ABSP - Dogs

Dogs

affenpinscher	a kind of dark, wiry, shaggy dog with a tufted muzzle.
akita	a large powerfully built breed of Japanese dog.
alan aland alant	a large hunting-dog.
alopecoid	of or resembling a fox.
apso	a Tibetan terrier.
bandog	a mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.
barbet	a variety of small dog, having long curly hair; a tropical bird.
basenji	a small African hunting-dog.
basset	a breed of dog; (verb) to outcrop.
bawtie bawty	a type of dog.
beagle	a breed of dog; (verb) to hunt with this.
birddog	a dog used to retrieve game birds; (verb) to control closely with unceasing vigilance > BIRDDOGS, BIRDDOGGING, BIRDDOGGED.
bitser	a mongrel dog.
bloodhound	a large breed of hound having a smooth glossy coat of red, tan, or black and loose wrinkled skin on its head: formerly much used in tracking and police work.
bluetick	a type of dog.
bluey	an Australian cattle-dog.
boarhound	a dog used to hunt boar.
bobbery	a mixed pack of hunting dogs; a noisy row.
bobtail	an animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail; (verb) to cut a tail short.
boerbul boerbull	a crossbred mastiff used esp as a watchdog.
borzoi	a kind of wolf-hound.
bouvier	a kind of large dog.
bowler	(Dublin dialect) a dog.
bowwow	(coll.) a dog.
boxer	boxing; a medium-sized, smooth-haired dog of a breed, with bulldog blood.
brach	a female hunting hound > BRACHES or BRACHS.
brachet bratchet	a BRACH, a whelp.
brak	brackish, salty; (noun) a mongrel dog.
briard	a kind of rugged French dog.
buckhound	a hound for hunting deer.
buhund	a type of Norwegian dog.
bulldog	a breed of dog; (verb) to attack like a bulldog, treat roughly.
bullmastiff	a breed of dog.
bullterrier	a breed of dog.
canid	a member of the dog family.
caninity	the state of being CANINE.
chihuahua	a breed of small dog from Mexico.
clumber	a kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body.
coachdog	one of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.
cockapoo	a hybrid between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
collie	any of several silky-coated breeds of dog developed for herding sheep and cattle.
coondog coonhound	a dog trained to hunt raccoons.
corgi	a dog of a small short-legged breed of Welsh origin. [Welsh cor, dwarf + ci, dog.]
corsac	an Asian fox.
coydog	a hybrid between a coyote and a wild dog.
coyote	a predatory canine mammal, Canis latrans, related to but smaller than the wolf, roaming the deserts and prairies of North America.
cur	a mongrel dog.
currish	like a cur.
currishly	in the manner of a cur.
dachshund	a breed of dog. [G. Dachs, badger + Hund, dog].
dalmatian	a large breed of dog having a short smooth white coat with black or (in liver-spotted dalmatians) brown spots.
deerhound	a kind of hound used in hunting deer.
dhole	an Indian wild dog.
dieb	a jackal of N. Africa.
dingo	the Australian wild dog > DINGOES.
dogdom	the state of being a dog.
dogfox	a male fox.
doggess	a bitch.
doggie	a small dog.
dogginess	being like a dog.
doggish	like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish.
doggishly	dOGGISH, like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog.
doggy	a small dog. Also DOGGIE. (Adj.) like a dog > DOGGIER, DOGGIEST.
doglike	like a dog.
dogship	the character, or individuality, of a dog.
draghound	a foxhound trained to follow a drag.
elkhound	a breed of dog.
feist fice fyce	a small dog.
fennec	the desert fox.
foxhound	a hound used for hunting foxes.
foxie	a fox-terrier.
gazehound	a hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.
goorie+ goory	a mongrel, an extinct native dog, aka KURI.
grayhound	a tall slender fast-moving dog of an ancient breed originally used for coursing. Also GREYHOUND.
grew grewhound	a greyhound.
greyhound	a tall slender fast-moving dog of an ancient breed originally used for coursing.
guarddog	a dog kept for guard purposes.
gundog	a dog trained to work with a hunter or gamekeeper.
harrier	a medium-sized scenting dog for hunting hares.
heeler	a dog that herds cattle by biting at their heels.
hound	any of several breeds of dog used for hunting.
huntaway	a dog trained to drive sheep at some distance from the shepherd.
husky	a sled-dog; (adj.) of a voice > HUSKIER, HUSKIEST.
jackal	an African carnivorous mammal related to the dog; (verb) to play the jackal, do someone else's dirty work.
jowler	a heavy-jawed hound.
keeshond	a medium-size dog of the spitz type > KEESHONDS or KEESHONDEN.
kelpie kelpy	an Australian breed of sheepdog.
kennet	a small hunting-dog.
komondor	a large, shaggy-coated dog > KOMONDORS, KOMONDOROK, KOMONDOROCK.
kuri	a mongrel, an extinct native dog > KURIS.
kurre	a cur.
kuvasz	an ancient breed of sheepdog with a white coat > KUVASZOK. [Hungarian f. Turk. kavas guard].
labradoodle	a breed of dog.
labrador	a breed of dog.
laika	a breed of small reddish-brown working dog.
lapdog	a small dog fondled in the lap.
lobo	a timber wolf > LOBOS.
lupine	like a wolf; (noun) a flower, a lupin.
lurcher	a crossbred dog, esp. the offspring of a greyhound and a collie or retriever, used esp. by poachers for pursuing hares and rabbits.
lyam lym lyme	a kind of bloodhound.
malamute malemiut malemute	an Alaskan sled dog. [Inuit malimiut].
maremma	an Italian sheepdog.
mastiff	a breed of dog.
messan	a lapdog, a cur.
mut mutt	(coll.) a dog.
papillon	a breed of toy spaniel with erect ears.
peekapoo+ pekepoo	a dog which is a cross between a Pekinese and a poodle. Also PEKEPOO.
peke	a Pekinese dog.
pinscher	a breed of large dog.
pointer	a breed of dog used on shooting expeditions, that points to thebird with nose, body and tail in a straight line.
pom	a Pomeranian dog.
pooch	a dog esp. a mongrel; (verb) to bulge > POOCHES, POOCHING, POOCHES.
poodle	a breed of domestic dog of various sizes, which has a curly coat.
puli	a long-haired sheepdog > PULIK or PULIS.
pup	a young dog, esp. under a year old; (verb) to give birth to a pup.
puppy	a young dog, a pup; (verb) to pup > PUPPIED, PUPPYING.
puppydom	the state of being a puppy.
puppyhood	the time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
puppyish	like a puppy.
puppylike	like a puppy.
rach rache	a dog that hunts by scent.
ratch	a dog that hunts by scent; (verb) to wander, prowl > RATCHED, RATCHING.
ratter	a dog used to catch rats.
redbone	a kind of hunting dog.
retriever	one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve game.
ridgeback	a large hunting-dog.
rottweiler	a large powerful breed of dog. [From Rottweil, a town in SW Germany].
saluki	a greyhound-like Arab dog; a gazelle hound.
samoyed	a Siberian breed of dog of the spitz type.
schipperke	a small black Belgian canal-boat dog.
schnauzer	a German breed of wire-haired terrier > SCHNAUZERS.
scottie	a short-legged terrier.
sealyham	a breed of dog. [First bred at Sealyham in Pembrokeshire].
setter	a breed of dog; (verb) to treat with a SETON of setterwort root > SETTERED, SETTERING.
sheepdog	a dog used for controlling sheep.
sheltie shelty	a Shetland sheepdog; also a Shetland pony.
shitzu	a small long-haired dog bred from the Pekingese and Lhasa Apso.
shough showghe	a shaggy dog.
sloughi	a breed of dog, orig from NW Africa.
sleuthhound	a bloodhound; (coll.) a detective.
sowter	the name of a dog.
spaniel	a breed of dog; (verb) to follow devotedly.
spinone	as in Italian spinone, a wiry-coated gun dog.
spitz	a Pomeranian dog.
springer	a kind of spaniel.
staghound	a dog used for hunting stags.
talbot	a broad-mouthed, large-eared hound, now extinct.
tanuki	a raccoon dog > TANUKIS.
teckel	a dachshund.
terrier	a small dog of various breeds, originally one that would follow burrowing animals underground.
tike	a cur.
tosa	a breed of heavily built, smooth-haired dog.
tyke	a dog, a cur; a rough-mannered person; a Roman Catholic.
tykish	like a tyke.
vallhund	a Swedish breed of dog.
vixen	a female fox.
vixenish	of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
vixenishly	in the manner of a vixen.
vixenly	like a vixen; vixenish.
vizsla	a Hungarian breed of hunting dog.
volpino	a small Italian dog with long straight hair > VOLPINOS.
vulpecular	resembling or characteristic of a fox.
vulpine	fox-like; cunning. [L. vulpes, fox].
wammul	a dog.
warragal warragle warragul warrigal	the Australian wild dog, the dingo.
watchdog	to act as a watchdog for.
weimaraner	a breed of grey short-haired gun dogs.
whelp	a young offspring of certain animals, esp. of a wolf or dog; (verb) to give birth to a whelp.
whippet	a greyhound-like dog.
wirehair	a breed of terrier.
wolf	a predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus, which hunts in packs and was formerly widespread in North America and Eurasia but is now less common.
wolfhound	any of several breeds of a large domestic dog.
wolfish	like a wolf.
wolfishly	in the manner of a wolf.
wolfkin	a little or young wolf.
wolflike	like a wolf.
wolfling	a young wolf.
wolvish	wolfish.
wolvishly	in the manner of a wolf.
yapper	a yappy dog.
yapster	a yappy dog.
yorkie	a Yorkshire terrier.
zerda	a desert fox, aka FENNEC. [Arabic zardawa].
zorro	a kind of South American fox > ZORROS.

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