4-letter words containing e, d
- dike — a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- dime — a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dine — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- dire — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- dite — a bit (usually used in negative constructions): I don't care a dite.
- dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- dobe — Doberman pinscher.
- doek — a square of cloth worn mainly by African women to cover the head, esp to indicate married status
- doer — a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does — a plural of doe.
- doge — an Internet fad or meme typified by an image of a dog of the Shiba Inu breed accompanied by very short phrases that humorously represent the dog's imagined thoughts and use the wrong modifiers or shortened word forms, as "such dignified" or "amaze.".
- dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- dome — Architecture. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. a domical roof or ceiling. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- done — past participle of do1 .
- dope — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- dose — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dote — to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.
- dove — an act or instance of diving.
- doze — to sleep lightly or fitfully.
- dper — /dee-pee-er/ Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that suits use this term self-referentially. *Computers* process data, not people! See DP.
- dree — tedious; dreary.
- dreg — dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- drek — excrement; dung.
- drew — simple past tense of draw.
- drey — The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree.
- dsee — Domain Software Engineering Environment
- dt&e — Developmental Test and Evaluation
- duce — a leader or dictator.
- dude — a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.
- duel — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- duet — a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- duke — Edward Kennedy ("Duke") 1899–1974, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
- dule — a state of suffering or misery
- dune — a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- dupe — duplicate.
- dure — hard; severe.
- duse — Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- duve — Christian René de [krees-tyahn ruh-ney duh] /krisˈtyɑ̃ rəˈneɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1917–2013, Belgian biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
- dwem — Dead White European Male
- dyce — Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- dyde — Obsolete spelling of died; past of die.
- dyed — Coloured or tinted with dye.
- dyer — John, 1700–58, British poet.
- dyes — Plural form of dye.
- dyke — an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
- dyne — A unit of force that, acting on a mass of one gram, increases its velocity by one centimeter per second every second along the direction that it acts.
- eads — James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- ebrd — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development