| currajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, kurrajong |
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| currawong | (noun) bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call | Synonyms: bell magpie |
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| cushioning | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: padding |
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| cutting | (noun) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends | Synonyms: cut, cutting off |
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| (noun) the act of cutting something into parts | Synonyms: cut |
| (noun) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge | Synonyms: cut |
| (noun) the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film | Synonyms: film editing |
| (noun) the act of diluting something | Synonyms: thinning |
| (noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: carving |
| (noun) the division of a deck of cards before dealing | Synonyms: cut |
| (noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting |
| (noun) a piece cut off from the main part of something | - |
| (noun) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | Synonyms: slip |
| cyborg | (noun) a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices | - |
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| cycling | (noun) the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | - |
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| cymling | (noun) squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white | Synonyms: pattypan squash |
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| dabbing | (noun) pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate | - |
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| (noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | Synonyms: dab |
| dag | (noun) a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing | Synonyms: jag |
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| (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: decagram, dekagram, dkg |
| dairying | (noun) the business of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farming |
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| dampening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: moistening |
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| dancing | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, saltation, terpsichore |
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| dangling | (noun) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | Synonyms: hanging, suspension |
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| daring | (noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | Synonyms: boldness, hardihood, hardiness |
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| (noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | Synonyms: dare |
| darkening | (noun) changing to a darker color | Synonyms: blackening |
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| darling | (noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| darning | (noun) the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads | - |
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| dating | (noun) use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens | Synonyms: geological dating |
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| daubing | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: plastering |
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| dawdling | (noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | Synonyms: dalliance, trifling |
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| dawning | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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| daydreaming | (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, oneirism, reverie, revery |
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| dayspring | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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| deadening | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, impairment, stultification |
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| dealing | (noun) method or manner of conduct in relation to others | - |
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| (noun) the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | Synonyms: dealings, transaction |
| debriefing | (noun) report of a mission or task | - |
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| debunking | (noun) the exposure of falseness or pretensions | Synonyms: repudiation |
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| decentering | (noun) Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others. | Synonyms: decentration |
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| deciding | (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision | Synonyms: decision making |
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| decoding | (noun) the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | Synonyms: decipherment, decryption |
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| decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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| deepening | (noun) a process of becoming deeper and more profound | - |
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| deerstalking | (noun) stalking deer | - |
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| defining | (noun) any process serving to define the shape of something | Synonyms: shaping |
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| defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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| degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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| delegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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| demagog | (noun) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices | Synonyms: demagogue, rabble-rouser |
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| demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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| depicting | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal, portraying |
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| deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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| deriving | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, etymologizing |
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| designing | (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: design |
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| despising | (noun) a feeling of scornful hatred | Synonyms: despisal |
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| desynchronizing | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization |
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| detailing | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: particularisation, particularization |
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| detecting | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detection, detective work, sleuthing |
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| developing | (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: development |
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| devising | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: fashioning, making |
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| dg | (noun) 1/10 gram | Synonyms: decigram |
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| diagnosing | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | Synonyms: diagnosis |
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| diagramming | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: schematisation, schematization |
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| dialog | (noun) the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction | Synonyms: dialogue |
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| (noun) a conversation between two persons | Synonyms: dialogue, duologue |
| (noun) a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | Synonyms: dialogue |
| dieting | (noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | Synonyms: diet |
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| dig | (noun) the act of digging | Synonyms: digging, excavation |
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| (noun) the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow | Synonyms: jab |
| (noun) a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) | - |
| (noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: barb, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam |
| (noun) the site of an archeological exploration | Synonyms: archeological site, excavation |
| digging | (noun) the act of digging | Synonyms: dig, excavation |
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| ding | (noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | Synonyms: dent, gouge, nick |
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| (noun) a ringing sound | - |
| dining | (noun) the act of eating dinner | - |
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| diphthong | (noun) a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | - |
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| dirtying | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: soiling, soilure |
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| disappearing | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearance |
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| disarming | (noun) act of reducing or depriving of arms | Synonyms: disarmament |
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| dishrag | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishcloth |
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| dishwashing | (noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: washup |
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| dismantling | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantlement |
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| disowning | (noun) refusal to acknowledge as one's own | Synonyms: disownment |
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| dissembling | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation |
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| (noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretense |
| dissolving | (noun) the process of going into solution | Synonyms: dissolution |
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| dithering | (noun) the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color | - |
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| diving | (noun) a headlong plunge into water | Synonyms: dive |
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| (noun) an athletic competition that involves diving into water | Synonyms: diving event |
| dkg | (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: dag, decagram, dekagram |
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| docking | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: dockage, moorage, tying up |
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| dodging | (noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: escape, evasion |
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| (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, shunning, turning away |
| (noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | Synonyms: dodge, scheme |
| dog | (noun) a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds | Synonyms: Canis familiaris, domestic dog |
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| (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, detent, pawl |
| (noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace | Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, firedog |
| (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
| (noun) informal term for a man | - |
| (noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman | Synonyms: frump |
| (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, heel, hound |
| dogleg | (noun) a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway | - |
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| (noun) angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog | - |
| dong | (noun) the basic unit of money in Vietnam | - |
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| doodlebug | (noun) the larva of any of several insects | Synonyms: ant lion, antlion |
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| (noun) a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb | Synonyms: buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb, V-1 |
| (noun) a small motor vehicle | - |
| doubling | (noun) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | Synonyms: double |
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| (noun) increase by a factor of two | - |
| dousing | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: ducking, immersion, submersion |
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| doweling | (noun) fastening by dowels | - |
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| downsizing | (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: curtailment, retrenchment |
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| downswing | (noun) a swing downward of a golf club | - |
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| (noun) a worsening of business or economic activity | Synonyms: downturn |
| dowsing | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowse, rhabdomancy |
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| doxing | (noun) Releasing someone's personal information on the Web with the intention of causing harassment | - |
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| drafting | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: draftsmanship, drawing |
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| (noun) writing a first version to be filled out and polished later | - |
| (noun) the craft of drawing blueprints | Synonyms: mechanical drawing |
| drag | (noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force) | - |
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| (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: puff, pull |
| (noun) clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) | - |
| (noun) something tedious and boring | - |
| (noun) something that slows or delays progress | - |
| (noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | Synonyms: retarding force |
| drainplug | (noun) a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin | - |
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| drawing | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: drafting, draftsmanship |
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| (noun) act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source | Synonyms: drawing off |
| (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: lottery |
| (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draft, draught |
| (noun) a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines | - |
| (noun) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper | - |
| drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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| dreaming | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dream |
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| (noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dream |
| dreg | (noun) a small amount of residue | - |
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| drenching | (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: soaking, souse, sousing |
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| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| dressmaking | (noun) the craft of making dresses | - |
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| dribbling | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribble |
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| drifting | (noun) aimless wandering from place to place | - |
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| drilling | (noun) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | Synonyms: boring, oil production |
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| (noun) the act of drilling | Synonyms: boring |
| drinking | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | Synonyms: imbibing, imbibition |
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| (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness |
| dripping | (noun) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) | Synonyms: drippage |
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| (noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop | Synonyms: drip |
| driving | (noun) the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal | - |
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| (noun) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | Synonyms: drive |