8-letter words starting with d
- dalglish — Kenny, born 1951, Scottish footballer: a striker, he played for Celtic (1968–77) and for Liverpool (1977–89): manager of Liverpool (1985–91; 2011–12), of Blackburn Rovers (1991–95), Newcastle United (1997–98), and Celtic (2000): Scotland's most-capped footballer (102 appearances, 1971–86)
- daliance — Obsolete spelling of dalliance.
- dallying — Present participle of dally.
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops
- dalriada — a former Gaelic kingdom (5th century ad–9th century ad) comprising Argyll, parts of the Inner Hebrides, and parts of modern Antrim
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- damagers — Plural form of damager.
- damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- damanhur — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)
- damascus — the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc. Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)
- damasked — a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
- damasken — Alternative form of damascene.
- damaskin — (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- damassin — a patterned damask usually with a floral design
- damastes — Procrustes.
- damavand — highest peak of the Elburz Mountains, N Iran: 18,934 ft (5,771 m)
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damehood — The fact or condition of being a dame.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damietta — a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre
- damn all — absolutely nothing
- damnable — You use damnable to emphasize that you dislike or disapprove of something a great deal.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- damnfool — (informal) Contemptibly foolish.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- damp off — (of plants, seedlings, shoots, etc) to be affected by damping off
- damp-dry — (of something, such as a garment, that has been drying) nearly dry but still damp
- dampened — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- dampener — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- danaides — the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- dancette — an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- dancical — a type of dance show in which choreographed performers dance to pop songs
- dandered — Simple past tense and past participle of dander.
- dandling — Present participle of dandle.
- dandriff — Archaic spelling of dandruff.
- dandruff — Dandruff is small white pieces of dead skin in someone's hair, or fallen from someone's hair.
- dandyish — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- dandyism — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- danegeld — the tax first levied in the late 9th century in Anglo-Saxon England to provide protection money for or to finance forces to oppose Viking invaders
- daneweed — an alternative name for a danewort
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers