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

Don
noun a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; `Don Roberto`

Don Juan
noun a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas

Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry Marquis noun humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

Don Quixote
noun any impractical idealist (after Cervantes` hero)

don`t-know
noun a person who responds `I don`t know` in a public opinion poll; `70% in favor, 13% opposed and 17% don`t-knows`

Dona
noun a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman; `Dona Marguerita`

Donald Duck
noun a fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney

Donar
noun the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor

donate
verb give to a charity or good cause; `I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake`; `donate money to the orphanage`; `She donates to her favorite charity every month`

donated
adjective given freely especially to a cause or fund; `the donated van made their meal-on-wheels venture possible`

Donatello
Donato di Betto Bardi noun Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466)

Donatism
noun a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments

Donatist
adjective of or relating to Donatism

Donatus
Aelius Donatus noun Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century)

done
through adjective having finished or arrived at completion; `certain to make history before he`s done`; `it`s a done deed`; `after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up`; `almost through with his studies`

done for(p)
kaput(p) adjective destroyed or killed; `we are gone geese`

done up
adjective wrapped and tied; `presents done up in white paper and red ribbon`

done with(p)
adjective having no further concern with; `he was through with school and he was through with family`- John Dos Passos; `done with gambling`; `done with drinking`

Donets Basin
Donbass noun an industrial region in the Ukraine

Donetsk
Donetske noun an industrial city in the Donets Basin

dong
noun the basic unit of money in Vietnam

dongle
noun (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software

Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti noun Italian composer of operas (1797-1848)

donkey
noun the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

donkey jacket
noun a short thick jacket; often worn by workmen

Donkin
Bryan Donkin noun English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)

donna
noun an Italian woman of rank

Donne
John Donne noun English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)

Donnean
Donnian adjective of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne

Donner Pass
noun a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died

donor
giver noun person who makes a gift of property

donor card
noun a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death

doo-wop
noun a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup

doodad
doohickey noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; `she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket`; `there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use`

doodia
rasp fern noun any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae

doodle
verb make a doodle; draw aimlessly

doodlebug
noun the larva of any of several insects

Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle noun United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)

doom
doomsday noun an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; `everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it`; `that`s unfortunate but it isn`t the end of the world`

doomed
fated adjective (usually followed by `to`) determined by tragic fate; `doomed to unhappiness`; `fated to be the scene of Kennedy`s assassination`

door
noun a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; `he knocked on the door`; `he slammed the door as he left`

door latch
noun spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

door prize
noun tickets are passed out at the entrance to a dance or party or other social function and a prize is awarded to the holder of the winning ticket

door-to-door
house-to-house adjective omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; `a door-to-door campaign`; `house-to-house coverage`

doorbell
bell 2 buzzer noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

doorframe
doorcase noun the frame that supports a door

doorjamb
doorpost noun a jamb for a door

doorkeeper
doorman noun someone who guards an entrance

doorkeeper
noun the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

doorknob
doorhandle noun a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle` in Great Britain)

doorlock
noun a lock on an exterior door

doormat
welcome mat noun a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering

doornail
noun a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors

doorplate
noun a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there

doorsill
doorstep noun the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

doorstop
doorstopper noun a stop that keeps open doors from moving

doorway
door 1 room access noun the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; `he stuck his head in the doorway`

dooryard
noun a yard outside the front or rear door of a house

dopa
dihydroxyphenylalanine noun amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain

dopamine
Dopastat noun a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension

dope
poop noun slang terms for inside information; `is that the straight dope?`

dope sheet
scratch sheet noun a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races

doped
drugged adjective under the influence of narcotics; `knocked out by doped wine`; `a drugged sleep`; `were under the effect of the drugged sweets`; `in a stuperous narcotized state`

doppelganger
noun a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart

Doppler
Christian Johann Doppler noun Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853)

Doppler effect
Doppler shift noun change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other

Doppler radar
noun radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity

Dorado
noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud

dorbeetle
noun Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound

Dorian
noun a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

doric
adjective or or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture

Doric order
Dorian order noun the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

Doris
noun (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids

Dorking
noun an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)

dormancy
quiescence noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; `the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy`

dormant
hibernating(a) adjective in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; `dormant buds`; `a hibernating bear`; `torpid frogs`

dormant account
noun a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period; `the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws`

dormant(ip)
sleeping adjective lying with head on paws as if sleeping

dormer
dormer window noun a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window

dormie
dormy adjective in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; `he was dormie three and still lost the match`

Dormition
Feast of Dormition noun celebration in the Eastern Orthodox church of the Virgin Mary`s being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic church and is also celebrated on August 15th

dormitory
dorm noun a college or university building containing living quarters for students

dormitory
dorm room noun a large sleeping room containing several beds

dormitory room
dorm room noun a large sleeping room containing several beds

dormouse
noun small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

Doronicum
genus Doronicum noun genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard`s bane

Dorotheanthus
genus Dorotheanthus noun a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus

dorsal
adjective belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; `the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals`

dorsal fin
noun unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance

dorsal scapular vein
vena scapularis dorsalis noun vein that is a tributary of the subclavian vein or external jugular vein and accompanies the descending scapular artery

dorsally
adverb in a dorsal location or direction

dorsiflexion
noun the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part)

dorsoventral
adjective extending from the back to the belly

dorsoventrally
adverb in a dorsoventral direction; `the ray has a dorsoventrally flattened body`

dorsum
noun the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part); `the dorsum of the foot`

Dortmund
noun an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League

dory
noun marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters

Dorylinae
subfamily Dorylinae noun army ants

Doryopteris
genus Doryopteris noun small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae

DOS
disk operating system noun an operating system that is on a disk