cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Delta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛltə/
rhymes: -ɛltə
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital: Asaba. Largest city: Warri.
glosses: A municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece.
glosses: A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
examples: text: The xʷəxʷilməxʷ (Indigenous Peoples) recognized how the meeting of the təməxʷ (land), stal̓əw̓ (river), and k̓ʷaƛ̓k̓ʷa (sea) could provide an abundance of access to seasonal resources, as well as provide a more permanent residence for the scəw̓aθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen Peoples). The features of this landscape are part of what makes Delta a beautiful place for all to enjoy today.
ref: 2021 August 8, “Delta, TFN unveil new interpretive sign”, in Delta Optimist:
glosses: A municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A village in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Delta County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Saline County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fulton County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Millard County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Delta Island
Delta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛltə/
rhymes: -ɛltə
Senses: examples: text: Delta is moderately resistant to vaccines, particularly in people who have received just a single dose.
ref: 2021 June 22, “Delta coronavirus variant: scientists brace for impact”, in Nature:
glosses: The Delta variant of COVID-19.
Dem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Forms: form: Dems
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Clipping of Democrat.
Related terms: Rep
Lib
Democrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Democrats
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A proponent of democracy.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of a democratic party.
examples: text: At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.
Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are."
Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat."
Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues."
Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."
ref: 2000 October 3, Tim Paluch, “Gore vs. Bush: That's Debatable”, in Iowa State Daily:
text: “Over the years, Democrats and Republicans have had policy differences, but this is way more than a policy difference. This is them dismantling government without the consent of the people,” Bonamici said. “This is not normal. Nothing feels normal right now.” […] A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”
ref: 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.
Synonyms: topics: politics
government
word: Democreep
topics: politics
government
word: Demonrat
topics: politics
government
word: Demoncrat
topics: politics
government
word: Dhimmicrat
topics: politics
government
word: Homocrat
topics: politics
government
word: DemoKKKrat
topics: politics
government
word: commiecrat
topics: politics
government
english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: Communist
Hyponyms: topics: politics
government
word: Reagan Democrat
Coordinate terms: topics: politics
government
word: Green
topics: politics
government
word: Libertarian
topics: politics
government
word: independent
Derived terms: Berniecrat
commiecrat
Democreep
DemoKKKrat
Demoncrat
Demonrat
Dhimmicrat
Homocrat
Reagan Democrat
Democrat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.
Coordinate terms: Green
Libertarian
Den
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.
Depression
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Depression
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Great Depression.
synonyms: word: Great Depression
Des
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛz/
rhymes: -ɛz
Senses: glosses: Short form of the male given name Desmond.
Descanso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
Destiny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the noun destiny since the 1970s.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida, United States.
examples: text: The man smiled and extended his hand. "I'm Cole." Rebecca took his hand. "Destiny." She'd chosen the name because she felt as though she'd discovered just that the day she realized what her mission in life was to be.
ref: 2010, Dwayne S. Joseph, Eye for an Eye, Urban Soul, published 2010, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Deutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology: PIE word
 *tewtéh₂
Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.
Senses: examples: text: Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
ref: 1997, Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night, page 76:
text: This letter had to be written in Deutsch because neither Paul nor Harriet knew Danish.
ref: 2002, Richard Braden, Escape from Europe, page 102:
text: “We sing our Sunday hymns a cappella, too,” Sadie said. “But Amish songs are very different from yours. They're written in Deutsch, and there's no harmony.”
ref: 2012, Rosalind Lauer, A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel, page 163:
glosses: German (the language).
glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Deutsch limit
Deutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: more Deutsch
form: most Deutsch
Etymology: PIE word
 *tewtéh₂
Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.
Senses: examples: text: Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
ref: 1997, Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night, page 76:
glosses: German, in the German language.
Deutscher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deutschers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Deutscher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Deutscher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deutschers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Deutscher.
Senses: examples: text: He left […] 10,000 dollars to the Lieber Vaterland association for defraying the fines of Deutschers prosecuted for ‘schlogging the kops’ of Irishmen.
ref: 1875 October, George Augustus Sala, “Wills and Bequests: Not from the ‘Illustrated London News’”, in M[ary] E[lizabeth] Braddon, editor, Belgravia: A London Magazine, volume VII, third series; XXVII, first series, London: Office: […], page 331:
text: […] While two Deutschers say, “You’d better surrender to us ’tis true!”
ref: 1876, Oswald Allan, Worthy a Crown?, London: Head and Meek, […], page 13, column 2:
text: HANS and Fritz were two Deutschers who lived side by side, / Remote from the world, its deceit and its pride; / With their pretzels and beer the spare moments were spent, / And the fruits of their labor were peace and content.
ref: 1877, “Hans and Fritz”, in Appletons’ Journal: A Monthly Miscellany of Popular Literature, volume II, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, […], page 472, column 1:
text: ‘Then, to show their contempt for Boxers and Boxer-sympathizing cities—and in their daring lay their safety—a handful of these doughty Deutschers chose to enter the city, not through the big jagged hole they had made, but to scale those grim, sheer walls.
ref: 1910 August 27, Charles Ernest Scott, ““The Apostle of Shantung””, in The Sunday School Times, volume fifty-two, number 35, Philadelphia, Pa., page 423, column 1:
text: A couple of Deutschers been making sausage all night.
ref: 1934, Maxwell Anderson, “Valley Forge”, in Eleven Verse Plays, Harcourt, Brace and Company by arrangement with Anderson House, published 1939, page 87:
text: Our cornet and trombone players, a couple of Deutschers known as “Gussie”’ and “Goosie,” took their music seriously and helped to cover my lousy fiddling while I was still learning that “der black notes ist der music, and der vite ist der paper” (as Gussie informed me).
ref: a. 1968, James Max Henderson, Memoirs of a Mouse, published 2003, →ISBN, page 24:
text: ‘Maybe they’re a couple of Deutschers who can’t swim,’ suggested Red Mac.
ref: 1978, James Leasor, Boarding Party, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1979, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: A German man.
Related terms: alt: lit. German Quail Dog, German Spaniel
word: Deutscher Wachtelhund
Dev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devs
Etymology: From Hindi देव (dev).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi.
glosses: A patronymic surname from Hindi.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Devdas.
Dev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland.
Dev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Dev
Etymology: Clipping of Devonshire.
Senses: examples: text: The Dev was a long-standing favourite, as was Hawley Arms and The World's End, but he found greater pleasure in seeking out the smaller, lesser known bars and pubs.
ref: 2013, Jon Wilmot, The Reunion, page 135:
text: The vampire community offers a variety of activities, ranging from obscure events, such as carve your own tombstone, gothic belly dancing, and Kensal Green Cemetery walks to more regular pub and club nights at alternative venues, such as The Dev (the Devonshire Arms, Camden), the Intrepid Fox, Slimelight, and Torture Garden.
ref: 2013, Maria Mellins, Vampire Culture, page 47:
glosses: The Devonshire Arms, an alternative pub in Camden, London.
Deva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Deva.
Senses: glosses: A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.
Devi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪvi/
ipa: /ˈd̪eːvi/
rhymes: -eɪvi
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit देवी (devī́, “goddess, female deity”).
Senses: glosses: Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, remains impotent and void.
glosses: A title put at the end of any female deity's name within Hinduism (e.g. Lakshmi Devi, Saraswati Devi, Kali Devi).
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Derived terms: Angala Devi
Devi Kanya Kumari
Devil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Devil
Etymology: See devil.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
synonyms: word: Aduwallah
word: Adversary
word: Al-Shaytaan
word: Antichrist
word: archfiend
word: Ash-Shaytan
word: Azazel
word: Beast
word: Beelzebub
word: bogey
word: cosmocrat
word: deceiver
word: deuce
word: Devil
word: diablo
word: Diabolus
word: dickens
word: Dragon
word: Enemy
word: Evil One
word: Father of Lies
word: Gog
word: Iblis
word: Jack Ketch
word: leviathan
word: lord of the flies
word: Lucifer
word: Mephistopheles
word: Old Gentleman
word: Old Hairy
word: Old Harry
word: Old Nick
word: Old One
word: Old Scratch
word: Old Serpent
word: Prince of Darkness
word: Prince of Demons
word: Prince of Evil
word: Sam Scratch
word: Satan
word: Serpent
word: shaitan
word: Son of the Dawn
glosses: The chief devil; Satan.
Dewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient province of Japan.
Dexter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkstɚ/
Forms: form: Dyster
Etymology: Variant of Dyster.
Senses: examples: text: State and local leaders, including US Sen. Jeff Merkley, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, US Rep. Maxine Dexter and City Council members, urged the community to stay peaceful at a news conference on Friday night, according to CNN affiliate KPTV, after the city saw an increase in activity by federal agents.
ref: 2025 September 27, Kit Maher, “Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland to protect ICE facilities”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
A town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
examples: text: I was in Atlanta with our three children — our second son, Dexter, named for our beloved church in Montgomery, had been born in January, and was still an infant.
ref: 1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, pages 204–205:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Dexter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkstɚ/
Forms: form: Dexters
form: Dyster
Etymology: Variant of Dyster.
Senses: glosses: One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build.
Dey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian دی.
Senses: glosses: The tenth solar month of the Persian calendar.
Dey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Di
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: die
homophone: dye
homophone: Dai
homophone: daye
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Diana or Diane.
Di
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: die
homophone: dye
homophone: Dai
homophone: daye
Forms: form: Dis
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 狄 (Dí).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Dia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Dia terms
Diablo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Diablos
Etymology: From Spanish diablo (“devil”).
Senses: glosses: A sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.
Diablo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish diablo (“devil”).
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Diamant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Diamants
Etymology: Borrowed from German Diamant, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dimond
Etymology: * As a female given name, from diamond (gemstone).
* As a German surname, Anglicized form of Diamant.
* As a Irish surname, Anglicized form of Irish Ó Diamáin.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
examples: text: Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.
ref: 2024 September 14, Katie Hunt, “New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory, scientists say”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from German or Irish.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A historical settlement in Denali Borough, Alaska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Grundy County and Will County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Cherokee County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Newton County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Derived terms: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
Diamond-Blackfan anemia
Related terms: Diamondstone
Dick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭk
ipa: /dɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: dick
Etymology: Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
Senses: examples: text: Lascivious Edward, and thou perjur'd George,/ And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all,
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
text: You may know what one man thinks of another by his manner of calling him. Thomas and James and Richard and William are stupid young gentlemen; Tom and Jem and Dick and Will are fine spirited fellows.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms: word: big Dick
word: clever dick
word: Deadeye Dick
word: Dickey
word: Dickie
english: township
translation: township
word: Dick Johnson
word: Dick's hatband
word: Dicky
word: hopping Dick
word: little Dick
word: little Dick Fisher
word: Tom, Dick or Harry
word: Tricky Dick
Related terms: Hick
Rick
Dickens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪkɪnz/
Etymology: From Dicken, a medieval diminutive form of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Dickens County
Dickens Heath
Dickensian
Dickey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪki/
rhymes: -ɪki
Forms: form: Dickie
form: Dicky
Etymology: From Dick + -ey. The city in North Dakota was named in honor of the American lawyer George H. Dickey.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
Derived terms: Dickey County
Dier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Dyer.
* As a German surname, from Tier (“wild animal”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dīk
ipa: /daɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
homophone: dike
Etymology: From Middle English (see the noun dike). Compare Dyke.
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
Dike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dīk
ipa: /daɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
homophone: dike
ipa: /ˈdaɪkiː/
rhymes: -aɪki
enpr: dīk
ipa: /daɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
homophone: dike
Forms: form: Dikê
form: Dikē
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δίκη (Díkē, literally “Justice; Order; Judgement”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
glosses: justice, order and judgement.
Coordinate terms: sense: Horae
english: Spring
translation: Spring
word: Thallo
sense: Horae
english: Summer
translation: Summer
word: Auxo
sense: Horae
english: Autumn
translation: Autumn
word: Carpo
sense: Horae
english: Peace
translation: Peace
word: Eirene
sense: Horae
english: Order of Law
translation: Order of Law
word: Eunomia
word: Dike Astraea
word: Lady Justice
word: Astraea
Related terms: sense: other second-generation Horae
word: Eirene
sense: other second-generation Horae
word: Eunomia
Dildo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain; see the Wikipedia article for some possible origins.
Senses: glosses: A small town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Dill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪl
Etymology: * As a German surname, from Diele (“floorboard”).
* As an English surname, from the noun dill and also the adjective dull.
* As a Scottish/Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McDill, itself a variant of McDowell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Dill
Dim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bashkir.
Senses: glosses: A male given name (from Bashkir Дим) .
glosses: vocative singular of Ди́ма (Díma)(•colloquial)
Dime
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.
Related terms: dim ⁠
Dingle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Etymology: From Irish An Daingean, Daingean Uí Chúi (“fort of Ó Cúis”), from daingean (“fortress”).
Senses: glosses: A harbour town in County Kerry, Ireland and the peninsula on which it stands.
glosses: An area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3687).
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Dingle Bay
Dingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: Dingles
Etymology: From Irish An Daingean, Daingean Uí Chúi (“fort of Ó Cúis”), from daingean (“fortress”).
Senses: synonyms: Barnsleyite
glosses: Someone from Barnsley
Dino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdinoʊ/
rhymes: (UK) -iːnəʊ
rhymes: (US) -inoʊ
Forms: form: Dinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Dino.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian, feminine equivalent Dina.
Dirk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɜːk/
ipa: /dɪək/
ipa: /dɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
rhymes: -ɪək
Forms: form: Dirks
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and North German Dirk.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from German or Dutch, equivalent to English Derek.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Dis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs
ipa: /dɪs/
rhymes: -ɪs
homophone: dis
homophone: diss
Etymology: From Latin dīs pater (“rich father”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Hades.
Dis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs
ipa: /dɪs/
rhymes: -ɪs
homophone: dis
homophone: diss
Senses: glosses: plural of Di
Discover
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Trade name, from discover; introduced by Sears in 1985.
Senses: glosses: Discover Card, a brand of credit card.
glosses: Discover magazine, a general audience science magazine launched in 1980.
Dita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cuenca, Batangas, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Legazpi, Albay, Philippines.
Doc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒk/
ipa: /dɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: doc
homophone: dock
Etymology: From doctor by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: I'm not feeling too well, Doc.
glosses: A nickname for a medical doctor, a person with an advanced educational degree, or a learned person.
examples: text: Doc was awarded a Navy Cross after she ran through a minefield to get to an injured marine.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A common form of address for combat medics, especially naval hospital corpsmen.
Doc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒk/
ipa: /dɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: doc
homophone: dock
Forms: form: Docs
Etymology: From doctor by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Nice pair of Docs you've got on there, bro!
glosses: A Doc Marten shoe or boot.
Dock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, possibly from the noun duck.
* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”).
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Docke, related to the noun Tuch (“cloth, piece of fabric”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name or nickname.
glosses: A surname.
Doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doctors
Senses: examples: text: The students asked to see Doctor Jones.
text: Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.
text: Well, Doctor, what do you think? Will he live?
text: They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion.
ref: 1831 October 15, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Introduction”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], published 31 October 1831, →OCLC, pages ix–x:
glosses: The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name.
Synonyms: sense: abbreviated forms
word: Dr
sense: abbreviated forms
word: Dr.
Derived terms: Doctor Atkins
Doctor Feelgood
Doctor Frankenstein
Dodge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒd͡ʒ/
ipa: /dɑd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɒdʒ
Forms: form: Dodges
Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive form of Roger.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename
A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A placename
A city and village in North Dakota.
glosses: A placename
A census-designated place in Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename
A town in Wisconsin.
glosses: A brand of motor vehicle.
Derived terms: Dodge City
Dodge County
Fort Dodge
get out of Dodge
Doge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doges
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of doge (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”).
Doge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doges
Senses: topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Clipping of Dogecoin (“a unit of the cyptocurrency”).
Doge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Two senior USAid security officials were suspended on Sunday for blocking Doge officials from a restricted area, a day after the agency’s website went offline, and Musk posted to X that USAid was “beyond repair” and needed to be shut down.
ref: 2025 February 3, Richard Luscombe, “Marco Rubio appoints himself head of USAid as workers locked out of office”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
Doll
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”).
* Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.
* As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.
Senses: glosses: A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC8803).
examples: text: O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
glosses: A surname.
Dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dollars
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland).
Senses: glosses: A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9698)
glosses: An unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.
glosses: A surname.
Dolly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Her name is Dorothy, though everyone has always called her Dolly. I do not know why, for there is nothing doll-like about her. She is a large, vigorous woman with the broad face and heavy hair of a tinker's wife.
ref: 1989, John Banville, The Book of Evidence, page 41:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Dorothy, Dolores, or Doris.
Derived terms: Dolly Varden crab
Dolly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dollies
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Ellipsis of Dolly Parton.
examples: text: Dolly Varden is the staple catch. To a point that, after two days, we find ourselves feeling guilty trying to shake them free from our fly or giving plenty of slack in the hope that another Dolly finds early freedom. […] Often the biggest challenge of hooking a big trout is avoiding Dollies.
ref: 2017 November–December, Dean Oelschig, “Kamchatka: 61 Hours from Jo'burg”, in The Mission: The Cult of Fly Fishing, number 6, pages 54–55:
glosses: Ellipsis of Dolly Varden trout.
Dom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒm/
ipa: /dɑm/
ipa: /dɔm/
rhymes: -ɒm
homophone: dom
homophone: domme
homophone: Domme
homophone: dom/me
homophone: Dom/me
Etymology: Shortenings.
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of dom.
Dom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒm/
ipa: /dɑm/
ipa: /dɔm/
rhymes: -ɒm
homophone: dom
homophone: domme
homophone: Domme
homophone: dom/me
homophone: Dom/me
Forms: form: Doms
Etymology: From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.
Senses: glosses: A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
glosses: A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
Dom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒm/
ipa: /dɑm/
ipa: /dɔm/
rhymes: -ɒm
homophone: dom
homophone: domme
homophone: Domme
homophone: dom/me
homophone: Dom/me
Forms: form: Doms
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma). Doublet of Rom.
Senses: examples: text: Chand Ghat, where Dolly lives, is primarily a Dom neighbourhood, home to a small community of corpse-burners.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 2:
glosses: A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.
Dom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒm/
ipa: /dɑm/
ipa: /dɔm/
rhymes: -ɒm
homophone: dom
homophone: domme
homophone: Domme
homophone: dom/me
homophone: Dom/me
Etymology: Related to Rom and Lom.
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒn/
ipa: /dɑn/
homophone: don
homophone: dawn (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒn
Senses: examples: text: The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure.
ref: 2025 May 8, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, “House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.
Derived terms: Diaper Don
Don the Con
Teflon Don
Zion Don
Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒn/
ipa: /dɑn/
homophone: don
homophone: dawn (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: the Don
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).
Senses: examples: text: Thence they marched againſt Orna, a Port Towne on the Riuer Don, where were many Gazarians, Alanians, Ruſſians, and Saracens, which he drowned with the Riuer running through the Citie, turning it out of the chanell.
ref: 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Tartarians, and of diuers Nations which they subdued; with their Pristine Rites.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 339:
glosses: A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.
Related terms: Cossack
Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒn/
ipa: /dɑn/
homophone: don
homophone: dawn (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: the Don
Etymology: Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.
Senses: glosses: A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
glosses: A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
glosses: A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
glosses: A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.
Synonyms: Don River
River Don
Derived terms: Bridge of Don
Don Valley
DVP
Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒn/
ipa: /dɑn/
homophone: don
homophone: dawn (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn.
* Also as an English and Scottish surname, from Dun, a place in Scotland.
* As an Italian surname, variant of Dono, shortened from dono di Dio (“gift of God”).
* As a Galician surname, from a nickname derived from don (“kindness, favor”).
* As a Hungarian surname, variant of Donát, Donath.
* As a French surname of Germanic origin, from the old name Dodo, related to Dodier, from the name Dodhari, the first element a reduplicated word of arbitrary origin and the second from *hari (“army”).
* Also as a French surname, from the place Don in Nord.
* As a Jewish surname, from a variant of Dan.
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 曾, see Zeng.
* As a Vietnamese surname Đôn, possibly from Chinese 敦, see Dun.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Don Andres Soriano
Don Bosco
Don Felipe Larrazabal
Don Galo
Don Hen
Don Luis
Don Manuel
Don Potenciano Larrazabal
Don Salvador Benedicto
Donna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒnə/
ipa: /ˈdɑnə/
ipa: /ˈdänːə/
rhymes: -ɒnə
Etymology: A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.
Senses: examples: text: "Did you ever know a lady named Miss May-rant? With a funny sort of first name, like Donna? Yes, that is it - Miss Donna May-rant."
ref: 1914, Mary McNeil Fenollosa, Ariadne of Allan Water, Burt, published 1914, page 30:
text: I had a girl / Donna was her name. / Since she left me / I've never been the same.
ref: 1958, Ritchie Valens, “Donna”:
text: For Donna Cona, who has played it since before the Times acquisition, Wordle has become her go-to thing each morning.
ref: 2024 March 14, Saira Mueller, “Millions have played Wordle, but there’s more to the game than you’d expect”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Italian.
glosses: A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after postmistress Donna Fletcher.
Donna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒnə/
ipa: /ˈdɑnə/
ipa: /ˈdänːə/
rhymes: -ɒnə
Forms: form: Donnas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Donna.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Donner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Donder
form: Dunder
Etymology: First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. Named from Dutch donder (“thunder”), and perhaps influenced by the German form Donner.
Senses: glosses: The seventh reindeer of Santa Claus.
wikipedia: A Visit from St. Nicholas
Coordinate terms: sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Blitzen
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Comet
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Cupid
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Dancer
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Dasher
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Prancer
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
sense: Santa Claus's reindeer
word: Vixen
Derived terms: donder and blitzen
Doom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /duːm/
rhymes: -uːm
homophone: doom
homophone: DOOM
Forms: form: DOOM
Etymology: From doom.
Senses: examples: text: Origin […] have used the canvas of a Doom-like first-person 3-D engine to paint a master work of their own in this comic-book action game.
ref: 1996 May 1, Jeffrey Adam Young, “CyberMage: Darklight Awakening Review”, in GameSpot:
topics: video-games
glosses: A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre.
Derived terms: Doom clone
Doomer
Dorcas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːkəs/
ipa: /ˈdɔɹkəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δορκάς (dorkás, “gazelle”), translation of Tabitha in the Bible.
Senses: examples: text: Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas; this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:36:
glosses: A woman who is said, in the Bible, to have been restored to life by Peter.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.
examples: text: She established a Dorcas society at Baslehurst, of which she became permanent president, and spent her money in carrying on this institution in the manner most pleasing to herself.
ref: 1863, Anthony Trollope, “The Ray Family”, in Rachel Ray. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 11:
text: The daughter was probably some prim Miss, neat, sensible, pious, but all in a small feminine way, in which Felix was no more interested than in Dorcas meetings, biographies of devout women, and that amount of ornamental knitting which was not inconsistent with Nonconforming seriousness.
ref: 1866, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter V, in Felix Holt, the Radical […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 120:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Used attributively of a ladies' association within the church in order to make and distribute clothes for the poor.
Dorcas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːkəs/
ipa: /ˈdɔɹkəs/
Forms: form: Dorcasses
form: Dorcases
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δορκάς (dorkás, “gazelle”), translation of Tabitha in the Bible.
Senses: examples: text: Secondly, When a person not only hath grace, but also is beneficial, usefull, doth much good in his time, is diffusive of holinesse, full of good works, serves his generation, and hath done his work before he fals asleep, hath his Dorcasses coats to be seen after his death; it is only our doing good that makes us called good;
ref: 1654, William Jenkyn, A shock of corn coming in in its season, page 13:
text: I have beheld, O Dorcasses! with admiration and gratitude , the coats and garments, the lint and bandages which you have made.
ref: 1863, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, A Few Words in Behalf of the Loyal Women of the United States, page 2:
text: yea, of women, not a few, who following in the train of those who “ministered to Christ,” were good Dorcasses, and “succourers of many."
ref: 1870, Samuel Cowdy, Christianity re-examined: help and hope for truth seekers, page 65:
text: I fear least thro the medium of the papers he shᵈ hear of it before the Dorcasses of his congregation shall receive the certificate to present in due form, in this case be pleased to apologize to the ladies for my indiscretion.
ref: 1940, John Pintard, Dorothy C. Barck, Letters from John Pintard to His Daughter, Eliza Noel, page 196:
glosses: A member of a Dorcas association.
Dorcas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːkəs/
ipa: /ˈdɔɹkəs/
Forms: form: Dorcasses
form: Dorcases
form: Dorcassing
form: Dorcasing
form: Dorcassed
form: Dorcassed
form: Dorcased
form: Dorcased
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δορκάς (dorkás, “gazelle”), translation of Tabitha in the Bible.
Senses: examples: text: They had been pouring tea and passing wafers when they should have been Dorcassing at their Christmas tasks.
ref: 1912, Rupert Hughes, Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents, page 59:
text: It was by good works of this kind — not by doles , “Dorcassing,” and such-like — that Ossett gained and deserved the title of a “Charitable Man.”
ref: 1913, H. J. A. Hervey, The European in India, page 84:
text: Peter and Paul knew what they were about when they kept the women Dorcassing and such like.
ref: 1928, Lawrence Pilkington, The Chimneys of Tattleton: A Story of Old Lancashire, page 41:
glosses: To do the work of a Dorcas; to make and distribute clothes to the poor.
Derived terms: dorcastry
Dot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
Dove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭv
ipa: /dʌv/
rhymes: -ʌv
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun dove.
* As a Scottish surname, calque of Scottish Gaelic (mac) Calmáin (“(son of the) dove”). Compare Coleman.
* Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Duff.
* As a north German surname, from the Low German adjective doof (“deaf”); see deaf.
Senses: glosses: A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
glosses: A river in Suffolk, England, a tributary of the Waveney.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Caelum and Puppis.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Dovedale
Dove Dale
Rolleston on Dove
Dow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dows
Etymology: Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from Scottish Gaelic.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Dow Jones average
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Derived terms: Dow theory
Related terms: Dow Jones
Down
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
homophone: down
Etymology: From Irish dún (“fortress, stronghold”).
Senses: glosses: One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Down's syndrome
Down St Mary
Down syndrome
Hill of Down
Dr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Drs.
Senses: examples: text: By EDWARD CHAMBERLAYNE Dr. of Laws, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
ref: 1671, Edward Chamberlayne, The Second Part of the Present State of England: […], 3rd edition, London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn, […], →OCLC, title page:
text: It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.
ref: 1886, Miss M. A. R. Tucker, “St. David's”, in Walford's Antiquarian: A Magazine & Bibliographical Review:
text: Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
ref: 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
text: A widely shared local television video of last week's news conference, which was posted on YouTube, reached more than 5 million views and was amplified by Elon Musk and Fox News, where Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi appeared on primetime shows two nights in a row. […] "As owners of local urgent care clinics, it appears these two individuals are releasing biased, non-peer reviewed data to advance their personal financial interests without regard for the public's health," the statement read, "COVID-19 misinformation is widespread and dangerous. Members of ACEP and AAEM are first-hand witnesses to the human toll that COVID-19 is taking on our communities. ACEP and AAEM strongly advise against using any statements of Drs. Erickson and Massihi as a basis for policy and decision making."
ref: 2020 April 29, Anna-Maja Rappard, “Dubious coronavirus claims by California doctors condemned by health experts”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2020:
glosses: Alternative form of Dr: abbreviation of doctor.
glosses: Abbreviation of drive, a type of public roadway, when part of a specific street’s name.