| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dachshund | noun | One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; — called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired. |
| dactylist | noun | A writer of dactylic verse. |
| daedalian | adjective | Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious., Crafty; deceitful. |
| daedalous | adjective | Having a variously cut or incised margin; — said of leaves. |
| dailiness | noun | Daily occurence. |
| dairymaid | noun | A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy. |
| daker hen | The corncrake or land rail. | |
| dalliance | noun | The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play., Delay or procrastination., Entertaining discourse. |
| dalmatian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. |
| dalmatica | noun | Alt. of Dalmatic |
| dal segno | A direction to go back to the sign / and repeat from thence to the close. See Segno. | |
| daltonian | noun | One afflicted with color blindness. |
| daltonism | noun | Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. |
| damascene | adjective | Of or relating to Damascus., A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson., Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. |
| damasking | present participle & vb. noun | of Damask |
| damaskeen | verb | Alt. of Damasken |
| dambonite | noun | A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc. |
| damianist | noun | A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. |
| damnation | noun | The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation., Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself., A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. |
| damnatory | adjective | Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. |
| damosella | noun | Alt. of Damoiselle |
| damourite | noun | A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. |
| dampening | present participle & vb. noun | of Dampen |
| danburite | noun | A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. |
| danceress | noun | A female dancer. |
| dandelion | noun | A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. |
| dandified | adjective | Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish., of Dandify |
| dandiprat | noun | A little fellow; — in sport or contempt., A small coin. |
| dandy-hen | noun fem. | A bantam fowl. |
| dandyling | noun | A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop. |
| dangerful | adjective | Full of danger; dangerous. |
| dangerous | adjective | Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe., Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury., In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death., Hard to suit; difficult to please., Reserved; not affable. |
| dannebrog | noun | The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. |
| dantesque | adjective | Dantelike; Dantean. |
| dapatical | adjective | Sumptuous in cheer. |
| daphnetin | noun | A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin. |
| dardanian | adjective & noun | Trojan. |
| darkening | present participle & vb. noun | of Darken, Twilight; gloaming. |
| dartingly | adverb | Like a dart; rapidly. |
| darwinian | adjective | Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements., An advocate of Darwinism. |
| darwinism | noun | The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above. |
| dashboard | noun | A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; — in England commonly called splashboard., The float of a paddle wheel., A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; — called also sprayboard. |
| dashingly | adverb | Conspicuously; showily. |
| dastardly | adjective | Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage. |
| dasymeter | noun | An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density. |
| dasyurine | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures. |
| daughters | plural | of Daughter |
| daughtren | plural | of Daughter |
| dauntless | adjective | Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. |
| davenport | noun | A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. |
| davy lamp | See Safety lamp, under Lamp. | |
| dawsonite | noun | A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals. |
| dayflower | noun | A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers. |
| day-labor | noun | Labor hired or performed by the day. |
| dayspring | noun | The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. |