death knell
— Noun
– English
～ an omen of death or destruction
Dutch case-knife bean
— Noun
– English
～ tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
double knit
— Noun
– English
～ a knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitches
don't-know
— Noun
– English
～ a person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll; "70% in favor, 13% opposed and 17% don't-knows"
de Kooning
— Noun
– English
～ United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997)
Danish krone
— Noun
– English
～ the basic unit of money in Denmark
Diospyros kurzii
— Noun
– English
～ large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood
de l'Orme
— Noun
– English
～ French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570)
Dolichos lablab
— Noun
– English
～ perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
defense laboratory
— Noun
– English
～ a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense
day laborer
— Noun
– English
～ a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
day labourer
— Noun
– English
～ a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
Dalmatian laburnum
— Noun
– English
～ erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus
deep-laid
— Adjective
– English
～ secretly and carefully planned; "deep-laid plans"
Dalai Lama
— Noun
– English
～ chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
Davy lamp
— Noun
– English
～ an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
discharge lamp
— Noun
– English
～ a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas
Din Land
— Noun
– English
～ United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
dry land
— Noun
– English
～ the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"