English words starting with dy

Meanings of Dy:

abbreviation

Benin (international vehicle registration).

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 66, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series.

The chemical element dysprosium.

Meanings of Dyadic:

adjective

Consisting of two parts

Usage examples:

A dyadic conception of government, even dyadic interactions can be very complex.

Meanings of Dyads:

noun

Something that consists of two elements or parts.

Usage examples:

The mother–child dyad

Meanings of Dyak:

noun

The group of austronesian languages spoken by the dayak.

Usage examples:

We don't speak dayak, but we knew what to do though.

adjective

A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting parts of borneo, including the iban (or sea dayak ) of the north, the land dayak of the south-west, and the punan.

Meanings of Dyarchy:

noun

Government by two independent authorities (especially in india 1919–35).

Usage examples:

Nigerian intellectuals, in particular, and african intellectuals, in general, have also debated oth…

Meanings of Dybbuk:

noun

(in jewish folklore) a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person until exorcised.

Usage examples:

The jewish dybbuk is the malevolent spirit of a dead person which enters a living one and controls …

Meanings of Dybbukim:

noun

(in jewish folklore) a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person until exorcised.

Usage examples:

The jewish dybbuk is the malevolent spirit of a dead person which enters a living one and controls …

Meanings of Dybbuks:

noun

(in jewish folklore) a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person until exorcised.

Usage examples:

The jewish dybbuk is the malevolent spirit of a dead person which enters a living one and controls …

Meanings of Dye:

noun

A natural or synthetic substance used to add a colour to or change the colour of something.

Usage examples:

Blonde hair dye

verb

Add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye.

Usage examples:

I dyed my hair blonde

Meanings of Dyed:

adjective

Having been coloured with a dye.

Usage examples:

The barber carefully restored the dyed hair, strand by strand

verb

Add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye.

Usage examples:

I dyed my hair blonde

Meanings of Dyed-in-the-wool:

adjective

Having opinions that are very strong and do not change

Usage examples:

My parents are dyed-in-the-wool liberals.

Meanings of Dyeing:

verb

Add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye.

Usage examples:

I dyed my hair blonde

noun

A natural or synthetic substance used to add a colour to or change the colour of something.

Usage examples:

Blonde hair dye

Meanings of Dyeline:

noun

A diazo copying or colouring process.

Meanings of Dyer:

noun

A person whose trade is the dyeing of cloth or other material.

Usage examples:

Weavers and dyers sell their cloth to men and women, who take it to tailors to make it into clothing.

Meanings of Dyers:

noun

A person whose trade is the dyeing of cloth or other material.

Usage examples:

Weavers and dyers sell their cloth to men and women, who take it to tailors to make it into clothing.

Meanings of Dyes:

noun

A natural or synthetic substance used to add a colour to or change the colour of something.

Usage examples:

Blonde hair dye

verb

Add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye.

Usage examples:

I dyed my hair blonde

Meanings of Dyestuff:

noun

A substance yielding a dye or that can be used as a dye, especially when in solution.

Usage examples:

Loosening makes the tanning agents, fats, dyestuffs and other substances, penetrate easily into the…

Meanings of Dyestuffs:

noun

A substance yielding a dye or that can be used as a dye, especially when in solution.

Usage examples:

Loosening makes the tanning agents, fats, dyestuffs and other substances, penetrate easily into the…

Meanings of Dyewood:

noun

A type of wood from which dye (= colour) for cloth, etc. can be obtained

Usage examples:

They filled the ship with fine-grained timber and dyewood., old fustic is a dyewood from india and …

Meanings of Dyewoods:

noun

A type of wood from which dye (= colour) for cloth, etc. can be obtained

Usage examples:

They filled the ship with fine-grained timber and dyewood., old fustic is a dyewood from india and …

Meanings of Dying:

adjective

On the point of death.

Usage examples:

He visited his dying mother

verb

(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living.

Usage examples:

He died of tuberculosis

Present participle of die

Meanings of Dying-down:

phrasal verb

To become reduced in strength

Usage examples:

A storm is expected tonight, but the wind and rain should die down by morning.

Meanings of Dying-out:

phrasal verb

To become less common and finally stop existing

Usage examples:

Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.

Meanings of Dyke:

noun

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

Usage examples:

Ponds are separated by dikes that prevent flooding and provide access routes to the ponds for elect…

verb

Provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.

Usage examples:

They dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer

Meanings of Dyked:

verb

Provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.

Usage examples:

They dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer

noun

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

Usage examples:

Ponds are separated by dikes that prevent flooding and provide access routes to the ponds for elect…