English words: D

1197 words under D; 901–1000 on this page.

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• doings noun, plural only (doings)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Doings are the things a person does or has done, their actions, often ones that get judged as good or bad: the doings of a naughty goblin.
• doldrums noun (the doldrums — plural in form, used with «the»)
  A feeling of being sad, bored or stuck, with no energy, as in «in the doldrums».
• dole noun (the dole) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ informal); verb…
  Money that the government pays to people who have no job: «on the dole».
• doleful adjective (doleful; more doleful, most doleful)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very sad and gloomy, looking or sounding miserable.
• dolefully adverb (dolefully)
  Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully.
• doll noun (a doll, dolls); verb (doll up — informal: dolled up)
  A doll is a toy shaped like a baby, child or person.
• dollar noun (dollar, dollars)
  A dollar is a unit of money used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some other countries.
• dolly noun (a dolly, dollies); adjective…
  A dolly is a child's word for a doll.
• dolorous adjective (dolorous, more dolorous, most dolorous)
  Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal).
• dolphin noun (a dolphin, dolphins)
  A dolphin is a clever sea mammal with a long snout and a curved fin, that lives in groups and breathes air through a blowhole.
• dolt noun (dolt, dolts)
  A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude).
• domain noun (a domain, domains)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A domain is an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules.
• dome noun (a dome, domes)
  A dome is a round roof shaped like half of a ball.
• domestic adjective (domestic); noun…
  To do with the home or family (domestic jobs like cooking and cleaning).
• domesticated adjective (domesticated); verb…
  A domesticated animal or plant has been tamed and bred by people over many generations to live with them or be useful, like dogs, cows…
• domestication noun (domestication — mostly uncountable)
  Domestication is the long process by which people tamed wild animals and plants over many generations, so they live with or are farmed by…
• domesticity noun, uncountable (domesticity)
  Domesticity is home life, the everyday work and comfort of looking after a house and family: he enjoyed domesticity after years of travel.
• dominance noun (dominance; uncountable)
  Dominance is having more power, control or importance than others.
• dominant adjective (dominant; more dominant, most dominant); noun…
  Dominant means the strongest, most important or most powerful in a group.
• dominate verb (dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating)
  To have power or control over someone or something.
• dominated verb form…
  Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour».
• domineering adjective (domineering, more domineering); verb domineer
  Domineering describes someone who tries to control other people all the time and tells them what to do without listening.
• dominican adjective (Dominican); noun (a Dominican, Dominicans)
  From or connected with the Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean sharing an island with Haiti; also a person from there.
• dominion noun (dominion, dominions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Power or control over people, land or things: «have dominion over».
• domino noun (a domino, dominoes)
  A small flat rectangular tile with spots (0 to 6) on each half, used in a game.
• dominoes noun, plural of «domino» (domino, dominoes); «dominoes»…
  Dominoes are small flat rectangular tiles, each with two halves marked with spots from 0 to 6.
• don fragment of don't; verb…
  In this dictionary «don» usually comes from «don't» split at the apostrophe: «don't» = «do not».
• donate verb (donate, donates, donated, donating)
  To donate is to give money, things or time to help people, a charity or a school, without being paid back.
• donation noun (a donation, donations)
  A donation is something you give to help others, like money, food, clothes or toys, without being paid.
• dong noun (dong, dongs); verb (dong — rare); interjection (dong!)
  A dong is the deep ringing sound of a large bell.
• donkey noun (a donkey, donkeys)
  An animal like a small horse with long ears and a loud bray, used to carry loads or give rides.
• donna noun (Italian; a donna, donne); a name (Donna)
  Donna is a woman's first name.
• donor noun (donor, donors)
  A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause.
• donut noun (a donut, donuts)
  A donut is a small, sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle or a ball filled with jam or cream.
• doodle verb (doodle, doodles, doodled, doodling); noun…
  verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking much, often while doing something else.
• doom noun (doom — uncountable); verb…
  Death, ruin or a terrible fate that cannot be avoided.
• doomsday noun (doomsday, Doomsday — usually uncountable)
  Doomsday is the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster.
• door noun (door, doors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A door is a part of a wall that opens and closes so people can go in and out of a room, house or car.
• doorbell noun (a doorbell, doorbells)
  A bell or button by a front door that you press so the people inside know you are there.
• doorkeeper noun (doorkeeper, doorkeepers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people.
• doormat noun (a doormat, doormats)
  A thick mat by a door where people wipe the mud off their shoes before they go in.
• doorpost noun (doorpost, doorposts)
  A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.
• doorstep noun (a doorstep, doorsteps)
  A doorstep is the step or flat spot just outside the front door of a house.
• doorway noun (a doorway, doorways)
  A doorway is the opening in a wall where a door is.
• dope noun (a dope, dopes; dope, uncountable); verb…
  A dope is a silly or foolish person.
• doric adjective (Doric); noun (Doric, uncountable)
  The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns, thick and strong with a simple round top, as on the Parthenon in Athens.
• dork noun (a dork, dorks); adjective dorky
  A person who seems silly, awkward or uncool, often because they are very keen on something.
• dorm noun (a dorm, dorms)
  Short for dormitory: a big bedroom with many beds, for example at a boarding school, camp or hostel.
• dormancy noun (uncountable)
  A time when a living thing is alive but not active or growing, as in seeds waiting to sprout or animals hibernating.
• dormant adjective (dormant)
  Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano.
• dormitory noun (a dormitory, dormitories)
  A large bedroom with many beds, such as in a boarding school, camp or hostel.
• dormouse noun (a dormouse, dormice)
  A dormouse is a small furry animal like a mouse with a long fluffy tail, which lives in woods and sleeps through the winter (hibernates).
• dorsal adjective (dorsal) — science
  Dorsal means on or to do with the back of an animal or the upper side of something.
• dorsum noun (a dorsum, dorsa)
  The back or upper surface of a body part, like the back of the hand or the top of the foot or tongue.
• dory noun (a dory, dories; Dory)
  A dory is a flat, thin sea fish; the John Dory is one eaten as food.
• dose noun (a dose, doses); verb (dose, doses, dosed, dosing)
  A dose is the amount of medicine you take at one time.
• dost verb, form of do with thou
  Do something, with "thou" as the subject.
• dot noun (dot, dots); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dot is a very small round mark.
• doth verb, form of do, third person
  Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject.
• dotted adjective (dotted); verb (dot, dots, dotted, dotting)
  Dotted means marked with small dots or made of dots, like a dotted line.
• double verb (double, doubles, doubled, doubling); adjective; noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To double is to make or become two times as many or as much.
• doubler noun (a doubler, doublers)
  Something or someone that doubles an amount or size.
• doublet noun (doublet, doublets) (old use)
  A doublet is a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in the past (old use, from the 1500s–1600s).
• doubly adverb (doubly)
  Twice as much; in two ways.
• doubt noun (a doubt, doubts); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A feeling of not being sure if something is true or will happen.
• doubtful adjective (doubtful, more doubtful, most doubtful)everyday · Jewish tradition
  If you are doubtful about something, you are not sure it is true or that it will happen.
• doubtfully adverb (doubtfully)
  In a way that shows you are not sure about something, or do not quite believe it.
• doubtless adverb (doubtless)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon.
• dough noun (dough — usually no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A thick soft mixture of flour, water and other things, for making bread, pizza, pastry or biscuits before baking.
• doughnut noun (a doughnut, doughnuts); also spelled donut…
  A doughnut is a small sweet cake of fried dough, often shaped like a ring with a hole, or a round ball filled with jam or cream.
• dove noun (a dove, doves); verb (dove — US past of dive)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dove is a pale grey or white bird of the pigeon family that coos.
• dovecote noun (dovecote, dovecotes; also dovecot)
  A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs.
• dowager noun (a dowager, dowagers)
  A widow who has a title or property from her dead husband, such as a «dowager duchess» or «dowager queen».
• dower noun (dower, dowers) (old use)
  A dower is the money, land or goods a bride brings to her husband when they marry, or property a widow keeps after her husband dies (old…
• dowerless adjective (dowerless) (old use, rare)
  Dowerless means having no dower, that is, with no money or property brought to a marriage; poor, with nothing given to the husband (old…
• down adverb, preposition (down); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Down means toward a lower place.
• downcast adjective (downcast, more downcast, most downcast)
  Downcast means sad and gloomy, looking down: she was downcast after losing the match.
• downfall nounJewish tradition
  A sudden fall, ruin or loss of power or success.
• downhearted adjective (downhearted, more downhearted, most downhearted)
  Downhearted means sad and without hope, feeling low after something has gone wrong: don't be downhearted if you lose.
• downhill adverb (downhill); adjective (downhill: a downhill path)…
  Downhill means going down a slope towards the bottom of a hill.
• download verb (download, downloads, downloaded, downloading); noun…
  To copy a file, game, music or app from the internet onto a computer, tablet or phone.
• downplay verb (downplay, downplays, downplayed, downplaying)
  To downplay something means to make it seem smaller, less important or less serious than it really is.
• downpour noun (a downpour, downpours)
  A downpour is a very heavy fall of rain that comes down suddenly.
• downright adjective and adverb (downright; downright, downrightly)
  Downright means complete or total, used to strengthen a word, often a bad one: a downright lie.
• downside noun (a downside, downsides)
  A downside is the bad part or disadvantage of something that is mostly good.
• downsize verb (downsize, downsizes, downsized, downsizing)
  To make a company smaller by cutting the number of workers.
• downsizing noun (downsizing — uncountable); verb form of downsize…
  Downsizing is when a company makes itself smaller by cutting jobs; workers lose their jobs.
• downstair adverb, adjective (downstair, downstairs); noun…
  Downstairs means on a lower floor of a house or building, usually the ground floor.
• downstream adverb (downstream); adjective (downstream)
  Downstream means in the direction a river or stream flows, towards the sea.
• downtown noun (downtown); adjective (downtown); adverb (downtown)…
  The main business and shopping area in the centre of a city or town.
• downward adjective (downward); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Downward means moving or pointing towards a lower place.
• downwards adverb (downwards; also downward); adjective (downward)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Downwards means towards a lower place or position.
• downy adjective (downy, downier, downiest)
  soft and fluffy, like the fine, light feathers of a young bird.
• dowry noun (dowry, dowries)everyday · Jewish tradition
  money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married.
• doze verb (doze, dozes, dozed, dozing); noun (a doze)
  To doze is to sleep lightly for a short time, often during the day.
• dozen noun (dozen, dozens)
  A dozen is twelve: a dozen eggs is 12 eggs.
• dp nounJewish tradition
  meaningless letters caused by a scanning error in the text, not a real word.
• drab adjective (drab, drabber, drabbest); noun…
  Dull and boring, with no bright colours or interest.
• drachma noun (drachma, drachmas)
  an old silver coin of ancient Greece, also a unit of money.
• draft noun (a draft, drafts); verb…
  A draft is an early version of a piece of writing, drawing or plan that is not finished and will be improved: a first draft.

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