| betterment | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, melioration |
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| (noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, improvement |
| (noun) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | - |
| bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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| bitumen | (noun) any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons | - |
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| blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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| (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
| bombardment | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling |
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| (noun) an attack by dropping bombs | Synonyms: bombing |
| (noun) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) | - |
| (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouring |
| burdensomeness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness |
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| businessmen | (noun) the body of individuals who manage businesses | Synonyms: business community |
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| cantonment | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, encampment |
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| casement | (noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) | - |
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| catamenia | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period |
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| catchment | (noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
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| catechumen | (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: neophyte |
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| cement | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cementum |
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| (noun) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar | - |
| (noun) something that hardens to act as adhesive material | - |
| (noun) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement | - |
| (noun) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth | - |
| cementite | (noun) a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle | Synonyms: iron carbide |
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| cementum | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cement |
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| cerebromeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis |
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| cerement | (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: pall, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet |
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| cerumen | (noun) a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal | Synonyms: earwax |
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| chastisement | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: castigation |
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| (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, correction |
| choriomeningitis | (noun) a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | - |
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| cinnamene | (noun) a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene | Synonyms: phenylethylene, styrene, vinylbenzene |
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| clemency | (noun) leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice | Synonyms: mercifulness, mercy |
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| (noun) good weather with comfortable temperatures | Synonyms: mildness |
| clementine | (noun) a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds | - |
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| (noun) a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa | Synonyms: clementine tree |
| cognomen | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | Synonyms: family name, last name, surname |
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| (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet |
| commandment | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: precept, teaching |
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| (noun) something that is commanded | - |
| commencement | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, start |
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| (noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| commendation | (noun) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | Synonyms: citation |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: approval |
| commensal | (noun) either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent | - |
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| commensalism | (noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it | - |
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| commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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| comment | (noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | Synonyms: input, remark |
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| (noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: commentary |
| (noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt |
| commentary | (noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: comment |
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| commentator | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: reviewer |
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| (noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: observer |
| commitment | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, dedication, loyalty |
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| (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: committal, consignment |
| (noun) an engagement by contract involving financial obligation | - |
| (noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: committedness |
| (noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: dedication |
| compartment | (noun) a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area | - |
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| (noun) a space into which an area is subdivided | - |
| compartmentalisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalization |
| compartmentalization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation |
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| (noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalisation |
| complement | (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: accompaniment |
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| (noun) either of two parts that mutually complete each other | - |
| (noun) a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction | - |
| (noun) number needed to make up a whole force | Synonyms: full complement |
| (noun) a complete number or quantity | - |
| (noun) one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response | - |
| complementarity | (noun) a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities | - |
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| (noun) the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other | - |
| complementary | (noun) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | Synonyms: complementary color |
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| complementation | (noun) (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts | Synonyms: complementary distribution |
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| (noun) the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate | - |
| compliment | (noun) a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration | - |
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| complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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| compliments | (noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: regard, wish |
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| comportment | (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, mien, presence |
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| concealment | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealing, hiding |
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| (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: cover, covert, screen |
| (noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden | Synonyms: privacy, privateness, secrecy |
| condiment | (noun) a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | - |
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| conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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| confinement | (noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | - |
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| (noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: restriction |
| (noun) the state of being confined | - |
| (noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
| congealment | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congelation |
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| consignment | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, committal |
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| (noun) the delivery of goods for sale or disposal | - |
| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
| containment | (noun) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading | - |
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| (noun) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | - |
| (noun) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully | - |
| contentment | (noun) happiness with one's situation in life | - |
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| counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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| counterbombardment | (noun) bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons | - |
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| cumbersomeness | (noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | Synonyms: awkwardness, unwieldiness |
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| curettement | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettage |
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| curtailment | (noun) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | Synonyms: suppression |
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| (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: downsizing, retrenchment |
| (noun) the temporal property of being cut short | - |
| cyclamen | (noun) Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals | Synonyms: Cyclamen purpurascens |
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| cymene | (noun) any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins | - |
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| dealignment | (noun) a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties | - |
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| debarment | (noun) the act of prevention by legal means | - |
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| (noun) the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) | - |
| debasement | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: degradation |
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| (noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating | Synonyms: adulteration |
| debridement | (noun) surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing | - |
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| decampment | (noun) breaking camp | - |
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| (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: abscondment |
| decipherment | (noun) the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | Synonyms: decoding, decryption |
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| decrement | (noun) the amount by which something decreases | Synonyms: decrease |
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| (noun) a process of becoming smaller or shorter | Synonyms: decrease |
| decrementation | (noun) the operation of subtracting one from the operand. | - |
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| defacement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement, mutilation |
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| deferment | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferral, postponement |
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| defilement | (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: befoulment, pollution |
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| defrayment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, payment |
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| dementedness | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementia |
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| dementia | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementedness |
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| denouement | (noun) the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work | - |
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| (noun) the outcome of a complex sequence of events | - |
| denouncement | (noun) a public act of denouncing | Synonyms: denunciation |
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| department | (noun) a specialized sphere of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a specialized division of a large organization | Synonyms: section |
| (noun) the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) | - |
| depigmentation | (noun) absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair | - |
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| deployment | (noun) the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work | - |
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| deportment | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour |
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| derailment | (noun) an accident in which a train runs off its track | - |
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| derangement | (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: overthrow, upset |
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| (noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: mental unsoundness, unbalance |
| despoilment | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
| (noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
| (noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
| (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
| detainment | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detention, hold |
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| determent | (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: deterrence, intimidation |
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| dethronement | (noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | Synonyms: deposition |
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| detriment | (noun) a damage or loss | Synonyms: hurt |
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| development | (noun) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | - |
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| (noun) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | Synonyms: exploitation |
| (noun) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | - |
| (noun) a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | - |
| (noun) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | - |
| (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: developing |
| (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
| (noun) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | Synonyms: evolution |
| (noun) a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | - |
| devilment | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| devolvement | (noun) the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | Synonyms: devolution |
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| dimenhydrinate | (noun) antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Dramamine |
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| dimension | (noun) the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) | - |
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| (noun) magnitude or extent | Synonyms: proportion |
| (noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: attribute, property |
| (noun) one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space | - |
| dimensionality | (noun) the spatial property of having dimensions | - |
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| disablement | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, handicap, impairment |
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| disagreement | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: discrepancy, divergence, variance |
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| (noun) the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing | - |
| (noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: dissension, dissonance |
| disappointment | (noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone | Synonyms: dashing hopes |
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| (noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: letdown |
| disarmament | (noun) act of reducing or depriving of arms | Synonyms: disarming |
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| disarrangement | (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disorganisation, disorganization |
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