| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dabbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dabble |
| dabchick | noun | A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; — called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe. |
| dacotahs | noun pl. | Same as Dacotas. |
| dactylar | adjective | Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic., Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean. |
| dactylet | noun | A dactyl. |
| dactylic | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses., A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics., Dactylic meters. |
| daddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dadle |
| daemonic | adjective | See Demon, Demonic. |
| daffodil | noun | A plant of the genus Asphodelus., A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc. |
| daftness | noun | The quality of being daft. |
| daggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Daggle |
| dagswain | noun | A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. |
| dahabeah | noun | A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails. |
| daintify | verb t. | To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. |
| daintily | adverb | In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily. |
| daintrel | noun | Adelicacy. |
| dainties | plural | of Dainty |
| dairying | noun | The business of conducting a dairy. |
| dairymen | plural | of Dairyman |
| dairyman | noun | A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy. |
| dalesmen | plural | of Dalesman |
| dalesman | noun | One living in a dale; — a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. |
| dallying | present participle & vb. noun | of Dally |
| dalmania | noun | A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. |
| dalmatic | noun | A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; — imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia., A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation. |
| damaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Damage |
| damascus | noun | A city of Syria. |
| damasked | imp. & past participle | of Damask |
| damasken | verb | To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or “water” produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. |
| damaskin | noun | A sword of Damask steel. |
| damassin | noun | A kind of modified damask or brocade. |
| damewort | noun | A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; — called also rocket and dame’s violet. |
| damnable | adjective | Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature., Odious; pernicious; detestable. |
| damnably | adverb | In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment., Odiously; detestably; excessively. |
| damnific | adjective | Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious. |
| dampened | imp. & past participle | of Dampen |
| dampness | noun | Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness. |
| damp off | To decay and perish through excessive moisture. | |
| danalite | noun | A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur. |
| dancette | adjective | Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon. |
| dandling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dandle |
| dandriff | noun | See Dandruff. |
| dandruff | noun | A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. |
| dandyish | adjective | Like a dandy. |
| dandyism | noun | The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. |
| dandyise | verb t. & i. | To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify. |
| danegeld | noun | Alt. of Danegelt |
| danegelt | noun | An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. |
| danewort | noun | A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; — called also Daneweed, Dane’s weed, and Dane’s-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.] |
| dangling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dangle |
| danseuse | noun | A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet. |
| danubian | adjective | Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube. |
| dappling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dapple |
| darbyite | noun | One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; — so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren. |
| darkened | imp. & past participle | of Darken |
| darkener | noun | One who, or that which, darkens. |
| darkling | adverb | In the dark., Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing., Dark; gloomy. |
| darkness | noun | The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom., A state of privacy; secrecy., A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity., Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion., A state of distress or trouble. |
| darksome | adjective | Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. |
| darraign | verb t. | Alt. of Darrain |
| dartrous | adjective | Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. |
| dastardy | noun | Base timidity; cowardliness. |
| dateless | adjective | Without date; having no fixed time. |
| datiscin | noun | A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina). |
| datively | adverb | As a gift. |
| datolite | noun | A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. |
| daturine | noun | Atropine; — called also daturia and daturina. |
| daughter | noun | The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; — applied also to the lower animals., A female descendant; a woman., A son’s wife; a daughter-in-law., A term of address indicating parental interest. |
| daunting | present participle & vb. noun | of Daunt |
| dauphine | noun | The title of the wife of the dauphin. |
| dawdling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dawdle |
| daybreak | noun | The time of the first appearance of light in the morning. |
| day-coal | noun | The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface. |
| daydream | noun | A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. |
| daylight | noun | The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light., The eyes. |
| day lily | A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers., A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers. | |
| day-peep | noun | The dawn. |
| day-star | noun | The morning star; the star which ushers in the day., The sun, as the orb of day. |
| daywoman | noun | A dairymaid. |
| dazzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dazzle |