English Words: D

Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.

The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).

A city and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India, a site of Hindu pilgrimage.

Similar to a dwarf, for example in stature.

plural of dwarf

A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

simple past and past participle of dwell

An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

plural of dwell

simple past and past participle of dwell

A surname transferred from the given name.

To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

declining; growing less

Initialism of Department for Work and Pensions.

Deadweight ton; deadweight tonnage.

Initialism of Dancing with the Stars.

A surname from Irish.

Abbreviation of diagnosis.

Obsolete form of die.

A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.

A surname.

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

simple past and past participle of dye

present participle and gerund of dye

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

plural of dye

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

Initialism of did you know?.

A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.

plural of dyke

A surname.

A male given name from Welsh.

Changing; active; in motion.

dynamic

In a dynamic way: variably, changingly.

The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

Great energy, drive, force, or power; vigour of body, mind or personality; oomph or pizzazz

A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.

An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.

Any of various devices used to measure mechanical power, force, or torque.

Pertaining to a dynasty.

A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

A place name:

A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.

A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.