English words starting with d - page 1

Meanings of Dacoit:

noun

(in india or burma (myanmar)) a member of a band of armed robbers.

Usage examples:

This valley was recently the territory of a famous dacoit, or highway robber, named mohammad khan.

Meanings of Dacoities:

noun

(in india or burma (myanmar)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang.

Usage examples:

An increase in the number of dacoities in buses

Meanings of Dacoits:

noun

(in india or burma (myanmar)) a member of a band of armed robbers.

Usage examples:

This valley was recently the territory of a famous dacoit, or highway robber, named mohammad khan.

Meanings of Dacoity:

noun

(in india or burma (myanmar)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang.

Usage examples:

An increase in the number of dacoities in buses

Meanings of Dacron:

noun

A synthetic polyester (polyethylene terephthalate) with tough, elastic properties, used as a textile fabric.

Usage examples:

A suit of dark blue dacron

Meanings of Dactyl:

noun

A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in greek and latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.

Usage examples:

Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six …

Meanings of Dactylic:

adjective

Of or using dactyls.

Usage examples:

Dactylic rhythm

noun

Dactylic verse.

Usage examples:

He thereby lends some countenance to saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for english dactyli…

Meanings of Dactylics:

noun

Dactylic verse.

Usage examples:

He thereby lends some countenance to saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for english dactyli…

adjective

Of or using dactyls.

Usage examples:

Dactylic rhythm

Meanings of Dactyls:

noun

A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in greek and latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.

Usage examples:

Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six …

Meanings of Dad:

noun

One's father.

Usage examples:

His dad was with him

Meanings of Dada:

noun

One's father.

Usage examples:

My dada said that my mom left us too for doing groceries, when we were in bed, but my mom denied th…

Meanings of Dadaism:

noun

A movement (= a new style or set of principles) in art, literature, music, and film developed in the early 20th century that went against accepted ideas of what is beautiful or good art and used humour and the absurd (= things considered silly or that make no sense) as a way to protest against society

Usage examples:

These swedish avant-garde movies are heavily influenced by dadaism and surrealism.

Meanings of Dadaist:

adjective

Relating to, belonging to, or typical of dadaism, a style of early 20th-century art, literature, music, or film that went against accepted ideas of what is beautiful or good art and used humour and the absurd (= things considered silly or that make no sense)

Usage examples:

Murphy collaborated with dadaist artist man ray., you soon realize that the author is trying to inv…

Meanings of Dadas:

noun

One's father.

Usage examples:

My dada said that my mom left us too for doing groceries, when we were in bed, but my mom denied th…

Meanings of Dadder:

verb

To shake, tremble; to totter.

Meanings of Daddies:

noun

One's father.

Usage examples:

I never thought i was a daddy's girl, that i put my father on a pedestal, but it seems i have.

Meanings of Daddle:

noun

The hand or fist. frequently in "tip us your daddle": ‘give me your hand’.

verb

To pass or spend time idly or frivolously; to move slowly, to dawdle.

Meanings of Daddled:

noun

The hand or fist. frequently in "tip us your daddle": ‘give me your hand’.

verb

To pass or spend time idly or frivolously; to move slowly, to dawdle.

Meanings of Daddles:

noun

The hand or fist. frequently in "tip us your daddle": ‘give me your hand’.

verb

To pass or spend time idly or frivolously; to move slowly, to dawdle.

Meanings of Daddling:

noun

The hand or fist. frequently in "tip us your daddle": ‘give me your hand’.

verb

To pass or spend time idly or frivolously; to move slowly, to dawdle.

Meanings of Daddock:

noun

Rotten or decayed wood; a piece of rotten wood; a rotten tree or log. also formerly more fully "†daddock wood".

Meanings of Daddocky:

adjective

Especially of wood: decayed, rotten; soft or weak with decay; (sometimes more generally) spoiled with moisture, mouldy.

Meanings of Daddy:

noun

One's father.

Usage examples:

I never thought i was a daddy's girl, that i put my father on a pedestal, but it seems i have.

Meanings of Dading:

noun

Designating a lead or other apparatus used to guide a young child when walking, as "†dading-sleeve", "dading-string".

Meanings of Dado:

noun

The lower part of the wall of a room, below about waist height, when decorated differently from the upper part.

Usage examples:

Wallcovering which covers the lower part of the wall, or dado, and ending at the chair rail height.