dowland
- n English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)
dowery
- n money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
dowitcher
- n shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
down's syndrome
- n a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation