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English Word Dictionary

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dark-skinned

adjective · having skin rich in melanin pigments

Example: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

darkened

adjective · become or made dark by lack of light

Example: a darkened house

darkly

adverb · without light

Example: the river was sliding darkly under the mist

dart thrower

noun · a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear

dartboard

noun · a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts

dash down

verb · write down hastily

Example: She dashed off a letter to her lawyer

dash off

verb · write down hastily

Example: She dashed off a letter to her lawyer

date back

verb · belong to an earlier time

Example: This story dates back 200 years

date from

verb · belong to an earlier time

Example: This story dates back 200 years

daughterly

adjective · befitting a daughter

Example: daughterly affection

daunting

adjective · discouraging through fear

dauntingly

adverb · to a degree or in a manner that daunts

Example: dauntingly difficult

dauntlessly

adverb · without fear

Example: fearlessly, he led the troops into combat

david barnard steinman

noun · United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960)

daw

noun · common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery

day

noun · United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)

day by day

adverb · gradually and progressively

Example: his health weakened day by day

day-and-night

adjective · at all times

Example: around-the-clock nursing care

dazedly

adverb · in a daze; in a dazed manner

Example: he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much

de-ice

verb · make or become free of frost or ice

Example: Defrost the car window

de-ionate

verb · remove ions from

Example: ionate thyroxine

dead ahead

adverb · exactly ahead or in front

Example: the laboratory is dead ahead

deaf-mute

adjective · lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak

dealership

noun · a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

deamination

noun · removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound

debilitate

verb · make weak

Example: Life in the camp drained him

debouch

verb · pass out or emerge; especially of rivers

Example: The tributary debouched into the big river

decadent

adjective · marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

Example: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility

decamp

verb · leave suddenly

Example: She persuaded him to decamp

decapitate

verb · cut the head of

Example: the French King was beheaded during the Revolution

deceitfully

adverb · in a corrupt and deceitful manner

Example: he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend

deceive

verb · cause someone to believe an untruth

Example: The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

deceivingly

adverb · in a misleading way

Example: the exam looked deceptively easy

decelerate

verb · reduce the speed of

Example: He slowed down the car

decently

adverb · in the right manner

Example: please do your job properly!

decentralize

verb · make less central

Example: After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized

decentralized

adjective · withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities

Example: a decentralized school administration

decidedly

adverb · without question and beyond doubt

Example: it was decidedly too expensive

decipherably

adverb · in a legible manner

Example: you must write legibly

decisive

adjective · forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

Example: a critical point in the campaign

decisively

adverb · in an indisputable degree

Example: the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay

declaim

verb · speak against in an impassioned manner

Example: he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society

declaratory

adjective · relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

declare

verb · state firmly

Example: He declared that he was innocent

declared

adjective · made known or openly avowed

Example: their declared and their covert objectives

decolor

verb · remove color from

Example: The sun bleached the red shirt

decolorize

verb · remove color from

Example: The sun bleached the red shirt

decolourise

verb · remove color from

Example: The sun bleached the red shirt

decommission

verb · withdraw from active service

Example: The warship was decommissioned in 1998

deconcentrate

verb · make less central

Example: After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized

deconstruction

noun · a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning