Words in english starting with D

• delta iron — Noun – English ～ an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)
• driving iron — Noun – English ～ (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face
• dramatic irony — Noun – English ～ (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
• Digitaria ischaemum — Noun – English ～ a weed
• Dar al-Islam — Noun – English ～ areas where Muslims are in the majority
• do it — Verb – English ～ have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
• dhobi itch — Noun – English ～ fungal infection attacking moist parts of the body
• Dr. J — Noun – English ～ United States basketball forward (born in 1950)
• dinner jacket — Noun – English ～ semiformal evening dress for men
• dolman jacket — Noun – English ～ a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders
• donkey jacket — Noun – English ～ a short thick jacket; often worn by workmen
• double-breasted jacket — Noun – English ～ a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons
• dust jacket — Noun – English ～ a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
• Duncan James Corrow Grant — Noun – English ～ Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
• double jeopardy — Noun – English ～ the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution
• day jessamine — Noun – English ～ West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
• Diamond Jim — Noun – English ～ United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
• Diamond Jim Brady — Noun – English ～ United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
• disc-jockey — Verb – English ～ comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend"
• disk-jockey — Verb – English ～ comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend"

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