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Croak(n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
(v. i.) To complain
(v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice
Croat(n.) A native of Croatia, in Austria
Crocein(n.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure
Crochet(n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton
(v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook
Crocidolite(n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda
Crock(n.) A low stool.
(v. i.) To give off crock or smut.
(v. t.) To lay up in a crock
Crocodile(n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
Crocodilian(a.) Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile
(n.) One of the Crocodilia.
Crocoite(n.) Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color
Crocus(n.) A deep yellow powder
Croesus(n.) A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth
Croft(n.) A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house
Cromlech(n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others
Crony(n.) A crone.
Crook(n.) A bend, turn, or curve
(v. i.) To bend
Croon(n.) A low, continued moan
(v. i.) To hum or sing in a low tone
(v. t.) To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self
Crop(n.) Anything cut off or gathered.
(v. i.) To yield harvest.
Croquet(n.) An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern
(v. t.) In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet
Crore(n.) Ten millions
Crosier(n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God
Cross(a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor
(n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties.
(prep.) Athwart
(v. i.) To be inconsistent.
(v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across
Crotch(n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc
(v. t.) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs in hauling.
Croton(n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
Crouch(v. i.) To bend down
(v. t.) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
Croup(n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing
Croustade(n.) Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.
Crouton(n.) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.
Crow(v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw
Croze(n.) A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.
Crucial(a.) Having the form of a cross
Cruciate(a.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross
(v. t.) To torture
Crucible(n.) A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
Crucifer(n.) Any plant of the order Cruciferae.
Crucifix(n.) A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross
Cruciform(a.) Cross-shaped
Crucify(v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of
Crude(superl.) Harsh and offensive, as a color
Cruel(a.) Attended with cruetly
Cruet(n.) A bottle or vessel
Cruise(n.) A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy
(v. i.) To inspect forest land for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield
(v. t.) To cruise over or about.
Cruller(n.) A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat.
Crumb(n.) A small fragment or piece
(v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers
Crummy(a.) Full of crumb or crumbs.
Crump(a.) Crooked
Crunch(v. i.) To chew with force and noise
(v. t.) To crush with the teeth
Crupper(n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards
(v. t.) To fit with a crupper
Crural(a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura
Crus(n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs
Crutch(n.) A forked stanchion or post
(v. t.) To support on crutches
Crux(n.) Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
Cruzado(n.) A coin.
Cry(v. i.) A loud utterance
(v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping
Crying(a.) Calling for notice
Cryolite(n.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses
Cryometer(n.) A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp. such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liquid of a lower freezing point than mercury
Crypt(n.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube
Crystal(a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal
(n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
Ctenoid(a.) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale
(n.) A ctenoidean.
Ctenophore(n.) One of the Ctenophora.
Cub(n.) A cupboard.
(v. t.) To shut up or confine.
(v. t. & i.) To bring forth
Cuban(a.) Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.
(n.) A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.
Cubature(n.) The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
Cubbyhole(n.) A snug or confined place.
Cube(n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
(v. t.) To raise to the third power
Cubic(n.) A curve of the third degree.
Cubiform(a.) Of the form of a cube.
Cubism(n.) A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below).
Cubit(n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger
Cuboid(a.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so
(n.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes
Cuckold(n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful
(v. t.) To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress
Cuckoo(n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
Cucumber(n.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked
Cud(n.) A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed
Cudbear(n.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.
Cuddle(n.) A close embrace.
(v. i.) To lie close or snug
(v. t.) To embrace closely
Cuddy(n.) A blockhead
Cudgel(n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand
(v. t.) To beat with a cudgel.
Cudweed(n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc
Cue(n.) A hint or intimation.
(v. t.) To form into a cue
Cuesta(n.) A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff
Cuff(n.) A blow
(v. i.) To fight
(v. t.) To buffet.
Cuirass(n.) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.
Cuish(n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.
Cuisine(n.) Manner or style of cooking.
Culicid(a.) Like or pertaining to the Mosquito family (Culicidae).
(n.) A culicid insect.
Culinary(a.) Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery
Cull(n.) A cully
(v. t.) To separate, select, or pick out
Culm(n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous
Culpable(a.) Deserving censure
Culprit(p. p.) One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.
Cult(n .) A system of religious belief and worship.
Culverin(n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.
Culvert(n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.
Cumber(v.) Trouble
(v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load
Cumbrous(a.) Giving trouble
Cumin(n.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway
Cummerbund(n.) A sash for the waist
Cumshaw(n.) A present or bonus
(v. t.) To give or make a present to.
Cumulate(v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap
Cumulative(a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions
Cumulus(n.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.
Cunctation(n.) Delay
Cunner(n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus)
Cunning(a.) Crafty
Cup(n.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
(v. t.) To apply a cupping apparatus to
Cupbearer(n.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master
Cupboard(n.) A board or shelf for cups and dishes.
(v. t.) To collect, as into a cupboard
Cupel(n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime)
(v. t.) To refine by means of a cupel.
Cupful(n.) As much as a cup will hold.
Cupid(n .) The god of love, son of Venus
Cupola(n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity
Cupping(n.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot
Cuppy(a.) Characterized by cup shakes
Cupreous(a.) Consisting of copper or resembling copper
Cupric(a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper
Cupriferous(a.) Containing copper
Cuprite(n.) The red oxide of copper
Cuprous(a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper
Cupulate(a.) Having or bearing cupules
Cupule(n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn
Cur(n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.
Curable(v. t.) Capable of being cured
Curacy(n.) The office or employment of a curate.
Curarize(v. t.) To poison with curare.
Curassow(n.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae
Curate(n.) One who has the cure of souls
Curative(v. t.) Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases
Curator(n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee
Curb(n.) A curbstone.
(v. i.) To bend
(v. t.) To bend or curve
Curculio(n.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera
Curcuma(n.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
Curd(n.) The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese
(v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened
(v. t.) To cause to coagulate or thicken
Cure(n.) Act of healing or state of being healed
(v. i.) To become healed.
(v. t.) To heal
Curfew(n.) A utensil for covering the fire.
Curia(n.) Any court of justice.
Curio(n.) Any curiosity or article of virtu.
Curl(n.) To deck with, or as with, curls
(v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken
(v. i.) To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair
Curmudgeon(n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow
Currant(n.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry)
Currency(n.) A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream
Current(a.) A flowing or passing
Curricle(n.) A small or short course.
Curriculum(n.) A course
Currier(n.) One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.
Currish(a.) Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur
Curry(n.) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices
(v. t.) To beat or bruise
Curse(v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses
(v. t.) An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury
Cursive(a.) Running
(n.) A character used in cursive writing.
Cursor(n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part
Curt(a.) Characterized by excessive brevity
Curule(a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot.
Curvature(n.) The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved
Curve(a.) A bending without angles
(v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction
Curvilinear(a.) Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines
Cuscus(n.) A soft grass (Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa
Cushion(n.) A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon
(v. t.) To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Cusk(n.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America
Cusp(n.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent
(v. t.) To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
Custard(n.) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Custodial(a.) Relating to custody or guardianship.
Custodian(n.) One who has care or custody, as of some public building
Custody(n.) A keeping or guarding
Custom(n.) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
(v. i.) To have a custom.
(v. t.) To make familiar
Cut(a.) Formed or shaped as by cutting
(imp. & p. p.) of Cut
(n.) A common work horse
(v. i.) To admit of incision or severance
(v. t.) To absent one's self from
Cutaneous(a.) Of pertaining to the skin
Cutaway(a.) Having a part cut off or away
Cute(a.) Clever
Cuticle(n.) A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Cutin(n.) A waxy substance which, combined with cellulose, forms a substance nearly impervious to water and constituting the cuticle in plants
Cutlass(n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy.
Cutler(n.) One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.
Cutlet(n.) A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.
Cutpurse(n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles)
Cutter(n.) A boat used by ships of war.
Cutthroat(a.) Murderous
(n.) One who cuts throats
Cutting(a.) Adapted to cut
(n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant
Cuttlefish(n.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey
Cutwater(n.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra)
Cutwork(n.) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed
Cutworm(n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground
Cuvette(n.) A cunette.
Cyanate(n.) A salt of cyanic acid.
Cyanic(a.) Of or pertaining to a blue color.
Cyanide(n.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.
Cyanine(n.) One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing
Cyanite(n.) A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color
Cyanogen(n.) A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds
Cyanosis(n.) A condition in which, from insufficient a/ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue
Cyanotype(n.) A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.
Cycad(n.) Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc.
Cyclamen(n.) A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbits' ears
Cycle(n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
(v. i.) To pass through a cycle of changes
Cyclist(n.) A cycler.
Cycloid(a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.
(n.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane
Cyclometer(n.) A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.
Cyclone(n.) A tornado.
Cyclopaedia(n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences)
Cyclopean(a.) Pertaining to the Cyclops
Cyclops(n. sing. & pl.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water.
Cyclorama(n.) A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature
Cyclosis(n.) The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a living vegetable cell.
Cygnet(n.) A young swan.
Cygnus(n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra
Cylinder(n.) Any hollow body of cylindrical form
Cylindrical(a.) Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface
Cylindroid(n.) A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line
Cyma(n.) A cyme.
Cymbal(n.) A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back
Cyme(n.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms
Cymogene(n.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum
Cymograph(n.) An instrument for making tracings of the outline or contour of profiles, moldings, etc.
(v. t.) To trace or copy with a cymograph.
Cymoid(a.) Having the form of a cyme.
Cymric(a.) Welsh.
(n.) The Welsh language.
Cymry(n.) A collective term for the Welsh race
Cynic(n.) One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple
Cynosure(n.) Anything to which attention is strongly turned
Cypress(n.) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability
Cyprinodont(n.) One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
Cyprinoid(a.) Like the carp (Cyprinus).
(n.) One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.
Cypriot(n.) A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
Cyprus(n.) A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning
Cypsela(n.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit
Cyrenaic(a.) Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city
(n.) A native of Cyrenaica
Cyst(n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs
Cytherean(a.) Pertaining to the goddess Venus.
Cytogenesis(n.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms.
Cytogeny(n .) Cell production or development
Cytoplasm(n.) The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus
Czar(n.) A king
Czech(n.) One of the Czechs.
Dab(n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance
(v. i.) To strike by a thrust
Dabber(n.) That with which one dabs
Dabble(v. i.) To play in water, as with the hands
(v. t.) To wet by little dips or strokes
Dabchick(n.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving
Daboia(n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).
Dace(n.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris)
Dachshund(n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body
Dacoit(n.) One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
Dactyl(n.) A finger or toe
Dad(n.) Father
Daddy(n.) Diminutive of Dad.
Dado(n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course.
Daff(n.) A stupid, blockish fellow
(v. i.) To act foolishly
(v. t.) To cast aside
Daft(a.) Gay
Dag(n.) A dagger
(v. i.) To be misty
(v. t.) To cut into jags or points
Dagger(n.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger
(v. t.) To pierce with a dagger
Daglock(n.) A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep
Dagoba(n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Dagon(n.) A slip or piece.
Daguerreotype(n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury
(v. t.) To impress with great distinctness
Dahlia(n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae
Daily(a.) Happening, or belonging to, each successive day
(adv.) Every day
(n.) A publication which appears regularly every day
Daimio(n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Dainty(n.) A term of fondness.
(superl.) Delicious to the palate
Dairy(n.) A dairy farm.
Dais(n.) A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.
Dak(n.) Post
Dal(n.) Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.
Dale(n.) A low place between hills
Dalles(n. pl.) A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls.
Dalliance(n.) Delay or procrastination.
Dally(v. i.) To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex
(v. t.) To delay unnecessarily
Dalmatian(a.) Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
Dalmatic(n.) A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.
Daltonism(n.) Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red
Dam(n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid
(v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam
Damage(n.) Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation
(v. i.) To receive damage or harm
Damara(n.) A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus
Damascene(a.) Of or relating to Damascus.
(n.) A kind of plume, now called damson.
Damask(a.) Having the color of the damask rose.
(n.) A deep pink or rose color.
(v. t.) To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus
Dame(n.) A mistress of a family, who is a lady
Damiana(n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.
Damn(v. i.) To invoke damnation
(v. t.) To condemn
Damp(n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
(superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet
Damsel(n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Damson(n.) A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica
Dan(n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Dance(v. i.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
(v. t.) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down
Dancing(p. a. & vb. n.) from Dance.
Dandelion(n.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves
Dander(n.) Anger or vexation
(v. i.) To wander about
Dandify(v. t.) To cause to resemble a dandy
Dandle(v. t.) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
Dandruff(n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.
Dandy(n.) A dandy roller.
Dane(n.) A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.
Dang(v. t.) To dash.
Daniel(n.) A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth
Danish(a.) Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country.
(n.) The language of the Danes.
Danite(n.) A descendant of Dan
Dank(a.) Damp
(n.) A small silver coin current in Persia.
Danseuse(n.) A professional female dancer
Dantean(a.) Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.
Dantesque(a.) Dantelike
Dap(v. i.) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
Daphne(n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
Daphnia(n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.
Dapper(a.) Little and active
Dapple(n.) One of the spots on a dappled animal.
(v. t.) To variegate with spots
Dare(n.) A small fish
(v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose
(v. t.) To challenge
Daring(a.) Bold
(n.) Boldness
Dariole(n.) A crustade.
Dark(a.) Deprived of sight
(n.) Absence of light
(v. t.) To darken to obscure.
Darling(a.) Dearly beloved
(n.) One dearly beloved
Darn(n.) A place mended by darning.
(v. t.) A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
Dart(n.) A fish
(v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
(v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly
Darwinian(a.) Pertaining to Darwin
(n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
Darwinism(n.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin.
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