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- CREATORSomething or someone which creates or makes something.
- CRUDEIn a natural, untreated state.
- CRUXThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- CRUXESplural of crux
- CYANIDEAny compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN anion.
- DAINTYElegant; delicately small and pretty.
- DAISA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit,
- DALEA valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
- DALESplural of dale
- DAMEUsually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- DAMESplural of dame
- DAMO
- DANGDamn.
- DANISHDanish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.
- DANKSthird-person singular simple present indicative of dank
- DANTES
- DAVENto recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
- DAVENSthird-person singular simple present indicative of daven
- DAYCH
- DEACONSplural of deacon
- DECAYSthird-person singular simple present indicative of decay
- DEETAbbreviation of detail.
- DEFIANTDefying.
- DEGASTo remove the gas from.
- DELIRIUMA temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations.
- DELTAAlternative letter-case form of Delta of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- DELTASplural of delta
- DELUGEA great flood or rain.
- DELUSIONAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
- DEMARKTo demarcate.
- DENG
- DENSITYThe amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).
- DESP
- DETAINERThe right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will; a type of custody.
- DEVIANTSplural of deviant
- DEVIOUSCunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
- DEVOUTDevoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
- DIABETESDiabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficie
- DIALOGUEA conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
- DIASPORAThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- DICEYFraught with danger.
- DICOTA plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.
- DINGYDark, dull.
- DIONE
- DIOR
- DIPLOMATSplural of diplomat
- DIREWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- DISTANCEAn amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- DIVERTTo turn aside from a course.
- DIVERTSthird-person singular simple present indicative of divert
- DOGEThe chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
- DOGESplural of doge
- DOGEYAlternative spelling of dogie.
- DOLUS
- DOMINOESplural of domino
- DONERDoner kebab.
- DOOZYSomething that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
- DORSEY
- DOUSETo plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
- DOUSEROne who, or that which, douses (extinguishes, especially with water).
- DOWELA pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper re
- DREN
- DRON
- 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
- DULES
- DULEY
- DUMPLINGA ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodl
- DUNESplural of dune
- DUNLAP
- DUNSHAlternative spelling of dunch.
- DUPEA person who has been deceived.
- DUPESplural of dupe
- DUVETA quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especia
- DWEEBA boring, studious, or socially inept person.
- ELDERSplural of elder
- ENAMELAn opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- ENAMELSplural of enamel
- ENTRAPTo catch in a trap or snare.
- ENVOYSplural of envoy
- EPICSplural of epic
- ESOP
- ESPIONAGEThe act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
- EULOGYAn oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- EVAPORATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of evaporate
- EVERTTo turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- EXILEThe state of being banished from one's home or country.
- FABLEDKnown only in fables; fictitious.
- FABLESplural of fable
- FACADESplural of facade
- FADEWeak; insipid; tasteless.
- FADEN
- FAGEN
- FAGET
- FAINOften followed by of: glad, well-pleased. Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative. Compelled or obliged to.
- FAINSthird-person singular simple present indicative of fain
- FANDOMThe fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
- FANKA pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
- FANKSplural of fank
- FANTASYThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
- FANTOMArchaic spelling of phantom.