| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| docibleness | noun | Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility. |
| doctrinable | adjective | Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. |
| doctrinaire | noun | One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. |
| doctrinally | adverb | In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction. |
| documentary | adjective | Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. |
| dodecagynia | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles. |
| dodecandria | noun pl. | A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen. |
| dodecastyle | adjective | Having twelve columns in front., A dodecastyle portico, or building. |
| dog fancier | One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs. | |
| dog-hearted | adjective | Inhuman; cruel. |
| dogmatician | noun | A dogmatist. |
| dogmatizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Dogmatize |
| dolabriform | adjective | Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish. |
| dolorifical | adjective | Causing pain or grief. |
| domableness | noun | Tamableness. |
| domesticant | adjective | Forming part of the same family. |
| domesticate | adjective | To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one’s self., To cause to be, as it were, of one’s family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word., To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. |
| domesticity | noun | The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life. |
| domicillary | adjective | Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family. |
| domiciliate | verb t. | To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile., To domesticate. |
| domiculture | noun | The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. |
| domineering | present participle & vb. noun | of Domineer, Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. |
| dormitories | plural | of Dormitory |
| dorsiferous | Bearing, or producing, on the back; — applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous. | |
| dorsiparous | adjective | Same as Dorsiferous. |
| dotting pen | See under Pun. | |
| douay bible | A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; — done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. | |
| double-bank | verb t. | To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
| double-dyed | adjective | Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain. |
| double-eyed | adjective | Having a deceitful look. |
| double-hung | adjective | Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; — said of a window. |
| double-lock | verb t. | To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. |
| doubtlessly | adverb | Unquestionably. |
| dough-baked | adjective | Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. |
| dough-faced | adjective | Easily molded; pliable. |
| doughtiness | noun | The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery. |
| douroucouli | noun | See Durukuli. |
| dove’s-foot | noun | A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; — so called from the shape of the leaf., The columbine. |
| dovetailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Dovetail |
| downfalling | adjective | Falling down. |
| downhearted | adjective | Dejected; low-spirited. |
| downsitting | noun | The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. |
| downtrodden | adjective | Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. |
| doxological | adjective | Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. |
| doxologized | imp. & past participle | of Doxologize |