6-letter words starting with da
- danton — Georges Jacques (ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk). 1759–94, French revolutionary leader: a founder member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793) and minister of justice (1792–94). He was overthrown by Robespierre and guillotined
- danube — a river in central and SE Europe, rising in the Black Forest in Germany and flowing to the Black Sea. Length: 2859 km (1776 miles)
- danzig — a rare variety of domestic fancy pigeon originating in this area
- daphne — any shrub of the Eurasian thymelaeaceous genus Daphne, such as the mezereon and spurge laurel: ornamentals with shiny evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
- daplex — ["The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX", D.W. Shipman, ACM Trans Database Sys, 6(1):140-173 (Mar 1981)].
- dapped — to fish by letting the bait fall lightly on the water.
- dapper — A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance, and is often also small and thin.
- dapple — to mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottle
- darbar — a hall in a Sikh temple
- darbys — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- darcys — a male given name.
- dardic — belonging or relating to a group of languages spoken in Kashmir, N Pakistan, and E Afghanistan, regarded as a subbranch of the Indic branch of the Indo-European family but showing certain Iranian characteristics
- darers — Plural form of darer.
- darest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of dare.
- darfur — a region of the W Sudan; an independent kingdom until conquered by Egypt in 1874; since 2003 conflict between the Janjaweed and rebel groups has left thousands dead and homeless
- dargah — the tomb of a Muslim saint; a Muslim shrine
- dargle — a wooded hollow
- darien — the E part of the Isthmus of Panama, between the Gulf of Darien on the Caribbean coast and the Gulf of San Miguel on the Pacific coast; chiefly within the republic of Panama but extending also into Colombia: site of a disastrous attempt to establish a Scottish colony in 1698
- daring — People who are daring are willing to do or say things which are new or which might shock or anger other people.
- darius — (Codomannus) died 330 b.c, king of Persia 336–330.
- darked — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- darker — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- darkey — (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
- darkie — darky.
- darkle — to grow dark; darken
- darkly — so as to appear dark.
- darlan — Jean Louis Xavier François (ʒɑ̃ lwi ɡzavje frɑ̃swa). 1881–1942, French admiral and member of the Vichy government. He cooperated with the Allies after their invasion of North Africa; assassinated
- darned — (intensifier)
- darnel — any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, esp L. temulentum, that grow as weeds in grain fields in Europe and Asia
- darner — a person or thing that darns.
- darren — a male given name.
- darrow — Clarence (Seward)1857-1938; U.S. lawyer
- darted — a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
- darter — any aquatic bird of the genus Anhinga and family Anhingidae, of tropical and subtropical inland waters, having a long slender neck and bill: order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, etc)
- dartle — to move swiftly and repeatedly
- dartre — any skin disease characterized by scabby or flaky skin, such as herpes or eczema
- daruma — a large red papier-mâché Japanese doll in the form of a seated potbellied Buddhist monk: considered a bringer of luck and prosperity.
- darvon — propoxyphene hydrochloride
- darwin — a port in N Australia, capital of the Northern Territory: destroyed by a cyclone in 1974 but rebuilt on the same site. Pop: 129 062 (2011)
- dasein — (philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence.
- dashed — made up of dashes: a dashed line down the middle of the road.
- dasher — someone or something that dashes
- dashes — Plural form of dash.
- dassie — another name for a hyrax, esp the rock hyrax
- dassin — Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- dastur — a Parsee chief priest.
- datary — the head of the dataria (deɪˈtɛərɪə ), the papal office that assesses candidates for benefices reserved to the Holy See
- datcha — a Russian country house or villa.
- daters — Plural form of dater.