Words in english starting with D

• David Low — Noun – English ～ British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
• Damaliscus lunatus — Noun – English ～ a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
• disseminated lupus erythematosus — Noun – English ～ an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms
• discoid lupus erythematosus — Noun – English ～ a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose
• Drosophyllum lusitanicum — Noun – English ～ perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco
• dasht-e-lut — Noun – English ～ a desert in eastern Iran
• Digitalis lutea — Noun – English ～ European yellow-flowered foxglove
• de luxe — Adjective – English ～ elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations"
• dwarf lycopod — Noun – English ～ tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America
• Dorothea Lynde Dix — Noun – English ～ United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
• desert lynx — Noun – English ～ of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia
• danse macabre — Noun – English ～ a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
• Decapterus macarellus — Noun – English ～ small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
• Douglas MacArthur — Noun – English ～ United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
• deus ex machina — Noun – English ～ any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
• diathermy machine — Noun – English ～ a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes
• dialysis machine — Noun – English ～ a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
• dishwashing machine — Noun – English ～ a machine for washing dishes
• Discina macrospora — Noun – English ～ a discina with a flat or saucer-shaped fertile body that is brown on the upper surface; has a short stalk; not recommended for eating
• Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii — Noun – English ～ European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple

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