- Snow Maiden, what has happened? It is the second day I see you walking waist naked…
- The matter is that my Father Frost has lost his beard…
- Well, what next?
- That is why I am walking naked , so that nobody can notice this fact…
- dreary, dismal. dolefully adv. Dolefulness n. [latin doleo grieve]
DOLPHIN
n. Large porpoise-like sea mammal with a slender pointed snout. [greek delphis -in-]
DONKEYS
years n.pl. Colloq. Very long time.
DONNISH
adj. Like a college don; pedantic.
DOORMAN
n. Person on duty at the door to a large building.
DOORMAT
n. - mat at an entrance, for wiping shoes.
- colloq. Submissive person.
DOORWAY
n. Opening filled by a door.
DOPPLER
effect n. Increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, etc. Waves caused by moving nearer to (or further from) the source. [doppler, name of a physicist]
DORMANT
adj. - lying inactive; sleeping.
- temporarily inactive.
- (of plants) alive but not growing. dormancy n. [latin dormio sleep]
DOSSIER
n. File containing information about a person, event, etc. [french]
