One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
verb
(Scouting) Alternative form of dyb
To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
dic
did
did
verb
(nonstandard, especially Southern US, African-American Vernacular) past participle of do
simple past tense of do
die
die
noun
(obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
(semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
Any small cubical or square body.
Obsolete spelling of dye
The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
verb
(architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
(intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
(intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
(intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
(intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
(intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
(intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
(intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
(intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
(now rare) followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
(still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
(transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
(uncommon, nonstandard outside video games) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
(video games, slang) To lose a game.
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
followed by of; general use:
dif
dig
dig
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
(US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
(cricket) An innings.
(medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
(music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
(volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
A cutting, sarcastic remark.
A thrust; a poke.
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
The occupation of digging for gold.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
(dated slang) To understand.
(dated slang, transitive) To appreciate, or like.
(figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
(mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
(transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
(volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
To thrust; to poke.
dil
dim
dim
adj
(colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
(music) Clipping of diminished.
Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
Not bright or colorful.
noun
(archaic) Dimness.
verb
(intransitive) To become darker.
(transitive) To make something less bright.
To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
din
din
noun
(Islam) Alternative spelling of deen (“religion, faith, religiosity”).
A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.
verb
(intransitive) (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.
(intransitive) To make a din, to resound.
(transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.
(transitive) To repeat continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody.
(aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
(archaic) A dipped candle.
(birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
(bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
(colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
(computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
(dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
(finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
(geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
(informal) A diplomat.
(informal) A foolish person.
(turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
(uncountable) The moist form of snuff tobacco.
A dip stick.
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
A sauce for dipping.
A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
verb
(birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
(intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
(intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
(intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
(intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
(intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
(transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
(transitive) To immerse for baptism.
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
(transitive) To lower a light's beam.
(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
(transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
(transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
(transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
(transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
(transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
(transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
dir
dir
adj
Abbreviation of direct.
adv
Abbreviation of directly.
noun
(computing) Abbreviation of directory.
Abbreviation of direction.
Abbreviation of director.
dis
dis
det
(slang or pronunciation spelling) This.
noun
(Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
Alternative form of diss
verb
(informal) Alternative spelling of diss
dit
dit
adj
(Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.
noun
(information theory) decimal digit
(obsolete) A word; a decree.
(obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
verb
(UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
(obsolete) To close up.
diu
div
div
noun
(UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
(UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
(UK, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
(UK, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.
(mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
(military) A division.
(vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
(web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
Alternative form of daeva
dix
diy
diy
Noun
Do it yourself.
Verb
To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
Adjective
do-it-yourself
djs
djt
dkg
dkg
noun
decagram; Abbreviation of dekagram.; Alternative form of dag; A unit of mass of 10 grammes.
dkl
dkm
dks
dla
dlc
dlc
Noun
of; an expansion pack for a video game.
dle
dlg
dli
dll
dlo
dlp
dlr
dls
dls
noun
plural of dl
dma
dmd
dme
dmi
dmk
dml
dms
dmt
dmu
dmv
dmz
dna
dna
noun
Alternative form of DNA
dnb
dnc
dni
dnl
dnr
dns
dnx
doa
dob
dob
noun
A small amount of something, especially paste.
verb
(intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.
(slang, Northern Ireland) To play truant
(slang, chiefly Australia) To do one's share; to contribute.
(slang, chiefly Australia) To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.
(slang, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.
doc
doc
noun
(informal) A doctor.
(informal) A documentary.
(informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.
Clipping of doctorate.
dod
dod
noun
(Ireland) lump
(Ulster) sulk, huff
verb
(transitive) to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off
doe
doe
adv
(African-American Vernacular, MLE) though
noun
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used).
A female hare.
A female kangaroo.
A female rabbit.
A female squirrel.
verb
Obsolete spelling of do
dog
dog
adj
(slang) Of inferior quality; dogshit.
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
(derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
(film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
(informal) Something that performs poorly.
(often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
(poker slang) Underdog.
(slang) A man, guy, chap.
(slang) A sexually aggressive man.
(slang, almost always in the plural) Foot.
(slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
The meat of this animal, eaten as food:
The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
verb
(intransitive, emerging usage in Britain) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
(intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
(transitive) To criticize.
(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
(transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
(transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
doh
doh
intj
Alternative form of d'oh (“expression of frustration”)
doi
doj
dol
dol
noun
(medicine) The unit of measurement for pain.
dom
dom
noun
A dominator (in sadomasochistic sexual practices), especially a male one.
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil
verb
(slang, online gaming or BDSM) To dominate.
don
don
noun
(MLE) Any man, bloke, dude.
A mafia boss.
A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
verb
(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
doo
doo
intj
(music) Used as a scat word in singing.
noun
(childish) feces, particularly that of a dog.
dop
dop
noun
(South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
(South Africa, slang). A drink.
(obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
A diving bird.
A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
verb
(South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
(South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
To dip or duck.
dor
dor
noun
(obsolete) a trick, joke, or deception
A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying
Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee
dos
dos
noun
(music) plural of do
plural of do
dot
dot
noun
(MLE) Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).
(MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
(US, Louisiana) A dowry.
(cricket, informal) A dot ball.
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
(obsolete) A lump or clot.
A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
A small, round spot.
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
prep
Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
verb
(colloquial) To punch (a person).
(transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
(transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
To mark by means of dots or small spots.
To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
dou
dov
dow
dow
noun
Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”)
Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”).
verb
(obsolete) To be of use, have value.
(obsolete) To be worth.
(obsolete) To have the strength for, to be able to.
(obsolete) To thrive, prosper.
To furnish with a dower; to endow.
doy
doy
intj
Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
doz
doz
noun
Abbreviation of dozen. (a set of twelve)
dpa
dpc
dpe
dph
dpi
dpi
noun
Initialism of dots per inch.
dpm
dpn
dpp
dpp
Proper noun
Democratic Progressive Party
dps
dpt
dpw
dql
drd
dre
drg
dri
drp
drs
dru
dry
dry
adj
(Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
(aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
(figurative) Athirst, eager.
(fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
(humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
(law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
(masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
(sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
(wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
Free from or lacking moisture.
Lacking interest, boring.
Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
noun
(Australia) An area of waterless country.
(Britain, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
(US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
(chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
The process by which something is dried.
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
verb
(intransitive) To lose moisture.
(intransitive, informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
(transitive) To remove moisture from.
(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
dsa
dsc
dsd
dse
dsi
dsm
dsn
dso
dsp
dsp
Noun
digital signal processor
Digital Signal Processing
dsr
dss
dst
dsu
dsw
dsx
dtb
dtc
dtd
dte
dtf
dtf
adj
Alternative letter-case form of DTF
dtg
dth
dti
dtl
dtl
Noun
Delay-tolerant Networking
dtp
dtr
dtu
dua
dua
noun
Alternative spelling of du'a'
dub
dub
noun
(UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
(countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
(music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
(music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
(music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A key, especially a master key; a lockpick.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A lock.
(rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
(slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
(slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
(slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
(slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
(video games, Internet slang) A win.
Clipping of double-u.
verb
(golf) To execute a shot poorly.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To open or close.
(transitive) (now historical) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.
(transitive) To deem.
(transitive) To name, to entitle, to call.
To add sound to film or change audio on film.
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
To do something badly.
To dress a fishing fly.
To dress with an adze.
To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
duc
dud
dud
noun
(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
(informal) A failure of any kind.
(informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
(obsolete, informal) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
due
due
adj
Appropriate.
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
Owed or owing.
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
Scheduled; expected.
adv
(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
noun
(in plural dues) A membership fee.
Deserved acknowledgment.
Right; just title or claim.
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
dug
dug
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)
dui
dui
noun
(obsolete) plural of duo
dum
dum
adj
(India, cooking) cooked with steam
(nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of dumb.
Pronunciation spelling of damn.
intj
Syllable used when humming a tune.
dun
dun
adj
Of a brownish grey colour.
intj
Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.
noun
(archeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
(countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
(countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
A brownish grey colour.
A mound or small hill.
Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”)
An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
An urgent request or demand of payment.
verb
(nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do
(nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.
(transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
(transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
(transitive, dated) To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.
duo
duo
noun
A song in two parts; a duet.
Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
Any pair of two people.
Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.
dup
dup
verb
to open (a door, gate etc.)
dur
dur
adj
(music, obsolete) Major; in the major mode.
dut
dut
noun
(Hartlepool) A snug woolly hat.
(Tyneside) A woollen hat with a rim underneath made famous by the character Benny in ITV's Crossroads.
duv
dux
dux
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
(historical) A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
(music) The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
dvc
dvm
dvs
dvs
Noun
of (a technique used to determine amorphous content of a material).