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| czardas |
a Hungarian dance in two movements, the first slow and the second fast, or music for this dance. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow and somewhat idle. [1/3 definitions] |
| deadhead |
a slow-witted or dull person. [1/5 definitions] |
| dead march |
a slow, solemn piece of music, esp. a march played during a funeral procession. |
| decelerate |
to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down. |
| dense |
slow-witted; stupid. [1/4 definitions] |
| density |
slow-wittedness; stupidity. [1/4 definitions] |
| dilatory |
tending to delay; slow. [1/2 definitions] |
| dimwitted |
(informal) stupid or slow-thinking. |
| ding-a-ling |
(informal) a person who is considered stupid, slow-witted, or foolish. |
| dodo |
(informal) a person who is slow-witted or hopelessly old-fashioned. [1/2 definitions] |
| dogtrot |
a slow, steady trot like that of a dog. |
| draggy |
dull, slow-moving, lethargic, or monotonous. |
| dribble |
a slow, non-continuous flow of liquid; drip; trickle. [1/8 definitions] |
| drogue |
a parachute used to slow down a spacecraft or airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| duckweed |
any of various flowering plants that float freely on ponds and slow streams. |
| Dutch oven |
a heavy iron or enamel kettle with an arched lid, for the slow cooking of pot roasts, stews, or other dishes. [1/3 definitions] |
| glacial |
exceptionally slow, like the movement of a glacier. [1/5 definitions] |
| gradualism |
the belief, principle, or policy of attaining a change in something, such as political structure, through slow stages rather than drastic steps. |
| grave4 |
in music, slow and solemn. [1/2 definitions] |
| grind |
to slow down or stop with much difficulty or roughness. [1/12 definitions] |
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