English Words Starting With D

• daphnephoria

  nounC2
  /ˌdæfnɪˈfɔːrɪə/An ancient Greek festival or procession in honour of Apollo, involving the carrying of laurel branches.
• daphnia

  nounLow
  /ˈdæfniə/A small, freshwater crustacean of the genus Daphnia, commonly known as the water flea, often used as live food for aquarium fish and in scientific research.
• daphnis

  nounVery low
  /ˈdæfnɪs/A proper noun referring to a male name, specifically a shepherd in Greek mythology, son of Hermes and a nymph.
• daphnis and chloe

  nounC2
  /ˌdæfnɪs ən ˈkləʊi/The title of a classical Greek pastoral romance by Longus (2nd-3rd century AD), depicting the love story of a goatherd and a shepherdess.
• dapple

  adjectivenounverbverb-ambitransitiveLow Frequency
  /ˈdap(ə)l/To mark or become marked with spots or rounded patches of a different colour or shade, creating a mottled appearance.
• dapple-grey

  nounC2
  /ˌdæp.l̩ ˈɡreɪ/A horse (or occasionally other animal) whose coat is grey interspersed with darker grey or black spots or patches.
• dapsang

  nounExtremely Rare / Obsolete
  /ˈdæpsæŋ/An obscure, informal term referring to a lively, noisy celebration or gathering, often characterized by dancing, music, and revelry.
• dapsone

  nounLow
  /ˈdæpsəʊn/A synthetic sulfone drug used primarily as an antibacterial agent to treat leprosy and certain skin conditions.
• dar es salaam

  nounMedium (C1/C2+)
  /ˌdɑːr es səˈlɑːm/The largest city and former capital of Tanzania, located on the Swahili coast of the Indian Ocean.
• daraf

  nounExtremely Low / Obsolete
  /ˈdær.æf/A unit of elastance, equal to the reciprocal of a farad. It is the inverse of capacitance.
• darbies

  plural-nounVery Low / Archaic / Historical
  /ˈdɑːbiz/Handcuffs or shackles for the wrists, especially a type of iron handcuffs used historically.
• darby

  nounRare
  /ˈdɑːbi/A historical term referring to a type of rigid stretcher for carrying stones or bricks; slang for money.
• darby and joan

  nounC1
  /ˌdɑːbi ən ˈdʒəʊn/A happily married elderly couple contentedly living a simple, quiet domestic life together.
• darby and joan settee

  nounVery low (Archaic/Rare)
  /ˌdɑː.bi ən ˈdʒəʊn sɛˈtiː/A settee (sofa) for two people, intended for a long-married, affectionate couple.
• darbyite

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdɑːbɪʌɪt/A member of the Plymouth Brethren, a conservative Christian evangelical movement, especially one following the teachings of John Nelson Darby.
• darcy,

  nounC2
  /ˈdɑː.si/The derived unit of permeability for porous materials in geophysics and materials science, representing the permeability of a medium that allows the flow of one cubic centimetre of fluid per second under a pressure gradient of one atmosphere per centimetre, through a cross-sectional area of one square centimetre.
• dard

  nounExtremely Low / Non-existent
  /dɑːd/No meaning as a standard English word.
• dardan

  adjectivenounRare/Obsolete
  /ˈdɑːdən/A resident of or pertaining to the Dardanelles region or the ancient Dardanians.
• dardanelles

  nounLow
  /ˌdɑː.dənˈelz/A narrow, strategically important strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara, part of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
• dardanus

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdɑːdənəs/A figure from Greek mythology; the son of Zeus and Electra, and the legendary founder of the city of Dardania and ancestor of the Trojan royal line.

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