Word Meanings - DYNAMOMETRICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.

• Dowerless
  Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
• Dogskin
  The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.
• DOMINOWHIST
  A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence, beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards first being the winner.
• Dominus
  Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor.
• Dosed
  of Dose
• Doctorate
  The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
• Downhaul
  A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
• Doit
  A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.
• DORTOURDORTURE
  A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.
• Donatist
  A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.
• Dotary
  A dotard's weakness; dotage.
• Downtrodden
  Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.
• Dolerite
  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.
• DOUBLEDEALER
  One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
• Donnat
  See Do-naught.
• Douanier
  An officer of the French customs.
• Dodecasyllabic
  Having twelve syllables.
• Doxologizing
  of Doxologize
• Dollies
  of Dolly

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