| dynamiter | (noun) a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause | Synonyms: dynamitist |
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| dynamitist | (noun) a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause | Synonyms: dynamiter |
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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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| dynast | (noun) a hereditary ruler | - |
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| dynasty | (noun) a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | - |
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| dysfunctionality | (noun) The condition of functioning incorrectly or abnormally. | - |
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| eburnation | (noun) a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory | - |
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| echidna | (noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | Synonyms: anteater, spiny anteater |
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| (noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea | Synonyms: anteater, spiny anteater |
| educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.) | - |
| emmenagogue | (noun) any agent that promotes menstrual discharge | - |
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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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| empennage | (noun) the rear part of an aircraft | Synonyms: tail, tail assembly |
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| enactment | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: characterization, personation, portrayal |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | Synonyms: act |
| enalapril | (noun) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks | Synonyms: Vasotec |
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| enallage | (noun) a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') | - |
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| enamel | (noun) any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze | - |
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| (noun) a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish | - |
| (noun) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth | Synonyms: tooth enamel |
| (noun) a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection | - |
| enamelware | (noun) cooking utensil of enameled iron | - |
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| enamine | (noun) an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N- | - |
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| enamoredness | (noun) a feeling of love or fondness | Synonyms: amorousness |
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| enanthem | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthema |
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| enanthema | (noun) eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease | Synonyms: enanthem |
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| enantiomer | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomorph |
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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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| enarthrosis | (noun) a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone | Synonyms: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, spheroid joint |
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| enate | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
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| enation | (noun) a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ | Synonyms: plant process |
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| (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, matrilineage |
| enterokinase | (noun) enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin | - |
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| epanalepsis | (noun) repetition after intervening words | - |
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| epanaphora | (noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: anaphora |
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| erythrina | (noun) any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: coral tree |
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| espionage | (noun) the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets | - |
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| esplanade | (noun) a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore | - |
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| ethanal | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: acetaldehyde |
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| ethanamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: acetamide |
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| ethnarch | (noun) the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority | - |
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| etna | (noun) a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air | Synonyms: bunsen, bunsen burner |
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| euglena | (noun) minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae | - |
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| euthanasia | (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) | Synonyms: mercy killing |
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| examination | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | Synonyms: scrutiny |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: testing |
| (noun) a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) | Synonyms: examen |
| (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | Synonyms: exam, test |
| (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogatory |
| explanandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explicandum |
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| explanans | (noun) (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises | - |
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| explanation | (noun) thought that makes something comprehensible | - |
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| (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | Synonyms: account |
| (noun) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible | - |
| extermination | (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) complete annihilation | Synonyms: extinction |
| exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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| external | (noun) outward features | - |
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| 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 |
| extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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| fanaloka | (noun) civet of Madagascar | Synonyms: Fossa fossa |
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| fanatic | (noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fiend |
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| fanaticism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanatism, zealotry |
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| fanatism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanaticism, zealotry |
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| farina | (noun) fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings | - |
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| fascination | (noun) the capacity to attract intense interest | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment |
| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: captivation |
| fashionableness | (noun) The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance. | - |
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| fastnacht | (noun) doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday | - |
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| fauna | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature |
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| (noun) all the animal life in a particular region or period | Synonyms: zoology |
| festination | (noun) involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease) | - |
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| fibrinase | (noun) in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot | Synonyms: factor XIII |
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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 |
| filename | (noun) (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file | Synonyms: computer file name, computer filename, file name |
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| finagler | (noun) a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods | Synonyms: wangler |
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| final | (noun) an examination administered at the end of an academic term | Synonyms: final exam, final examination |
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| (noun) the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament | - |
| finale | (noun) the concluding part of any performance | Synonyms: close, closing curtain, finis |
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| (noun) the closing section of a musical composition | Synonyms: coda |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, conclusion, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| 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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| finance | (noun) the commercial activity of providing funds and capital | - |
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| (noun) the management of money and credit and banking and investments | - |
| (noun) the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets | - |
| finances | (noun) assets in the form of money | Synonyms: cash in hand, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource |
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| financier | (noun) a person skilled in large scale financial transactions | Synonyms: moneyman |
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| financing | (noun) the act of financing | Synonyms: funding |
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| fingernail | (noun) the nail at the end of a finger | - |
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| finnan | (noun) haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter | Synonyms: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, smoked haddock |
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| fluphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders | - |
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| fogsignal | (noun) a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | Synonyms: foghorn |
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| forename | (noun) the name that precedes the surname | Synonyms: first name, given name |
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| foreordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, preordination |
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| fractionation | (noun) separation into portions | - |
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| (noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components | Synonyms: fractional process |
| fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid | - |
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| fulmination | (noun) the act of exploding with noise and violence | - |
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| (noun) thunderous verbal attack | Synonyms: diatribe |
| funambulism | (noun) walking on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walking |
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| funambulist | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walker |
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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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| functionary | (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: official |
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| furnace | (noun) an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. | - |
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| galena | (noun) soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead | - |
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