Words in english starting with D

• dip — Noun – English ～ (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
• dip — Noun – English ～ a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
• dip — Noun – English ～ a brief immersion
• dip circle — Noun – English ～ a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)
• dip — Noun – English ～ a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
• diphenhydramine — Noun – English ～ antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness
• diphenylhydantoin — Noun – English ～ an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
• diphtheria — Noun – English ～ acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
• diphthong — Noun – English ～ a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
• diphthongise — Verb – English ～ change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic"
• diphthongize — Verb – English ～ change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic"
• Dentaria diphylla — Noun – English ～ North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
• Diphylla — Noun – English ～ vampire bats
• Dipladenia — Noun – English ～ genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
• Dipladenia boliviensis — Noun – English ～ shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
• diplegia — Noun – English ～ paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body
• diplococcus — Noun – English ～ Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
• diplodocus — Noun – English ～ a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America
• diploid — Adjective – English ～ of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells"
• diploid — Noun – English ～ (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

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