| dale |
a valley. |
| daleth |
the name of the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| Dalit |
a member of the lowest Hindu caste in India. |
| Dallas |
a large U.S. city in northeastern Texas on the Trinity River. |
| dalliance |
amorous play; flirtation. [2 definitions] |
| dally |
to waste time; be idle. [4 definitions] |
| Dalmatian |
any of a breed of fairly large dogs that have short white hair spotted with black or liver color. |
| dal segno |
from the sign (used in music as a direction to return to the point so marked and repeat a passage). |
| dalton |
see "atomic mass unit." |
| dam1 |
a barrier built usu. across a waterway to restrict flow and raise the water level. [4 definitions] |
| dam2 |
a female parent, esp. of a four-legged mammal. |
| damage |
harm or injury that reduces usefulness, value, or soundness. [4 definitions] |
| damaged |
having sustained harm or injury. |
| Damascene |
of or pertaining to Damascus, its residents, or the like. [6 definitions] |
| Damascus |
the capital of Syria. |
| Damascus steel |
hand-wrought steel, used esp. for sword blades, that is made by repeated folding and welding, thereby creating a pattern of wavy lines; damask steel. |
| damask |
a fine cloth woven of linen, silk, wool, or cotton with a prominent, elaborate pattern. [6 definitions] |
| damask rose |
a fragrant pink Asian rose that is an ancestor of hybrid roses and whose oil is often used as a source for attar. |
| damask steel |
see "Damascus steel." |
| dame |
an honorific term used in the past for a woman in authority, such as a head of household. [3 definitions] |
| dame school |
an informal school common to Colonial New England in which rudimentary educational and social skills were taught to children by a woman in her home. [2 definitions] |