| calcimine | (noun) a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
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| criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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| criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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| criminality | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminalness |
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| criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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| criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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| criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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| criminology | (noun) the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement | - |
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| decriminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalization |
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| decriminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalisation |
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| diminuendo | (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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| diminution | (noun) the act of decreasing or reducing something | Synonyms: decrease, reduction, step-down |
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| (noun) the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) | - |
| (noun) change toward something smaller or lower | Synonyms: decline |
| diminutive | (noun) a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness | - |
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| diminutiveness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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| discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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| (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
| discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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| elimination | (noun) the murder of a competitor | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: riddance |
| (noun) the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations | - |
| (noun) analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives | Synonyms: reasoning by elimination |
| (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding |
| eliminator | (noun) an agent that eliminates something | - |
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| exclaiming | (noun) an abrupt excited utterance | Synonyms: exclamation |
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| griminess | (noun) the state of being grimy | Synonyms: grubbiness |
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| iminazole | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: glyoxaline, imidazole |
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| incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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| mistiming | (noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: anachronism, misdating |
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| oxyphencyclimine | (noun) an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers | Synonyms: Daricon |
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| preliminary | (noun) a minor match preceding the main event | Synonyms: prelim |
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| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: overture, prelude |
| priming | (noun) the act of making something ready | - |
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| (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer |
| (noun) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | Synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat |
| recrimination | (noun) mutual accusations | - |
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| sliminess | (noun) a property resembling or being covered with slime | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, vileness, wickedness |
| timing | (noun) the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics) | - |
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| (noun) the time when something happens | - |