| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| doing | present participle & vb. noun | of Do, Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do. |
| doand | present participle | Doing. |
| dodge | verb i. | To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start., To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble., To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown., Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility., To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place., The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. |
| dogal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a doge. |
| dogma | noun | That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine., A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet., A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. |
| doily | noun | A kind of woolen stuff., A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; — commonly colored and fringed. |
| dolce | adverb | Alt. of Dolcemente |
| doled | imp. & past participle | of Dole |
| dolly | noun | A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer., A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet., In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver., A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building., A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc., A child’s mane for a doll. |
| dolor | noun | Pain; grief; distress; anguish. |
| dolus | noun | Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa. |
| domal | adjective | Pertaining to a house. |
| domed | adjective | Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome. |
| donat | noun | A grammar. |
| donax | noun | A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc. |
| donee | noun | The person to whom a gift or donation is made., Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; — sometimes called the appointor. |
| donet | noun | Same as Donat. Piers Plowman. |
| donna | noun | A lady; madam; mistress; — the title given a lady in Italy. |
| donor | noun | One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor., One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; — the opposite of donee. |
| doole | noun | Sorrow; dole. |
| dooly | noun | A kind of litter suspended from men’s shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. |
| doree | noun | A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree. |
| doric | adjective | Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect., Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order., Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war., The Doric dialect. |
| doris | noun | A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back. |
| dorse | noun | Same as dorsal, n., The back of a book., The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish. |
| dosed | imp. & past participle | of Dose |
| dosel | noun | Same as Dorsal, n. |
| dotal | adjective | Pertaining to dower, or a woman’s marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it. |
| doted | imp. & past participle | of Dote, Stupid; foolish., Half-rotten; as, doted wood. |
| doter | noun | One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard., One excessively fond, or weak in love. |
| douar | noun | A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets. |
| doubt | verb i. | To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined., To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive., To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it., To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of., To fill with fear; to affright., A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation., Uncertainty of condition., Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread., Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection. |
| douce | adjective | Sweet; pleasant., Sober; prudent; sedate; modest. |
| dough | noun | Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough., Anything of the consistency of such paste. |
| doupe | noun | The carrion crow. |
| doura | noun | A kind of millet. See Durra. |
| douse | verb t. | To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse., To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail., To fall suddenly into water., To put out; to extinguish. |
| dowdy | superl. | Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking., An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. |
| dowel | noun | A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position., A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it., To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask. |
| dower | noun | That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift., The property with which a woman is endowed, That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry., That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband. |
| dowle | noun | Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. |
| downy | adjective | Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs., Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet., Cunning; wary. |
| dowry | noun | A gift; endowment., The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride’s portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower., A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower. |
| dowse | verb t. | To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse., To beat or thrash., To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc., A blow on the face. |
| dowst | noun | A dowse. |
| dowve | noun | A dove. |
| doyly | noun | See Doily. |
| dozed | imp. & past participle | of Doze |
| dozen | plural | of Dozen, A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows., An indefinite small number. |
| dozer | noun | One who dozes or drowses. |