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1,775 words match “SOUTH”

DOWN n.
ath's twin brother, times my breath. Tennyson. Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares! Southern.
DOWNRIGHT a.
absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott. -- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.
DOXOLOGY n.
oir or the congregation. David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. South.
DOZE v.
ty sums, being dozed with much work. Pepys. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. South.
DRACONTINE a.
Belonging to a dragon. Southey.
DRAGON n.
mall arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.…
DRAIL v.
To trail; to draggle. [Obs.] South.
DRAUGHT n.
ivate member. Macaulay. No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye. South.
DRAVIDIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the Dravida. Dravidian languages, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages, the Tamil is the most important.
DRIFT n. 3 definitions
g under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose. South.
DRIVE v.
usually with at. Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. South.
DROWSE v.
unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.
DRUID n.
ves of the society are established in other countries. Druid stones, a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.
DRUNKENNESS n.
oxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage. Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. South.
DUCTILITY n.
Tractableness; pliableness. South.
DUCTURE n.
Guidance. [Obs.] South.
DUELER n.
One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South.
DURRA n.
A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]
DURUKULI n.
A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]
DUYKERBOK n.
A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo.
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