable | adjective | Capable of being duped. |
| durable | adjective | Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. |
| durably | adverb | In a lasting manner; with long continuance. |
| duramen | noun | The heartwood of an exogenous tree. |
| durance | noun | Continuance; duration. See Endurance., Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak., A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting., In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes. |
| durancy | noun | Duration. |
| durante | preposition | During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure. |
| dureful | adjective | Lasting. |
| durylic | adjective | Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid. |
| duskily | adverb | In a dusky manner. |
| duskish | adjective | Somewhat dusky. |
| dusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Dust |
| dustmen | plural | of Dustman |
| dustman | p. | One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. |
| dustpan | noun | A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor. |
| duteous | adjective | Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter., Subservient; obsequious. |
| dutiful | adjective | Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject., Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection. |
| duumvir | noun | One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions. |
| duyoung | noun | See Dugong. |