Words beginning with D

To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, i…

A surname from Dutch

An algorithm that computes single-source shortest paths in a weighted digraph.

A kind of mustard made with verjuice (or, more recently, white wine) instead of vinegar.

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A small antelope of the genus Madoqua, native to southern and eastern Africa, having an elongated snout, a brown or grey/gray coat w…

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A trade name for the drug hydromorphone.

A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.

A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.

The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or dabbler, sometimes in the arts.

The capital city of East Timor.

Steady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort.

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A surname from Irish of Irish origin.

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Alternative form of dilophosaur.

A benzothiazepine drug, a potent vasodilator used to treat hypertension, migraine, angina pectoris, and some types of arrhythmia.

To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

A Cantonese-style meal traditionally eaten in the morning or early afternoon, comprising tea and food typically placed in small stea…

An N-methylated indoleamine derivative, a serotonergic hallucinogen found in several plants, especially Prestonia amazonica (Apocyna…

Any carnivorous synapsid, of the genus †Dimetrodon, from the Permian period

To make smaller.

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A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

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

Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.

An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.