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Docking FacilitynounMWElanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repairedverified
Dockyardnounan establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repairedverified
Doctor-Patient RelationnounMWEthe responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patientverified
Doctrinenouna belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoolverified
Doctrine of AnalogynounMWEthe religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greaterverified
documentationnounInstructions, specifications, and other descriptive information relating to the installation and use of hardware, software, systems, or files.Artifact
Dodecanoic AcidnounMWEa crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)verified
Dodgingnounnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to doverified
Dog CatchernounMWEan employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and catsverified
Dog FennelnounMWEweedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowersverified
Dog HobblenounMWEfast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowersverified
Dog in the MangernounMWEsomeone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need forverified
Dog LaurelnounMWEfast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowersverified
Dogbanenounany of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter rootverified
Dogbane FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowersverified
Dogsbodynouna worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to doverified
Dogtoothnounone of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarsverified
Dogwood FamilynounMWEa rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingiaverified
Dogwood TreenounMWEa tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowersverified
Doldrumsnouna belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacificverified