English words: dingbat to diodont

300 English words, part 64 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words dingbat to diodont

dingbat noun /ˈdɪŋbæt/: A silly, crazy or stupid person.
dingbatter noun: An uplander who has come to eastern North Carolina.
dingbattery noun: The beliefs and attitudes of a dingbat; eccentricity; kookiness.
dingbatty adjective: Like a dingbat; silly and not very smart.
dingdong noun, verb: Alternative spelling of ding-dong.
dingdong theory noun: Alternative form of ding-dong theory.
dinge noun, verb /dɪnd͡ʒ/: Dinginess.
dinged up adjective, verb: battered, dented by blows, injured
Dingell proper noun: A surname.
dinger noun /ˈdɪŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/: A bell or chime.
dinges noun, verb: Alternative spelling of dingus (“thingamajig; fool”).
dingey noun: Alternative spelling of dinghy.
dinghead noun: A stupid or foolish person.
dinghy noun, verb /ˈdɪŋ.(ɡ)i/: A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
dingily adverb /ˈdɪndʒɪli/: In a dingy manner.
dinginess noun /ˈdɪndʒɪnəs/: The state or quality of being dingy.
dingir noun: Any Sumerian deity.
dingiso noun: A tree kangaroo Dendrolagus mbaiso of New Guinea
dingle adjective, noun /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/: A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
dingle-dangle adjective: Hanging loose; swinging backwards and forwards.
dingle stick noun: A forked stick used to hold meat or a pot over a campfire.
dingleberry noun /ˈdɪŋɡəɫbɛɹi/: Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry.
dinglehopper noun: Something that one does not readily recall the name of.
dingless adjective: Without a ding.
Dingley proper noun: A surname.
Dingman proper noun: A surname from German.
dingo noun, verb /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/: A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
dingo fence noun: A fence designed to exclude dingos from a certain area.
dingo fish noun: The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda).
dingo-proof adjective: Of fencing, designed to exclude dingos.
dingo's breakfast noun: No breakfast at all.
dingo stiffener noun: A person employed to kill dingos in order to eradicate them from a certain region.
dingolay verb /ˈdɪŋɡəʊleɪ/: To perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.
dingonek noun: A large fanged, scaly cryptid with leopard-like markings and a finny tail, reported from near Lake Victoria in 1907.
dings noun, verb: Alternative form of dinger (“unregistered car”).
dingthrift noun: A spendthrift.
dingus noun /ˈdɪŋɡəs/: A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
dingwad noun /ˈdɪŋˌwɑd/: A stupid person.
Dingwall proper noun: A town and royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5558).
dingy adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/: Dark, dull.
dingy dart noun: A hesperiid butterfly, of species Suniana lascivia, endemic to Australia.
dingy skipper noun: A small, cryptic, dull brown butterfly, Erynnis tages, of the family Hesperiidae
Dinh proper noun: A surname from Vietnamese.
Dinham proper noun: A surname.
dinheiro noun: A coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal.
Dini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
dinic adjective, noun: Relating to vertigo or dizziness.
dinichthyid noun: Any placoderm in the family Dinichthyidae.
dinickel noun: Two nickel atoms in a compound
diniconazole noun: A particular fungicide.
dining noun, verb /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/: Eating dinner as a social function.
dining car noun: A carriage on a train that functions as a restaurant.
dining chair noun: A chair, usually in a dining room, designed to be used at a dining table.
dining facility noun: A mess hall.
dining hall noun: A large room, typically in schools or colleges, where people eat together.
dining leaf noun: a leaf of the banana or other plant, used as a plate to serve food in South Asian countries.
dining needle noun: Alternative form of darning needle; a dragonfly.
dining room noun /ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/: A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.
dining set noun: A dining table and one or more dining chairs which feature similar or complementary designs.
dining table noun: A table, usually in a dining room or dining hall, on which meals are served.
dining time noun: Synonym of dinnertime.
diningroom noun: Alternative form of dining room.
diningware noun: Synonym of dinnerware.
diniobate noun: Any substance that has two niobate groups
diniobium noun: Two niobium atoms in a molecule.
dinite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing carbon and hydrogen.
dinitolmide noun: A fodder additive for poultry, used to prevent coccidiosis infections.
dinitramide noun: The univalent anion N₃O₄⁻ or any salt containing this ion
dinitramine noun: The C-nitroamine pesticide 3-N-diethyl-2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzene-1,3-diamine.
dinitrate noun /daɪˈnaɪtɹeɪt/: Any compound having two nitrate groups
dinitration noun: Any nitration reaction in which two nitro groups are introduced into a compound.
dinitride noun: Any nitride having two nitrogen atoms per molecule
dinitrile noun: Any organic compound having two nitrile groups
dinitro noun, prefix: containing two nitro groups (-NO₂)
dinitroaniline noun: Any of three isomeric derivatives of aniline having two nitro groups replacing hydrogen atoms in the ring, but especially 2,4-dinitroaniline
dinitrobenzamide noun: Any of several isomeric dinitro derivatives of benzamide
dinitrobenzene noun /daɪˌnaɪtɹə(ʊ)ˈbɛnziːn/: Any of three isomeric aromatic nitro compounds C₆H₄(NO₂)₂ formed by the nitration of benzene; they are used in the manufacture of dyes etc
dinitrobenzyl noun: A chemical group derived from dinitrobenzene.
dinitrochlorobenzene noun /ˌdaɪˌnaɪtroʊˌklɔːroʊˈbɛnziːn/: A chlorinated nitrobenzene compound containing a benzene ring substituted with two nitro groups and one chlorine atom.
dinitrodiphenylamine noun: A chemical compound obtained from the reaction of aniline, dinitrochlorobenzene, and soda ash, and used in producing hexanitrodiphenylamine.
dinitrofluorobenzene noun: 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, a chemical used for polypeptide sequencing.
dinitrogen noun: Diatomic nitrogen (molecular nitrogen): the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
dinitrogen monoxide noun: Synonym of nitrous oxide.
dinitrogen oxide noun: Synonym of nitrous oxide.
dinitrogen pentoxide noun: The unstable binary compound N₂O₅; a strong oxidizing agent.
dinitrogen reductase noun: dinitrogenase reductase
dinitrogen tetroxide noun: A binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₄, that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide NO₂; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in rocket...
dinitrogen trioxide noun: The binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₃, a pale blue liquid that reacts with water to form nitrous acid.
dinitrogenase noun: Either of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
dinitrogenase reductase noun: One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
dinitrohalobenzene noun: Any dinitro derivative of a halobenzene
dinitronaphthalene noun: A chemical compound that has two nitro groups on naphthalene.
dinitrophenol noun: Any of six isomeric aromatic compounds C₆H₃OH(NO₂)₂ formed by the nitration of phenol; they are metabolic poisons
dinitrophenyl noun: The univalent radical derived from dinitrophenol
dinitrophenylation noun: The addition of a dinitrophenyl group to a molecule.
dinitrophenylhydrazine noun: Any of six isomeric aromatic azines, but especially 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine that is used as a reagent in the analysis of aldehydes and ketones
dinitrophenylhydrazone noun: The red or yellow precipitate indicating a positive result when dinitrophenylhydrazine is used to detect qualitatively the carbonyl functionality of a...
dinitrosyl noun: Two nitrosyl radicals in a molecule
dinitrotoluene noun /daɪˌnaɪtɹə(ʊ)ˈtɒljʊiːn/: Any of six isomeric compounds formed by the nitration of toluene, but especially 1-methyl-2,6-dinitro benzene, which is used as an explosive
Diniz proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
dink adjective, adverb, noun, verb /dɪŋk/: Acronym of double income, no kids or dual income, no kids: a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes.
Dinka noun: A member of a tribe of South Sudan.
dinkel noun: Synonym of spelt.
dinkey noun /ˈdɪŋki/: A small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.
dinki mini noun: A particular dance used in Jamaican funerary rites.
dinkily adverb: in a dinky manner
dinkiness noun: The condition of being dinky.
Dinkins proper noun: A surname.
Dinklage proper noun /ˈdɪŋklɪd͡ʒ/: A surname.
dinkle noun: penis
Dinkoism noun: A parody religion centered around Dinkan, a deity based on a Malayalam comic book who is an anthropomorphic superhero mouse.
dinkum adjective, noun /ˈdɪŋkəm/: Genuine, true, honest, on the level.
dinkum oil noun: The truth.
dinkus noun: A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical.
dinky adjective, noun /ˈdɪŋki/: Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
dinky-di adjective /ˈdɪŋkiˈdɑi/: Genuine, true.
dinlo noun: A fool.
dinlow noun: Alternative form of dinlo.
dinmont noun: A castrated sheep between one and two years old.
dinna contraction /ˈdɪnə/: do not
dinner noun, verb /ˈdɪnə/: The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
dinner bell noun: A bell which, when rung, indicates it is dinnertime.
dinner camp noun: A midday break for a meal and rest taken by drovers and their livestock.
dinner-card noun: A small daily dinner menu printed on a card.
dinner dance noun: A formal social event that includes a dinner, followed by dancing, typically held in the evening.
dinner dress noun: A gown worn by Victorian women for dinners and parties held in people's homes. It often had long sleeves, a high neck, or a narrow skirt to set it apart...
dinner fork noun: A large fork with long tines used to eat the main course of a meal.
dinner-goer noun: One who has dinner at a restaurant or as a guest in someone's house.
dinner hour noun: Dinnertime, the hour in which the dinner meal takes place.
dinner jacket noun: A jacket, often white, corresponding to a tuxedo jacket.
dinner-jacketed adjective: Wearing or having a dinner jacket.
dinner knife noun: A large, long table knife with a single, cutting edge and a blunt end.
dinner lady noun: A woman employed to serve food in a school or work canteen.
dinner lady arm noun: Synonym of bingo wings.
dinner man noun: A man employed to serve food in a school or work canteen.
dinner party noun: A relatively formal meal at which invited guests eat in the home of the host.
dinner pill noun: A pill to aid the digestion.
dinner plate noun: Alternative form of dinnerplate.
dinner ring noun: A large, eye-catching ring of a kind featuring bold designs, large gemstones, and intricate settings.
dinner roll noun: A bread roll served with a meal.
dinner room noun: Synonym of dining room.
dinner salad noun: A salad served as a main course, often including pieces of meat.
dinner service noun: A complete set of matching dishes used when serving a meal to several people.
dinner shirt noun: A formal white shirt with a collar, worn under a dinner jacket as part of black tie dress.
dinner suit noun: dinner jacket; tuxedo
dinner table noun: A dining table.
dinner theater noun: A form of entertainment in the United States that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical.
dinner theatre noun: Alternative form of dinner theater.
dinner time noun: Alternative spelling of dinnertime.
dinner wagon noun: A set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving.
dinnerbone verb: To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down.
dinnerette noun: A small dinner.
dinnerlady noun: Alternative form of dinner lady.
dinnerless adjective: Without dinner.
dinnerlessness noun: Absence of dinner.
dinnerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of dinner.
dinnerly adjective: Of or pertaining to dinner.
dinnermate noun: A friend or colleague with whom one eats dinner.
dinnerplate noun: A plate on which dinner can be served.
dinnertime noun: The time when dinner takes place, as
dinnertini noun: A martini served with dinner.
dinnerwards adverb: Towards dinner.
dinnerware noun: The dishes used for serving dinner.
dinnerwear noun: Formalwear to be worn for dinner.
dinnery adjective: Of or relating to dinner; resembling dinner.
dinnet contraction /ˈdɪnət/: do not
Dinnie proper noun: A surname.
dinning noun, verb /ˈdɪnɪŋ/: The sound or action of making a loud noise or commotion.
Dinnington proper noun: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4012).
dinnit verb: Pronunciation spelling of didn't.
dinnle noun, verb: Alternative form of dindle.
dino noun, prefix /ˈdaɪnoʊ/: A dinosaur (type of animal).
dino juice noun: Clipped compound of dinosaur juice.
dino oil noun: Synonym of dinosaur juice.
dinobird noun: A dinosaur with feathers and other bird-like characteristics.
dinobuton noun: A particular fungicide.
dinocap noun: A fungicide.
dinocarid noun /daɪnəˈkɛəɹɪd/: Alternative form of dinocaridid.
dinocaridid noun /daɪnəˈkɛəɹɪdɪd/: Any extinct arthropod-like marine animal of the class †Dinocaridida.
dinocephalian adjective, noun: Any therapsid of the suborder Dinocephalia
dinoceras noun: Synonym of uintathere.
dinoceratan noun: Any of various extinct mammals, of the order †Dinocerata (syn. Uintatheria), somewhat similar to the rhinoceros.
dinocton noun: A particular fungicide.
dinocyst noun: A dormant zygotic stage of the life cycle of dinoflagellates
dinoflagelate noun: Alternative spelling of dinoflagellate.
dinoflagellate noun: Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
dinojuice noun: Alternative form of dino juice (short for dinosaur juice).
dinokaryon noun: The eukaryotic nucleus of a dinokaryote
dinokaryote noun /ˌdaɪnəʊˈkæɹi.əʊt/: A dinoflagellate that has a nucleus (dinokaryon).
dinokaryotic adjective: That has a dinokaryon
dinokont noun: Any dinoflagellate having ventral flagella
dinolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a dinosaur.
dinomania noun /daɪnəʊˈmeɪnɪə/: Enthusiasm for dinosaurs.
dinomaniac noun: One who has dinomania; a dinosaur enthusiast.
dinomastigote noun: A dinoflagellate of the phylum Dinomastigota.
dinomitosis noun: A form of mitosis that occurs only in dinophytes
dinomyid noun: Any rodent in the family Dinomyidae.
dinonyl noun: Two nonyl groups in a compound
dinonylamine noun: The secondary amine (CH₃(CH₂)₈)₂NH
dinopenton noun: A particular fungicide.
dinophile noun: One who is keenly interested in dinosaurs.
dinophilia noun: The obsession or love of dinosaurs (animals of the clade Dinosauria).
dinophycean noun: Any benthic dinoflagellate of the class Dinophyceae
dinophysioid noun: Alternative form of dinophysoid.
dinophysistoxin noun: Any of a group of toxins present in dinoflagellates of the genus Dinophysis
dinophysoid noun: Any dinoflagellate of the subclass Dinophysoidia
dinophyte noun: dinoflagellate
dinopid noun: Any member of the family Deinopidae of net-casting spiders.
dinoprost noun: prostaglandin F2α, used in medicine to induce labour and as an abortifacient
dinoprostone noun /ˌdaɪ.nəˈpɹɑˌstoʊn/: A naturally-occurring prostaglandin, PGE2, with important effects in labour (softening the cervix and causing uterine contraction), sometimes used as an...
dinor noun: A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
dinornithid noun: Any extinct giant flightless bird in the family Dinornithidae; a moa.
dinornithiform noun: Any extinct moa of the order Dinornithiformes
dinorphin noun: Alternative form of dynorphin.
dinos noun: An Ancient Greek mixing-bowl or cauldron, without handles or feet.
dinosaur noun /ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/: Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
dinosaur-burner noun: An automobile that operates on fossil fuels, as opposed to an electric car.
dinosaur hunter noun: A person who searches for dinosaur fossils
dinosaur juice noun: Any liquid (gasoline, diesel, mineral oil etc.) derived from fossil fuels (especially petroleum), commonly used in vehicles as fuel or lubricant.
dinosaur kale noun: Synonym of cavolo nero (“a variety of kale”).
dinosaur oil noun: Synonym of dinosaur juice.
dinosaur plant noun: Any member of species Anastatica hierochuntica, native to deserts of North Africa.
dinosauresque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of dinosaurs.
dinosaurian adjective, noun /ˌdʌɪnə(ʊ)ˈsɔːɹɪən/: Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur.
dinosauric adjective: Dinosaurian.
dinosauriform noun: Any reptile of the extinct clade Dinosauriformes
dinosaurish adjective: Old-fashioned, outdated.
dinosaurium noun: dinosaur museum
dinosaurkind noun: All dinosaurs collectively.
dinosaurless adjective: Without a dinosaur or dinosaurs.
dinosaurlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a dinosaur.
dinosauroid noun: A hypothetical descendant of troodontid dinosaurs with human-like intelligence and physiology.
dinosaurologist noun: A paleontologist who focuses on studying dinosaurs.
dinosaurology noun: The branch of paleontology that focuses on studying dinosaurs.
dinosauromorph noun: Any archosaur of the clade Dinosauromorpha.
dinosaurus noun: Alternative form of dinosaur.
dinoseb noun: A herbicide of the dinitrophenol family, 2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol.
dinospore noun: A spore produced through multiple fission of a dinomastigote
dinosulfon noun: A particular fungicide.
dinotefuran noun: A particular insecticide of the neonicotinoid class.
dinoterbon noun: A particular fungicide.
dinothere noun: Alternative form of deinothere.
dinotherium noun: Alternative form of deinotherium.
dinotom noun: A photosynthetic endosymbiont in some dinoflagellates
dinoturbation noun: Bioturbation caused by the movements of dinosaurs.
DiNovo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
dinoxanthin noun: A xanthophyll present in dinoflagellates
dinoxyline noun: A synthetic compound developed for scientific research, which acts as a potent full agonist at all five dopamine receptor subtypes.
DINP noun: Initialism of di-isononyl phthalate.
dinq adjective /dɪŋk/: Not making a requisite amount of progress in one's qualifications.
dins noun, verb /dɪnz/: Dinner.
Dinsdale proper noun: A railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref...
Dinsmore proper noun: A surname.
dinsome adjective: Marked by din; noisy.
dint contraction, noun, verb /dɪnt/: Especially in by dint of: force, power.
dintcha contraction: Pronunciation spelling of didn't you.
dintless adjective: Without a dint.
Dinuba proper noun: A city in Tulare County, California, United States.
dinuclear adjective /daɪˈnjuːklɪə(ɹ)/: Having two nuclei.
dinucleating adjective: Forming a complex with two nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link two metal atoms into a complex.
dinucleophile noun: Any nucleophile that tends to form two bonds with electrophiles
dinucleoside noun: Two nucleosides in a molecule (typically combined with phosphate)
dinucleosomal adjective: Relating to dinucleosomes
dinucleosome noun: A short complex of nucleosomes that is formed as the first step in the production of chromatin
dinucleotide noun: Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units.
dinucleotidic adjective: Relating to a dinucleotide
dinuguan noun: A savoury Filipino stew of meat and/or offal simmered in a gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili and vinegar.
dinumeration noun: enumeration
dinutuximab noun: A particular monoclonal antibody
Dinwiddie proper noun: A surname.
Dinwoodie proper noun: A surname.
dioate noun: The salt or ester of a dicarboxylic acid
diobol noun: An ancient coin worth two obols.
diobolon noun: A Greek copper coin of the mid-19th century.
diocesal adjective: Synonym of diocesan.
diocesan adjective, noun /dʌɪˈɒsɪsən/: Pertaining to a diocese.
diocese noun /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/: An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
diocesean adjective: Alternative form of diocesan.
diocesian adjective: Relating to a diocese.
dioch noun /ˈdaɪ.ək/: An African weaverbird of the genus Quelea.
diock noun /ˈdaɪ.ɑk/: Alternative form of dioch.
Diocles proper noun /ˈdaɪ.ə.kliːz/: A male given name of historical usage.
Diocletian adjective /ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/: Of or relating to the Roman emperor Diocletian.
Diocletian window noun: A large semicircular window, characteristic of the enormous public baths (thermae) of Ancient Rome.
Diocletianic adjective: Of or relating to the Roman emperor Diocletian.
diocotron noun: Only used in diocotron instability
diocotron instability noun /daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/: A plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in...
dioctadecyl noun: Two octadecyl groups in a molecule.
dioctahedral adjective: Having two of the octahedral sites occupied by cations
dioctanoyl noun: Two octanoyl groups in a molecule
dioctyl noun: Two octyl groups in a molecule
dioctyl phthalate noun: A compound with a high boiling point, found in some aerosols (C₂₄,H₃₈,O₄).
dioctylbenzothienobenzothiophene noun: The dioctyl derivative of benzothienobenzothiophene
dioctylfluorene noun: A dioctyl derivative of fluorene
diode noun /ˈdaɪ.əʊd/: An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
diodelaser noun: A laser diode
diodelike adjective: Having the characteristics of a diode
diodic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a diode
diodone noun: A radiocontrast agent used in urography.
diodont noun: A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.

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.