| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| dobchick | noun | See Dabchick. |
| docetism | noun | The doctrine of the Docetae. |
| dochmiac | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius. |
| dochmius | noun | A foot of five syllables (usually / — -/ -). |
| docility | noun | teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness., Willingness to be taught; tractableness. |
| docimacy | noun | The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology. |
| docketed | imp. & past participle | of Docket |
| dockyard | noun | A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding. |
| doctored | imp. & past participle | of Doctor |
| doctoral | adjective | Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. |
| doctorly | adjective | Like a doctor or learned man. |
| doctress | noun | A female doctor. |
| doctrine | noun | Teaching; instruction., That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances. |
| document | noun | That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma., An example for instruction or warning., An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; — in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol., To teach; to school., To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law. |
| doddered | adjective | Shattered; infirm. |
| dodecane | noun | Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series. |
| dodipate | noun | Alt. of Dodipoll |
| dodipoll | noun | A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead. |
| doegling | noun | The beaked whale (Balaenoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained. |
| dogberry | noun | The berry of the dogwood; — called also dogcherry. |
| dog days | A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; — so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer. | |
| dogeless | adjective | Without a doge. |
| doggedly | adverb | In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution. |
| doggerel | adjective | Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes., A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. |
| dogmatic | noun | One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; — opposed to the Empiric., Alt. of Dogmatical |
| dog-rose | noun | A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers. |
| dogshore | noun | One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching. |
| dogsleep | noun | Pretended sleep., The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress. |
| dog star | Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; — called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / Canis Majoris. See Dog days. | |
| dogteeth | plural | of Dogtooth |
| dogtooth | noun | See Canine tooth, under Canine., An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; — also called tooth ornament. |
| dogtrick | noun | A gentle trot, like that of a dog. |
| dogwatch | noun | A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o’clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o’clock, p. m. |
| doldrums | noun pl. | A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; — so called by sailors. |
| dolerite | noun | A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt. |
| dolesome | adjective | Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful. |
| doliolum | noun | A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations. |
| dolomite | noun | A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar. |
| dolomize | verb t. | To convert into dolomite. |
| doloroso | adjective & adverb | Plaintive; pathetic; — used adverbially as a musical direction. |
| dolorous | adjective | Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses., Occasioning pain or grief; painful. |
| domanial | adjective | Of or relating to a domain or to domains. |
| domebook | noun | A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. |
| domesday | noun | A day of judgment. See Doomsday. |
| domesmen | plural | of Domesman |
| domesman | noun | A judge; an umpire. |
| domestic | adjective | Of or pertaining to one’s house or home, or one’s household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants., Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one’s own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions., Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman., Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals., Made in one’s own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc., One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant., Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. |
| domicile | noun | An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family., A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode., To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. |
| dominant | adjective | Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power., The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. |
| dominate | verb t. | To predominate over; to rule; to govern., To be dominant. |
| domineer | verb t. | To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; — often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. |
| dominion | noun | Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy., Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency., That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions., A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3. |
| dominoes | plural | of Domino |
| donatary | noun | See Donatory. |
| donating | present participle & vb. noun | of Donate |
| donation | noun | The act of giving or bestowing; a grant., That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift., The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. |
| donatism | noun | The tenets of the Donatists. |
| donatist | noun | A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church. |
| donative | noun | A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present., A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3., Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. |
| donatory | noun | A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over. |
| doncella | noun | A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. |
| doomsday | noun | A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death., The day of the final judgment. |
| doomsman | noun | A judge; an umpire. |
| doomster | noun | Same as Dempster. |
| doorcase | noun | The surrounding frame into which a door shuts. |
| doorless | adjective | Without a door. |
| doornail | noun | The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; — hence the old saying, “As dead as a doornail.” |
| doorpost | noun | The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway. |
| doorsill | noun | The sill or threshold of a door. |
| doorstep | noun | The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door. |
| doorstop | noun | The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. |
| dooryard | noun | A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house. |
| doretree | noun | A doorpost. |
| doricism | noun | A Doric phrase or idiom. |
| dormancy | noun | The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance. |
| dormouse | noun | A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; — so called because they are usually torpid in winter. |
| dorrhawk | noun | See Dorhawk. |
| dorsally | adverb | On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad. |
| dosology | noun | Posology. |
| dotardly | adjective | Foolish; weak. |
| dotation | noun | The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman., Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. |
| dotehead | noun | A dotard. |
| dotterel | adjective | Decayed., A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler., A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. |
| douanier | noun | An officer of the French customs. |
| doubling | present participle & vb. noun | of Double, The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled., A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice., The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon., The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. |
| doublets | noun pl. | See Doublet, 6 and 7. |
| doubloon | adjective | A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup. |
| doubting | present participle & vb. noun | of Doubt, That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts. |
| doubtful | adjective | Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure., Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like., Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase., Of uncertain issue or event., Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious. |
| doubtous | adjective | Doubtful. |
| doughnut | noun | A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard. |
| dovecote | noun | A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. |
| dovelike | adjective | Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. |
| doveship | noun | The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. |
| dovetail | noun | A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird’s tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one., To cut to a dovetail., To join by means of dovetails., To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly. |
| dowdyish | adjective | Like a dowdy. |
| dowelled | of Dowel | |
| doweling | present participle & vb. noun | of Dowel |
| downbear | verb t. | To bear down; to depress. |
| downcast | adjective | Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt., Downcast or melancholy look., A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine. |
| downcome | noun | Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow., A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned. |
| downfall | noun | A sudden fall; a body of things falling., A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin. |
| downhaul | noun | A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul. |
| downhill | adverb | Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill., Declivous; descending; sloping., Declivity; descent; slope. |
| downpour | noun | A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower. |
| downtrod | adjective | Alt. of Downtrodden |
| downward | adverb | Alt. of Downwards, Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous., Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent., Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. |
| downweed | noun | Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium. |
| doxology | noun | In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation. |
| doziness | noun | The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. |