9-letter words starting with do
- dopesheet — a bulletin or list including the names of entries in various horse races, and including information on each entry, as the name, jockey, and past performances.
- dopesters — Plural form of dopester.
- dorbeetle — The dor.
- dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.
- dorkiness — The state or quality of being dorky.
- dormition — the process of falling asleep
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- dormobile — a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling
- doronicum — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, comprising the leopard's-banes.
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- dos-a-dos — do-si-do.
- dosemeter — Alternative form of dosimeter.
- dosimeter — a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dosiology — the study of doses of drugs
- dosshouse — flophouse.
- dot pitch — (hardware) The distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same colour (red, green or blue) on a color CRT. Dot pitch is typically from 0.28 to 0.51 mm but large presentation monitors may go up to 1.0 mm. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper the image, 0.31 or less provides a sharp image, especially when displaying text. Dot pitch measurements between conventional tubes and Sony's Trinitron tubes are roughly, but not exactly comparable. Sony's CRTs use vertical stripes, not dots, and its measurement is the distance between stripes, not the diagonal distance between dots.
- dotcommer — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- dotterels — Plural form of dotterel.
- dottiness — The state or quality of being dotty, mildly insane or preoccupied.
- double ax — an ax with a double-edged blade, frequently depicted in prehistoric decorative designs of the eastern Mediterranean region, especially in Minoan religious sites.
- double up — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- doubleday — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- doubleton — a set of only two cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt: The other player held a doubleton.
- doubloons — Plural form of doubloon.
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- doubtably — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- doubtfull — Archaic form of doubtful.
- doubtless — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
- douceness — the quality or characteristic of being douce
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughball — a small ball of bread dough, cooked in a stew, as an accompaniment to a meal, etc
- doughboys — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- doughfoot — an infantryman in the U.S. Army, especially in World War II.
- doughlike — Resembling dough.
- doughnuts — Plural form of doughnut.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- doughtily — In a doughty manner.
- doujinshi — (anime, manga, video games) A fan-produced work, especially a manga, anime, or video game.
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- doum palm — doom palm.
- doumergue — Gaston [gas-tawn] /gasˈtɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1863–1937, French statesman: president of France 1924–31.
- douppioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- dove grey — a brownish-grey colour
- dovecotes — Plural form of dovecote.
- dovehouse — A dovecote.
- dovetails — Plural form of dovetail.