Amidogen :: Amidogen (n.) A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido..

Bandog :: Bandog (n.) A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up..

Bonedog :: Bonedog (n.) The spiny dogfish.

Bulldog :: Bulldog (n.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls..

Bulldog :: Bulldog (n.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill..

Bulldog :: Bulldog (a.) Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity..

Calendographer :: Calendographer (n.) One who makes calendars.

Celidography :: Celidography (n.) A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets..

Coachdog :: Coachdog () One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.

Condog :: Condog (v. i.) To concur; to agree.

Curtail Dog :: Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris)..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog..

Dog :: Dog (n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius)..

Dog :: Dog (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

Dog :: Dog (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them..

Dog :: Dog (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..

Dog :: Dog (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity..

Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.

Dog Day :: Dog day () Alt. of Dogda.

Dog Days :: Dog days () A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer..

Dog Fancier :: Dog fancier () One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs..

Dog Star :: Dog Star () Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / Canis Majoris. See Dog days..

Dog's-bane :: Dog's-bane (n.) See Dogbane.

Dog's-ear :: Dog's-ear (n.) The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog..

Dog's-tail Grass :: Dog's-tail grass (n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed..

Dog's-tongue :: Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue.

Dog-brier :: Dog-brier (n.) The dog-rose.

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