Words in english starting with D

• Defender of the Faith — Noun – English ～ a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since
• Darius the Great — Noun – English ～ king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)
• dinner theater — Noun – English ～ a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission
• dinner theatre — Noun – English ～ a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission
• Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens — Noun – English ～ fern of northeastern North America
• Dryopteris thelypteris — Noun – English ～ fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
• Doctor of Sacred Theology — Noun – English ～ a doctor's degree in theology; "STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor"
• Doctor of Theology — Noun – English ～ a doctor's degree in theology
• domino theory — Noun – English ～ the political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control
• Domenikos Theotocopoulos — Noun – English ～ Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
• dry-bulb thermometer — Noun – English ～ an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature
• divergent thinker — Noun – English ～ a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions
• divergent thinking — Noun – English ～ thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity
• Dylan Marlais Thomas — Noun – English ～ Welsh poet (1914-1953)
• Dylan Thomas — Noun – English ～ Welsh poet (1914-1953)
• doubting Thomas — Noun – English ～ someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)
• doubting Thomas — Noun – English ～ the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
• Dame Sybil Thorndike — Noun – English ～ English actress (1882-1976)
• difference threshold — Noun – English ～ the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
• differential threshold — Noun – English ～ the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect

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