3-letter words containing d
- dea — Data Encryption Algorithm
- deb — A deb is the same as a debutante.
- dec — Digital Equipment Corporation
- ded — (in the Russian army) a soldier who has served two or three years
- dee — a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
- def — very good, esp of hip-hop
- deg — to water (a plant, etc)
- dei — by the grace of God.
- dek — Data Encryption Key
- del — the differential operator i(∂/∂x) + j(∂/∂y) + k(∂/∂z), where i, j, and k are unit vectors in the x, y, and z directions
- dem — a member of the Democratic Party.
- den — A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.
- dep — Deposit.
- der — Distinguished Encoding Rules
- des — Department of Education and Science
- det — diethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic drug
- dev — a software developer: a game dev; a web dev.
- dew — small drops of moisture, such as tears
- dex — a tablet of the drug Dexedrine
- dey — the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671–1830)
- dfa — Doctor of Fine Arts
- dfc — Distinguished Flying Cross
- dfd — Data Flow Diagram
- dfe — Department for Education
- dfm — Distinguished Flying Medal
- dfs — 1. (algorithm) Depth-First Search. 2. (file system) Distributed File System.
- dft — discrete Fourier transform
- dfu — Designated Fallen Union
- dgl — 1. Data Generation Language. A tool for generating test data for hardware or software systems. 2. Distributed GL.
- dgm — Damned Good Musicians
- dgr — Dancer Group Representative
- dha — District Health Authority
- dhb — District Health Board
- dhs — (in Canada) district high school
- di- — twice; two; double
- dib — to fish by allowing the bait to bob and dip on the surface
- did — Did is the past tense of do1.
- die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- dif — difference: What's the dif where you buy it, as long as you get it?
- dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- dil — Dual In-Line Package
- dim — DIM statement
- din — religion, especially the religious observances of a Muslim.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- dir — Direct.
- dis — lady; woman.
- dit — an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- diu — part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- div — Divergence (in mathematical equations).
- dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.