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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

doctor`s degree
doctorate noun one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university

doctor-patient relation
noun the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient

doctoral
doctorial adjective of or relating to a doctor or doctorate; `doctoral dissertation`; `doctorial candidates`

doctorfish
doctor-fish noun surgeon fish of the West Indies

doctorspeak
noun medical jargon

doctrinaire
adjective stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

doctrinal
adjective relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine; `quibbling over doctrinal minutiae`

doctrinally
adverb as a matter of doctrine

doctrine
philosophy 1 philosophical system noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

doctrine of analogy
noun the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate

document
written document noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

documentary
documental adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents

documentation
certification noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true

documented
adjective furnished with or supported by documents; `the first documented case of shark attack in those waters`

dodder
noun a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria

dodderer
noun one who dodders from old age and weakness

doddering
doddery adjective mentally or physically infirm with age; `his mother was doddering and frail`

doddle
noun an easy task

dodecagon
noun a twelve-sided polygon

dodecahedron
noun any polyhedron having twelve plane faces

Dodecanese
Dhodhekanisos noun a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea

dodge
dodging noun a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

Dodge City
noun a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town

dodger
fox noun a shifty deceptive person

dodging
noun nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; `his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible`; `that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive`

dodo
Raphus cucullatus noun extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

Dodoma
noun a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital

Dodonaea
genus Dodonaea noun a genus of tropical shrub or tree

doe
noun mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck`

doer
noun a person who acts and gets things done; `he`s a principal actor in this affair`; `when you want something done get a doer`; `he`s a miracle worker`

doeskin
noun a fine smooth soft woolen fabric

doff
verb remove; `He doffed his hat`

dog
domestic dog noun a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; `the dog barked all night`

dog biscuit
noun a hard biscuit for dogs

dog bite
noun a bite inflicted by a dog

dog breeding
noun breeding dogs

dog catcher
noun an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats

dog collar
noun a collar for a dog

dog days
canicule noun the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity

dog fennel
noun weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers

dog flea
Ctenocephalides canis noun flea that attacks dogs and cats

dog food
noun food prepared for dogs

dog grass
quackgrass noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

dog in the manger
noun someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for

dog laurel
dog hobble noun fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers

dog paddle
noun an elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog

dog racing
noun a race between dogs; usually an occasion for betting on the outcome

dog rose
Rosa canina noun prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe

dog shit
dog do noun fecal droppings from a dog

dog show
noun a competitive exhibition of dogs

dog stinkhorn
Mutinus caninus noun a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it

dog violet
heath violet noun Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet

dog wrench
noun a wrench with a handle shaped like a crank

dog`s breakfast
dog`s dinner noun a poor job; a mess; `they made a real dog`s breakfast of that job`

dog`s mercury
dog mercury noun European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers

dog-day cicada
harvest fly noun its distinctive song is heard during July and August

dog-ear
noun a corner of a page turned down to mark your place

dog-eared
eared adjective worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; `a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down`-Clifton Fadiman; `an old book with dog-eared pages`

dog-sized
adjective having the approximate size of an average dog

dogbane
noun any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root

dogcart
noun a cart drawn by a dog

doge
noun formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa

dogfight
noun a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)

dogfighter
noun a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights

dogfish
noun any of several small sharks

dogged
dour adjective stubbornly unyielding; `dogged persistence`; `dour determination`; `the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics`; `a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it`- T.S.Eliot; `men tenacious of opinion`

doggedly
tenaciously adverb with obstinate determination; `he pursued her doggedly`

doggedness
perseverance noun persistent determination

doggerel
doggerel verse noun a comic verse of irregular measure; `he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind`

doggie bag
doggy bag noun a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer`s dog

dogging
persisting adjective relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; `impossible to escape the dogging fears`

doggo
out of sight adverb quietly in concealment; `he lay doggo`

doghouse
noun an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; `in the doghouse`

dogie
dogy noun motherless calf in a range herd of cattle

dogleg
noun a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway

doglike
adjective resembling a dog; especially in devotion; `a doglike affection`

dogma
tenet noun a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

dogmatic
dogmatical adjective characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

dogmatically
adverb in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner; `he is a dogmatically opinionated critic of Modern Art`

dogmatist
doctrinaire noun a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

dogmatize
dogmatise verb state as a dogma

dogsled
dog sled noun a sled pulled by dogs

dogtooth
noun a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

dogtooth violet
dogtooth noun perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated

dogtrot
noun a steady trot like that of a dog

dogwatch
noun either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm

dogwood
dogwood tree noun a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Doha
Bida noun the capital and chief port of Qatar

doily
doyley noun a small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl

dol
noun a unit of pain intensity

dolabriform
dolabrate adjective having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver

Dolby
Ray M. Dolby noun United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording

dolce
adverb gently and sweetly

dolce far niente
noun carefree idleness

doldrums
noun a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

dole
pogy noun money received from the state

doleful
mournful adjective filled with or evoking sadness; `the child`s doleful expression`; `stared with mournful eyes`; `mournful news`

dolefully
sorrowfully adverb with sadness; in a sorrowful manner; `his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army`

dolefulness
noun sadness caused by grief or affliction

dolichocephalic
dolichocranial adjective having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75