English Words: D

26,416 words · Page 2 of 529

dahnoun

The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.

dahinoun

A yogurt or fermented milk product.

Dahlname

A surname of Scandinavian origin.

Dahlgrenname

A surname from Swedish.

dahlianoun

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

dahlinnoun

inulin

Dahomeyname

A former kingdom in West Africa, existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day Benin.

dainoun

A wet nurse; a midwife.

daikonnoun

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

Dailname

The lower house of the Irish parliament

Daileyname

A surname from Irish.

dailiesnoun

plural of daily

dailyadj

That occurs every day, or at least every working day.

Daimlername

A surname from German.

daimonnoun

Synonym of demon, particularly as

daimyonoun

A lord during the Japanese feudal period.

Dainname

A surname.

daintyadj

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

daiquirinoun

A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.

Dairname

The ship of characters Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.

dairynoun

(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

dairyingnoun

Synonym of dairy farming.

daisnoun

A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.

daisiesnoun

plural of daisy

Daisukename

A male given name from Japanese.

daisynoun

A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals

daknoun

A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.

Dakarname

The capital city of Senegal.

Dakinname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Dakotaname

The Santee branch of the Sioux people.

dalnoun

Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.

dalanoun

The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.

dalalnoun

A broker; a middleman.

dalenoun

A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

Daleknoun

A member of a species of extraterrestrial cyborg mutants who appear in the television programme Doctor Who and are known for travelling in metallic shells, having monotone, mechanically distorted voices, repeating a limited number of phrases, and their fanatical obsession with exterminating other, non-Dalek beings.

Daleksnoun

plural of Dalek

dalesnoun

plural of dale

Daleyname

A surname from Irish.

Dalglishname

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Dalhousiename

A town in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Dalianame

A surname.

Dalianname

A major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

Dalitnoun

A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.

Dalkeithname

A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3367).

dallnoun

A tile with an incised surface.

Dallasname

A placename:

dallesnoun

The rapids in a deep, narrow stream confined between the rock walls of a canyon or gorge.

dalliancenoun

Playful flirtation; amorous play.

dallyverb

To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

Dalmatianame

A historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.

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 2. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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