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dab(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.dad(informal) A father, a male parent.daf(music) A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.dagA dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.dahThe spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.dai(chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife.dak(South Asia) A dak bungalow.dalAny of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.damThe water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.dan(mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.daoAny of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.dap(West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.dar(UK, dialect) A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace.dasplural of da (“father”)dat(dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.dau(genealogy) Abbreviation of daughter or daughter of.dawA western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.dayThe time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.dba(business) Initialism of doing business as: used to indicate the public alias of a business legally constituted under a different name.dbh(botany) Initialism of diameter at breast height, a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree, measured at the supposed height above ground of an adult's breast (which varies according to local convention from 1.3 to 1.5 metres).dblAbbreviation of double.deb(informal) A debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).dec(cricket) declaredded(nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.dee(Northumbria) To do.defAbbreviation of definition.deg(mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree.deh(Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”).dei(Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”).dek(journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story.del(mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.demNonstandard form of them.denA small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.deo(informal, rare) deodorantdepClipping of department.derNonstandard form of there.des(medicine, colloquial) Desflurane.det(grammar) Abbreviation of determiner.devClipping of developer.dew(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.dex(physics and astrophysics) An order or factor of ten.dey(UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.dhaAlternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”).dibTo dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed.didsimple past of dodie(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.dif(slang) Alternative form of diff (“difference”).dig(transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.dih(African-American Vernacular, euphemistic, Internet slang, humorous, mildly vulgar) Filter-avoidance spelling of dick.dimNot bright or colorful.dinA loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.dipA lower section of a road or geological feature.dirAbbreviation of direction.dis(informal) Alternative spelling of diss.dit(UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).div(mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.dizA tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness.dkgdecagram; Abbreviation of dekagram; Alternative form of dag; A unit of mass of 10 grammes.dle(Internet, informal, chiefly in the plural, with "the") A short, daily web-based guessing game or puzzle, especially one of many played one after another.dmg(roleplaying games, video games) Abbreviation of damage.dndInitialism of do not disturb.dobA small amount of something, especially paste.doc(informal) A doctor.dod(Ulster) sulk, huffdoeA female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).dof(South Africa) Stupid; thick.dogA mammal of the family Canidae:doh(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.dol(medicine) The unit of measurement for pain.dom(BDSM) A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.don(UK) A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.doo(childish) feces, particularly that of a dog.dorAny of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.dotA small, round spot.dow(Northern England, dialect, obsolete) To be worth.doyDisdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.dozAbbreviation of dozen (a set of twelve).dpiInitialism of dots per inch.dryFree from or lacking moisture.dsoAlternative spelling of dzo.dstAbbreviation of destination.dtfAlternative letter-case form of DTF.duaAlternative spelling of du'a'.dub(transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.dud(informal) A failure of any kind.dugsimple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)duhA disdainful indication that something is obvious.dui(obsolete) plural of duodum(India, cooking) cooked with steamdunA brownish grey colour.duoTwo people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially:dupto open (a door, gate etc.)dur(music, obsolete) Major; in the major mode.dut(Hartlepool, Geordie) A snug woolly hat.dux(music) The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.dwtDeadweight ton; deadweight tonnage.dyeA colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.dzoA male hybrid of a yak and a domesticated cow.
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