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- DRECKSTrash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
- DREICHExtending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
- DRIBTo cut off; chop off.
- DRIERAlternative spelling of dryer.
- DRILLTo create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- DRINKABLEAble to be drunk (as liquid).
- DRIPTo fall one drop at a time.
- DRIVELNonsense; senseless talk.
- DRIVINGpresent participle and gerund of drive
- DROILA drudge; a minion or servile worker.
- DROLLOddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
- DROOPYTending to droop; sagging; wilting.
- DROSSWaste or impure matter.
- DROUGHTA period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
- DROWA member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll. “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norweg
- DROWNTo die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
- DROWSA member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll. “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norweg
- DRUBCarbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
- DRUMA percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- DRUNKIntoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- DRUSEA rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
- DRYEROne who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
- DRYNESSA lack of moisture.
- DUCKTo quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- DUCKLINGA young duck.
- DUFFDough.
- DUIKERAny of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
- DULCIANA Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore
- DULLISHSomewhat dull; dull to a degree.
- DULYIn a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.
- DUMBUnable to speak; lacking power of speech.
- DUMPA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- DUNCHTo knock against; to hit, punch
- DUNGYResembling or characteristic of dung.
- DURALUMINAn alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.
- DURGANA dwarf; any undersized creature.
- DURGYSmall; undersized.
- DURINGFor all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
- DUSHTo strike or push violently; to strike with the horns; butt.
- DUSTYCovered with dust.
- DUTCHMANA piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
- DUTYThat which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- DUVETYNEA heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.
- DWAALA dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state
- DWALEBelladonna or a similar soporific plant.
- DWALMA swoon; a sudden sickness.
- DWANGA horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
- DWARFAny member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting
- DWILEA cloth for wiping or cleaning.
- DYKEAn earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
- DYSTONIAA disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.
- EACHAll; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- EAGERLYIn an eager manner.
- EALDORMANThe chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
- EARLA British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
- EARLAPThe ear lobe.
- EARLDOMThe rank of being an earl.
- EARLYAt a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
- EARNTo gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- EARNESTLYIn an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.
- EARTHENMade of earth or mud.
- EARTHLYRelating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.
- EARTHQUAKEA shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
- EARTHWOLFSynonym of aardwolf (“Proteles cristatus”).
- EARTHYResembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
- EARWAXA waxy substance secreted by the ear.
- EARWIGAny of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding
- EASELack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
- EASILYComfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
- EASTEREastern.
- EASTWARDThe direction or area lying to the east.
- EATENpast participle of eat
- EATERA person or animal who eats.
- EATHLYIn an eath or easy manner; easily; readily.
- ECHTProper, real, genuine, true to type.
- ECOTYPEA phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
- EDDYA current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- EELPOUTAny fish of the family Zoarcidae.
- EERIEInspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
- EGGSHELLThe shell around an egg.
- EGRETAny of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding seaso
- EIDENTBusy, industrious, diligent.
- EIDERAny of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
- EIGENVALUEA scalar λ, such that there exists a non-zero vector x (a corresponding eigenvector) for which the image of x under a given linear transformation A is equal to the image of x under
- EIGENVECTORA vector that is only scaled (not rotated out of its span) under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; given a linear transformation
- EIGHTEENThe cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
- EIGHTFOLDEight times as much; multiplied by eight.
- EIGHTYThe cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
- EINAOuch! (an exclamation of pain)
- EISHphew; whew; expressing resignation
- EISWEINice wine
- EITHERAny one (of two).
- EKINGThe act or process of adding.
- ELANDA genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
- ELATIVEIn Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a
- ELBOWThe joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
- ELDERcomparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
- ELDRITCHUnearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural.
- ELEPHANTA large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
- ELEVENTHThe ordinal form of the number eleven.