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[**dusty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dusty.md) adjective (dusty, dustier, dustiest) Dusty means covered with dust, the dry powder of dirt that collects on things. 2. [**dutch**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dutch.md) adjective (Dutch); noun (Dutch — the language; the Dutch — the people) From the Netherlands (also called Holland), or to do with its people. 3. [**dutiful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dutiful.md) adjective (dutifully, dutifulness) 1) Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises. 4. [**duty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/duty.md) noun (a duty, duties; uncountable "duty" for the idea) Something you must do because it is right, because it is your job or because the rules or the law say so. 5. [**duvet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/duvet.md) noun (a duvet, duvets) 1) A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm. 6. [**dvd**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dvd.md) noun (DVD, DVDs) A DVD is a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or computer files. 7. [**dwarf**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dwarf.md) noun (a dwarf, dwarfs or dwarves); adjective (dwarf = much smaller than usual); verb (dwarf, dwarfs, dwarfed, dwarfing) In fairy tales and fantasy, a dwarf is a small, strong, often bearded creature who lives in mountains and mines. 8. [**dwarfism**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dwarfism.md) noun (dwarfism, uncountable) A condition in which a person or animal grows much shorter than usual, often because of their genes. 9. [**dwell**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dwell.md) verb (dwell, dwells, dwelt or dwelled, dwelling) 1) (formal or old-fashioned) To live somewhere: Bears dwell in the forest. 2) dwell on / upon = keep thinking or talking about something… 10. [**dweller**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dweller.md) noun (dwellers) 1) A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place. 11. [**dwelling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dwelling.md) noun (a dwelling, dwellings); verb (present participle of «dwell»: dwell, dwells, dwelt or dwelled, dwelling) A house, flat or other place where people live; a home. 12. [**dwindle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dwindle.md) verb (dwindle, dwindles, dwindled, dwindling) 1) To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until there is very little left. 2) dwindling (adjective): getting smaller. 13. [**dye**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dye.md) noun (a dye, dyes; dye — uncountable for the stuff); verb (dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing) A dye is a substance used to change the colour of cloth, hair, food or other things. 14. [**dyed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dyed.md) verb form (dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing); adjective (dyed) Changed the colour of something with a dye (a colouring liquid or powder): She dyed her hair purple. 15. [**dyeing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dyeing.md) verb (present participle of dye: dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing); noun (dyeing, uncountable) Changing the colour of something, like hair, cloth or wool, by soaking it in a colouring liquid called dye. 16. [**dying**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dying.md) verb, the -ing form of «die» (die, dies, died, dying); adjective (dying) Dying means coming to the end of life; about to die. 17. [**dyke**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dyke.md) noun (dykes) 1) A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back. 2) A dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields. 18. [**dynamic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dynamic.md) adjective (dynamic, more dynamic); noun (a dynamic, dynamics) A dynamic person is full of energy, ideas and enthusiasm. 19. [**dynamite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dynamite.md) noun (dynamite, uncountable); verb (dynamite, dynamites, dynamited, dynamiting) A powerful explosive made in sticks, used to blast rock in mines and building work. 20. [**dynamo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dynamo.md) noun (a dynamo, dynamos) A dynamo is a machine that turns movement into electricity, like the small one on an old bicycle that lights the lamp when the wheel turns. 21. [**dynasty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dynasty.md) noun (a dynasty, dynasties) 1) A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family, where power passes from parent to child over many years, like the Tudors in England… 22. [**dyslexia**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dyslexia.md) noun (dyslexia, uncountable) 1) Dyslexia is a common difference in how the brain works with words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, even for… 23. [**dyslexic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dyslexic.md) adjective (dyslexic); noun (a dyslexic, dyslexics — less preferred) 1) Having dyslexia: a difference in how the brain handles words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, but has… [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/)[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/2/)[3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/3/)[4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/4/)[5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/5/)[6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/6/)[7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/7/)[8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/8/)[9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/9/)[10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/10/)[11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/page/11/)**12**