Dictionary
Found: 6,960 words.
Daedalian
2 defs
Crafty; deceitful.
Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.
Alt. of Daemonic
See Demon, Demonic.
Daff
4 defs
A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull.
Daffodil
2 defs
A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
Daft
2 defs
Gay; playful; frolicsome.
The quality of being daft.
Dag
8 defs
A dagger; a poniard.
Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
Dagger
4 defs
A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.
An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.
Daggle
2 defs
To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Daggle-tail
2 defs
A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
of Daggle
of Daggle
A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Dagon
2 defs
A slip or piece.
of Dago
A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.
Alt. of Daguerreian
Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype
4 defs
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, af...
of Daguerreotype
Alt. of Daguerreotypist
of Daguerreotype
One who takes daguerreotypes.
The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuo...
of Dahlia
A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
of Daily
Daily occurence.
Daily
3 defs
A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
of Daimio
Daint
2 defs
Dainty.
of Dainty
of Daintify
To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious.
of Daintify
In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
Adelicacy.
Dainty
7 defs
A term of fondness.
of Dairy