English words: davoch to days-long

300 English words, part 11 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words davoch to days-long

davoch noun: Alternative form of daugh (“Scots land unit”).
Davor proper noun: A municipality of Croatia.
Davos proper noun /ˈdævɒs/: A mountain resort and municipality in Grisons, Switzerland, host of the World Economic Forum.
Davos Man noun: The global financial elite, represented as a stereotypical attendee of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Davoud proper noun: A male given name from Perisan or Arabic, equivalent to English David.
davreuxite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
davul noun: A large Turkish double-headed drum, played with mallets.
Davutoğlu proper noun: A surname from Turkish.
davy noun /ˈdeɪvi/: A Davy lamp.
Davy Crockett noun: A tactical nuclear smoothbore gun for firing nuclear projectiles.
Davy Crockett cap noun: Alternative form of Davy Crockett hat.
Davy Crockett hat noun: A hat made of a real or simulated pelt of a raccoon with the tail hanging in back, particularly popular among children in North America during the 1950s and...
davy lamp noun: A miners' lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to prevent explosions.
Davydov proper noun: A surname.
Davydov procedure noun: A form of vaginoplasty in which the patient's peritoneum is used to construct a neovagina or to lengthen an abnormally short vagina.
Davydov soliton noun: A quasiparticle representing an excitation that propagates along self-trapped amide I groups within the alpha helices of proteins.
davyne noun: A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
davyum noun: A supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.
daw noun, verb /dɔː/: Initialism of digital audio workstation.
dawa noun: A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
dawadawa noun: The condiment sumbala.
dawah noun: Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching
Dawan proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
dawcock noun: A jackdaw.
dawd noun, verb: Alternative form of daud.
dawdle noun, verb /ˈdɔːdl̩/: Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
dawdler noun: A person who dawdles or idles.
dawdlesome adjective: Characterised or marked by dawdling.
dawdlingly adverb: In a dawdling manner.
Dawe proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Dawei proper noun: A city in Taninthayi Region, Myanmar (Burma) formerly known as Tavoy.
Dawes proper noun /dɔːz/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Dawes resolution limit noun: A criterion for a telescope's resolving power, representing the minimum angular separation between two stars that a human observer can distinguish as...
dawg noun /dɔːɡ/: Pronunciation spelling of dog.
Dawida noun: an indigenous people of Kenya
dawing noun, verb /ˈdɔːɪŋ/: Dawn, daybreak.
dawish adjective: Resembling a jackdaw.
dawk noun, verb /dɔːk/: To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
dawk bungalow noun: Alternative form of dak bungalow.
Dawkinite noun: One who shares the scientific and philosophical views of Richard Dawkins; an atheist; a materialist.
Dawkins proper noun /ˈdɔːkɪnz/: A surname transferred from the given name.
Dawkinsian adjective: Relating to the "selfish gene" view on evolution as proposed by Richard Dawkins.
Dawkinsite noun: Alternative form of Dawkinite.
Dawley proper noun /ˈdɔːli/: A small town in Great Dawley parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6807).
dawling noun: Pronunciation spelling of darling
Dawlish proper noun /ˈdɔːlɪʃ/: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).
dawn noun, verb /dɔːn/: To begin to brighten with daylight.
dawn choir noun: Synonym of dawn chorus.
dawn chorus noun /dɔːn ˈkɔːɹəs/: Birdsong by a large number of birds occurring in the early morning.
dawn horse noun: eohippus
dawn of a new day noun: A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.
dawn of time noun: The beginning of time, of the universe, of the world, of mankind or of history.
dawn on verb: To occur to somebody; to be realized by.
dawn patrol noun: The act of going out for a surf at dawn.
dawn poppy noun: Synonym of snow poppy (Eomecon chionantha)
dawn prayer noun: fajr, the first of the five daily prayers offered by practising Muslims.
dawn raid noun: An early-morning visit by police or law enforcement with the intention of taking the suspects by surprise.
dawn redwood noun: A large deciduous conifer native to China, of species Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a well-known living fossil.
dawn upon verb: Alternative form of dawn on.
Dawna proper noun: A female given name from English.
Dawnay proper noun: A surname from Norman French
dawnder noun, verb: Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”).
dawner noun, verb: Alternative form of daunder (“stroll”).
dawning noun, verb /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/: Dawn.
dawnless adjective: Without a dawn.
dawnlight noun: The light of dawn.
dawnlike adjective: Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
dawnside noun: The side of a planet or other body that is experiencing sunrise, a transition from night to day.
dawnstreak noun: A streak of colour in the clouds at sunrise.
dawntime noun: The time of dawn.
dawnward adjective, adverb: Toward the dawn.
dawnwards adjective, adverb: Toward the dawn.
dawny adjective /ˈdɔː.ni/: Resembling or characteristic of dawn.
Dawood proper noun: David
Dawsey proper noun: A surname.
Dawson proper noun /ˈdɔːsən/: A patrilineal surname.
dawsonite noun /ˈdɔːsənaɪt/: An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
Dawsonville proper noun: A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Georgia, United States.
dawt verb: To fondle or caress.
Dawud proper noun: David, a rasul of Islam.
Dax proper noun: A commune of Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
daxen noun: Alternative form of dachshund (extremely rare, nonstandard spelling).
Daxing proper noun: A former capital of China under the Sui Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.
daxophone noun: An electric wooden experimental musical instrument, a kind of friction idiophone.
daxophonist noun: A person who plays the daxophone.
Daxter proper noun: A surname.
day noun, verb /deɪ̯/: The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
day after noun: the next day.
day after day adverb: For an indefinite number of days.
day-after recall test noun: A method of advertising research measuring the proportion of people who remember seeing an advertisement the day after it was shown on television.
day-age adjective: Of or related to day-age creationism.
day-age creationism noun: A type of Old Earth creationism which posits that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are not ordinary 24-hour days, but are much...
day-age creationist adjective, noun: Of or related to day-age creationism.
day-ager noun: A day-age creationist; a proponent of day-age creationism.
day and age noun: A time period of years or more.
day-and-date adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: specifying which time data is to be filled in: the day of the week and the calendar date, such as "Friday, 17...
day and night adverb, noun: All the time; round the clock; unceasingly.
day at the beach noun: An easy and pleasant task or situation.
day beacon noun: An unlighted nautical seamark.
day bed noun: Alternative spelling of daybed (“A bed or sofa used specially for daytime.”).
day-biter noun: An insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.
day blind adjective: Unable to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopic.
day blindness noun: The state or quality of being day-blind.
day book noun: Alternative form of daybook.
day boy noun: A male day pupil.
day by day adverb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: one day at a time.
day cab noun: A tractor unit without a sleeping berth.
day camp noun: Alternative form of daycamp.
day care noun: Alternative form of daycare.
day care center noun: A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with...
day case noun: Alternative form of daycase.
day center noun: Alternative spelling of day centre
day centre noun: A place providing care, attention and recreation facilities during the day for people who aren't able to look after themselves properly.
day-clean noun: Dawn; daybreak.
day coal noun: The upper stratum of coal.
day count convention noun: A convention on how interest accrues over time for a variety of investments, including bonds, notes, loans, medium-term notes, swaps, and FRAs. It...
day cream noun: A moisturizing cream to be applied and worn during the day.
day-dawn noun: The rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises.
day dot noun: A very long time ago; as far back as one can remember.
day drink verb: To consume alcoholic beverages during the daytime hours.
day drinker noun: Someone who consumes alcoholic beverages during daytime hours, typically beginning before 4:00 p.m.
day drinking noun, verb: The consumption of alcoholic beverages during the daytime hours.
day-ee interjection: Alternative spelling of dayee.
day fine noun: A unit of fine payment based on the offender's daily personal income. The number of day fines depends on the gravity of offence.
day for night adverb, noun: A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter,...
day game noun: The practice of going out in daylight hours to cold approach strangers and attempt to seduce them.
day gecko noun: Any gecko of the genus Phelsuma, notable for being diurnal when most other geckos are nocturnal.
day-glo adjective: Very bright and luminous in colour.
day gone by noun: A day or time that has already passed.
day hand noun: Alternative form of dayhand.
day in and day out adverb: Alternative form of day in, day out.
day in court noun: An occasion to defend oneself or one's opinion.
day in, day out adverb: Every day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).
day in the sun noun: A time of glory or ascendancy.
day job noun: One's principal job; one's regular means of income.
day labor noun: Work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.
day laborer noun: A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.
day labourer noun: Alternative form of day laborer.
day lark noun: One who gets up early in the morning or goes to bed early.
day late, dollar short adjective: Synonym of a day late and a dollar short.
day letter noun: A telegram sent during the day for slightly deferred delivery on the same day, cheaper than a fast telegram, typically with a minimum charge for 50 words or...
day level noun: A level driven from the surface.
day-light noun: Alternative form of daylight
day lily noun: Alternative form of daylily.
day-long adjective: Alternative form of daylong.
day man noun: A man who is a day laborer.
day-moth noun: Any of the day-flying noctuid moths of the family Agaristinae.
day-net noun: A net for catching small birds.
day/night cricket noun: Day-nighter matches generally.
day-nighter noun: A limited overs cricket match that starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening under floodlights.
day nursery noun: Synonym of day care center.
day of days noun: A particularly noteworthy day; the day on which a milestone or especially memorable event occurs.
day of doom noun: Synonym of doomsday.
day of judgement noun: Synonym of judgement day.
day of judgment noun: Synonym of judgement day.
day of reckoning noun: The final and eternal judgment by God of all nations; Final Judgment.
day of rest noun: Alternative form of rest day.
day of the Lord noun: Synonym of Lord's Day.
day off noun /deɪˈɒf/: A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.
day-old noun: Any animal that is one day old.
day one adverb, noun: The very beginning.
day or night adverb: At any time; 24/7
day order noun: An instruction to carry out a trade only if the asset to be traded reaches a certain price during the current trading day.
day out noun: An excursion, returning home on the same day.
day-over-day adjective: Compared to the same time period in the previous day.
day pack noun: Alternative spelling of daypack.
day-peep noun: The dawn.
day pupil noun: A student who attends a boarding school but does not board there, continuing to live at home
day release noun: Temporary liberation from a prison, for the period of one day.
day residue noun: Alternative form of day's residue.
day return noun: A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.
day room noun: Alternative spelling of dayroom.
day's age noun: The number of hours that have passed since the beginning of the day; the current time.
day's math noun: A unit of area referring to the amount of land that one person can mow in a single day, roughly equivalent to one acre.
day's residue noun: The elements of the events of the preceding day that subsequently occur in a dream.
day sailer noun: Alternative form of daysailer.
day-scholar noun: A pupil who attends a day school.
day school noun: A school attended during the day, as opposed to a boarding school.
day shape noun: Any of a set of simple geometric shapes that are hung from a mast and visually indicate the status of a vessel to other vessels.
day shift noun: A regularly scheduled period of work during daylight hours, especially 8AM to 4PM; sometimes a 12-hour shift, such as 6AM to 6PM.
day shifter noun: Someone who works the day shift.
day-sight noun: Alternative form of daysight.
day sign noun: Any of 20 glyphs used, along with a number from 1 to 13, in traditional Mesoamerican calendars to identify their 260 days.
day star noun: Alternative form of daystar.
day time adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of daytime.
day to day adjective, adverb, noun: Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
day-to-night adjective: Starting during daylight hours and continuing until after dark.
day trade noun, verb: A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.
day trader noun: A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same...
day trading noun, verb: The act or practice of buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day.
day trip noun, verb: An excursion that lasts most of the day.
day tripper noun: Someone who takes a day trip.
day-watch noun: Alternative form of daywatch
day work noun: Alternative spelling of daywork.
day worker noun: Alternative spelling of dayworker.
day-year principle noun: A method of interpretation of Bible prophecy in which the word day is considered to be symbolic of a year of actual time.
daya noun: Alternative form of dhye (“wet-nurse”).
Dayak noun: A member of the indigenous ethnic groups of Borneo.
Dayal proper noun: A surname.
dayan noun: A rabbinic judge.
dayawism noun: Synonym of anitism.
daybeacon noun: An unlighted sea mark typically used to identify navigable channels
daybeam noun /ˈdeɪˌbiːm/: A sunbeam.
daybed noun /ˈdeɪˌbɛd/: A couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night.
dayblindness noun: Alternative form of day blindness.
dayboard noun /ˈdeɪˌbɔːd/: A shape affixed to the top of a sea mark or other aid to navigation (ATON) to indicate its status by day.
dayboat noun /ˈdeɪˌbəʊt/: A daysailer.
daybook noun /ˈdeɪˌbʊk/: A daily chronicle; a diary.
dayboy noun /ˈdeɪˌbɔɪ/: A boy who attends a boarding school only during the day.
daybreak noun /ˈdeɪbɹeɪk/: The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
Daybrook proper noun: A suburb of Arnold, Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5845).
daycamp noun: A supervised activity camp for children from which they return home at the end of each day.
daycare noun /ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/: Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.
daycare center noun: Alternative spelling of daycare centre.
daycare centre noun: A building where children are supervised during the day so that their parents can work.
daycarer noun: A daycare worker.
daycase noun: A patient who is admitted to the hospital for a diagnostic test with the intention of being discharged on the same day.
daycation noun: A single-day excursion or retreat.
daycentre noun: Alternative form of day centre
dayclean noun: Alternative form of day-clean
dayclothes noun /ˈdeɪ.kləʊ(ð)z/: Synonym of daywear.
daycoach noun: A normal railway car with seats, but no sleeping arrangements.
daycore noun: A plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.
daydawn noun: Synonym of dawn.
daydream noun, verb /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/: A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
daydreamer noun /ˈdeɪdɹiːmə/: One who daydreams.
daydreamily adverb: In a daydreamy manner.
daydreaming noun, verb: An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
daydreamingly adverb: While daydreaming.
daydreamlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a daydream.
daydreamy adjective: Inclined to daydream; idealistic or scatterbrained.
daydress noun /ˈdeɪ.dɹes/: A garment designed to be worn during the day, usually by women.
daye noun: Alternative form of dhye (“wet-nurse”).
dayee interjection, noun: Pronunciation spelling of day.
dayenu phrase: It will (or would) have been sufficient.
dayer noun: Something lasting a specified number of days.
dayereh noun: A large Central Asian frame drum with jingles attached, a type of tambourine.
dayflower noun: Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayfly noun: A mayfly.
dayflying adjective: Flying by day; diurnal.
dayful adjective, noun: The amount (of something) that fills or is produced in a day.
daygame noun: Alternative form of day game.
dayger noun: A party held in the daytime.
daygirl noun: A girl who attends a boarding school only during the day.
dayglo adjective: Alternative form of Day-Glo; luminescent; fluorescent; of colors, very bright.
dayglow noun: The airglow of the sky during the day.
daygown noun /ˈdeɪ.ɡaʊn/: A daydress; a long loose robe designed to be worn during the day, usually by women.
dayhand noun: A general laborer hired and paid on a daily basis, rather than through a long-term contract or a set salary.
dayhike noun: A hike (walking trip) that takes about a day to complete.
Dayhoff proper noun: A surname.
Dayi proper noun: The Dayi method, a text-input method for Chinese characters invented after the Cāngjié method and designed to be faster. Like Cāngjié, this system is based...
dayjamas noun /deɪ̯ˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/: Pajama-like clothing worn as daytime-appropriate apparel.
dayjob noun: Alternative form of day job.
Daykin proper noun /ˈdeɪkɪn/: A surname transferred from the given name.
Daylamite noun: A member of a warlike Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam region.
Dayle proper noun: A unisex given name.
daylength noun: period of daylight; photoperiod
Daylesford proper noun: A town in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
dayless adjective: Without day.
daylessness noun: Absence of days or daytime.
daylife noun: Recreational activities that can be done during the day.
daylight noun, verb /ˈdeɪlaɪt/: The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
daylight factor noun: The ratio of indoor daylight illuminance at a point to the simultaneous outdoor daylight illuminance under an unobstructed overcast sky, usually expressed...
daylight factory noun: A factory of a particular architectural style, having a concrete frame and floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing in natural light.
daylight overdraft noun: A debit balance in the customer’s account that occurs in the course of the banking day and is expected to be repaid by a credit to the account prior to the...
daylight robbery noun /ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/: The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
daylight saving noun: Alternative form of daylight saving time.
daylight saving time noun: The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to...
daylight savings noun: Alternative form of daylight saving time.
daylight savings time noun: Alternative form of daylight saving time.
daylight standard time noun: In an area that uses daylight saving time, the clock time that is used in the autumn and winter months.
daylight time noun: Alternative form of daylight saving time.
daylighted adjective, verb: provided with daylight
daylighter noun: One member of a group that carried out daytime violence against tenants suspected of opposing the Land League.
daylights noun /ˈdeɪlaɪts/: plural of daylight
daylike adjective: Resembling day or some aspect of it.
daylily noun /ˈdeɪˌlɪli/: Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.
daylong adjective, adverb: Which lasts a day, or approximately so.
dayman noun: Alternative spelling of day man.
daymare noun, verb /ˈdeɪˌmɛə/: A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
daymark noun: A mark (such as a tower) designed to help navigators to find their way during daylight hours.
daymarker noun: Synonym of daymark.
daymeal noun: A meal during the day (as opposed to night), usually at or about midday.
Dayna proper noun: A female given name.
Dayne proper noun: A male given name.
daynightmare noun: A daydream with the character of a nightmare; unpleasant ideation during the day.
daynt adjective: delicate; elegant; dainty
dayok noun: A fermented Filipino condiment made from fish entrails (usually from yellowfin tuna) and salt.
dayooth noun: Alternative form of dayouth.
dayouth noun [daˈjːuːθ]: A man who is apathetic or permissive with regard to unchaste behaviour by his wife or female relatives (cf. wittol).
daypack noun: A small backpack, suitable for a one-day hike or for carrying books around campus.
daypart noun, verb: A part of the day in which a particular type of radio or television program is aired.
dayparting noun, verb: The practice of dividing the broadcast day into several dayparts.
daypeep noun: Alternative spelling of day-peep.
dayplanner noun: A notebook used to plan the activities and tasks of each day.
dayrise noun: daybreak, dawn
dayrobe noun /ˈdeɪ.ɹəʊb/: A robe to be worn in the daytime.
dayroom noun: A common room in a residential total institution such as barracks, psychiatric hospital, prison, or dormitory where the inhabitants can mingle and socialize.
days adverb, noun, verb /ˈdeɪz/: A particular time or period of vague extent.
days-long adjective: Alternative form of dayslong.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.