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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • dais/ˈdeɪ.ɪs/nounC2A low platform for a throne or a high table.
  • dalliance/ˈdælɪəns/nounC2A brief light-hearted romance, or idle delay.
  • damask/ˈdæm.əsk/nounC2A rich patterned cloth woven in one colour.
  • damp coursenounC2The barrier that stops wet rising up a wall.
  • dampen/ˈdæmpən/verbC22 meaningsTo make slightly wet.
  • damsel/ˈdæm.zəl/
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A young noblewoman, in old stories.
  • dandle/ˈdændəl/verbC2To bounce a small child gently on your knee.
  • dead dropnounC2A hiding place where two people leave things for each other.
  • deaden/ˈdɛdən/verbC2To take the life out of a sound or a feeling so that it is barely heard or felt.
  • debonair/ˌdɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/adjectiveC2Confident, stylish and charming.
  • decease/dɪˈsiːs/nounC2A person's death, in legal use.
  • decorous/ˈdɛkəɹəs/adjectiveC2Correct and dignified in behaviour.
  • decry/dɪˈkɹaɪ/verbC2To condemn something openly.
  • deductive/dɪˈdʌktɪv/adjectiveC2Reasoning from general principles to a particular conclusion.
  • defective/dɪˈfɛktɪv/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving a fault from the way it was made, so that it does not work properly.
  • deficient/dɪˈfɪʃənt/adjectiveC2Lacking something that is needed.
  • defile/dɪˈfaɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo make something sacred or clean unfit.
  • deflower/diˈflaʊ.ɚ/verbC2To take a woman's virginity, in old use.
  • defray/dɪˈfɹeɪ/verbC2To pay part or all of a cost.
  • deign/deɪn/verbC2To do something you consider beneath you.
  • deject/dɪˈdʒɛkt/verbC2To lower somebody's spirits.
  • deleterious/ˌdɛl.ɪˈtɪə̯.ɹi.əs/adjectiveC2Doing harm, often quietly and over time.
  • delicatessen/ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən/nounC2A shop selling fine cheeses, cold meats and prepared foods.
  • delineate/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/verbC2To describe or mark out the shape of something exactly.
  • delineation/diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/nounC2A precise mapping out of something.
  • dell/dɛl/nounC2A small wooded hollow in the ground.
  • demarcation/ˌdɛm.ɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounC2The marking out of a boundary or a division of responsibility.
  • demobiliseverbC2To release troops from service after a war.
  • demur/dɪˈmɜː/verbC2To raise an objection, mildly and politely.
  • demurragenounC2A charge for keeping a container or ship too long.
  • demystify/diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/verbC2To strip the mystery from a subject and make it plain.
  • denizen/ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/nounC2An inhabitant of a particular place.
  • denotation/ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC2The plain literal meaning of a word.
  • denote/dɪˈnəʊt/verbC2To be the sign or name for something.
  • denouementnounC2The final part where everything is explained.
  • denunciation/dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/nounC2A public condemnation of somebody or something.
  • depilatory/dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/nounC2A cream that dissolves hair at the surface.
  • depose/dɪˈpəʊz/verbC12 meaningsTo remove a ruler or leader from power.
  • deposition/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsSworn evidence taken down.
  • depravity/dəˈpɹævɪti/nounC2Deep moral corruption.
  • deprecate/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/verbC2To express disapproval of something.
  • depredation/ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/nounC2Damage done by plundering or by nature.
  • depressive/dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/adjectiveC2To do with long-lasting lowness of spirits.
  • derange/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To drive somebody out of their right mind.
  • derelict/ˈdɛr.ə.lɪkt/adjectiveC22 meaningsAbandoned and falling down.
  • derision/dɪˈɹɪʒən/nounC2Contemptuous mockery.
  • derisive/dɪˈɹaɪ.sɪv/adjectiveC2Showing open scorn.
  • descaleverbC2To remove the hard chalky deposit left by water.
  • descry/dɪˈskɹaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something far off.
  • despoil/dɪˈspɔɪl/verbC2To strip a place of its goods by force.
  • despondency/dɪˈspɒndənsi/nounC2Low spirits from a loss of hope.
  • desultory/ˈdɛs.əl.t(ə).ɹi/adjectiveC2Done without plan or steady interest.
  • determinism/dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/nounC2The view that everything is fixed by what came before.
  • deterrent/dɪˈtɛɹənt/nounC2Something kept in order to stop an enemy attacking.
  • detract/dɪˈtɹækt/verbC2To take away from the worth or effect of something.
  • deviant/ˈdiː.vi.ənt/adjectiveC2Departing sharply from what is accepted as normal.
  • devise/dɪˈvaɪz/verbC12 meaningsTo invent a clever plan or method.
  • diadem/ˈdaɪ.əˌdɛm/nounC2A jewelled band worn as a mark of royalty.
  • dialectic/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/nounC2Reasoning that tests an idea against its opposite.
  • diaphanous/daɪˈæf.ən.əs/adjectiveC2So fine and light that you can see through it.