Glossary · Adjectives · D
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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Doctrinaireadjectivestubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitabilitycandidate
Documentaryadjectiveemphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretationcandidate
Dog-Earedadjectiveworn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned downcandidate
Dogmaticadjectiveof or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritativecandidate
Dominantadjective(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilarcandidate
Dominatingadjectiveoffensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted powercandidate
Dominicanadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its peoplecandidate
Donnishadjectivemarked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspectscandidate
Door-To-Dooradjectiveof e.g. journeys or deliveries, direct from point of origin to point of destinationcandidate
Dorianadjectiveof or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culturecandidate
Dormieadjectivein match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be playedcandidate
Dormyadjectivein match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be playedcandidate
Dorsaladjectivebelonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or partcandidate
Dot-Comadjectiveof or relating to an internet company, usually from a period in the late 1990scandidate
Doubleadjectiveused of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangementscandidate
Double-Breastedadjective(of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttonscandidate
Double-Dealingadjectivemarked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of anothercandidate
Double-Facedadjectivemarked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of anothercandidate
Double-Gearedadjectiveequipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantagecandidate
Double-Tonguedadjectivemarked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of anothercandidate
Doughyadjectivehaving the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cookingcandidate