Definition of dor

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Dor (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock..

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Stirious :: Stiriated (a.) Adorned with pendants like icicles.
Geranium :: Geranium (n.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill..
Dorsel :: Dorsel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n..
Dorsale :: Dorsale (n.) Same as Dorsal, n..
Spearwood :: Spearwood (n.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears..
Attirement :: Attirement (n.) Attire; adornment.
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Colum.
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..
Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..
Visa :: Visa (v. t.) To indorse, after examination, with the word vise, as a passport; to vise..
Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Dorser :: Dorser (n.) See Dosser.
Notopodium :: Notopodium (n.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.
Shine :: Shine (v. i.) To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night..
#NAME? :: -ous () An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc..
Placard :: Placard (n.) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later..
Vise :: Vise (v. t.) To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa..
Sparteine :: Sparteine (n.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste..
Bedeck :: Bedeck (v. t.) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace..
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