Words starting with dou

Words and definitions

Douane means: A customhouse.

Douanier means: An officer of the French customs.

Douar means: A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

Douay Bible means: A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published.

Doub grass means: Doob grass.

Double means: Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

Double means: Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled.

Double means: Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.

Double means: Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double.

Double means: Twice; doubly.

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.