English Wordbook/D

Staff D of the English Wordbook.

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danger n threat decade n ten years, tenyear deceive vb mislead decide vb choose decrease vb shrink, lower, wane defeat vb overcome, beat, overrun, overwhelm deficiency n shortcoming deform vb misshape deformed adj misshapen deformity n misshapenness deity n god deliberate adj willful, meaningful demolish vb tear down demon n fiend, hellfiend demonstrate vb show denigrate vb slight denigration n slighting dense adj thick dentist n toothsmith, toothdoctor deny vb gainsay deprive vb bereave derive vb come from, bring from descend vb fall, come down, slope desecrate vb unhallow desert vb forsake desire vb crave, wish, lust, yearn, long, hanker (for, after), list desolate adj lonely, alone, friendless dessert n afters, pudding, sweet destroy vb throw down, tear down, wrack, wreck destruction n wrack develop vb grow, build development n 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 direct adj straight direct vb lead 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 disgrace n & vb shame dislike vb mislike dismiss vb snub, slight disperse vb scatter distance n span distant adj faraway, far off, far distract vb mislead, bewilder, unsettle distracted adj forstraught distress vb harrow distribute vb hand out, give out diverse adj manifold, sundry, manikind doctor n healer document n writ domesticate vb tame donate vb give donation n gift dormitory n sleepstow double vb twicen, twofold doubt n qualm douse vb drench dozen adj twelve, fig tens draconian adj harsh, tight dramatist n playwright dress vb clothe, trim, ready dub vb name, call due adj owing during prep through, throughout, in