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1. [**diversify**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diversify.md) verb (diversify, diversifies, diversified, diversifying) To make something more varied or to start doing more different kinds of things.
2. [**diversion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diversion.md) noun (a diversion, diversions) A different route that traffic must take when a road is closed.
3. [**divert**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divert.md) verb (divert, diverts, diverted, diverting) To make something or someone change direction or go a different way: «divert traffic», «divert a river».
4. [**divide**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divide.md) verb (divide, divides, divided, dividing); noun (a divide — rare) To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷.
5. [**dividend**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dividend.md) noun (a dividend, dividends) The number being divided in a division sum: in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, the dividend is 12.
6. [**divider**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divider.md) noun (a divider, dividers) A divider is something that separates a space or things into parts: a room divider.
7. [**divination**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divination.md) noun (uncountable; also a divination) Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by special or magical means, such as reading cards, stars or tea leaves.
8. [**divine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divine.md) adjective (divine, more divine); verb (divine, divines, divined, divining — to guess, to find water) Divine means of God or a god, or coming from God, as in "divine love" or "divine help".
9. [**diviner**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diviner.md) noun (diviners) A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell the future.
10. [**divinity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divinity.md) noun (divinity, divinities) The quality of being God or a god; being divine.
11. [**divisible**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divisible.md) adjective (divisible) In maths, a number is divisible by another number if it can be divided by it exactly, with no remainder.
12. [**division**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/division.md) noun (division, divisions) Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts.
13. [**divisor**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divisor.md) noun (divisor, divisors) 1) A divisor is the number you divide by. In 12 ÷ 3, the divisor is 3. 2) A divisor of a number is also a number that divides it exactly…
14. [**divorce**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divorce.md) noun (a divorce, divorces); verb (divorce, divorces, divorced, divorcing); adjective: divorced The legal ending of a marriage, so the husband and wife are no longer married.
15. [**divulge**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divulge.md) verb (divulges, divulged, divulging) To reveal a secret or private information.
16. [**divvy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divvy.md) verb (divvy up, divvies, divvied, divvying — informal); noun (a divvy, divvies — UK slang); noun (divvy — informal, share) To divvy up something is to share it out between people.
17. [**dizziness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dizziness.md) noun (dizziness — uncountable) Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall.
18. [**dizzy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dizzy.md) adjective (dizzy, dizzier, dizziest) Dizzy means feeling as if everything is spinning and you might fall over.
19. [**dj**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dj.md) noun (a DJ, DJs); verb (DJ, DJs, DJ'd or DJed, DJing — informal); abbreviation A DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music for people at a party, club or on the radio.
20. [**djinn**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/djinn.md) noun (a djinn, djinns or djinn); also spelt jinn, jinni, genie 1) In Arab and Muslim stories and beliefs, a spirit made of smokeless fire that can be good or bad and can sometimes take the shape of…
21. [**dm**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dm.md) abbreviation (dm — decimeter or decimetre) 1) dm is the short way to write decimeter. A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 dm.
22. [**dmd**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dmd.md) abbreviation (DMD; usually written in capitals) Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a rare illness, passed on in families and found mostly in boys, in which the muscles slowly get weaker.
23. [**dna**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dna.md) noun (DNA — uncountable) DNA is the chemical inside the cells of every living thing that carries the instructions for how it grows, works and what it looks like.
24. [**do**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/do.md) verb, auxiliary (do, does, did, done, doing; don't, doesn't, didn't); noun (a do — a party, UK casual) To do is to carry out an action: do your homework.
25. [**doc**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doc.md) noun (a doc, docs) — short, informal form Doc is a short word for a doctor, often used when talking to them: "Thanks, doc.".
26. [**docile**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/docile.md) adjective 1) Quiet, calm and easy to control or teach. 2) (animals) Gentle and not likely to bite or fight.
27. [**dock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dock.md) noun (dock, docks); verb (dock, docks, docked, docking) A dock is a place in a harbour where ships stop to load or unload.
28. [**doctor**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doctor.md) noun (doctor, doctors; Dr); verb (doctor, doctors, doctored — change something dishonestly) A person trained to look after people who are ill or hurt and to help them get better.
29. [**doctored**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doctored.md) verb, adjective (doctor, doctors, doctored, doctoring) neutered, had an operation so it cannot have babies (old-fashioned, US).
30. [**doctrine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doctrine.md) noun (a doctrine, doctrines; also uncountable) A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or religion, such as the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
31. [**document**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/document.md) noun (a document, documents); verb (document, documents, documented, documenting) noun: A document is a piece of paper or a computer file with official or important writing, such as a passport, letter or report.
32. [**documentary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/documentary.md) noun (a documentary, documentaries); adjective (documentary) A documentary is a film or TV programme about real people, places and events, giving facts and information.
33. [**documentation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/documentation.md) noun (documentation; uncountable) Official papers or records that prove something, such as passports, certificates or receipts.
34. [**dodge**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dodge.md) verb (dodge, dodges, dodged, dodging); noun (a dodge, dodges) To dodge is to move quickly to one side to avoid being hit or caught.
35. [**dodgy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dodgy.md) adjective (dodgy, dodgier, dodgiest) (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland — informal) Dishonest or likely to be illegal; not to be trusted: «a dodgy deal».
36. [**dodo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dodo.md) noun (a dodo, dodos or dodoes) 1) The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; it became extinct…
37. [**doe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doe.md) noun (doe, does) 1) A doe is a female deer. 2) Females of rabbits, hares, goats and kangaroos are also called does. 3) The male deer is a buck or stag, and…
38. [**doer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doer.md) noun (doers) A person who does something; often used in compounds such as evil-doer.
39. [**dog**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dog.md) noun (dog, dogs); verb (dog, dogs, dogged — to follow closely or to trouble) A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail.
40. [**doge**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doge.md) noun (a doge, doges; the Doge); noun (Doge — slang, internet meme) The Doge was the elected ruler of the old city states of Venice and Genoa in Italy, for about a thousand years until 1797.
41. [**dogfish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dogfish.md) noun (a dogfish, dogfish or dogfishes) A kind of small shark found in seas around Britain, Europe, North America and elsewhere, often with a spotted skin.
42. [**doggedly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doggedly.md) adverb 1) In a stubborn, determined way; going on and not giving up, even when it is hard.
43. [**doggie**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doggie.md) noun (a doggie, doggies); also spelled doggy A child's word for a dog, especially a small or cute one.
44. [**doggo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doggo.md) noun (a doggo, doggos) (slang); adverb (lie doggo — old UK slang) A dog, said in a cute, playful way: «What a good doggo!».
45. [**doggy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doggy.md) noun (a doggy, doggies; also doggie) — informal; adjective (doggy — informal) 1) (informal, child's word) A dog: Look at the doggy! 2) (adjective, informal) Like a dog or to do with dogs; smelling of dog: a doggy…
46. [**doghouse**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doghouse.md) noun (doghouses) A small shelter built for a dog to sleep in; in everyday talk, «in the doghouse» means being in trouble.
47. [**doings**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doings.md) noun, plural only (doings) Doings are the things a person does or has done, their actions, often ones that get judged as good or bad: the doings of a naughty goblin.
48. [**doldrums**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doldrums.md) noun (the doldrums — plural in form, used with «the») A feeling of being sad, bored or stuck, with no energy, as in «in the doldrums».
49. [**dole**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dole.md) noun (the dole) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ informal); verb (dole out: dole, doles, doled, doling) Money that the government pays to people who have no job: «on the dole».
50. [**doleful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doleful.md) adjective (doleful; more doleful, most doleful) 1) Very sad and gloomy, looking or sounding miserable. 2) Causing sadness: «doleful news».
51. [**dolefully**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolefully.md) adverb (dolefully) 1) Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully.
52. [**doll**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doll.md) noun (a doll, dolls); verb (doll up — informal: dolled up) A doll is a toy shaped like a baby, child or person.
53. [**dollar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dollar.md) noun (dollar, dollars) A dollar is a unit of money used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some other countries.
54. [**dolly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolly.md) noun (a dolly, dollies); adjective (UK slang — dolly bird, old) 1) A dolly is a child's word for a doll. 2) A dolly is a small low platform with wheels for moving heavy things or for moving a film…
55. [**dolorous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolorous.md) adjective (dolorous, more dolorous, most dolorous) 1) Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal).
56. [**dolphin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolphin.md) noun (a dolphin, dolphins) A dolphin is a clever sea mammal with a long snout and a curved fin, that lives in groups and breathes air through a blowhole.
57. [**dolt**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolt.md) noun (dolt, dolts) 1) A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude).
58. [**domain**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domain.md) noun (a domain, domains) A domain is an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules.
59. [**dome**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dome.md) noun (a dome, domes) A dome is a round roof shaped like half of a ball.
60. [**domestic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domestic.md) adjective (domestic); noun (a domestic, domestics — UK informal, or old: a servant) To do with the home or family (domestic jobs like cooking and cleaning).
61. [**domesticated**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domesticated.md) adjective (domesticated); verb (domesticate, domesticates, domesticated, domesticating — past form) 1) A domesticated animal or plant has been tamed and bred by people over many generations to live with them or be useful, like dogs, cows…
62. [**domestication**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domestication.md) noun (domestication — mostly uncountable) 1) Domestication is the long process by which people tamed wild animals and plants over many generations, so they live with or are farmed…
63. [**domesticity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domesticity.md) noun, uncountable (domesticity) Domesticity is home life, the everyday work and comfort of looking after a house and family: he enjoyed domesticity after years of travel.
64. [**dominance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominance.md) noun (dominance; uncountable) Dominance is having more power, control or importance than others.
65. [**dominant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominant.md) adjective (dominant; more dominant, most dominant); noun (a dominant — music, rare) Dominant means the strongest, most important or most powerful in a group.
66. [**dominate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominate.md) verb (dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating) To have power or control over someone or something.
67. [**dominated**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominated.md) verb form (past of dominate: dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating); adjective (dominated, as in «male-dominated») Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour».
68. [**domineering**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domineering.md) adjective (domineering, more domineering); verb domineer Domineering describes someone who tries to control other people all the time and tells them what to do without listening.
69. [**dominican**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominican.md) adjective (Dominican); noun (a Dominican, Dominicans) From or connected with the Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean sharing an island with Haiti; also a person from there.
70. [**dominion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominion.md) noun (dominion, dominions) Power or control over people, land or things: «have dominion over».
71. [**domino**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/domino.md) noun (a domino, dominoes) A small flat rectangular tile with spots (0 to 6) on each half, used in a game.
72. [**dominoes**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominoes.md) noun, plural of «domino» (domino, dominoes); «dominoes» also the name of the game Dominoes are small flat rectangular tiles, each with two halves marked with spots from 0 to 6.
73. [**don**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/don.md) fragment of don't; verb (don, dons, donned, donning — rare); noun (a don — rare) In this dictionary «don» usually comes from «don't» split at the apostrophe: «don't» = «do not».
74. [**donate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donate.md) verb (donate, donates, donated, donating) To donate is to give money, things or time to help people, a charity or a school, without being paid back.
75. [**donation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donation.md) noun (a donation, donations) A donation is something you give to help others, like money, food, clothes or toys, without being paid.
76. [**dong**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dong.md) noun (dong, dongs); verb (dong — rare); interjection (dong!) 1) A dong is the deep ringing sound of a large bell. 2) The dong is the money of Vietnam.
77. [**donkey**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donkey.md) noun (a donkey, donkeys) An animal like a small horse with long ears and a loud bray, used to carry loads or give rides.
78. [**donna**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donna.md) noun (Italian; a donna, donne); a name (Donna) 1) (a name) Donna is a woman's first name. 2) (Italian) The Italian word for «woman» or «lady», and an old title of respect for a lady…
79. [**donor**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donor.md) noun (donor, donors) A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause.
80. [**donut**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donut.md) noun (a donut, donuts) A donut is a small, sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle or a ball filled with jam or cream.
81. [**doodle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doodle.md) verb (doodle, doodles, doodled, doodling); noun (a doodle, doodles) verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking much, often while doing something else.
82. [**doom**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doom.md) noun (doom — uncountable); verb (doom, dooms, doomed, dooming) Death, ruin or a terrible fate that cannot be avoided.
83. [**doomsday**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doomsday.md) noun (doomsday, Doomsday — usually uncountable) Doomsday is the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster.
84. [**door**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/door.md) noun (door, doors) A door is a part of a wall that opens and closes so people can go in and out of a room, house or car.
85. [**doorbell**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorbell.md) noun (a doorbell, doorbells) 1) A bell or button by a front door that you press so the people inside know you are there. 2) The sound it makes (I heard the doorbell).
86. [**doorkeeper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorkeeper.md) noun (doorkeeper, doorkeepers) 1) A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people.
87. [**doormat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doormat.md) noun (a doormat, doormats) A thick mat by a door where people wipe the mud off their shoes before they go in.
88. [**doorpost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorpost.md) noun (doorpost, doorposts) 1) A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.
89. [**doorstep**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorstep.md) noun (a doorstep, doorsteps) 1) A doorstep is the step or flat spot just outside the front door of a house. 2) «On your doorstep» means very close to where you live.
90. [**doorway**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorway.md) noun (a doorway, doorways) 1) A doorway is the opening in a wall where a door is. 2) A doorway can mean the space just inside or outside a door.
91. [**dope**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dope.md) noun (a dope, dopes; dope, uncountable); verb (dope, dopes, doped, doping); adjective (dope — slang) 1) (informal) A dope is a silly or foolish person. 2) (slang) Dope is an illegal drug, especially cannabis. 3) Doping is giving drugs to…
92. [**doric**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doric.md) adjective (Doric); noun (Doric, uncountable) The oldest and plainest style of ancient Greek columns, thick and strong with a simple round top, as on the Parthenon in Athens.
93. [**dork**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dork.md) noun (a dork, dorks); adjective dorky A person who seems silly, awkward or uncool, often because they are very keen on something.
94. [**dorm**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dorm.md) noun (a dorm, dorms) Short for dormitory: a big bedroom with many beds, for example at a boarding school, camp or hostel.
95. [**dormancy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dormancy.md) noun (uncountable) A time when a living thing is alive but not active or growing, as in seeds waiting to sprout or animals hibernating.
96. [**dormant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dormant.md) adjective (dormant) Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano.
97. [**dormitory**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dormitory.md) noun (a dormitory, dormitories) A large bedroom with many beds, such as in a boarding school, camp or hostel.
98. [**dormouse**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dormouse.md) noun (a dormouse, dormice) 1) A dormouse is a small furry animal like a mouse with a long fluffy tail, which lives in woods and sleeps through the winter (hibernates).
99. [**dorsal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dorsal.md) adjective (dorsal) — science Dorsal means on or to do with the back of an animal or the upper side of something.
100. [**dorsum**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dorsum.md) noun (a dorsum, dorsa) The back or upper surface of a body part, like the back of the hand or the top of the foot or tongue.

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