Dowerless

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Dow´er`less

Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.

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dowerless - lacking a dowry

archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression

unendowed - not equipped or provided; "unendowed with genius"- J.L.Lowes

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dower			Dolokhov was a suitable and in some respects a brilliant match for the dowerless, orphan girl. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context About forty years of age, a man of the purest morals, entirely given up to his art, he had married from inclination the dowerless daughter of a general. Vendetta by de Balzac, Honore View in context But if you were free to-day, to-morrow, yesterday, can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl -- you who, in your very confidence with her, weigh everything by Gain: or, choosing her, if for a moment you were false enough to your one guiding principle to do so, do I not know that your repentance and regret would surely follow. A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles View in context			Dow Jones average Dow Jones Averages Dow theory Dow-Jones average Dow-Jones Index Dow-Jones Industrial Average dowable dowager dowager's hump Dowagerism Dowcet dowdily dowdiness Dowding dowdy Dowdyish dowdyism dowel Dowel joint dowel pin doweling Dowell dower dower house Dowered Dowerless Dowery dowitcher Dowl Dowland Dowlas Dowle dowly down down and dirty Down at the mouth Down draught Down East Down Easter down feather Down grade Down helm down in the mouth down lock Down on down pat down payment down quark Down syndrome Down the country down the hatch			doweling doweling Dowell Dowell, Illinois dowelled dowelled dowelled dowelling dowelling dowelling dowels dowels dowels dower dower dower dower Dower house Dower house dower houses dower houses Dower unde nihil habet dowered dowered dowered dowered dowering dowering dowering dowering Dowerless dowers dowers dowers dowers dowery dowery dowery Dowfoo Dowfoo Dowfoo DOWG Dowie, John Alexander dowitcher dowitcher dowitchers dowitchers Dowl Dowland Dowland Dowland, John Dowlas Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan Dowle Dowley Turner Real Estate Dowling Catholic High School dowly down down down

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