Words that start with D

Dashing dentists daintily eat dates while dancing at the disco.

Dis forDandruff

Dandruff is when your head under your hair loses little white flakes of skin and they get caught in your hair or fall onto your shoulders. Dandruff can be itchy like in the picture, or just not be nice to look at. You can buy special shampoo to get rid of dandruff.

Dis forDanger

When there is danger, something bad could happen to you. There are often warning signs around dangerous things.
Something is dangerous if it is likely to hurt you in some way. Crossing the bridge in the photo is dangerous because it is very narrow and it is likely you will fall into the water. Large wild animals are dangerous because they are unpredictable and may attack you.

Dis forDangle

Something dangles if it is hanging loosely, so that is can move around freely. People often dangle toys for kittens so they will play with them.

Dis forDanish

Danish describes anything relating to Denmark, people from Denmark, the language spoken in Denmark and a kind of pastry.
A dapple grey horse has white spots surrounded by dark hair, making an attractive pattern. Young horses that are dapple grey often slowly turn white.

Dis forDappled

Something is dappled when it has patches of a darker or lighter shade of color. Some horses are dapple grey.

Dis forDari

Dari is a modern Persian language, spoken in a number of countries including Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Dis forDark

It is dark when there is not much light and you have trouble seeing anything. It gets dark at night time, or when you close the curtains and shut the light out. The opposite of dark is light or bright. Dark may also be used to describe something that has much deeper colors than something else, or is close to black. The opposite of this kind of dark is pale.

Dis forDart

A dart is a small, relatively heavy projectile with a sharp end. Some types of dart like the one in the picture are thrown by hand, other types of dart are fired by blowing them out of a tube with your mouth.