Words starting with d

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

dame daphne du maurier means: English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989)

dame edith louisa sitwell means: English poet (1887-1964)

dame edith sitwell means: English poet (1887-1964)

dame ellen terry means: English actress (1847-1928)

dame jean iris murdoch means: British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)

dame joan sutherland means: Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

dame kiri janette te kanawa means: New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)

dame kiri te kanawa means: New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)

dame margot fonteyn means: English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)

dame muriel spark means: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

addax means: large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa

alpha-naphthol test means: biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid

arcturus means: the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth

baritone means: the second lowest brass wind instrument

baritone means: the second lowest adult male singing voice

baritone means: a male singer

baritone means: lower in range than tenor and higher than bass

cyril northcote parkinson means: British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)

eusebius sophronius hieronymus means: (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)

fuck up means: make a mess of, destroy or ruin

genus lynx means: lynxes

heart-leaved aster means: perennial wood aster of eastern North America

insensate means: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

insensate means: without compunction or human feeling

mandean means: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans

mandean means: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah

mandean means: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture

meanspiritedly means: in a meanspirited manner

nonracial means: not racial; having nothing to do with race or races

nonvisual means: not resulting in vision