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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter D. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
It includes a rule for loss: words ending with N may not be used since the kana is never used in the beginning of words. The game antakshari (ant means end, akshar means letter), played in India, Pakistan and Nepal also involves chaining, but with verses of movie songs (usually Bollywood songs). In Russia, a game similar to the Word chain is ...
Letter frequencies, like word frequencies, tend to vary, both by writer and by subject. For instance, d occurs with greater frequency in fiction, as most fiction is written in past tense and thus most verbs will end in the inflectional suffix -ed / -d. One cannot write an essay about x-rays without using x frequently. Different authors have ...
There are several six-letter English words with their letters in alphabetical order, including abhors, almost, begins, biopsy, chimps and chintz. [32] There are few 7-letter words, such as "billowy" and "beefily". The longest words whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order are sponged, wronged and trollied.
D/T: due to DTA: descending thoracic aorta: DTaP: diphtheria–tetanus–acellular pertussis (combined vaccination) DTP: diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (combined vaccination) DTR: deep tendon reflex: DTs: delirium tremens: DU: duodenal ulcer (see peptic ulcer) DUB: dysfunctional uterine bleeding: DVT: deep vein thrombosis: D/W: discussed with DW ...
cleansed / ˈ-ɛ n z d / rhymes with lensed, "provided with a lens or lenses". coif / ˈ-ɔɪ f / rhymes with boyf, slang for "boyfriend". cusp / ˈ-ʌ s p / rhymes with DUSP, an acronym for "dual-specificity phosphatase enzyme". diamond / ˈ-aɪ m ə n d / rhymes with hymened, having a hymen of a specified description, as in the word tough ...
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...