7-letter words starting with da
- dashiki — a large loose-fitting buttonless upper garment worn esp by Black people in the US, Africa, and the Caribbean
- dashing — A dashing person or thing is very stylish and attractive.
- dashpot — a device for damping vibrations; the vibrating part is attached to a piston moving in a liquid-filled cylinder
- dassies — Plural form of dassie.
- dastard — a contemptible sneaking coward
- dasypod — an animal of the genus Dasypus, a type of armadillo
- dasyure — any small carnivorous marsupial, such as Dasyurus quoll (eastern dasyure), of the subfamily Dasyurinae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands
- datable — Able to be dated to a particular time.
- databus — the electrical pathway used to transfer data between components of a computer
- datacom — Data communications.
- datakit — (networking) A circuit-switched digital network, similar to X.25. Datakit supports host-to-host connections and EIA-232 connections for terminals, printers, and hosts. Most of Bell Laboratories is trunked together on Datakit. On top of DK transport service, people run UUCP for electronic mail and dkcu for remote login. ISN is the version of Datakit supported by AT&T Information Systems. Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, uses ISN for internal data communication.
- datapad — (science fiction) A small handheld device used to gather, send, process etc. data.
- dataria — the papal office that assesses candidates for benefices reserved to the Holy See
- dataset — Alternative spelling of data set.
- datavis — A dataflow language for scientific visualisation.
- datedly — in a dated or unfashionable manner
- datival — (in certain inflected languages, as Latin, Greek, and German) noting a case having as a distinctive function indication of the indirect object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
- datives — Plural form of dative.
- daturic — relating to the plants that belong to the genus Datura
- daubers — Plural form of dauber.
- daubery — the act or an instance of daubing
- daubing — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- daugava — Latvian name of Dvina.
- daumier — Honoré (ɔnɔre). 1808–79, French painter and lithographer, noted particularly for his political and social caricatures
- daunder — a walk or amble
- daunted — intimidated
- daunter — One who daunts.
- dauphin — In former times, the king and queen of France's oldest son was called the dauphin.
- dauties — a darling.
- dauting — to caress.
- david i — 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53) who supported his niece Matilda's claim to the English throne and unsuccessfully invaded England on her behalf
- davidia — any tree of the genus Davidia, esp Davidia involucrata, which is native to China and has white, dovelike flowers
- davidic — of or relating to the Biblical David or his descendants.
- dawbake — a foolish or slow-witted person
- dawcock — the male of the jackdaw
- dawdled — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
- dawdler — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
- dawdles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawdle.
- dawkins — Richard. born 1941, British zoologist, noted for such works as The Selfish Gene (1976), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), The God Delusion (2006), and The Greatest Show on Earth (2009)
- dawn on — If a fact or idea dawns on you, you realize it.
- dawning — gradually beginning to become light
- day bed — a narrow bed, with a head piece and sometimes a foot piece and back, on which to recline during the day
- day boy — a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- day job — the job that a person during the day to earn a living, as opposed to some more glamorous activity such as being a singer, dancer, actor, writer that they aspire to make their main source of income
- day man — a seaman who is a member of a deck gang.
- day off — A day off is a day when you do not go to work, even though it is usually a working day.
- day one — If something happens from day one of a process, it happens right from the beginning. If it happens on day one, it happens right at the beginning.
- day-glo — Day-Glo colours are shades of orange, pink, green, and yellow which are so bright that they seem to glow.
- day-old — having been in existence or alive for one day
- dayboat — a small sailing boat with no sleeping accommodation