| desalinisation | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinization |
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| desalinization | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinisation |
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| destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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| destalinization | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation |
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| detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
| detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
| devitalisation | (noun) the act of reducing the vitality of something | Synonyms: devitalization |
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| devitalization | (noun) the act of reducing the vitality of something | Synonyms: devitalisation |
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| dextrality | (noun) preference for using the right hand | Synonyms: right-handedness |
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| diagonalisation | (noun) changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | Synonyms: diagonalization |
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| diagonalization | (noun) changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | Synonyms: diagonalisation |
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| digitalin | (noun) a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove | Synonyms: digitalis, digitalis glycoside |
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| digitalis | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Digitalis | Synonyms: foxglove |
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| (noun) a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove | Synonyms: digitalin, digitalis glycoside |
| digitalisation | (noun) the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders | Synonyms: digitalization |
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| digitalization | (noun) the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders | Synonyms: digitalisation |
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| dimensionality | (noun) the spatial property of having dimensions | - |
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| directionality | (noun) the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another | Synonyms: directivity |
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| (noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction | - |
| disqualification | (noun) the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | - |
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| (noun) unfitness that bars you from participation | - |
| dolichocephalic | (noun) an adult with a long narrow head | - |
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| dolichocephalism | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephaly |
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| dualism | (noun) the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil | - |
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| dualist | (noun) an adherent of dualism | - |
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| duality | (noun) (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory | Synonyms: wave-particle duality |
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| (noun) (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry | - |
| (noun) being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses | Synonyms: dichotomy |
| dysfunctionality | (noun) The condition of functioning incorrectly or abnormally. | - |
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| echolalia | (noun) (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) | - |
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| (noun) an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others | - |
| ecumenicalism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicism, ecumenism |
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| editorialist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: columnist |
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| educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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| effectuality | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness |
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| egalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: equalitarian |
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| egalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: equalitarianism |
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| egalite | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egality |
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| egality | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egalite |
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| emotionalism | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionality |
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| emotionality | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionalism |
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| encephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | Synonyms: cephalitis, phrenitis |
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| enkephalin | (noun) an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere | - |
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| environmentalism | (noun) the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction | - |
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| (noun) the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth | - |
| environmentalist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: conservationist |
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| ephemerality | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeralness, fleetingness |
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| equalisation | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalization, leveling |
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| equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
| equalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: egalitarian |
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| equalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: egalitarianism |
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| equality | (noun) the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status | - |
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| (noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equation, equivalence, par |
| equalization | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalisation, leveling |
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| equalizer | (noun) a score that makes the match even | - |
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| (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser |
| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equaliser |
| espalier | (noun) a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat | - |
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| essentiality | (noun) basic importance | Synonyms: essentialness |
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| ethicality | (noun) The state, quality or manner of conforming to accepted standards of conduct. | - |
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| evangelicalism | (noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation | - |
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| eventuality | (noun) a possible event or occurrence or result | Synonyms: contingence, contingency |
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| existentialism | (noun) (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves | Synonyms: existential philosophy, existentialist philosophy |
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| existentialist | (noun) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable | Synonyms: existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher |
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| experimentalism | (noun) an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation | - |
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| (noun) an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | - |
| externalisation | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalization |
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| (noun) attributing to outside causes | Synonyms: externalization |
| externality | (noun) the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior | Synonyms: outwardness |
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| externalization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation |
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| (noun) attributing to outside causes | Synonyms: externalisation |
| factuality | (noun) the quality of being actual or based on fact | Synonyms: factualness |
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| faecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, fecalith, stercolith |
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| farcicality | (noun) The property of resembling a farce; of being ludicrous, absurd. | - |
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| fatalism | (noun) a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them | - |
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| (noun) a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable | - |
| fatalist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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| fatality | (noun) the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters | - |
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| (noun) a death resulting from an accident or a disaster | Synonyms: human death |
| fecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, faecalith, stercolith |
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| federalisation | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
| federalism | (noun) the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units | - |
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| federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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| federalization | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
| feudalism | (noun) the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war | Synonyms: feudal system |
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| fictionalisation | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalization |
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| (noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalization |
| fictionalization | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalisation |
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| (noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalisation |
| finalisation | (noun) the act of finalizing | Synonyms: finalization |
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| finalist | (noun) a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | - |
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| finality | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: conclusiveness, decisiveness |
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| finalization | (noun) the act of finalizing | Synonyms: finalisation |
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| focalisation | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalization, focusing |
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| (noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalization |
| focalization | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focusing |
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| (noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalisation |
| formalin | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formol |
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| formalisation | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalization |
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| formalism | (noun) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms | - |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications | - |
| (noun) the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented | - |
| formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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| formality | (noun) compliance with formal rules | - |
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| (noun) a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies | Synonyms: formalness |
| (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formalities |
| formalization | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalisation |
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| frugality | (noun) prudence in avoiding waste | Synonyms: frugalness |
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| functionalism | (noun) a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment | - |
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| (noun) any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose | - |
| functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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| functionality | (noun) capable of serving a purpose well | - |
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| fundamentalism | (noun) a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth | - |
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| (noun) the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. | - |
| fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
| galingale | (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galangal |
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| generalisation | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generality, generalization |
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| (noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalization, induction, inductive reasoning |
| (noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalization |
| generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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| generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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| generality | (noun) the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability | - |
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| (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
| generalization | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generality |
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| (noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning |
| (noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalisation |
| geniality | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie |
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| genitalia | (noun) external sex organ | Synonyms: crotch, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates |
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| globalisation | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalization |
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| globalization | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalisation |
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