| damask steel |
see Damascus steel. |
| dame |
an honorific term used in the past for a woman in authority, such as a head of household. [3 definitions] |
| dame school |
an informal school common to Colonial New England in which rudimentary educational and social skills were taught to children by a woman in her home. [2 definitions] |
| damn |
to declare the immorality or unworthiness of; condemn. [11 definitions] |
| damnable |
deserving to be condemned. [2 definitions] |
| damnation |
the act of damning or condition of being damned. [2 definitions] |
| damnatory |
expressing, threatening, or causing condemnation. |
| damned |
condemned, esp. to hell. [4 definitions] |
| Damocles |
in Greek legend, a man who was placed under a sword that hung by a single hair, to learn of the perilous nature of a ruler's life. |
| damp |
slightly wet; moist. [8 definitions] |
| damp-dry |
to dry (laundry) partially so that some moisture is retained. |
| dampen |
to make moist. [3 definitions] |
| damper |
a person or thing that damps or dampens, esp. one that restrains or controls. [2 definitions] |
| damsel |
a young woman or maiden, esp., in the distant past, one of noble birth. |
| damselfly |
any of various insects resembling small dragonflies but having wings that fold over the body when they are at rest. |
| damson |
a species of plum tree. [2 definitions] |
| Dan |
according to the Old Testament, the fifth son of Jacob. [2 definitions] |
| Danaides |
in Greek legend, the daughters of Danaus, king of Argos, who murdered their husbands and were condemned in Hades to draw water forever with a perforated vessel. |
| Da Nang |
a port city in central Vietnam on the China Sea, site of an important U.S. military base during the Vietnam War. |
| dance |
to move the body in a rhythmic sequence, usu. in a prescribed fashion and usu. to music. [9 definitions] |
| danceable |
combined form of dance. |