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466 words match “DOT”

DOMINO n.
back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.
DREAD n.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak.
DRIVEL v. 2 definitions
To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
DRIZZLE v.
To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak.
ECONOMIC; ECONOMICAL a.
Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies.
EDH n.
e of the Anglo-Saxon letter edh, capital form th in a similar word: oedher, other, dôedh, doth." March.
ELOQUENT a.
r; as, an eloquent orator or preacher. O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.
EMBELLISH v.
ish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
ENGINE n.
fect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. Shak.
ENGRAILMENT n.
The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.
ENREGISTER v.
record; to inregister. To read enregistered in every nook His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. Spenser.
ENTOTHORAX n.
See Endothorax.
ENVIOUS a.
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak.
EPHOD n.
A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered…
EPITHELIUM n.
etimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
ETERNAL n.
One of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.
EXALT v.
; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix. 5. In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.
EXAMPLE n.
onds with something else; a precedent; a model. Such temperate order in so fierce a cause Doth want example. Shak.
EXOTHERMIC a.
erized by, or formed with, evolution of heat; as, an exothermic reaction; -- opposed to endothermic.
FACETE a.
Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.
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