All English words - page 1100

Meanings of Dewy-eyed:

adjective

Having eyes that are wet with tears because you feel emotional

Usage examples:

Dewy-eyed nostalgia, a dewy-eyed bride, dewy-eyed innocence

Meanings of Dex:

noun

Short for dexedrine.

Meanings of Dexamethasone:

noun

A synthetic drug of the corticosteroid type, used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Meanings of Dexies:

noun

Dexedrine.

Meanings of Dexter:

adjective

On or towards the right-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the left as it is depicted).

Usage examples:

It's blue, master, with a red stripe sinister, and a yellow emblem on the dexter side.

noun

An animal of a small, hardy breed of irish cattle.

Usage examples:

This month, we're mostly eating longhorn; last year, it was dexter.

Meanings of Dexterity:

noun

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

Usage examples:

Her dexterity with chopsticks

Meanings of Dexterous:

adjective

Showing or having skill, especially with the hands.

Usage examples:

A dexterous keyboard player

Meanings of Dextral:

adjective

Of or on the right side or the right hand.

Usage examples:

Commonly there is a partitioning of sinistral and dextral criteria on alternate horizons, but horiz…

noun

A right-handed person.

Usage examples:

The five superfamilies shown in figure 2 depict the five kinds of clade found with respect to the o…

Meanings of Dextran:

noun

A carbohydrate gum formed by the fermentation of sugars and consisting of polymers of glucose.

Usage examples:

Among them, the most effective in preserving a more native-like structure are the disaccharides suc…

Meanings of Dextrin:

noun

A soluble gummy substance obtained by hydrolysis of starch, used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and dietary supplements.

Usage examples:

Carrots being cooked by themselves are often slightly sweetened to bring out their natural sweetnes…

Meanings of Dextrorotatory:

adjective

(of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the right, i.e. clockwise facing the oncoming radiation.

Usage examples:

Chirality describes the handedness of a molecule that is observable by the ability of a molecule to…

Meanings of Dextrose:

noun

The dextrorotatory form of glucose (and the predominant naturally occurring form).

Usage examples:

Having extracted the sugary nectar from flowers, bees use enzymes in their saliva to split the sucr…

Meanings of Dextrously:

adverb

In a way that shows the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands, or the ability to think quickly and effectively

Usage examples:

Her right thumb texted dexterously on her mobile phone., foreign office officials dexterously negot…

Meanings of Dezincification:

noun

A form of corrosion and weakening of brass objects in which zinc is dissolved out of the brass alloy.

Usage examples:

Tin additions significantly increase the corrosion resistance of some brasses, especially resistanc…

Meanings of Dfd:

noun

A drawing, often produced by a computer, that shows how and in what order information is dealt with in a system

Usage examples:

Use a data flow diagram to show the relationships between the business processes within an organiza…

Meanings of Dft:

abbreviation

(in the uk) department for transport.

Meanings of Dg:

abbreviation

Decigram(s).

noun

A metric unit of mass, equal to one tenth of a gram.

Meanings of Dhal:

noun

(in indian cooking) split pulses, in particular lentils.

Usage examples:

Some seeds are consumed as green peas, but most are turned into dal (split pulse) more dal is made …

abbreviation

Decalitre(s).

Meanings of Dhamma:

noun

Another term for dharma, especially among theravada buddhists.

Meanings of Dharma:

noun

(in indian religion) the eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behaviour and social order.

Usage examples:

They accept the religion's basic concepts of dharma, samsara, karma, and ahimsa.

Meanings of Dharnas:

noun

A mode of compelling payment or compliance, by sitting at the debtor's or offender's door until the demand is complied with.

Usage examples:

Demonstrations and dharnas (sit-in protests) were held in all state capitals.

Meanings of Dhikr:

noun

A form of devotion, associated chiefly with sufism, in which the worshipper is absorbed in the rhythmic repetition of the name of god or his attributes.

Usage examples:

The intensity and lack of small talk that those who met them remarked on in the hijackers probably …

Meanings of Dhikrs:

noun

A form of devotion, associated chiefly with sufism, in which the worshipper is absorbed in the rhythmic repetition of the name of god or his attributes.

Usage examples:

The intensity and lack of small talk that those who met them remarked on in the hijackers probably …

Meanings of Dhobi:

noun

(in south asia) a washerman or washerwoman.

Usage examples:

In 2000, separate welfare boards were formed for handicrafts, artists, agricultural workers, weaver…

Meanings of Dhoni:

noun

A small wooden sailing vessel used in india and se asia.

Usage examples:

We were safely back aboard the dhoni and heading for our mothership, sea spirit.