6-letter words starting with di
- dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- digamy — a second marriage, after the death or divorce of the first husband or wife; deuterogamy. Compare monogamy (def 3).
- digest — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- digged — a simple past tense of dig1 .
- digger — a person or an animal that digs.
- dights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dight.
- digits — a finger or toe.
- diglot — bilingual.
- digram — a sequence of two adjacent letters or symbols.
- diking — an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
- dikkop — (South Africa) A bird of the family Burhinidae.
- diktat — a harsh, punitive settlement or decree imposed unilaterally on a defeated nation, political party, etc.
- dilate — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- dildos — An object shaped like an erect penis used for sexual stimulation.
- dilled — a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- dillon — C(larence) Douglas, 1909–1979, U.S. lawyer and government official, born in Switzerland: Secretary of the Treasury 1961–65.
- dillys — Dili.
- dilogy — Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse.
- dilute — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
- dimate — (language) Depot Installed Maintenance Automatic Test Equipment. A language for programming automatic test equipment. It Runs on the RCA 301.
- dimble — (obsolete) A bower; a dingle.
- dimers — Plural form of dimer.
- diming — Present participle of dime.
- dimish — Archaic form of dimmish.
- dimity — a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- dimmed — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
- dimmer — a person or thing that dims.
- dimout — a dimming or reduction of the night lighting, as in a city, to make it less easily visible, as to enemy aircraft
- dimple — a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- dimply — a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- dimpsy — twilight
- dimwit — a stupid or slow-thinking person.
- dinant — a town in S Belgium, on the River Meuse below steep limestone cliffs: 11th-century citadel: famous in the Middle Ages for fine brassware, known as dinanderie: tourism, metalwork, biscuits. Pop: 12 719 (2004 est)
- dinard — a city in W France: seaside resort.
- dinars — Plural form of dinar.
- dincha — (eye dialect, informal) Didn't you.
- dindle — to tingle or vibrate, as with or from a loud sound
- dinero — a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- diners — Plural form of diner.
- dinful — noisy
- dinged — to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
- dinger — humdinger.
- dinges — the condition of being dingy.
- dingey — Alternative spelling of dinghy.
- dinghy — any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
- dingle — a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- dingus — a gadget, device, or object whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- dining — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- dinkey — a small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.
- dinkie — an affluent married childless person