13-letter words containing da
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- damaged goods — a person considered to be less than perfect psychologically, as a result of a traumatic experience
- daman and diu — a union territory in W India: formerly a district of Portuguese India (1559–1961) then part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu (1961–87). Area: 112 sq km (43 sq miles). Pop: 158 059 (2001)
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- dance company — a group of dancers, usually including business and technical personnel
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
- dancing class — a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
- danse macabre — dance of death
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- dar es salaam — the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)
- dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
- dark internet — Also called dark Net, lost Net. the portion of the Internet that is hidden from search engines and cannot be accessed, as because the IP address is no longer working.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- darling range — a ridge in SW Western Australia, parallel to the coast. Highest point: about 582 m (1669 ft)
- darling river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Eastern Highlands and flowing southwest to the Murray River. Length: 2740 km (1702 miles)
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
- dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
- data modeling — (spelling) US spelling of "data modelling".
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- data striping — (storage) Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment. Data striping is used in some modern databases, such as Sybase, and in certain RAID devices under hardware control, such as IBM's RAMAC array subsystem (9304/9395). Data striping is different from, and may be used in conjunction with, mirroring.
- data transfer — (data) Copying or moving data from one place to another, typically via some kind of network (e.g. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, File Transfer Protocol) or local data connection (bus, SCSI, IDE, SATA).
- dataveillance — the surveillance of a person's activities by studying the data trail created by actions such as credit card purchases, mobile phone calls, and internet use
- date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
- dating agency — an agency that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
- dauntlessness — The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness.
- day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- day of infamy — December 7, 1941, on which Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II: so referred to by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech to Congress the next day, asking for a declaration of war on Japan.
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- daylight lamp — a lamp whose light has a range of wavelengths similar to that of natural sunlight
- daylight time — time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)