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Dixie(n.) A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.
Dizzy(superl.) Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
(v. t.) To make dizzy or giddy
Do(n.) A cheat
(v. i.) To act or behave in any manner
(v. t.) To deal with for good and all
(v. t. / auxiliary) To bring about
Doable(a.) Capable of being done.
Dobbin(n.) An old jaded horse.
Dobby(n.) An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads)
Docent(a.) Serving to instruct
Docetism(n.) The doctrine of the Docetae.
Docile(a.) Disposed to be taught
Dock(n.) A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
(v. t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing
Doctor(n.) An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it
(v. i.) To practice physic.
(v. t.) To confer a doctorate upon
Doctrinaire(n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system
Doctrine(n.) Teaching
Document(n.) An example for instruction or warning.
(v. t.) To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information
Dod(v. t.) To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails
Dodder(n.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems
(v. t. & i.) To shake, tremble, or totter.
Dodecahedron(n.) A solid having twelve faces.
Dodecasyllable(n.) A word consisting of twelve syllables.
Dodge(n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement
(v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft
Dodo(n.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs
Doe(n.) A feat.
Doer(v. t. & i.) An agent or attorney
Doeskin(n.) A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin
Doff(v. i.) To put off dress
(v. t.) To put off, as dress
Dog(n.) A fellow
(v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound
Dogbane(n.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs
Dogberry(n.) The berry of the dogwood
Dogcart(n.) 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
Doge(n.) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
Dogfish(n.) A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
Dogged(a.) Sullen
Dogger(n.) A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
Doggish(a.) Like a dog
Dogma(n.) A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth
Dogtooth(n.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth
Dogwatch(n.) A half watch
Dogwood(n.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes
Doily(n.) A kind of woolen stuff.
Doing(n.) Anything done
Doit(n.) A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing
Dolabriform(a.) Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish
Doldrums(n. pl.) A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks
Dole(n.) A boundary
(v. t.) To deal out in small portions
Doll(n.) A child's puppet
Dolman(n.) A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.
Dolmen(n.) A cromlech.
Dolomite(n.) 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
Dolor(n.) Pain
Dolphin(n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis)
Dolt(n.) A heavy, stupid fellow
(v. i.) To behave foolishly.
Dom(n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders
Domain(n.) Dominion
Dome(n.) A building
Domical(a.) Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.
Domicile(n.) An abode or mansion
(v. t.) To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy
Domiciliate(v. t.) To domesticate.
Dominant(a.) Ruling
(n.) The fifth tone of the scale
Dominate(v. i.) To be dominant.
(v. t.) To predominate over
Domination(n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy
Domineer(v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway
Dominical(a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.
(n.) The Lord's day or Sunday
Dominican(a.) Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him
(n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221
Dominion(n.) A supposed high order of angels
Domino(n.) A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure
Don(n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence
(v. t.) To put on
Donate(v. t.) To give
Donation(n.) That which is given as a present
Donatism(n.) The tenets of the Donatists.
Donatist(n.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century
Donative(a.) Vested or vesting by donation
(n.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders
Donator(n.) One who makes a gift
Done(a.) Given
(infinitive.) It is done or agreed
(p. p.) of Do
Donjon(n.) The chief tower, also called the keep
Donkey(n.) An ass
Donna(n.) A lady
Donor(n.) One who gives or bestows
Doodle(n.) A trifler
Doom(v. t.) Discriminating opinion or judgment
Door(n.) An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.
Dope(n.) An absorbent material
(v. t.) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing
Dor(n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying
(v. t.) To make a fool of
Dorado(n.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena.
Dorian(a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
Doric(a.) 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
(n.) The Doric dialect.
Dormant(a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep
Dormitory(n.) A burial place.
Dormouse(n.) A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc
Dorsad(adv.) Toward the dorsum or back
Dorsal(a.) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position
Dorsiventral(a.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral
Dorsoventral(a.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal
Dorsum(n.) The back or dorsal region of an animal
Dory(n.) A European fish.
Dosage(v.) The administration of medicine in doses
Dose(n.) Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take
Doss(n.) A place to sleep in
Dost(2d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.
Dot(n.) A marriage portion
(v. i.) To make dots or specks.
(v. t.) To mark or diversify with small detached objects
Dotation(n.) Endowment
Dote(n.) A marriage portion.
(v. i.) To act foolishly.
Doth(3d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.
Doting(a.) That dotes
Dotted(a.) Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots
Dotterel(a.) Decayed.
(v. i.) 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
Dotty(a.) Composed of, or characterized by, dots.
Double(a.) Being in pairs
(adv.) Twice
(n.) 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
(v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value
Doubloon(a.) A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five
Doublure(n.) The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like
Doubly(adv.) Deceitfully.
Doubt(v. i.) A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence
(v. t.) To fill with fear
Douc(n.) A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China
Dough(n.) Anything of the consistency of such paste.
Dour(a.) Hard
Douse(v. i.) To fall suddenly into water.
(v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water
Dove(n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
Dovish(a.) Like a dove
Dowager(n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name
Dowdy(n.) An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
(superl.) Showing a vulgar taste in dress
Dowel(n.) A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.
(v. t.) To fasten together by dowels
Dower(n.) 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
Down(a.) Downcast
(adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence
(n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
(prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore
(v. i.) To go down
(v. t.) To cause to go down
Dowry(n.) A gift
Dowse(n.) A blow on the face.
(v. i.) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
(v. t.) To beat or thrash.
Doxology(n.) In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God
Doxy(n.) A loose wench
Doyen(n.) Lit., a dean
Doze(n.) A light sleep
(v. i.) To slumber
(v. t.) To make dull
Dozy(a.) Drowsy
Drab(a.) Of a color between gray and brown.
(n.) A drab color.
(v. i.) To associate with strumpets
Dracaena(n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
Drachm(n.) A drachma.
Draco(n.) A genus of lizards.
Draff(n.) A current of air. Same as Draught.
Draft(a.) Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
(v. t.) To compose and write
Drag(n.) A confection
(v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground
(v. t.) A heavy coach with seats on top
Drain(n.) That means of which anything is drained
(v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping
(v. t.) To draw off by degrees
Drake(n.) A dragon.
Dram(n.) A minute quantity
(v. i. & t.) To drink drams
Drank(imp.) of Drink
(n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass.
Drape(v. i.) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
(v. t.) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
Drastic(a.) Acting rapidly and violently
(n.) A violent purgative.
Draught(a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled
(n.) Act of drawing a net
(v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
Dravidian(a.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida.
Draw(n.) A drawn battle, game, or the like.
(v. i.) To admit the action of pulling or dragging
(v. t.) To cause to come out for one's use or benefit
Dray(n.) A kind of sledge or sled.
Dread(a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension
(n.) An object of terrified apprehension.
(v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear.
(v. t.) To fear in a great degree
Dream(n.) A visionary scheme
(v. t.) To have a dream of
Drear(a.) Dismal
(n.) Sadness
Dredge(n.) A mixture of oats and barley.
(v. t.) To catch or gather with a dredge
Dreg(n.) Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it
Drench(n.) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.
(v. t.) A drink
Dress(n.) A lady's gown
(v. i.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers
(v. t.) To adjust
Drew(imp.) of Draw
Drey(n.) A squirrel's nest.
Drib(n.) A drop.
(v. t.) To appropriate unlawfully
(v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Drier(n.) Drying oil
Driest(superl.) of Dry, a.
Drift(a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted
(n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice
(v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind
(v. t.) To drive into heaps
Drill(n.) A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophaeus).
(v. i.) To practice an exercise or exercises
(v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling
Drink(n.) Liquid to be swallowed
(v. i.) To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting
(v. t.) To smoke, as tobacco.
Drip(n.) A falling or letting fall in drops
(v. i.) To fall in drops
(v. t.) To let fall in drops.
Drive(n.) A collection of objects that are driven
(p. p.) Driven.
(v. i.) To be forced along
(v. t.) Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw
Driving(a.) Communicating force
(n.) Tendency
Drizzle(n.) Fine rain or mist.
(v. i.) To rain slightly in very small drops
(v. t.) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
Droit(n.) A right
Droll(n.) One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks
(superl.) Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter
(v. i.) To jest
(v. t.) To lead or influence by jest or trick
Dromedary(n.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps
Drone(n.) To love in idleness
(v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
Drongo(n.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridae. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail
Drool(v. i.) To drivel, or drop saliva
Droop(n.) A drooping
(v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes
(v. t.) To let droop or sink.
Drop(n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
(v. i.) To be deep in extent
Drosometer(n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air
Dross(n.) Rust of metals.
Drought(n.) Dryness
Drove(imp.) of Drive
(n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface
Drown(v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid
(v. t.) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
Drowse(n.) A slight or imperfect sleep
(v. i.) To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly
(v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep
Drowsy(superl.) Disposing to sleep
Drub(n.) A blow with a cudgel
(v. t.) To beat with a stick
Drudge(n.) One who drudges
(v. i.) To perform menial work
(v. t.) To consume laboriously
Drug(n.) A drudge (?).
(v. i.) To drudge
(v. t.) To affect or season with drugs or ingredients
Druid(n.) A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids
Drum(n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery
(v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks
(v. t.) (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum
Drunk(a.) Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
(n.) A drunken condition
(p. p.) of Drink
Drupe(n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel
Druse(n.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water
Dry(a.) To make dry
(superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard
(v. i.) To evaporate wholly
Dryad(n.) A wood nymph
Dryly(adv.) In a dry manner
Dual(a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two
Dub(n.) A blow.
(v. i.) To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
(v. t.) To clothe or invest
Dubbing(n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers
Dubiety(n.) Doubtfulness
Dubious(a.) Doubtful or not settled in opinion
Dubitable(a.) Liable to be doubted
Ducal(a.) Of or pertaining to a duke.
Ducat(n.) A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe
Duchess(n.) The wife or widow of a duke
Duchy(n.) The territory or dominions of a duke
Duck(n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas
(v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly
(v. t.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.
Duct(n.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber
Dude(n.) A kind of dandy
Dudgeon(a.) Homely
(n.) A dudgeon-hafted dagger
Duds(n. pl.) Effects, in general.
Due(a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time
(adv.) Directly
(n.) Right
(v. t.) To endue.
Duel(n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other
(v. i. & t.) To fight in single combat.
Duenna(n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family
Duet(n.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.
Duff(n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag
(v. t.) In Australia, to alter the brands on (cattle, horses, etc.)
Dug(imp. & p. p.) of Dig
(n.) A teat, pap, or nipple
Dugong(n.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail
Dugout(n.) A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.
Duke(n.) A leader
(v. i.) To play the duke.
Dulcet(a.) Sweet to the ear
Dulciana(n.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.
Dulcify(v. t.) Fig. : To mollify
Dulcimer(n.) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery
Dulcinea(n.) A mistress
Dulia(n.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God
Dull(superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety
(v. i.) To become dull or stupid.
(v. t.) To deprive of liveliness or activity
Dulse(n.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis
Duly(adv.) In a due, fit, or becoming manner
Dumfound(v. t.) To strike dumb
Dummy(a.) Fictitious or sham
(n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.
Dumpling(n.) A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding
Dumpy(superl.) Short and thick
Dun(a.) Of a dark color
(n.) A mound or small hill.
(v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance
(v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment
Dunce(n.) One backward in book learning
Dunderhead(n.) A dunce
Dune(n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds
Dung(n.) The excrement of an animal.
(v. i.) To void excrement.
(v. t.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung
Dunker(n.) One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers
Dunlin(n.) A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina)
Dunnage(n.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion
Duo(n.) A composition for two performers
Duodecimal(a.) Proceeding in computation by twelves
(n.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches
Duodecimo(a.) Having twelve leaves to a sheet
(n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves
Duodenum(n.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum.
Duomo(n.) A cathedral.
Dup(v. t.) To open
Dupe(n.) One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived
Dupion(n.) A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.
Duple(a.) Double.
Duplicate(a.) Double
(n.) An original instrument repeated
(v. t.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action
Duplication(n.) The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated
Duplicity(n.) Doubleness
Durable(a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition
Dural(a.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.
Durance(n.) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments
Duration(n.) The state or quality of lasting
Durative(a.) Continuing
Durbar(n.) An audience hall
Duress(n.) Hardship
(v. t.) To subject to duress.
Durham(n.) One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality
During(prep.) In the time of
Durra(n.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe
Durst(imp.) of Dare
Dusk(a.) Tending to darkness or blackness
(n.) A darkish color.
(v. i.) To grow dusk.
(v. t.) To make dusk.
Dust(n.) A single particle of earth or other matter.
(v. t.) To free from dust
Dutch(a.) Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
(n.) The language spoken in Holland.
Duteous(a.) Fulfilling duty
Dutiable(a.) Subject to the payment of a duty
Dutiful(a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty
Duty(n.) Hence, any assigned service or business
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