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

1000000 means: the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

barrel vault means: the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch

belly out means: swell out or bulge out

black squirrel means: fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase

cellulosic means: a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose)

cercidiphyllum japonicum means: rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn

coconspirator means: a member of a conspiracy

conscience-smitten means: affected by conscience

genus pinus means: type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines

gi tract means: tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

illumine means: make lighter or brighter

kitchen stove means: a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

mariotte's law means: the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume

menagerie means: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

menagerie means: a collection of live animals for study or display

pledge taker means: a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive

publius cornelius scipio africanus major means: Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)

recherche means: lavishly elegant and refined

resoundingly means: in a resounding manner

short bone means: a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions