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- DISMOUNTTo (cause to) get off (something).
- DISOBEYTo refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
- DISOBLIGEto be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
- DISORGANISETo make less organised; to reduce to chaos.
- DISORGANIZETo make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
- DISORIENTTo cause to lose orientation or direction.
- DISPARAGEInequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- DISPARAGEMENTThe act of disparaging, of belittling.
- DISPLACETo put out of place; to disarrange.
- DISPLACEMENTThe act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
- DISPROVETo prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
- DISPURVEYTo strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
- DISSECTIONThe act of dissecting.
- DISTAINTo stain, discolour or tarnish
- DISTINGUEFashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
- DISTRAITabsent-minded, troubled, distracted
- DISTRAITEAlternative form of distrait.
- DISTROUBLETo trouble greatly; to perplex.
- DIVERSIFYTo make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- DIVESTTo strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
- DIVOA male diva; a man with the traits characteristic of a typical diva.
- DIVORCEEA divorced person.
- DIZAINdecastich
- DJEMBEA large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
- DOBLAA historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.
- DOBLONObsolete form of doubloon.
- DOILYA small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.
- DOLCEA soft-toned organ stop.
- DOLENTESorrowfully, as if the player were mourning.
- DOLMENA prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
- DOLOMITEAn evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO3)2; it also exists as the rock dolostone.
- DOLPHINA carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
- DOMAINEA vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.
- DOMINEERTo rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize.
- DONATORDonor, one who donates.
- DONNAA lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
- DONOROne who makes a donation.
- DOPPIOHaving two shots of espresso.
- DORMITIVECausing sleep.
- DORMOUSEAny of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae. Glis glis (edible dormouse). Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse).
- DOSAGEThe administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
- DOSSIERA collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
- DOUANEA custom house.
- DOUANIERA French customs officer.
- DOUBLETA pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
- DOUBLUREAn elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.
- DOUBTTo consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
- DOUBTABLECapable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- DOUCA colobine Old World monkey, making up the genus Pygathrix.
- DOUCETA sweetened dish.
- DOUCHEA jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.
- DOUMThe doum palm.
- DOURINEcovering sickness
- DOUXSweet.
- DOWABLECapable of being endowed.
- DOWLEfeathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
- DRAGONETA small dragon.
- DRAPCloth.
- DRAWERAn open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
- DRESSAGEThe schooling of a horse.
- DRESSERAn item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- DROGUETA ribbed woollen dress fabric, a variety of rep.
- DROITA legal right or entitlement.
- DRUGGISTA manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
- DUBIOSITYThe state or characteristic of being dubious; a dubious assertion.
- DUCEAn authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini.
- DUELArranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- DUENDEA small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
- DUETA musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
- DUNDERThe lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.
- DUNGManure; animal excrement.
- DUOMOA cathedral, or a cathedral-like building, especially one in Italy.
- DUPLICATUREA doubling; a fold, especially of a membrane.
- DURANCEImprisonment; forced confinement.
- DURANTAlternative form of durance (“duration”)
- DURANTSAlternative form of durance (“duration”)
- EAGLEWOODSynonym of agarwood.
- EAGLEWOODSSynonym of agarwood.
- EASEMENTAn interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to someth
- EASYComfortable; at ease.
- ECARTEA card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
- ECLATAlternative spelling of éclat.
- ECLOSIONThe emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
- ECOLOGISTA scholar of ecology.
- ECONOMISTAn expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
- ECRUA beige colour.
- ECURIEA stable.
- EDICTA proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- EDULCORANTsweetening.
- EFFACETo erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
- EGALITYEquality.
- EGLOMISEGlass ornamented with gold foil.
- EIGNEeldest; firstborn
- ELABORATIONThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- ELANCETo throw like a lance; to hurl.
- ELENCHThat part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
- ELOGISTsomeone who pronounces an eloge or elogy.
- EMBARKTo go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
- EMBARKATIONThe act of embarking.
- EMBATTLETo arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.