Words Starting with D

Common words that start with D

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• don 4/5 a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
• do 3/3 engage in
• did 5/5
• down 8/9 being or moving lower in position or less in some value
• doing 7/9 (form of doe) the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States
• day 7/6 time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• does 5/5 (form of doe) the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States
• dad 5/5 an informal term for a father
• done 5/6 having finished or arrived at completion
• dead 6/6 no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
• days 8/7 the time during which someone's life continues
• door 5/5 a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
• damn 7/9 used as expletives
• doctor 9/10 a licensed medical practitioner
• deal 5/6 act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
• die 4/4 pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• drink 10/11 take in liquids
• dear 5/5 dearly loved
• death 9/8 the event of dying or departure from life
• different 16/17 unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
• dinner 7/9 the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
• dog 5/6 a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since…
• daddy 11/10 an informal term for a father
• daughter 13/14 a female human offspring
• died 6/6 (form of die) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• drive 9/10 operate or control a vehicle
• dance 8/10 an artistic form of nonverbal communication
• date 5/5 the specified day of the month
• dream 8/9 a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
• drop 7/8 let fall to the ground
• darling 9/12 a special loved one
• dude 6/7 an informal form of address for a man
• decided 12/13 recognizable
• dark 9/9 absence of light or illumination
• dress 6/6 put on clothes
• doc 6/7 a licensed medical practitioner
• difference 19/21 the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
• dollars 8/10 (form of dollar) the basic monetary unit in many countries
• drunk 10/12 stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
• deep 7/8 relatively deep or strong
• during 8/11
• definitely 17/18 without question and beyond doubt
• dangerous 11/14 involving or causing danger or risk
• driving 12/15 (form of drive) operate or control a vehicle
• dying 10/11 the time when something ends
• dirty 9/8 soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
• dreams 9/10 (form of dream) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
• department 15/18 a specialized division of a large organization
• doubt 8/10 the state of being unsure of something
• double 9/12 increase twofold

The 1,000 most common of 10,130 words that start with D

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Longest: DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANES (24 letters).