Words in the D Category

dirt stands for disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people, the state of being covered with unclean things, the part of the earth’’s surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock, obscene terms for feces, (of roads) not leveled or drained ,unsuitable for all year travel

Deng Xiaoping stands for Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997)

dressing gown stands for a robe worn before dressing or while lounging

depilate stands for remove body hair

disk operating system stands for an operating system that is on a disk

denationalise stands for put under private control or ownership

dextrorotation stands for rotation to the right

deaf-and-dumb person stands for a deaf person who is unable to speak

dorsiflexion stands for the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part)

Dungeness crab stands for small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America, small Pacific coast crab

documental stands for relating to or consisting of or derived from documents

dissonate stands for make harsh and unpleasant-sounding, be dissonant or harsh

Donnian stands for of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne

Denmark Vesey stands for United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)

dementedly stands for in an insane manner

deltoid tuberosity stands for a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches

Dayan stands for Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981)

dissociated stands for having had the relation broken

dyscrasia stands for an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body

Dred Scott stands for United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state

Department of Veterans Affairs stands for the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans

dishonorably stands for in a dishonorably manner or to a dishonorable degree, with dishonor, in a dishonorable manner

demimonde stands for a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

diva stands for a distinguished female operatic singer

dexterous stands for skillful in physical movements

dressed-up stands for dressed in fancy or formal clothing

dance music stands for a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing

Dasyurus quoll stands for a variety of dasyure

dead-on(a) stands for accurate and to the point

drawknife stands for a woodworker’’s knife to shave surfaces

diffuse nebula stands for a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust

disk access stands for memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored

Department of Housing and Urban Development stands for the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal

dizen stands for dress up garishly and tastelessly

dispose of stands for deal with or settle

dinner party stands for a party of people assembled to have dinner together

drive around stands for drive someone in a vehicle, drive without any particular aim

Dentaria stands for usually included in genus Cardamine

diacetylmorphine stands for a narcotic that is considered a hard drug

Dioscorea elephantipes stands for South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark

dissected stands for having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

depreciatory stands for tending to diminish or disparage, tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value

decrypt stands for convert code into ordinary language

drop-kick stands for score (a goal) by making a dropkick, drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal

danseur stands for a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina

disambiguate stands for state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from

defervesce stands for experience an abatement of a fever

dogtooth stands for a carved pyramidal ornament ,used in 13th century England, one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars, perennial woodland spring-flowering plant ,widely cultivated

disorder stands for a disturbance of the peace or of public order, condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning, a condition in which things are not in their expected places, bring disorder to, disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

dropkicker stands for a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground