Words that start with D

Dis forDeer

A deer is a kind of animal that eats grass and leaves. It grows horns called antlers on its head. A male deer is called a stag, hart or buck and a female deer is called a hind, doe or cow and a baby deer is called a fawn.

Warm blood

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Dis forDefect

A defect is something wrong with something, that stops it from being perfect. A defect in a machine might stop it from working at all. A defect might also be called a flaw or imperfection.

Damage

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Dis forDeflate

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Deflate means to release the gas or air from something that has been inflated, such as a balloon.

Verbs

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Dis forDefy

Defy means to resist or challenge something or someone. For example, the man in the picture appears to be defying the rules of gravity by holding himself in a position that would cause most people to fall.

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Dis forDeity

A deity is a divine creature that is worshipped as part of a religion. Deities are usually ascribed special powers.

Religion

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Dis forDelicate

Something is delicate if it has fine detail, or is fragile. A color or flavor is delicate if there is only the barest hint of it.

Positivity

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Dis forDelicious

Something is delicious if it smells or tastes really, really good. People would describe something as delicious if they really enjoyed eating it.

Flavor

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Dis forDemolish

You demolish something when you take it apart until there is nothing left. When you say demolish, you usually mean a building being demolished.

Verbs, Damage

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Dis forDense

Something is dense if the parts that make it up are very close together. For example, the bamboo forest in the picture is very dense. Materials that are very dense are typically heavier, for example the same volume of lead is heavier than wood. The opposite of dense is sparse.

Adjectives

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Dis forDensity

If you have two things that are the same size, and one weighs a lot more than the other, the heavy thing is more dense. The sponge on the left in the picture is much, much lighter than the brick in the picture, but they are around the same size. The sponge has a lower density than the brick.

Science