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- DISPATCHTo send (a shipment) with promptness.
- DISPELTo drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
- DISPLAYA show or spectacle.
- DISPONETo convey legal authority to another.
- DISPUTABLEOf opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
- DISPUTATIVETending to dispute.
- DISPUTEAn argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
- DISRUPTTo throw into confusion or disorder.
- DISRUPTIONAn interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
- DISSECTIONThe act of dissecting.
- DISSEMBLETo disguise or conceal something.
- DISSEMINATETo sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
- DISSENTTo disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
- DISSIDENCEThe state of being dissident; dissent
- DISSIDENTIn a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
- DISSOCIATETo cease associating; To part.
- DISSOLUTIONThe termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
- DISSUADETo convince not to try or do.
- DISTANTFar off (physically, logically or mentally).
- DISTEMPERA viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
- DISTEMPERATEImmoderate, excessive.
- DISTENDTo extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
- DISTILTo exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- DISTINCTCapable of being perceived very clearly.
- DISTRACTTo divert the attention of.
- DISTRACTIONSomething that distracts.
- DISTRAINTo squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
- DISTRICTAn administrative division of an area.
- DISTURBANCEThe act of disturbing, being disturbed.
- DITTAYAn indictment; a charge.
- DITTOThat which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- DITTYA short, simple verse or song.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- DIUTURNALdurable, long-lasting
- DIVAGATETo wander about.
- DIVAGATIONStraying off from a course or way.
- DIVARICATETo spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
- DIVERGETo run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- DIVERGENCYSynonym of divergence.
- DIVERGENTGrowing further apart; diverging.
- DIVERSIONA tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
- DIVERSITYThe quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.
- DIVERTTo turn aside from a course.
- DIVERTICULUMA small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
- DIVINATOROne who practices or claims to practice divination; a diviner.
- DIVINEOf or pertaining to a god.
- DIVINEROne who foretells the future.
- DIVORCEThe legal dissolution of a marriage.
- DIVULGATETo divulge.
- DIVULGATIONThe act of divulging or publishing; publication.
- DIVULGETo make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- DIVULSETo pull apart forcibly.
- DIXIAn utterance signifying the end of a speech.
- DOCENTInstructive; that teaches.
- DOCILEReady to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- DOCILITYThe quality of being docile.
- DOCTORA physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in w
- DOCTORALRelating to a doctorate.
- DOCTORATEThe highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
- DOCTRINALOf, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.
- DOCTRINEA belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
- DOCUMENTAn original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof
- DOCUMENTARYOf, related to, or based on documents.
- DOGEThe chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
- DOGFISHAny of various small sharks Especially those from the family Squalidae A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae Scyliorhin
- DOGGERELOf a crude or irregular construction.
- DOGMATIZETo treat something as dogma.
- DOLENTSad, sorrowful.
- DOLIUMA large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods (especially wine an olive oil) in the ancient Western Mediterranean.
- DOMAINA geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- DOMESTICOf or relating to the home.
- DOMESTICALDomestic.
- DOMESTICATETo make domestic.
- DOMICILEA home or residence.
- DOMINATETo govern, rule or control by superior authority or power.
- DOMINATRIXA dominating woman; a female dominator.
- DOMINELord; master.
- DOMINOA tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- DONATETo make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
- DONATIONA voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- DONATIVEBeing or relating to a donation.
- DONATORDonor, one who donates.
- DOOFUSA person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
- DORMANTInactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
- DORMITIONThe process of falling asleep.
- DORMITORYA room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- DORSALWith respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate. Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand. Produced using
- DORSUMThe back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
- DORTERA bedroom or dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- DOSSTo avoid work, shirk, etc.
- DOTALPertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower.
- DOTATIONThe act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this.
- DOUBLEMade up of two matching or complementary elements.
- DOUCESweet; nice; pleasant.
- DOUCEURSweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
- DOURStern, harsh and forbidding.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- DOWERThe part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
- DOWRYPayment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
- DOYENA commander in charge of ten men.