| ALDOL | • aldol n. (Organic chemistry) Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position. • ALDOL n. a chemical compound used as a solvent and also as a sedative. |
| ALLOD | • allod n. (Historical) Allodium. • ALLOD n. an estate held in absolute ownership. |
| DALLE | • DALLE n. (French) a slab or tile, often decorative. |
| DALLY | • dally v. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. • dally v. (Transitive, intransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet. • dally v. To delay unnecessarily; to while away. |
| DELLS | • dells n. Plural of dell. • Dells prop.n. Wisconsin Dells. • DELL n. a small wooded valley, also DINGLE. |
| DELLY | • DELLY n. (colloquial) a delicatessen. • DELLY adj. like a dell. |
| DHOLL | • dholl n. Obsolete form of dal (“pigeon pea”). • DHOLL n. (Hindi) an Indian name for lentil, also DAAL, DAHL, DAL, DHAL. |
| DILLI | • dilli n. Alternative form of dilly (“a dilly bag”). • DILLI n. (Native Australian) a dilly-bag, an Australian aboriginal bag made of woven grass or fibre. |
| DILLS | • dills n. Plural of dill. • DILL n. an umbelliferous herb related to parsnip, the fruits of which are used in condiments. |
| DILLY | • dilly adj. Redolent of dill (the herb). • dilly n. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. • dilly n. (Australia) A dilly bag. |
| DOLLS | • dolls n. Plural of doll. • DOLL v. to dress stylishly. |
| DOLLY | • dolly n. (Childish, colloquial) A doll. • dolly n. (Cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust. • dolly n. A contrivance for stirring… |
| DRILL | • drill v. (Transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool). • drill v. (Intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context. • drill v. (Ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts. |
| DROLL | • droll adj. Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish. • droll n. (Archaic) A funny person; a buffoon, a wag. • droll v. (Archaic) To jest, to joke. |
| DULLS | • dulls v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dull. • Dulls prop.n. Plural of Dull. • DULL v. to blunt, make dull. |
| DULLY | • dully adv. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre. • DULLY adj. somewhat dull. |
| DWELL | • dwell n. (Engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state. • dwell n. (Engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed. • dwell n. (Electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program. |
| IDYLL | • idyll n. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus’ short pastoral poems, the Idylls. • idyll n. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a… • idyll n. (Music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried… |
| LADLE | • ladle n. A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. • ladle n. (Metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. • ladle n. The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. |
| LALDY | • LALDY n. (Scots) a beating or thrashing, also LALDIE. |