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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; 801–900 on this page.

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- [distaff](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distaff/) — A stick or stand that holds wool or flax while it is spun into thread by hand. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distal/) — Further away from the centre of the body or the point where something is attached.
- [distance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distance/) — Distance is how far it is from one place to another.
- [distant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distant/) — Distant means far away in space. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distantly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distantly/) — Not closely; only slightly or loosely.
- [distasteful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distasteful/) — Unpleasant, not liked, or against what a person would wish.
- [distend](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distend/) — To swell out or stretch because of pressure from inside.
- [distended](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distended/) — Distended means swollen and stretched out from inside, often by gas, liquid or food.
- [distil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distil/) — To let fall in tiny drops, or to make something pure by heating and cooling it. — Jewish tradition
- [distill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distill/) — To make a liquid pure by heating it into steam (vapour) and cooling the steam back into liquid.
- [distillation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distillation/) — Distillation is a way of making a liquid pure by heating it until it turns into vapour (gas), then cooling the vapour so it turns back…
- [distinct](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distinct/) — Clearly different or separate from something else: two distinct groups. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distinction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distinction/) — A distinction is a clear difference between two things. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distinctive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distinctive/) — Easy to recognise because it is different from others; special to one person or thing.
- [distinctly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distinctly/) — Clearly and easily heard, seen or remembered, as in «speak distinctly». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distinguish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distinguish/) — To see or understand the difference between two or more things: «distinguish between right and wrong». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distinguished](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distinguished/) — Distinguished means famous and respected because of important work: «a distinguished scientist». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distort](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distort/) — To change the shape of something so it looks twisted or wrong, as in a fun-house mirror that distorts your face.
- [distorted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distorted/) — Twisted or changed out of its normal shape. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distortion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distortion/) — Distortion is when the shape, sound or picture of something is twisted or stretched so it looks or sounds wrong. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distract](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distract/) — To take someone's attention away from what they should be doing or looking at. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distraction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distraction/) — Something that takes your attention away from what you should be doing: «Phones are a distraction in class».
- [distrain](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distrain/) — To seize a person's property as payment for a debt. — Jewish tradition
- [distraught](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distraught/) — Very upset and troubled, almost out of one's mind with worry or grief. — Jewish tradition
- [distress](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distress/) — Great worry, sadness or pain. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distressed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distressed/) — Very upset, worried or in pain. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distressful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distressful/) — Causing pain, worry or sadness; upsetting.
- [distribute](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distribute/) — To give or share things out among a number of people: The teacher distributed the books. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distributed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distributed/) — Distributed means given out or shared among people or places. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distribution](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distribution/) — Distribution is the act of giving or sharing things out among people or places. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [district](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/district/) — A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [distrust](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/distrust/) — A feeling that you cannot trust someone or something; you think they may lie or let you down.
- [disturb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/disturb/) — To disturb someone means to interrupt them when they are busy, resting or sleeping.
- [disturbance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/disturbance/) — Something that interrupts you or stops you resting or working, like a noise.
- [disturbances](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/disturbances/) — things that disturb or interrupt (noise, interruptions).
- [disused](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/disused/) — No longer used, especially a building, railway or mine: a disused factory.
- [dit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dit/) — In Morse code, «dit» is the spoken name of a short signal (a dot); «dah» is the long one (a dash).
- [ditch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ditch/) — A ditch is a long narrow hole dug in the ground, often along a road or field for water. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ditty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ditty/) — A short, simple song or poem, often cheerful or funny.
- [diurnal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diurnal/) — Active during the day and resting at night, like most birds, butterflies and humans.
- [diva](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diva/) — A diva is a famous and very talented female singer, especially in opera.
- [divan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divan/) — A low couch, usually without a back or arms, often covered with cushions and placed against a wall.
- [dive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dive/) — To dive is to jump into water head first with your arms in front.
- [diver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diver/) — A diver is a person who swims underwater, often with special breathing equipment, to explore, work or rescue. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diverge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diverge/) — When roads, lines or paths diverge, they go in different directions from the same point. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [divergence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divergence/) — Divergence is when two or more things go further apart, like paths that split and go different ways.
- [divergent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divergent/) — Moving or spreading apart in different directions from one point.
- [diverse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diverse/) — Made up of many different kinds of people or things, as in «a diverse class». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diversification](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diversification/) — The act of making something more varied by adding different kinds of things.
- [diversified](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diversified/) — Made more varied; spread across many different kinds of things.
- [diversify](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diversify/) — To make something more varied or to start doing more different kinds of things.
- [diversion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diversion/) — A different route that traffic must take when a road is closed. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [divert](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divert/) — To make something or someone change direction or go a different way: «divert traffic», «divert a river».
- [divide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divide/) — To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dividend](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dividend/) — The number being divided in a division sum: in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, the dividend is 12.
- [divider](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divider/) — A divider is something that separates a space or things into parts: a room divider.
- [divination](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divination/) — Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by special or magical means, such as reading cards, stars or tea leaves. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [divinatory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divinatory/) — Having to do with divination, which is trying to learn the future or hidden things. — Jewish tradition
- [divine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divine/) — Divine means of God or a god, or coming from God, as in "divine love" or "divine help". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diviner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diviner/) — A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell the future. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [divinity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divinity/) — The quality of being God or a god; being divine.
- [divisible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divisible/) — In maths, a number is divisible by another number if it can be divided by it exactly, with no remainder.
- [division](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/division/) — Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [divisor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divisor/) — A divisor is the number you divide by.
- [divorce](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divorce/) — The legal ending of a marriage, so the husband and wife are no longer married. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [divorcement](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divorcement/) — The act of divorcing, or the ending of a marriage. — Jewish tradition
- [divulge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divulge/) — To reveal a secret or private information.
- [divvy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/divvy/) — To divvy up something is to share it out between people.
- [dizziness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dizziness/) — Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dizzy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dizzy/) — Dizzy means feeling as if everything is spinning and you might fall over.
- [dj](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dj/) — A DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music for people at a party, club or on the radio. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [djinn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/djinn/) — In Arab and Muslim stories and beliefs, a spirit made of smokeless fire that can be good or bad and can sometimes take the shape of people…
- [dm](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dm/) — dm is the short way to write decimeter.
- [dmd](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dmd/) — Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a rare illness, passed on in families and found mostly in boys, in which the muscles slowly get weaker.
- [dna](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dna/) — DNA is the chemical inside the cells of every living thing that carries the instructions for how it grows, works and what it looks like.
- [do](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/do/) — To do is to carry out an action: do your homework. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doc](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doc/) — Doc is a short word for a doctor, often used when talking to them: "Thanks, doc.".
- [docile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/docile/) — Quiet, calm and easy to control or teach. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dock](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dock/) — A dock is a place in a harbour where ships stop to load or unload.
- [doctor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doctor/) — A person trained to look after people who are ill or hurt and to help them get better.
- [doctored](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doctored/) — neutered, had an operation so it cannot have babies (old-fashioned, US).
- [doctrinal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doctrinal/) — Having to do with a doctrine, a belief taught by a religion or group. — Jewish tradition
- [doctrine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doctrine/) — A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or religion, such as the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [document](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/document/) — noun: A document is a piece of paper or a computer file with official or important writing, such as a passport, letter or report. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [documentary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/documentary/) — A documentary is a film or TV programme about real people, places and events, giving facts and information.
- [documentation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/documentation/) — Official papers or records that prove something, such as passports, certificates or receipts.
- [dodge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dodge/) — To dodge is to move quickly to one side to avoid being hit or caught.
- [dodgy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dodgy/) — Dishonest or likely to be illegal; not to be trusted: «a dodgy deal».
- [dodo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dodo/) — The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; it became extinct after… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doe/) — A doe is a female deer. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doer/) — A person who does something; often used in compounds such as evil-doer. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doest/) — Do something, with "thou" as the subject.
- [doeth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doeth/) — Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject.
- [dog](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dog/) — A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [doge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doge/) — The Doge was the elected ruler of the old city states of Venice and Genoa in Italy, for about a thousand years until 1797.
- [dogfish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dogfish/) — A kind of small shark found in seas around Britain, Europe, North America and elsewhere, often with a spotted skin.
- [doggedly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doggedly/) — In a stubborn, determined way; going on and not giving up, even when it is hard.
- [doggie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doggie/) — A child's word for a dog, especially a small or cute one.
- [doggo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doggo/) — A dog, said in a cute, playful way: «What a good doggo!».
- [doggy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/doggy/) — A dog: Look at the doggy!