English Words Starting With D

• dwy

  nounVery Rare
  /dʊɪ/ (approximation for the Welsh element in place names)The word is not a standard English word. It is a recognized abbreviation and part of proper nouns.
• dx code

  nounLow (High within specific professional domains like healthcare administration, medicine, and medical billing)
  /ˌdiː ˈeks ˌkəʊd/A clinical diagnostic code used in medical classification systems, particularly in ICD (International Classification of Diseases) terminology, to represent a diagnosis.
• dyad

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈdaɪ.æd/A pair or couple; two individuals or units considered together as a single, interacting group.
• dyadic

  adjectivenounC2
  /daɪˈæd.ɪk/Relating to or consisting of a pair, or two people; involving an interaction between two individuals or elements.
• dyadic system

  nounLow (C1+ specialized vocabulary)
  /daɪˈæd.ɪk ˈsɪs.təm/A system or model based on a pair of elements, their relationship, and interactions.
• dyak

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdaɪæk/A member of an indigenous people of Borneo, especially one from the interior.
• dyarchy

  nounVery Low (C2+)
  /ˈdaɪɑːki/A system of government in which power is vested in two authorities or rulers.
• dyaus

  nounVery Low
  /djaʊs/The Proto-Indo-European sky god, reconstructed as the personified 'daylight sky' or 'heaven'; the Vedic Dyaus Pita (Sky Father), equivalent to the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter.
• dybbuk

  nounVery Low (C2)
  /ˈdɪbʊk/In Jewish folklore, a malicious wandering spirit that is believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, which can possess a living human.
• dyce

  nounC1
  /daɪs/The plural form of the noun 'die', referring to a small cube with spots on each side, used in games of chance.
• dye

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB1
  /daɪ/A substance used to change the colour of something, especially hair or fabric, permanently.
• dye sensitizing

  nounC1/C2 (Very low frequency)
  /daɪ ˈsɛnsɪtaɪzɪŋ/The process by which a dye compound is used to extend the light absorption properties of a material, making it sensitive to wavelengths of light it would not normally absorb.
• dye transfer

  nounLow
  /daɪ ˈtrænsfɜːr/A method of creating high-quality colour photographic prints by transferring individual cyan, magenta, and yellow dye layers from separate matrices onto paper.
• dyeing

  nounB1
  /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/The process of adding colour to materials, especially textiles, hair, or other substrates using dyes.
• dyeline

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈdaɪlaɪn/A diazo-based photocopying process producing blue or black lines on a white background, used primarily for engineering drawings and architectural plans.
• dyer

  nounC2
  /ˈdʌɪə/A person whose trade is dyeing cloth or other materials.
• dyer's moss

  nounRare / Technical
  /ˈdaɪəz mɒs/A lichen (Roccella tinctoria) historically used to produce purple and red dyes.
• dyer's rocket

  nounRare
  /ˈdaɪəz ˈrɒkɪt/A flowering plant (Reseda luteola) historically used to produce a yellow dye.
• dyer's woodruff

  nounVery low. Botanical/historical term.
  /ˌdaɪ.əz ˈwʊd.rʌf/A perennial plant (Asperula tinctoria) in the madder family, historically used to produce red and yellow dyes.
• dyer's-broom

  nounVery Low (C2+)
  /ˈdaɪ.əz bruːm/A yellow-flowered shrub (Genista tinctoria) historically used to produce a yellow dye.

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