Name Report For First Name DANA:
DANA
First name DANA's origin is English. DANA means "from denmark. also a variant of daniel". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DANA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of dana.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with DANA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with DANA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming DANA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DANA AS A WHOLE:
durandana danae loredana bohdana danawi danaus adana bradana chardanae danah edana gordana jordana roldana danathon durindana yordanaNAMES RHYMING WITH DANA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ana) - Names That Ends with ana:
ayana fana hasana tarana hana rihana sana' thana' aitana agana jana jaana luana philana stephana iolana kaimana malana mana moana oliana ivana dhana zigana drisana pithasthana rana andreana fabiana liliana sebastiana chu'mana huyana lenmana nahimana adriana ileana ioana mariana oana roxana stefana tatiana bwana hakizimana mukhwana kana kohana abriana ahana aileana aiyana alana alhana aliyana allana ana andeana ariana arlana arleana aryana assana audreana audriana aureliana aviana ayiana bibiana blyana braiana breana bree-ana brezziana briana caliana caroliana cavana chana chiana christana christiana cipriana corazana daiana damiana daviana deana deeana diana duana dyana elana eliana eramana estebana estefana etana eviana farhanaNAMES RHYMING WITH DANA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (dan) - Names That Begins with dan:
dan dane danel danele danell danelle danetta danette daney dangelo danh dani dania daniachew danica danice daniel daniel-sean daniela daniele danielle danika danil danila danilo danise danit danita danithy danitza danja dann danna dannah dannalee dannee dannell dannelle danni dannia dannie danno dannon danny danon danrelle danso dantae dante dantel dantina danton dantrell danu dany danya danylynnRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (da) - Names That Begins with da:
da'ud dabbous dabi dabir dace dacey dacia dacian dacio dack dacy dada dae daedalus daedbot daeg daegal daegan dael daelan daelyn daelynn daemon daena daesgesage daeva daffodil dafydd dagan daganya daganyah dagen daghda dagian dagmar dagoberto dagomar dagonet daguenet dagwood dahab dahlia dahrNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DANA:
First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':
daina daishya dakota dakshina dalena dalenna dalia daliila dalila damara damia damita daphna dar-al-baida dara daracha darcia darda darena darerca daria darissa darla darleena darlena darlina darnesha darnetta darnisha darra davia davianna davida davina davinia davita davonna dawna dawneshia dawnetta dawnika dayla dayna daysha dayshia dea deanda deandra deandrea deandria deanna debora debra decla deeandra deeanna deedra deena deerwa defena deianira deidra deina deirdra deja deka delbina delfina delia delicia delila delinda delisa delisha delissa deliza della delma delmara delmira delora delphia delphina delta delyssa demelza demetria dena dendera denia denica denisa denisha denissa deona deondra deonna deorsa dereka derforgalaEnglish Words Rhyming DANA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DANA AS A WHOLE:
bandana | noun (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form. |
noun (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. |
danaide | noun (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one. |
danaite | noun (n.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite. |
danalite | noun (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur. |
rhodanate | noun (n.) A salt of rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DANA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ana) - English Words That Ends with ana:
banana | noun (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. |
bimana | noun (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. |
campana | noun (n.) A church bell. |
noun (n.) The pasque flower. | |
noun (n.) Same as Gutta. |
curtana | noun (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. |
damiana | noun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. |
diana | noun (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. |
dulciana | noun (n.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ. |
guana | noun (n.) See Iguana. |
guarana | noun (n.) A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache. |
gitana | noun (n. masc.) Alt. of Gitano |
havana | noun (n.) An Havana cigar. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar |
iguana | noun (n.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits. |
jacana | noun (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird. |
jambolana | noun (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit. |
kerana | noun (n.) A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians. |
levana | noun (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants. |
liana | noun (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region. |
nicotiana | noun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco. |
nirvana | noun (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism. |
nagana | noun (n.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly. |
quadrumana | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone. |
noun (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone. |
pedimana | noun (n. pl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums. |
poinciana | noun (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. |
pozzuolana | noun (n.) Alt. of Pozzolana |
pozzolana | noun (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water. |
purana | noun (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas. |
puzzolana | noun (n.) See Pozzuolana. |
ramayana | noun (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita. |
rana | noun (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs. |
salangana | noun (n.) The salagane. |
sultana | noun (n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. |
noun (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. |
tana | noun (n.) Same as Banxring. |
thana | noun (n.) A police station. |
torana | noun (n.) A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple. |
tramontana | noun (n.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic. |
zenana | noun (n.) The part of a dwelling appropriated to women. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DANA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (dan) - Words That Begins with dan:
dan | noun (n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. |
noun (n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. |
danburite | noun (n.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. |
dancing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dance |
noun (p. a. & vb. n.) from Dance. |
dancer | noun (n.) One who dances or who practices dancing. |
danceress | noun (n.) A female dancer. |
dancette | adjective (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon. |
dancy | adjective (a.) Same as Dancette. |
dandelion | noun (n.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. |
dander | noun (n.) Dandruff or scurf on the head. |
noun (n.) Anger or vexation; rage. | |
verb (v. i.) To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. |
dandi | noun (n.) A boatman; an oarsman. |
dandie | noun (n.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont. |
noun (n.) In Scott's "Guy Mannering", a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers. | |
noun (n.) One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border. |
dandified | adjective (a.) Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Dandify |
dandifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dandify |
dandiprat | noun (n.) A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. |
noun (n.) A small coin. |
dandling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dandle |
dandler | noun (n.) One who dandles or fondles. |
dandriff | noun (n.) See Dandruff. |
dandruff | noun (n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. |
dandy | noun (n.) One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. |
noun (n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. | |
noun (n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. | |
noun (n.) A dandy roller. See below. |
dandyish | adjective (a.) Like a dandy. |
dandyism | noun (n.) The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. |
dandyling | noun (n.) A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop. |
dane | noun (n.) A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. |
danegeld | noun (n.) Alt. of Danegelt |
danegelt | noun (n.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. |
danewort | noun (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.] |
danger | noun (n.) Authority; jurisdiction; control. |
noun (n.) Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. | |
noun (n.) Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. | |
noun (n.) Difficulty; sparingness. | |
noun (n.) Coyness; disdainful behavior. | |
verb (v. t.) To endanger. |
dangerful | adjective (a.) Full of danger; dangerous. |
dangerless | adjective (a.) Free from danger. |
dangerous | adjective (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. |
adjective (a.) Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. | |
adjective (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. | |
adjective (a.) Hard to suit; difficult to please. | |
adjective (a.) Reserved; not affable. |
dangling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dangle |
dangleberry | noun (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. |
dangler | noun (n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. |
daniel | noun (n.) A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. |
danish | noun (n.) The language of the Danes. |
adjective (a.) Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. |
danite | noun (n.) A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. |
noun (n.) One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. |
dank | noun (n.) Moisture; humidity; water. |
noun (n.) A small silver coin current in Persia. | |
adjective (a.) Damp; moist; humid; wet. |
dankish | adjective (a.) Somewhat dank. |
dannebrog | noun (n.) The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. |
danseuse | noun (n.) A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet. |
dansk | adjective (a.) Danish. |
dansker | noun (n.) A Dane. |
dantean | adjective (a.) Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings. |
dantesque | adjective (a.) Dantelike; Dantean. |
danubian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube. |
dandie dinmont | noun (n.) Alt. of Dandie |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DANA:
English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':
daboia | noun (n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). |
dactylotheca | noun (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. |
dagoba | noun (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. |
dahlia | noun (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. |
dalmania | noun (n.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. |
dalmatica | noun (n.) Alt. of Dalmatic |
dammara | noun (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. |
noun (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. |
damosella | noun (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle |
daphnia | noun (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia. |
darlingtonia | noun (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. |
data | noun (n. pl.) See Datum. |
(pl. ) of Datum |
dataria | noun (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor). |
datura | noun (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. |
decacerata | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata. |
decagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles. |
decalcomania | noun (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie |
decandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens. |
decapoda | noun (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. |
noun (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera. |
decidua | noun (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it. |
deciduata | noun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species. |
dejecta | noun (n. pl.) Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick. |
delenda | noun (n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out. |
delphinoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. |
delta | noun (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. |
noun (n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), answering to D. | |
noun (n.) an object having the shape of the capital /. | |
noun (n.) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc. |
dementia | noun (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. |
demonomania | noun (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. |
dendroc/la | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets. |
derma | noun (n.) See Dermis. |
dermaptera | noun (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran |
dermobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills. |
dermoptera | noun (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae). |
noun (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo. | |
noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. |
derotremata | noun (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. |
dertrotheca | noun (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds. |
desiderata | noun (n. pl.) See Desideratum. |
(pl. ) of Desideratum |
desmobacteria | noun (n. pl.) See Microbacteria. |
desmomyaria | noun (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa. |
deuteropathia | noun (n.) Alt. of Deuteropathy |
deutzia | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated. |
deva | noun (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. |
devata | noun (n.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. |
dhoorra | noun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra |
dhourra | noun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra |
dhurra | noun (n.) Indian millet. See Durra. |
diadelphia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments. |
diandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens. |
diarrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea |
diarrhoea | noun (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux. |
diastema | noun (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw. |
diatryma | noun (n.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich. |
dibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda. |
dicentra | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). |
dicta | noun (n. pl.) See Dictum. |
(pl. ) of Dictum |
dicyemata | noun (n. pl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms. |
didelphia | noun (n. pl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia. |
didonia | noun (n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. |
didrachma | noun (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents. |
didynamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. |
dielytra | noun (n.) See Dicentra. |
differentia | noun (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference. |
digamma | noun (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse. |
digenea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents. |
digynia | noun (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles. |
dika | noun (n.) A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread. |
dilemma | noun (n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. |
noun (n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position. |
dimera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi. |
noun (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids. |
dimya | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria |
dimyaria | noun (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve. |
dinosauria | noun (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix. |
dioecia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. |
noun (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries. |
diomedea | noun (n.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross. |
dionaea | noun (n.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap. |
dioptra | noun (n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc. |
diorama | noun (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced. |
noun (n.) A building used for such an exhibition. |
dioscorea | noun (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam. |
diota | noun (n.) A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears. |
diphtheria | noun (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group. |
diploma | noun (n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution. |
diplopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Diplopy |
diplopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. |
dipneumona | noun (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. |
dipsomania | noun (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism. |
diptera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet. |
discina | noun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle. |
discodactylia | noun (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. |
discophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. |
distoma | noun (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2. |
diurna | noun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime. |
docoglossa | noun (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon. |
dodecagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles. |
dodecandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen. |
dogma | noun (n.) That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. |
noun (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet. | |
noun (n.) A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. |
dolabra | noun (n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums. |
domina | noun (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. |
do–a | noun (n.) Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady. |
doncella | noun (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. |
donna | noun (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. |
doorga | noun (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. |
dorsibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.] |
doryphora | noun (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle. |
doura | noun (n.) A kind of millet. See Durra. |