English words starting with dun - page 1

Meanings of Dunfish:

noun

Cod or similar fish cured by being lightly salted and, over a period of several months, alternately dried in the air and left piled in a dark storeroom to sweat, a process imparting a distinctive dark reddish-brown colour to the cured fish.

Meanings of Dung:

noun

The excrement of animals; manure.

Usage examples:

The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe.

verb

Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).

Usage examples:

But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips

Meanings of Dungaree:

noun

A garment consisting of trousers with a bib held up by straps over each shoulder, made of denim, corduroy, or heavy cotton and worn as casual or working clothes.

Meanings of Dungarees:

noun

A garment consisting of trousers with a bib held up by straps over each shoulder, made of denim, corduroy, or heavy cotton and worn as casual or working clothes.

Usage examples:

I can still see john walking home wearing his dungarees and his lunchbag strapped across his should…

plural noun

Pants or work clothes made of denim (= strong cotton cloth)

Meanings of Dunged:

verb

Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).

Usage examples:

But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips

noun

The excrement of animals; manure.

Usage examples:

The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe.

Meanings of Dungeon:

noun

A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.

Usage examples:

For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons.

verb

Archaic term for donjon.

Meanings of Dungeons:

noun

A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.

Usage examples:

For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons.

verb

Archaic term for donjon.

Meanings of Dunger:

noun

A worn-out vehicle or machine.

Usage examples:

Parents often give their teen the old dunger to drive

Meanings of Dunghill:

noun

A heap of dung or refuse, especially in a farmyard.

Usage examples:

The clothing and bedding of plague victims are particularly dangerous, as are wooden buildings, ear…

Meanings of Dunghills:

noun

A heap of dung or refuse, especially in a farmyard.

Usage examples:

The clothing and bedding of plague victims are particularly dangerous, as are wooden buildings, ear…

Meanings of Dunghilly:

noun

A heap of dung or refuse, especially in a farmyard.

Usage examples:

The clothing and bedding of plague victims are particularly dangerous, as are wooden buildings, ear…

Meanings of Dunging:

verb

Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).

Usage examples:

But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips

noun

The excrement of animals; manure.

Usage examples:

The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe.

Meanings of Dungs:

noun

The excrement of animals; manure.

Usage examples:

The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe.

verb

Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).

Usage examples:

But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips

Meanings of Dungy:

adjective

Of land, earth, etc.: rich in dung or other fertilizing matter; well dunged; fertile, productive.

Meanings of Duniewassal:

noun

In the scottish highlands: a clansman of high rank, typically through having a familial connection to the chief; (more generally) a man of some status; a gentleman.

Meanings of Dunite:

noun

A green to brownish coarse-grained igneous rock consisting largely of olivine.

Usage examples:

The lowermost rocks are serpentinized dunite and harzburgite, which are best exposed in the ne of t…

Meanings of Duniwassal:

noun

In the scottish highlands: a clansman of high rank, typically through having a familial connection to the chief; (more generally) a man of some status; a gentleman.

Meanings of Dunk:

verb

Dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

Usage examples:

I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea

noun

A shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

I was making everything: jump shots, lay-ups, dunks.

Meanings of Dunkadoo:

noun

The american bittern, botaurus lentiginosus.

Meanings of Dunkard:

noun

Another term for dunker.

Meanings of Dunked:

verb

Dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

Usage examples:

I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea

noun

A shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

I was making everything: jump shots, lay-ups, dunks.

Meanings of Dunker:

noun

A member of the german baptist brethren, a sect of baptist christians founded in 1708 but living in the us since the 1720s.

Usage examples:

Moravians, mennonites, amish, schwenkfelders, dunkers, and other german groups, including rosicruci…

Meanings of Dunkers:

noun

A member of the german baptist brethren, a sect of baptist christians founded in 1708 but living in the us since the 1720s.

Usage examples:

Moravians, mennonites, amish, schwenkfelders, dunkers, and other german groups, including rosicruci…

Meanings of Dunking:

verb

Dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

Usage examples:

I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea

noun

A shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

I was making everything: jump shots, lay-ups, dunks.

Meanings of Dunkirk:

proper noun

A port in northern france; population 70,654 (2006). french name dunkerque /dœ̃kɛʀk/.

noun

The english spelling of dunkerque, a port town in northeast france, from where thousands of british soldiers were evacuated (= moved to safety) during the second world war

Usage examples:

You can get a ferry from dover to dunkirk., the tunnels were the nerve centre of the operation to e…