Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
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In a doubtful manner.
State of being doubtful.
That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.
Undoubtedly; without doubt.
Unquestionably.
Doubtful.
A monkey (Semnopithecus nem/us), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.
Sweet; pleasant.
One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war.
Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness.
A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.
Same as Cyma/recta, under Cyma.
A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks.
Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.
Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding.
Easily molded; pliable.
Like dough; soft.
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded.
The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.
The quality or state of being doughy.
A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.
In a doughty manner.
The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.
Daughters.
Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.
Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.
A government by slaves.
The carrion crow.
Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa; A kind of millet. See Durra.
A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipithecus trivirgatus), with large owl-like eyes; hence, the common name owl monkey.
To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights.
One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.
To put out.
An extinguisher for candles.
A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf. The columbine.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.
A young or small dove.
Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable.
The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence.
To cut to a dovetail. To join by means of dovetails.
Like a dove; harmless; innocent.
a small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees, found in Africa, India, and Sri Lanka.
shortened form of the Dow-Jones Index or Dow Jones Industrial Average; as, the Dow rose 100 points today.
an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of specific stocks in certain categories. Three indices are maintained, the Industrials, the Transportations, and the Utilities. When used without qualification, the term usually refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30 specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the movement of American stock prices generally, though other indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks, and these often change in opposite directions from those of the DJIA.
Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.
A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.
One of the testicles of a hart or stag.
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
Like a dowdy.
To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
fastening by dowels.
That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
See Dower.
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.
Same as Dowle.
A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico.
Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather.
Downcast; as, a down look.
a person who is destitute; as, he tried to help the down-and-out.
a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow, in bowing a stringed instrument. Contrasted with up-bow, when the bow is moved in the opposite direction.
designed for low-income consumers. Opposite of upmarket.
A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
facing reality squarely; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory. Opposite of idealistic, unrealistic, impractical, and pie-in-the-sky.
With the wind.
A congenital disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21 in some or all cells. It causes a variable number and degree of abnormalities, including retarded growth, mental retardation, a short nose, prominent epicanthic folds on the eyelids, a protruding lower lip, and other physical features having varying degrees of deviation from the normal. Called also mongolism, trisomy-21 and trisomy 21 syndrome.
To bear down; to depress.
the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward).
leading in a downward direction.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
Downcast or melancholy look.
Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.
A pipe to conduct something downwards; A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc. In some water-tube boilers, a tube larger in diameter than the water tubes to conduct the water from each top drum to a bottom drum, thus completing the circulation.
knocked down.
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
Fallen; ruined.
Falling down.
Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
Dejected; low-spirited.
Declivity; descent; slope.
The quality or state of being downy.
Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
the reduction of expeditures and personnel in order to become financial stable; -- of businesses.
a downward slope.
at the front half of the stage; as, the dialog is clearer when conducted downstage. Opposite of upstage.
Down the stairs; to a lower floor; as, she headed downstairs as soon as she heard the horn.
on or of the lower floors of a building, especially the ground floor; as, the downstairs (or downstair phone; the house has no downstairs bathroom. Opposite of upstairs.
Very steep.
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.
Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.
To weigh or press down.
on the side or in the direction away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; in the direction toward which the wind is blowing; as, good hunters stay downwind of their prey. Opposite of upwind, and windward.
Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
A small black and white ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) of Central and Eastern U. S. and Canada. It strongly resembles the hairy woodpecker, but is smaller (6 1/2"), compared with about 9-1/2" for the hairy. It is common in suburban backyards.
Of or relating to a dower.
A woman entitled to dower.
A gift; endowment.
A blow on the face.
A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.
A custard.
A dowse.
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