Words that start with D

Something is domestic if it relates to house and home. An animal is domestic if it is tame or has been bred to serve people somehow.
The opposite of domestic is industrial. The opposite of tame is wild.

Dominos is a game played with a set of pieces, with each piece having a number printed at each end. The numbers are made with spots, like on the sides of dice.
The most common game played with domino pieces is where each person gets a number of the pieces, and then try and place them against another piece where the numbers on their piece matches the numbers on a piece already placed. The person who puts all their pieces down first wins.

Donkeys are related to the horse, and are used in a similar way for riding and pulling loads around. Donkeys are much smaller than horses and are from the desert, so they do not need as much food as horses. A male donkey is called a jack and a female donkey is called a jennet or jenny.

A door is a way of closing off the entrance to something else, like the entrance to a house or room. Doors can be made of wood, steel or glass. You can lock some doors so that no-one can go through them.

A doorbell is a device usually on the front door of a house that makes a sound when you press a button. People have doorbells so they can hear if someone is at their door, as a doorbell is often louder than a knock.
Something similar to a doorbell is a doorknocker.

A doorknocker is a device attached to the outside of entry doors. Doorknockers are used to make a much louder knocking sound than you could make with your bare hands. Doorknockers are often quite ornate, and are often made in the shape of animal or human faces.
Something similar to a doorknocker is a doorbell.

Dorm is short for dormitory.

The dormouse is a type of small mouse. It lives in wooded areas and hedgerows, where it makes nests in trees or thick bushes. At night it becomes active, eating mostly nuts and berries and gathering food to store for colder months. Dormice are known for sleeping for long periods when the weather is bad.

Something is spotted if it has a pattern of small, round things all over it. Many animals are spotted. If the spots are perfectly round and even they are usually called dots. People will usually call animals covered in dots spotted and clothes covered in spots to be dotted.

Doves and pigeons are very closely related. The word 'dove' is usually used for smaller, paler varieties of pigeon. The classic dove is white.