8-letter words starting with D
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter D. This section showcases how D at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with D, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| daughter | 13 | a female human offspring | her daughter cared for her in her old age |
| drinking | 14 | the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | - |
| director | 11 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
| decision | 11 | the act of making up your mind about something | the burden of decision was his |
| distance | 11 | go far ahead of | He outdistanced the other runners |
| darkness | 13 | absence of light or illumination | - |
| directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
| dreaming | 12 | imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | - |
| disaster | 9 | a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | his policies were a disaster |
| delivery | 15 | recovery or preservation from loss or danger | - |
| district | 11 | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | - |
| divorced | 15 | of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved | - |
| designed | 11 | done or made or performed with purpose and intent | style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation |
| describe | 13 | give a description of | - |
| discover | 14 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | - |
| downtown | 15 | the central area or commercial center of a town or city | the heart of Birmingham's downtown |
| division | 12 | a group of ships of similar type | - |
| directed | 12 | manageable by a supervising agent | a directed program of study |
| dramatic | 13 | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | a dramatic sunset |
| dropping | 14 | coming down freely under the influence of gravity | the eerie whistle of dropping bombs |
| dressing | 10 | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | - |
| designer | 10 | someone who specializes in graphic design | - |
| deserved | 13 | properly deserved | - |
| delicate | 11 | difficult to handle; requiring great tact | delicate negotiations with the big powers |
| defeated | 13 | people who are defeated | the Romans had no pity for the defeated |
| doorbell | 11 | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | - |
| dialogue | 10 | a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | - |
| discount | 11 | an amount or percentage deducted | - |
| document | 13 | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | - |
| disgrace | 12 | a state of dishonor | - |
| declared | 12 | declared as fact; explicitly stated | - |
| daylight | 16 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | - |
| domestic | 13 | a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | - |
| deceased | 12 | someone who is no longer alive | - |
| dickhead | 19 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| disorder | 10 | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder |
| disguise | 10 | the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | he is a master of disguise |
| destined | 10 | (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | an old house destined to be demolished |
| dreadful | 13 | causing fear or dread or terror | a dreadful storm |
| disagree | 10 | be of different opinions | She disagrees with her husband on many questions |
| deadline | 10 | the point in time at which something must be completed | - |
| deserted | 10 | forsaken by owner or inhabitants | - |
| deceived | 15 | - | - |
| dragging | 12 | marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner | it was a strange dragging approach |
| dynamite | 14 | an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp | - |
| distract | 11 | draw someone's attention away from something | The thief distracted the bystanders |
| distress | 9 | psychological suffering | the death of his wife caused him great distress |
| disabled | 12 | having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness | - |
| dispatch | 16 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
| donation | 9 | act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity | - |
| dinosaur | 9 | any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era | - |
| database | 11 | an organized body of related information | - |
| dedicate | 12 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | - |
| discreet | 11 | heedful of potential consequences | a discreet investor |
| disposal | 11 | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | - |
| devotion | 12 | religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | - |
| detailed | 10 | developed or executed with care and in minute detail | a detailed plan |
| dripping | 14 | the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop | the constant sound of dripping irritated him |
| download | 13 | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
| definite | 12 | known for certain | it is definite that they have won |
| detected | 12 | perceived or discerned | the detected micrometeoritic material |
| disciple | 13 | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | - |
| drifting | 13 | continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | a drifting double-dealer |
| deciding | 13 | the cognitive process of reaching a decision | - |
| diabetes | 11 | a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
| doorstep | 11 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
| dominate | 11 | be greater in significance than | - |
| decorate | 11 | be beautiful to look at | - |
| diarrhea | 12 | frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | - |
| departed | 12 | well in the past; former | relics of a departed era |
| driveway | 18 | a road leading up to a private house | they parked in the driveway |
| downhill | 15 | sloping down rather steeply | - |
| doughnut | 13 | a toroidal shape | - |
| distinct | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | on two distinct occasions |
| detector | 11 | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | - |
| dominant | 11 | most frequent or common | - |
| deprived | 15 | marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity |
| drilling | 10 | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | - |
| defender | 13 | a fighter who holds out against attack | - |
| dumpster | 13 | a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste | - |
| drenched | 15 | abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | drenched in moonlight |
| decisive | 14 | forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | - |
| dictator | 11 | a ruler who is unconstrained by law | - |
| deranged | 11 | driven insane | - |
| dazzling | 28 | shining intensely | dazzling snow |
| drunkard | 14 | a chronic drinker | - |
| destruct | 11 | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | - |
| delusion | 9 | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary | - |
| drumming | 14 | the act of playing drums | he practiced his drumming several hours every day |
| dissolve | 12 | become weaker | - |
| dealings | 10 | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | he has always been honest is his dealings with me |
| demolish | 14 | destroy completely | the wrecking ball demolished the building |
| disperse | 11 | move away from each other | The crowds dispersed |
| denounce | 11 | to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | He denounced the government action |
| diplomat | 13 | an official engaged in international negotiations | - |
| detonate | 9 | cause to burst with a violent release of energy | - |
| doubting | 12 | marked by or given to doubt | - |
| duration | 9 | the property of enduring or continuing in time | - |
| democrat | 13 | a member of the Democratic Party | - |
| delicacy | 16 | lack of physical strength | - |
| diabetic | 13 | someone who has diabetes | - |
| disclose | 11 | reveal to view as by removing a cover | The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set |
| declined | 12 | - | - |
| deformed | 15 | so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | deformed thalidomide babies |
| decrease | 11 | a process of becoming smaller or shorter | - |
| doctrine | 11 | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | - |
| damaging | 13 | designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | - |
| detached | 15 | not fixed in position | the detached shutter fell on him |
| decipher | 16 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| dementia | 11 | mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | - |
| downfall | 15 | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | - |
| despised | 12 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
| demented | 12 | affected with madness or insanity | - |
| diameter | 11 | the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference | - |
| dwelling | 13 | housing that someone is living in | he built a modest dwelling near the pond |
| downward | 16 | extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | the downward course of the stream |
| doubtful | 14 | unsettled in mind or opinion | - |
| dangling | 11 | the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | - |
| draining | 10 | having a debilitating effect | - |
| disposed | 12 | (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | - |
| doomsday | 15 | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | - |
| desolate | 9 | reduce in population | - |
| depraved | 15 | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | depraved criminals |
| dictated | 12 | determined or decided upon as by an authority | the dictated terms of surrender |
| deathbed | 15 | the bed on which a person dies | - |
| dumpling | 14 | small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | - |
| dynamics | 16 | the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | - |
| doubling | 12 | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | - |
| daybreak | 18 | the first light of day | - |
| delegate | 10 | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | - |
| drainage | 10 | emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | - |
| deadbeat | 12 | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | - |
| dialysis | 12 | separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | - |
| dutchman | 16 | a native or inhabitant of Holland | - |
| divinity | 15 | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | - |
| depicted | 14 | represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | - |
| doorknob | 15 | a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | - |
| dividing | 14 | - | - |
| defining | 13 | any process serving to define the shape of something | - |
| diligent | 10 | quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | a diligent (or patient) worker |
| doghouse | 13 | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | - |
| daydream | 15 | absentminded dreaming while awake | - |
| diminish | 14 | decrease in size, extent, or range | - |
| dishonor | 12 | a state of shame or disgrace | he was resigned to a life of dishonor |
| delirium | 11 | state of violent mental agitation | - |
| diverted | 13 | pleasantly occupied | - |
| dominion | 11 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | - |
| donating | 10 | - | - |
| depleted | 12 | no longer sufficient | our funds are depleted |
| degraded | 12 | lowered in value | - |
| defiance | 14 | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude | - |
| deserter | 9 | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | - |
| duckling | 16 | flesh of a young domestic duck | - |
| distrust | 9 | the trait of not trusting others | - |
| disloyal | 12 | showing lack of love for your country | - |
| darkroom | 15 | a room in which photographs are developed | - |
| decently | 14 | in the right manner; correctly; suitably | - |
| diseased | 10 | caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | diseased tonsils |
| dominoes | 11 | any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | - |
| debating | 12 | - | - |
| decadent | 12 | marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay | a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility |
| dismount | 11 | alight from (a horse) | - |
| dopamine | 13 | a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension | - |
| dandruff | 16 | a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp | - |
| devilish | 15 | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | devilish schemes |
| diagnose | 10 | determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | - |
| dispense | 11 | give or apply (medications) | - |
| deceiver | 14 | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | - |
| demeanor | 11 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | - |
| disliked | 14 | regarded with aversion | he was intensely disliked |
| downside | 13 | a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | there is a downside even to motherhood |
| darkened | 14 | become or made dark by lack of light | a darkened house |
| dejected | 19 | affected or marked by low spirits | is dejected but trying to look cheerful |
| dulcinea | 11 | a woman who is a man's sweetheart | - |
| daunting | 10 | discouraging through fear | - |
| derelict | 11 | failing in what duty requires | derelict (or delinquent) in his duty |
| diffused | 16 | (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | - |
| disarray | 12 | bring disorder to | - |
| dirtiest | 9 | - | - |
| dialling | 10 | - | - |
| detainee | 9 | some held in custody | - |
| downpour | 14 | a heavy rain | - |
| drafting | 13 | the craft of drawing blueprints | - |
| dyslexic | 21 | having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | - |
| daiquiri | 18 | a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice | - |
| decoding | 13 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | - |
| dissuade | 10 | turn away from by persuasion | Negative campaigning will only dissuade people |
| discrete | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | a government with three discrete divisions |
| decrepit | 13 | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | - |
| disprove | 14 | prove to be false | The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories |
| deadlock | 16 | a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | - |
| divorcee | 14 | a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband | - |
| dipstick | 17 | a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level | - |
| deferred | 13 | - | - |
| dawdling | 14 | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | - |
| desiring | 10 | - | - |
| diagonal | 10 | a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | - |
| deviated | 13 | - | - |
| defecate | 14 | have a bowel movement | - |
| deadwood | 14 | someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded | - |
| desirous | 9 | having or expressing desire for something | desirous of high office |
| drugging | 12 | the administration of a sedative agent or drug | - |
| downcast | 14 | filled with melancholy and despondency | downcast after his defeat |
| dumbbell | 15 | an ignorant or foolish person | - |
| downwind | 16 | toward the wind | - |
| drawback | 20 | the quality of being a hindrance | he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan |
| doctoral | 11 | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | doctoral dissertation |
| doornail | 9 | a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | - |
| disputed | 12 | subject to disagreement and debate | - |
| divinely | 15 | by divine means | the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence |
| downtime | 14 | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) | - |
| deleting | 10 | - | - |
| demotion | 11 | act of lowering in rank or position | - |
| deflower | 15 | deprive of virginity | This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village |
| debonair | 11 | having a sophisticated charm | a debonair gentleman |
| devoting | 13 | - | - |
| dividend | 14 | a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
| dislodge | 11 | remove or force out from a position | The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums |
| dredging | 12 | - | - |
| deflated | 13 | brought low in spirit | left us fatigued and deflated spiritually |
| devising | 13 | the act that results in something coming to be | the devising of plans |
| damnable | 13 | deserving a curse | her damnable pride |
| dateline | 9 | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian | - |
| dilation | 9 | the act of expanding an aperture | the dilation of the pupil of the eye |
| drumbeat | 13 | the sound made by beating a drum | - |
| dismayed | 15 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| dallying | 13 | - | - |
| defector | 14 | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | - |
| deadlier | 10 | - | - |
| drooping | 12 | having branches or flower heads that bend downward | lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers |
| distaste | 9 | a feeling of intense dislike | - |
| displace | 13 | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | - |
| dogfight | 17 | disorderly fighting | - |
| dominick | 17 | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs | - |
| dampness | 13 | a slight wetness | - |
| decedent | 12 | someone who is no longer alive | - |
| detested | 10 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
| dyslexia | 19 | impaired ability to learn to read | - |
| dirtying | 13 | the act of soiling something | - |
| diskette | 13 | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | - |
| draughts | 13 | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | - |
| derision | 9 | the act of deriding or treating with contempt | - |
| despotic | 13 | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | despotic rulers |
| dizzying | 31 | - | - |
| downsize | 21 | design or manufacture in a smaller size | the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive |
| devalued | 13 | lowered in value | - |
| diabolic | 13 | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen |
| devoutly | 15 | in a devout and pious manner | she was devoutly Catholic |
| dossiers | 9 | - | - |
| dogmatic | 14 | characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | - |
| deafness | 12 | partial or complete loss of hearing | - |
| dauphine | 14 | - | - |
| drudgery | 14 | hard monotonous routine work | - |
| downturn | 12 | a worsening of business or economic activity | the market took a downturn |
| doughboy | 18 | an American infantryman in World War I | - |
| draughty | 16 | not airtight | - |
| defiling | 13 | - | - |
| derriere | 9 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
| deterred | 10 | - | - |
| dumbhead | 17 | - | - |
| deluding | 11 | - | - |
| diatribe | 11 | thunderous verbal attack | - |
| diazepam | 22 | a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning | - |
| diuretic | 11 | any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | - |
| doldrums | 12 | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | - |
| decanter | 11 | a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | - |
| decimate | 13 | kill in large numbers | - |
| deckhand | 19 | a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | - |
| deletion | 9 | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors |
| dingdong | 12 | go `ding dong', like a bell | - |
| dextrose | 16 | an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | - |
| duodenum | 12 | the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum | - |
| dynamism | 16 | the activeness of an energetic personality | - |
| disquiet | 18 | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | - |
| divulged | 14 | - | - |
| deadhead | 14 | a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way | the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible |
| demonize | 20 | make into a demon | Power had demonized him |
| duodenal | 10 | in or relating to the duodenum | duodenal ulcer |
| dulcimer | 13 | a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings | - |
| dreamily | 14 | in a dreamy manner | `She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily |
| dribbler | 13 | a person who dribbles | that baby is a dribbler; he needs a bib |
| dressage | 10 | maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
| downplay | 17 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
| doolally | 12 | - | - |
| deadened | 11 | devoid of physical sensation; numb | she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth |
| deposing | 12 | - | - |
| dethrone | 12 | remove a monarch from the throne | If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned |
| despatch | 16 | send away towards a designated goal | - |
| dunghill | 13 | a heap of dung or refuse | - |
| dumbness | 13 | the quality of being mentally slow and limited | - |
| duckbill | 17 | primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | - |
| druggist | 11 | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | - |
| divisive | 15 | dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | - |
| divining | 13 | - | - |
| diverged | 14 | - | - |
| doorpost | 11 | a jamb for a door | - |
| damndest | 12 | - | - |
| deepness | 11 | the extent downward or backward or inward | - |
| defacing | 15 | - | - |
| defaming | 15 | - | - |
| defusing | 13 | the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | - |
| dejeuner | 16 | a midday meal | - |
| dateless | 9 | having no known beginning and presumably no end | the dateless rise and fall of the tides |
| debasing | 12 | used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | - |
| demagogy | 16 | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace | - |
| dingbats | 12 | - | - |
| doubloon | 11 | a former Spanish gold coin | - |
| domicile | 13 | make one's home in a particular place or community | - |
| daffodil | 16 | any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown | - |
| darkling | 14 | (poetic) occurring in the dark or night | a darkling journey |
| deadbolt | 12 | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | - |
| deadness | 10 | the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events | in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away |
| digitize | 19 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer | he bought a device to digitize the data |
| dilating | 10 | - | - |
| diocesan | 11 | a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese | - |
| diaspora | 11 | the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | - |
| dynastic | 14 | of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty | - |
| druthers | 12 | the right or chance to choose | given my druthers, I'd eat cake |
| disrobed | 12 | - | - |
| disclaim | 13 | make a disclaimer about | He disclaimed any responsibility |
| downbeat | 14 | the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | - |
| dovecote | 14 | a birdhouse for pigeons | - |
| dogtooth | 13 | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | - |
| deafened | 13 | caused to hear poorly or not at all | - |
| debugger | 13 | a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors | - |
| derisive | 12 | abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | derisive laughter |
| deportee | 11 | a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | - |
| deputize | 20 | act as a substitute | - |
| detoxify | 22 | remove poison from | detoxify the soil |
| deloused | 10 | - | - |
| depilate | 11 | remove body hair | - |
| demoniac | 13 | of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | - |
| denoting | 10 | - | - |
| didactic | 14 | instructive (especially excessively) | - |
| deviance | 14 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm | - |
| devourer | 12 | someone who eats greedily or voraciously | - |
| duelling | 10 | - | - |
| dullness | 9 | the quality of being slow to understand | - |
| dwarfism | 17 | a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature | - |
| duchesse | 14 | - | - |
| drubbing | 14 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| disunity | 12 | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) | - |
| dovetail | 12 | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises | - |
| dockside | 16 | the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
| dockyard | 19 | an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
| doggedly | 15 | with obstinate determination | he pursued her doggedly |
| deriding | 11 | - | - |
| detritus | 9 | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | - |
| dilution | 9 | a diluted solution | - |
| devolved | 16 | - | - |
| dumpsite | 13 | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | - |
| dustcart | 11 | a truck for collecting domestic refuse | in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart |
| drowsily | 15 | in a drowsy manner | `Time to get up,' she said drowsily |
| drowsing | 13 | half asleep | it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor |
| dystopia | 14 | a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
| disburse | 11 | expend, as from a fund | - |
| disallow | 12 | command against | - |
| disabuse | 11 | free somebody (from an erroneous belief) | - |
| disjoint | 16 | separate at the joints | disjoint the chicken before cooking it |
| dishware | 15 | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | - |
| douching | 15 | - | - |
| dogsbody | 16 | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do | - |
| docility | 14 | the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable | - |
| doorstop | 11 | a stop that keeps open doors from moving | - |
| doorsill | 9 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
| doorjamb | 20 | a jamb for a door | - |
| dormouse | 11 | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
| dampener | 13 | a device that dampens or moistens something | he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them |
| deducing | 13 | - | - |
| decorous | 11 | according with custom or propriety | - |
| deadener | 10 | - | - |
| demobbed | 16 | - | - |
| demurely | 14 | in a demure manner | the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her |
| deniable | 11 | capable of being denied or contradicted | - |
| diffuser | 15 | baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | - |
| dilatory | 12 | wasting time | - |
| develope | 14 | - | - |
| deviltry | 15 | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | - |
| diatonic | 11 | based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music | - |
| dummkopf | 22 | - | - |
| duckweed | 19 | any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds | - |
| dwarfish | 18 | atypically small | - |
| dropkick | 21 | drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal | - |
| dressier | 9 | - | - |
| dubonnet | 11 | (trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif | - |
| djellaba | 18 | - | - |
| divvying | 19 | - | - |
| disfavor | 15 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
| drabbing | 14 | - | - |
| doggoned | 12 | - | - |
| dolomite | 11 | a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer | - |
| dairyman | 14 | the owner or manager of a dairy | - |
| damnably | 16 | in a damnable manner | kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent! |
| daringly | 13 | in an original manner | daringly he took the first step |
| deerskin | 13 | leather from the hide of a deer | - |
| debility | 14 | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | - |
| debutant | 11 | - | - |
| deriving | 13 | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | - |
| deponent | 11 | a person who testifies or gives a deposition | - |
| deprival | 14 | - | - |
| demiurge | 12 | a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe | - |
| demoting | 12 | - | - |
| digitise | 10 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer | - |
| dietetic | 11 | of or relating to the diet | - |
| diluting | 10 | - | - |
| dewberry | 17 | any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America | - |
| devonian | 12 | from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites | - |
| diastema | 11 | a gap or vacant space between two teeth | - |
| dummiest | 13 | - | - |
| duncedom | 14 | - | - |
| dunching | 15 | - | - |
| duncical | 13 | (used informally) stupid | - |
| duneland | 10 | - | - |
| dunelike | 13 | - | - |
| dungaree | 10 | a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | - |
| dungeons | 10 | - | - |
| dummying | 17 | - | - |
| dumosity | 14 | - | - |
| dumpbins | 15 | - | - |
| dumpcart | 15 | a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling | - |
| dumpiest | 13 | - | - |
| dumpings | 14 | - | - |
| dungiest | 10 | - | - |
| dungmere | 12 | - | - |
| dunnages | 10 | - | - |
| duopsony | 14 | - | - |
| duotones | 9 | - | - |
| dupattas | 11 | - | - |
| duperies | 11 | - | - |
| duplexed | 19 | - | - |
| duplexer | 18 | - | - |
| duplexes | 18 | - | - |
| duplying | 15 | - | - |
| duologue | 10 | a conversation between two persons | - |
| dunnakin | 13 | - | - |
| dunnarts | 9 | - | - |
| dunniest | 9 | - | - |
| dunnings | 10 | - | - |
| dunnites | 9 | - | - |
| dunnocks | 15 | - | - |
| dunshing | 13 | - | - |
| dupondii | 12 | - | - |
| dummerer | 13 | - | - |
| duellers | 9 | - | - |
| duellist | 9 | a person who fights duels | - |
| duelsome | 11 | - | - |
| duetting | 10 | - | - |
| duettino | 9 | - | - |
| duettist | 9 | - | - |
| duffings | 16 | - | - |
| duelists | 9 | - | - |
| duecento | 11 | - | - |
| ductings | 12 | - | - |
| ductless | 11 | not having a duct | ductless glands |
| ductules | 11 | - | - |
| ductwork | 18 | - | - |
| duddiest | 11 | - | - |
| dudgeons | 11 | - | - |
| dudheens | 13 | - | - |
| dudishly | 16 | - | - |
| dukedoms | 16 | - | - |
| dukeling | 14 | - | - |
| dukeries | 13 | - | - |
| dulliest | 9 | - | - |
| dumaists | 11 | - | - |
| dumbcane | 15 | - | - |
| dumbshit | 16 | - | - |
| dullards | 10 | - | - |
| dulcoses | 11 | - | - |
| dukeship | 18 | - | - |
| dulcetly | 14 | - | - |
| dulciana | 11 | the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality | - |
| dulcians | 11 | - | - |
| dulcites | 11 | - | - |
| dulcitol | 11 | - | - |
| dumfound | 15 | - | - |
| dweebier | 14 | - | - |
| dyestuff | 18 | a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair | - |
| dyeweeds | 16 | - | - |
| dyewoods | 16 | - | - |
| dynamise | 14 | make more dynamic | - |
| dynamist | 14 | - | - |
| dyesters | 12 | - | - |
| dyelines | 12 | - | - |
| dweebish | 17 | - | - |
| dwellers | 12 | - | - |
| dwindled | 14 | - | - |
| dwindles | 13 | - | - |
| dyarchal | 17 | - | - |
| dyarchic | 19 | - | - |
| dybbukim | 22 | - | - |
| dynamize | 23 | make more dynamic | She was dynamized by her desire to go to grad school |
| dynatron | 12 | - | - |
| dyspathy | 20 | - | - |
| dyspepsy | 19 | - | - |
| dysphagy | 21 | - | - |
| dyspneal | 14 | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | - |
| dyspneas | 14 | - | - |
| dyspneic | 16 | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | - |
| dyspnoea | 14 | difficult or labored respiration | - |
