11-letter words starting with do
- dogmatizing — Present participle of dogmatize.
- dogmatology — the study and science of religious dogma
- dogtrotting — Present participle of dogtrot.
- dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
- dole office — an informal term for a job centre
- dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- doll's pram — toy: miniature baby carriage
- dollar area — those countries among which trade is conducted in U.S. dollars or in freely convertible currencies.
- dollar bill — a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- dollar rate — a variable amount of foreign currency quoted against one unit of the US Dollar
- dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
- dollishness — The quality of being dollish.
- dolorimeter — an instrument used in dolorimetry.
- dolorimetry — a technique for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in dols.
- dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
- doltishness — The characteristic of being doltish.
- domain name — fully qualified domain name
- domenichino — (Domenico Zampieri (Le Dominiquin)) 1581–1641, Italian painter.
- domesticate — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticity — the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.
- domesticize — To make domestic; domesticate.
- domiciliary — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- domiciliate — to domicile.
- dominations — an act or instance of dominating.
- domineering — inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- dominionism — A tendency among some conservative Christians, especially in the USA, to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action.
- domoic acid — an amino acid found in shellfish that can cause food poisoning
- don cossack — a member of the eastern branch of the Cossacks, living along the Don
- don juanism — a syndrome, occurring in males, of excessive preoccupation with sexual gratification or conquest and leading to persistently transient and sometimes exploitative relationships.
- don quixote — Don, Don Quixote.
- don't knows — people who have not reached a definite opinion on a subject, esp as a response to a questionnaire
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
- dongting hu — lake in Hunan province, SE China: c. 1,450 sq mi (3,755 sq km); during floods, over 4,000 sq mi (10,360 sq km)
- donkey ride — a ride on the back of a donkey, esp for recreation
- donkey vote — a vote on a preferential ballot on which the voter's order of preference follows the order in which the candidates are listed
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkey-lick — to defeat decisively
- donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
- donnishness — The quality of being donnish.
- donnybrooks — Plural form of donnybrook.
- donor organ — an organ which has been voluntarily given for the use of another person
- donor sperm — sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
- donut peach — fruit
- doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
- door charge — an entrance fee.
- door handle — doorknob.