English Words Starting With D

• dawah

  nounLow
  /ˈdɑː.wə/The act of inviting or preaching about Islam; Islamic missionary work or proselytism.
• dawbake

  nounObsolete / Extremely rare
  /ˈdɔːbeɪk/A traditional Scottish term, now obsolete, referring to a type of thick, hard cake, often baked on hearthstones.
• dawdle

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /ˈdɔːd(ə)l/To waste time; to be slow and idle in movement or action.
• dawes

  nounvery low
  /dɔːz/plural of daw, an archaic term for a jackdaw (a bird of the crow family, Corvus monedula).
• dawes plan

  nounVery Low
  /dɔːz ˈplæn/A financial agreement in 1924 to restructure Germany's World War I reparations payments.
• dawg

  nounlow
  /dɔːɡ/A deliberately informal or eye dialect spelling of 'dog', primarily used in African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and hip-hop culture.
• dawk

  nounVery low / Rare / Obsolete
  /dɔːk/A person who is both a dove (pacifist) and a hawk (militarist), especially in political contexts; someone with mixed or moderate views.
• dawkins

  nounLow (except in specific contexts)
  /ˈdɔːkɪnz/A proper noun referring to an individual with the family name Dawkins.
• dawn

  nounverbverb-intransitiveB2
  /dɔːn/The first light of day; the time of day when the sun begins to appear above the eastern horizon, marking the transition from night to morning.
• dawn chorus

  nounB2-C1
  /dɔːn ˈkɔːrəs/The concentrated singing of birds that occurs around sunrise.
• dawn horse

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdɔːn ˈhɔːs/The common name for Hyracotherium or Eohippus, an early, small, prehistoric ancestor of the modern horse.
• dawn patrol

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌdɔːn pəˈtrəʊl/A military or reconnaissance flight made at dawn; a group of people who regularly perform an activity very early in the morning.
• dawn raid

  nounC1/C2 - Specialised/Financial
  /ˌdɔːn ˈreɪd/A sudden, aggressive, and typically unexpected business acquisition or stock market manoeuvre executed early in the day.
• dawn redwood

  nounLow (Specialist/Botanical)
  /ˌdɔːn ˈrɛdwʊd/A deciduous coniferous tree (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) native to China, known for its fast growth, feathery foliage that turns bronze in autumn, and status as a living fossil.
• dawning

  nounC1
  /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/The time of day when light first appears in the sky, before sunrise; the beginning or first appearance of something.
• dawson

  nounLow
  /ˈdɔːs(ə)n/A surname of English and Scottish origin, sometimes used to refer to a person from a specific place or as a given name.
• dawson creek

  nounMedium (as a place name); High (in cultural/pop culture references)
  /ˈdɔːsən kriːk/A small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, serving as a regional hub and noted as Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway.
• dawsonite

  nounC1/C2 (Highly specialized technical term)
  /ˈdɔːsənaɪt/A specific white or colorless hydrous carbonate mineral (NaAlCO₃(OH)₂), primarily of interest in mineralogy and geology.
• dax

  nounLow
  /dæks/The term 'dax' is an acronym used primarily in business and technology contexts to refer to a major stock market index in Germany.
• day

  nounA1
  /deɪ/The period of approximately 24 hours during which the Earth completes one rotation on its axis, or the period of daylight between sunrise and sunset.

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