Words that start with D

Dis forDice (chop)

Dicing food is a way of chopping food up with a knife into cubes of roughly equal size. Cutting food up this way makes the food cook more evenly, and is also nice to look at.

Food prep

Photo by Rebecca Krebs

A die, plural dice, is a small object that you roll as a way of getting a random number while playing a game. Dice usually have six sides numbered from one to six, but you can get dice with more sides too.

Toys and games

Photo of an Aboriginal playing a didgeridoo.

Photo by Aaron Jacobs

Dis forDidgeridoo

A didgeridoo is a kind of wind instrument used by Australian Aboriginals. It is made from a piece of wood that has been hollowed out by termites.

Music

Photo by DaveBleasdale

Dis forDie

Dying is the point where something alive becomes dead. The term can also be used on things that aren't alive, to describe when things like engines and other appliances stop working.

Death

Photo of a very different flower in a field of similar ones

Photo by Suvodeb Banerjee

Dis forDifferent

Two things are different if they are not like each other, or can very easily be told apart. The purple flower in the picture is very different to all the red ones. The opposite of different is similar.

Adjectives

Photo by David Davies

Dis forDifficult

Something is difficult if it is complicated and takes some skill to achieve. The picture is of a difficult puzzle.

Adjectives

Photo by Woodley Wonderworks

Dis forDig

Digging is where you use a spade or your hands (or your paws if you are a dog) to move sand or dirt around. Usually you dig to make a hole. The boy in the picture is helping to dig a vegetable garden. The past tense of dig is dug.

Verbs

Photo by JaxStrong

Dis forDike

A dike is an embankment or a dam made of stone or earth to stop water flow from a watercourse such as a river.

Structures

Photo by Matías Proto

Dis forDilate

You dilate something when you make it bigger or wider. The eye in the picture is dilated.

Verbs

Photo by Quinn Dombrowski

Dis forDill

Scientific name: anethum graveolens

Dill is a feathery herb that can grow up to a metre tall. It can be grown easily from seed in spring and summer. It grows so easily from seed that once you have a dill plant go to seed once you will have dill everywhere! Dill can be used in lots of different types of cooking but goes best with fish and potatoes. The fresh leaves are usually used, cut up finely and sprinkled over food.

Herbs & Spices, Plants