| daily (adjective) occurring on a regular basis | daily (noun) form plural: dailies newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week |
| damage (noun) form plural: damages injury; harm | damage (verb) forms: damaged; damaged; damaging to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly |
| danger (noun) form plural: dangers risk; peril; hazard | dash (noun) form plural: dashes hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint |
| dash (verb) forms: dashed; dashed; dashing to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl; to cast | date (noun) form plural: dates day, month and year according to the calendar; interview; meeting |
| deadline (noun) form plural: deadlines time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in | deal (noun) form plural: deals agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount |
| deal (verb) forms: dealt; dealt; dealing to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to sell; to trade | dealer (noun) form plural: dealers supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative |
| dealing (noun) form plural: dealings manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out | debate (noun) form plural: debates argument; dispute; discussion; conversation |
| debate (verb) forms: debated; debated; debating to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder | debris (noun) form: no plural rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments |
| debt (noun) form plural: debts obligation; something owed (i.e. money) | debut (noun) form plural: debuts opening of a show; first public appearance |
| debut (verb) forms: debuted; debuted; debuting to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance | decade (noun) form plural: decades ten years; group of tens |
| decide (verb) forms: decided; decided; deciding to choose; to select from several options; to conclude; to resolve | decision (noun) form plural: decisions determination; resolution; ruling (especially in court) |
| declaration (noun) form plural: declarations statement; proclamation; announcement | declare (verb) forms: declared; declared; declaring to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property) |
| decline (noun) form plural: declines downward; descent; slope; ebb | decline (verb) forms: declined; declined; declining to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall |
| decrease (noun) form plural: decreases decline; reduction; lessening | decrease (verb) forms: decreased; decreased; decreasing to reduce; to lessen; to decline |
| dedicate (verb) forms: dedicated; dedicated; dedicating to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone | dedication (noun) form plural: dedications setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book, poem, etc.) |
| deed of surrender (noun) form plural: deeds of surrender a legal document that temporarily transfers a property from one individual to another | default (noun) form plural: defaults failure to perform a duty; option on a computer which is automatically selected |
| default (verb) forms: defaulted; defaulted; defaulting to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court | defect (noun) form plural: defects deficiency; flaw |
| defect (verb) forms: defected; defected; defecting to desert; to abandon; to change sides | defend (verb) forms: defended; defended; defending to protect; to secure; to vindicate |
| defense (noun) form plural: defenses protection; security; rampart; shield | define (verb) forms: defined; defined; defining to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries |
| definition (noun) form plural: definitions explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a word or term) | degree (noun) form plural: degrees rank; extent; university certificate |
| delay (noun) form plural: delays postponement; hindrance; hold-up; stopping; lingering | delay (verb) forms: delayed; delayed; delaying to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter |
| delegate (noun) form plural: delegates representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention, seminar etc. | delegate (verb) forms: delegated; delegated; delegating to authorize; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else |
| delete (verb) forms: deleted; deleted; deleting to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate | deliberately (adverb) intentionally; purposefully; methodically |
| delicious (adjective) tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell | deliver (verb) forms: delivered; delivered; delivering to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express |
| delivery (noun) form plural: deliveries distribution; liberation; transference | demand (noun) form plural: demands claim; requirement; strong request |
| demand (verb) forms: demanded; demanded; demanding to claim; to require; to request strongly | demeanor (noun) form plural: demeanors behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance |
| demographics (noun) form: only plural study of the statistical characteristics of a population | demolish (verb) forms: demolished; demolished, demolishing to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove |
| demonstrate (verb) forms: demonstrated; demonstrated; demonstrating to present; to show or illustrate something through example, or physical demonstrations | demonstration (noun) form plural: demonstrations exhibition; explanation; showing |
| denial (noun) form plural: denials refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize | denominator (noun) form plural: denominators shared characteristic; common feature |
| dense (adjective) compact; having a high mass per unit volume; close | density (noun) form plural: densities compactness; closeness |
| deny (verb) forms: denied; denied; denying to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce | depart (verb) forms: departed; departed; departing to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die |
| department (noun) form plural: departments division of a company; section; area | departmental (adjective) arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning an office |
| departure (noun) form plural: departures leaving; going away; opposite of arrival | depend (verb) forms: depended; depended; depending to rely on; to trust; to be supported by |
| dependent (adjective) relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional; contingent | dependent (noun) form plural: dependents one who relies on another especially for financial support |
| depict (verb) forms: depicted; depicted; depicting to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray; to elucidate | deploy (verb) forms: deployed; deployed; deploying to speak out; to move into a position of readiness and availability |
| deposit (noun) form plural: deposits sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge | deposit (verb) forms: deposited; deposited; depositing to put a sum of money in a bank for safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down |
| deregulation (noun) form plural: deregulations transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization | describe (verb) forms: described; described; describing to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to elucidate |
| description (noun) form plural: descriptions explanation; illustration; instruction | deserve (verb) forms: deserved; deserved; deserving to be worthy of; to have a right to |
| design (noun) form plural: designs plan; sketch; model; layout; structure | design (verb) forms: designed; designed; designing to create; to conceive; to produce; to conceptualize |
| desk (noun) form plural: desks office table | despite (preposition) notwithstanding |
| destination (noun) form plural: destinations place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined | destroy (verb) forms: destroyed; destroyed; destroying to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase |
| destruction (noun) form plural: destructions ruin; desolation; annihilation | detail (noun) form plural: details item; piece of information; part of a whole |
| detail (verb) forms: detailed; detailed; detailing to list; to describe; to specify; to assign | detailed (adjective) itemized; marked by thoroughness in treating small items or parts |
| detect (verb) forms: detected; detected; detecting to discover; to discern; to find out | determine (verb) forms: determined; determined; determining to decide; to define; to conclude; to cause; to affect |
| develop (verb) forms: developed; developed; developing to build; to create; to design; to grow | developer (noun) form plural: developers person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography |
| development (noun) form plural: developments evolvement; gradual growth; evolution; maturation; progression | device (noun) form plural: devices apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme |
| devise (verb) forms: devised; devised; devising to plan; to invent; to design | dial (noun) form plural: dials rotatable disk on a telephone |
| dial (verb) forms: dialed; dialed; dialing; dialed; dialed; dialing to press buttons; to place a phone call by pressing buttons | diary (noun) form plural: diaries written account of daily events and occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book; blog |
| dictate (noun) form plural: dictates ruling principle; command; decree | dictate (verb) forms: dictated; dictated; dictating to say something aloud for someone to write down; to command; to order; to impose |
| diet (noun) form plural: diets nourishment; nutrition; food and drink; regimen; weight loss plan | diet (verb) forms: dieted; dieted; dieting to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only certain kinds of food |
| dietician (noun) form plural: dieticians nutritionist; expert on nutrition | difference (noun) form plural: differences distinction; unusual quality; disagreement; remainder |
| different (adjective) not the same; unusual; distinctive | difficult (adjective) hard; troublesome; complicated; complex |
| difficulty (noun) form plural: difficulties problem; challenge; hardship; trouble | digital (adjective) using numbers; with numbers |
| dignity (noun) form: no plural respected position; honor; nobility | diligent (adjective) ambitious; industrious; hard-working |
| direct (adjective) straight; forthright; clear | direct (adverb) clearly; in a straightforward manner |
| direct (verb) forms: directed; directed; directing to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to supervise | direction (noun) form plural: directions guidance; supervision; conducting; management |
| directly (adverb) clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon | directly (conjunction) immediately following; the moment that; as soon as |
| director (noun) form plural: directors boss; supervisor; manager; head | directory (noun) form plural: directories guidebook; library; catalog |
| disagree (verb) forms: disagreed; disagreed; disagreeing to have different opinions; to differ | disappear (verb) forms: disappeared; disappeared; disappearing to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to vanish |
| discard (noun) form plural: discards garbage; refuse; scrap | discard (verb) forms: discarded; discarded; discarding to throw away; to get rid of |
| discern (verb) forms: discerned; discerned; discerning to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to discriminate | discipline (noun) form plural: disciplines training |
| disclaim (verb) forms: disclaimed; disclaimed; disclaiming to deny connection with; to renounce; to repudiate; to disavow | disclaimer (noun) form plural: disclaimers statement which denies responsibility or affiliation; repudiation; denial |
| discount (noun) form plural: discounts price reduction; rebate | discount (verb) forms: discounted; discounted; discounting to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore |
| discourage (verb) forms: discouraged; discouraged; discouraging to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to show disapproval of; to derail | discouraged (adjective) deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from |
| discouragement (noun) form plural: discouragements derailment; feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | discover (verb) forms: discovered; discovered; discovering to find out; to come across; to get information about something |
| discrete (adjective) separate; individual; discontinuous | discretion (noun) form: no plural caution; wisdom; careful judgment |
| discuss (verb) forms: discussed; discussed; discussing to talk about; to debate; to converse | discussion (noun) form plural: discussions debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument |
| disease (noun) form plural: diseases sickness; illness | disembark (verb) forms: disembarked; disembarked; disembarking to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or vehicle; to land |
| disk (noun) form plural: disks flat circular object | dislodge (verb) forms: dislodged; dislodged; dislodging to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to expel |
| dismal (adjective) gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad | dismiss (verb) forms: dismissed; dismissed; dismissing to send away; to fire; to release; to free |
| disparate (adjective) markedly different; contrasting | dispatch (noun) form plural: dispatches sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness |
| dispatch (verb) forms: dispatched; dispatched; dispatching to send off quickly; to dismiss; to conclude with speed and efficiency; to eliminate | dispense (noun) form plural: dispenses expenditure; pardon |
| dispense (verb) forms: dispensed; dispensed; dispensing to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give out; to hand out | display (noun) form plural: displays presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure; exhibition |
| display (verb) forms: displayed; displayed; displaying to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit; to reveal | disposal (noun) form plural: disposals getting rid of; arranging |
| dispose (verb) forms: disposed; disposed; disposing to control; to arrange; to put in order | disposition (noun) form plural: dispositions character; nature; trait; arrangement; placement |
| dispute (noun) form plural: disputes quarrel; disagreement; argument | dispute (verb) forms: disputed; disputed; disputing to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to fight against |
| disrupt (verb) forms: disrupted; disrupted; disrupting to upset; to disturb; to divide | dissipate (verb) forms: dissipated; dissipated; dissipating to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered |
| distinctive (adjective) special; unique; different | distinguish (verb) forms: distinguished; distinguished; distinguishing to mark as different; to see as different; to discern; to recognize |
| distract (verb) forms: distracted; distracted; distracting to disturb; to confuse; to worry; to divert; to amuse | distributor (noun) form plural: distributors person, company or organization that markets a commodity, product or service; wholesaler; dealer |
| disturb (verb) forms: disturbed; disturbed; disturbing to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry | diverse (adjective) different; varied |
| diversification (noun) form plural: diversifications process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of products and services | diversify (verb) forms: diversified; diversified; diversifying to make different; to invest one's assets in various securities |
| diversity (noun) form plural: diversities variety; difference; unlikeness | divert (verb) forms: diverted; diverted; diverting to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different direction; to deflect |
| divide (noun) form plural: divides separation; ridge between drainage areas; watershed | divide (verb) forms: divided; divided; dividing to separate into parts; to part; to share; to apportion |
| division (noun) form plural: divisions partitioning; department; faculty; ranking; level according to difficulty | doctor (noun) form plural: doctors person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon etc.) |
| doctor (verb) forms: doctored; doctored; doctoring to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to mend | document (noun) form plural: documents certificate; written file |
| document (verb) forms: documented; documented; documenting to record for evidence; to write down; to substantiate | documentation (noun) form plural: documentations collection of written records; use of written records as evidence |
| dollar drain (noun) form: no plural a situation in which the imports of a country from the USA are larger than their exports to the USA | domestic (adjective) pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame (about an animal) |
| domestic (noun) form plural: domestics housemaid; servant; housekeeper | dominate (verb) forms: dominated; dominated; dominating to control; to rule; to command |
| donate (verb) forms: donated; donated; donating to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow | donation (noun) form plural: donations gift; contribution |
| dot (noun) form plural: dots spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web address | dot (verb) forms: dotted; dotted; dotting to stud; to constellate |
| dotted (adjective) spotted; speckled; composed of a series of small dashes (about a line) | doubt (noun) form plural: doubts misgiving; lack of certainty |
| doubt (verb) forms: doubted; doubted; doubting to be uncertain; to have misgivings | download (verb) forms: downloaded; downloaded; downloading to copy files from a distant computer onto another computer through an Internet connection |
| downsize (adjective) of a smaller version or dimension | downsize (verb) forms: downsized; downsized; downsized to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut the number of employees |
| downsizing (noun) form plural: no plural bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses | downtown (adjective) pertaining to the commercial center of a city |
| downtown (adverb) into the city center; into the the town | downtown (noun) form plural: downtowns commercial center of a city; business distract |
| downturn (noun) form plural: downturns negative tendency (especially in economy or business) | downward (adjective) descending |
| downward (adverb) towards a lower place, position or section | draft (noun) form plural: drafts rough outline; sketch; written order for payment; conscription |
| draft (verb) forms: drafted; drafted; drafting to make an outline; to draw up in written form; to conscript; to draw out and separate | drastic (adjective) extreme; intense; severe |
| drastically (adverb) intensely; in an extreme manner; severely | draw (noun) form plural: draws attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie; natural channel; gully |
| draw (verb) forms: drew; drawn; drawing to attract; to pull; to sketch; to depict with lines; to conclude | dress code (noun) form plural: dress codes formally or socially imposed standards of attire |
| drill (noun) form plural: drills practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow | drill (verb) forms: drilled; drilled; drilling to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow seeds in rows |
| drive (noun) form plural: drives trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware; combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund raiser) | drive (verb) forms: drove; driven; driving to travel in a car; to transport in a vehicle; to compel |
| driver (noun) form plural: drivers chauffeur; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device | drop (noun) form plural: drops small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount; pendant |
| drop (verb) forms: dropped; dropped; dropping to fall; to make fall; to bring down; to go down; to omit; to abandon | due (adjective) owed; payable; right; fitting; suitable; adequate |
| due (noun) form plural: dues something which legally or rightfully belongs to an individual; payment; fee | duplicate (adjective) double; identical; matching |
| duplicate (noun) form plural: duplicates copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction | duplicate (verb) forms: duplicated; duplicated; duplicating to copy; to replicate; to photocopy |
| durable (adjective) sturdy; long lasting | duration (noun) form plural: durations period of time that something continues |
| duress (noun) form: no plural intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion | during (preposition) while; throughout |
| duty (noun) form plural: duties obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs tax | dynamic (adjective) forceful; energetic; vigorous; spirited; alive |