| demoiselle | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: damselfish |
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| (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel |
| denticle | (noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod | - |
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| deshabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: dishabille |
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| dhole | (noun) fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs | Synonyms: Cuon alpinus |
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| diastole | (noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
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| dibble | (noun) a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs | Synonyms: dibber |
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| dimple | (noun) a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin | - |
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| (noun) any slight depression in a surface | - |
| (noun) a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached | Synonyms: dimpled chad, pregnant chad |
| dingle | (noun) a small wooded hollow | Synonyms: dell |
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| dipole | (noun) an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center | Synonyms: dipole antenna |
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| (noun) a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance | - |
| dirigible | (noun) a steerable self-propelled aircraft | Synonyms: airship |
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| disciple | (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: adherent |
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| dishabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: deshabille |
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| disposable | (noun) an item that can be disposed of after it has been used | - |
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| dissyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: disyllable |
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| disyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: dissyllable |
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| doddle | (noun) an easy task | - |
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| dole | (noun) money received from the state | Synonyms: pogey, pogy |
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| (noun) a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given | - |
| domicile | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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| (noun) (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time | Synonyms: legal residence |
| dongle | (noun) (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software | - |
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| doodle | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: scrabble, scribble |
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| doorhandle | (noun) a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | Synonyms: doorknob |
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| dorbeetle | (noun) Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound | - |
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| dottle | (noun) the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking | - |
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| double | (noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base | Synonyms: two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser |
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| (noun) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | Synonyms: doubling |
| (noun) a quantity that is twice as great as another | - |
| (noun) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) | Synonyms: image, look-alike |
| (noun) a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts | - |
| dribble | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribbling |
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| (noun) saliva spilling from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slobber |
| (noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: drip, trickle |
| drinkable | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, potable |
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| drizzle | (noun) very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower | Synonyms: mizzle |
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| ductule | (noun) a very small duct | Synonyms: ductulus |
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| duffle | (noun) a coarse heavy woolen fabric | Synonyms: duffel |
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| (noun) a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings | Synonyms: duffel, duffel bag, duffle bag |
| eagle | (noun) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | Synonyms: bird of Jove |
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| (noun) an emblem representing power | - |
| (noun) a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars | - |
| (noun) (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole | - |
| eatable | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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| ecobabble | (noun) using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware | - |
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| edible | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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| employable | (noun) a person who is qualified and ready to work | - |
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| encephalocele | (noun) protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull | - |
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| enophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: oenophile |
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| ensemble | (noun) a coordinated outfit (set of clothing) | - |
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| (noun) the chorus of a ballet company | Synonyms: corps de ballet |
| (noun) a group of musicians playing or singing together | - |
| (noun) an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole | Synonyms: tout ensemble |
| (noun) a cast other than the principals | Synonyms: supporting players |
| eosinophile | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophil |
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| epicondyle | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | - |
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| epicycle | (noun) a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid | - |
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| epistle | (noun) a specially long, formal letter | - |
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| escadrille | (noun) an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) | - |
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| (noun) a small squadron | - |
| escarole | (noun) variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges | Synonyms: chicory escarole, endive |
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| espadrille | (noun) a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part | - |
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| example | (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: exercise |
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| (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: illustration, instance, representative |
| (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: exemplar, good example, model |
| (noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: model |
| (noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson |
| (noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: case, instance |
| exercycle | (noun) an exercise device resembling a stationary bike | Synonyms: exercise bike |
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| exile | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, expatriation, transportation |
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| (noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: deportee |
| (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: expat, expatriate |
| extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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| eyehole | (noun) a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | Synonyms: eyelet |
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| (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: peephole, spyhole |
| fable | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: allegory, apologue, parable |
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| (noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: legend |
| (noun) a deliberately false or improbable account | Synonyms: fabrication, fiction |
| facsimile | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax |
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| (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: autotype |
| faille | (noun) a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton | - |
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| fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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| (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
| farandole | (noun) a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures | - |
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| farfalle | (noun) pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie | Synonyms: bowtie pasta |
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| farthingale | (noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
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| fascicle | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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| (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicule |
| fascicule | (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicle |
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| female | (noun) an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) | - |
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| (noun) a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | Synonyms: female person |
| ferrule | (noun) a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting | Synonyms: collet |
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| ferule | (noun) a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children | - |
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| fettle | (noun) a state of fitness and good health | - |
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| fiddle | (noun) bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow | Synonyms: violin |
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| file | (noun) a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal | - |
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| (noun) office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order | Synonyms: file cabinet, filing cabinet |
| (noun) a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together | Synonyms: data file |
| (noun) a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other | Synonyms: Indian file, single file |
| fille | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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| filoselle | (noun) a soft silk embroidery thread. | - |
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| 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 |
| fipple | (noun) a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) | - |
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| fistmele | (noun) about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow) | - |
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| fizzle | (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: bust, flop |
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| (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation |
| flagpole | (noun) a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised | Synonyms: flagstaff |
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| (noun) surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors | Synonyms: range pole, ranging pole |
| floccule | (noun) a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid | Synonyms: floc |
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| foible | (noun) the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip | - |
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| (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: idiosyncrasy, mannerism |
| (noun) a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior. | - |
| folktale | (noun) a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | Synonyms: folk tale |
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| follicle | (noun) any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity | - |
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| fontanelle | (noun) any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus | Synonyms: fontanel, soft spot |
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| footcandle | (noun) a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle | - |
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| forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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| foxhole | (noun) a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire | Synonyms: fox hole |
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| frazzle | (noun) a state of extreme exhaustion | - |
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| freckle | (noun) a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin | Synonyms: lentigo |
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| freestyle | (noun) a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use | - |
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| frijole | (noun) Mexican bean; usually dried | - |
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| (noun) the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) | Synonyms: frijol, kidney bean |
| fuckhole | (noun) A hole that can be used for sexual intercourse | - |
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| fuddle | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
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| fumble | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: muff |
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| fungible | (noun) a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation | - |
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| funicle | (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funiculus |
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| furuncle | (noun) a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus | Synonyms: boil |
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| gabble | (noun) rapid and indistinct speech | Synonyms: jabber, jabbering |
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| gable | (noun) the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof | Synonyms: gable end, gable wall |
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| gaggle | (noun) a flock of geese | - |
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| galactocele | (noun) a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands) | - |
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| gale | (noun) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale | - |
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| galingale | (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galangal |
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| gallinule | (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens | Synonyms: marsh hen, swamphen, water hen |
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| gamble | (noun) a risky act or venture | - |
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| (noun) money that is risked for possible monetary gain | - |
| gargle | (noun) the sound produced while gargling | - |
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| (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: mouthwash |
| gargoyle | (noun) an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal | - |
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| (noun) a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal | - |
| gazelle | (noun) small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes | - |
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