6-letter words containing a, d
- durand — Asher Brown, 1796–1886, U.S. engraver and landscape painter of the Hudson River School.
- durant — Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- durban — a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- durbar — the court of a native ruler.
- durgan — (dialectal) A dwarf.
- durham — a county in NE England. 940 sq. mi. (2435 sq. km).
- durian — the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- durkan — (John) Mark. born 1960, Northern Irish politician; leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2001 to 2010
- durwan — A porter or doorkeeper.
- duryea — Charles Edgar, 1861–1938, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of automobiles and automotive devices.
- duvida — Ri·o da [Portuguese ree-oo duh] /Portuguese ˈri ʊ də/ (Show IPA) former name of Rio Roosevelt.
- dvaita — any of the pluralistic schools of philosophy.
- dvorak — Antonín [ahn-taw-nyeen] /ˈɑn tɔ nyin/ (Show IPA), 1841–1904, Czech composer.
- dwarfs — Plural form of dwarf.
- dwayne — a male given name.
- dyadic — of or consisting of a dyad; being a group of two.
- dyerma — Djerma.
- dynam- — dynamo-
- dynamo — A machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy; a generator.
- dynast — A member of a powerful family, especially a hereditary ruler.
- dystal — DYnamic STorage ALlocation. Adds lists, strings, sorting, statistics and matrix operations to Fortran. Sammet 1969, p.388. "DYSTAL: Dynamic Storage Allocation Language in FORTRAN", J.M. Sakoda, in Symbol Manipulation Languages and Techniques, D.G. Bobrow ed, N-H 1971, pp.302- 311.
- e-card — a greeting card chosen from a website by the sender, and sent by the site to the recipient as an email with a link back to the site to view the card: Personalize your e-card with a message and photograph.
- eadish — the growth (of grass) that remains or appears after cutting
- eadred — died 955 ad, king of England (946–55): regained Northumbria (954) from the Norwegian king Eric Bloodaxe
- eadwig — died 959 ad, king of England (955–57)
- eagled — Simple past tense and past participle of eagle.
- earbud — a small earphone that fits in the ear: the best earbuds for your cell phone.
- earned — Simple past tense and past participle of earn.
- ebitda — earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization
- echard — the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- eddaic — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- edessa — an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- edward — Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- edwina — a female given name: derived from Edwin.
- elands — Plural form of eland.
- elapid — (zoology) Any of many species of snakes of the family Elapidae, including the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes.
- elated — Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
- eliade — Mircea. 1907–86, Romanian scholar and writer, noted for his study of religious symbolism. His works include Patterns of Comparative Religion (1949)
- elodea — An aquatic plant of a genus that includes the ornamental waterweeds.
- Éluard — Paul (pɔl), real name Eugène-Émile-Paul Grindel. 1895–1952, French surrealist poet, noted for his political and love poems
- endart — (obsolete, rare) To throw or shoot out like a dart.
- endcap — A cap placed on the end of something.
- endear — Cause to be loved or liked.
- endian — (computing) Of a computer, storing multibyte numbers with the most significant byte at a greater (little-endian) or lower (big-endian) address.
- endura — (ecclesiastical history) A fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.
- enlard — To cover or dress with lard or grease.
- ennead — A group or set of nine.
- enodal — having no nodes
- erased — (of a head or limb) depicted as cut off in a jagged line.
- erhard — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1897–1977, German statesman: chief architect of the Wirtschaftswunder ("economic miracle") of West Germany's recovery after World War II; chancellor (1963–66)