Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
docibility |
noun |
Alt. of Docibleness |
docimastic |
adjective |
Proving by experiments or tests. |
docimology |
noun |
A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc. |
dock-cress |
noun |
Nipplewort. |
docoglossa |
noun pl. |
An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon. |
doctorally |
adverb |
In the manner of a doctor. |
doctorship |
noun |
Doctorate. |
documental |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to instruction., Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony. |
doggedness |
noun |
Sullenness; moroseness., Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence. |
dog-headed |
adjective |
Having a head shaped like that of a dog; — said of certain baboons. |
dog-legged |
adjective |
Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole. |
dogmatical |
adjective |
Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet., Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. |
dogmatized |
imp. & past participle |
of Dogmatize |
dogmatizer |
noun |
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher. |
dog’s-bane |
noun |
See Dogbane. |
dokimastic |
adjective |
Docimastic. |
dolcemente |
adverb |
Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution. |
domestical |
adjective |
Domestic., A family; a household. |
domiciling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Domicile |
domiciliar |
noun |
A member of a household; a domestic. |
dominating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Dominate |
domination |
noun |
The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway., A ruling party; a party in power., A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning given by the schoolmen. |
dominative |
adjective |
Governing; ruling; imperious. |
domineered |
imp. & past participle |
of Domineer |
dominicide |
noun |
The act of killing a master., One who kills his master. |
donatistic |
adjective |
Pertaining to Donatism. |
doniferous |
adjective |
Bearing gifts. |
do-nothing |
adjective |
Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy. |
doob grass |
|
A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. |
doodlesack |
noun |
The Scotch bagpipe. |
doorkeeper |
noun |
One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. |
dopplerite |
noun |
A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses. |
dorsimeson |
noun |
(Anat.) See Meson. |
doryphoros |
noun |
A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us. |
doub grass |
|
Doob grass. |
double-dye |
verb t. |
To dye again or twice over. |
doubleness |
noun |
The state of being double or doubled., Duplicity; insincerity. |
doubletree |
noun |
The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached. |
doubtfully |
adverb |
In a doubtful manner. |
doughiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being doughy. |
doulocracy |
noun |
A government by slaves. |
dove plant |
|
A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; — called also Holy Spirit plant. |
dovetailed |
imp. & past participle |
of Dovetail |
dowagerism |
noun |
The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively. |
downfallen |
adjective |
Fallen; ruined. |
downlooked |
adjective |
Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. |
down-share |
noun |
A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. |
downstairs |
adverb |
Down the stairs; to a lower floor., Below stairs; as, a downstairs room. |
downsteepy |
adjective |
Very steep. |
downstream |
adverb |
Down the stream; as, floating downstream. |
downstroke |
noun |
A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil. |
doxologize |
verb i. |
To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies. |
doxologies |
plural |
of Doxology |