English words: D

1197 words under D; 501–600 on this page.

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• diameter noun (diameter, diameters)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A straight line going from one side of a circle to the other, passing through the centre.
• diametrically adverb (diametrically)
  Completely; as different as two things can be, used mostly in «diametrically opposed» or «diametrically opposite».
• diamond noun (diamond, diamonds); adjective (diamond)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A diamond is a very hard, clear, sparkling precious stone.
• diamondback noun (a diamondback, diamondbacks); also used before…
  A diamondback rattlesnake: a large, very venomous American rattlesnake with a pattern of diamond shapes along its back and a rattle on its…
• diaphragm noun (diaphragm, diaphragms)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The diaphragm is a large, flat, dome-shaped muscle under your lungs that helps you breathe.
• diarrhoea noun (diarrhoea, uncountable; American spelling diarrhea)
  Diarrhoea is an illness or condition in which a person has to go to the toilet very often, and the poo is runny and watery.
• diary noun (diary, diaries)
  A diary is a book where you write what happens each day and how you feel.
• diatom noun (a diatom, diatoms)
  A tiny one-celled living thing, a kind of algae, that lives in water and has a glassy shell made of silica.
• dibs noun, plural only (slang: dibs; «dibs on»); interjection…
  A claim to have or do something first: if you say «Dibs on the front seat!», you mean you get it.
• dice noun…
  Dice are small cubes with dots from 1 to 6 on their sides, used in games.
• dick noun (dick, dicks; Dick, a name)
  Dick is an old short form of the name Richard, as in Dick Whittington.
• dickens proper noun (Dickens); noun in phrases…
  Charles Dickens was a famous English writer of long novels, such as «Oliver Twist», «A Christmas Carol» and «Great Expectations».
• dictation noun (dictation, dictations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dictation is saying words aloud so that someone else can write them down exactly.
• dictator noun (a dictator, dictators)
  A ruler who has complete power over a country, was usually not fairly elected, and does not allow people to disagree.
• diction noun (diction, no plural)
  Diction is the way a person chooses and says words, especially how clear or grand their speech or writing is.
• dictionary noun (a dictionary, dictionaries)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dictionary is a book or website that lists words in alphabetical order and tells you what they mean, how to spell and say them.
• diddle verb (diddle, diddles, diddled, diddling)
  To cheat someone, especially out of money, in a sneaky way.
• didst verb, past tense of do, with thou
  Did something, with "thou" as the subject.
• die noun (die, dice); verb (die, dies, died, dying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To die means to stop living.
• diesel noun (diesel; also a diesel, diesels)
  Diesel is a kind of heavy fuel made from oil, used in many trucks, buses, trains, tractors and some cars.
• diet noun (diet, diets); verb (diet, diets, dieted, dieting)
  Your diet is all the food and drink you usually eat and drink: a healthy diet.
• dietary adjective (dietary)
  To do with what people eat and drink, their diet.
• dieth verb, old form of «dies» (he, she, it)
  «dieth» means «dies», a form of «die»: To die means to stop living.
• dietician noun (a dietician, dieticians)
  A trained health expert who gives advice about food and eating, to help people stay healthy or manage an illness.
• dietitian noun (dietitian, dietitians — also spelled dietician)
  A dietitian is a trained health worker who gives expert advice about food and healthy eating, often in hospitals, to help people with…
• differ verb (differ, differs, differed, differing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To differ means to be not the same as something else.
• difference noun (difference, differences)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In maths, the difference is how much bigger one number is than another; you find it by subtracting.
• different adjective (different)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Different means not the same.
• differentiated adjectiveJewish tradition
  Made different or separated into distinct kinds.
• differently adverb (differently, more differently)
  In a way that is not the same as another way or as before.
• difficult adjective (difficult, more difficult, most difficult)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hard to do, understand or deal with; needing a lot of effort or skill.
• difficulty noun (a difficulty, difficulties; also uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  How hard something is to do or understand (the level of difficulty).
• diffident adjective (diffident, more diffident, most diffident)
  Shy and not sure of yourself; not wanting to speak up or push yourself forward.
• diffidently adverb (diffidently)
  Diffidently means in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without wanting to push yourself forward.
• diffused adjectiveJewish tradition
  Spread out widely instead of staying in one place.
• diffusion noun (diffusion, no plural)
  Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others.
• dig verb (dig, digs, dug, digging); noun (a dig, digs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To dig is to make a hole in the ground, for example with a spade or with hands or paws.
• digest verb (digest, digests, digested, digesting); noun…
  To digest food means to break it down in the stomach and intestines so the body can use it for energy and growth.
• digestion noun (digestion — usually no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The process in the body that breaks food down into tiny parts the body can take in and use.
• digestive adjective (digestive); noun…
  Digestive means to do with digestion, the way the body breaks down food so it can use it.
• digged verb, past tense of dig
  Made a hole in the ground by digging.
• digger noun (a digger, diggers)
  A digger is a large machine with a big metal bucket on an arm, used for digging holes and moving earth.
• digging verb (-ing form of dig: dig, digs, dug, digging); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The action of making a hole in the ground or moving earth, with a spade, hands, paws or a machine.
• digit noun (digit, digits)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A digit is one of the ten signs 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use to write numbers.
• digital adjective (digital); noun use…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Using electronic signals and computers to store, send or show information as numbers (ones and zeros): «digital camera», «digital TV».
• digitalis noun (digitalis, uncountable)
  A medicine made from the foxglove plant, used by doctors to make a weak heart beat more strongly and steadily.
• digitize verbJewish tradition
  To change something such as a book into a form that a computer can store and show.
• dignified adjective (dignified; more dignified, most dignified)
  Calm, serious and behaving in a way that makes people respect you.
• dignitary noun (dignitary, dignitaries)
  A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official.
• dignity noun (dignity; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dignity is the worth that every person has, which means they should be treated with respect.
• digraph noun (a digraph, digraphs)
  Two letters that together make one sound, such as sh in «ship», ch in «chip», th in «thin», ee in «see» and ai in «rain».
• dike noun (dike, dikes)
  A dike is a long bank of earth or stone built to keep the sea or a river from flooding the land; it is the same as a dyke.
• dilapidated adjective (dilapidated)
  Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair.
• dilate verb (dilate, dilates, dilated, dilating)
  To become wider or bigger, especially an opening in the body.
• dilemma noun (a dilemma, dilemmas)
  A dilemma is a hard choice between two (or more) options when each one has a bad side, so it is hard to know what is right.
• diligence noun (diligence — uncountable); adjective diligent; adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Diligence is careful, steady, hard work that keeps going until the job is done properly.
• diligent adjective (diligent; more diligent, most diligent)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Working hard and carefully, paying attention to details and not giving up.
• diligently adverb (diligently)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Diligently means working hard and carefully, giving full attention to a task.
• dill noun (dill, uncountable; a dill, dills in Australian slang)
  A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles.
• dilute verb (dilute, dilutes, diluted, diluting); adjective…
  To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.
• diluted adjective (diluted); also the past form of dilute…
  Made weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.
• dilution noun (dilution, uncountable; a dilution, dilutions)
  The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.
• dim adjective (dim, dimmer, dimmest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dim means not bright.
• dime noun (dime, dimes)
  A dime is a coin in the United States and Canada.
• dimension noun (a dimension, dimensions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A dimension is a measurement in one direction, like length, width or height.
• dimetrodon noun (dimetrodon, dimetrodons; also Dimetrodon)
  A large animal with a tall sail on its back that lived about 295 to 272 million years ago, before the dinosaurs.
• diminish verb (diminish, diminishes, diminished, diminishing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To diminish is to become smaller, less or weaker.
• diminished adjective (diminished); verb, past form of "diminish"…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Diminished means made smaller, fewer or weaker.
• diminishing verb…
  Diminishing means getting smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
• diminution noun (diminution; a diminution, diminutions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reduction in size, amount, importance or strength; getting smaller or less.
• diminutive adjective (diminutive); noun (a diminutive, diminutives)
  Very small or short.
• dimly adverb (dimly, more dimly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dimly means with only a little light, not brightly.
• dimmed verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Made less bright: the lights were dimmed.
• dimmer noun (a dimmer, dimmers); adjective…
  Dimmer means less bright: «The light grew dimmer.».
• din noun (a din, uncountable in general)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds together.
• dine verb (dine, dines, dined, dining)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To eat dinner, the main meal of the day.
• diner noun (a diner, diners)
  A diner is a person who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant.
• ding noun (ding, dings); verb (ding, dings, dinged, dinging)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer.
• dinghy noun (a dinghy, dinghies)
  A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore.
• dingle noun (dingle, dingles)
  A dingle is a small wooded valley or deep, shady hollow with steep sides.
• dingo noun (a dingo, dingoes or dingos)
  A dingo is a wild dog of Australia, usually sandy-yellow, which hunts alone or in packs.
• dingy adjective (dingy, dingier, dingiest)
  Dark, dull and dirty-looking; not bright or clean: a dingy room.
• dining verb form (dining — from dine, dines, dined, dining)…
  Dining is the -ing form of «dine», which means to eat dinner, especially a proper or special meal.
• dinner noun (a dinner, dinners; dinner — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening.
• dinosaur noun (a dinosaur, dinosaurs)
  A dinosaur is one of a large group of reptiles that lived on Earth millions of years ago and died out; some were huge, others were small.
• dint noun (dint, dints)
  A dint is a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow.
• diocese noun (a diocese, dioceses)
  An area with many churches and parishes, looked after by a bishop.
• diode noun (a diode, diodes)
  A diode is a small electronic part that lets electric current flow in only one direction, like a one-way door.
• dioxide noun (a dioxide, dioxides)
  A dioxide is a chemical substance whose molecules have two oxygen atoms joined to another atom.
• dip verb (dip, dips, dipped, dipping); noun (a dip, dips)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To dip something means to put it into a liquid quickly and take it out.
• diplodocus noun (a diplodocus, diplodocuses; Diplodocus)
  Diplodocus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and an even longer whip-like tail that lived about 150 million years ago…
• diplomacy noun (diplomacy — uncountable)
  The work of governments talking to each other to keep peace, make agreements and sort out problems between countries.
• diplomat noun (a diplomat, diplomats)
  A person who represents their country in another country and helps the two governments talk and agree.
• diplomatic adjective (diplomatic, more diplomatic, most diplomatic)
  Diplomatic means to do with diplomats: people who work for their country in other countries and help countries talk to each other.
• diplomatically adverb…
  In a tactful way, careful not to upset or offend people.
• dipped verb form (dip, dips, dipped, dipping); adjective (dipped)everyday · Jewish tradition
  If you dipped something, you put it into a liquid and took it out quickly.
• dipper noun (a dipper, dippers)
  A small bird that lives by fast streams and walks or dives under water to catch insects.
• dire adjective (dire, direr, direst)
  Dire means very serious or terrible, often dangerous.
• direct adjective (direct, more direct, most direct); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Direct means going straight from one place to another without stopping or turning: "a direct flight".
• directed verb, past form of direct…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Directed is the past of direct: told someone the way, or told people what to do.

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