dodder | (noun) a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria | - |
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dodderer | (noun) one who dodders from old age and weakness | - |
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doddle | (noun) an easy task | - |
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dodecagon | (noun) a twelve-sided polygon | - |
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dodecahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having twelve plane faces | - |
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dodge | (noun) a quick evasive movement | - |
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(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | Synonyms: contrivance, stratagem |
(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | Synonyms: dodging, scheme |
dodger | (noun) small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern) | Synonyms: corn dab, corn dodger |
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(noun) a shifty deceptive person | Synonyms: fox, slyboots |
dodging | (noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: escape, evasion |
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(noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, shunning, turning away |
(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | Synonyms: dodge, scheme |
dodo | (noun) extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons | Synonyms: Raphus cucullatus |
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(noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: fogey, fogy, fossil |