DW -abbr

  1. deadweight
  2. delayed weather
  3. distilled water
  4. dust wrapper

dwarf ['dwȯrf] -n, adj, adv

  1. a person of unusually small stature
  2. one whose bodily proportions are abnormal
  3. an insignificant person
    • a literary dwarf
  4. an animal or plant much below normal size
  5. a small legendary manlike being who is usu. misshapen and ugly and skilled as a craftsman
  6. a star (as the sun) of ordinary or low luminosity and relatively small mass and size
  7. to restrict the growth of : stunt
  8. to cause to appear smaller or to seem inferior
    • has dwarf ed the achievements of her predecessors
  9. to become smaller
  10. low-growing in habit
    • dwarf er forms of citrus

dwarf·ism ['dwȯr-,fi-zəm] -n

  1. the condition of stunted growth

dwarf planet -n

  1. a celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit

dweeb ['dwēb] -n, adj

  1. an unattractive, insignificant, or inept person

dwell ['dwel] -vi, n

  1. to remain for a time
  2. to live as a resident
  3. exist, lie
  4. to keep the attention directed used with on or upon
    • tried not to dwell on my fears
  5. to speak or write insistently used with on or upon
    • reporters dwell ing on the recent scandal

dwell·ing -n

  1. a shelter (as a house) in which people live

DWI [,dē-,də-bəl-(,)yü-'ī] -n

  1. dui

dwin·dle ['dwin-dᵊl] -vb

  1. to become steadily less : shrink
  2. to make steadily less

dwt -abbr

  1. deadweight ton
  2. pennyweight