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2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated Word List: Words Appearing Infrequently
docudrama
n
/ SdBkyUTdrBmE /
L + Gk
a drama for television, motion
pictures, or theater dealing freely
with historical events and
especially those of a recent and
controversial nature.
The docudrama deals with the trial
of a scientist accused of espionage.
documentation
dodecahedron
dodge
doe
does
n pl
/ dPz /
E
[has homonym: doze] the females
especially when adult of any of the
various mammals of which the
male is called “buck” (as most
deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and
rat).
Bobby got three rabbits at Easter:
two does and a buck.
dogdom
dogleg
n
/ SdOgleg /
E + ON > E
a golf hole having an angled
fairway that offers the player a
choice of following the fairway or
risking a shot across the rough.
When he came to the dogleg, Doug
teed up to shoot across the rough.
dogma
n
/ SdOgmE /
Gk
a doctrine or body of doctrines of
theology and religion formally
stated and authoritatively
proclaimed by a church.
The dogma of papal infallibility
marks one of the greatest
differences between the Catholic
and Protestant churches.
dogmatician
dogvane
dogwatch
dolabrate
dolentissimo
dolichoid
dolichopodous
dollar
dolomitic
dome
domiciled
domiciliary
dominance
dominant
domineer
dompt
dompty
doneness
n
/ SdEnnDs /
E
[has homonym: dunness] the
condition of being cooked to the
desired degree.
Patrick checked the roast beef for
doneness before serving it to his
guests.
donnishness
donor
doodling
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Doppler
adj
/ SdBplE(r) /
Austrian name
of, relating to, or utilizing a shift in
frequency caused by motion
between the source of
electromagnetic waves and the
observer.
In Doppler navigation the change
of frequency of reflected radar
waves is used to give information
on velocity and position.
dormant
dormette
dormition
dose
dotage
dotal
dove
dowlas
n
/ SdaUlEs /
F geog name > E
a coarse linen cloth used widely in
the 16th and 17th centuries and
manufactured originally in Brittany
but later especially in northern
England and Scotland.
The long coat, typical of the period,
was lined with dowlas.
down
n
/ SdaUn /
E
[Note: The definition provided is
not the one most commonly
associated with this word.] an
undulating generally treeless
upland with sparse soil.
The shape of the horse carved in
chalk on the down could be seen
for miles.