Words starting with d

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

dado means: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

dado means: cut a dado into or fit into a dado

dado means: provide with a dado

dado plane means: a plane for making a dado groove

dae-han-min-gook means: an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook

daedal means: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

daedal means: complex and ingenious in design or function

daedalus means: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

daemon means: a person who is part mortal and part god

daemon means: an evil supernatural being

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

aldebaran means: the brightest star in Taurus

anchor ring means: a toroidal shape

antimacassar means: a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils

baykal means: the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world

benoit mandelbrot means: French mathematician (born in Poland) noted for inventing fractals (born in 1924)

choriotis means: Australian bustard

contemporise means: arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

contemporise means: happen at the same time

creeping bentgrass means: common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners

dicotyledones means: comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae

footrace means: a race run on foot

franz josef i means: emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)

galosh means: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

genus nyctimene means: East Indian fruit bats

genus stephanomeria means: malheur wire lettuce

hot-blooded means: prone to emotion

minnesota means: a midwestern state

phantom limb syndrome means: syndrome consisting of discomfort or pain in a limb that has been amputated

pitch-dark means: extremely dark

plectorrhiza means: small genus of Australian orchids