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

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  • dollar/ˈdɒl.ə/nounA12 meaningsThe currency of the United States and several other countries.
  • domestic flightnounB2A flight that stays inside one country.
  • dominican republicnounB2Caribbean country of merengue, sharing the island of Hispaniola.
  • donation/dəʊˈneɪʃən/nounB2Money or goods given freely to help a cause.
  • donkey/ˈdɒŋ.ki/nounB2A grey animal like a small horse with long ears.
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Somebody who gives blood or an organ.
  • donor cardnounB2A card saying your organs may be used after death.
  • doodle/ˈduːdl̩/nounB22 meaningsAn absent-minded drawing made while thinking of something else.
  • doom/duːm/nounB2A terrible fate that cannot be avoided.
  • door/do(ː)ɹ/nounA12 meaningsA movable barrier you open to enter a room or building.
  • doorway/ˈdɔɹweɪ/nounB2The opening in a wall that a door fits into.
  • dormitory bednounB2One bed in a room shared with strangers.
  • dosage/ˈdəʊsɪd͡ʒ/nounB2How much medicine to take and how often.
  • dose/ˈdəʊ̯s/nounB22 meaningsThe measured amount of medicine taken at one time.
  • dot/dɒt/nounA22 meaningsA tiny round mark.
  • double/ˈdʌb.əl/adjectiveA25 meaningsTwice the usual size, amount or strength.
  • double agentnounB2A spy who is secretly working for both sides.
  • double bass/ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/nounB2The biggest and deepest of the bowed string instruments.
  • double shiftnounB2Working both the midday and the evening service.
  • double tracknounB2A line with separate rails for each direction.
  • double-crossverbB22 meaningsTo betray someone you had agreed to act with.
  • dove/dʌv/nounB22 meaningsA pale bird of the pigeon family, used as a symbol of peace.
  • down paymentnounB2The first sum paid, with the rest to follow.
  • downbeat/ˈdaʊnbiːt/nounC12 meaningsThe first and strongest beat of a bar.
  • downfall/ˈdaʊnfɔːl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe ruin of somebody who was riding high.
  • downtime/ˈdaʊntaɪm/nounB2+2 meaningsTime when a machine or system is not working or not in use.
  • draft/dɹɑːft/nounB25 meaningsAn early, unfinished version of a piece of writing.
  • drag/dɹæɡ/verbB18 meaningsTo pull something heavy along the ground behind you.
  • dragon/ˈdɹæɡən/nounA23 meaningsA huge winged reptile of legend that breathes fire.
  • drain/dɹeɪn/verbA25 meaningsTo let liquid run out of something, leaving the solid part behind.
  • drain covernounB2The grate over an opening that takes rainwater.
  • drama/ˈdɹɑːmə/nounA2+4 meaningsA serious play or film about strong feelings.
  • draught/dɹɑːft/nounC22 meaningsHow deep in the water a loaded boat sits.
  • dread/dɹɛd/nounB22 meaningsHeavy fear of something bad you know is coming.
  • dreamer/ˈdɹimɚ/nounB2Somebody whose plans run ahead of what is possible.
  • dress rehearsalnounB2The final practice, done exactly as the real thing.
  • dressmaker/ˈdɹɛsˌmeɪkɚ/nounB2Somebody who makes clothes for women.
  • dressmaker's dummynounB2A body-shaped form for fitting garments on.
  • drift/dɹɪft/verbB24 meaningsTo be carried along by a current of water or air.
  • drill bitnounB2The removable cutting piece fitted into a drill.
  • drilling/ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsRepeated practice until a skill becomes automatic.
  • drip/ˈdɹɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo fall in small drops.
  • drive/dɹaɪv/verbA29 meaningsTo control a car or other vehicle and make it move.
  • driver/ˈdɹaɪ.və/nounA14 meaningsThe person operating a car, bus, lorry, or train.
  • drizzle/ˈdɹɪzəl/nounB13 meaningsVery fine light rain.
  • drone/dɹəʊn/nounB1+4 meaningsAn aircraft with nobody on board, flown from the ground.
  • drought/dɹaʊt/nounB22 meaningsA long period with no rain.
  • drum/ˈdɹʌm/nounB15 meaningsA musical instrument you strike, made of a skin stretched over a round frame.
  • drunk/dɹʌŋk/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to think or move properly after too much alcohol.
  • dry cleaning bagnounB2The bag left in a room for clothes needing chemical cleaning.
  • duel/ˈˈd͡ʒuːəl/nounB2A formal fight between two people with matched weapons.
  • duet/djuˈɛt/nounB2A song or piece performed by two people.
  • dummy/ˈdʌmi/nounA23 meaningsA rubber teat given to a baby to suck.
  • dung/ˈdʌŋ/nounB2Solid animal waste.
  • duration/dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB2How long something lasts from start to finish.
  • dusk/dʌsk/nounB1+2 meaningsThe dim time after the sun has set and before darkness.
  • dust/dʌst/nounB14 meaningsFine dry powder made of earth, skin, fibres and other tiny particles, which settles on surfaces.
  • dust jacketnounB2The removable paper cover on a hardback.
  • dust sheetnounB2A cloth spread over furniture while work goes on.
  • duty/ˈdjuː.ti/nounB13 meaningsA task you have to carry out as part of your job. Mostly used in the plural.