English Wordbook/D

Staff D of the English Wordbook.

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dairy n deyhouse, milkhouse danger n threat dangerous adj threatening, harmful data n put decade n ten years, tenyear deceive vb mislead, geck, belie december n ereyule decide vb choose, bychoose decision n choice, bychoice decrease vb shrink, lower, wane defame vb file defeat vb overcome, beat, overrun, overwhelm defenestrate vb out from a window throw deficiency n shortcoming, lack, shortage defile vb befile deform vb misshape deformed adj misshapen deformity n misshapenness defrost vb thaw deity n god delay vb forestall deliberate adj willful, meaningful delight n gladness demolish vb tear down demon n fiend, hellfiend, mare demonstrate vb show denigrate vb slight denigration n slighting denote n betoken dense adj thick dentist n toothsmith, toothdoctor denude vb strip of clothes, strip naked deny vb gainsay depart vb'' leave departing n & adj outgoing, waygoing depict vb show deprive vb bereave, benumb deracinate vb uproot derive vb come from, bring from descend vb fall, come down, slope, bear descendent n offshoot, offspring desecrate vb unhallow desert vb forsake desire vb crave, wish, lust, yearn, long, hanker (for, after), list desolate adj lonely, alone, friendless despise vb forthink, hate, loathe dessert n afters, pudding, sweet destroy vb smite, throw down, tear down, wrack, wreck, fordo, forlese (pt -lore, pp. -lorn) destruction n wrack develop vb grow, build, unfold developed, poorly adj wan-thriven development n unfolding, growth developmental adj becomesome, growthsome devour vb eat dexterity n deftness, sleight, handcleverness dialect n speech, byleid diary n daybook dictionary n wordbook different adv other, otherwise difficult adj hard, tough, unyielding, burdensome diffident adj shy digit n finger, toe dignity n worth, selfworth diligence n hard work, graft, carefulness diligent adj hardworking, careful dinosaur n forebird diocese n bishopric, bishopshire direct adj straight direct vb lead discontinue vb end discourse n talk, speech discourse vb talk, speak discover vb find, come upon discovery n find, finding discuss vb talk anent disease n sickness, illness disease, skin n tetter disgrace n & vb shame, shend dislike vb mislike dismiss vb snub, slight disperse vb scatter disposable adj throwaway disregard vb overlook distance n span, stretch distant adj faraway, far off, far distort vb bewray distract vb forstraught, mislead, bewilder, unsettle distracted adj forstraught distraught adj overwrought distress vb harrow distribute vb hand out, give out, fordeal district n riding distrust vb forthink, mistrust disturb vb stir disturbance n roughhouse, stirring diverse adj manifold, sundry, manikind divine adj godly deoxyribonucleic acid n lifetwine doctor, medical n healer, healthsmith document n writ domestic n house domesticate vb tame, houseteach donate vb give donation n gift dormitory n sleepstow dorsal adj back double vb twicen, twicefold, twofold doubt n qualm douse vb drench dozen adj twelve, fig tens draconian adj harsh, tight dramatist n playwright dress vb clothe, trim, ready, don, doff dual adj twin dub vb name, call due adj owing duel n twifight, twistruggle duke n alderman during prep through, throughout, in