musical chairs | a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance, the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors, shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment |
doctor | children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office, the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor |
musical chairs going to Jerusalem | a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players, when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated, then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
fish doctor Gymnelis viridis | brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout |
doctorfish doctor-fish Acanthurus chirurgus | surgeon fish of the West Indies |
medical bill doctor's bill | statement of charges for medical services |
doctor's degree doctorate | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university |
Doctor of Dental Medicine DMD | a doctor's degree in dental medicine |
Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS | a doctor's degree in dental surgery |
Doctor of Divinity DD | a doctor's degree in religion |
Doctor of Education EdD DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
Doctor of Medicine MD | a doctor's degree in medicine |
Doctor of Music DMus MusD | a doctor's degree in music |
Doctor of Musical Arts AMusD | a doctor's degree in musical arts |
Doctor of Optometry OD | a doctor's degree in optometry |
Doctor of Osteopathy DO | doctor's degree in osteopathy |
Doctor of Arts D.A. | a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus |
Doctor of Philosophy | a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge |
Doctor of Public Health DPH | a doctor's degree in preventive medicine |
Doctor of Theology ThD | a doctor's degree in theology |
Doctor of Sacred Theology STD | a doctor's degree in theology, STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor |
Doctor of Arts ArtsD | an honorary arts degree |
Doctor of Fine Arts | an honorary degree in fine arts |
Doctor of Humane Letters | an honorary degree in letters |
Doctor of Humanities | an honorary degree in the humanities |
Doctor of Laws LLD | an honorary law degree |
Doctor of Science DS ScD | an honorary degree in science |
baby doctor pediatrician pediatrist paediatrician | a specialist in the care of babies |
chiropodist foot doctor podiatrist | a specialist in care for the feet |
country doctor | a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital, do country doctors still make house calls? |
dentist tooth doctor dental practitioner | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
dermatologist skin doctor | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin |
doctor doc physician MD Dr. medico | a licensed medical practitioner, I felt so bad I went to see my doctor |
doctor Dr. | a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution, she is a doctor of philosophy in physics |
Doctor of the Church Doctor | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching, the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages |
ear doctor ear specialist otologist | a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases |
ENT man ear-nose-and-throat doctor otolaryngologist otorhinolaryngologist rhinolaryngologist | a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat |
family doctor | a general practitioner who treats all the family members |
gynecologist gynaecologist woman's doctor | a specialist in gynecology |
herbalist herb doctor | a therapist who heals by the use of herbs |
horse doctor | a veterinarian who treats horses |
neurologist brain doctor | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it |
ophthalmologist eye doctor oculist | a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye |
shaman priest-doctor | in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds, practices sorcery for healing or divination |
spin doctor spinmeister | a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person, his title is Director of Communications but he is just a spin doctor |
witch doctor | someone who is believed to heal through magical powers |
doctor-patient relation | the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient |
doctor | give medical treatment to |
repair mend fix bushel doctor furbish up restore touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken, She repaired her TV set, Repair my shoes please |