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noun
- A skewer
- A sharpened stick, used for roasting food over a fire. Compare dogwood, formerly dagwood
- A long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing
- One of a row of decorative strips of cloth, ornamenting a tent, booth, or fairground
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verb (dag, g, ed)
- (transitive) To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
- (transitive) To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
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| dagmar |
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noun
- (colloquial) bullet-shaped protrusions on the bumpers of various 1950s cars, especially Cadillacs
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| Daisy |
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proper noun
- (given name, female),from the English noun daisy
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| Dale |
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proper noun
- A surname from the English noun dale.
- (given name, male) derived from the surname.
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| Dalton |
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noun - (chemistry) a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16 the mass of an oxygen atom; now replaced by the atomic mass unit (or dalton)
proper noun
- w:John Dalton, John Dalton, English chemist
- any of several place names in the north of England and in Scotland
- (given name, male) from the surname.
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| Damon |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, from Greek)
- An English and Scottish surname, derived from the given name.
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| Dan |
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proper noun
- (biblical character) Fifth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Bilhah.
- (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, )
- (given name, male), diminutive of Daniel
- A surname.
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| Dana |
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proper noun
- An American surname of uncertain origin.
- (mostly U.S.) (given name, male) derived from the surname.
- (given name, female, ) usually interpreted as a form of Daniel, taken to use in the twentieth century; possibly borrowed from eastern Europe.
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| Dane |
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noun
- A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
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| Daniel |
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proper noun (Dan·iel)
- The book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
- (biblical character) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, ) in regular use since the Middle Ages and recently quite popular.
- (context, rare)(given name, female).
- A surname.
- A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)
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| Danielle |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Hebrew, ); borrowed from the French feminine form of Daniel.
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| Danny |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, ), a diminutive of Daniel.
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, ), a diminutive of Danielle, Daniella and Daniela.
- (rfv-sense) (context, automobile racing) A maneuver involving losing control of a race car, recovering without any damage, and winning the race. Named after w:Danny Sullivan, Danny Sullivan's 'spin and win' at the 1985 Indy 500.
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| Daphne |
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proper noun
- (greekmyth) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
- (given name, female, from Greek, ).
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| Darlene |
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proper noun
- (mostly U.S. and Australia): (given name, female), coined in the twentieth century from darling and Charlene
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| Darren |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
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| Dave |
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proper noun
- A male given name, diminutive of David.
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| David |
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proper noun
- (given name, male); Hebrew for "beloved".
- (biblical character) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul.
- A Welsh patronymic surname from which are derived the surnames Davis, Davies, Davidson and Davison.
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| Dawn |
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proper noun
- A female given name, sometimes given to someone born at that time of day
- (rfdate, transfer into proper format) , go away I"m no good for you. — w:Frankie Valli, Frankie Valli, from the song of this title.
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| Dean |
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proper noun - A title afforded to a dean.
- A habitational surname from Middle English dene "valley".
- (given name, male) derived from the surname or from the title.
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| Debbie |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.
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| Deborah |
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proper noun - (biblical character) A judge of Israel; a nurse of Rebecca.
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, )
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| Dee |
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proper noun
- (rivers) A river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
- (rivers) A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.
- A female given name.
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| dell |
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noun
- valley
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| Denise |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) used in medieval England, newly borrowed from French in the 20th century.
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| Dennis |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, ).
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| Derek |
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proper noun
- (given name, male), popular in the UK in mid-twentieth century.
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| Desmond |
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proper noun
- An Irish surname, anglicised from í� Deasmhumhnaigh " a man from South Munster".
- (given name, male) derived from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.
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| dexter |
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adjective
- right (italbrac, as opposed to left)
- (heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
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| Diana |
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proper noun
- (Roman mythology) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo. The virgin moon goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity.
- (given name, female)
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| Dick |
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proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Richard, often used as a given name its own right.
- 1888: Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
- : "But did my make love to you?" asked Joanna, clinging to her
sweetheart's side.
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| Dinah |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) a female given name of biblical origin
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| Dirk |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, , ) of German and Dutch origin, cognate to Derek.
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| Dixie |
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proper noun
- (informal) The southern United States; the South.
- A female given name made popular from the song
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| Dixon |
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proper noun
- a northern English patronymic surname derived from the given name Dick
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| Doll |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), diminutive of Dorothy.
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| Dolly |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), diminutive of Dorothy, and later also of Dolores.
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| Dominica |
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proper noun
- Country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.
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| Donald |
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proper noun
- (given name, male).
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| Donna |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), from the Italian noun, or a feminine form of Donald
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| Dora |
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proper noun
- (given name, female),a diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century; sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora.
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| Dorothy |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
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| Doug |
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proper noun - A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
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| Douglas |
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proper noun
- A male given name.
- The capital of the Isle of Man.
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| Drew |
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proper noun
- (given name, male) derived from Andrew.
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| Dudley |
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proper noun
- A town in the West Midlands.
- A surname, notably of Robet Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
- (given name, male), transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
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| Duke |
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proper noun
- A private university in North Carolina.
- (given name, male)
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| dulce |
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noun - (obsolete) sweetness
- seaweed, kelp
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| Dustin |
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proper noun (infl, en, proper noun)
- (given name, male).
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