6-letter words containing d, o
- dimout — a dimming or reduction of the night lighting, as in a city, to make it less easily visible, as to enemy aircraft
- dinero — a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- diobol — (in ancient Greece) a coin worth two obols
- diodes — Plural form of diode.
- dioecy — The condition of being dioecious.
- diotic — pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- dioxan — a colourless insoluble toxic liquid made by heating ethanediol with sulphuric acid; 1,4-diethylene dioxide: used as a solvent, esp for waxes and cellulose acetate resins. Formula: (CH2)2O(CH2)2O
- dioxin — a general name for a family of chlorinated hydrocarbons, C 12 H 4 Cl 4 O 2 , typically used to refer to one isomer, TCDD, a by-product of pesticide manufacture: a toxic compound that is carcinogenic and teratogenic in certain animals.
- dipcom — Diploma of Commerce
- diplo- — double
- diploe — the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- dipody — a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.
- dipole — Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- disco- — disk-shaped; discoid
- discos — Plural form of disco.
- disord — (obsolete) disorder.
- disown — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- distro — A distributor or distributed version, especially of Linux software or of webzines.
- ditone — (obsolete, music) An interval of two tones.
- dittos — Plural form of ditto.
- diuron — a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- divots — Plural form of divot.
- django — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- do for — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- do out — decorate
- do-all — a person employed as a factotum, as the manager of all the affairs of an individual or a business.
- do-dad — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
- do-rag — a kerchief or scarf worn on the head to protect the hairdo, especially after kinky hair has been straightened.
- doable — capable of being done.
- doated — dote.
- doater — a fully mature harp seal.
- dob in — to inform against or report, esp to the police
- dobbed — Simple past tense and past participle of dob.
- dobber — a float for a fishing line; bob.
- dobbin — a horse, especially a quiet, plodding horse for farm work or family use.
- dobbyn — Dave. born 1957, New Zealand singer and songwriter; member of Th’Dudes (1976–80) with whom he had the hit singles “Be Mine Tonight” (1979) and “Bliss” (1979); founder of DD Smash (1981–85) with whom he released the album Cool Bananas (1982); solo albums include: Loyal (1986) and Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale (1986)
- dobell — Sir William. 1899–1970, Australian portrait and landscape painter. Awarded the Archibald prize (1943) for his famous painting of Joshua Smith which resulted in a heated clash between the conservatives and the moderns and led to a lawsuit. His other works include The Cypriot (1940), The Billy Boy (1943), and Portrait of a strapper (1941)
- dobies — Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- doblin — Alfred [ahl-freyt] /ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1878–1957, German physician and novelist.
- doblon — a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two gold escudos.
- dobras — Plural form of dobra.
- dobson — (Henry) Austin, 1840–1921, English poet, biographer, and essayist.
- dobuan — Dobu.
- dobule — (archaic) A fish, the European dace.
- docent — privatdocent.
- docile — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- docked — the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.
- docken — something of no value or importance
- docker — a person or thing that docks or cuts short.
- docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.