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English words: double turnstile to Dover's powder

300 English words, part 95 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words double turnstile to Dover's powder

  1. double turnstile noun: The ⊨ symbol used to denote semantic consequence, or the ⊧ symbol used to denote the fact that the model to the left of it satisfies the set of sentences to...
  2. double-u noun /ˈdʌb.(ə)l.juː/: Alternative form of double-u.
  3. double-ues noun: Alternative letter-case form of double-ues.
  4. double uncle noun: A man who is one's uncle in two different ways, e.g. a brother of one parent and a brother-in-law of the other.
  5. double up verb /ˈdʌb.əl ʌp/: To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
  6. double-vaccinated adjective: Alternative form of double-vaxxed.
  7. double-vaxxed adjective: Having had two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
  8. double vertical line noun: The typographical character ‖; a symbol composed of two closely spaced line-height vertical lines.
  9. double vision noun: A disorder of vision in which a single object is seen as two.
  10. double wedding noun: A double ceremony where two engaged couples, often friends or siblings, arrange for two simultaneous or consecutive weddings.
  11. double whammy noun /ˌdʌbl̩ ˈ(h)wæmi/: A series of two events that causes adverse effects; a twofold blow or setback.
  12. double whole noun: A double whole note.
  13. double whole note noun: A note with twice the value of a whole note; a breve.
  14. double-wide noun: A trailer measuring twenty feet or more in width and ninety feet or less in length, towed as two separate units before assembly; especially, a mobile home...
  15. double X noun: Twenty dollars; a $20 bill.
  16. double yellow line noun: A pair of yellow lines painted at the side of a road to show that parking is not permitted at any time.
  17. double yellows noun: Synonym of double yellow lines.
  18. doublecheck verb: Alternative form of double check.
  19. doublecloth noun: A fabric made with two layers of cloth.
  20. doublecortin noun: A microtubule-associated protein expressed by neuronal precursor cells and immature neurons in embryonic and adult cortical structures.
  21. doublecross noun, verb: Alternative form of double-cross.
  22. doublecrossing noun, verb: Alternative form of double-crossing.
  23. doubled pawn noun: A pawn that is on the same file as a friendly pawn.
  24. Doubleday proper noun: A surname.
  25. doubledealing adjective: Alternative spelling of double-dealing.
  26. doubledecker noun: Alternative spelling of double-decker.
  27. doubleganger noun: A doppelganger.
  28. doublegee noun: Three-cornered jack.
  29. doublehand verb: To use a two-person crew.
  30. doublehanded adjective, adverb, verb: Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people.
  31. doublehandedly adverb: Alternative form of double-handedly.
  32. doublehandedness noun: Alternative form of double-handedness.
  33. doubleheader noun: Alternative form of double-header.
  34. doublehearted adjective: deceitful; treacherous; double-crossing.
  35. doubleminded adjective: Alternative form of double-minded.
  36. doublemindedly adverb: Alternative form of double-mindedly.
  37. doublemindedness noun: Alternative form of double-mindedness.
  38. doubleness noun: The state of being double or doubled.
  39. doublepack noun: A package containing two of an item, often DVDs or CDs.
  40. doublepark verb: Alternative form of double-park.
  41. doubleparking noun, verb: Alternative form of double-parking.
  42. doubleplus- prefix: An intensifying prefix, roughly equivalent to extremely.
  43. doubleplusgood adjective: Alternative spelling of double-plus-good.
  44. doubleplusungood adjective: Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood.
  45. doublequote noun: Alternative spelling of double quote.
  46. doubler noun: One who doubles.
  47. doubles noun, verb: A game between pairs of players.
  48. doubles net noun: A net used for playing doubles, longer than a singles net
  49. doublesex noun: A gene that is involved in the sex determination system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, expressed in both male and female flies.
  50. doublesome adjective: Characterised or marked by being double; dual
  51. doublespaced adjective: Alternative form of double-spaced.
  52. doublespeak noun /ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/: Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
  53. doublespeaker noun: One who engages in doublespeak.
  54. doublestack adjective: Involving intermodal containers stacked two units high.
  55. doublestranded adjective: Alternative form of double-stranded.
  56. doublestrike noun: A feature of early computer printers that printed text twice at the same position for a heavier, darker appearance.
  57. doublet noun /ˈdʌblət/: A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  58. doubletail noun: Any of a number of orchids of the genus Diuris; donkey orchids.
  59. doubletake noun: Alternative form of double take.
  60. doubletalk noun: Alternative form of double talk.
  61. doubletalker noun: Alternative form of double talker.
  62. doubletap verb: Alternative form of double tap (“to shoot twice”).
  63. doubleted adjective: Wearing a doublet.
  64. doublethink noun, verb: The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct; an instance of doing so.
  65. doublethinker noun: One who engages in doublethink.
  66. doublethought noun, verb: Doublethink.
  67. doublethreaded adjective: Alternative form of double-threaded.
  68. doubletime noun, verb: A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that produces the DBT protein kinase, used to control circadian rhythm.
  69. doubletness noun: The nature of doublets: the phenomenon that they instantiate.
  70. doubleton noun: A set containing precisely two elements.
  71. doubletrack verb: To mix together two or more audio tracks while doing studio recording.
  72. doubletree noun: a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a...
  73. doublette noun: A kind of organ stop.
  74. doubletted adjective: Wearing a doublet.
  75. doubleweight adjective: Being or relating to a paper of twice the ordinary weight.
  76. doublewide noun: Alternative spelling of double-wide.
  77. doubleword noun: An area of storage double the size of the word in a particular system; in a 16-bit architecture, this is equal to four bytes.
  78. doubleyou noun: The name of the Latin script letter W/w.
  79. doubling noun, verb: The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two.
  80. doubling cube noun: A cube used to record the number of points at stake in a game, bearing on its six sides the powers of two from 2 to 64.
  81. doubling die noun: Synonym of doubling cube.
  82. doubling time noun: The amount of time required for a population to double in size or value.
  83. doubloon noun /dʌˈbluːn/: A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
  84. doubloonie noun: A Canadian two-dollar coin; a toonie.
  85. doublure noun: An elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.
  86. doubly adverb /ˈdʌb.li/: In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
  87. doubly even adjective: Leaving no remainder when divided by 4; divisible by 4.
  88. doubly incontinent adjective: Both urinarily and faecally incontinent; having double incontinence.
  89. doubly infinite adjective: biinfinite
  90. doubly labeled water noun: Water where both the hydrogen and oxygen atoms have been replaced by less common isotopes.
  91. doubly-linked adjective: Whose elements each link to the previous and the next element.
  92. doubly magic adjective: Having filled shells of both protons and neutrons and therefore having extra stability and a longer half-life than normal.
  93. doubly transitive adjective: Synonym of ditransitive.
  94. Doubs proper noun /duː/: A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
  95. doubt noun, verb /daʊt/: To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
  96. doubtability noun: Capability of being doubtable.
  97. doubtable adjective: Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  98. doubtance noun: doubt; uncertainty
  99. doubted adjective, verb /ˈdaʊtɪd/: Considered doubtful; not trusted; uncertain.
  100. doubtee noun: One who causes doubt; a person who is doubted.
  101. doubter noun: One who doubts.
  102. doubtful adjective, noun /ˈdaʊtfəl/: Subject to, or causing doubt.
  103. doubtfully adverb: In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
  104. doubtfulness noun: The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.
  105. doubthouse noun: An uncertain state of the global climate, neither greenhouse nor icehouse, ascribed by some paleoclimatologists to the late Eocene.
  106. doubting adjective, noun, verb /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/: A condition of doubt.
  107. doubting Thomas noun: One who requires proof before believing.
  108. doubting Thomasina noun: A female doubting Thomas.
  109. doubtingly adverb: In a doubting manner.
  110. doubtingness noun: The quality of doubting something.
  111. doubtless adjective, adverb /ˈdaʊ̯tləs/: Characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
  112. doubtlessly adverb: Without question; indubitably.
  113. doubtlessness noun: The property of being doubtless.
  114. doubtmonger noun: One who sows doubts in the minds of others.
  115. doubtsome adjective: Characterised or marked by doubt; doubtful.
  116. doubtworthy adjective: Worthy of doubt; uncertain.
  117. doubty adjective: Dubious, doubtful.
  118. douc noun /duːk/: A colobine Old World monkey, making up the genus Pygathrix.
  119. douce adjective /duːs/: Sweet; nice; pleasant.
  120. doucely adverb: In a douce manner.
  121. douceness noun: The quality of being douce.
  122. doucet noun /ˈduːsɪt/: A sweetened dish.
  123. doucette noun: corn salad, lamb's lettuce
  124. douceur noun: Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
  125. douche noun, verb /duːʃ/: A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for...
  126. douche bag noun: Alternative form of douchebag (“container”).
  127. douche boat noun: A river craft outfitted with a high-pressure water cannon capable of destroying enemy encampments.
  128. douche chills noun: A physical feeling, akin to chills, in reaction to something contemptibly obnoxious.
  129. douche down verb: To wash (a person or thing) thoroughly.
  130. douche nozzle noun: The part of a douche that is inserted into the vagina.
  131. douchebag noun /ˈduːʃˌbæɡ/: A sterile container for holding fluid used in a vaginal douche.
  132. douchebagness noun: The state or quality of being a douchebag.
  133. douchenozzle noun: Alternative form of douche nozzle.
  134. doucher noun: A douchebag; a contemptible person.
  135. douchetastic adjective: Extremely douchey; highly obnoxious.
  136. douchewad noun: A rude, obnoxious, or annoying person.
  137. douchi noun: Chinese fermented black beans.
  138. douching noun, verb: A washing or irrigation with a douche.
  139. doucine noun: A cyma or ogee.
  140. doucker noun: grebe
  141. doudou noun: Synonym of dudou.
  142. doudouk noun: Alternative spelling of duduk.
  143. doudu noun: Synonym of dudou.
  144. Doue proper noun: A commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
  145. douf adjective: Alternative form of dowf.
  146. doufu noun: tofu
  147. Doug proper noun /dʌɡ/: A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
  148. Doug fir noun: A Douglas fir tree.
  149. Dougal proper noun /ˈduːɡl̩/: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
  150. Dougall proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  151. Dougan proper noun: A surname.
  152. dough noun, verb /dəʊ/: A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
  153. dough-baked adjective: Imperfectly baked.
  154. dough boy noun: Alternative spelling of doughboy.
  155. dough-faced adjective: Cowardly.
  156. dough gob noun: Frybread.
  157. dough goddy noun: A form of frybread.
  158. dough mixer noun: A device for kneading dough.
  159. dough scraper noun: A rubber or metal implement used to scrape food, such as dough, off a countertop, out of a bowl, etc.
  160. doughball noun: A ball of dough, prepared as food or as fishing bait.
  161. doughbelly noun: Synonym of frybread.
  162. doughbird noun: An Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
  163. doughboy noun: An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
  164. dougher noun: A baker.
  165. Dougherty proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  166. doughfaced adjective: Alternative form of dough-faced.
  167. doughfacism noun: The character of a doughface; willingness to be led about by others of stronger mind and will.
  168. doughily adverb: In a doughy way.
  169. doughiness noun: The state or condition of being doughy.
  170. doughless adjective: Without dough.
  171. doughlike adjective: Resembling dough.
  172. doughmaker noun: A person employed to make dough.
  173. doughmaking noun: The making of dough.
  174. doughman noun: A man employed to make dough.
  175. doughnut noun, verb /ˈdəʊnʌt/: A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere...
  176. doughnut city noun: A city whose centre has deteriorated or declined as a result of rapid growth of the surrounding suburbs.
  177. doughnut dolly noun: A female volunteer for the American Red Cross providing support to servicemen.
  178. doughnut hole noun: Alternative spelling of donut hole.
  179. doughnut peach noun: Alternative form of donut peach.
  180. doughnutery noun: A doughnut shop.
  181. doughnutless adjective: Without doughnuts.
  182. doughnutlike adjective: Resembling a doughnut.
  183. doughnuttery noun: Alternative form of doughnutery.
  184. doughnutting noun, verb: A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey.
  185. doughnutty adjective: Alternative form of donutty.
  186. dought noun, verb /daʊt/: Power, strength, ability.
  187. doughtily adverb: In a doughty manner.
  188. doughtiness noun /ˈdaʊtinəs/: The quality of being doughty.
  189. doughty adjective, noun /ˈdaʊti/: Bold; brave, courageous.
  190. doughy adjective, noun /ˈdəʊˌi/: Pale and flabby,
  191. dougie noun, verb: A hip-hop dance generally performed by moving one's body in a shimmy style and passing a hand through or near the hair on one's own head.
  192. Dougla noun: A Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent.
  193. Douglas proper noun /ˈdʌɡləs/: A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
  194. Douglas bag noun: An inflatable bag with a breathing tube attached to collect and analyse the air leaving a person's lungs.
  195. Douglas berry noun: Rubus ursinus, a blackberry or dewberry species and its fruit.
  196. Douglas fir noun: Any evergreen conifer of genus Pseudotsuga, of which four to six species are native to western North America and eastern Asia.
  197. Douglas Score noun: a system for measuring and evaluating antlers, horns and tusks of big game animals
  198. Douglas squirrel noun: Tamiasciurus douglasii, a pine squirrel of western North America.
  199. Douglas valve noun: A type of flush valve used for toilet tanks
  200. douglasiid noun: Any moth in the family Douglasiidae.
  201. douglasite noun: A certain complex halide mineral.
  202. Douglass proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a less common spelling of Douglas.
  203. Douglaston proper noun: A neighbourhood of Queens, New York City, United States, often combined with Little Neck.
  204. Douglasville proper noun: A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Georgia, United States.
  205. dougong noun /ˈdoʊˌɡɒŋ/: A structural element consisting of interlocking wooden brackets as used in traditional Chinese architecture.
  206. douhua noun: A Chinese dessert made with very soft tofu; tofu pudding.
  207. douit noun: A stream or brook.
  208. doujin noun /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/: A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
  209. doujin circle noun /ˈdoʊ.dʒɪn ˈsɝkl̩/: A group of people who create fan-made (doujin) works – such as doujinshi, doujin music, or doujin games – and participate in doujin events.
  210. doujin event noun /ˈdoʊ.dʒɪn ɪˈvɛnt/: An event in which doujin circles gather to sell fan-made (doujin) works. Example: Comic Market.
  211. doujin game noun /ˈdoʊ.dʒɪn ɡeɪm/: A fan-made game which may contain (but not necessarily) copyrighted material from published works, such as from anime, manga, or video games.
  212. doujin music noun /ˈdoʊ.dʒɪn ˈmjuzɪk/: Fan-made music, often containing music from published works – such as from anime, manga, or video games – or otherwise inspired by such works.
  213. doujin soft noun: Self-published software and video games created by Japanese hobbyists or independent developers.
  214. doujinshi noun /dəʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/: A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.
  215. douk-douk noun: A kind of simple slipjoint pocketknife made in France.
  216. Doukas proper noun: A surname from Greek.
  217. Doukhobor noun: A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals,...
  218. Doukhobortsy noun: The Doukhobors.
  219. doula noun /ˈduːlə/: A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
  220. doulah noun: Alternative form of doula.
  221. douleia noun: In Roman Catholicism, the inferior veneration accorded to saints and angels.
  222. doulocracy noun: Alternative form of dulocracy.
  223. Doulton proper noun /ˈdoʊltən/: A surname.
  224. doum noun /duːm/: The doum palm.
  225. doum fruit noun: The fruit of the doum palm.
  226. doum palm noun: A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.
  227. doumbec noun: Alternative form of dumbek.
  228. doumbek noun: Alternative form of dumbek.
  229. Doumbia proper noun: A surname.
  230. dounce verb: To homogenize by means of a douncer.
  231. douncer noun: A homogenizer, consisting of a glass tube with a tight-fitting pestle, used to homogenize biological samples
  232. doundaké noun: African peach bark, used as a febrifuge and sedative.
  233. doundoun noun: Alternative form of dun dun (African drum)
  234. Dounreay proper noun: A settlement (Lower Dounreay) and nuclear establishment (now decommissioned) on the north coast of Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref...
  235. doup noun /daʊp/: The bottom end of something; the human buttocks.
  236. doupion noun: Alternative form of dupion.
  237. doupioni noun: Alternative form of dupioni.
  238. douppioni noun: Alternative form of dupioni.
  239. dour adjective, noun /ˈdʊə/: Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  240. doura noun: Alternative spelling of durra.
  241. dourada noun: gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)
  242. dourah noun: Alternative form of durra.
  243. dourine noun: covering sickness
  244. dourly adverb: In a dour manner.
  245. dourness noun: The characteristic of being dour; gloominess; sternness.
  246. Douro proper noun: A river in northern Spain and Portugal.
  247. douroucouli noun: Any New World monkey of the genus Aotus, which are active at night and have no pinna of the outer ear.
  248. douse noun, verb /daʊs/: To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
  249. douser noun: One who, or that which, douses (extinguishes, especially with water).
  250. dousing noun, verb: The act by which something is doused.
  251. dousing-chock noun: One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads.
  252. doust noun, verb: Dust.
  253. dousting noun, verb: A beating, a dusting.
  254. Doustioni noun: A member tribe of the historic Natchitoches Confederation, probably living near the Gulf of Mexico
  255. dout verb: To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
  256. doutar noun: Alternative form of dutar.
  257. douter noun: An extinguisher for candles.
  258. douth adjective, noun /daʊθ/: Virtue; excellence; atheldom; nobility; power; riches.
  259. Douthat proper noun /ˈdaʊθət/: A surname.
  260. Douthit proper noun: A surname.
  261. Douty proper noun: A surname.
  262. Douville proper noun: A surname from French.
  263. doux adjective /duː/: Sweet.
  264. Douyiner noun /doʊˈjɪnɚ/: A user of the video-sharing social media platform Douyin.
  265. douzaine noun: A parish council, consisting of a dean and twelve douzeniers.
  266. douzenier noun /ˌduːzəˈnɪəɹ/: A member of a douzaine.
  267. douzepeer noun: Alternative spelling of douzeper.
  268. douzeper noun /ˈduːz.pɛː/: One of the legendary “twelve peers” or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
  269. Dov proper noun: A male given name of Hebrew usage.
  270. DOVAP noun: Acronym of Doppler velocity and position.
  271. dove noun, verb /dʌv/: A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than three hundred...
  272. dove-eyed adjective: Having a meek expression in the eyes.
  273. dove gray adjective, noun: Alternative form of dove grey.
  274. dove grey adjective, noun: A medium grey colour with a slight tint of pink or blue, like that of a dove.
  275. dove-like adjective: Alternative form of dovelike.
  276. dove of peace noun: The dove as a symbol of peace and pacifism, typically depicted carrying an olive branch.
  277. dove orchid noun: An American orchid (Peristeria elata) that produces numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The centre of the flower resembles a dove.
  278. dove plant noun: An American orchid (Peristeria elata) that produces numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The centre of the flower resembles a dove.
  279. Dove prism noun: A kind of reflective prism used to invert the orientation of an image.
  280. dove's-foot noun: Geranium molle, a small annual species of geranium, native to England; so called from the shape of the leaf.
  281. dove shell noun: A columbellid snail.
  282. dove-tail noun, verb: Alternative form of dovetail.
  283. dove tree noun: A Chinese tree grown ornamentally for the large white bracts around the flowers, which are said to resemble dove wings or handkerchiefs, Davidia involucrata.
  284. dove weed noun: Synonym of turkey mullein (Croton setiger)
  285. dovecot noun: Alternative spelling of dovecote.
  286. dovecote noun /ˈdʌvkɒt/: A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove...
  287. Dovedale proper noun: A valley in the Peak District, on the border of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, England, the River Dove forms the county boundary.
  288. dovehouse noun: A dovecote.
  289. doveish adjective: Alternative spelling of dovish.
  290. doveishly adverb: Alternative form of dovishly.
  291. dovekey noun: Alternative spelling of dovekie.
  292. dovekie noun /ˈdʌvki/: A small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.
  293. dovelet noun: A baby dove.
  294. dovelike adjective, adverb: Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
  295. doveling noun: A young or baby dove.
  296. dovely adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dove; dovelike.
  297. doven verb: Alternative form of daven.
  298. doveplum noun: The plant Coccoloba diversifolia.
  299. Dover proper noun /ˈdəʊ.və/: A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141).
  300. Dover's powder noun: A powder of ipecac and opium, formerly used to treat colds and fevers.

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.