Nouns in english starting with D

• dormer window — Noun – English ～ a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
• dormer window — Noun – English ～ the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window
• Duke of Windsor — Noun – English ～ King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
• Duchess of Windsor — Noun – English ～ United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
• dessert wine — Noun – English ～ still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal
• delta wing — Noun – English ～ an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle
• Drimys winteri — Noun – English ～ South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
• death wish — Noun – English ～ (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
• drug withdrawal — Noun – English ～ the termination of drug taking
• dyer's woad — Noun – English ～ European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
• disagreeable woman — Noun – English ～ a woman who is an unpleasant person
• downy wood mint — Noun – English ～ a variety of wood mint
• dry-wood termite — Noun – English ～ any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil
• dusky-footed wood rat — Noun – English ～ a wood rat with dusky feet
• downy woodpecker — Noun – English ～ small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill
• dusky-footed woodrat — Noun – English ～ host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
• dyer's woodruff — Noun – English ～ creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
• doo-wop — Noun – English ～ a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup
• deictic word — Noun – English ～ a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs; "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit
• dirty word — Noun – English ～ an offensive or indecent word or phrase

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