| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| doable | adjective | Capable of being done. |
| do-all | noun | General manager; factotum. |
| dobber | noun | See Dabchick., A float to a fishing line. |
| dobbin | noun | An old jaded horse., Sea gravel mixed with sand. |
| dobson | noun | The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. |
| dobule | noun | The European dace. |
| docent | adjective | Serving to instruct; teaching. |
| docile | adjective | Teachable; easy to teach; docible., Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. |
| docity | noun | Teachableness. |
| docked | imp. & past participle | of Dock |
| docket | noun | A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest., A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label., An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court., A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks., A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly., To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers., To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed., To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial., To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods. |
| doctor | noun | A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man., An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only., One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician., Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine., The friar skate., To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart., To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor., To tamper with and arrange for one’s own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky., To practice physic. |
| dodded | adjective | Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn. |
| dodder | noun | A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it., To shake, tremble, or totter. |
| dodged | imp. & past participle | of Dodge |
| dodger | noun | One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices., A small handbill., See Corndodger. |
| dodkin | noun | A doit; a small coin. |
| dodman | noun | A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod., Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. |
| dodoes | plural | of Dodo |
| doffed | imp. & past participle | of Doff |
| doffer | noun | A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. |
| dogged | imp. & past participle | of Dog, Sullen; morose., Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work. |
| dogate | noun | The office or dignity of a doge. |
| dogday | One of the dog days. | |
| dogger | noun | A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch., A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron. |
| dogget | noun | Docket. See Docket. |
| dogmas | plural | of Dogma |
| dogtie | noun | A cramp. |
| doings | plural | of Doing |
| doling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dole |
| dolent | adjective | Sorrowful. |
| dolium | noun | A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells. |
| dollar | noun | A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains., A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined., A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries., The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. |
| dolman | noun | A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks., A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women. |
| dolmen | noun | A cromlech. See Cromlech. |
| dolven | past participle | of Delve. |
| domage | noun | Damage; hurt., Subjugation. |
| domain | noun | Dominion; empire; authority., The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively., Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne., Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership. |
| domett | noun | A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. |
| domify | verb t. | To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense., To tame; to domesticate. |
| domina | noun | Lady; a lady; — a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. |
| domine | noun | A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman., A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. |
| domino | noun | A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice., A mourning veil formerly worn by women., A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling., A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure., A person wearing a domino., A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played, One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. |
| domini | plural | of Dominus |
| domite | noun | A grayish variety of trachyte; — so called from the Puy-de-Dome in Auvergne, France, where it is found. |
| donned | imp. & past participle | of Don |
| donary | noun | A thing given to a sacred use. |
| donate | verb t. | To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college. |
| donjon | noun | The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle. |
| donkey | noun | An ass; or (less frequently) a mule., A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. |
| donnat | noun | See Do-naught. |
| donzel | noun | A young squire, or knight’s attendant; a page. |
| doodle | noun | A trifler; a simple fellow. |
| doomed | imp. & past participle | of Doom |
| doorga | noun | A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. |
| dopper | noun | An Anabaptist or Baptist. |
| doquet | noun | A warrant. See Docket. |
| dorado | noun | A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; — called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish., A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena. |
| dorian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion., Same as Doric, 3., A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece. |
| dorism | noun | A Doric phrase or idiom. |
| dormer | noun | Alt. of Dormer window |
| dorsad | adverb | Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally. |
| dorsal | adjective | Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; — opposed to ventral., Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf., Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss., A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position. |
| dorsel | noun | A pannier., Same as Dorsal, n. |
| dorser | noun | See Dosser. |
| dorsum | noun | The ridge of a hill., The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue. |
| dories | plural | of Dory, of Dory |
| dosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Dose |
| dossel | noun | Same as Dorsal, n. |
| dosser | noun | A pannier, or basket., A hanging tapestry; a dorsal. |
| dossil | noun | A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent., A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines. |
| dotted | imp. & past participle | of Dot, Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. |
| dotage | verb i. | Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage., Foolish utterance; drivel., Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. |
| dotant | noun | A dotard. |
| dotard | verb i. | One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood. |
| dotary | noun | A dotard’s weakness; dotage. |
| doting | present participle & vb. noun | of Dote, That dotes; silly; excessively fond. |
| dotery | noun | The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. |
| dotish | adjective | Foolish; weak; imbecile. |
| douane | noun | A customhouse. |
| double | adjective | Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc., Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled., Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere., Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double., Twice; doubly., To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length., To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; — often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth., To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as., To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion., To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two., To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much., To return upon one’s track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction., To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false., To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet., Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like., Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred., That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold., A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice., Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith., A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute., Double beer; strong beer., A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts., A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles., An old term for a variation, as in Bach’s Suites. |
| doubly | adverb | In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation., Deceitfully. |
| doucet | noun | Alt. of Dowset |
| dowset | noun | A custard., A dowcet, or deep’s testicle. |
| douche | noun | A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath., A syringe. |
| doughy | adjective | Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion. |
| doused | imp. & past participle | of Douse |
| douter | noun | An extinguisher for candles. |
| dovish | adjective | Like a dove; harmless; innocent. |
| dowcet | noun | One of the testicles of a hart or stag. |
| dowery | noun | See Dower. |
| dowlas | noun | A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. |
| downed | imp. & past participle | of Down |
| dowral | adjective | Of or relating to a dower. |
| dowser | noun | A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod., One who uses the dowser or divining rod. |
| doxies | plural | of Doxy |
| dozing | present participle & vb. noun | of Doze |
| dozens | plural | of Dozen |