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 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 vb forestall deliberate adj willful, meaningful delight n gladness deluge n rainstorm, cloudburst demolish vb tear down demolition n wipeout demon n fiend, hellfiend, mare demonstrate vb show, forshow denigrate vb slight, belittle 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 depart vb'' leave departing n & adj 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 descend vb fall, come down, slope, bear descendent n offshoot, offspring, afterbear desecrate vb unhallow, downhallow describe vb tell of, speak of desert vb forsake deserving adj worthy designate vb earmark, mark, show, call, name, 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 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 diacritic n tittle diagonal adj aslant, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, aslope dialect n byleid diarrhoea n skitter diary n daybook dictionary n wordbook 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- disabled adj handicapped disadvantage n drawback disappear vb unkythe, unsighten, fordwindle disappoint vb sadden, let down 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 discovery n find, finding discuss vb talk anent disease n sickness, illness disease, skin n tetter 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 dismiss vb snub, slight, sack, fire disperse vb scatter displace vb uproot disposable adj throwaway disqualify vb unfit disregard vb overlook dissect vb cut up dissolution n breakup distance n span, stretch, farness distant1 adj faraway, far off, far 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 distrust vb forthink, mistrust disturb vb stir disturbance n roughhouse, stirring 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 document n writ domestic n house domesticate vb tame, houseteach donate vb bestow, give donation n gift dormant adj sleeping dormitory n sleepstow dorsal adj back double n twosome double vb twicen, twicefold, twofold doubt n qualm 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