English Words: D
26,416 words · Page 31 of 529
A geographical region between the North and South American continents, along the border of Panama and Colombia.
An aesthetic popularized in the 2010s, centered on higher education, writing, the arts, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture, as well as romantic longing and death.
A time period characterized by ignorance, decline, stagnation, and/or conflict and turmoil.
Joe Biden (46th President of the United States), usually used by supporters of Biden to refer to the idea of a more powerful version of him, or to point out something powerful he is believed to have done.
A situation or future event that causes worry, problems or unhappiness, likened to such a cloud overhead in the sky.
Data that are unanalyzed, inaccessible, or not organised in such a way that they are readily available.
A hypothetical form of energy thought to be spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and to have anti-gravitational properties: it represents a possible mechanism for the cosmological constant, and thus is one of the possible explanations for the current accelerating rate of expansion of the universe; and it is estimated to account for about 74% of the mass-energy of the universe.
A proposed explanation for the Fermi paradox that suggests extraterrestrial civilizations are abundant but remain silent and hidden, positing that any intelligent civilization views others as potential threats and thus actively avoids revealing itself.
A fungus that is only known from the detection of its fungal DNA signature in environmental DNA (“eDNA”) sampling.
Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.
A state of hydrogen that is poorly electrically conductive (much less conductive than metallic hydrogen).
A consonantal sound, the velarized alveolar lateral approximant, represented by ⟨ɫ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
A hypothetical force of nature that acts on dark matter to allow dark matter to interact with itself.
Matter which cannot be detected by its radiation but whose presence is inferred from gravitational effects.
Funds used to pay for an election campaign that are not disclosed to voters prior to voting, whether spent on behalf of a candidate running in an election, or to influence voting on a ballot.
A type of nebula that does not emit or reflect (visible) light, and thus obscures light sources behind it.
a period of time in which a holy person (someone believed to be potentially on their way to sainthood) experiences a seeming withdrawal of God's previously-felt presence in their lives, and undergoes stark spiritual attacks. This period of time is seen (by Catholics) to be a period in which God is calling the holy person to rid themselves of any remaining vestiges of self-pride and vanity that they may have.
A user interface that is intentionally designed to trick users into doing things that are not in their own best interest, such as giving up more information, or agreeing to unfavourable terms.
A book genre featuring romantic relationships in which characters act in unethical or abusive ways.
A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing
The unknown portion of the Universe outside standard physics, including dark matter and dark energy.
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 31. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "D" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.