DANE
First name DANE's origin is English. DANE means "from denmark". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DANE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of dane.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with DANE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming DANE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DANE AS A WHOLE:
adanech danel danele danelle danetta danette daney jordane addaneye beldane danell haldane yardane aelfdaneNAMES RHYMING WITH DANE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ane) - Names That Ends with ane:
berhane gayane agurtzane mafuane allyriane abarrane tzigane kimane doane beltane bane konane duane pivane adriane aintzane alane ariane assane belakane christiane damiane darleane deane diane eliane gezane gloriane gorane ilane isane ivane jane jeane jehane jilliane joelliane katriane kristiane levane liane liliane louisane luane mariane maryjane megane morgane nekane nimiane odiane oihane sarajane seyane tiane viviane zoelane aeccestane ahane ane blane chane coltrane durane dwane farlane fontane jermane kane keane lane leane macfarlane maclane mane rane roane shane sloane thane zane fane roxane gaetane maitane orane warrane delaneRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ne) - Names That Ends with ne:
ankine lucine yserone barkarne eguskine hanne jensine larine nielsine petrine stinne acelineNAMES RHYMING WITH DANE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (dan) - Names That Begins with dan:
dan dana danae danah danathon danaus danawi 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 dahr dahwar dahyNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DANE:
First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'e':
daine daire daisie dale dalene damae damerae daphne darce darcelle darchelle darcie darelene darelle darence darice darlene darline darrance darrence daryle darylene daunte dave davide davidsone davie davine davite dawayne dawne dawnelle dawnette dawnielle dayle dayne deanne dearbourne debbee debbie debralee dechtere dechtire dedre dee deheune deidre deiene deirdre deke dekle delaine delanie delbine delcine delice delmare delmore delphine demasone demissie dene denelle denice deniece denise denisse dennie dennise denyse deonne deorwine derebourne derorice derrance desarae desaree desirae desire desiree destanee destine destinee destinie destrie desyre dete devanie devere devine devinee devonne dewayne deydrienne dezarae dezirae deziree dhoire diamante diamoniqueEnglish Words Rhyming DANE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DANE AS A WHOLE:
antecedaneous | adjective (a.) Antecedent; preceding in time. |
antemundane | adjective (a.) Being or occurring before the creation of the world. |
cispadane | adjective (a.) On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side. |
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.] |
extramundane | adjective (a.) Beyond the material world. |
inframundane | adjective (a.) Lying or situated beneath the world. |
intermundane | adjective (a.) Being, between worlds or orbs. |
intramundane | adjective (a.) Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane. |
mundane | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. |
pedaneous | adjective (a.) Going on foot; pedestrian. |
precedaneous | adjective (a.) Preceding; antecedent; previous. |
soldanel | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family. |
sowdanesse | noun (n.) A sultaness. |
succedane | noun (n.) A succedaneum. |
succedaneous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. |
succedaneum | noun (n.) One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute |
noun (n.) a remedy used as a substitute for another. |
supermundane | adjective (a.) Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. |
suppedaneous | adjective (a.) Being under the feet. |
supramundane | adjective (a.) Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial. |
transpadane | adjective (a.) Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane. |
ultramundane | adjective (a.) Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DANE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ane) - English Words That Ends with ane:
aeroplane | noun (n.) A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it. |
noun (n.) A light rigid plane used in aerial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane slightly inclined and driven forward as a lifting device in some flying machines; hence, a flying machine using such a device. These machines are called monoplanes, biplanes, triplanes, or quadruplanes, according to the number of main supporting planes used in their constraction. Being heavier than air they depend for their levitation on motion imparted by one or more propellers actuated by a gasoline engine. They start from the ground by a run on small wheels or runners, and are guided by a steering apparatus consisting of horizontal and vertical movable planes. There are many varieties of form and construction, which in some cases are known by the names of their inventors. | |
() One unprovided with motive power. |
arcane | adjective (a.) Hidden; secret. |
avellane | adjective (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. |
bane | noun (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. |
noun (n.) Destruction; death. | |
noun (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. | |
noun (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. | |
verb (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin. |
beltane | noun (n.) The first day of May (Old Style). |
noun (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland. |
bugbane | noun (n.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species. |
butane | noun (n.) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series. |
biplane | noun (n.) An aeroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above the other. |
adjective (a.) Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aerocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder. |
cane | noun (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. |
noun (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. | |
noun (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. | |
noun (n.) A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane. | |
noun (n.) A lance or dart made of cane. | |
noun (n.) A local European measure of length. See Canna. | |
verb (v. t.) To beat with a cane. | |
verb (v. t.) To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs. |
capellane | noun (n.) The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. |
chicane | noun (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. |
noun (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. | |
noun (n.) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. |
chlormethane | noun (n.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride. |
chlorophane | noun (n.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light. |
noun (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane. |
chromophane | noun (n.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina. |
chrysophane | noun (n.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition. |
cismontane | adjective (a.) On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane. |
counterpane | noun (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. |
noun (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart. |
cowbane | noun (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock. |
crane | noun (n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. |
noun (n.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. | |
noun (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick. | |
noun (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. | |
noun (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. | |
noun (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. | |
noun (n.) Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight. | |
noun (n.) The American blue heron (Ardea herodias). | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. | |
verb (v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. | |
verb (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. |
crepane | noun (n.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer. |
cymophane | noun (n.) See Chrysoberyl. |
decane | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications. |
diaphane | noun (n.) A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work. |
dodecane | noun (n.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series. |
dogbane | noun (n.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs. |
dogvane | noun (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. |
doorplane | noun (n.) A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant. |
douane | noun (n.) A customhouse. |
eikosane | noun (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum. |
elecampane | noun (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic. |
noun (n.) A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant. |
endecane | noun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. |
ethane | noun (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl. |
fane | noun (n.) A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. |
noun (n.) A weathercock. |
filigrane | noun (n.) Filigree. |
fleabane | noun (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria. |
flybane | noun (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric. |
fossane | noun (n.) A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet. |
frangipane | noun (n.) A perfume of jasmine; frangipani. |
noun (n.) A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds. |
germane | adjective (a.) Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. |
glaucophane | noun (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks. |
grane | noun (v. & n.) See Groan. |
hecdecane | noun (n.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane. |
henbane | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus. |
hendecane | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane. |
heptane | noun (n.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc. |
hexadecane | noun (n.) See Hecdecane. |
hexane | noun (n.) Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. |
hexeikosane | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. |
humane | adjective (a.) Pertaining to man; human. |
adjective (a.) Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent. | |
adjective (a.) Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine. |
hurricane | noun (n.) A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DANE (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. |
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. |
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. |
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 DANE:
English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'e':
dace | noun (n.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. |
daguerreotype | noun (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury. |
noun (n.) The process of taking such pictures. | |
verb (v. t.) To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. | |
verb (v. t.) To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly. |
dale | noun (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley. |
noun (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump. |
dalliance | noun (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. |
noun (n.) Delay or procrastination. | |
noun (n.) Entertaining discourse. |
damage | noun (n.) Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. |
noun (n.) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. | |
noun (n.) To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. | |
verb (v. i.) To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight. |
damageable | adjective (a.) Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo. |
adjective (a.) Hurtful; pernicious. |
damascene | noun (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson. |
adjective (a.) Of or relating to Damascus. | |
verb (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. |
damasse | noun (n.) A damasse fabric, esp. one of linen. |
adjective (a.) Woven like damask. |
dambonite | noun (n.) A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc. |
dambose | noun (n.) A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite. |
dame | noun (n.) A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady. |
noun (n.) The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. | |
noun (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman. | |
noun (n.) A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. |
damnable | adjective (a.) Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. |
adjective (a.) Odious; pernicious; detestable. |
damoiselle | noun (n.) See Damsel. |
damourite | noun (n.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. |
daphne | noun (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. |
noun (n.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree. |
dapple | noun (n.) One of the spots on a dappled animal. |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Dappled | |
verb (v. t.) To variegate with spots; to spot. |
darbyite | noun (n.) One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren. |
dare | noun (n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. |
noun (n.) Defiance; challenge. | |
noun (n.) A small fish; the dace. | |
verb (v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. | |
verb (v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. | |
verb (v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy. | |
verb (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid. | |
verb (v. t.) To terrify; to daunt. |
dargue | noun (n.) A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. |
darksome | adjective (a.) Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. |
dasyure | noun (n.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species. |
dasyurine | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures. |
datable | adjective (a.) That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date. |
date | noun (n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. |
noun (n.) That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc. | |
noun (n.) The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. | |
noun (n.) Assigned end; conclusion. | |
noun (n.) Given or assigned length of life; dyration. | |
verb (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. | |
verb (v. t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. | |
verb (v. i.) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. |
dative | noun (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1. |
adjective (a.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. | |
adjective (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office. | |
adjective (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer. | |
adjective (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law. |
datolite | noun (n.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. |
daturine | noun (n.) Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina. |
daubreelite | noun (n.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons. |
dauphine | noun (n.) The title of the wife of the dauphin. |
davyne | noun (n.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius. |
dawdle | noun (n.) A dawdler. |
verb (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. | |
verb (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning. |
dawe | noun (n.) Day. |
dawsonite | noun (n.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals. |
daymare | noun (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. |
daytime | noun (n.) The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night. |
daze | noun (n.) The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. |
noun (n.) A glittering stone. | |
verb (v. t.) To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. |
dazzle | noun (n.) A light of dazzling brilliancy. |
verb (v. t.) To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. | |
verb (v. t.) To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. | |
verb (v. i.) To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. | |
verb (v. i.) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. |
deadhouse | noun (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies. |
dearie | noun (n.) Same as Deary. |
deathlike | adjective (a.) Resembling death. |
adjective (a.) Deadly. |
deaurate | adjective (a.) Gilded. |
verb (v. t.) To gild. |
debacle | noun (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris. |
noun (n.) A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. |
debase | adjective (a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. |
debatable | adjective (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. |
debeige | noun (n.) A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. |
debenture | noun (n.) A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due. |
noun (n.) A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. | |
noun (n.) Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called debenture bonds) are generally, through not necessarily, under seal, and are usually secured by a mortgage or other charge upon property; they may be registered or unregistered. A debenture secured by a mortgage on specific property is called a mortgage debenture; one secured by a floating charge (which see), a floating debenture; one not secured by any charge a naked debenture. In general the term debenture in British usage designates any security issued by companies other than their shares, including, therefore, what are in the United States commonly called bonds. When used in the United States debenture generally designates an instrument secured by a floating charge junior to other charges secured by fixed mortgages, or, specif., one of a series of securities secured by a group of securities held in trust for the benefit of the debenture holders. |
debile | adjective (a.) Weak. |
debouche | noun (n.) A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods. |
debouchure | noun (n.) The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. |
debtee | noun (n.) One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor. |
debuscope | noun (n.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs. |
decade | noun (n.) A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. |
decadence | noun (n.) Alt. of Decadency |
decagramme | noun (n.) A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. |
decalcomanie | noun (n.) The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto. |
decalitre | noun (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons. |
decalogue | noun (n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. |
decametre | noun (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches. |
decastere | noun (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters. |
decastyle | noun (n.) A portico having ten pillars or columns in front. |
adjective (a.) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. |
decease | noun (n.) Departure, especially departure from this life; death. |
verb (v. i.) To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. |
decede | noun (n.) To withdraw. |
deceivable | adjective (a.) Fitted to deceive; deceitful. |
adjective (a.) Subject to deceit; capable of being misled. |
decemdentate | adjective (a.) Having ten points or teeth. |
decemvirate | noun (n.) The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome. |
noun (n.) A body of ten men in authority. |
decence | noun (n.) Decency. |
decene | noun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series. |
deceptible | adjective (a.) Capable of being deceived; deceivable. |
deceptive | adjective (a.) Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. |
decerniture | noun (n.) A decree or sentence of a court. |
decerptible | adjective (a.) That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. |
decidable | adjective (a.) Capable of being decided; determinable. |
decidence | noun (n.) A falling off. |
deciduate | adjective (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua. |
decigramme | noun (n.) A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois. |
decile | noun (n.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡. |
decilitre | noun (n.) A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces. |
decime | noun (n.) A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents. |
decimetre | noun (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches. |
decine | noun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene. |
decipherable | adjective (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable. |
decisive | adjective (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. |
adjective (a.) Marked by promptness and decision. |
decistere | noun (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere. |
deckle | noun (n.) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. |
declarable | adjective (a.) Capable of being declared. |
declarative | adjective (a.) Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. |
declinable | adjective (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech. |
declinate | adjective (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined. |
declinature | noun (n.) The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office. |
decoctible | adjective (a.) Capable of being boiled or digested. |
decocture | noun (n.) A decoction. |
decollete | adjective (a.) Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress. |
adjective (a.) Wearing a decollete gown. |
decolorate | adjective (a.) Deprived of color. |
verb (v. t.) To decolor. |
decomposable | adjective (a.) Capable of being resolved into constituent elements. |
decomposite | noun (n.) Anything decompounded. |
adjective (a.) Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite. | |
adjective (a.) See Decompound, a., 2. |
decompoundable | adjective (a.) Capable of being decompounded. |
decorative | adjective (a.) Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. |
decrease | noun (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. |
verb (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means. | |
verb (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. | |
verb (v.) The wane of the moon. |
decree | noun (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision. |
noun (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty. | |
noun (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him. | |
noun (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils. | |
verb (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property. | |
verb (v. t.) To ordain by fate. | |
verb (v. i.) To make decrees; -- used absolutely. |
decreeable | adjective (a.) Capable of being decreed. |