English words: D

1197 words under D; 301–400 on this page.

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• denim noun (denim; uncountable; denims = jeans, informal)
  A strong cotton cloth, usually blue, used to make jeans, jackets, skirts and overalls.
• denominate verb (denominate, denominates, denominated, denominating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To denominate an amount or a price is to state it in a particular currency or unit.
• denomination noun (a denomination, denominations)
  A denomination is one of the separate groups or branches of a religion, especially Christianity, such as Catholic, Anglican, Methodist or…
• denominational adjective (denominational)
  Denominational means belonging to or run by one particular branch of a religion, such as Catholic, Anglican, Methodist or Baptist.
• denote verb (denote, denotes, denoted, denoting) — formaleveryday · Jewish tradition
  To be a sign or symbol for something; to stand for.
• denounce verb (denounce, denounces, denounced, denouncing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say publicly and strongly that something or someone is wrong, bad or evil.
• dense adjective (dense, denser, densest)
  Thick, with things packed closely together: "a dense forest", "dense fog".
• density noun (density, densities)
  Density is how much mass is packed into a certain amount of space; dense things are heavy for their size.
• dent noun (a dent, dents); verb (dent, dents, dented, denting)
  A small hollow made in a hard surface when something hits or presses it: «a dent in the car door».
• dental adjective (dental)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dental means about teeth or about looking after teeth.
• dented adjective (dented); also the past form of dent…
  Having a dent or dents; pushed in a little by being hit.
• denticle noun (a denticle, denticles)
  One of the tiny tooth-like scales that cover the skin of sharks and rays, making it feel rough like sandpaper; also called «dermal…
• dentine noun (dentine; uncountable; US usually dentin)
  The hard, yellowish layer that makes up most of a tooth, under the white enamel and around the soft pulp in the middle.
• dentist noun…
  A dentist is a doctor who looks after people's teeth and gums: checks them, cleans them and fixes problems.
• dentition noun (dentition — usually uncountable)
  Dentition is the set of teeth in a mouth: how many teeth there are, what kinds and how they are arranged.
• denunciation noun (plural denunciations)
  A public statement that strongly condemns someone or something as wrong or evil.
• deny verb (deny, denies, denied, denying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To deny something is to say that it is not true.
• deodorant noun (a deodorant, deodorants; deodorant — uncountable)
  Deodorant is a substance you put under your arms to stop or cover body smells caused by sweat.
• depart verb (depart, departs, departed, departing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To leave, especially to start a journey.
• departed verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15).
• departeth verb, old form of «departs» (he, she, it)
  «departeth» means «departs», a form of «depart»: (formal) To leave, especially to start a journey.
• departing verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Departing means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes.
• department noun (department, departments)
  A department is one part of a big organisation, such as a school, company, shop or government, that deals with one kind of work: the…
• departure noun (a departure, departures; also uncountable)
  The act of leaving a place, especially to begin a journey.
• depend verb (depend, depends, depended, depending)
  To depend on something means to change according to it: the answer depends on the numbers.
• dependence nounJewish tradition
  Needing someone or something else for help or support.
• dependency noun (a dependency, dependencies; also uncountable)
  Relying on someone or something to survive, cope or work: «the baby's dependency on its parents».
• dependent adjective (dependent, more dependent); noun…
  Needing someone or something for support, help or money: «Babies are dependent on their parents.».
• depict verb (depict, depicts, depicted, depicting)
  To depict something means to show it in a picture, painting, statue or film.
• depiction noun (depiction, depictions)
  A depiction is a picture, description or performance that shows what someone or something is like.
• deplete verb (deplete, depletes, depleted, depleting)
  To use up a large amount of something so that there is much less left: «Overfishing has depleted fish stocks».
• depleted adjective (depleted); past form of the verb deplete…
  Reduced in amount so that there is not much left; used up: «depleted supplies».
• depletion noun (depletion; usually no plural)
  Depletion is when something gets used up so that there is much less of it left.
• deploy verb (deploy, deploys, deployed, deploying)
  To deploy soldiers, ships or equipment is to send them to a place, ready to be used.
• deployment noun (a deployment, deployments; also uncountable)
  Sending soldiers, ships or equipment to a place so they are ready to act.
• deport verb (deport, deports, deported, deporting); noun…
  To force someone to leave a country, usually because they are not allowed to live there or have broken the law.
• deportation noun…
  Making a person leave a country by law, usually sending them back to the country they came from.
• depose verb (depose, deposes, deposed, deposing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force.
• deposit noun (a deposit, deposits); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To put money into a bank account.
• deposition noun (deposition, depositions)
  Deposition is when wind, water or ice drops sand, mud or stones it was carrying, building up new land such as beaches and deltas.
• depositor noun (a depositor, depositors)
  A person who puts money into a bank account.
• depot noun (a depot, depots)
  A depot is a large building or yard where goods, vehicles or supplies are kept until they are needed.
• depraved adjectiveJewish tradition
  Morally bad or wicked, corrupted in behavior.
• depreciation noun (uncountable; also a depreciation)
  The loss of value of something as it gets older or is used, like a car being worth less each year.
• depress verb (depress, depresses, depressed, depressing)
  To depress someone is to make them feel very sad and without hope.
• depressed adjective (depressed, more depressed); past form of verb…
  Very sad and without hope, often for a long time.
• depression noun (depression, depressions)
  Depression is an illness of the mind that makes a person feel very sad, empty, tired or hopeless for a long time, much more than ordinary…
• deprive verb (deprive, deprives, deprived, depriving)
  To deprive someone of something is to take it away or not let them have it.
• deprived adjective (deprived, more deprived, most deprived); past…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Deprived means not having enough of the things people need for a good life, such as money, food, good homes or schools.
• depth noun (depth, depths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top.
• deputation noun (deputations)
  A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others.
• depute verbJewish tradition
  To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf.
• deputy noun (deputies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed.
• derail verb (derail, derails, derailed, derailing)
  When a train derails, its wheels come off the rails.
• derby noun (derby, derbies)
  A derby is a sports match between two local teams from the same city or area, which is often very exciting.
• deride verbJewish tradition
  To laugh at something with scorn and mock it.
• derision noun (derision — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Unkind laughter or comments that show you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking.
• derisive adjective (derisive, more derisive, most derisive)
  Showing that you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking: «a derisive laugh».
• derisively adverb (no other forms)
  In a way that mocks someone and shows you think they are silly, weak or wrong.
• derivable adjective (derivable)
  Derivable means able to be worked out, obtained or traced from something else.
• derivation noun (a derivation, derivations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The derivation of a word is where it comes from and how it was made, for example from Latin or from another English word.
• derive verb (derive, derives, derived, deriving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To derive something from something is to get it from there: to derive pleasure from reading.
• derived adjective (derived); past form of verb derive…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Coming from or made from something else (a word derived from Latin).
• dermal adjective (dermal; not compared)
  Dermal means to do with the skin.
• dermatitis noun (dermatitis — uncountable)
  Dermatitis is a condition where the skin becomes red, itchy, sore or swollen, often because something irritates it or the body reacts to it.
• dermis noun (the dermis, uncountable)
  The thick inner layer of the skin, under the epidermis, which holds blood vessels, nerves, hair roots and sweat glands.
• derogatory adjective
  Derogatory words or comments show a low opinion of someone and are meant to insult or put them down.
• dervish noun (dervishes)
  A dervish is a holy man from certain Muslim groups, often in the Middle East or Asia, who lives simply and gives himself to prayer.
• des article and preposition (French «des» = some / of the)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Des» means «some» before a plural noun: «des pommes» is «some apples».
• desalt verb (desalt, desalts, desalted, desalting)
  To desalt something is to remove salt from it, such as seawater or salty food.
• descend verb (descend, descends, descended, descending)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To descend is to go or come down, or to move downwards.
• descendant noun (a descendant, descendants)
  A person who comes later in the same family line: a child, grandchild, great-grandchild and so on.
• descendants noun, plural of descendant (a descendant, descendants)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your descendants are your children, their children, their children's children and so on into the future.
• descender noun (a descender, descenders)
  The part of a lower-case letter that goes below the line, as in g, j, p, q and y; also a letter that has such a part.
• descent noun (a descent, descents; also uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A descent is a way or act of going down, like going down a hill, stairs or from the sky.
• describe verb (describe, describes, described, describing); nouns…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say or write what someone or something is like: how it looks, sounds, feels, smells or behaves.
• description noun (description, descriptions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A description is words that tell what someone or something is like — how it looks, sounds, feels or behaves.
• descriptive adjectiveJewish tradition
  Telling what something is like.
• descriptor noun (a descriptor, descriptors)
  A word or phrase that describes something or tells you what kind of thing it is.
• desert noun (a desert, deserts) — said «DEZ-ert»; verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A desert (DEZ-ert) is a large area of land that gets very little rain, so few plants grow; it may be sandy, rocky, hot or cold.
• deserter nounJewish tradition
  A person who leaves his own side and goes over to the enemy.
• deserve verb (deserve, deserves, deserved, deserving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  If you deserve something, you should get it because of what you have done or what you are like.
• deservedly adverb (no other forms)
  Rightly, because someone has earned it or deserves it.
• desiccate verb (desiccate, desiccates, desiccated, desiccating)
  To desiccate something is to remove all the water from it so it becomes completely dry.
• desiccation noun (uncountable)
  The process of drying something out completely, or the state of being very dry.
• design noun (a design, designs; design — the activity); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A design is a drawing or plan that shows how something will look or be made.
• designate verb (designate, designates, designated, designating)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose.
• designation noun (a designation, designations)
  A designation is a name, title or label given to something or someone.
• designed verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Designed means planned and drawn before being made: she designed a poster.
• designer noun (a designer, designers); adjective use…
  A designer is a person whose job is to plan how things will look or work, such as clothes, buildings, games or websites.
• desirable adjective (desirable, more desirable, most desirable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive.
• desire noun (a desire, desires); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  noun: A desire is a strong wish or longing for something.
• desirous adjective (no comparative in use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something.
• desist verb (desist, desists, desisted, desisting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it».
• desk noun (desk, desks)
  A desk is a table where you sit to read, write or work, often with drawers.
• desolate adjective (no comparative in use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life.
• desolation noun (desolations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living.
• despair noun (despair, uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The feeling of having lost all hope.
• despairingly adverb (no other forms)
  In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope.
• despatch verb (despatch, despatches, despatched, despatching); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message.

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