Index of English words, starting with "do"

(1) - Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.
(2) - Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
(3) - Dower (n.) The property with which a woman is endowed
(4) - Dower (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

(1) - Dowitcher (n.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.

(1) - Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.
(2) - Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.
(3) - Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
(4) - Down (n.) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
(5) - Down (n.) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
(6) - Down (v. t.) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
(7) - Down (prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.
(8) - Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural.
(9) - Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
(10) - Down (n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
(11) - Down (adv.) In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.
(12) - Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
(13) - Down (adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
(14) - Down (adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.
(15) - Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions.
(16) - Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.
(17) - Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
(18) - Down (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
(19) - Down (v. i.) To go down; to descend.
(20) - Down (a.) Downcast; as, a down look.
(21) - Down (a.) Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
(22) - Down (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.