decorative
That serves to decorate
Dictionary · English 583
Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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definitive
explicitly defined
disclosed
Made known; admitted.
disturbed
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
DIY
To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
destined
Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain.
detached
Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect.
distribute
To divide into portions and dispense.
definite
Having distinct limits.
departed
Having gone away.
depths
The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
developmental
Related to development.
disco
A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
distraction
Something that distracts.
drawer
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
Durham
One of a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England, and noted for their beef-producing quality.
delightful
Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
digit
A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
dinosaur
Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
doomed
Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
dough-faced
Having a pale or expressionless face
drainage
A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
drowning
An instance of a person or animal drowning.
darwin
A unit of evolutionary change in evolutionary biology.
dementia
A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
designation
An act or instance of designating
diploma
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
dispatch
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
disputed
Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
dots
A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
duchess
The wife or widow of a duke.
dunno
An utterance of the word dunno.
deed
An action or act; something that is done.
disciplinary
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
dwarf
Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
disappearance
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
Doyle
An idiot.
drowned
That has died by drowning.
drying
The act of drying.
dwelling
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
devotion
The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
dilemma
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
disgrace
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
deluxe
Very fine in quality or luxurious.
devastated
Ruined, ravaged.
disguise
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
dismissal
The act of sending someone away.
detector
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
digest
To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
diplomacy
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
directive
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
disadvantage
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
disruption
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
distract
To divert the attention of.
doctor's
A doctor’s surgery.
downward
Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
daring
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
delegate
A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
deploy
To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
dietary
A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.