Nouns

distributary

noun

a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and...

disulfiram

noun

a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoho...

disunion

noun

the termination or destruction of union

disyllable

noun

a word having two syllables

dithyramb

noun

(ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dion...

dittany

noun

Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammab...

diuresis

noun

increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid...

diuril

noun

a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of...

divergency

noun

an infinite series that has no limit

diversionist

noun

someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks

diverticulum

noun

a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (e...

diverticulitis

noun

inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (espec...

divertimento

noun

a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed for...

divestiture

noun

an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it...

divisibility

noun

the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided i...

divulgence

noun

the act of disclosing something that was secret or private

djakarta

noun

capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island...

djinni

noun

(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and belie...

dneprodzerzhinsk

noun

port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on t...

dobra

noun

the basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe

dobsonfly

noun

large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in th...

docetism

noun

the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that J...

dockage

noun

landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded an...

dockhand

noun

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

doctorfish

noun

surgeon fish of the West Indies

dodecagon

noun

a twelve-sided polygon

dodecanese

noun

a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea

dodgem

noun

a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a...

dodgson

noun

English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathema...

doeskin

noun

a fine smooth soft woolen fabric

dogbane

noun

any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocy...

dogcart

noun

a cart drawn by a dog

doggedness

noun

persistent determination

doggerel

noun

a comic verse of irregular measure

dogmatist

noun

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

dogtrot

noun

a steady trot like that of a dog

dogwatch

noun

either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm

dogy

noun

motherless calf in a range herd of cattle

doha

noun

the capital and chief port of Qatar

dolefulness

noun

sadness caused by grief or affliction

dolichocephalism

noun

the quality of being dolichocephalic

dollarfish

noun

any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

dolman

noun

a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders

dolmen

noun

a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upr...

dolour

noun

(poetry) painful grief

dolphinfish

noun

large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm...

dominie

noun

a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson

domitian

noun

Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother...

don

noun

the head of an organized crime family

donatist

noun

an adherent of Donatism