| disesteem | (noun) the state in which esteem has been lost | - |
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| disfigurement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfiguration, mutilation |
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| (noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfiguration |
| disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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| disgorgement | (noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting |
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| disgruntlement | (noun) a feeling of sulky discontent | - |
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| dislodgement | (noun) forced removal from a position of advantage | Synonyms: dislodgment |
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| dismantlement | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantling |
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| dismemberment | (noun) the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces | Synonyms: taking apart |
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| disparagement | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: dispraise |
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| (noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: depreciation, derogation |
| displacement | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: supplanting |
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| (noun) act of removing from office or employment | - |
| (noun) the act of uniform movement | Synonyms: translation |
| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: deracination |
| (noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation | Synonyms: shift |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | Synonyms: displacement reaction |
| dissembler | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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| dissembling | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation |
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| (noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretense |
| dissemination | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dispersion |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: diffusion |
| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: airing, public exposure, spreading |
| disseminator | (noun) someone who spreads the news | Synonyms: propagator |
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| distemper | (noun) a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery | - |
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| (noun) a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder | - |
| (noun) paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder | - |
| (noun) an angry and disagreeable mood | Synonyms: ill humor, ill humour |
| (noun) any of various infectious viral diseases of animals | - |
| divorcement | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorce |
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| divulgement | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgence |
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| dosemeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) | Synonyms: dosimeter |
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| dysphemism | (noun) an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one | - |
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| easement | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easing, relief |
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| (noun) (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) | - |
| ecosystem | (noun) a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | - |
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| eczema | (noun) generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages | - |
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| edema | (noun) swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities | Synonyms: dropsy, hydrops, oedema |
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| effacement | (noun) withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | Synonyms: self-effacement |
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| (noun) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | - |
| effeminacy | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effeminateness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| electrochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions | - |
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| element | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: component, constituent |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, factor, ingredient |
| (noun) the most favorable environment for a plant or animal | - |
| (noun) a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone | - |
| (noun) the situation in which you are happiest and most effective | - |
| (noun) any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter | Synonyms: chemical element |
| (noun) one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe | - |
| elements | (noun) violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements) | - |
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| elemi | (noun) fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense | Synonyms: gum elemi |
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| elopement | (noun) the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married) | - |
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| em | (noun) a quad with a square body | Synonyms: em quad, mutton quad |
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| (noun) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing | Synonyms: pica, pica em |
| emaciation | (noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) | Synonyms: boniness, bonyness, gauntness, maceration |
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| email | (noun) (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in | Synonyms: e-mail, electronic mail |
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| emanation | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | Synonyms: emission |
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| (noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | Synonyms: procession, rise |
| (noun) something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) | - |
| emancipation | (noun) freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child | - |
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| emancipationist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: abolitionist |
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| emancipator | (noun) someone who frees others from bondage | Synonyms: manumitter |
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| emasculation | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: castration |
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| (noun) loss of power and masculinity | - |
| embalmer | (noun) a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives | - |
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| embalmment | (noun) preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals | - |
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| embankment | (noun) a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection | - |
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| embargo | (noun) a government order imposing a trade barrier | Synonyms: trade embargo, trade stoppage |
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| embarkation | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: boarding, embarkment |
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| embarkment | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: boarding, embarkation |
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| embarrassment | (noun) extreme excess | Synonyms: overplus, plethora, superfluity |
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| (noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed | - |
| (noun) the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public | - |
| (noun) the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy) | - |
| embassador | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | Synonyms: ambassador |
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| embassy | (noun) a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work | - |
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| (noun) an ambassador and his entourage collectively | - |
| embayment | (noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | Synonyms: bay |
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| embellishment | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: ornamentation |
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| (noun) a superfluous ornament | - |
| (noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embroidery |
| ember | (noun) a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering | Synonyms: coal |
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| embezzlement | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation |
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| embezzler | (noun) someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | Synonyms: defalcator, peculator |
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| embitterment | (noun) the state of being embittered | - |
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| emblem | (noun) special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. | - |
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| (noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: allegory |
| embodiment | (noun) giving concrete form to an abstract concept | - |
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| (noun) a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | Synonyms: shape |
| (noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: avatar, incarnation |
| embolectomy | (noun) surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery) | - |
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| embolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | - |
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| (noun) an insertion into a calendar | Synonyms: intercalation |
| embolus | (noun) an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood | - |
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| embonpoint | (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded | Synonyms: plumpness, roundness |
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| embossment | (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief |
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| (noun) an impression produced by pressure or printing | Synonyms: imprint |
| embouchure | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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| embrace | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embracement, embracing |
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| (noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance | Synonyms: bosom |
| (noun) the state of taking in or encircling | - |
| embracement | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracing |
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| embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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| embrasure | (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: port, porthole |
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| embrocation | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: liniment |
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| embroiderer | (noun) someone who ornaments with needlework | - |
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| embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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| embroidery | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: fancywork |
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| (noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embellishment |
| embroilment | (noun) an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation | Synonyms: imbroglio |
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| embryo | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg |
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| (noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | - |
| embryologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in embryology | - |
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| embryology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms | - |
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| emcee | (noun) a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | Synonyms: host, master of ceremonies |
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| emeer | (noun) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) | Synonyms: ameer, amir, emir |
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| emendation | (noun) a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing | - |
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| emerald | (noun) the green color of an emerald | - |
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| (noun) a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
| (noun) a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone | - |
| emergence | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egress, egression |
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| (noun) the act of emerging | Synonyms: emersion |
| (noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: egress, issue |
| (noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth | Synonyms: growth, outgrowth |
| emergency | (noun) a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage | Synonyms: emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake |
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| (noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | Synonyms: exigency, pinch |
| (noun) a state in which martial law applies | - |
| emeritus | (noun) a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties | - |
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| emersion | (noun) the act of emerging | Synonyms: emergence |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse | Synonyms: egress |
| emery | (noun) a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper) | - |
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| emesis | (noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: disgorgement, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting |
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| emetic | (noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: nauseant, vomit, vomitive |
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| emf | (noun) the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts | Synonyms: electromotive force, voltage |
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| emigrant | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer |
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| emigration | (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: expatriation, out-migration |
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| emigre | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigree, outgoer |
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| emigree | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigre, outgoer |
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| eminence | (noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | Synonyms: tubercle, tuberosity |
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| (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: distinction, note, preeminence |
| emir | (noun) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) | Synonyms: ameer, amir, emeer |
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| emirate | (noun) the office of an emir | - |
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| (noun) the domain controlled by an emir | - |
| emissary | (noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | Synonyms: envoy |
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| emission | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | Synonyms: emanation |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) | - |
| (noun) the release of electrons from parent atoms | - |
| (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, expelling |
| (noun) a substance that is emitted or released | Synonyms: discharge |
| emitter | (noun) the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate | - |
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| emmenagogue | (noun) any agent that promotes menstrual discharge | - |
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| emmer | (noun) hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed | Synonyms: starch wheat, Triticum dicoccum, two-grain spelt |
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| emmet | (noun) social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | Synonyms: ant, pismire |
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| emmetropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina | - |
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