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  • DOTTILYadverb5 findersIn a dotty manner.
  • DOTTLEnounOld English9 findersA plug or tap of a vessel.
  • DOTTYadjective54 findersMildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
  • DOTYadjective14 findersSuffering from rot, or waterlogged
  • DOUANEnounFrench7 findersA custom house.
  • DOUANIERnounFrench4 findersA French customs officer.
  • DOUARnounArabic2 findersA camp or village of tents in a North African country.
  • DOUBLEadjectiveLatin45 findersMade up of two matching or complementary elements.
  • DOUBLERnoun10 findersOne who doubles.
  • DOUBLESPEAKnoun11 findersAny language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
  • DOUBLESPEAKERnoun1 finderOne who engages in doublespeak.
  • DOUBLETnounOld French88 findersA pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  • DOUBLETHINKnoun6 findersThe power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct; an instance of doing so.
  • DOUBLETONnoun1 finderA set containing precisely two elements.
  • DOUBLUREnounFrench2 findersAn elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.
  • DOUBLYadverbMiddle English41 findersIn a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
  • DOUBTverbItalian146 findersTo consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
  • DOUBTABLEadjectiveOld French1 finderCapable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  • DOUBTERnoun39 findersOne who doubts.
  • DOUBTFULadjectiveMiddle English89 findersSubject to, or causing doubt.
  • DOUBTINGLYadverb32 findersIn a doubting manner.
  • DOUCnounFrench4 findersA colobine Old World monkey, making up the genus Pygathrix.
  • DOUCEadjectiveLatin24 findersSweet; nice; pleasant.
  • DOUCELYadverb4 findersIn a douce manner.
  • DOUCETnounOld French4 findersA sweetened dish.
  • DOUCEURnounMiddle English5 findersSweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
  • DOUCHEnounItalian56 findersA jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.
  • DOUGHnounProto-Indo-European63 findersA thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
  • DOUGHBOYnoun22 findersAn American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
  • DOUGHFACEnoun4 findersA person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Souther
  • DOUGHLIKEadjective52 findersResembling dough.
  • DOUGHNUTnoun74 findersA deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam
  • DOUGHNUTLIKEadjective17 findersResembling a doughnut.
  • DOUGHTnoun44 findersPower, strength, ability.
  • DOUGHTILYadverb44 findersIn a doughty manner.
  • DOUGHTYadjectiveIcelandic300 findersBold; brave, courageous.
  • DOUGHYadjective170 findersHaving the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as Pale and flabby, Soft and heavy.
  • DOULAnounAncient Greek166 findersA trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
  • DOULEIAnounAncient Greek3 findersIn Roman Catholicism, the inferior veneration accorded to saints and angels.
  • DOUMnounFrench16 findersThe doum palm.
  • DOURadjectiveIrish233 findersStern, harsh and forbidding.
  • DOURINEnounFrench4 finderscovering sickness
  • DOURLYadverb120 findersIn a dour manner.
  • DOUSEverbDanish85 findersTo plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
  • DOUSERnoun47 findersOne who, or that which, douses (extinguishes, especially with water).
  • DOUTnounMiddle English21 findersObsolete spelling of doubt.
  • DOUTERnoun2 findersAn extinguisher for candles.
  • DOUXadjectiveFrench35 findersSweet.
  • DOVEnounProto-Germanic37 findersA pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than three hundred species of the family Col
  • DOVECOTEnoun43 findersA small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
  • DOVEKIEnoun9 findersA small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.
  • DOVELETnoun1 finderA baby dove.
  • DOVELIKEadjective62 findersResembling or characteristic of a dove.
  • DOVENverb21 finderspast participle of dive
  • DOVERSnounProto-Germanic12 findersA pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than three hundred species of the family Col
  • DOVETAILnoun137 findersThe tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
  • DOVETAILERnoun2 findersOne who or that which dovetails.
  • DOVINGnounProto-Germanic7 findersA pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than three hundred species of the family Col
  • DOVISHadjective25 findersPertaining to a dove; dove-like.
  • DOWABLEadjectiveMiddle French4 findersCapable of being endowed.
  • DOWAGERnounLatin746 findersA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
  • DOWDnoun5 findersA dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
  • DOWDYadjectiveScots37 findersPlain and unfashionable in style or dress.
  • DOWELnounDutch85 findersA pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper re
  • DOWERnounLatin133 findersThe part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
  • DOWFadjectiveProto-Indo-European6 findersDull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.
  • DOWIEadjectiveScots5 findersDull, dreary; melancholy.
  • DOWITCHERnoun20 findersAny of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae.
  • DOWLASnoun5 findersA coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
  • DOWLEnounOld French2 findersfeathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
  • DOWNadverbMiddle Low German40 findersFrom a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
  • DOWNBEATnoun13 findersThe accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
  • DOWNBURSTnounJapanese2 findersA powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
  • DOWNCASTadjectiveProto-Germanic14 findersOf the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
  • DOWNCOURTadverb2 findersToward one's team's offensive basket
  • DOWNERnoun26 findersA negative drug trip.
  • DOWNFALLnoun1 finderA precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
  • DOWNFORCEnoun2 findersAny force (produced by aerodynamics or gravity etc) that acts downwards
  • DOWNHAULnoun5 findersAny rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
  • DOWNLIGHTnoun4 findersA light fixture installed in a hollow opening in a ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction.
  • DOWNLIKEadjective18 findersResembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
  • DOWNMOSTadjective1 finderFurthest down; located at the bottom of a system or structure.
  • DOWNPLAYverb7 findersTo de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
  • DOWNPOURnoun8 findersA heavy fall of rain.
  • DOWNRIGHTadverbMiddle English10 findersCompletely, wholly.
  • DOWNRIGHTLYadverb6 findersclearly; plainly; directly; downright
  • DOWNSCALEadjective4 findersBeing downmarket, of a lower quality.
  • DOWNSHIFTnoun27 findersA change of direction or a movement downwards.
  • DOWNSHIFTERnoun29 findersA person who makes a transition to a less pressured or demanding career or lifestyle
  • DOWNSIZEverb5 findersTo reduce in size or number.
  • DOWNSIZERnoun8 findersOne who, or that which, downsizes.
  • DOWNSLOPEadjective2 findersIn a direction down a slope.
  • DOWNSPOUTnoun30 findersA vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
  • DOWNSTAGEadverb4 findersToward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
  • DOWNSTAIRadjective11 findersdownstairs
  • DOWNSTREAMadjective21 findersToward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
  • DOWNSTROKEnoun1 finderA downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
  • DOWNTICKnoun1 finderA small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
  • DOWNTIMEnoun9 findersTime lost due to the failure of some system or machinery, such as a computer crash or power outage.
  • DOWNYadjective74 findersHaving down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

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