5 Letter Words That Start With D

dread

Verb : (transitive) To fear greatly.

Verb : To anticipate with fear.

Verb : (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.

dogma

Noun : An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

Noun : A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

dazed

Adjective : In a state of shock or confusion.

Adjective : Stunned or entranced.

drone

Noun : A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

Noun : (now rare) One who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.

Noun : One who performs menial or tedious work.

deity

Noun : Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.

Noun : A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.

dirty

Adjective : Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

Adjective : That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

Adjective : Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

drift

Noun : (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.

Noun : Anything driven at random.

Noun : A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.

drive

Verb : To operate a vehicle:

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

Verb : (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

decay

Noun : (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

Noun : a gradual decrease of a stored charge, magnetic flux, current, etc.

Noun : progressive change in the path of an earth-orbiting satellite due to atmospheric drag.

demon

Noun : An evil supernatural spirit.

Noun : An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.

Noun : (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.

delve

Verb : (intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

Verb : (ambitransitive) To dig; to excavate.

dense

Adjective : Having relatively high density.

Adjective : Compact; crowded together.

Adjective : Thick; difficult to penetrate.

draft

Noun : (American spelling)

Noun : A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

Noun : The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.

dwell

Noun : (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

Noun : (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.

Noun : (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.

defer

Verb : (transitive) To delay or postpone.

Verb : (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.

Verb : (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

dirge

Noun : A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Noun : (informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

Verb : To sing dirges

doubt

Verb : (ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.

Verb : (transitive, archaic outside Scotland) To harbour suspicion about; suspect.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.

dandy

Noun : A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

Noun : Something excellent in its class.

Noun : (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

douce

Adjective : (obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant.

Adjective : (dialect) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.

drawn

Adjective : Depleted.

Adjective : (of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.

Adjective : (of a game) undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.

dusky

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

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

Adjective : (dated, literary) Dark-skinned.

depot

Noun : A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

Noun : A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.

Noun : (US) A bus station or railway station.

devil

Noun : (theology) The chief devil; Satan.

Noun : (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.

Noun : (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.

dream

Noun : Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

Noun : (figurative) A hope or wish.

Noun : A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.

drape

Noun : A curtain; a drapery.

Noun : (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.

Noun : (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.

demur

Verb : (intransitive)

Verb : Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.

Verb : (law) To submit a demurrer (“motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defence, and hence whether the party bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further”).

douse

Verb : (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

Verb : (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.

Verb : (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

death

Noun : The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

Noun : Execution (in the judicial sense).

Noun : (often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

decry

Verb : (transitive) To denounce as harmful.

Verb : (transitive) To blame for ills.

dicey

Adjective : Fraught with danger.

Adjective : Of uncertain, risky outcome.

Adjective : Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.

dally

Verb : To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

Verb : To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

doyen

Noun : (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.

Noun : The senior, or eldest male member of a group.

Noun : (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

dodge

Verb : (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.

Verb : (archaic, ambitransitive) To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.

deign

Verb : (intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.

Verb : (transitive) To condescend to give; to do something.

Verb : (obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.

dodgy

Adjective : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Evasive and shifty.

Adjective : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.

Adjective : Dishonest.

drear

Adjective : (poetic, literary) Dreary.

Noun : (obsolete) Gloom; sadness.

dolly

Noun : (childish, colloquial) A doll.

Noun : (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.

Noun : A contrivance for stirring:

deter

Verb : (transitive) To prevent something from happening.

Verb : (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

Verb : (transitive) To distract someone from something.

dolor

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative spelling of dolour [(chiefly uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.]

divan

Noun : (now historical) A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).

Noun : The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.

Noun : (now rare) Any council or assembly.

dotty

Adjective : (British, Australia, colloquial) Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.

Adjective : (UK, dated) Having an unsteady gait.

Adjective : Having many dots.

dowdy

Adjective : Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.

Adjective : Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.

Noun : A plain or shabby person.

debut

Noun : A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

Noun : (also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.

Noun : The first appearance of a debutante in society.

divot

Noun : (especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.

Noun : A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.

Noun : (mathematics, astronomy) A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)

dopey

Adjective : Stupid, silly.

drill

Verb : (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

Verb : (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.

Verb : (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

dance

Noun : A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

Noun : A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

Noun : (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.

drove

Noun : A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

Noun : (figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move.

Noun : (collective) A group of hares.

dingy

Adjective : dark, dull

Adjective : shabby, squalid, uncared-for

Noun : Alternative form of dinghy [(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.]

ditty

Noun : A short, simple verse or song.

Noun : A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.

Verb : To sing; to warble a little tune.

dross

Noun : Waste or impure matter.

Noun : Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.

Noun : The impurities in metal.

drawl

Verb : (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.

Verb : (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.

Verb : (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.

dryly

Verb : In a dry manner.

delta

Noun : The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.

Noun : A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

Noun : (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".

dress

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.

Verb : (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.

ditto

Noun : That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

Noun : (US, informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator.

Noun : (by extension) A copy; an imitation.

dildo

Noun : A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.

Noun : An artificial penis.

Noun : (derogatory, vulgar, slang) Any device or implement.

droll

Adjective : Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

Noun : (archaic) A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.

Verb : (archaic) To jest, to joke.

demit

Verb : (transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.

Verb : To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

Noun : The act of demitting.

deshi

Noun : (sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho

Noun : disciple, mentee, follower

depth

Noun : the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

Noun : the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet

Noun : (figuratively) the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

datum

Noun : (philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.

Noun : (philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

Noun : (cartography, surveying, engineering) A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.

daddy

Noun : (usually childish) Father.

Noun : (informal, with article) A perfect example, a role model.

Noun : (informal, in early use chiefly African-American Vernacular) A male lover.

dight

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To deal with, handle.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To dispose, put (in a given state or condition).

Verb : (archaic, transitive, of facial features) To be formed or composed (of).

digne

Adjective : (obsolete) worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.

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.

delay

Noun : A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

Noun : (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

Noun : (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)

dwarf

Noun : (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

Noun : (now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Noun : An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

droop

Verb : (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.

Verb : (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

Verb : (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.

downy

Adjective : Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

Adjective : (slang, dated) Sharp-witted, perceptive.

Adjective : (UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

daunt

Verb : (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

Verb : (transitive) To overwhelm.

Noun : A surname from Middle English.

dinky

Adjective : (informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.

Adjective : (informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.

Noun : A dinky thing.

doped

Adjective : Drugged.

Adjective : (electronics) Describing a semiconductor that has had small amounts of elements added to create charge carriers.

Adjective : Covered with dope, a glue or paint like pore filler.

dingo

Noun : A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).

Noun : (Australia, informal) A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

Verb : (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.

deism

Noun : A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.

Noun : A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.

Noun : Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos.

dweeb

Noun : (US, dated, originally university slang, now general slang, derogatory) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

duvet

Noun : (British, Ireland, 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.

do up

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance.

dunny

Adjective : Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.

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

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

dulce

Adjective : (obsolete) sweet

Noun : (obsolete) sweetness

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

drain

Noun : (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

Noun : (chiefly UK) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.

Noun : A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.

digit

Noun : (mathematics) A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.

Noun : (mathematics) A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.

Noun : (units of measure, astronomy) ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.

drink

Verb : (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

Verb : (transitive, metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

Verb : (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.

dying

Adjective : Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

Adjective : Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

Adjective : Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

dunce

Noun : An unintelligent person.

dryad

Noun : (Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.

Noun : mountain avens, dryas

deify

Verb : (transitive) To make into a god.

Verb : (transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

drury

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A settlement in Buckley community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2964).

Noun : A town south of Auckland, New Zealand.

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.

diety

Adjective : (rare) Having the quality of a diet.

Noun : Misspelling of deity. [Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.]

domme

Noun : A female dominant in a BDSM relationship.

Noun : (BDSM) Alternative letter-case form of domme [A female dominant in a BDSM relationship.]

diode

Noun : (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

disco

Noun : (uncountable, music) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

Verb : (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.

Verb : (intransitive) To go to discotheques.

donee

Noun : Someone who receives a gift from a donor.

drool

Verb : (ambitransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To secrete any substance in a similar way.

Verb : (intransitive, informal, figurative) To react to something with uncontrollable desire.

drake

Noun : A male duck.

Noun : A mayfly used as fishing bait.

Noun : (poetic) A dragon.

debar

Verb : (transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.

Verb : (transitive) To hinder or prevent.

Verb : (US, law, transitive) To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.

decor

Noun : The style of decoration of a room or building.

Noun : A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

doris

Noun : (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.

Noun : An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.

Noun : An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.

dimly

Verb : In a dim manner; not clearly.

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