English Wordbook/D

Staff D of the English Wordbook.

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dairy n deyhouse, milkhouse 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 deceive vb mislead, geck, belie december n ereyule 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 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 defrost vb thaw deity n god delay vb forestall deliberate adj willful, meaningful delight n gladness demolish vb tear down demolition n wipeout demon n fiend, hellfiend, mare demonstrate vb show, forshow denigrate vb slight, belittle denigration n slighting, belittling denote n betoken dense adj thick dentist n toothsmith, toothdoctor denude vb unclothe, downclothe, get naked, strip of clothes, strip naked deny vb gainsay depart vb'' leave departing n & adj outgoing, waygoing, outward, outbound 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 describe vb tell of, speak of desert vb forsake desire vb crave, wish, lust, yearn, long, hanker (for, after), list desolate adj lonely, alone, friendless despair n hopelessness 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 devalue vb downworthe develop vb grow, build, unfold developed, poorly adj wan-thriven development n becoming, unfolding, growth developmental adj becomesome, growthsome devour vb eat dexterity n deftness, sleight, handcleverness diacritic n tittle 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 diligence n hard work, graft, carefulness diligent adj hardworking, careful dinosaur n forebird diocese n bishopric, bishopshire direct adj straight, straightforward, forthright, blunt direct vb lead dis- pref mis- disappear vb unkythe, unsighten, fordwindle 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 dish n bowl dislike vb mislike dismiss vb snub, slight disperse vb scatter displace vb uproot disposable adj throwaway disqualify vb unfit 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 divide n split divide vb split, sunder 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 throughout, bewhile