dabchick |
any of various small diving birds belonging to the grebe family. |
da capo |
from the beginning; D.C. (used in music as a direction to repeat a passage). |
Dacca |
the capital of Bangladesh. |
dace |
any of various small freshwater fishes, similar to minnows. |
dacha |
in Russia, a country house. |
dachshund |
one of a German breed of small dogs having long bodies, very short legs, and drooping ears. |
Dacron |
trademark for a synthetic, wrinkle-resistant polyester fiber or fabric. |
dactyl |
in prosody, a metrical unit consisting of one accented or long syllable followed by two unaccented or short syllables, as in the words "syllable" and "honesty". [2 definitions] |
dactylography |
the study of fingerprints as a basis for identification. |
dad |
(informal) father. |
dada |
(sometimes cap.) a primarily European literary and artistic period of the early twentieth century characterized by cynicism, anarchy, and a rejection of convention. |
daddy |
(informal) father. |
daddy-longlegs |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) any of various spiderlike arachnids that have a small, rounded body and extremely long, thin legs; harvestman. |
dado |
in architecture, the section of a pedestal between the top and bottom moldings. [3 definitions] |
Daedalus |
in Greek mythology, an artist who made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from the Labyrinth in Crete. |
daemon |
a god or secondary deity. [3 definitions] |
daffodil |
a plant with bell-shaped, usu. yellow flowers on tall stems. [2 definitions] |
daffy |
(informal) silly, foolish, crazy, or weak-minded in mood or temperament. |
daft |
lacking good sense; insane; witless. [2 definitions] |
dagger |
a short, pointed, swordlike weapon with two sharp edges. [3 definitions] |