(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land
plural of dart
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dart
dater
dater
noun
A date-stamping device.
One who dates.
derat
derat
verb
(transitive) To rid of rats.
derte
derth
derth
noun
Obsolete spelling of dearth
detar
deter
deter
verb
(transitive) To distract someone from something.
(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
detur
detur
noun
(US, Harvard University) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.
dirts
dirts
noun
plural of dirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dirt
dirty
dirty
adj
(aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
(computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
(slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
(slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
Of color, discolored by impurities.
Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
Out of tune.
Sleety; gusty; stormy.
Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
adv
In a dirty manner.
verb
(intransitive) To become soiled.
(transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
(transitive) To make (something) dirty.
(transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
distr
diter
dorts
dorts
noun
plural of dort
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dort
dorty
dorty
adj
(Tyneside) Dirty; unclean.
doter
doter
noun
Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”)
Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”)
draft
draft
adj
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
noun
(nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
(politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
(possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
(possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
(possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
(rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
(sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
(usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
An act of drinking.
An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
verb
(transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
(transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
(transitive, intransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
(transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
To draw out; to call forth.
To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
To write a law.
drant
drant
noun
(Scotland, dialect) A droning tone.
verb
(Scotland, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To drawl; to drone.
drate
drate
verb
simple past tense of drite
drats
drats
intj
Alternative form of drat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drat
drent
drest
drest
verb
Obsolete form of dressed; simple past tense and past participle of dress
drift
drift
noun
(architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
(mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
(obsolete) A driving; a violent movement.
(uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
(uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
Anything driven at random.
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
Slow, cumulative change.
That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
verb
(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
(intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
(mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
(transitive) To drive into heaps.
(transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
(transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
dript
dript
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of drip
droit
droit
noun
(law) A legal right or entitlement.
dropt
dropt
verb
obsolete spelling of dropped; simple past tense and past participle of drop
drunt
dryth
dryth
noun
(obsolete) A drought.
(obsolete, uncountable) Dryness.
duret
durst
durst
verb
(archaic, literary) simple past tense of dare
dutra
rated
rated
adj
(engineering) maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly
(now rare) Scolded, rebuked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rate
strad
strad
Noun
A Stradivarius violin.
strid
strid
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of stride
tarde
tardo
tardo
noun
(archaic) A sloth.
tardy
tardy
adj
(obsolete) Criminal; guilty.
(obsolete) Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).
Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
Late; overdue or delayed.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
noun
(US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
(US) An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make tardy.
tared
tared
adj
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tare
tdrss
tedra
third
third
adj
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
noun
(archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
(baseball) third base
(golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
(uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox.
A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
One of three equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the third position.
verb
(informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
(countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
(uncountable, gay slang) A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
verb
(finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
(horticulture, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
(intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
(transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
(transitive, intransitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
(transitive, intransitive) To engage in trade.
(transitive, with for) To give (something) in exchange (for).
(transitive, with with) To mutually exchange (something) (with).
trady
tread
tread
noun
(biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
(fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
(obsolete) A way; a track or path.
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
A manner of stepping.
A step taken with the foot.
The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
The sound made when someone or something is walking.
verb
(figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
(intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
(intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
(transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
(transitive) To step or walk upon.
(transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with.
To beat or press with the feet.
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
treed
treed
adj
Planted or covered with trees.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tree
trend
trend
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) Clean wool.
(mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
(nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
(nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
A fad or fashion style.
A tendency.
An inclination in a particular direction.
verb
(intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
(social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
(transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
triad
triad
noun
(electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
A grouping of three.
A word of three syllables.
tried
tried
adj
(law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of try
troad
troad
noun
Obsolete spelling of trode
trode
trode
noun
(obsolete) Tread; footing.
verb
Obsolete spelling of trod
trodi
truda
trude
trudi
trudy
trudy
Proper noun
A diminutive of Gertrude, also used as a formal female given name.
trued
trued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of true
tudor
turds
turds
noun
plural of turd
tyred
tyred
adj
(in combination) Having a certain number, or type, of tyre