| boondoggle | (noun) work of little or no value done merely to look busy | - |
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| (verb) do useless, wasteful, or trivial work | - |
| bulldog | (noun) a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting | Synonyms: English bulldog |
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| (verb) attack viciously and ferociously | - |
| (verb) throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo | - |
| cladogram | (noun) a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships | - |
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| comedogen | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogenic, comedogenic substance |
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| comedogenic | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogen, comedogenic substance |
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| coondog | (noun) any dog trained to hunt raccoons | - |
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| coydog | (noun) offspring of a coyote and a dog | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane | - |
| (verb) arrange for an illegal dogfight | - |
| 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 |
| dogged | (adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding |
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| doggedly | (adverb) with obstinate determination | Synonyms: tenaciously |
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| 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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| dogging | (adjective) relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: persisting |
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| doggo | (adverb) quietly in concealment | Synonyms: in hiding, out of sight |
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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 | - |
| doglike | (adjective) resembling a dog; especially in devotion | - |
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| 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 |
| dogmatic | (adjective) relating to or involving dogma | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative | - |
| (adjective) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | Synonyms: dogmatical |
| dogmatical | (adjective) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | Synonyms: dogmatic |
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| dogmatically | (adverb) in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner | - |
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| dogmatise | (verb) state as a dogma | Synonyms: dogmatize |
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| (verb) speak dogmatically | Synonyms: dogmatize |
| 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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| dogmatize | (verb) state as a dogma | Synonyms: dogmatise |
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| (verb) speak dogmatically | Synonyms: dogmatise |
| 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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| (verb) travel with a dogsled | Synonyms: mush |
| 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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| endogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamous |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamous |
| endogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamic |
| endogamy | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: inmarriage, intermarriage |
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| endogen | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon |
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| endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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| endogenic | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenous |
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| (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenetic |
| endogenous | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenic |
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| (adjective) of or resembling an endogen | - |
| endogenously | (adverb) in an endogenous manner | - |
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| endogeny | (noun) a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth | - |
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| firedog | (noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace | Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, dog |
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| hangdog | (adjective) frightened into submission or compliance | - |
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| (adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, shamed, shamefaced |
| hotdog | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| (noun) a frankfurter served hot on a bun | Synonyms: hot dog, red hot |
| (noun) someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself | Synonyms: hot dog |
| housedog | (noun) a dog trained to guard a house | - |
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| lapdog | (noun) a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap | - |
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| sheepdog | (noun) any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep | Synonyms: sheep dog, shepherd dog |
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| sundog | (noun) a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals | Synonyms: mock sun, parhelion |
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| underdog | (noun) one at a disadvantage and expected to lose | - |
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| undogmatic | (adjective) unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) | Synonyms: free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatical |
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| undogmatical | (adjective) unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) | Synonyms: free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic |
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| watchdog | (noun) a dog trained to guard property | Synonyms: guard dog |
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| (noun) a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste | - |
| waterdog | (noun) any of several large aquatic salamanders | - |
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