English words starting with dor

Meanings of Dor:

noun

A large black dung beetle that makes a droning sound in flight and excavates burrows in which its young develop.

Meanings of Dora:

noun

The defence of the realm act, any of a series of acts of parliament passed between 1914 and 1916, giving the british government a wide range of emergency powers during the first world war (1914–18). as an ordinary acronym.

Meanings of Dorado:

noun

An edible marine fish of warm seas, with silver and bright blue or green coloration when alive.

Usage examples:

At night we feasted on flesh fish caught off the coast like wahoo, mahi-mahi, dorado, blue fin and …

proper noun

A southern constellation (the goldfish), containing most of the large magellanic cloud.

adjective

Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the dorado constellation.

Usage examples:

The star r doradus

Meanings of Dorados:

noun

An edible marine fish of warm seas, with silver and bright blue or green coloration when alive.

Usage examples:

At night we feasted on flesh fish caught off the coast like wahoo, mahi-mahi, dorado, blue fin and …

proper noun

A southern constellation (the goldfish), containing most of the large magellanic cloud.

adjective

Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the dorado constellation.

Usage examples:

The star r doradus

Meanings of Dorian:

noun

A member of a hellenic people speaking the doric dialect of greek, thought to have entered greece from the north c.1100 bc. they settled in the peloponnese and later colonized sicily and southern italy.

Usage examples:

Herodotus speaks of ionians, dorians, herakleeidai, and akhaians among the greeks, that is, with ag…

adjective

A member of a hellenic people speaking the doric dialect of greek, thought to have entered greece from the north c. 1100 bc. they settled in the peloponnese and later colonized sicily and southern italy.

Meanings of Doric:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a sturdy fluted column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded moulding.

Usage examples:

They came from the parthenon, which marks the highest pinnacle of classical doric architecture.

noun

The doric order of architecture.

Usage examples:

These are orders taken from temple architecture; they are placed appropriately with the strong, pla…

Meanings of Dories:

noun

A narrow deep-bodied fish with a mouth that can be opened very wide.

Usage examples:

The price for top grade fish like monk and dory is down considerably.

Meanings of Dorje:

noun

(in tibetan buddhism) a representation of a thunderbolt in the form of a short double trident or sceptre, symbolizing the male aspect of the spirit and held during invocations and prayers.

Usage examples:

The handbell and the dorje are the principal ritual objects of tantric buddhism.

Meanings of Dorking:

noun

Designating an old breed of large domestic fowl having relatively short legs and five toes, originating in south-east england.

Meanings of Dorlach:

noun

A type of pouch or purse, especially a sporran. also in later use: a travelling case, a valise.

Meanings of Dorm:

noun

A dormitory.

Usage examples:

Shaking his head, he made his way out of his room and into the living room of the dorm.

Meanings of Dormancies:

noun

The state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep.

Usage examples:

The insects are able to enter prolonged states of dormancy, allowing them to resist freezing

Meanings of Dormancy:

noun

The state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep.

Usage examples:

The insects are able to enter prolonged states of dormancy, allowing them to resist freezing

Meanings of Dormant:

adjective

(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Usage examples:

Dormant butterflies

Meanings of Dormer:

noun

A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof.

Usage examples:

The bright master bedroom has a dormer window to the front and a second window to the side.

Meanings of Dormers:

noun

A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof.

Usage examples:

The bright master bedroom has a dormer window to the front and a second window to the side.

Meanings of Dormice:

noun

An agile mouse-like rodent with a hairy or bushy tail, found in africa and eurasia. some kinds are noted for spending long periods in hibernation.

Usage examples:

Foxes, rabbits, harvest mice, house mice, dormice, shrews, weasels, and voles all depend on the hed…

Plural of dormouse

Meanings of Dormition:

noun

(in the orthodox church) the passing of the virgin mary from earthly life.

Usage examples:

Eastern christians celebrate not the assumption, but the dormition of the blessed virgin mary.

Meanings of Dormitories:

noun

A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.

Usage examples:

He visited the boarders in their dormitory

Meanings of Dormitory:

noun

A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.

Usage examples:

He visited the boarders in their dormitory

Meanings of Dormobile:

noun

A brand name for a motor home

Usage examples:

The couple hired a dormobile for their four-week tour around europe.

Meanings of Dormouse:

noun

An agile mouse-like rodent with a hairy or bushy tail, found in africa and eurasia. some kinds are noted for spending long periods in hibernation.

Usage examples:

Foxes, rabbits, harvest mice, house mice, dormice, shrews, weasels, and voles all depend on the hed…

Meanings of Dorms:

noun

A dormitory.

Usage examples:

Shaking his head, he made his way out of his room and into the living room of the dorm.

Meanings of Doronicum:

noun

A plant of the genus doronicum in the daisy family, especially (in gardening) leopard's bane.

Usage examples:

The advantage for doronicums of being grown in shade is that their bright-yellow daisies don't blea…

Meanings of Dorp:

noun

A small rural town or village (often used to suggest that a place is backward or unimpressive).

Usage examples:

Dreary little dorps