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dactylion(anatomy) The tip of the middle finger.daemonianAlternative form of demonian.daggermansomeone who uses a daggerdaimonianA daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.daimonionAlternative form of daimonian.dalbergin(organic chemistry) A neoflavonoid isolated from Dalbergia species.daledalinAn antidepressant drug of the 1970s, never marketed.dalradian(geology) A series of metamorphic rocks that are difficult to assign a position in the local stratigraphical sequencedamasceenAlternative form of damascene.damaskeenArchaic form of damascene.damasquinAlternative form of damascene.damnationThe state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.dancathonMisspelling of danceathon.dandelion(countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.dangerman(sports, British) A player on an opposing side who poses a significant threatdapabutanAn antiinfective drug.daphnetin(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.darexaban(pharmacology) An experimental drug that acts as an anticoagulant and antithrombotic.darnationUsed to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.darwinianAlternative letter-case form of Darwinian.daturilinwithametelindaybeacon(nautical) An unlighted sea mark typically used to identify navigable channelsdaycation(Canada, US) A single-day excursion or retreat.dazoxiben(organic chemistry, pharmacology) An orally active thromboxane synthase inhibitor.dealation(entomology) The shedding of wings.deathsman(obsolete) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.decalumenA unit of luminous flux equal to ten lumens.decapodanAlternative form of decapod.decathlonAn athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.deceleron(aviation) A two-part aileron that can be deflected as a unit to provide roll control, or split open to act as an air brake.deceptionAn instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.decessionThe reverse, or building up opposed to a recession.dechorionTo remove a choriondecillion(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 10³³.decoctionAn extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.decoralin(biochemistry) A peptide present in the venom of the wasp Oreumenes decoratusdecretionThe act of decreasing.decursion(obsolete) A flowing.deductionThat which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.deepdrawnpast participle of deepdrawdefectionAn act or incidence of defecting.deflationAn act or instance of deflating.deflexion(chiefly British) Dated spelling of deflection.defluxion(medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.degenerin(biochemistry) A mechanosensory protein that forms an epithelial sodium channeldeizationProcess of making deistic.dejectionA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.delapsion(archaic) A falling down or out of place; prolapse.delectionA feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction.delphininAlternative form of delphinine.deltacron(medicine, informal, neologism) A double infection of the Delta variant and Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.demersionThe act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.demihuman(fantasy, mythology) A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.demission(archaic) Resignation; abdication.demnition(euphemistic, obsolete) Damned.demogeronMember of a demogerontia.demulsionSomething which has a soothing effect.denibulinA tubulin-binding drug.dentationFormation of teeth; toothed form.dentitionThe set of natural teeth of an individualdepattern(transitive) To brainwash so as to remove normal patterns of thinking and behaviour.depiction(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.depletionThe act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.depulsionexpulsion or repulsion.dermcidinAn antibiotic peptide secreted by human eccrine sweat glands onto the skin.descendin(biochemistry) An uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals.desertionThe act of deserting.desirudin(pharmacology) A synthetic recombinant form of hirudin.dessiatinAlternative form of dessiatina.dessyatinAlternative form of dessiatina.destruxin(toxicology) Any of a group of mycotoxins found in Metarhizium anisopliaedetailmanA sales representative for a pharmaceutical company.detectionThe act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.detensionMisspelling of detention.detention(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.detersionThe act of deterging or cleansing.detorsion(medicine, surgery) The reduction of torsion, such as in correction of volvulated bowel.detortion(dated) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.detritionattrition; erosion by frictiondetrusion(archaic) A downward out outward thrust.deviationThe act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.diablotinThe black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata, of Caribbean waters.diacereinA drug, used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, that works by inhibiting interleukin-1.diachylon(medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.diacodionAlternative form of diacodium.dialationMisspelling of dilation.diamictonA terrigenous sediment that is unsorted to poorly sorted and contains particles ranging in size from clay to boulders, suspended in an unconsolidated matrix of mud or sand.diandrian(botany) diandrousdiapausin(biochemistry) Any of a family of antimicrobial proteins present in several lepidopteran insectsdiaphorinA polyketide toxin produced by some bacteria that has cytostatic propertiesdiasporanOf or pertaining to a diaspora.dibekacin(pharmacology) An aminoglycoside antibiotic.dichorionA double choriondickbrain(vulgar, slang, derogatory or offensive) A contemptible person, or moron.dickstain(vulgar, derogatory or offensive, colloquial) Term of abuse.dictation(countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.dictyogen(botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.didactionThe act of teaching didactically; teaching in general.didendron(organic chemistry) A dendrimer containing two dendronsdiduction(obsolete) The act of drawing apart; separation.dietarianSomebody following a diet; a dieter.dieticianNonstandard spelling of dietitian.dietitianA person who studies or practices dietetics.difenoxin(pharmacology) A particular narcotic painkiller.difermion(physics, often attributive) Any combination of two fermions.diffusionThe act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.digestionThe process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.diginatinA particular steroid glycoside.digitalinAny of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that are used as cardiotonics.digitonin(organic chemistry) A glycoside, obtained from Digitalis purpurea, that is used as a detergent and whose aglycone is digitogenin.digitoxin(organic chemistry) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.dignation(obsolete) The act of thinking or treating as worthy; honour (especially of God).dignotion(obsolete) distinguishing mark; a diagnostic or dicernmentdigraphon(mathematics) The object obtained as the limit of a convergent sequence of directed graphs.dihalogen(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogendilection(dated) love; loving kindnessdimebolinA particular antihistamine drug with potential applications as a nootropic and neuroprotective.dimensionA single aspect of a given thing.dimentionMisspelling of dimension.diminazen(organic chemistry) A diamidine that binds DNA and RNA and is the acting component of diminazene aceturat drugs.dimission(obsolete, or masonry) permission to depart, or a dismissal.dimyarian(zoology, archaic) Like or relating to the Dimya.dineutronA particle consisting of two neutrons.dinobutonA particular fungicide.dinorphinAlternative form of dynorphin.dioceseanAlternative form of diocesan.diocesianRelating to a diocese.diocotronOnly used in diocotron instabilitydiodoquinSynonym of diiodohydroxyquinoline.dionychan(zoology) Any spider of the clade Dionycha.dionysianWild, irrational, undisciplined, orgiastic.dioscorin(biochemistry) The storage protein of yams (Dioscorea)diosgenin(organic chemistry) A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.diosmetin(biochemistry) An O-methylated flavone found in the Caucasian vetch.diospyrin(organic chemistry) The dimeric naphthoquinone 5-hydroxy-6-(5-hydroxy-7-methyl-1,4-dioxonaphthalen-2-yl)-7-methylnaphthalene-1,4-dionediperodonAn anesthetic drug.diphyllin(organic chemistry) The benzofuranone derivative 9-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-4-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-3H-benzo[f][2]benzofuran-1-onedirecshunEye dialect spelling of direction.directionA general trend for future action.direption(obsolete) The act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.dirtbrainA person of low intelligence.diruption(archaic) disruptiondisaposinA dimer of two (normally different) saposinsdisburden(transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.disbutton(transitive) To remove the button from (fruit).discisionMisspelling of discission.discoidinA protein domain associated with blood coagulationdiscommonTo exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land.discrimen(entomology) A visible dividing line where two structures come together.disectionMisspelling of dissection.disilicon(chemistry, especially in combination) Two silicon atoms in a compounddisofeninA diagnostic reagent.disogeninMisspelling of diosgenin.disordainTo defrock (a priest)dispotionObsolete form of disposition.disprison(transitive) To release from prison; to set at liberty.disprovenShown to be false.disseisin(law) The act of disseizing.disseizin(law) The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.distearin(organic chemistry) A diglyceride of stearic aciddisvirginTo take away the virginity of a persondiswarren(transitive) To deprive (land) of the character of a warren.disweapon(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.dithianonA particular fungicide.ditrysianAny moth of the order Ditrysiadiversion(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.divulsionThe act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.dodecagon(geometry) A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.doggerman(historical, nautical) A sailor who worked on a dogger (two-masted fishing vessel).donkeymanThe person who operates a donkey engine.doorchainAlternative form of door chain.doorwomanThe female equivalent of a doorman.dormitionThe process of falling asleep.dorsmaninAny of a class of prenylflavonoids found in Dorstenia mannii.dosulepinA particular tricyclic antidepressant.dothiepinFormer name for dosulepin.doubleton(mathematics, rare) A set containing precisely two elements.doxazocinAlternative form of doxazosin.doxazosin(pharmacology) A drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension. It is a derivative of quinazoline that acts to relax smooth muscle by combining with and blocking the activity of an alpha-receptor.doxorubinMisspelling of doxorubicin.draconianVery severe, cruel, or harsh.draftsmanUS standard spelling of draughtsman.draftsmenplural of draftsmandragonkin(fantasy) A person who is partly descended from dragon(s).dragqueenAlternative form of drag queen.drakeskinThe skin of a drake, or leather made from it.draywomanA female drayman.dreamsignSomething seen in a dream that can be used by the dreamer to recognise that they are dreaming.dregealinA particular steroid glycoside found in Dregea lanceolata.drilldownThe action of drilling down, or examining something at a higher level of detail.dropleton(physics) A quasiparticle, in the form of a quantum droplet of electrons and holes within a semiconductor, that shows some behaviour typical of a liquiddullaghanAlternative form of dullahan.dungmixen(obsolete, dialect) dung heapduocrinin(biochemistry) A form of secretinduralumin(metallurgy) An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.duramycinAny of a family of lantibiotics that bind phosphoethanolamine in the membranes of the target cells.dynamitin(biochemistry) A protein also known as dynactin subunit 2 involved in cellular transport.dynorphin(biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphindysbindin(biochemistry) dystrobrevin-binding protein in muscle cellsdysferlin(biochemistry) A protein that is linked with skeletal muscle repairdyshesion(pathology, cytology) A loss of ordered cohesion between cells.dystopianOf or pertaining to a dystopia.dytrophinMisspelling of dystrophin.