| adamance | (noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible | Synonyms: obduracy, unyieldingness |
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| adamant | (noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem | Synonyms: diamond |
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| afterdamp | (noun) a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine | - |
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| beldam | (noun) a woman of advanced age | Synonyms: beldame |
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| (noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman | Synonyms: beldame, crone, hag, witch |
| beldame | (noun) a woman of advanced age | Synonyms: beldam |
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| (noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman | Synonyms: beldam, crone, hag, witch |
| blackdamp | (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | Synonyms: chokedamp |
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| cardamom | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamon, cardamum |
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| (noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum |
| cardamon | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamom, cardamum |
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| (noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum |
| cardamum | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamom, cardamon |
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| chokedamp | (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | Synonyms: blackdamp |
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| chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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| cofferdam | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: caisson, pneumatic caisson |
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| dam | (noun) female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock | - |
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| (noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | Synonyms: dike, dyke |
| (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm |
| damage | (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: harm, hurt, scathe |
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| (noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: legal injury, wrong |
| (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: harm, impairment |
| (noun) loss of military equipment | Synonyms: equipment casualty |
| (noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: price, terms |
| damages | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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| damar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| damascene | (noun) a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel | - |
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| damask | (noun) a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it | - |
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| (noun) a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern | - |
| dame | (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: bird, chick, doll, skirt, wench |
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| (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: gentlewoman, lady, ma'am, madam |
| daminozide | (noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time | Synonyms: Alar |
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| dammar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: damar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| damn | (noun) something of little value | Synonyms: darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn |
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| damnation | (noun) the act of damning | - |
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| (noun) the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell | Synonyms: eternal damnation |
| damned | (noun) people who are condemned to eternal punishment | - |
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| damoiselle | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle |
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| damosel | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damozel, damsel, demoiselle |
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| damourite | (noun) a variety of muscovite | - |
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| damozel | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damsel, demoiselle |
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| damp | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: dampness, moistness |
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| dampener | (noun) a device that dampens or moistens something | Synonyms: moistener |
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| dampening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: moistening |
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| damper | (noun) a depressing restraint | - |
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| (noun) a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations | Synonyms: muffler |
| (noun) a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace | - |
| dampness | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: damp, moistness |
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| damsel | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, demoiselle |
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| damselfish | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: demoiselle |
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| damselfly | (noun) slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest | - |
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| damson | (noun) dark purple plum of the damson tree | Synonyms: damson plum |
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| endameba | (noun) any ameba of the genus Endamoeba | - |
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| firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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| fundament | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork |
| fundamental | (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | Synonyms: first harmonic, fundamental frequency |
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| (noun) any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business | - |
| fundamentalism | (noun) a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth | - |
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| (noun) the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. | - |
| fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
| fundamentalness | (noun) The state or condition of being fundamental; essential importance. | - |
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| fundamentals | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle |
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| liquidambar | (noun) any tree of the genus Liquidambar | - |
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| (noun) aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree | Synonyms: sweet gum |
| macadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam |
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| (noun) broken stone used in macadamized roadways | - |
| macadamia | (noun) any tree of the genus Macadamia | Synonyms: macadamia tree |
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| madam | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, gentlewoman, lady, ma'am |
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| (noun) a woman who runs a house of prostitution | Synonyms: brothel keeper |
| madame | (noun) title used for a married Frenchwoman | - |
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| mandamus | (noun) an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail | Synonyms: writ of mandamus |
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| milldam | (noun) dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill | - |
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| tarmacadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: macadam, tarmac |
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| (noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving | Synonyms: tarmac |