5-letter words starting with d
- devoy — Dame Susan (Elizabeth Anne). born 1964, New Zealand squash player; winner of the World Open Championship 1985, 1987, 1990, and 1992
- dewan — (formerly in India) the chief minister or finance minister of a state ruled by an Indian prince
- dewar — Donald. 1937–2000, Scottish Labour politician; secretary of state for Scotland (1997–99); first minister of Scotland (1999–2000)
- dewax — to remove wax from
- dewed — moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- dewey — John. 1859–1952, US pragmatist philosopher and educator: an exponent of progressivism in education, he formulated an instrumentalist theory of learning through experience. His works include The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916), and Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (1938)
- dexes — Plural form of dex.
- dexie — a tablet of the drug Dexedrine
- dhaka — the capital of Bangladesh, in the E central part: capital of Bengal (1608–39; 1660–1704) and of East Pakistan (1949–71); jute and cotton mills; university (1921). Pop: 12 560 000 (2005 est)
- dheas — dehydroisoandrosterone sulphate: a weak androgen produced by the adrenal cortex in both males and females
- dhikr — a meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a name of God is chanted rhythmically to induce a state of ecstasy.
- dhobi — (in India, Malaya, East Africa, etc, esp formerly) a washerman
- dhole — a fierce canine mammal, Cuon alpinus, of the forests of central and SE Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and rounded ears: hunts in packs
- dhols — Plural form of dhol.
- dhoni — A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
- dhoti — a long loincloth worn by men in India
- dhows — any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
- dhrop — Eye dialect of drop.
- dhtml — Dynamic HTML
- dhuti — a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- diact — an abbreviation of diactine
- diag. — diagram
- dials — Plural form of dial.
- diam. — diameter
- diana — the virginal Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon
- diane — a feminine name: dim. Di; var. Dianne
- diary — A diary is a book which has a separate space for each day of the year. You use a diary to write down things you plan to do, or to record what happens in your life day by day.
- diazo — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group, =N:N, or the divalent group, -N:N-
- dibai — Dubai.
- dibbs — money
- dibol — Digital Interactive Business Oriented Language. DEC, 1970. Fortran syntax with BCD arithmetic. Versions for PDP-8 and RT-11. ANSI X3.165-1988.
- diced — cut into small cubes
- dicer — to cut into small cubes.
- dices — (proscribed by some, rare) Plural form of dice, when
- dicey — Something that is dicey is slightly dangerous or uncertain.
- dicht — to wipe (something)
- dicks — Plural form of dick.
- dicky — a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress
- dicom — (medical, standard) (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. It conforms to the ISO reference model for network communications and incorporates object-oriented design concepts.
- dicot — a dicotyledon.
- dicta — dictum
- dicty — snobbish and pretentious
- didal — (obsolete) A kind of triangular spade.
- diddy — a female breast or nipple
- didie — diaper (def 1).
- didna — (Scotland) did not.
- didnt — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of didn't.
- didos — Plural form of dido.
- didst — do1
- diels — Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.