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Dominikanin
A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
Dominikanka
A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
dominium
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.
domino
A loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask, worn especially at masquerades
dominować
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
dominujący
Ruling; governing; prevailing
domknięcie
(topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
domknięty
(topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
domniemanie
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
domniemany
Asserted but not proved.
domniemywać
(chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
domofon
An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.
domokrążca
An itinerant seller of small goods.
domorosły
(of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous. [from 1640s]
domostwo
(countable) A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
domowe zacisze
Affection for the home and its material comforts.
domowej roboty
Made at home.
domowy
(Slavic mythology) A type of house sprite from Slavic mythology.
domyślać się
(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
domyślić się
(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
domyślny
Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
domysł
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
Don
A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.
Don Juan
A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.
donacja
A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
Donald
A en given name.
donator
One who makes a donation.
donatorka
One who makes a donation.
donieść
To act as an informer; denounce.
donikąd
To no place.
doniosłość
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
doniosły
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
Donna
A en given name.
donos
The act of denouncing; an accusation made in public
donosić
To act as an informer; denounce.
donosiciel
(informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
donośny
(of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
donut
A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
donżon
(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
donżuan
A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.
doodbytniczy
Of, via or related to the rectum.
dookoła
On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]
dopamina
(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
dopasowywać
(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
dopełniacz
(biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
dopełnić
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
dopełnienie
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.]
dopiero
Moments ago, only very recently.
dopiero co
Moments ago, only very recently.
doping
(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
dopingować
(transitive) To cheer and support (a team or individual); to barrack; to root for.
dopisek
A comment added to a text.
dopłata
An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.
dopływ
(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
dopochwowy
(relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.
dopóki
(idiomatic) For the entire duration that; while; since.
dopóki nie
Until, until the time that.
dopracowany
(comparable) Processed or perfected.
doprawdy
(informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.
doprowadzać
(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
doprowadzający do szału
Leading to insanity.
dopuścić
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
dopuszczać
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
dopuszczalność
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
dopuszczalny
Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
Dor
A member of the Dorians.
dorabiać sobie
To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.
doradczy
Able to give advice.
doraźnie
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
doraźny
For a particular purpose.
dormitorium
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
dorobić sobie
To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.
dorobkiewicz
(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
dorobkiewiczowski
Newly rich; like a nouveau riche.
doroczny
Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.
dorosła
Fully grown.
dorosłość
The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.
dorosły
Fully grown.
Dorota
A en given name.
dorównać
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
dorównywać
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
dorozumiany
Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.
dorsalny
(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
Dorset
A maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
dorwać
(transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
dorywczy
Happening by chance.
dorzeczny
Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
dosa
A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
dosadny
Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
dość
Sufficiently.
Dosia
A en given name.
dosiąść
(transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
dosięgać
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
dosięgnąć
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
doskonale
Given ideal circumstances; preferably. [from 19th c.]
doskonalić
(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
doskonałość
A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
doskonały
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
dosłownie
With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
dosłowny
Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
dossier
A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
dostać
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
dostarczać
To bring or transport something to its destination.
dostarczyć
To bring or transport something to its destination.
dostarczyciel
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
dostarczycielka
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
dostatek
An abundance of wealth.
dostawa
The act of conveying something.
dostawać
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
dostawca
Someone employed to make deliveries.
dostawczak
(British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
dostawczyni
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
dostęp
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
dostępność
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
dostępny
Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]
dostępny bez recepty
(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.
dostojeństwo
High office, rank, or station.
dostojnik
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
dostojność
High office, rank, or station.
dostojny
Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.
dostosować
(transitive) To modify.
dostosować się
(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
dostosowywać
(transitive) To modify.
dostrzec
(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
dostrzegać
(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
dostrzegalny
Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.
doświadczać
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
doświadczalny
Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
doświadczenie
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
doświadczony
Having experience and skill in a subject.
doświadczyć
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
dosyć
Sufficiently.
dosypać
(American football, _, slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
dosypywać
(American football, _, slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
doszczętnie
In a thorough or complete manner.
doszczętny
Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
dotąd
(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
dotamtąd
(chiefly, literary, or, law, archaic) To that place.
dotknąć
(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
dotknięcie
(music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
dotknięty
Influenced or changed by something.
dotknięty depresji
Suffering from clinical depression.
dotrwać
(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
dotrzeć
(idiomatic, of an idea) To occur to somebody; to be realized by.
dotychczas
(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
dotyczący
Suitable for application, relevant.
dotyczyć
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
dotyk
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
dotykać
(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
dotykalny
Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

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