doughnut |
a small, sweet, usu. ring-shaped cake that has been fried in deep fat. [2 definitions] |
doughty |
consistently brave and strong; courageous. |
doughy |
not thoroughly baked. [2 definitions] |
Douglas fir |
a tall evergreen timber tree of western North America that has hard durable wood and short needles, and bears narrow cones. |
doula |
a person trained to inform, advise, and give comfort to a woman before, during, or after she gives birth. [2 definitions] |
Doulichion |
in Greek mythology, an island nearby Ithaca, Odysseus's home. [2 definitions] |
dour |
sullen, ill-humored, or unfriendly. [3 definitions] |
douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. [4 definitions] |
douse2 |
variant of dowse. |
dove1 |
any of various small pigeons or pigeonlike birds. [4 definitions] |
dove2 |
a past tense of dive. |
dovecote |
a boxlike structure with compartments, usu. mounted above the ground, for housing domesticated pigeons. |
Dover |
the capital of Delaware. |
dovetail |
something resembling a dove's tail in shape, esp. a wedge-shaped part, or tenon, that protrudes from one piece of wood and fits snugly into a wedge-shaped opening, or mortise, in another piece of wood, forming a joint. [5 definitions] |
dowager |
the widow of a duke, king, or the like who retains a title or holdings from her dead husband. [2 definitions] |
dowdy1 |
not at all stylish; shabby or dull. [3 definitions] |
dowdy2 |
see "pandowdy." |
dowel |
a peg or pin that is placed into corresponding holes in two pieces of wood in order to fasten them together. [3 definitions] |
dower |
the part of a deceased man's property that the law allots to his widow. [4 definitions] |
do without |
to go on with one's life or with one's activity without having something or someone that is important or desired, or to live without things in general. |
Dow Jones industrial average |
trademark for the index of prices of thirty industrial stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and averaged daily. |