English words starting with dun - page 2

Meanings of Dunkirker:

noun

A privateer operating from the port of dunkirk, especially in the service of the habsburg monarchy during the eighty years' war (1568–1648); a ship commanded and crewed by privateers of this kind.

Meanings of Dunkle:

adjective

Designating a type of dark-coloured lager of a style originating in bavaria, typically of moderate bitterness and strength. chiefly in "dunkel beer".

noun

Lager of this type; a variety of this.

Meanings of Dunks:

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 Dunlin:

noun

A migratory sandpiper with a downcurved bill and (in the breeding season) a reddish-brown back and black belly. it is the commonest small wader of the northern hemisphere.

Usage examples:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

Meanings of Dunlins:

noun

A migratory sandpiper with a downcurved bill and (in the breeding season) a reddish-brown back and black belly. it is the commonest small wader of the northern hemisphere.

Usage examples:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

Meanings of Dunlop:

noun

A full-cream hard cheese originally made in dunlop, near ayr in scotland.

Usage examples:

By the 1790s, when parish accounts were compiled, it had become established as ‘dunlop cheese’, mad…

Meanings of Dunnage:

noun

Loose wood, matting, or similar material used to keep a cargo in position in a ship's hold.

Usage examples:

Effective bracing, blocking, and use of dunnage is essential

Meanings of Dunned:

verb

Make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.

Usage examples:

After he left oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts

adjective

Of a dull greyish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

A dun cow

noun

A dull greyish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

A mutt the colour of dun stood near by, barking every now and again.

Meanings of Dunner:

noun

A creditor who makes insistent or repeated demands for repayment of a debt.

Meanings of Dunness:

noun

The state or quality of being dun in colour, especially of being a dull greyish-brown.

Meanings of Dunning:

verb

Make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.

Usage examples:

After he left oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts

adjective

Of a dull greyish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

A dun cow

noun

A dull greyish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

A mutt the colour of dun stood near by, barking every now and again.

Meanings of Dunnish:

adjective

Somewhat dun in colour; tending towards a dull greyish-brown.

Meanings of Dunno:

contraction

(i) do not know.

Usage examples:

He thinks his beard was worth two grand, well it was worth two grand i believe, but now that it's p…

exclamation

(spelled the way it is sometimes spoken) i don’t know

Usage examples:

"where are we exactly?" "dunno."

Meanings of Dunnock:

noun

A small european songbird of the accentor family, with a dark grey head and a reddish-brown back.

Usage examples:

However, only terrestrial species have been tested, such as barn swallows, tree swallows, dunnocks,…

Meanings of Dunny:

noun

An underground passage or cellar, especially in a tenement.

Meanings of Duns:

noun

A dull greyish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

A mutt the colour of dun stood near by, barking every now and again.

verb

Make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.

Usage examples:

After he left oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts

adjective

Of a dull greyish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

A dun cow

Meanings of Dunster:

noun

A type of woollen cloth manufactured in the village of dunster in somerset; a piece of this cloth as a commercial item.

Meanings of Dunstone:

noun

Any of various kinds of stone of a dun or dull brown colour, especially magnesian limestone or (occasionally) dolerite.

Meanings of Dunt:

verb

Bump into or hit heavily.

Usage examples:

She dunted my father in the side with her elbow

noun

A heavy dull-sounding blow.

Usage examples:

Not quite to the motherwell defender, though, as, after receiving a heavy dunt from the ecuadorian …

Meanings of Dunted:

verb

Bump into or hit heavily.

Usage examples:

She dunted my father in the side with her elbow

noun

A heavy dull-sounding blow.

Usage examples:

Not quite to the motherwell defender, though, as, after receiving a heavy dunt from the ecuadorian …

Meanings of Dunter:

noun

The eider, somateria mollissima.

Meanings of Dunting:

verb

Bump into or hit heavily.

Usage examples:

She dunted my father in the side with her elbow

noun

A heavy dull-sounding blow.

Usage examples:

Not quite to the motherwell defender, though, as, after receiving a heavy dunt from the ecuadorian …

Meanings of Dunts:

verb

Bump into or hit heavily.

Usage examples:

She dunted my father in the side with her elbow

noun

A heavy dull-sounding blow.

Usage examples:

Not quite to the motherwell defender, though, as, after receiving a heavy dunt from the ecuadorian …