discordance | (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement | Synonyms: discord |
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(noun) a harsh mixture of sounds | Synonyms: discord |
disgrace | (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: ignominy, shame |
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disinheritance | (noun) the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit | - |
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disobedience | (noun) the failure to obey | Synonyms: noncompliance |
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(noun) the trait of being unwilling to obey | - |
disservice | (noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly | Synonyms: ill service, ill turn |
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dissidence | (noun) disagreement; especially disagreement with the government | - |
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dissilience | (noun) the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe | - |
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dissonance | (noun) disagreeable sounds | - |
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(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: noise, racket |
(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissension |
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 | - |
disturbance | (noun) the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion | - |
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(noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle |
(noun) activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption | Synonyms: perturbation |
(noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | Synonyms: interference, noise |
(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
(noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
(noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: perturbation, upset |
divergence | (noun) the act of moving away in different direction from a common point | Synonyms: divergency |
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(noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, discrepancy, variance |
(noun) an infinite series that has no limit | Synonyms: divergency |
(noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: departure, deviation, difference |
divorce | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorcement |
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divulgence | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgement |
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dominance | (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so |
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(noun) superior development of one side of the body | Synonyms: laterality |
(noun) the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not | - |
(noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control |
duce | (noun) leader | - |
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dunce | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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durance | (noun) imprisonment (especially for a long time) | - |
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earpiece | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earphone, headphone, phone |
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ebullience | (noun) overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | Synonyms: enthusiasm, exuberance |
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edifice | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: building |
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effervescence | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness |
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(noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes | - |
efflorescence | (noun) a powdery deposit on a surface | Synonyms: bloom |
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(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
(noun) any red eruption of the skin | Synonyms: rash, roseola, skin rash |
(noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
effluence | (noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: efflux, outflow |
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effulgence | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | Synonyms: radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine |
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eightpence | (noun) a coin worth eight pennies | - |
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elastance | (noun) The capacity of a dielectric for opposing an electric charge | Synonyms: electrical elastance |
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elegance | (noun) a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste | - |
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(noun) a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) | - |
eloquence | (noun) powerful and effective language | Synonyms: fluency, smoothness |
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embrace | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embracement, embracing |
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(noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance | Synonyms: bosom |
(noun) the state of taking in or encircling | - |
emergence | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egress, egression |
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(noun) the act of emerging | Synonyms: emersion |
(noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: egress, issue |
(noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth | Synonyms: growth, outgrowth |
eminence | (noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | Synonyms: tubercle, tuberosity |
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(noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: distinction, note, preeminence |
encumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
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(noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, incumbrance, load, onus |
(noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | Synonyms: incumbrance |
endurance | (noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress | - |
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(noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: survival |
entrance | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entry, incoming, ingress |
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(noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entranceway, entree, entry, entryway |
(noun) a movement into or inward | Synonyms: entering |
equivalence | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, compare, comparison |
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(noun) essential equality and interchangeability | - |
(noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equation, par |
essence | (noun) a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor | Synonyms: perfume |
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(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, effect, gist |
(noun) any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted | - |
esurience | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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(noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: edacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity |
evanescence | (noun) the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight | - |
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evidence | (noun) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | Synonyms: grounds |
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(noun) (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved | - |
(noun) an indication that makes something evident | - |
exceedance | (noun) (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time | - |
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excellence | (noun) the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree | - |
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(noun) an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels | Synonyms: excellency |
excrescence | (noun) (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | - |
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(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
existence | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world |
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(noun) the state or fact of existing | Synonyms: being, beingness, face of the earth |
exorbitance | (noun) excessive excess | Synonyms: outrageousness |
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expedience | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expediency |
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(noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking |
experience | (noun) the content of direct observation or participation in an event | - |
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(noun) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities | - |
(noun) an event as apprehended | - |
extravagance | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality |
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(noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: prodigality, profligacy |
(noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagancy |
exuberance | (noun) overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | Synonyms: ebullience, enthusiasm |
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(noun) joyful enthusiasm | - |
eyepiece | (noun) combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | Synonyms: ocular |
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face | (noun) a vertical surface of a building or cliff | - |
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(noun) the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object) | - |
(noun) the striking or working surface of an implement | - |
(noun) the general outward appearance of something | - |
(noun) status in the eyes of others | - |
(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, nerve |
(noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, expression, facial expression, look |
(noun) the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear | Synonyms: human face |
(noun) the part of an animal corresponding to the human face | - |
(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: case, font, fount, typeface |
(noun) a contorted facial expression | Synonyms: grimace |
(noun) a surface forming part of the outside of an object | Synonyms: side |
(noun) a part of a person that is used to refer to a person | - |
faience | (noun) glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors | - |
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faineance | (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: idleness |
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farce | (noun) a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | Synonyms: farce comedy, travesty |
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(noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs | Synonyms: forcemeat |
farmplace | (noun) a farm together with its buildings | Synonyms: farm-place, farmstead |
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feculence | (noun) something that is feculent | - |
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fence | (noun) a barrier that serves to enclose an area | Synonyms: fencing |
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(noun) a dealer in stolen property | - |
fiance | (noun) a man who is engaged to be married | Synonyms: groom-to-be |
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fice | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: feist |
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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 | - |
fireplace | (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace |
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fivepence | (noun) a coin worth five cents | - |
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flamboyance | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: floridity, floridness, showiness |
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flatulence | (noun) pompously embellished language | Synonyms: turgidity, turgidness |
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(noun) a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: flatulency, gas |
fleece | (noun) outer coat of especially sheep and yaks | Synonyms: wool |
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(noun) a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing | - |
(noun) the wool of a sheep or similar animal | - |
(noun) tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing | Synonyms: sheepskin |
florescence | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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flounce | (noun) the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions | - |
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(noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: frill, furbelow, ruffle |
fluidounce | (noun) a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches | Synonyms: fluid ounce |
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(noun) a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) | Synonyms: fluid ounce |
fluorescence | (noun) light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength | - |
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footrace | (noun) a race run on foot | Synonyms: foot race, run |
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forbearance | (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting | - |
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(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: longanimity, patience |
forbiddance | (noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: inhibition, prohibition |
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(noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbidding |
force | (noun) a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | Synonyms: force-out, force out, force play |
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(noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | Synonyms: violence |
(noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: forcefulness, strength |
(noun) a powerful effect or influence | - |
(noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: effect |
(noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: personnel |
(noun) a unit that is part of some military service | Synonyms: military force, military group, military unit |
(noun) a group of people having the power of effective action | - |
(noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: power |
(noun) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | - |
fourpence | (noun) a former English silver coin worth four pennies | Synonyms: groat |
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fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
fraudulence | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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(noun) the quality of being fraudulent | Synonyms: deceit |
(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: duplicity |
freelance | (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person |
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frequence | (noun) the number of occurrences within a given time period | Synonyms: frequency, oftenness |
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frontispiece | (noun) front illustration facing the title page of a book | - |
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(noun) an ornamental facade | - |
furnace | (noun) an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. | - |
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furtherance | (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, promotion |
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(noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, promotion |
glance | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glimpse |
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governance | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governing, government, government activity |
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(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governing body, organisation, organization |
grace | (noun) a sense of propriety and consideration for others | Synonyms: seemliness |
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(noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: gracility |
(noun) (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God | Synonyms: free grace, grace of God |
(noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, goodwill |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving |
(noun) (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence | Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace |
(noun) a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | Synonyms: grace period |
grandiloquence | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
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grandniece | (noun) a daughter of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-niece |
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grievance | (noun) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action | - |
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(noun) an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice | - |
(noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grudge, score |
grimace | (noun) a contorted facial expression | Synonyms: face |
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guidance | (noun) the act of setting and holding a course | Synonyms: direction, steering |
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(noun) the act of guiding or showing the way | Synonyms: steering |
(noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, counselling, direction |
hairpiece | (noun) a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | Synonyms: false hair, postiche |
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happenstance | (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: coincidence |
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headpiece | (noun) a protective helmet for the head | - |
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(noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headstall |
headrace | (noun) a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine | - |
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headspace | (noun) the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing | - |
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hesitance | (noun) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | Synonyms: hesitancy |
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hinderance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hindrance, interference |
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(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment |
hindrance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hinderance, interference |
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(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment |
hospice | (noun) a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill | - |
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(noun) a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) | - |
hyperintelligence | (noun) Remarkable intelligence, intelligence at or above and beyond the level of a genius. | Synonyms: superintelligence |
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ice | (noun) a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating | Synonyms: ice-skating rink, ice rink |
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(noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
(noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: frappe |
(noun) a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | Synonyms: frosting, icing |
(noun) the frozen part of a body of water | - |
(noun) diamonds | Synonyms: sparkler |
(noun) water frozen in the solid state | Synonyms: water ice |
ignorance | (noun) the lack of knowledge or education | - |
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