Vocabulary : Doric to Dormer window

Doric : Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. ;; Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. ;; Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war. ;; The Doric dialect.
Doricism : A Doric phrase or idiom.
Dories : of Dory ;; of Dory
Doris : A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back.
Dorism : A Doric phrase or idiom.

Dorking fowl : One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.
Dormancy : The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
Dormant : Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. ;; In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. ;; A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
Dormer : Alt. of Dormer window
Dormer window : A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

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