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A B C D E F G H IJ K L M N O P Q R S T UV W XYZ
daybook n an account of day-to-day events, a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use; diary, journal
[day + book]
deadhouse n a building or room in which bodies are kept between death and burial; morgue, mortuary
[obsolete, from dead + house]
ditch n a long narrow excavation in the earth; any small natural waterway; gully; fosse
[OE dic "trench, dike]
dretch vb to afflict, torment, agitate.; vex, gall, upset
[rare; unknown in other germanic languages. In ME esp, to trouble in sleep. < from OE drecc(e)an.]
dry-month n the sixth month of the year, the dry month; June
[Anglo-Saxon, from Sēre-Mōnath]
dwale n that which produces insensibility to pain, as ether; chloroform, ether
[archaic revival from OE]
dwine vb to waste or pine away, decline in vigour; wither, wane, languish
[archaic revival, from OE dwinan dwan]
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