Name Report For First Name DORA:
DORA
First name DORA's origin is Greek. DORA means "gift". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with DORA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of dora.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with DORA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with DORA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming DORA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES DORA AS A WHOLE:
adora fedora isadora madora musidora pandora pheodora theodora zudora teodora teadora adoracion aldora eldora eleadora feodora isidora salvadora xalbadora xalvadora doran fardoragh phedora musadora medora doralieNAMES RHYMING WITH DORA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ora) - Names That Ends with ora:
aurora senora thora theora aghamora alora amora annora anora avonmora cora delora devora dinora eilinora eleanora eleonora eleora elnora elora guanhumora honora lenora leonora liora lora mora nicanora nora ora pastora salbatora salvatora sanora tabora talora yoora zamora zemora zipora raedbora wendlesora elenora bora zippora eliora derora debora hannelora onora orzora sipporaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:
asura azmera chinara efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adra aludra alzubra badra bahira bushra johara nasira noura samira thara' yusra gadara chamorra dendera kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira shukura subira zahra azura ceara abdera aethra aldara ara astra calandra cassandra cleopatra clytemnestra cynaraNAMES RHYMING WITH DORA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (dor) - Names That Begins with dor:
dor dorbeta dorcas dorcey dordei dordie dore doreen doreena doren dorene dorette doria dorian dorice dorien dorika dorin dorina dorinda dorine dorion doris dorise dorit dorkas doro doron dorotea doroteia dorotha dorothea dorothee dorothy dorottya dorran dorrance dorrel dorrell dorren dorrin dorsey dortha doru doryRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (do) - Names That Begins with do:
doane doanna doba dobhailen dobi dodinel dohnatello dohosan dohtor doire doireann dolan doli dolie dolius dollie dolly dolores dolorita dolph dolphus domenica domenick domenico domenique domevlo domhnall domhnull domhnulla dominga domingart domingo dominic dominica dominick dominik dominique don dona donagh donaghy donahue donal donald donalda donall donat donata donatello donatien donato donavan donavon doncia dondreNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DORA:
First Names which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':
dacia dada daena daeva daganya daghda dahlia daiana daina daishya dakota dakshina dalena dalenna dalia daliila dalila damara damia damiana damita dana danetta dania danica daniela danika danila danita danitza danja danna dannia dantina danya daphna dar-al-baida dara daracha darcia darda darena darerca daria darissa darla darleena darlena darlina darnesha darnetta darnisha darra davia daviana davianna davida davina davinia davita davonna dawna dawneshia dawnetta dawnika dayla dayna daysha dayshia dea deana deanda deandra deandrea deandria deanna debra decla deeana deeandra deeanna deedra deena deerwa defena deianira deidra deina deirdra deja deka delbina delfina delia delicia delila delinda delisa delisha delissaEnglish Words Rhyming DORA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES DORA AS A WHOLE:
| adorability | noun (n.) Adorableness. |
| adorable | adjective (a.) Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors. |
| adjective (a.) Worthy of the utmost love or respect. |
| adorableness | noun (n.) The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. |
| adoration | noun (n.) The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. |
| noun (n.) Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion. | |
| noun (n.) A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. |
| deodorant | noun (n.) A deodorizer. |
| dorado | noun (n.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish. |
| noun (n.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena. |
| inodorate | adjective (a.) Inodorous. |
| odorament | noun (n.) A perfume; a strong scent. |
| odorant | adjective (a.) Yielding odors; fragrant. |
| odorate | adjective (a.) Odorous. |
| odorating | adjective (a.) Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant. |
| pandora | noun (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. |
| noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex. |
| sudoral | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DORA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ora) - English Words That Ends with ora:
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| amphora | noun (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc. |
| anaphora | noun (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses. |
| angora | noun (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. |
| aplacophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates. |
| aurora | noun (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. |
| noun (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning. | |
| noun (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. | |
| noun (n.) A species of crowfoot. | |
| noun (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). |
| basommatophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. |
| caracora | noun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies. |
| carnivora | noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful. |
| cephalophora | noun (n. pl.) The cephalata. |
| cora | noun (n.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa. |
| ctenophora | noun (n. pl.) A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs. |
| discophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. |
| doryphora | noun (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle. |
| diaspora | noun (n.) Lit., "Dispersion." -- applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation. |
| epanaphora | noun (n.) Same as Anaphora. |
| epiphora | noun (n.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. |
| noun (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. |
| flora | noun (n.) The goddess of flowers and spring. |
| noun (n.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants. |
| frugivora | noun (n. pl.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit. |
| heliopora | noun (n.) An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral. |
| herbivora | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. |
| hydrophora | noun (n. pl.) The Hydroidea. |
| insectivora | noun (n. pl.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats. |
| madrepora | noun (n.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. |
| mandragora | noun (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. |
| masora | noun (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. |
| massora | noun (n.) Same as Masora. |
| millepora | noun (n.) A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores. |
| mora | noun (n.) A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes. |
| noun (n.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture. | |
| noun (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement. |
| nematophora | noun (n. pl.) Same as Coelenterata. |
| odontophora | noun (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora. |
| omnivora | noun (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds. |
| onychophora | noun (n. pl.) Malacopoda. |
| ora | noun (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling. |
| (pl. ) of Os |
| passiflora | noun (n.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreae, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species. |
| pecora | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle. |
| placophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura. |
| plethora | noun (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia. |
| noun (n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. |
| pneumonophora | noun (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae. |
| pneumophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree. |
| polyplacophora | noun (n. pl.) See Placophora. |
| psora | noun (n.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch. |
| pupivora | noun (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects. |
| remora | noun (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance. |
| noun (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. | |
| noun (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. |
| retinophora | noun (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium. |
| rhabdophora | noun (n. pl.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities. |
| rhizophora | noun (n.) A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove. |
| rhynchophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils. |
| se–ora | noun (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady. |
| signora | noun (n.) Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DORA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (dor) - Words That Begins with dor:
| dor | noun (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock. |
| noun (n.) A trick, joke, or deception. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive. |
| dorbeetle | noun (n.) See 1st Dor. |
| doree | noun (n.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree. |
| doretree | noun (n.) A doorpost. |
| dorhawk | noun (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. |
| dorian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion. | |
| adjective (a.) Same as Doric, 3. |
| doric | noun (n.) The Doric dialect. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. | |
| adjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war. |
| doricism | noun (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom. |
| doris | noun (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back. |
| dorism | noun (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom. |
| dormancy | noun (n.) The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance. |
| dormant | adjective (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. |
| adjective (a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. | |
| adjective (a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." |
| dormer | noun (n.) Alt. of Dormer window |
| dormer window | noun (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained. |
| dormitive | noun (n.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate. |
| adjective (a.) Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. |
| dormitory | noun (n.) A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. |
| noun (n.) A burial place. |
| dormouse | noun (n.) A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter. |
| dorn | noun (n.) A British ray; the thornback. |
| dornick | noun (n.) Alt. of Dornock |
| dornock | noun (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. |
| dorp | noun (n.) A hamlet. |
| dorr | noun (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. |
| verb (v. t.) To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t. | |
| verb (v. t.) To deafen with noise. |
| dorrfly | noun (n.) See 1st Dor. |
| dorrhawk | noun (n.) See Dorhawk. |
| dorsal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. | |
| adjective (a.) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position. |
| dorsale | noun (n.) Same as Dorsal, n. |
| dorse | noun (n.) Same as dorsal, n. |
| noun (n.) The back of a book. | |
| noun (n.) The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish. |
| dorsel | noun (n.) A pannier. |
| noun (n.) Same as Dorsal, n. |
| dorser | noun (n.) See Dosser. |
| dorsibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.] |
| dorsibranchiate | noun (n.) One of the Dorsibranchiata. |
| adjective (a.) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. |
| dorsimeson | noun (n.) (Anat.) See Meson. |
| dorsiparous | adjective (a.) Same as Dorsiferous. |
| dorsiventral | adjective (a.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral. |
| adjective (a.) See Dorsoventral. |
| dorsoventral | adjective (a.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis. |
| dorsum | noun (n.) The ridge of a hill. |
| noun (n.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue. |
| dortour | noun (n.) Alt. of Dorture |
| dorture | noun (n.) A dormitory. |
| dory | noun (n.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree. |
| noun (n.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch. | |
| noun (n.) A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides. |
| doryphoros | noun (n.) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us. |
| dormy | adjective (a.) Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said of a player or side. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH DORA:
English Words which starts with 'd' and ends with 'a':
| daboia | noun (n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). |
| dactylotheca | noun (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. |
| dagoba | noun (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. |
| dahlia | noun (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. |
| dalmania | noun (n.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. |
| dalmatica | noun (n.) Alt. of Dalmatic |
| damiana | noun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. |
| dammara | noun (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. |
| noun (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. |
| damosella | noun (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle |
| daphnia | noun (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia. |
| darlingtonia | noun (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. |
| data | noun (n. pl.) See Datum. |
| (pl. ) of Datum |
| dataria | noun (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor). |
| datura | noun (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. |
| decacerata | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata. |
| decagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles. |
| decalcomania | noun (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie |
| decandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens. |
| decapoda | noun (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera. |
| decidua | noun (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it. |
| deciduata | noun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species. |
| dejecta | noun (n. pl.) Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick. |
| delenda | noun (n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out. |
| delphinoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. |
| delta | noun (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. |
| noun (n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), answering to D. | |
| noun (n.) an object having the shape of the capital /. | |
| noun (n.) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc. |
| dementia | noun (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. |
| demonomania | noun (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. |
| dendroc/la | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets. |
| derma | noun (n.) See Dermis. |
| dermaptera | noun (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran |
| dermobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills. |
| dermoptera | noun (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae). |
| noun (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo. | |
| noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. |
| derotremata | noun (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. |
| dertrotheca | noun (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds. |
| desiderata | noun (n. pl.) See Desideratum. |
| (pl. ) of Desideratum |
| desmobacteria | noun (n. pl.) See Microbacteria. |
| desmomyaria | noun (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa. |
| deuteropathia | noun (n.) Alt. of Deuteropathy |
| deutzia | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated. |
| deva | noun (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. |
| devata | noun (n.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. |
| dhoorra | noun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra |
| dhourra | noun (n.) Alt. of Dhurra |
| dhurra | noun (n.) Indian millet. See Durra. |
| diadelphia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments. |
| diana | noun (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. |
| diandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens. |
| diarrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea |
| diarrhoea | noun (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux. |
| diastema | noun (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw. |
| diatryma | noun (n.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich. |
| dibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda. |
| dicentra | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). |
| dicta | noun (n. pl.) See Dictum. |
| (pl. ) of Dictum |
| dicyemata | noun (n. pl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms. |
| didelphia | noun (n. pl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia. |
| didonia | noun (n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. |
| didrachma | noun (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents. |
| didynamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. |
| dielytra | noun (n.) See Dicentra. |
| differentia | noun (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference. |
| digamma | noun (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse. |
| digenea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents. |
| digynia | noun (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles. |
| dika | noun (n.) A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread. |
| dilemma | noun (n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. |
| noun (n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position. |
| dimera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids. |
| dimya | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria |
| dimyaria | noun (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve. |
| dinosauria | noun (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix. |
| dioecia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. |
| noun (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries. |
| diomedea | noun (n.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross. |
| dionaea | noun (n.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap. |
| dioptra | noun (n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc. |
| diorama | noun (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced. |
| noun (n.) A building used for such an exhibition. |
| dioscorea | noun (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam. |
| diota | noun (n.) A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears. |
| diphtheria | noun (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group. |
| diploma | noun (n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution. |
| diplopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Diplopy |
| diplopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. |
| dipneumona | noun (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. |
| dipsomania | noun (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism. |
| diptera | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet. |
| discina | noun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle. |
| discodactylia | noun (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. |
| distoma | noun (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2. |
| diurna | noun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime. |
| docoglossa | noun (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon. |
| dodecagynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles. |
| dodecandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen. |
| dogma | noun (n.) That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. |
| noun (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet. | |
| noun (n.) A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. |
| dolabra | noun (n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums. |
| domina | noun (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. |
| do–a | noun (n.) Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady. |
| doncella | noun (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. |
| donna | noun (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. |
| doorga | noun (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. |
| doura | noun (n.) A kind of millet. See Durra. |
| dracaena | noun (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. |
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