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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; 501–600 on this page.

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- [dialect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dialect/) — A dialect is a form of a language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, with its own words, grammar and pronunciation. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dialogue](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dialogue/) — Dialogue is the words that characters speak to each other in a story, play or film.
- [diameter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diameter/) — A straight line going from one side of a circle to the other, passing through the centre. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diametrically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diametrically/) — Completely; as different as two things can be, used mostly in «diametrically opposed» or «diametrically opposite».
- [diamond](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diamond/) — A diamond is a very hard, clear, sparkling precious stone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diamondback](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diamondback/) — A diamondback rattlesnake: a large, very venomous American rattlesnake with a pattern of diamond shapes along its back and a rattle on its…
- [diaphragm](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diaphragm/) — The diaphragm is a large, flat, dome-shaped muscle under your lungs that helps you breathe. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diarrhoea](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diarrhoea/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diary/) — A diary is a book where you write what happens each day and how you feel.
- [diatom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diatom/) — A tiny one-celled living thing, a kind of algae, that lives in water and has a glassy shell made of silica.
- [dibs](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dibs/) — A claim to have or do something first: if you say «Dibs on the front seat!», you mean you get it.
- [dice](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dice/) — Dice are small cubes with dots from 1 to 6 on their sides, used in games.
- [dick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dick/) — Dick is an old short form of the name Richard, as in Dick Whittington.
- [dickens](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dickens/) — Charles Dickens was a famous English writer of long novels, such as «Oliver Twist», «A Christmas Carol» and «Great Expectations».
- [dictation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dictation/) — Dictation is saying words aloud so that someone else can write them down exactly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dictator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dictator/) — A ruler who has complete power over a country, was usually not fairly elected, and does not allow people to disagree.
- [diction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diction/) — Diction is the way a person chooses and says words, especially how clear or grand their speech or writing is.
- [dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dictionary/) — 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. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diddle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diddle/) — To cheat someone, especially out of money, in a sneaky way.
- [didst](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/didst/) — Did something, with "thou" as the subject.
- [die](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/die/) — To die means to stop living. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diesel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diesel/) — Diesel is a kind of heavy fuel made from oil, used in many trucks, buses, trains, tractors and some cars.
- [diet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diet/) — Your diet is all the food and drink you usually eat and drink: a healthy diet.
- [dietary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dietary/) — To do with what people eat and drink, their diet.
- [dieth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dieth/) — «dieth» means «dies», a form of «die»: To die means to stop living.
- [dietician](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dietician/) — A trained health expert who gives advice about food and eating, to help people stay healthy or manage an illness.
- [dietitian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dietitian/) — A dietitian is a trained health worker who gives expert advice about food and healthy eating, often in hospitals, to help people with…
- [differ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/differ/) — To differ means to be not the same as something else. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [difference](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/difference/) — In maths, the difference is how much bigger one number is than another; you find it by subtracting. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [different](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/different/) — Different means not the same. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [differentiated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/differentiated/) — Made different or separated into distinct kinds. — Jewish tradition
- [differently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/differently/) — In a way that is not the same as another way or as before.
- [difficult](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/difficult/) — Hard to do, understand or deal with; needing a lot of effort or skill. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [difficulty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/difficulty/) — How hard something is to do or understand (the level of difficulty). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diffident](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diffident/) — Shy and not sure of yourself; not wanting to speak up or push yourself forward.
- [diffidently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diffidently/) — Diffidently means in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without wanting to push yourself forward.
- [diffused](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diffused/) — Spread out widely instead of staying in one place. — Jewish tradition
- [diffusion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diffusion/) — Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others.
- [dig](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dig/) — To dig is to make a hole in the ground, for example with a spade or with hands or paws. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [digest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digest/) — To digest food means to break it down in the stomach and intestines so the body can use it for energy and growth.
- [digestion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digestion/) — The process in the body that breaks food down into tiny parts the body can take in and use. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [digestive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digestive/) — Digestive means to do with digestion, the way the body breaks down food so it can use it.
- [digged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digged/) — Made a hole in the ground by digging.
- [digger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digger/) — A digger is a large machine with a big metal bucket on an arm, used for digging holes and moving earth.
- [digging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digging/) — The action of making a hole in the ground or moving earth, with a spade, hands, paws or a machine. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [digit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digit/) — 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. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [digital](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digital/) — Using electronic signals and computers to store, send or show information as numbers (ones and zeros): «digital camera», «digital TV». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [digitalis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digitalis/) — A medicine made from the foxglove plant, used by doctors to make a weak heart beat more strongly and steadily.
- [digitize](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digitize/) — To change something such as a book into a form that a computer can store and show. — Jewish tradition
- [dignified](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dignified/) — Calm, serious and behaving in a way that makes people respect you.
- [dignitary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dignitary/) — A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official.
- [dignity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dignity/) — Dignity is the worth that every person has, which means they should be treated with respect. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [digraph](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/digraph/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dike/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dilapidated/) — Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair.
- [dilate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dilate/) — To become wider or bigger, especially an opening in the body.
- [dilemma](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dilemma/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diligence/) — Diligence is careful, steady, hard work that keeps going until the job is done properly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diligent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diligent/) — Working hard and carefully, paying attention to details and not giving up. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diligently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diligently/) — Diligently means working hard and carefully, giving full attention to a task. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dill/) — A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles.
- [dilute](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dilute/) — To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.
- [diluted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diluted/) — Made weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.
- [dilution](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dilution/) — The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.
- [dim](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dim/) — Dim means not bright. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dime](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dime/) — A dime is a coin in the United States and Canada.
- [dimension](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dimension/) — A dimension is a measurement in one direction, like length, width or height. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dimetrodon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dimetrodon/) — A large animal with a tall sail on its back that lived about 295 to 272 million years ago, before the dinosaurs.
- [diminish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diminish/) — To diminish is to become smaller, less or weaker. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diminished](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diminished/) — Diminished means made smaller, fewer or weaker. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diminishing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diminishing/) — Diminishing means getting smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
- [diminution](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diminution/) — A reduction in size, amount, importance or strength; getting smaller or less. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diminutive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diminutive/) — Very small or short.
- [dimly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dimly/) — Dimly means with only a little light, not brightly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dimmed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dimmed/) — Made less bright: the lights were dimmed. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dimmer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dimmer/) — Dimmer means less bright: «The light grew dimmer.».
- [din](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/din/) — A loud, long, unpleasant noise, often from many sounds together. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dine/) — To eat dinner, the main meal of the day. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diner/) — A diner is a person who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant.
- [ding](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ding/) — A ding is a short ringing sound, like a bell or a timer. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dinghy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dinghy/) — A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore.
- [dingle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dingle/) — A dingle is a small wooded valley or deep, shady hollow with steep sides.
- [dingo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dingo/) — A dingo is a wild dog of Australia, usually sandy-yellow, which hunts alone or in packs.
- [dingy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dingy/) — Dark, dull and dirty-looking; not bright or clean: a dingy room.
- [dining](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dining/) — Dining is the -ing form of «dine», which means to eat dinner, especially a proper or special meal.
- [dinner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dinner/) — Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dinosaur](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dinosaur/) — 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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dint/) — A dint is a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow.
- [diocese](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diocese/) — An area with many churches and parishes, looked after by a bishop.
- [diode](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diode/) — A diode is a small electronic part that lets electric current flow in only one direction, like a one-way door.
- [dioxide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dioxide/) — A dioxide is a chemical substance whose molecules have two oxygen atoms joined to another atom.
- [dip](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dip/) — To dip something means to put it into a liquid quickly and take it out. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diplodocus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diplomacy/) — The work of governments talking to each other to keep peace, make agreements and sort out problems between countries.
- [diplomat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diplomat/) — A person who represents their country in another country and helps the two governments talk and agree.
- [diplomatic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diplomatic/) — Diplomatic means to do with diplomats: people who work for their country in other countries and help countries talk to each other.
- [diplomatically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diplomatically/) — In a tactful way, careful not to upset or offend people.
- [dipped](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dipped/) — If you dipped something, you put it into a liquid and took it out quickly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dipper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dipper/) — A small bird that lives by fast streams and walks or dives under water to catch insects.
- [dire](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dire/) — Dire means very serious or terrible, often dangerous.