| dot accent accent mark ace appanage atom band bar bespangle bespeckle bespot besprinkle birthmark bit blaze blaze a trail blemish blotch brand bread cancel caste mark chalk chalk up character check check off checker checkmark cicatrix cicatrize crumb custos cut dab dapple dappledness dappleness dash define delimit demarcate direct discolor discoloration dole dottedness dower dowry dram dredge dribble driblet drop droplet dust dwarf earmark endowment engrave engraving expression mark farthing fermata flake fleck flick flour flyspeck foundation fragment freckle freckliness gash gnat gobbet grain granule graving groat hack hair handful harlequin hatch hold impress imprint investment iota iris jointure jot key signature lead legal jointure lentigo ligature line little little bit macula maculate maculation macule make a mark marble marbleize mark mark off mark out marking marriage portion measure metronomic mark microbe microorganism midge minim minimum minutia minutiae mite modicum mole molecule mote motley mottle mottledness nevus nick notation notch nutshell ounce particle patch pause pebble pencil pepper pimple pinch pinhead pinpoint pittance point pointillage pointillism polka dot polychrome polychromize portion powder presa prick print punch punctuate puncture rainbow riddle scar scarification scarify score scotch scrap scratch scratching scruple seal seam segno settlement sign signature slur smidgen smitch snip snippet spangle spatter speck speckle speckliness splash splatter splotch spoonful spot spottedness spottiness sprinkle stain stamp stigma stigmatize stipple stippledness stippling strawberry mark streak striate stripe stud swell symbol tattoo tattoo mark tempo mark tessellate thimbleful thirds tick tick off tie time signature tiny bit titt |
| dotage advanced age advanced years age age of retirement an incurable disease anility blind faith caducity childishness credulity credulousness debility decline decline of life declining years decrepitude disposition to believe dotardism ease of belief eld elderliness feebleness fondness green old age gross credulity hale old age hoary age infatuation infirm old age infirmity infirmity of age longevity old age oldness overcredulity overcredulousness overopenness to conviction overtrustfulness pensionable age rash conviction ricketiness ripe old age second childhood senectitude senile debility senile dementia senile psychosis senile weakness senilism senility senior citizenship superannuation the downward slope the golden years trustfulness uncritical acceptance uncriticalness unquestioning belief unripe acceptation unskepticalness unsuspectingness unsuspiciousness vale of years white hairs will to believe willingness to believe wishful belief wishful thinking |
| dotard Father Time Methuselah Nestor Old Paar centenarian elder fogy fuddy-duddy gaffer geezer golden-ager gramps grandfather grandsire graybeard nonagenarian octogenarian old chap old codger old dog old duffer old fart old fogy old geezer old gent old gentleman old man old party old-timer older oldster pantaloon patriarch presbyter senile senior citizen septuagenarian sexagenarian the quiet-voiced elders venerable sir veteran |