Index of English words, starting with "da"

(1) - Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
(2) - Dart (v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
(3) - Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
(4) - Dart (v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
(5) - Dart (n.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
(6) - Dart (n.) A spear set as a prize in running.
(7) - Dart (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
(8) - Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

(1) - Darter (n.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
(2) - Darter (n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
(3) - Darter (n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.

(1) - Darwinian (n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
(2) - Darwinian (a.) Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.

(1) - Darwinism (n.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.