English Wordbook/D

Staff D of the English Wordbook.

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dairy n deyhouse, milkhouse damage n harm damage vb wreck, fordo, shend danger n threat dangerous adj threatening, harmful data n put, rawput daub vb spread, besmear debatable adj moot decade n ten years, tenyear decapitate vb behead, unhead deceased adj dead deceive vb mislead, geck, belie december n ereyule decent adj good, upstanding decide vb choose, bychoose decision n choice, bychoice declare vb say forth decline vb wane, slump, lessen, weaken, flag decrease vb shrink, lower, wane, lessen defame vb file, shend, befile default vb gainwithershins defeat n loss, licking defeat vb win against, overcome, beat, overrun, overwhelm defenestrate vb out from a window throw deficient adj wanting, missing, lacking deficiency n shortcoming, lack, shorthood deficit n shortfall defile vb befile deform vb misshape deformed adj misshapen deformity n misshapenness defraud vb swindle defrost vb thaw defy vb thwart, withstand, hold, dare deify vb begod(att'd) deity n god delay n holdup, lag delay vb forestall, tarry deliberate adj willful, meaningful delight n gladness deluge n rainstorm, cloudburst democracy n folkweild demolish vb tear down demolition n wipeout demon n fiend, hellfiend, mare demonstrate vb show, forshow, show-how denigrate vb slight, belittle, beswart denigration n slighting, belittling dénouement n unravelling denote n betoken dense adj thick dentist n toothsmith, toothdoctor denude vb unclothe, downclothe, get naked, strip of clothes, strip naked deny vb gainsay, naysay, asake depart vb afare, leave departing n & adj afaring, outgoing, waygoing, outward, outbound depict vb show depreciate vb cheapen deprive vb bereave, benumb deracinate vb uproot deranged adj crazed, moonstruck derive vb come from, bring from deprivation n want, illth dermatology n skinlore descend vb fall, come down, slope, bear descendent n offshoot, offspring, afterbear descent n downcoming desecrate vb unhallow, downhallow describe vb tell of, speak of, outline, set forth desert vb forsake deserving adj worthy design n layout, draft, outline designate vb earmark, mark, show, call, name, dub, nickname, choose desire vb crave, wish, lust, yearn, long, hanker (for, after), list desolate adj lonely, alone, friendless despair n hopelessness desperate adj hopeless, forlorn despise vb forthink, hate, loathe despite prep notwithstanding dessert n afters, pudding, sweet destiny n lot destroy vb smite, throw down, tear down, wrack, wreck, fordo, forlese (pt -lore, pp. -lorn) destruction n wrack, wipeout detective n sleuth, bloodhound deteriorate vb worsen, get worse detest vb hate, loathe devalue vb downworthe develop vb grow, build, unfold developed, poorly adj wan-thriven development n becoming, unfolding, growth developmental adj becomesome, growthsome devious adj underhand devour vb eat dexterity n deftness, sleight, handcleverness dexterous adj deft, skillful diabolic n devilish diacritic n tittle diagonal adj aslant, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, aslope dialect n byleid diarrhoea n skitter diary n daybook dictator n strongman dictionary n wordbook difference n unlikeness, anotherness different adj unlike different adv other, otherwise differently adv otherwise difficult adj hard, tough, unyielding, burdensome diffident adj shy digit n finger, toe dignity n worth, selfworth dilapidated adj tumbledown diligence n hard work, graft, carefulness diligent adj hardworking, careful diminish vb lessen diminutive adj small, little dimorphism n twayshapenness. dinosaur n forebird diocese n bishopric, bishopshire direct adj straight, straightforward, forthright, blunt direct vb lead dis- pref mis- disable vb cripple, afounder, to make lame disabled adj handicapped, lame, halt disadvantage n drawback, downside disadvantaged adj handicapped, hindered disappear vb unkythe, unsighten, fordwindle disappoint vb sadden, let down, balk, cast down, hinder, thwart discard vb throw away, ditch disclose vb bare, show, tell disconcerting adj offputting, upsetting discontinue vb end discourse n talk, speech discourse vb talk, speak discover vb find, come upon, happen upon discovery n find, finding discuss vb talk anent disease n sickness, illness disease, skin n tetter disfigure vb mar disgrace n & vb shame, shend disgusting adj wlatsome, foul, gruesome, ghastly dish n bowl disinclined adj loath disinfect vb unsmittle disinfectant adj unsmittlesome disinfectant n unsmittler dislike vb mislike dismember vb alithe dismiss vb snub, slight, sack, fire disobedient adj hardheaded, stubborn, wayward disperse vb scatter displace vb uproot disposable adj throwaway disprove vb belie disqualify vb unfit disregard vb overlook, forheed disruption n upheaval dissect vb cut up dissolution n breakup distance n span, stretch, farness distant1 adj aferron, far, faraway, far off, distant2 adj aloof, standoffish distort vb bewray, warp distract vb forstraught, mislead, bewilder, unsettle distracted adj forstraught distraught adj overstraught distress vb harrow distribute vb hand out, give out, fordeal district n riding, leet distrust vb forthink, mistrust disturb vb stir disturbance n roughhouse, stirring diurnal adj daily, dayish diverse adj manifold, sundry, manikind divide n split divide vb split, sunder, share divine adj godly, holy deoxyribonucleic acid n lifetwine doctor, medical n healer, healthsmith, leech document n writ domestic n house domesticate vb tame, houseteach donate vb bestow, give donation n gift dormant adj sleeping dormitory n sleepstow, bedroom dorsal adj back double n twosome, twin double vb twicen, twicefold, twofold doubt n qualm, twining douse vb drench dozen adj twelve, fig tens draconian adj harsh, tight, overbearing dramatist n playwright dress vb clothe, trim, ready, don, doff dual adj twin, twofold dub vb name, call due adj owing duel n twifight, twistruggle duke n alderman during prep throughout, bewhile duvet n bedspread, eiderdown