decolletage | (noun) a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress | - |
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decongestant | (noun) a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion | - |
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decontamination | (noun) the removal of contaminants | - |
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decrementation | (noun) the operation of subtracting one from the operand. | - |
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decrepitation | (noun) the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated | - |
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deerstalker | (noun) a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters | - |
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deerstalking | (noun) stalking deer | - |
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deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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(noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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delectability | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: deliciousness, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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delectation | (noun) act of receiving pleasure from something | Synonyms: enjoyment |
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(noun) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | Synonyms: delight |
delimitation | (noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: border, borderline, boundary line, mete |
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delta | (noun) the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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(noun) a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | - |
(noun) an object shaped like an equilateral triangle | - |
demitasse | (noun) small coffee cup; for serving black coffee | - |
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(noun) small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream | Synonyms: cafe noir |
denotation | (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: extension, reference |
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(noun) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | Synonyms: indication |
denotatum | (noun) an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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dental | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental consonant |
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depigmentation | (noun) absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair | - |
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deportation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: exile, expatriation, transportation |
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(noun) the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | - |
depositary | (noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping | Synonyms: deposit, depository, repository |
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deputation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation |
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(noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, delegation, mission |
destabilisation | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilization |
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destabilization | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilisation |
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(noun) an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) | - |
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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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 |
detail | (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: item, point |
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(noun) extended treatment of particulars | - |
(noun) a temporary military unit | Synonyms: contingent |
(noun) a crew of workers selected for a particular task | - |
(noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: item, particular |
detailing | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: particularisation, particularization |
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details | (noun) true confidential information | Synonyms: inside information |
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detainee | (noun) some held in custody | Synonyms: political detainee |
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detainment | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detention, hold |
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detectability | (noun) The state of being noticeable. | - |
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detestation | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, execration, loathing, odium |
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devastation | (noun) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | Synonyms: destruction |
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(noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: ravaging |
(noun) an event that results in total destruction | Synonyms: desolation |
(noun) the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed | - |
(noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed | Synonyms: desolation |
devitalisation | (noun) the act of reducing the vitality of something | Synonyms: devitalization |
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devitalization | (noun) the act of reducing the vitality of something | Synonyms: devitalisation |
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dextrorotation | (noun) rotation to the right | Synonyms: clockwise rotation |
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diastasis | (noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | - |
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dictate | (noun) a guiding principle | - |
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(noun) an authoritative rule | - |
dictation | (noun) speech intended for reproduction in writing | - |
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(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, bidding, command |
(noun) matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage | - |
dictator | (noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law | Synonyms: potentate |
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(noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | Synonyms: authoritarian |
(noun) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine | - |
dictatorship | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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dietary | (noun) a regulated daily food allowance | - |
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digitalin | (noun) a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove | Synonyms: digitalis, digitalis glycoside |
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digitalis | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Digitalis | Synonyms: foxglove |
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(noun) a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove | Synonyms: digitalin, digitalis glycoside |
digitalisation | (noun) the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders | Synonyms: digitalization |
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digitalization | (noun) the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders | Synonyms: digitalisation |
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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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dilatation | (noun) the act of expanding an aperture | Synonyms: dilation |
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(noun) the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions | Synonyms: distension, distention |
dilettante | (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, sciolist |
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dilutant | (noun) a diluting agent | Synonyms: diluent, thinner |
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disadvantage | (noun) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | - |
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disceptation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation, tilt |
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disentanglement | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: extrication, unsnarling, untangling |
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disentangler | (noun) a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state | Synonyms: unraveler, unraveller |
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disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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disforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: deforestation |
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disinfectant | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
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disinfestation | (noun) the activity of getting rid of vermin | - |
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disinheritance | (noun) the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit | - |
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disorientation | (noun) a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) | Synonyms: freak out |
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(noun) confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | - |
disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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disputation | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: debate, public debate |
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(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt |
disreputability | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputableness, unrespectability |
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disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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dissertation | (noun) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree | Synonyms: thesis |
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distaff | (noun) the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning | - |
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(noun) the sphere of work by women | - |
distance | (noun) the property created by the space between two objects or points | - |
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(noun) size of the gap between two places | Synonyms: length |
(noun) indifference by personal withdrawal | Synonyms: aloofness |
(noun) a distant region | - |
(noun) the interval between two times | Synonyms: space |
(noun) a remote point in time | - |
distaste | (noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: antipathy, aversion |
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distastefulness | (noun) the quality of being offensive | Synonyms: odiousness, offensiveness |
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(noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
distributary | (noun) a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it | - |
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dita | (noun) evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita bark |
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dittany | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather | Synonyms: burning bush, Dictamnus alba, fraxinella, gas plant |
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documentary | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary film, infotainment |
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documentation | (noun) documentary validation | Synonyms: support |
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(noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, corroboration |
(noun) program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs | Synonyms: software documentation |
dotage | (noun) mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations | Synonyms: second childhood, senility |
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dotard | (noun) an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect | - |
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dovetail | (noun) a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises | Synonyms: dovetail joint |
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downstage | (noun) the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience) | - |
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driftage | (noun) the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting | - |
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dziggetai | (noun) Mongolian wild ass | Synonyms: chigetai, Equus hemionus hemionus |
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earthstar | (noun) any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | - |
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eatable | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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eatage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: forage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
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ecstasy | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, cristal, disco biscuit, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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(noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport |
(noun) a state of elated bliss | Synonyms: rapture |
ectasia | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasis |
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ectasis | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasia |
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edentate | (noun) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | - |
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edutainment | (noun) entertainment that is intended to be educational | - |
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egalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: equalitarian |
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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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elastance | (noun) The capacity of a dielectric for opposing an electric charge | Synonyms: electrical elastance |
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elastase | (noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin | - |
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electrostatics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity | - |
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elicitation | (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: evocation, induction |
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encrustation | (noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | Synonyms: incrustation |
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(noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: crust, incrustation |
(noun) the formation of a crust | Synonyms: incrustation |
entablature | (noun) (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof | - |
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entail | (noun) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple | - |
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(noun) land received by fee tail | - |
entailment | (noun) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) | Synonyms: deduction, implication |
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entanglement | (noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | Synonyms: web |
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