dornock
Alternative form of dornick.

dornocks
plural of dornock

dosemeter
Alternative form of dosimeter.

dosemeters
plural of dosemeter

dosimeter
A device used to measure a dose of ionizing radiation.

dosimeters
plural of dosimeter

dossil
A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

dossils
plural of dossil

dotee
Alternative form of dhoti.

dotees
plural of dotee

dotfile
A file or directory whose name begins with a dot (period or full stop), typically hidden from view and sometimes used to store configuration settings.

dotfiles
plural of dotfile

doti
Alternative form of dhoti.

dotis
plural of doti

dotter
An instrument for drawing dots.

dotters
plural of dotter

dottie
Obsolete form of dhoti.

doubletree
a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.

doubletrees
plural of doubletree

douchebag
A sterile container which holds the fluid used for giving a vaginal douche.
A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious.
Any social misfit: a doofus, dork, nerd, or loser.

douchebags
plural of douchebag

douncer
A homogenizer, consisting of a glass tube with a tight-fitting pestle, used to homogenize biological samples

douncers
plural of douncer

douters
plural of douter

downcoiler
A machine that winds hot-rolled steel strips onto a high-temperature mandrel.

downconverter
Any electronic device that accomplishes downconversion

downconverters
plural of downconverter

downer
A negative drug trip.
A drug that has depressant qualities.
Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
A livestock animal that has collapsed.
A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.

downers
plural of downer

downhaul
Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.

downhauls
plural of downhaul

downregulator
A regulator that involves downregulation.

downregulators
plural of downregulator

downrigger
A large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.

downriggers
plural of downrigger

dozzle
the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head

dozzles
plural of dozzle

draftspersons
plural of draftsperson

dragline
A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.
Ellipsis of dragline excavator.
A strong supporting line of silk produced by a spider.

draglines
plural of dragline

dragrope
A rope used to drag something.
Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”).

dragropes
plural of dragrope

dragstrip
A paved straight racetrack used for automotive drag racing.
Any place for high-speed competitive activity.

dragstrips
plural of dragstrip

draincock
A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler, etc.

draincocks
plural of draincock

drainpipe
A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.
A type of form-fitting trousers with highly tapered legs.

drainpipes
plural of drainpipe
Synonym of drainpipe trousers.

draughtspersons
plural of draughtsperson

drawbench
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.

drawbenches
plural of drawbench

drawingroom
Alternative form of drawing room.

drawingrooms
plural of drawingroom

drawknife
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

drawknives
plural of drawknife

drawknob
A knob used to control the stop of an organ.

drawknobs
plural of drawknob

draydel
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

draydels
plural of draydel

draydl
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

draydls
plural of draydl

draypersons
plural of drayperson

dreidel
A four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ (nun), ג (gimel), ה (hey), and ש (shin) (or פ (pey)) on each side, often used to play a traditional game during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
A gambling game played using this top.

dreidels
plural of dreidel

dreidl
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

dreidle
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

dreidles
plural of dreidle

dreidls
plural of dreidl

drencher
One who, or that which, drenches.
A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.

drenchers
plural of drencher

dresser
An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.

dressers
plural of dresser

dreydel
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

dreydels
plural of dreydel

dreydl
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

dreydle
Alternative spelling of dreidel.

dreydles
plural of dreydle

dreydls
plural of dreydl

drieselase
Misspelling of driselase.

driftpin
A smooth drift (slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal).

driftpins
plural of driftpin

drillship
Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment

drillships
plural of drillship

drinkometer
An instrument used in scientific experiments to measure the amount that an animal drinks.

drinkometers
plural of drinkometer

dripperline
Synonym of drip line (“pipe used to irrigate crops”).

dripperlines
plural of dripperline

driptorch
A portable tool consisting of a fuel canister, spout, and wick, used to light fires by dripping flaming fuel onto the ground.

driptorches
plural of driptorch

driselase
A commercial mixture of cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase etc used to remove plant cell walls

drivebolt
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

drivebolts
plural of drivebolt

driveshaft
A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.

driveshafts
plural of driveshaft

drizzler
A kitchen utensil with a handle and a head appropriate for drizzling a viscous liquid, such as honey.
Any pouring device intended to allow liquids to be drizzled.

drizzlers
plural of drizzler

drock
A drainage ditch, sometimes covered; a small watercourse, especially one used for drainage or sewerage.

drocks
plural of drock

dromograph
A flowmeter used to record the circulation of the blood

dromographs
plural of dromograph

dromometer
An instrument affixed to the side of a ship, measuring the distance travelled.

dromometers
plural of dromometer