| diminutiveness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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| dimness | (noun) the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity | Synonyms: subduedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast | Synonyms: faintness |
| (noun) the state of being poorly illuminated | Synonyms: duskiness |
| dinginess | (noun) discoloration due to dirtiness | Synonyms: dinge |
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| dinoceras | (noun) a variety of dinocerate | Synonyms: uintathere |
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| diplococcus | (noun) Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | - |
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| diplodocus | (noun) a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America | - |
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| directiveness | (noun) the quality of being directive | Synonyms: directivity |
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| directness | (noun) trueness of course toward a goal | Synonyms: straightness |
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| (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, forthrightness, frankness |
| dirtiness | (noun) obscenity in speech or writing | Synonyms: smuttiness |
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| (noun) the state of being unsanitary | Synonyms: uncleanness |
| (noun) the state of containing dirty impurities | - |
| disagreeableness | (noun) an ill-tempered and offensive disposition | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
| disconnectedness | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture |
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| disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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| discontentedness | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentment |
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| discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
| discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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| discursiveness | (noun) the quality of being discursive | - |
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| discus | (noun) a disk used in throwing competitions | Synonyms: saucer |
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| (noun) an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible | - |
| disdainfulness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, superciliousness |
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| disgracefulness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: ignominiousness, shamefulness |
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| disgustingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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| (noun) the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unsavoriness |
| dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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| disingenuousness | (noun) the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor | - |
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| disinterestedness | (noun) freedom from bias or from selfish motives | - |
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| disjointedness | (noun) lacking order or coherence | - |
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| disorderliness | (noun) untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) | Synonyms: disarray |
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| (noun) a condition in which things are not in their expected places | Synonyms: disorder |
| (noun) rowdy behavior | Synonyms: roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism |
| disparateness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: distinctiveness |
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| dispassionateness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dryness |
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| dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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| dispiritedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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| disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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| dissoluteness | (noun) indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures | Synonyms: incontinence, self-gratification |
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| distastefulness | (noun) the quality of being offensive | Synonyms: odiousness, offensiveness |
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| (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
| distinctiveness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: disparateness |
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| (noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty |
| distinctness | (noun) the quality of being sharp and clear | Synonyms: sharpness |
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| (noun) the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | Synonyms: otherness, separateness |
| (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, separateness, severalty |
| distomatosis | (noun) a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products | Synonyms: black disease, liver rot, sheep rot |
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| distress | (noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | Synonyms: distraint |
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| (noun) psychological suffering | Synonyms: hurt, suffering |
| (noun) extreme physical pain | - |
| (noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | - |
| distressfulness | (noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress | Synonyms: seriousness |
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| distressingness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: painfulness |
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| distrustfulness | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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| ditchmoss | (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed |
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| diuresis | (noun) increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus | - |
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| diverseness | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diversity, multifariousness, variety |
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| diverticulitis | (noun) inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation | - |
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| diverticulosis | (noun) presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon | - |
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| dizziness | (noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | Synonyms: giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo |
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| doggedness | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| doings | (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct |
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| doldrums | (noun) a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific | - |
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| (noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | Synonyms: stagnancy, stagnation |
| dolefulness | (noun) sadness caused by grief or affliction | - |
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| dolmas | (noun) well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock | Synonyms: stuffed grape leaves |
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| domineeringness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: imperiousness, overbearingness |
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| dominoes | (noun) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | Synonyms: dominos |
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| dominos | (noun) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | Synonyms: dominoes |
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| dominus | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominee, dominie |
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| doofus | (noun) a stupid incompetent person | Synonyms: dimwit, half-wit, nitwit |
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| doubles | (noun) tennis played with two players on each side | - |
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| (noun) badminton played with two players on each side | - |
| doubtfulness | (noun) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | Synonyms: doubt, dubiousness, question |
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| (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty |
| doughiness | (noun) The quality or state of having the characteristics of dough, especially in appearance or consistency. | - |
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| dovishness | (noun) any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict | - |
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| dowdiness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: drabness, homeliness |
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| downheartedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dejectedness, dispiritedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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| downiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: featheriness, fluffiness |
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| downrightness | (noun) the quality of being direct and straightforward | Synonyms: straightforwardness |
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| dozens | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| drabness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, homeliness |
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| dracunculiasis | (noun) a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin | Synonyms: Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease |
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| dramatics | (noun) participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity | - |
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| (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
| draughts | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: checkers |
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| drawers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, knickers, pants |
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| (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, shorts, underdrawers |
| dreadfulness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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| dreaminess | (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: languor |
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| dreariness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, insipidity, insipidness |
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| dregs | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: settlings |
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| dress | (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
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| (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
| (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
| drippiness | (noun) the physical property of being soft and drippy | - |
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| (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
| drippings | (noun) fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried | - |
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| droppings | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: dung, muck |
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| dross | (noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | Synonyms: scoria, slag |
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| (noun) worthless or dangerous material that should be removed | Synonyms: impurity |
| drowsiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: sleepiness, somnolence |
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| drunkenness | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking |
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| (noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness |
| (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, alcoholism, inebriation |
| druthers | (noun) the right or chance to choose | Synonyms: preference |
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| drygoods | (noun) textiles or clothing and related merchandise | Synonyms: soft goods |
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| dryness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dispassionateness |
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| (noun) moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs | Synonyms: sobriety |
| (noun) the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) | Synonyms: waterlessness, xerotes |
| drypis | (noun) spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers | - |
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| dubiousness | (noun) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, question |
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| (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, incertitude, uncertainty |
| duchess | (noun) the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | - |
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| duckpins | (noun) a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider | - |
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| ductileness | (noun) the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets | Synonyms: ductility |
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| ductulus | (noun) a very small duct | Synonyms: ductule |
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| duds | (noun) informal terms for clothing | Synonyms: threads, togs |
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| dullness | (noun) lack of sensibility | - |
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| (noun) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | Synonyms: bluntness |
| (noun) the quality of lacking interestingness | - |
| (noun) a lack of visual brightness | - |
| (noun) the quality of being slow to understand | Synonyms: obtuseness |
| dumbass | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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| dumbness | (noun) the quality of being mentally slow and limited | Synonyms: denseness, slow-wittedness |
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| dumpiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: squattiness |
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| dumplings | (noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | Synonyms: dumpling |
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| dumps | (noun) an informal expression for a mildly depressed state | Synonyms: mopes |
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| durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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| duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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| duskiness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: darkness, swarthiness |
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| (noun) the state of being poorly illuminated | Synonyms: dimness |