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

Dos Passos
John Dos Passos noun United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970)

dose
noun a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

dose rate
noun the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time

dosed
adjective treated with some kind of application; `a mustache dosed with bear grease`

dosemeter
dosimeter noun a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity)

dosimetry
noun measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source

doss
doss down verb sleep in a convenient place; `You can crash here, though it`s not very comfortable`

dossal
dossel noun an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel

dosser
street person noun someone who sleeps in any convenient place

dossier
noun a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person`s record)

Dostoevskian
Dostoyevskian adjective of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski

Dostoyevsky
Dostoevski noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)

dot
dit noun the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

dot
noun a very small circular shape; `a row of points`; `draw lines between the dots`

dot matrix
noun a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed

dot matrix printer
matrix printer noun a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix

dot-com
adjective of or relating to an internet company; `a dot-com outfit in San Francisco`

dotage
second childhood noun mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

dotard
noun an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

dote
verb be foolish or senile due to old age

dotted
flecked adjective having a pattern of dots

dotted gayfeather
Liatris punctata noun herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico

dotted line
noun a line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract; `just sign on the dotted line`

dotterel
dotrel noun rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

dottle
noun the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking

Douala
noun the largest city of Cameroon

Douay Bible
Douay Version noun an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars

double
forked adjective having two meanings with intent to deceive; `a sly double meaning`; `spoke with forked tongue`

double
duple adjective consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; `an egg with a double yolk`; `a double (binary) star`; `double doors`; `dual controls for pilot and copilot`; `duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure`

double bar
noun notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines

double bed
noun a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers

double bind
noun (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful

double birdie
verb to shoot two strokes under par

double blind
noun a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results

double bogey
verb to shoot two strokes over par

double boiler
double saucepan noun two saucepans, one fitting inside the other

double bond
noun a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms

double chin
buccula noun a fold of fatty tissue under the chin

double clinch
noun a clinch with two loops

double cream
noun fresh soft French cheese containing at least 60% fat

double creme
heavy whipping cream noun cream with a fat content of 48% or more

double crochet
double stitch noun a kind of crochet stitch

double cross
double-crossing noun an act of betrayal; `he gave us the old double cross`; `I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing`

double dagger
double obelisk noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

double damages
noun twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to

double date
noun a date in which two couples participate

double decomposition
double decomposition reaction noun a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)

double digit
noun a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99

double dipper
noun someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)

double dipping
noun two incomes received from the same source (as by holding a government job and receiving a government pension)

double door
noun two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed

double dribble
noun an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop)

double Dutch
noun the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners

double dye
verb dye twice

double eagle
noun a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars

double entendre
noun an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

double entry
double-entry bookkeeping noun bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another

double fault
noun (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point

double first
noun a first-class honours degree in two subjects

double flat
noun a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones

double glazing
noun a window with two panes of glass and a space between them; reduces heat and noise transmission through the window

double Gloucester
noun a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese

double helix
noun a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis; `the shape of the DNA molecule is a double helix`

double indemnity
noun a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death

double jeopardy
noun the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution

double knit
noun a knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitches

double leg circle
noun a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels

double negative
noun a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative; `I don`t never go`

double over
double verb bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; `He doubled and vomited violently`

double play
noun the act of getting two players out on one play

double pneumonia
noun lobar pneumonia involving both lungs

double quotes
noun a pair of quotation marks

double reed
noun a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds

double refraction
birefringence noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

double replacement reaction
noun a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound

double reverse
noun (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse

double rhyme
noun a two-syllable rhyme; ``ended` and `blended` form a double rhyme`

double salt
noun a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization

double sharp
noun a musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitones

double standard
noun an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another

double standard of sexual behavior
noun a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)

double stopping
noun stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time

double take
noun a delayed reaction indicating surprise

double talk
noun deliberately unintelligible gibberish

double time
double quick adverb at a faster speed; `now let`s play the piece again double-quick`

double tongue
triple-tongue verb play fast notes on a wind instrument

double up
verb share a room or a bed designed for only one person

double-barreled
double-barrelled adjective having two barrels mounted side by side; `a double-barreled shotgun`

double-bedded
adjective having a double bed; `a double-bedded room`

double-bitted ax
double-bitted axe noun an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head

double-blind procedure
double-blind experiment noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment; `a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects`

double-bogey
noun (golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole

double-breasted
adjective (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons; `double-breasted jacket`; `double-breasted suit`

double-breasted jacket
noun a jacket having overlapping fronts that give a double thickness of cloth

double-breasted suit
noun a suit with a double-breasted jacket

double-check
verb check once more to be absolutely sure

double-chinned
jowly adjective having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw

double-crosser
double-dealer noun a person who says one thing and does another

double-date
verb go out on a date with a partner and another couple; `let`s double date this Saturday`

double-edged
adjective capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways; `double-edged praise`