Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| 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. |
| chiweenie | a cross between a chihuahua and dachshund. |
| 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. |
| crackie | a small dog of mixed breed. |
| 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 or DINGOS. |
| 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]. |
| maltipoo | a dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a poodle. |
| maremma | an Italian sheepdog. |
| mastiff | a breed of dog. |
| messan | a lapdog, a cur. |
| mut mutt | (coll.) a dog. |
| otterhound | a breed of dog used for hunting otters. |
| 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. |
| schnoodle | a dog that is a cross between a schnauzer and a poodle. |
| scottie | a short-legged terrier. |
| sealyham | a breed of dog. [First bred at Sealyham in Pembrokeshire]. |
| segugio | an Italian breed of dog. |
| 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. |