| dog | (noun) a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds | Synonyms: Canis familiaris, domestic dog |
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| (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, detent, pawl |
| (noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace | Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, firedog |
| (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
| (noun) informal term for a man | - |
| (noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman | Synonyms: frump |
| (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, heel, hound |
| dogbane | (noun) any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root | - |
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| dogcart | (noun) a cart drawn by a dog | - |
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| doge | (noun) formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa | - |
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| dogfight | (noun) a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling) | - |
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| (noun) an aerial engagement between fighter planes | - |
| (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle |
| (noun) a fiercely disputed contest | - |
| dogfighter | (noun) a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights | - |
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| dogfish | (noun) any of several small sharks | - |
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| (noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | Synonyms: Amia calva, bowfin, grindle |
| doggedness | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| doggerel | (noun) a comic verse of irregular measure | Synonyms: doggerel verse, jingle |
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| doggie | (noun) informal terms for dogs | Synonyms: barker, bow-wow, doggy, pooch |
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| doggy | (noun) informal terms for dogs | Synonyms: barker, bow-wow, doggie, pooch |
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| doghouse | (noun) outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | Synonyms: dog house, kennel |
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| (noun) an idiomatic term for being in disfavor | - |
| dogie | (noun) motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | Synonyms: dogy, leppy |
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| dogleg | (noun) a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway | - |
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| (noun) angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog | - |
| dogma | (noun) a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative | - |
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| (noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | Synonyms: tenet |
| dogmatism | (noun) tendency to assert principles as undeniably true | - |
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| dogmatist | (noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions | Synonyms: doctrinaire |
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| dogsbody | (noun) a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do | - |
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| dogshit | (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, crap, horseshit, Irish bull, shit |
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| dogsled | (noun) a sled pulled by dogs | Synonyms: dog sled, dog sleigh |
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| dogtooth | (noun) a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England | - |
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| (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth |
| (noun) perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated | Synonyms: dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth violet |
| dogtrot | (noun) a steady trot like that of a dog | - |
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| dogwatch | (noun) either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm | - |
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| dogwood | (noun) a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers | Synonyms: cornel, dogwood tree |
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| (noun) hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood | - |
| dogy | (noun) motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | Synonyms: dogie, leppy |
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