English to English Dictionary

Doornail

A large, heavy-headed iron nail formerly used for studding and reinforcing heavy wooden doors.

Dormie

In a match play game, being as many holes ahead of an opponent as there are holes remaining to be played.

Dosimetry

The calculation and assessment of the radiation dose absorbed in an object or material, particularly in contexts involving neutron flux and radioactive materials.

Doubloon

A former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, worth two escudos or sixteen silver reales.

Dowly

Melancholy, gloomy, or dull in mood or appearance.

Dowy

Melancholy, dreary, or sorrowful in mood or appearance.

Doxy

A mistress, paramour, or loose woman, particularly in historical or literary contexts.

Drabble

A extremely short piece of fiction that is precisely one hundred words in length.

Draggletail

An untidy woman whose long skirts or garments trail in the dirt; a slovenly or disheveled female person.

Dragon's-head

Any of various plants belonging to the genus Dracocephalum, characterized by whorls of brightly colored, tubular flowers shaped somewhat like a dragon's head.

Dray

A strong low cart without sides, historically used for carrying heavy loads such as beer barrels.

Driftless

Lacking glacial drift; specifically describing an area of land that was bypassed by enveloping ice sheets and therefore lacks the deposits of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders left by glaciers.