5 Letter Words That Start With DU

dutch

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

Adjective : (archaic, fossil word) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.

Adjective : (obsolete, fossil word, derogatory) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.

dummy

Noun : (dated) A silent person; a person who does not talk.

Noun : A stupid person.

Noun : (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address for somebody.

duvet

Noun : (Britain, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.

Noun : (US) Short for duvet cover.

dusky

Adjective : Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

Adjective : Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

Adjective : (dated, literary) Dark-skinned.

dunce

Noun : An unintelligent person.

ducat

Noun : (historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.

Noun : (informal) A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.

Noun : (US, theater, transport, slang) A ticket.

dulce

Adjective : (obsolete) sweet

Noun : (obsolete) sweetness

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To make sweet; to soothe.

due to

dusty

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Dustin.

Noun : (Britain) a nickname for someone with the surname Miller

Adjective : Covered with dust.

duple

Adjective : (rare) Double.

Adjective : (of time or music) Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.

Adjective : (poetry) Having two beats in each foot.

duchy

Noun : A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

duped

Noun : A person who has been deceived.

Verb : To swindle, deceive, or trick.

Noun : (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.

durum

Noun : (often used attributively) Ellipsis of durum wheat. [Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.]

durst

Noun : A surname.

dulia

Noun : The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.

ducky

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of a duck.

Noun : (childish) A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck.

Noun : An affectionate pet name.

dully

Verb : In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.

duffy

Noun : A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Dubhthaigh (“descendant of Dubhthach”). Dubhthach is a byname derived from dubh (“black”).

Noun : A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Doithe.

Noun : A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac Dhuibhshíthe (McPhee).

dumas

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : A city in Arkansas.

Noun : A town in Mississippi.

duper

Noun : a person who dupes another

duomo

Noun : A cathedral, especially one in Italy.

ducks

Noun : (poker slang) A pair of twos.

Noun : (Britain, chiefly Northern England, used vocatively) Dear (used as a pet name).

Noun : (nautical) The light trousers worn by sailors in hot climates.

dubai

Noun : A city in the United Arab Emirates; capital of Dubai emirate.

Noun : An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

ducal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.

dumpy

Adjective : Short and thick; stout or stocky.

Noun : A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.

Noun : (South Africa) A small bottle of beer.

dunya

Noun : A female given name from Russian.

durra

Noun : A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).

dulse

Noun : A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.

dunny

Adjective : Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.

Adjective : (UK dialect) Somewhat deaf, hard of hearing.

Adjective : (UK dialect, derogatory, euphemistic) Slow to answer: stupid, unintelligent.

durer

Noun : a leading german painter and engraver of the renaissance (1471-1528

dunne

Noun : A surname from Irish.

dumbo

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A stupid person.

Noun : "Stupid person," by 1951, American English, from dumb. The Disney musical cartoon is from 1941; in it the elephant's name is a mocking nickname based on Jumbo.

Noun : A neigborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York state, United States;

dufus

Noun : (colloquial) Alternative form of doofus [(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.]

dunno

Noun : An utterance of the word dunno.

dumps

Noun : an informal expression for a mildly depressed stat

dural

Adjective : (anatomy, relational) Relating to the dura mater.

Noun : Clipping of duralumin. [(metallurgy) An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.]

dumka

Noun : (uncountable) A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.

Noun : (countable) An individual composition in this genre.

duroc

Noun : A pig of a reddish breed developed in North America.

durga

Noun : A powerful Indian female deity.

Noun : A female given name from Sanskrit, common in India. Another name of Parvati

dunes

Noun : (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.

dukes

Noun : (MTE, slang) One's parents.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Ellipsis of Dukes County. [One of 14 counties in Massachusetts, United States. County seat: Edgartown. It is located on Martha's Vineyard and other offshore islands.]

duran

Noun : A commune in Gers department, Occitania, France.

Noun : A census-designated place in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

dunch

Verb : (Tyneside) To knock against; to hit, punch

Verb : (Tyneside) To crash into; to bump into.

Verb : (Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull.

dungy

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of dung.

Adjective : Covered in dung

dupes

Noun : A person who has been deceived.

Verb : To swindle, deceive, or trick.

Noun : (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.

duerr

Noun : A surname.

dubya

Noun : (often derogatory) A nickname for and abbreviation of George W. Bush.

ducts

Noun : a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another

Noun : an enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors

Noun : (anatomy) a vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile

duane

Noun : A surname from Irish.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

dukas

Noun : A surname.

duddy

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : (obsolete) ragged

durch

duval

Noun : A topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley.

duena

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

dunst

durio

Noun : A surname from French.

duces

Noun : (fascism) an authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of Il Duce [(historical) The title which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini assumed during his rule (1922—1945).]

duets

Noun : (music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).

Noun : (music) A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.

Noun : A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.

duros

Noun : A surname.

dupee

Noun : A surname.

dudek

durex

Noun : (Britain) A brand of condom.

Noun : (Australia) A brand of adhesive tape.

Noun : (Britain, countable) A condom.

duppa

dugan

Noun : A surname from Irish.

duvel

Noun : A strong golden Flemish pale ale.

dudes

Noun : (slang, as a collective noun) Any group of people, regardless of gender.

duppy

Noun : (Caribbean, Jamaica) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.

Noun : (Jamaica, games) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).

Verb : (MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.

dunam

Noun : (historical) An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre.

Noun : A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m²), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma.

Noun : Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m²).

durak

Noun : (card games) A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of their cards.

duley

Noun : A surname.

duque

Noun : A surname.

dulac

Noun : A surname.

dubby

Adjective : (music) In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.

Adjective : (dated, dialectal) stubby, stumpy; Lacking shapeliness or finesse.

Adjective : (dated, dialectal) wet and muddy; dirty

duelo

Noun : (obsolete) a duel

Noun : (obsolete) the rules of dueling

duded

Noun : (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

Noun : (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

Noun : An inexperienced cowboy.

duels

Noun : Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.

Noun : Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).

Noun : (by extension) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.

duits

Noun : doi

dulls

Adjective : Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

Adjective : Boring; not exciting or interesting.

Adjective : Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.

dupin

Noun : A surname from French.

dumbs

Adjective : (dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").

Adjective : (archaic) Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.

Adjective : (dated) Having no input or voice in running things.

dubin

Noun : A surname.

duell

Noun : Alternative spelling of dueling [The act of taking part in a duel.]

duala

Noun : A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.

dungs

Noun : (uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

Noun : (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

Verb : (transitive) To fertilize with dung.

duals

Noun : a compilation album by the Irish rock band U2.

dukka

ducey

Noun : A surname from Irish.

duesy

Noun : (informal) A Duesenberg automobile.

Noun : Alternative spelling of doozy [(US, informal) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.]

durry

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.

Noun : Alternative form of dhurrie [A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.]

duked

Noun : The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

Noun : The sovereign of a small state.

Noun : A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

duads

Noun : A pair or couple.

Noun : (astrology) Dwadasama.

Noun : (mathematics) An unordered pair.

duart

duras

Noun : A traditional French red wine grape mostly grown around the river Tarn, northeast of Toulouse.

dudar

dumba

Noun : (India) The fat-tailed sheep.

dusts

Noun : Fine particles.

Noun : (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

Noun : (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.

dulin

Noun : A surname.

dubos

dufay

durie

Noun : A surname.

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