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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/)

1197 words under D; 1101–1197 on this page.

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- [drummer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drummer/) — A drummer is a person who plays the drums, for example in a band, orchestra or marching band.
- [drumming](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drumming/) — Drumming is playing a drum or drums.
- [drumstick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drumstick/) — A drumstick is a stick used to hit a drum.
- [drunk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drunk/) — Drunk is the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [drunkard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drunkard/) — A drunkard is a person who drinks too much alcohol again and again, so that they are often drunk. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [drunken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drunken/) — Drunk, or often drunk: affected by too much alcohol. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [drunkenness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drunkenness/) — Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dry](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dry/) — Not wet; with no water: "dry clothes". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dryad](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dryad/) — A dryad is a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when its tree is cut down.
- [dryer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dryer/) — A dryer is a machine that dries things, especially a tumble dryer that dries clothes.
- [dryly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dryly/) — Dryly means in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn, showing little feeling.
- [dryness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dryness/) — Dryness is being dry, having little or no water or wetness.
- [duad](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duad/) — the number two, or a group of two. — Jewish tradition
- [dual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dual/) — Having two parts, uses or sides; double. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dualism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dualism/) — the belief that the world is made of two opposite forces or parts. — Jewish tradition
- [duality](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duality/) — the state of being two, or having two parts. — Jewish tradition
- [dub](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dub/) — To dub a film or TV show means to replace the voices with voices in another language, or to add sounds to it.
- [dubbing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dubbing/) — Dubbing is replacing the spoken words of a film or show with words in another language, said by new voice actors.
- [dubiously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dubiously/) — In a doubtful way, showing you are not sure something is true, good or safe.
- [dubliner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dubliner/) — A person who is from Dublin, the capital city of Ireland, or who lives there.
- [ducat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ducat/) — A ducat is an old gold or silver coin used in parts of Europe long ago.
- [duce](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duce/) — a broken fragment of a word, part of "produced", caused by a printing break. — Jewish tradition
- [duchess](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duchess/) — A duchess is a woman who is married to a duke, or a woman who holds the rank of duke herself.
- [duchy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duchy/) — A duchy is an area of land ruled by a duke or a duchess.
- [duck](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duck/) — A duck is a bird with a flat beak and webbed feet that swims and says «quack».
- [duckling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duckling/) — A duckling is a baby duck.
- [ducky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ducky/) — A ducky is a little duck, a word children use.
- [duct](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duct/) — A pipe or tube that carries air, water, cables or other things inside a building.
- [dud](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dud/) — Something that does not work properly or is useless, like a firework that does not go off or a dead battery.
- [dude](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dude/) — A man or boy; a guy: «He's a cool dude.».
- [due](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/due/) — Due means expected or needing to happen at a certain time, like a library book that is due back on Friday or a baby due next month. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [duel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duel/) — A duel is a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a quarrel, usually fought one-to-one with swords or other weapons.
- [duet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duet/) — A duet is a piece of music for two singers or two players.
- [duff](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duff/) — Duff means bad, useless or not working: a duff battery, a duff idea.
- [dug](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dug/) — Dug is the past form of dig: to make a hole in the ground or move earth with a spade, hands or paws.
- [dugong](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dugong/) — A dugong is a large, gentle sea mammal with a whale-like tail that grazes on seagrass in warm shallow seas, like a sea cow.
- [dugout](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dugout/) — A dugout is a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.
- [duke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duke/) — A duke is a man of the highest rank of the nobility below a prince, in Britain and some other countries; he has a title such as "the Duke… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dull](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dull/) — Dull means boring, not interesting or exciting. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dullard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dullard/) — A dullard is a slow or stupid person, one who seems not clever.
- [dullness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dullness/) — Dullness is the state of being dull: not bright, not lively, not interesting.
- [duly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duly/) — Duly means in the proper way, as expected or required, and at the right time.
- [dumb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dumb/) — In everyday talk, especially in the USA, dumb means stupid or silly, and it is a rude word for a person. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dumbfounded](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dumbfounded/) — Dumbfounded means so surprised that you cannot speak or know what to say.
- [dummy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dummy/) — A dummy is a model of a person, used in shops to show clothes or in tests, like a crash-test dummy.
- [dump](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dump/) — To dump something is to put it down or drop it carelessly or roughly.
- [dumpling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dumpling/) — A dumpling is a small ball of dough that is boiled, steamed or fried, sometimes filled with meat or vegetables.
- [dumplings](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dumplings/) — Dumplings are small balls of dough cooked in boiling water, soup or stew.
- [dumpy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dumpy/) — Dumpy means short and thick, round and squat in shape.
- [dun](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dun/) — Dun is a dull greyish-brown colour.
- [dunce](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dunce/) — A person who is slow to learn or thought to be stupid, especially a pupil.
- [dune](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dune/) — A dune is a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind, in a desert or near the sea.
- [dung](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dung/) — Dung is the solid waste, or poo, of animals, especially large animals like cows, horses and elephants. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dungeon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dungeon/) — A dark prison room, often underground, in a castle. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dunghill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dunghill/) — A dunghill is a heap of animal dung and rotting waste kept outside a farm. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dunk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dunk/) — To dunk food is to dip it quickly into a drink or liquid, like a biscuit into tea or milk.
- [duodecimal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duodecimal/) — Based on the number twelve, counting in twelves. — Jewish tradition
- [duplicate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duplicate/) — An exact copy of something, such as a key or a document.
- [duplication](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duplication/) — Making an exact copy of something, or the copy itself.
- [duplicity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duplicity/) — Being double, having two forms; (also) lying or deceit, but here it means having two sounds. — Jewish tradition
- [dura](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dura/) — The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue. — Jewish tradition
- [durability](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/durability/) — Durability is how long something lasts and how well it stands up to use, wear and damage.
- [durable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/durable/) — Durable means strong and lasting a long time without breaking or wearing out.
- [duration](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duration/) — The length of time something lasts, from its start to its end.
- [durham](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/durham/) — A city in north-east England, famous for its very old cathedral and castle on a hill above the river Wear, and for its university.
- [durian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/durian/) — A durian is a big, spiky tropical fruit from Southeast Asia with soft, creamy flesh inside.
- [during](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/during/) — During means all through a time: «during the night». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [durst](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/durst/) — Had the courage to do something.
- [dusk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dusk/) — The time of evening just after the sun has set, when it is getting dark but is not fully dark yet. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dusky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dusky/) — Rather dark, as at dusk, the time when evening turns into night.
- [dust](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dust/) — Dust is very tiny bits of dirt, skin, hair and fibres that float in the air and settle on things. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [duster](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duster/) — A cloth for wiping dust off furniture and shelves.
- [dustman](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dustman/) — A dustman is a worker who collects rubbish from bins and carries it away in a cart.
- [dustpan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dustpan/) — A dustpan is a flat pan with a handle into which you sweep dust and dirt with a small brush.
- [dusty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dusty/) — Dusty means covered with dust, the dry powder of dirt that collects on things.
- [dutch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dutch/) — From the Netherlands (also called Holland), or to do with its people.
- [dutiful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dutiful/) — Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises.
- [duty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duty/) — Something you must do because it is right, because it is your job or because the rules or the law say so. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [duvet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duvet/) — A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm.
- [dvd](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dvd/) — A DVD is a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or computer files.
- [dwarf](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dwarf/) — In fairy tales and fantasy, a dwarf is a small, strong, often bearded creature who lives in mountains and mines. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dwarfism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dwarfism/) — A condition in which a person or animal grows much shorter than usual, often because of their genes.
- [dwell](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dwell/) — To live somewhere: Bears dwell in the forest. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dweller](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dweller/) — A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dwelling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dwelling/) — A house, flat or other place where people live; a home. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dwindle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dwindle/) — To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until there is very little left. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dye](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dye/) — A dye is a substance used to change the colour of cloth, hair, food or other things.
- [dyed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dyed/) — Changed the colour of something with a dye (a colouring liquid or powder): She dyed her hair purple. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dyeing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dyeing/) — Changing the colour of something, like hair, cloth or wool, by soaking it in a colouring liquid called dye.
- [dying](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dying/) — Dying means coming to the end of life; about to die. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dyke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dyke/) — A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back.
- [dynamic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dynamic/) — A dynamic person is full of energy, ideas and enthusiasm.
- [dynamite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dynamite/) — A powerful explosive made in sticks, used to blast rock in mines and building work.
- [dynamo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dynamo/) — A dynamo is a machine that turns movement into electricity, like the small one on an old bicycle that lights the lamp when the wheel turns.
- [dynasty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dynasty/) — A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family, where power passes from parent to child over many years, like the Tudors in England or…
- [dyslexia](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dyslexia/) — Dyslexia is a common difference in how the brain works with words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, even for…
- [dyslexic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dyslexic/) — Having dyslexia: a difference in how the brain handles words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, but has nothing…