| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| docetae | noun pl. | Ancient heretics who held that Christ’s body was merely a phantom or appearance. |
| docetic | adjective | Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetae. |
| docible | adjective | Easily taught or managed; teachable. |
| docking | present participle & vb. noun | of Dock |
| dockage | noun | A charge for the use of a dock. |
| docquet | noun & verb | See Docket. |
| doddart | noun | A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game. |
| dodging | present participle & vb. noun | of Dodge |
| dodgery | noun | trickery; artifice. |
| doeglic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid. |
| doeskin | noun | The skin of the doe., A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe’s skin; — made for men’s wear. |
| doffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Doff |
| dogging | present participle & vb. noun | of Dog |
| dogbane | noun | A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs. |
| dog bee | A male or drone bee. | |
| dogbolt | noun | The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon. |
| dogcart | noun | A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs. |
| dog day | Alt. of Dogday | |
| dogdraw | noun | The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog. |
| dogeate | noun | Dogate. |
| dogfish | noun | A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc., The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin., The burbot of Lake Erie. |
| dog-fox | noun | A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6., The Arctic or blue fox; — a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex. |
| doggish | adjective | Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. |
| doggrel | adjective & noun | Same as Doggerel. |
| doghole | noun | A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. |
| dogmata | plural | of Dogma |
| dogship | noun | The character, or individuality, of a dog. |
| dogsick | adjective | Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. |
| dogskin | noun | The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively. |
| dogvane | noun | A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. |
| dogwood | noun | The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. |
| dohtren | noun pl. | Daughters. |
| doitkin | noun | A very small coin; a doit. |
| dolabra | noun | A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums. |
| dolcino | noun | Alt. of Dulcino |
| doleful | adjective | Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. |
| dolente | adjective & adverb | Plaintively. See Doloroso. |
| dollman | noun | See Dolman. |
| dollies | plural | of Dolly |
| dolphin | noun | A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin., The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid., A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy’s vessel., A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage., A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables., A mooring post on a wharf or beach., A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale., In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted., A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2. |
| doltish | adjective | Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. |
| domable | adjective | Capable of being tamed; tamable. |
| domical | adjective | Relating to, or shaped like, a dome. |
| dominie | noun | A schoolmaster; a pedagogue., A clergyman. See Domine, 1. |
| dominos | plural | of Domino |
| dominus | noun | Master; sir; — a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. |
| donning | present participle & vb. noun | of Don |
| donable | adjective | Capable of being donated or given. |
| donated | imp. & past participle | of Donate |
| donator | noun | One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver. |
| donkeys | plural | of Donkey |
| donnism | n | Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. |
| donship | noun | The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. |
| doolies | plural | of Dooly |
| dooming | present participle & vb. noun | of Doom |
| doomage | noun | A penalty or fine for neglect. |
| doomful | adjective | Full of condemnation or destructive power. |
| dooring | noun | The frame of a door. |
| doorway | noun | The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. |
| dorhawk | noun | The European goatsucker; — so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. |
| dormant | adjective | Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles., In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; — distinguished from couchant., A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or ” sleep.” |
| dormice | plural | of Dormouse |
| dornick | noun | Alt. of Dornock |
| dornock | noun | A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. |
| dorrfly | noun | See 1st Dor. |
| dorsale | noun | Same as Dorsal, n. |
| dortour | noun | Alt. of Dorture |
| dorture | noun | A dormitory. |
| dotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Dot |
| dottard | noun | An old, decayed tree. |
| dottrel | noun | See Dotterel. |
| doubled | imp. & past participle | of Double |
| doubler | noun | One who, or that which, doubles., An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope. |
| doublet | adjective | Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple., A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time., A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century., A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone., An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct., Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets., A game somewhat like backgammon., One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc. |
| dou/ted | imp. & past participle | of Doubt |
| doubter | noun | One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples. |
| douceur | noun | Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness., A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe. |
| doucine | noun | Same as Cyma/recta, under Cyma. |
| doucker | verb t. | A grebe or diver; — applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks. |
| doughty | superl. | Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero. |
| dousing | present participle & vb. noun | of Douse |
| dovecot | noun | Alt. of Dovecote |
| dovekie | noun | A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove. |
| dovelet | noun | A young or small dove. |
| dowable | verb t. | Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. |
| dowager | noun | A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease., A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband’s heir bearing the same name; — chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank. |
| dowdies | plural | of Dowdy |
| doweled | imp. & past participle | of Dowel |
| dowered | p. adjective | Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. |
| downing | present participle & vb. noun | of Down |
| dowress | noun | A woman entitled to dower. |
| dowries | plural | of Dowry |
| dozenth | adjective | Twelfth. |
| dozzled | adjective | Stupid; heavy. |