Name Report For First Name DER:

DER

First name DER's origin is Other. DER means "from the deer brook". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DER below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of der.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with DER and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with DER - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming DER

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DER AS A WHOLE:

federikke dendera abdera iskinder odero derham nader edern isdernus rhydderch yder ander anders frederik geldersman vanderbilt vanderpool vanderveer guiderius abderus lysander philander sanders deron aleksander andera andere dereka derforgal derforgala derica dericka derorice derorit derrica derval dervilia dervla dervorgilla desideria frederica frederika frederike roderiga roderika addergoole aderrig aghaderg alexander anderson bader broderic broderick broderik calder cordero derald derebourne dermod derrance derren derrian derrick derrin derrold derry derryl dervin dervon derwan derwent derwin derwyn desiderio eder ellder federico frederic frederick frederico helder henderson jader launder leander ridere roderick roderigo rydder ryder sanderson saunders saunderson zander sander diederich dermot landers rider lander elder derward balder alder ider derora roderica cinderella derian gaderian hilderinc aldercy thunder pryderi aderet dereck derek derell derick derik derrall derrek derrell derrik derrill deryck deryk rayder roderic roderik

NAMES RHYMING WITH DER (According to last letters):

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

clover hesper gauthier fajer mountakaber saber shaker taher abdul-nasser kadeer kyner vortimer ager iker xabier usk-water fleischaker kusner molner bleecker devisser schuyler an-her djoser narmer neb-er-tcher acker archer brewster bridger camber denver gardner jasper miller parker taburer tanner tucker turner wheeler witter symer dexter jesper ogier oliver fearcher keller lawler rainer rutger auster christopher homer kester meleager teucer helmer abeer amber cher claefer codier easter ember ester esther eszter ginger gwenyver heather hester jennyfer jennyver kamber katie-tyler sadler sherrer silver skyller sofier wenhaver abner adler aeker aethelmaer akker aler alexavier alister allister almer asher attewater baker bedver beecher brydger bryer

NAMES RHYMING WITH DER (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (de) - Names That Begins with de:

dea deacon deagan deaglan deagmund deakin dealbeorht dealber dealbert dean deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deane deann deanna deanne dearbhail dearborn dearbourne deardriu dearg deasach deasmumhan deavon debbee debbie debby debora deborah debra debrah debralee dechtere dechtire decla declan dedr dedre dedric dedrick dedrik dee deeana deeandra deeann deeanna deedra deegan deems deen deena deerwa deerward defena dehaan deheune deianira deidra deidre deiene deikun deina deiphobus deirdra deirdre deja deka deke dekel dekle del delaine delancy delane delaney delanie delano delbert delbin delbina delbine delcine delfi delfina delia delice delicia delight delila delilah delinda delisa delisha delissa delit deliza dell

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DER:

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

dabir dagmar dagomar dahr dahwar dalmar dammar dar dawar dayner delmar delmer demeter dempster devamatar dharr didier dieter dimitur dinar dior dohtor donkor dor dour duer dumitr dunmor dwyer

English Words Rhyming DER

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DER AS A WHOLE:

abderianadjective (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abderitenoun (n.) An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.

abidernoun (n.) One who abides, or continues.
 noun (n.) One who dwells; a resident.

abscondernoun (n.) One who absconds.

accedernoun (n.) One who accedes.

accordernoun (n.) One who accords, assents, or concedes.

addernoun (n.) One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
 noun (n.) A serpent.
 noun (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
 noun (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.
 noun (n.) Same as Sea Adder.

adderwortnoun (n.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

aerosideritenoun (n.) A mass of meteoric iron.

africandernoun (n.) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

aidernoun (n.) One who, or that which, aids.

aldernoun (n.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Aller

aldermannoun (n.) A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
 noun (n.) One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

aldermancynoun (n.) The office of an alderman.

aldermanicadjective (a.) Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

aldermanitynoun (n.) Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.
 noun (n.) The state of being an alderman.

aldermanlikeadjective (a.) Like or suited to an alderman.

aldermanlyadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

aldermanrynoun (n.) The district or ward of an alderman.
 noun (n.) The office or rank of an alderman.

aldermanshipnoun (n.) The condition, position, or office of an alderman.

aldernadjective (a.) Made of alder.

alderneynoun (n.) One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

alexandersnoun (n.) Alt. of Alisanders

alisandersnoun (n.) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.

amendernoun (n.) One who amends.

applaudernoun (n.) One who applauds.

apprehendernoun (n.) One who apprehends.

arthrodermnoun (n.) The external covering of an Arthropod.

attaindernoun (n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.
 noun (n.) A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.

attendernoun (n.) One who, or that which, attends.

avoidernoun (n.) The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
 noun (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.

awardernoun (n.) One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

backhandernoun (n.) A backhanded blow.

backslidernoun (n.) One who backslides.

badderlocksnoun (n.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.

baldernoun (n.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.

balderdashnoun (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
 noun (n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
 verb (v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors.

balladernoun (n.) A writer of ballads.

bandernoun (n.) One banded with others.

banderolenoun (n.) Alt. of Bandrol

barricadernoun (n.) One who constructs barricades.

bartendernoun (n.) A barkeeper.

bayaderenoun (n.) A female dancer in the East Indies.

beholdernoun (n.) One who beholds; a spectator.

belvederenoun (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

bendernoun (n.) One who, or that which, bends.
 noun (n.) An instrument used for bending.
 noun (n.) A drunken spree.
 noun (n.) A sixpence.

bergandernoun (n.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.

bewilderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewilder
 adjective (a.) Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties.

bewilderedadjective (a.) Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bewilder

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


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


abaisernoun (n.) Ivory black or animal charcoal.

abandonernoun (n.) One who abandons.

abasernoun (n.) He who, or that which, abases.

abaternoun (n.) One who, or that which, abates.

abetternoun (n.) Alt. of Abettor

abhorrernoun (n.) One who abhors.

abjurernoun (n.) One who abjures.

ableradjective (a.) comp. of Able.
 superlative (a.) superl. of Able.

abolishernoun (n.) One who abolishes.

abridgernoun (n.) One who abridges.

absenternoun (n.) One who absents one's self.

absolvernoun (n.) One who absolves.

absorbernoun (n.) One who, or that which, absorbs.

abstainernoun (n.) One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.

abstracternoun (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

abusernoun (n.) One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].

abutternoun (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

acaternoun (n.) See Caterer.

accelerometernoun (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

accepternoun (n.) A person who accepts; a taker.
 noun (n.) A respecter; a viewer with partiality.
 noun (n.) An acceptor.

accipensernoun (n.) See Acipenser.

accipiternoun (n.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
 noun (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

acclaimernoun (n.) One who acclaims.

accompaniernoun (n.) He who, or that which, accompanies.

accomplishernoun (n.) One who accomplishes.

accruernoun (n.) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.

accusernoun (n.) One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

acetifiernoun (n.) An apparatus for hastening acetification.

acetimeternoun (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

acetometernoun (n.) Same as Acetimeter.

achievernoun (n.) One who achieves; a winner.

acidifiernoun (n.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.

acidimeternoun (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.

acipensernoun (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.

acknowledgernoun (n.) One who acknowledges.

acoumeternoun (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.

acquirernoun (n.) A person who acquires.

acquitternoun (n.) One who acquits or releases.

acroternoun (n.) Same as Acroterium.

actinometernoun (n.) An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
 noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.

adapternoun (n.) One who adapts.
 noun (n.) A connecting tube; an adopter.

adducernoun (n.) One who adduces.

adelasternoun (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

adherernoun (n.) One who adheres; an adherent.

adjudgernoun (n.) One who adjudges.

adjurernoun (n.) One who adjures.

adjusternoun (n.) One who, or that which, adjusts.

admeasurernoun (n.) One who admeasures.

administernoun (n.) Administrator.
 verb (v. t.) To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.
 verb (v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
 verb (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To tender, as an oath.
 verb (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
 verb (v. i.) To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
 verb (v. i.) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

admirernoun (n.) One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.

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


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


deaconnoun (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
 noun (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company.
 verb (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
 verb (v. t.) With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

deaconessnoun (n.) A female deacon
 noun (n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
 noun (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
 noun (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

deaconhoodnoun (n.) The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

deaconrynoun (n.) See Deaconship.

deaconshipnoun (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

deadnoun (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
 noun (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
 adjective (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
 adjective (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
 adjective (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
 adjective (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
 adjective (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
 adjective (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
 adjective (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
 adjective (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
 adjective (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
 adjective (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
 adjective (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
 adjective (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
 adjective (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
 adjective (a.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.
 adjective (a.) Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
 adverb (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
 verb (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
 verb (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

deadbeatadjective (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

deadbornadjective (a.) Stillborn.

deadeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden

deadenadjective (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
 adjective (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
 adjective (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
 adjective (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
 verb (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

deadenernoun (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

deadheadnoun (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.
 noun (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

deadhousenoun (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

deadishadjective (a.) Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

deadlatchnoun (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

deadlightnoun (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

deadlihoodnoun (n.) State of the dead.

deadlinessnoun (n.) The quality of being deadly.

deadlocknoun (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
 noun (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

deadlyadjective (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
 adjective (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
 adjective (a.) Subject to death; mortal.
 adverb (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.
 adverb (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
 adverb (adv.) In an implacable manner; destructively.
 adverb (adv.) Extremely.

deadnessnoun (n.) The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

deadsnoun (n. pl.) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

deadwoodnoun (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
 noun (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

deadworksnoun (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

deafadjective (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
 adjective (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
 adjective (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
 adjective (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
 verb (v. t.) To deafen.

deafeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen
 noun (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

deaflyadjective (a.) Lonely; solitary.
 adverb (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

deafnessnoun (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
 noun (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

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.

dealingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deal
 noun (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.

dealbationnoun (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.

dealernoun (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.
 noun (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.

dealfishnoun (n.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

dealthnoun (n.) Share dealt.

deambulationnoun (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading.

deambulatorynoun (n.) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
 adjective (a.) Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory.

deannoun (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
 noun (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
 noun (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
 noun (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
 noun (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.

deanerynoun (n.) The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
 noun (n.) The residence of a dean.
 noun (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.

deanshipnoun (n.) The office of a dean.

dearnoun (n.) A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
 superlative (superl.) Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
 superlative (superl.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
 superlative (superl.) Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
 superlative (superl.) Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
 superlative (superl.) Of agreeable things and interests.
 superlative (superl.) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
 adverb (adv.) Dearly; at a high price.
 verb (v. t.) To endear.

dearbornnoun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

dearienoun (n.) Same as Deary.

dearlingnoun (n.) A darling.

dearnadjective (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
 verb (v. t.) Same as Darn.

dearnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.
 noun (n.) Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.

dearthnoun (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

dearworthadjective (a.) Precious.

dearynoun (n.) A dear; a darling.

deasnoun (n.) See Dais.

deathbednoun (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DER:

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

daguerreotypernoun (n.) Alt. of Daguerreotypist

dakernoun (n.) Alt. of Dakir

dakirnoun (n.) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.

dalliernoun (n.) One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.

damarnoun (n.) See Dammar.

dammarnoun (n.) Alt. of Dammara

dampernoun (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

dancernoun (n.) One who dances or who practices dancing.

dandernoun (n.) Dandruff or scurf on the head.
 noun (n.) Anger or vexation; rage.
 verb (v. i.) To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.

dandlernoun (n.) One who dandles or fondles.

dangernoun (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.

danglernoun (n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.

danskernoun (n.) A Dane.

dapifernoun (n.) One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.

dapperadjective (a.) Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.

darernoun (n.) One who dares or defies.

darkenernoun (n.) One who, or that which, darkens.

darnernoun (n.) One who mends by darning.

darrnoun (n.) The European black tern.

darternoun (n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
 noun (n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
 noun (n.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

dashernoun (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
 noun (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.
 noun (n.) One who makes an ostentatious parade.

dasymeternoun (n.) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.

daternoun (n.) One who dates.

daubernoun (n.) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
 noun (n.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
 noun (n.) A low and gross flatterer.
 noun (n.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

daughternoun (n.) The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
 noun (n.) A female descendant; a woman.
 noun (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
 noun (n.) A term of address indicating parental interest.

daunternoun (n.) One who daunts.

dawdlernoun (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

daydreamernoun (n.) One given to daydreams.

dayflowernoun (n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.

debasernoun (n.) One who, or that which, debases.

debaternoun (n.) One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.

debauchernoun (n.) One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.

debitornoun (n.) A debtor.

debonairadjective (a.) Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.

debtornoun (n.) One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.

decaliternoun (n.) Alt. of Decalitre

decameternoun (n.) Alt. of Decametre

decangularadjective (a.) Having ten angles.

decanternoun (n.) A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
 noun (n.) One who decants liquors.

decarbonizernoun (n.) He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

decayernoun (n.) A causer of decay.

deceivernoun (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

decembernoun (n.) The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.
 noun (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life.

decemlocularadjective (a.) Having ten cells for seeds.

decemvirnoun (n.) One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.
 noun (n.) A member of any body of ten men in authority.

decidernoun (n.) One who decides.

deciliternoun (n.) Alt. of Decilitre

decimatornoun (n.) One who decimates.

decimeternoun (n.) Alt. of Decimetre

decipherernoun (n.) One who deciphers.

deckernoun (n.) One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
 noun (n.) A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.

declaimernoun (n.) One who declaims; an haranguer.

declamatornoun (n.) A declaimer.

declaratornoun (n.) A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

declarernoun (n.) One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits.

declinatornoun (n.) An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
 noun (n.) A dissentient.

declinernoun (n.) He who declines or rejects.

declinometernoun (n.) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.

decoratornoun (n.) One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

decorticatornoun (n.) A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.

decoyernoun (n.) One who decoys another.

decreernoun (n.) One who decrees.

decriernoun (n.) One who decries.

dedicatornoun (n.) One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.

deductornoun (n.) The pilot whale or blackfish.

deemsternoun (n.) A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.

deernoun (n. sing. & pl.) Any animal; especially, a wild animal.
 noun (n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

deerstalkernoun (n.) One who practices deerstalking.
 noun (n.) A close-fitting hat, with a low crown, such as is worn in deerstalking; also, any stiff, round hat.

defacernoun (n.) One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

defalcatornoun (n.) A defaulter or embezzler.

defamernoun (n.) One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

defaulternoun (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
 noun (n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.

defecatornoun (n.) That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups.

defendernoun (n.) One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

defensernoun (n.) Defender.

defensornoun (n.) A defender.
 noun (n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
 noun (n.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

deferrernoun (n.) One who defers or puts off.

defiernoun (n.) One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.

defilernoun (n.) One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.

definernoun (n.) One who defines or explains.

deflagratornoun (n.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.

deflectornoun (n.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).

deflourernoun (n.) One who deflours; a ravisher.

deflowerernoun (n.) See Deflourer.

deforceornoun (n.) Same as Deforciant.

deformernoun (n.) One who deforms.

deforsernoun (n.) A deforciant.

defraudernoun (n.) One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

defrayernoun (n.) One who pays off expenses.

dehorternoun (n.) A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.

deifiernoun (n.) One who deifies.

deinosaurnoun (n.) See Dinosaur.

dejecternoun (n.) One who casts down, or dejects.

dejeunernoun (n.) A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.

dekaliternoun (n.) Same as Decaliter.