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  • English Word Dorsibranchiate Definition Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.
  • English Word Dorsibranchiate Definition One of the Dorsibranchiata.
  • English Word Dorsiferous Definition Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.
  • English Word Dorsimeson Definition (Anat.) See Meson.
  • English Word Dorsiparous Definition Same as Dorsiferous.
  • English Word Dorsiventral Definition Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
  • English Word Dorsiventral Definition See Dorsoventral.
  • English Word Dorsoventral Definition From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.
  • English Word Dorsum Definition The ridge of a hill.
  • English Word Dorsum Definition The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
  • English Word Dortour Definition Alt. of Dorture
  • English Word Dorture Definition A dormitory.
  • English Word Dory Definition A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
  • English Word Dory Definition The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch.
  • English Word Dory Definition A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
  • English Word Doryphora Definition A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.
  • English Word Doryphoros Definition A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
  • English Word Dose Definition The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
  • English Word Dose Definition A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
  • English Word Dose Definition Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
  • English Word Dose Definition To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
  • English Word Dose Definition To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
  • English Word Dose Definition To give anything nauseous to.
  • English Word Dosed Definition of Dose
  • English Word Dosel Definition Same as Dorsal, n.
  • English Word dosing Definition of Dose
  • English Word Dosology Definition Posology.
  • English Word Dossel Definition Same as Dorsal, n.
  • English Word Dosser Definition A pannier, or basket.
  • English Word Dosser Definition A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.