All English words - page 1580

Meanings of Dothienenteritis:

noun

Typhoid fever (in which inflammation and ulceration of the lymphoid follicles of the small intestine commonly occurs).

Meanings of Doting:

adjective

Extremely and uncritically fond of someone; adoring.

Usage examples:

She was spoiled outrageously by her doting father

verb

Be extremely and uncritically fond of.

Usage examples:

She doted on her two young children

Meanings of Doting-on:

phrasal verb

To love someone very much, sometimes too much

Usage examples:

They dote on their grandchild.

Meanings of Dotingly:

adverb

In a way that shows a lot of love for someone, often when you think this is silly or annoying

Usage examples:

He watched dotingly as the child climbed all over the furniture., he seemed to be dotingly infatuat…

Meanings of Dotish:

adjective

Stupid or silly.

Usage examples:

Dotish foreign tv programmes

Meanings of Dotishness:

noun

Foolishness, stupidity, silliness.

Meanings of Dotless:

adjective

Without a dot or dots; especially (of a letter of an alphabet) not having a point above it.

Meanings of Dots:

noun

A small round mark or spot.

Usage examples:

A symbol depicted in coloured dots

verb

Mark with a small spot or spots.

Usage examples:

Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

abbreviation

Directly observed therapy, a method of supervising patients to ensure that they take medication as directed.

Meanings of Dotted:

adjective

Marked with or in the form of dots.

Usage examples:

A dotted background

verb

Mark with a small spot or spots.

Usage examples:

Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

Past simple and past participle of dot

Meanings of Dotterel:

noun

A small plover with a brown streaked back and a chestnut or buff belly with black below, breeding in mountainous areas and in the tundra.

Usage examples:

The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the cross…

Meanings of Dotterels:

noun

A small plover with a brown streaked back and a chestnut or buff belly with black below, breeding in mountainous areas and in the tundra.

Usage examples:

The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the cross…

Meanings of Dottier:

adjective

Eccentric or slightly mad.

Usage examples:

A dotty old lady

Meanings of Dottiest:

adjective

Eccentric or slightly mad.

Usage examples:

A dotty old lady

Meanings of Dottily:

adverb

In a way that is slightly strange or silly

Usage examples:

They may be dottily eccentric, but they are kind and generous., she used to lean out of an upstairs…

Meanings of Dottiness:

noun

Slightly strange behaviour

Usage examples:

I had warmed to her rather endearing dottiness., he noticed dottiness in people otherwise assumed t…

Meanings of Dotting:

verb

Mark with a small spot or spots.

Usage examples:

Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

noun

A small round mark or spot.

Usage examples:

A symbol depicted in coloured dots

abbreviation

Directly observed therapy, a method of supervising patients to ensure that they take medication as directed.

Present participle of dot

Meanings of Dottle:

noun

A remnant of tobacco left in a pipe after smoking.

Usage examples:

If you are experiencing "tongue bite" or "dottle" at the bottom of your pipe bowl, chances are you …

Meanings of Dottled:

adjective

Having the mental faculties impaired, especially in old age.

Meanings of Dottles:

noun

A remnant of tobacco left in a pipe after smoking.

Usage examples:

If you are experiencing "tongue bite" or "dottle" at the bottom of your pipe bowl, chances are you …

Meanings of Dotty:

adjective

Eccentric or slightly mad.

Usage examples:

A dotty old lady

Meanings of Doty:

adjective

Of wood: having a spotted or speckled surface as a result of (fungal) disease. hence (chiefly of wood): decaying, rotten; soft or spongy in texture.

Meanings of Douane:

noun

A custom house in france or other mediterranean countries.

Meanings of Douanes:

noun

A custom house in france or other mediterranean countries.

Meanings of Double:

adjective

Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.

Usage examples:

Double doors

predeterminer

Twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

The jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for

adverb

At or to twice the amount or extent.

Usage examples:

You have to be careful, and this counts double for older people

noun

A thing which is twice as large as usual or is made up of two standard units or things.

Usage examples:

Join the two sleeping bags together to make a double

pronoun

A number or amount which is twice as large as a contrasting or usual number or amount.

Usage examples:

He paid double and had a room all to himself

verb

Become twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

Profits doubled in one year

Meanings of Double bed:

collocation

A bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers

noun

A bed big enough for two people to sleep in, but smaller than queen-sized