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# English words: D

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · **D** · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1199 words under D; 901–1000 on this page.

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- [doghouse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doghouse/) — A small shelter built for a dog to sleep in; in everyday talk, «in the doghouse» means being in trouble.
- [dogma](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dogma/) — A belief that a group says must be accepted as true. — Jewish tradition
- [doings](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doings/) — 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. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doldrums](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doldrums/) — A feeling of being sad, bored or stuck, with no energy, as in «in the doldrums».
- [dole](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dole/) — Money that the government pays to people who have no job: «on the dole».
- [doleful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doleful/) — Very sad and gloomy, looking or sounding miserable. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dolefully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dolefully/) — Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully.
- [doll](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doll/) — A doll is a toy shaped like a baby, child or person.
- [dollar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dollar/) — A dollar is a unit of money used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some other countries.
- [dolly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dolly/) — A dolly is a child's word for a doll.
- [dolorous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dolorous/) — Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal).
- [dolphin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dolphin/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dolt/) — A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude).
- [domain](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/domain/) — A domain is an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dome](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dome/) — A dome is a round roof shaped like half of a ball.
- [domestic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/domestic/) — To do with the home or family (domestic jobs like cooking and cleaning).
- [domesticated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/domesticated/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/domestication/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominance/) — Dominance is having more power, control or importance than others.
- [dominant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominant/) — Dominant means the strongest, most important or most powerful in a group.
- [dominate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominate/) — To have power or control over someone or something.
- [dominated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominated/) — Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour».
- [domineering](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/domineering/) — Domineering describes someone who tries to control other people all the time and tells them what to do without listening.
- [dominican](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominican/) — From or connected with the Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean sharing an island with Haiti; also a person from there.
- [dominion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominion/) — Power or control over people, land or things: «have dominion over». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [domino](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/domino/) — A small flat rectangular tile with spots (0 to 6) on each half, used in a game.
- [dominoes](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dominoes/) — Dominoes are small flat rectangular tiles, each with two halves marked with spots from 0 to 6.
- [don](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/don/) — In this dictionary «don» usually comes from «don't» split at the apostrophe: «don't» = «do not».
- [donate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/donate/) — To donate is to give money, things or time to help people, a charity or a school, without being paid back.
- [donation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/donation/) — A donation is something you give to help others, like money, food, clothes or toys, without being paid.
- [dong](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dong/) — A dong is the deep ringing sound of a large bell.
- [donkey](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/donkey/) — An animal like a small horse with long ears and a loud bray, used to carry loads or give rides.
- [donna](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/donna/) — Donna is a woman's first name.
- [donor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/donor/) — A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause.
- [donut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/donut/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doodle/) — verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking much, often while doing something else.
- [doom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doom/) — Death, ruin or a terrible fate that cannot be avoided.
- [doomsday](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doomsday/) — Doomsday is the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster.
- [door](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/door/) — 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. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doorbell](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doorbell/) — A bell or button by a front door that you press so the people inside know you are there.
- [doorkeeper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doorkeeper/) — 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. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doormat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doormat/) — A thick mat by a door where people wipe the mud off their shoes before they go in.
- [doorpost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doorpost/) — A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.
- [doorstep](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doorstep/) — A doorstep is the step or flat spot just outside the front door of a house.
- [doorway](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doorway/) — A doorway is the opening in a wall where a door is.
- [dope](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dope/) — A dope is a silly or foolish person.
- [doric](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doric/) — The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns, thick and strong with a simple round top, as on the Parthenon in Athens.
- [dork](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dork/) — A person who seems silly, awkward or uncool, often because they are very keen on something.
- [dorm](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dorm/) — Short for dormitory: a big bedroom with many beds, for example at a boarding school, camp or hostel.
- [dormancy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dormancy/) — A time when a living thing is alive but not active or growing, as in seeds waiting to sprout or animals hibernating.
- [dormant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dormant/) — Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano.
- [dormitory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dormitory/) — A large bedroom with many beds, such as in a boarding school, camp or hostel.
- [dormouse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dormouse/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dorsal/) — Dorsal means on or to do with the back of an animal or the upper side of something.
- [dorsum](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dorsum/) — The back or upper surface of a body part, like the back of the hand or the top of the foot or tongue.
- [dory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dory/) — A dory is a flat, thin sea fish; the John Dory is one eaten as food.
- [dose](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dose/) — A dose is the amount of medicine you take at one time.
- [dost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dost/) — Do something, with "thou" as the subject.
- [dot](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dot/) — A dot is a very small round mark. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doth/) — Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject.
- [dotted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dotted/) — Dotted means marked with small dots or made of dots, like a dotted line.
- [double](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/double/) — To double is to make or become two times as many or as much. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doubler](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doubler/) — Something or someone that doubles an amount or size.
- [doublet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doublet/) — A doublet is a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in the past (old use, from the 1500s–1600s).
- [doubly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doubly/) — Twice as much; in two ways.
- [doubt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doubt/) — A feeling of not being sure if something is true or will happen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doubtful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doubtful/) — If you are doubtful about something, you are not sure it is true or that it will happen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doubtfully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doubtfully/) — In a way that shows you are not sure about something, or do not quite believe it.
- [doubtless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doubtless/) — Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dough](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dough/) — A thick soft mixture of flour, water and other things, for making bread, pizza, pastry or biscuits before baking. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doughnut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doughnut/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dove/) — A dove is a pale grey or white bird of the pigeon family that coos. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dovecote](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dovecote/) — A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs.
- [dowager](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dowager/) — A widow who has a title or property from her dead husband, such as a «dowager duchess» or «dowager queen».
- [dower](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dower/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dowerless/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/down/) — Down means toward a lower place. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [downcast](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downcast/) — Downcast means sad and gloomy, looking down: she was downcast after losing the match.
- [downfall](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downfall/) — A sudden fall, ruin or loss of power or success. — Jewish tradition
- [downhearted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downhearted/) — Downhearted means sad and without hope, feeling low after something has gone wrong: don't be downhearted if you lose.
- [downhill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downhill/) — Downhill means going down a slope towards the bottom of a hill.
- [download](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/download/) — To copy a file, game, music or app from the internet onto a computer, tablet or phone.
- [downplay](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downplay/) — To downplay something means to make it seem smaller, less important or less serious than it really is.
- [downpour](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downpour/) — A downpour is a very heavy fall of rain that comes down suddenly.
- [downright](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downright/) — Downright means complete or total, used to strengthen a word, often a bad one: a downright lie.
- [downside](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downside/) — A downside is the bad part or disadvantage of something that is mostly good.
- [downsize](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downsize/) — To make a company smaller by cutting the number of workers.
- [downsizing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downsizing/) — Downsizing is when a company makes itself smaller by cutting jobs; workers lose their jobs.
- [downstair](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downstair/) — Downstairs means on a lower floor of a house or building, usually the ground floor.
- [downstream](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downstream/) — Downstream means in the direction a river or stream flows, towards the sea.
- [downtown](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downtown/) — The main business and shopping area in the centre of a city or town.
- [downward](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downward/) — Downward means moving or pointing towards a lower place. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [downwards](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downwards/) — Downwards means towards a lower place or position. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [downy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/downy/) — soft and fluffy, like the fine, light feathers of a young bird.
- [dowry](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dowry/) — money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doze](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doze/) — To doze is to sleep lightly for a short time, often during the day.
- [dozen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dozen/) — A dozen is twelve: a dozen eggs is 12 eggs. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dp/) — meaningless letters caused by a scanning error in the text, not a real word. — Jewish tradition
- [drab](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drab/) — Dull and boring, with no bright colours or interest.