English Words: D

26,416 words · Page 1 of 529

dcharacter

The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

D and Gname

Dolce and Gabbana

D majornoun

The major key with the notes D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯, the key signature of which has two sharps.

D minornoun

A minor key with the notes D, E, F, G, A, B♭, C.

D valvenoun

A slide valve with a cup-like cavity in its face, through which exhaust steam passes.

D&Bnoun

A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet.

D&Dernoun

A player of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

D&Mnoun

An earnest conversation covering emotional topics, often as a smaller side conversation at a social occasion.

D'Agataname

Alternative form of Dagata.

d'Alembert operatornoun

A differential operator which may be expressed as ∂_μ∂^μ=∑_(μ=0)³∂/∂x^μ∂/∂x_μ; it is the four-dimensional (Minkowski space) equivalent of the three-dimensional Laplace operator.

d'Alembert's equationname

A first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation: y=xf((dy)/(dx))+g((dy)/(dx)).

d'Alembert's formulaname

The general solution to the one-dimensional wave equation u_tt-c^(2u_)xx=0,,u(x,0)=g(x),,u_t(x,0)=h(x), for -∞0.

d'Alembert's paradoxname

The contradiction that, for incompressible and inviscid potential flow, the drag force is zero on a body moving with constant velocity relative to the fluid.

d'Alembert's principlename

A statement of the fundamental classical laws of motion, generalizing the principle of virtual work from static to dynamical systems by introducing forces of inertia which, when added to the applied forces in a system, result in dynamic equilibrium.

d'Alembertiannoun

The d'Alembert operator.

D'Alfonsoname

A surname from Italian.

D'Amatoname

A surname from Italian.

D'Ambrosioname

A surname from Italian.

D'Amelioname

A surname from Italian.

d'Amourname

A surname from French.

D'Andreaname

A surname from Italian.

D'Angeloname

A surname from Italian.

D'Antoniname

A surname from Italian.

D'Antonioname

A surname from Italian.

D'Arcangeloname

A surname from Italian.

d'Arsonvalizationnoun

An early form of electrotherapy using a spark-excited resonant circuit to generate currents of 0.5 to 2 MHz.

d'awintj

Alternative form of aw (“expressing sentimental affection”).

d'awwintj

Alternative form of d'aw.

d'Entremontname

A surname from French, variant of Entremont

D'Hondt methodname

A highest-averages method for allocating seats, used to achieve proportional representation in elections, and often favoring large parties and coalitions.

d'jacontraction

Contraction of did + you.

D'Nealiannoun

A style of handwriting intended to make it easier for children to learn to write English.

d'ohintj

Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

d'oradj

Of gold; golden.

D'Urville Islandname

An island on the outer edge of the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.

D'var Torahnoun

A sermon upon the weekly parashah.

d'y'allcontraction

Shortened form of do you all; do y'all.

d'y'askcontraction

Contraction of do + you + ask.

d'y'avecontraction

Contraction of do + you + have.

d'yacontraction

do you

d'yecontraction

Did ye.

d'youcontraction

Contraction of did + you.

d*cknoun

Censored spelling of dick.

D-bagnoun

An idiot or jerk; a general-purpose moderate insult.

D-beatnoun

A subgenre of hardcore punk.

D-cuppernoun

Someone with D-cup sized breasts.

D-Dayname

6 June 1944, the date when the Allies invaded western Europe in World War II.

D-dimernoun

A small protein fragment present in the blood after a blood clot is degraded by fibrinolysis, used in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, etc.

D-flat majornoun

A major key with the notes D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C, the key signature of which has five flats.

D-framenoun

A low-quality intraframe containing only DC components, used for high-speed previews.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter D contains 26,416 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 529 pages, and you are currently viewing page 1. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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