DODECAHEDRON
DODECAHEDRON, noun [Gr., twelve; a base.] A regular solid contained under twelve equal and regular pentagons, or having twelve equal bases.
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DODECANDER
DODECANDER, noun [Gr., twelve; a male.] In botany, a plant having twelve stamens; one of the class dodecandria. But this class includes all plants that have any number of stamen...
DODECANDRIAN
DODECANDRIAN, adjective Pertaining to the plants or class of plants that have twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.
DODECATEMORION
DODECATEMORION, noun [Gr., twelfth; part.] A twelfth part. [Little used.]
DODECATEMORY
DODECATEMORY, noun A denomination sometimes given to each of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
DODGE
DODGE, verb intransitive doj. [from some root signifying to shoot, dart or start.]1. To start suddenly aside; to shift place by a sudden start.2. To play tricks; to be evasive; ...
DODGER
DODGER, noun One who dodges or evades.
DODGING
DODGING, participle present tense Starting aside; evading.
DODKIN
DODKIN, noun A little doit; a small coin.
DODMAN
DODMAN, noun A fish that casts its shell, like the lobster and crab.
DODO
DODO, noun The Didus, a genus of fowls of the gallinaceous order. The hooded dodo is large than a swan, with a strong hooked bill. The general color of the plumage is cinereous;...
DOE
DOE, noun Do. A she deer; the female of the fallow-deer. The male is called a buck.DOE, noun A feat. [Not used.]
DOER
DOER, noun [from do.]1. One who does; one who performs or executes; an actor; an agent.2. One who performs what is required; one who observes, keeps or obeys, in practice.The do...
DOES
DOES, the third person of the verb do, indicative mode, present tense, contracted from doeth.
DOFF
DOFF, verb transitive1. To put off, as dress.And made us doff our easy robes of peace.2. To strip or divest; as, he doffs himself.3. To put or thrust away; to get rid of.To doff...
DOG
DOG, noun1. A species of quadrupeds, belonging to the genus Canis, of many varieties, as the mastiff, the hound, the spaniel, the shepherds dog the terrier, the harrier, the blo...
DOG-CABBAGE
DOG-CABBAGE, noun A plant growing in the south of Europe, the cynocrambe, constituting the genus Theligonum.
DOG-MAD
DOG-MAD, adjective Mad as a dog.
DOGATE
DOGATE, noun [See Doge.] The office or dignity of a doge.
DOGBERRY
DOGBERRY, noun The berry of the dogwood.
DOGBERRY-TREE
DOGBERRY-TREE, noun The dogwood.
DOGBRIER
DOGBRIER, noun The brier that bears the hip; the cynosbaton.
DOGCHEAP
DOGCHEAP, adjective Cheap as dogs meat, or offal; very cheap.
DOGDAY
DOGDAY, noun One of the days when Sirius or the dogstar rises and sets with the sun. The dogdays commence the latter part of July, and end the beginning of September.
DOGDRAW
DOGDRAW, noun A manifest deprehension of an offender against the venison in the forest, when he is found drawing after the deer by the scent of a hound led by the hand.
DOGE
DOGE, noun [Latin, to lead.] The chief magistrate of Venice and Genoa.
DOGFIGHT
DOGFIGHT, noun A battle between two dogs.