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- English Word Doldrums Definition A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.
- English Word Dole Definition grief; sorrow; lamentation.
- English Word Dole Definition See Dolus.
- English Word Dole Definition Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
- English Word Dole Definition That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
- English Word Dole Definition Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
- English Word Dole Definition A boundary; a landmark.
- English Word Dole Definition A void space left in tillage.
- English Word Dole Definition To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
- English Word Doled Definition of Dole
- English Word Doleful Definition Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
- English Word Dolent Definition Sorrowful.
- English Word Dolente Definition Plaintively. See Doloroso.
- English Word Dolerite Definition A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.
- English Word Doleritic Definition Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.
- English Word Dolesome Definition Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.
- English Word Dolf Definition of Delve.
- English Word Dolichocephalic Definition Alt. of Dolichocephalous
- English Word Dolichocephalism Definition The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- English Word Dolichocephalous Definition Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic.
- English Word Dolichocephaly Definition Alt. of Dolichocephalism
- English Word Doling Definition of Dole
- English Word Dolioform Definition Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.
- English Word Doliolum Definition A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.
- English Word Dolium Definition A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.
- English Word Doll Definition A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.
- English Word Dollar Definition A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains.
- English Word Dollar Definition A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.
- English Word Dollar Definition A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.
- English Word Dollar Definition The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values.