| doob | (noun) trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India | Synonyms: Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, kweek, scutch grass, star grass |
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| doodad | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| doodia | (noun) any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae | Synonyms: rasp fern |
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| doodle | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: scrabble, scribble |
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| doodlebug | (noun) the larva of any of several insects | Synonyms: ant lion, antlion |
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| (noun) a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb | Synonyms: buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb, V-1 |
| (noun) a small motor vehicle | - |
| doofus | (noun) a stupid incompetent person | Synonyms: dimwit, half-wit, nitwit |
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| doohickey | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| doom | (noun) an unpleasant or disastrous destiny | Synonyms: day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world |
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| doomed | (noun) people who are destined to die soon | Synonyms: lost |
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| doomsday | (noun) an unpleasant or disastrous destiny | Synonyms: day of reckoning, doom, end of the world |
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| (noun) (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | Synonyms: crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, day of reckoning, Doomsday, end of the world, eschaton, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment |
| door | (noun) a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle | - |
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| (noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: doorway, room access, threshold |
| (noun) a room that is entered via a door | - |
| (noun) a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road) | - |
| (noun) anything providing a means of access (or escape) | - |
| doorbell | (noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | Synonyms: bell, buzzer |
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| doorcase | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorframe |
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| doorframe | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorcase |
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| doorhandle | (noun) a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | Synonyms: doorknob |
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| doorjamb | (noun) a jamb for a door | Synonyms: doorpost |
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| doorkeeper | (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter |
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| (noun) an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber | Synonyms: usher |
| (noun) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: ostiarius, ostiary |
| doorknob | (noun) a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | Synonyms: doorhandle |
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| doorknocker | (noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | Synonyms: knocker, rapper |
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| doorlock | (noun) a lock on an exterior door | - |
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| doorman | (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter |
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| doormat | (noun) a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering | Synonyms: welcome mat |
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| (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: weakling, wuss |
| doornail | (noun) a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | - |
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| doorplate | (noun) a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there | - |
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| doorpost | (noun) a jamb for a door | Synonyms: doorjamb |
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| doorsill | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorstep, threshold |
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| doorstep | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, threshold |
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| doorstop | (noun) a stop that keeps open doors from moving | Synonyms: doorstopper |
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| doorstopper | (noun) a stop that keeps open doors from moving | Synonyms: doorstop |
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| doorway | (noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, room access, threshold |
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| dooryard | (noun) a yard outside the front or rear door of a house | - |
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