Name Report For First Name DAL:

DAL

First name DAL's origin is Irish. DAL means "variant of dallin blind". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DAL below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of dal.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with DAL and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with DAL - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming DAL

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DAL AS A WHOLE:

dalal adalia idalia adalgisa madalina abdalla dalmar badal daleel kardal kendall dall daedalus kedalion adal adalbeorht adalbrechta adalene adalheida adali adalie adalwolfa adalyn ardala brendalynn dale dalena dalene dalenna dalia daliah dalila dalis dallis daly dalynn godalupe guadalupe gwendalynn idalie idalis jadalynn kadalynn kendal kindall kyndall lyndall madalen madalena madalene madalyn madalyne madalynn maddalen maddalena maddalene maddalyn magdala magdalen magdalena magdalene mandalyn nadalee ordalf rondalyn siddalee abdalrahman adalbert adalgar adalhard adalric adalrik adalson adalwen adalwin ardal ardaleah bardalph cordale dalan dalen daley dallan dallas dallen dallin dallon dalon dalyell dalyn dalziel gedaliah gedalyahu idal kendale kordale lendall odale randal randale randall rendall udale udall gedaly gedalya adalb adalwolf adalwine adalard truesdale dalbert crandall daliila daliyah dalit madale dalston caindale dalton vidal wendale wendall adalicia adaliz

NAMES RHYMING WITH DAL (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (al) - Names That Ends with al:

amal firyal imtithal nawal nibal wisal giorsal abital opal abiageal mizquixaual necahual xiuhtonal xochiquetzal bilal batal gabal galal ghazal zoolal abdul-muta'al faisal hilal jalal jamal kamal mash'al nawfal talal aglaval beal chval kral baal hanbal neacal matlal zipactonal abaigeal amirykal chantal christal chrystal connal coral crystal derforgal derval gilal iseabal isibeal kapital koral krystal laural mahal merial mical michal minal moibeal muirgheal mychal raicheal roial sibeal teal adrial aglaral ajmal anibal artegal balmoral breasal bressal cabal cahal caiseal cal cathal cheval cristobal cristoval donal dougal doughal duval emmanual gorvenal hal izreal jahmal jamaal jemal jubal kamaal kendhal loyal macdougal mal

NAMES RHYMING WITH DAL (According to first letters):

Rhyming 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 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 dahy dai daiana daibheid daibhidh daijon daileass dailyn daimh daimhin daimmen dain daina dainan daine daire dairion daisey daishya daisi daisie daisy daithi daivini daizy dakarai dakini dakota dakotah dakshina damae daman damani damara damario damaris damaskenos damaskinos damayanti damek damen dameon damerae damh damhnait damia damian damiana damiane damiean damien damis damita dammar damocles damon dan

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DAL:

First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'l':

danel danell daniel danil dannell dantel dantrell darcel darcell darel dariel dariell darnall darneil darnel darnell darrel darrell darrill darroll darryl darryll darvell daryl daryll daviel dearbhail dekel del dell denzel denzell denzil deogol derell derrall derrell derrill derryl deveral deverel deverell diorbhall dodinel domhnall domhnull donall donel donell donnel donnell dontell dontrell donzel dorrel dorrell doughall dracul driscol driscoll driskell dubhgml dughall durell durrell

English Words Rhyming DAL

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DAL AS A WHOLE:

abdalnoun (n.) A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

acnodaladjective (a.) Pertaining to acnodes.

adenoidaladjective (a.) Glandlike; glandular.

alamodalitynoun (n.) The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

albuminoidaladjective (a.) Of the nature of an albuminoid.

aliethmoidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

alisphenoidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

alkaloidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

allantoidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.

amygdalaceousadjective (a.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.

amygdalatenoun (n.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
 noun (n.) A salt amygdalic acid.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.

amygdalicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.

amygdaliferousadjective (a.) Almond-bearing.

amygdalinnoun (n.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

amygdalineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

amygdaloidnoun (n.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Amygdaloidal

amygdaloidaladjective (a.) Almond-shaped.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

amyloidaladjective (a.) Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.

andalusitenoun (n.) A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

anthropoidaladjective (a.) Anthropoid.

antipodaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
 adjective (a.) Diametrically opposite.

apodalnoun (n.) Without feet; footless.
 noun (n.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.

apsidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

arachnoidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

asteroidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.

amygdalanoun (n.) An almond.
 noun (n.) One of the tonsils of the pharynx.
 noun (n.) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.

bactericidaladjective (a.) Destructive of bacteria.

bacteroidaladjective (a.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

bandalanoun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

barmecidaladjective (a.) Unreal; illusory.

basisphenoidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

beheadalnoun (n.) Beheading.

bicaudaladjective (a.) Having, or terminating in, two tails.

bidalenoun (n.) An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.

bipedalnoun (n.) Having two feet; biped.
 noun (n.) Pertaining to a biped.

bipyramidaladjective (a.) Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

botryoidaladjective (a.) Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.

bridalnoun (n.) Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
 noun (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.

bridaltynoun (n.) Celebration of the nuptial feast.

cantharidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

carotidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.

caudaladjective (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.

chordaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a chord.

choroidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the choroid coat.

colloidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.

colloidalitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being colloidal.

conchoidaladjective (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

conoidaladjective (a.) Nearly, but not exactly, conical.

coralloidaladjective (a.) resembling coral; coralloid.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DAL (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (al) - English Words That Ends with al:


aaronicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

abactinaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.

abaxialadjective (a.) Alt. of Abaxile

abbatialadjective (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

abbaticaladjective (a.) Abbatial.

abdominalnoun (n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
 adjective (a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.

aberrationaladjective (a.) Characterized by aberration.

abettalnoun (n.) Abetment.

abhalnoun (n.) The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.

abhominaladjective (a.) Inhuman.

abiologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

abnormaladjective (a.) Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

aboraladjective (a.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

aboriginalnoun (n.) An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
 noun (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region.
 adjective (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

abortionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.

abranchialadjective (a.) Abranchiate.

absinthialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.

abstractionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.

abuttalnoun (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.

abysmaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

abyssaladjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

academialadjective (a.) Academic.

academicaladjective (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

accentualadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

accessionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to accession; additional.

accessorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

accidentalnoun (n.) A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
 noun (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
 noun (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
 adjective (a.) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
 adjective (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.

accipitralnoun (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.

accrementitialadjective (a.) Pertaining to accremention.

accrualnoun (n.) Accrument.

accusalnoun (n.) Accusation.

accusativaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the accusative case.

accusatorialadjective (a.) Accusatory.

acephalnoun (n.) One of the Acephala.

acervaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a heap.

acetalnoun (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

achenialadjective (a.) Pertaining to an achene.

aconitaladjective (a.) Of the nature of aconite.

acousticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to acoustics.

acquittalnoun (n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
 noun (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

acranialadjective (a.) Wanting a skull.

acriticaladjective (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.

acroamaticaladjective (a.) Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

acromialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the acromion.

acronychaladjective (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.

acropetaladjective (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

acrosticalnoun (n.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

acroterialadjective (a.) Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.

actinaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.

actinozoaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DAL (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (da) - Words That Begins with da:


dabnoun (n.) A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
 noun (n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
 noun (n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
 noun (n.) A small mass of anything soft or moist.
 verb (v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
 verb (v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

dabbingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dab

dabbnoun (n.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.

dabbernoun (n.) That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

dabblingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dabble

dabblernoun (n.) One who dabbles.
 noun (n.) One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler.

dabchicknoun (n.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

daboianoun (n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

dabsternoun (n.) One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept.

dacenoun (n.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

dachshundnoun (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.

daciannoun (n.) A native of ancient Dacia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.

dacoitnoun (n.) One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.

dacoitynoun (n.) The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.

dacotahsnoun (n. pl.) Same as Dacotas.

dactylnoun (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
 noun (n.) A finger or toe; a digit.
 noun (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

dactylaradjective (a.) Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.

dactyletnoun (n.) A dactyl.

dactylicnoun (n.) A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
 noun (n.) Dactylic meters.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

dactylioglyphnoun (n.) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.
 noun (n.) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.

dactylioglyphinoun (n.) The art or process of gem engraving.

dactyliographynoun (n.) The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
 noun (n.) In general, the literature or history of the art.

dactyliologynoun (n.) That branch of archaeology which has to do with gem engraving.
 noun (n.) That branch of archaeology which has to do with finger rings.

dactyliomancynoun (n.) Divination by means of finger rings.

dactylistnoun (n.) A writer of dactylic verse.

dactylitisnoun (n.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers.

dactylologynoun (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.

dactylomancynoun (n.) Dactyliomancy.

dactylonomynoun (n.) The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.

dactylopterousadjective (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.

dactylothecanoun (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.

dactylozooidnoun (n.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.

dadnoun (n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.

daddlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dadle

daddocknoun (n.) The rotten body of a tree.

daddynoun (n.) Diminutive of Dad.

dadonoun (n.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.
 noun (n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
 noun (n.) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.

daedaladjective (a.) Alt. of Daedalian

daedalianadjective (a.) Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
 adjective (a.) Crafty; deceitful.

daedalousadjective (a.) Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.

daemonadjective (a.) Alt. of Daemonic

daemonicadjective (a.) See Demon, Demonic.

daffnoun (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull.
 verb (v. t.) To cast aside; to put off; to doff.
 verb (v. i.) To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy.
 verb (v. t.) To daunt.

daffodilnoun (n.) A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
 noun (n.) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.

daftadjective (a.) Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.
 adjective (a.) Gay; playful; frolicsome.

daftnessnoun (n.) The quality of being daft.

dagnoun (n.) A dagger; a poniard.
 noun (n.) A large pistol formerly used.
 noun (n.) The unbranched antler of a young deer.
 noun (n.) A misty shower; dew.
 noun (n.) A loose end; a dangling shred.
 verb (v. t.) To daggle or bemire.
 verb (v. t.) To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment.
 verb (v. i.) To be misty; to drizzle.

daggernoun (n.) A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
 noun (n.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.
 noun (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
 verb (v. t.) To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

daggesnoun (n. pl.) An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.

dagglingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daggle

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DAL:

English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'l':

daintrelnoun (n.) Adelicacy.

dalnoun (n.) Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.

damoselnoun (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle

damselnoun (n.) A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
 noun (n.) A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
 noun (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.

dangerfuladjective (a.) Full of danger; dangerous.

danielnoun (n.) A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.

dapaticaladjective (a.) Sumptuous in cheer.

darefuladjective (a.) Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.

darkfuladjective (a.) Full of darkness.

darnelnoun (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.

dasypaedaladjective (a.) Dasypaedic.

dealnoun (n.) A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
 noun (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
 noun (n.) Distribution; apportionment.
 noun (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
 noun (n.) The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
 noun (n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
 noun (n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
 noun (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
 verb (v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
 verb (v. i.) To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
 verb (v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
 verb (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
 verb (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

deathfuladjective (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
 adjective (a.) Liable to undergo death; mortal.

debatefuladjective (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

decadaladjective (a.) Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.

decagonaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.

decahedraladjective (a.) Having ten sides.

decanaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

deccapodaladjective (a.) Alt. of Deccapodous

deceitfuladjective (a.) Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

decempedaladjective (a.) Ten feet in length.
 adjective (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.

decemviraladjective (a.) Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.

decennialnoun (n.) A tenth year or tenth anniversary.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.

decennovaladjective (a.) Alt. of Decennovary

decilnoun (n.) Alt. of Decile

decimalnoun (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

deckelnoun (n.) Same as Deckle.

declensionaladjective (a.) Belonging to declension.

declinaladjective (a.) Declining; sloping.

decretaladjective (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
 adjective (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.
 adjective (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.

decretorialadjective (a.) Decretory; authoritative.

decrialnoun (n.) A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

decylnoun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.

dedicatorialadjective (a.) Dedicatory.

deedfuladjective (a.) Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.

deferentialadjective (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

definitionaladjective (a.) Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.

defrayalnoun (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

deificaladjective (a.) Making divine; producing a likeness to God; god-making.

deilnoun (n.) Devil; -- spelt also deel.

deisticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.

delnoun (n.) Share; portion; part.

delenificaladjective (a.) Assuaging pain.

delightfuladjective (a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.

dellnoun (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine.
 noun (n.) A young woman; a wench.

deloulnoun (n.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

delusionaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

demagogicaladjective (a.) Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

demesnialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.

demidevilnoun (n.) A half devil.

demivillnoun (n.) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.

democraticaladjective (a.) Democratic.

demoniacaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
 adjective (a.) Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.

demonialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon.

demonologicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to demonology.

demurralnoun (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

dendriticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.

dendroidaladjective (a.) Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.

denialnoun (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
 noun (n.) A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
 noun (n.) A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
 noun (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.

denominationaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society.

dentaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
 adjective (a.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.
 adjective (a.) An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
 adjective (a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

dentelnoun (n.) Same as Dentil.

dentilnoun (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

dentilabialnoun (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.
 adjective (a.) Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed.

dentilingualnoun (n.) A dentilingual sound or letter.
 adjective (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

dentialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to dentine.

dentirostraladjective (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

dentisticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.

dentolingualadjective (a.) Dentilingual.

deontologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to deontology.

departmentaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a department or division.

deposalnoun (n.) The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.

derivalnoun (n.) Derivation.

derivationaladjective (a.) Relating to derivation.

dermaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

dermohaemaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures; as, the dermohaemal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.

dermoneuraladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes.

dernfuladjective (a.) Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.

descensionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to descension.

desertfuladjective (a.) Meritorious.

designfuladjective (a.) Full of design; scheming.

desinentialadjective (a.) Terminal.

desirefuladjective (a.) Filled with desire; eager.

despairfuladjective (a.) Hopeless.

despisalnoun (n.) A despising; contempt.

despitefuladjective (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.

despoilnoun (n.) Spoil.
 verb (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
 verb (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.

despoticaladjective (a.) Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary.

destinaladjective (a.) Determined by destiny; fated.

detailnoun (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
 noun (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
 noun (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
 noun (n.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
 noun (n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
 noun (n.) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower.
 noun (n.) A detail drawing.

detrimentaladjective (a.) Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.

detritaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.

deuterocanonicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.

developmentaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

devicefuladjective (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

devilnoun (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
 noun (n.) An evil spirit; a demon.
 noun (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
 noun (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
 noun (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
 noun (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
 verb (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

devisalnoun (n.) A devising.

devotionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

devoutfuladjective (a.) Full of devotion.
 adjective (a.) Sacred.

dewfallnoun (n.) The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.