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- English Word Dodecandrian Definition Alt. of Dodecandrous
- English Word Dodecandrous Definition Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.
- English Word Dodecane Definition Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.
- English Word Dodecastyle Definition Having twelve columns in front.
- English Word Dodecastyle Definition A dodecastyle portico, or building.
- English Word Dodecasyllabic Definition Having twelve syllables.
- English Word Dodecasyllable Definition A word consisting of twelve syllables.
- English Word Dodecatemory Definition A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
- English Word Dodge Definition To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
- English Word Dodge Definition To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
- English Word Dodge Definition To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
- English Word Dodge Definition Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
- English Word Dodge Definition To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- English Word Dodge Definition The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.
- English Word Dodged Definition of Dodge
- English Word Dodger Definition One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
- English Word Dodger Definition A small handbill.
- English Word Dodger Definition See Corndodger.
- English Word Dodgery Definition trickery; artifice.
- English Word Dodging Definition of Dodge
- English Word Dodipate Definition Alt. of Dodipoll
- English Word Dodipoll Definition A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.
- English Word Dodkin Definition A doit; a small coin.
- English Word Dodman Definition A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.
- English Word Dodman Definition Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster.
- English Word Dodo Definition A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.
- English Word Dodoes Definition of Dodo
- English Word Doe Definition A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.
- English Word Doe Definition A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n.
- English Word Doeglic Definition Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.