| 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. |
| 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. |
| down1 |
from above to a lower position; toward, in, or into a lower position. [21 definitions] |
| down2 |
the fine, soft, fuzzy feathers that cover a young bird or that are found on the underside of adult birds. |