| denivelation | (noun) the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. | - |
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| denizen | (noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region | - |
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| (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
| desalinisation | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinization |
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| desalinization | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinisation |
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| designing | (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: design |
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| destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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| destalinization | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation |
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| desynchronisation | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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| desynchronization | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronizing |
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| desynchronizing | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization |
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| determinism | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will | - |
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| determinist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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| deviationism | (noun) ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) | - |
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| deviationist | (noun) an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) | - |
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| diazonium | (noun) the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes | - |
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| diflunisal | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions | Synonyms: Dolobid |
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| dignitary | (noun) an important or influential (and often overbearing) person | Synonyms: high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person, VIP |
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| dignity | (noun) the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect | Synonyms: self-regard, self-respect, self-worth |
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| (noun) formality in bearing and appearance | Synonyms: gravitas, lordliness |
| (noun) high office or rank or station | - |
| dihydroxyphenylalanine | (noun) amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | Synonyms: dopa |
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| dillenia | (noun) any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves | - |
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| dining | (noun) the act of eating dinner | - |
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| dipsomania | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: alcoholism, potomania |
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| dipsomaniac | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, lush, soaker, souse |
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| disorganisation | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganization |
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| (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganization |
| disorganization | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganisation |
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| (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganisation |
| disowning | (noun) refusal to acknowledge as one's own | Synonyms: disownment |
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| distortionist | (noun) a painter who introduces distortions | - |
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| disunion | (noun) the termination or destruction of union | - |
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| disunity | (noun) lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) | - |
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| diversionist | (noun) someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | Synonyms: saboteur, wrecker |
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| divinity | (noun) the quality of being divine | - |
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| (noun) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | Synonyms: theology |
| (noun) white creamy fudge made with egg whites | Synonyms: divinity fudge |
| (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: deity, god, immortal |
| djinni | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni |
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| dominie | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominee, dominus |
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| dominion | (noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | Synonyms: district, territorial dominion, territory |
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| (noun) dominance or power through legal authority | Synonyms: rule |
| downiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: featheriness, fluffiness |
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| drawknife | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawshave |
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| droning | (noun) an unchanging intonation | Synonyms: drone, monotone |
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| dubnium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 105 | Synonyms: atomic number 105, Db, element 105, hahnium |
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| dwojniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using equal amounts of water and honey. | - |
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| dysgenics | (noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenics |
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| dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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| earnings | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: pay, remuneration, salary, wage |
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| (noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
| ebonite | (noun) a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber | Synonyms: hard rubber, vulcanite |
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| ecumenicalism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicism, ecumenism |
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| ecumenicism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenism |
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| ecumenism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenicism |
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| (noun) a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) | Synonyms: oecumenism |
| educationist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationalist |
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| egalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: equalitarianism |
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| egomania | (noun) an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs | - |
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| egomaniac | (noun) an abnormally egotistical person | - |
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| einsteinium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | Synonyms: atomic number 99, E, Es |
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| electronics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices | - |
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| elocutionist | (noun) a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery | - |
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| emancipationist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: abolitionist |
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| encainide | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Enkaid |
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| encephalomeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: cerebromeningitis, meningoencephalitis |
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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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| endocranium | (noun) membrane lining the inside of the skull | - |
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| engelmannia | (noun) common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers | - |
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| enigma | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | Synonyms: closed book, mystery, secret |
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| (noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, riddle |
| enigmaticness | (noun) Mysteriousness, complexity; the property of being puzzling or inexplicable. | - |
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| (noun) The quality of a person of puzzling, secretive or contradictory character. | - |
| enjoining | (noun) (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity | Synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoinment, injunction |
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| enthronisation | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, investiture |
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| enthronization | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, investiture |
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| envisioning | (noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: picturing |
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| eonni | (noun) an older other woman, especially a sister, used by a female | - |
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| eosinopenia | (noun) a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood | - |
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| epicranium | (noun) the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium | - |
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| epicureanism | (noun) a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers | - |
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| equalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: egalitarianism |
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| equanimity | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, composure |
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| erwinia | (noun) rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants | - |
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| essonite | (noun) a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown | Synonyms: cinnamon stone, hessonite |
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| establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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| eternity | (noun) a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife | Synonyms: timeless existence, timelessness |
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| (noun) time without end | Synonyms: infinity |
| (noun) a seemingly endless time interval (waiting) | - |
| ethnic | (noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group | - |
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| ethnicity | (noun) an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties | - |
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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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| 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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| eugenics | (noun) the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating) | - |
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| euglenid | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenoid, euglenophyte |
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| euphonium | (noun) a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family | - |
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| euronithopod | (noun) widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) | Synonyms: Euronithopoda, Ornithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda |
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| euthenics | (noun) the study of methods of improving human well-being and efficient functioning by improving environmental conditions | - |
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| evening | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, eventide |
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| (noun) a later concluding time period | - |
| (noun) the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way | - |
| eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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| evolutionism | (noun) (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals | Synonyms: theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution |
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| evolutionist | (noun) a person who believes in organic evolution | - |
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| excommunication | (noun) the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society | Synonyms: excision |
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| (noun) the state of being excommunicated | Synonyms: censure, exclusion |
| excursionist | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper |
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| exhibitionism | (noun) the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals | Synonyms: immodesty |
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| (noun) extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself | - |
| exhibitionist | (noun) someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention | Synonyms: show-off |
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| (noun) someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals | Synonyms: flasher |
| expansionism | (noun) the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country | - |
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| expressionism | (noun) an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
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| expressionist | (noun) an artist who is an adherent of expressionism | - |
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| extortionist | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: blackmailer, extortioner |
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| fanion | (noun) a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position | - |
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| fashioning | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: devising, making |
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| fastening | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: attachment |
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| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fixing, holdfast |