5-letter words starting with d
- damme — an exclamation of surprise or annoyance
- dammy — Alternative form of damme.
- damns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damn.
- damon — Matt. born 1970, US film actor and screenwriter. His films include Good Will Hunting (1997, which he co-wrote), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) and, from 2002, the Bourne series
- damps — Moisture diffused through the air or a solid substance or condensed on a surface, typically with detrimental or unpleasant effects.
- dampy — damp or moist
- danae — the mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visits her in the form of a shower of gold
- danby — 1st Earl of, title of Thomas Osborne. 1631–1712, English politician; Lord Treasurer (1673–78): regarded as the founder of the Tory party
- dance — If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- dancy — (of music) appropriate for dancing
- danda — A punctuation character (\u0964) used in the Devan\u0101gar\u012b script to mark the end of a sentence.
- dandy — A dandy is a man who thinks a great deal about his appearance and always dresses in smart clothes.
- dangs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dang.
- dania — a town in S Florida.
- danio — any brightly coloured tropical freshwater cyprinid fish of the genus Danio and related genera: popular aquarium fishes
- danna — (obsolete slang) Shit: human feces.
- danny — the hand (used esp when addressing children)
- dante — full name Dante Alighieri (Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice
- danza — A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dance.
- danzi — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1763–1826, German composer.
- daraf — a unit of elastance equal to a reciprocal farad
- darby — Abraham. 1677–1717, British iron manufacturer: built the first coke-fired blast furnace (1709)
- darcy — a unit expressing the permeability coefficient of rock
- dared — an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- darer — an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- dares — Plural form of dare.
- dargs — Plural form of darg.
- daric — a gold coin of ancient Persia
- dario — Rubén (ruˈβen), real name Félix Rubén Garcia Sarmiento. 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet whose poetry includes Prosas Profanas (1896)
- darke — Obsolete spelling of dark.
- darks — Plural form of dark.
- darky — an offensive word for a Black person
- darms — (language, music) A music language.
- darns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of darn.
- darpa — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- darts — any of various competitive games in which darts are thrown at a dartboard
- darzi — (in India) a tailor
- dashi — a clear stock made from dried fish and kelp
- dashy — intended to draw attention; showy
- dasyu — a member of the Asuras, survivors of the ancient culture of Harappa: defeated by Indra.
- datal — slow-witted
- datas — a plural of datum.
- dated — Dated things seem old-fashioned, although they may once have been fashionable or modern.
- datel — a British Telecom service providing for the direct transmission of data from one computer to another
- dater — a person who marks something with a date
- dates — the years of a person's birth and death
- datuk — (in Malaysia) a title denoting membership of a high order of chivalry
- datum — a single piece of information; fact
- daube — a braised meat stew
- daubs — Plural form of daub.