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D.

 
1. day.
2. December.
3. Democrat.
4. Democratic.
5. Physics. density.
6. Deus.
7. Deuteronomy.
8. Doctor.
9. dose.
10. Dutch.

d.

 
1. (in prescriptions) give. Origin:
< L dā
2. date.
3. daughter.
4. day.
5. deceased.
6. deep.
7. degree.
8. delete.
9. British. pence. Origin:
< L denāriī
10. British. penny. Origin:
< L denārius
11. Physics. density.
12. depth.
13. deputy.
14. dialect.
15. dialectal.
16. diameter.
17. died.
18. dime.
19. dividend.
20. dollar; dollars.
21. dose.
22. drachma.
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d.  
abbr.  
  1. Zoology dam
  2. date
  3. daughter
  4. died
  5. dose
  6. Chiefly British penny (112 of a shilling)
D.  
abbr.  
  1. diopter
  2. Don (title)
  3. duchess
  4. duke
dam 2     (dām)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. d. A female parent. Used of a four-legged animal.
  2. Archaic A mother.

[Middle English dam, dame, lady, mother; see dame.]
di·op·ter     (dī-ŏp'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Abbr. D.
A unit of measurement of the refractive power of lenses equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters.

[Obsolete diopter, an instrument for measuring angles, from Latin dioptra, from Greek dioptrā : dia-, dia- + optos, visible; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
di·op'tral (-trəl) adj.
don 1     (dŏn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Don also (dōn) Abbr. D. Used as a courtesy title before the name of a man in a Spanish-speaking area.
  2. Chiefly British
    1. A head, tutor, or fellow at a college of Oxford or Cambridge.
    2. A college or university professor.
  3. The leader of an organized-crime family.
  4. Archaic An important personage.

[Spanish dialectal and Italian, both from Latin dominus, lord; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]
duch·ess     (dŭch'ĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The wife or widow of a duke.
  2. A woman holding title to a duchy in her own right.
  3. Abbr. D. Used as the title for such a noblewoman.

[Middle English duchesse, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ducissa, from Latin dux, duc-, leader; see duke.]
duke     (dōōk, dyōōk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A nobleman with the highest hereditary rank, especially a man of the highest grade of the peerage in Great Britain.
  2. A sovereign prince who rules an independent duchy in some European countries.
  3. Abbr. D. or Du. Used as the title for such a nobleman.
  4. Slang A fist. Often used in the plural: Put up your dukes!
  5. Botany A type of cherry intermediate between a sweet and a sour cherry.
intr.v.   duked, duk·ing, dukes
To fight, especially with fists: duking it out.

[Middle English, from Old French duc, from Latin dux, duc-, leader, from dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 4, short for Duke of Yorks, rhyming slang for forks, fingers.]
pen·ny     (pěn'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pen·nies
  1. In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent.
  2. pl. pence (pěns)
    1. Abbr. p. A coin used in Great Britain since 1971, worth 1/100 of a pound. Also called new penny.
    2. Abbr. d. A coin formerly used in Great Britain, worth 1/12 of a shilling or 1/240 of a pound.
    3. A coin formerly used in the Republic of Ireland, worth 1/100 of a pound.
    4. A coin used in various dependent territories of the United Kingdom.
  3. Any of various coins of small denomination.
  4. A sum of money.
  5. One of a set of colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.

[Middle English, an English coin, from Old English penig.]
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D. abbr.

  1. diopter
  2. dose

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d.
  1. date
  2. daughter
  3. deputy
  4. died
  5. dose
  6. drachma
  7. pence

D.
  1. department
  2. Deus
  3. diopter
  4. Don
  5. duchess
  6. duke

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