Dryad, n. Wood-nymph.
Dry-goods. Textile fabrics (as distinguished from groceries).
Dry-rot, n. Sap-rot, powder-post.
Dualism, n.
- 1. Parseeism, Zoroastrianism, Mazdeism, Manicheism, doctrine of two supreme principles (good and
evil).
- 2. (Met.) Natural realism, doctrine of two primal realities (mind and matter).
Dub, v. a. Name, style, term, denominate, designate, call, entitle, christen.
Dubiety, n. (Rare.) Doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty.
Dubious, a.
- 1. Doubtful, undecided, hesitant, uncertain, wavering, fluctuating, unsettled.
- 2. Uncertain, doubtful, equivocal, ambiguous, not plain, not clear.
Duck, v. a. Immerse, plunge, souse, dip.
Duck, v. n.
- 1. Dive, plunge, dip, immerse one’s self.
- 2. Bow, cringe, dodge (downward).
Duck-bill, n. Ornithorhynchus, platypus, mullangong, tambreet, water-mole, duck-mole.
Duck-hawk, n. Harpy, marsh-harrier, moor-buzzard (Circus œruginosus).
Ducking-stool, n. Trebuchet, tumbrel, castigatory, cucking-stool.
Duct, n. Conduit, channel, canal, pipe, tube.
Ductile, a.
- 1. Tractable, compliant, docile, yielding, facile.
- 2. Pliant, flexible, easily bent.
- 3. Extensible, capable of being drawn out.