| drumlin | n. | small elongated hills formed by glaciation | ||
| dubbin | n. | product used for conditioning leather | ||
| dubiety | n. | doubt, the state of being dubious | ||
| dug | n. | pap or udder | ||
| dulcify | v. | to sweeten; to mollify | ||
| dule tree | n. | gallows tree, mourning trees where gibbets were hung | Scots | |
| dun | v. | to importune for payment of a debt; to persistently demand or ask | ||
| dunch | n. | [golf] hit from sticky ground in which the ground is hit before the ball | ||
| Dundreary whiskers | n. | overly long bushy sideburns worn without a beard (called in England ‘Piccadilly weepers’) | ||
| duologue | n. | dialogue between two persons | ||
| duplicity | n. | deceitfulness; [archaic] state of being doubled | ||
| duppy | n. | malevolent spirit | ||
| durance | n. | imprisonment; [obsolete] duration; endurance | ||
| durbar | n. | public reception of Indian prince or high British official in India | ||
| dutch uncle | n. | overly critical person | ||
| duumvirate | n. | two persons having joint power over something; rule by two people | ||
| dweomer | n. | (fantasy gaming) (also seen as dwimmer) aura of magic (on an item, or from a spell), magic power or effect | ||
| dyadic | adj. | of or consisting of a group of two | ||
| dynamics | n. | variation in volume of musical sounds | ||
| dysania | n. | difficulty in getting out of bed | ||
| dysgeusia | n. | distortion of the sense of taste | ||
| dyslogistic | adj. | having a bad connotation | ||
| dyspareunia | n. | pain during intercourse | ||
| dyspathy | n. | antipathy, opposite of sympathy | ||
| dysphagia | n. | difficulty of swallowing | ||
| dysphemism | n. | derogatory or socially taboo expression | ||
| dysphoria | n. | state of feeling bad or unhappy, malaise | ||
| dyspnea | n. | difficulty breathing | ||
| dysthymia | n. | long-term low-grade depression | ||
| dysuria | n. | painful or difficult urination | ||
| eagre | n. | very high tidal flood in a narrowing estuary | ||
| ear | v. | to plow | archaic | |
| ebriety | n. | drunken state; habitual drunkeness | ||
| ebrious | adj. | intoxicated; addicted to drink; of or related to intoxication | ||
| ebullition | n. | boiling; temperamental outburst | ||
| ecchymosis | n. | discoloration from extravasated blood beneath the skin | ||
| ecdysiast | n. | stripper, striptease performer | ||
| ecdysis | n. | shedding of integument by reptiles, crustaceans, etc. | ||
| ecod | int. | mild oath (variant of ‘egad’) | ||
| econophysics | n. | unorthodox use of mathematical models from physics to analyze economics | ||
| ecru | n. | very light beige, color of unbleached linen; dark greyish yellow | ||
| ectogenesis | n. | production or development outside the body | ||
| ectopic | adj. | out of place, anomalously situated | ||
| edema | n. | morbid accumulation of watery fluid into serous cavities or interstices between joints, dropsy | ||
| educe | v. | to bring out, to elicit; to infer | ||
| educt | v. | to extract | ||
| edulcorate | v. | to purify, to remove acids or other harsh elements by washing; (obsolete) to sweeten | ||
| effete | adj. | ineffectual and lacking vitality | ||
| effluent | adj. | 1 | flowing out | |
| effluent | n. | 2 | treated sewage; sewage or waste flowing into water |
