demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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demolition | (noun) the act of demolishing | - |
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(noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: destruction, wipeout |
demon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: devil, fiend, monster, ogre |
(noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | - |
demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demoniac | (noun) someone who acts as if possessed by a demon | - |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demonism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: diabolism, Satanism |
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demonization | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonisation |
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demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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demonstration | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: presentation, presentment |
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(noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: manifestation |
(noun) a show of military force or preparedness | - |
(noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demo |
(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: monstrance |
demonstrative | (noun) a pronoun that points out an intended referent | Synonyms: demonstrative pronoun |
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demonstrativeness | (noun) tending to express your feelings freely | - |
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demonstrator | (noun) someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | Synonyms: protester |
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(noun) someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer | Synonyms: sales demonstrator |
(noun) a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught | - |
demoralisation | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralization |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralization |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralization |
demoralization | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralisation |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralisation |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralisation |
demotion | (noun) act of lowering in rank or position | - |
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diacetylmorphine | (noun) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | Synonyms: heroin |
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diamond | (noun) the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate | Synonyms: baseball diamond, infield |
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(noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it | - |
(noun) the baseball playing field | Synonyms: ball field, baseball field |
(noun) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
(noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: rhomb, rhombus |
(noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem | Synonyms: adamant |
diamondback | (noun) large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings | Synonyms: Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback rattlesnake |
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dimorphism | (noun) (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms | - |
dimout | (noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | Synonyms: blackout, brownout |
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disharmony | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: inharmoniousness |
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dismount | (noun) the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) | - |
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ditchmoss | (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed |
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dormouse | (noun) small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
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duomo | (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: cathedral |
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dustmop | (noun) a dry swab for dusting floors | Synonyms: dry mop, dust mop |
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dynamo | (noun) generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature | - |
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dynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument designed to measure power | Synonyms: ergometer |
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ecchymosis | (noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin | - |
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(noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise | - |
ectomorph | (noun) a person with a thin body | - |
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ectomorphy | (noun) slender, weak, and lightweight | Synonyms: asthenic type |
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edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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elasmobranch | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: selachian |
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electrodynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power | - |
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emoji | (noun) ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and Web pages | - |
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emollient | (noun) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | Synonyms: cream, ointment |
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emolument | (noun) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) | - |
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emoticon | (noun) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email | - |
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emotion | (noun) any strong feeling | - |
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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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emotionlessness | (noun) absence of emotion | Synonyms: unemotionality |
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(noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
enamoredness | (noun) a feeling of love or fondness | Synonyms: amorousness |
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enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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endaemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: eudemonism |
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endomorph | (noun) a heavy person with a soft and rounded body | - |
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endomorphy | (noun) round, fat, and heavy | Synonyms: pyknic type |
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endopsammon | (noun) The microscopic fauna of sand and mud. | - |
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enormousness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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entomologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies insects | Synonyms: bug-hunter, bugologist |
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entomology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies insects | Synonyms: bugology |
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entomophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of insects | - |
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enzymologist | (noun) a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology | - |
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enzymology | (noun) the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes | - |
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epipsammon | (noun) Microscopic flora and fauna found on the surface of and/or attached to sand grains. | - |
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epistemologist | (noun) a specialist in epistemology | - |
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epistemology | (noun) the philosophical theory of knowledge | - |
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esmolol | (noun) intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time; used primarily for cardiac arrhythmias | Synonyms: Brevibloc |
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ethmoid | (noun) one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity | Synonyms: ethmoid bone |
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etymologist | (noun) a lexicographer who specializes in etymology | - |
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etymologizing | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, deriving |
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etymology | (noun) the study of the sources and development of words | - |
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(noun) a history of a word | - |
etymon | (noun) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | Synonyms: root |
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eudaemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudemon, good spirit |
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eudaemonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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eudaimonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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eudemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudaemon, good spirit |
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eudemonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | Synonyms: endaemonism |
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exophthalmos | (noun) protrusion of the eyeball from the socket | - |
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famotidine | (noun) a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux | Synonyms: Pepcid |
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fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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femoris | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femur, thighbone |
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fieldmouse | (noun) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | Synonyms: field mouse |
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fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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foremother | (noun) a female ancestor | - |
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formol | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formalin |
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fortissimo | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly | - |
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frogmouth | (noun) insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth | - |
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gammon | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: ham, jambon |
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(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon | - |
gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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gearmotor | (noun) a motor combined with a set of speed-reducing gears. | - |
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generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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geomorphology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: morphology |
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gismo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
gizmo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
glamor | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamour |
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glamorisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorization, glamourisation, glamourization |
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glamorization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamourisation, glamourization |
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glamour | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamor |
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glamourisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization |
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glamourization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation |
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gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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goalmouth | (noun) (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | - |
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godmother | (noun) any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
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gosmore | (noun) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears | Synonyms: California dandelion, capeweed, cat's-ear, Hypochaeris radicata |
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gossipmonger | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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