dipterocarp | (noun) tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae | - |
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dipteron | (noun) insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing | Synonyms: dipteran, dipterous insect, two-winged insects |
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diptych | (noun) a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book) | - |
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direction | (noun) the act of managing something | Synonyms: management |
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(noun) the act of setting and holding a course | Synonyms: guidance, steering |
(noun) a general course along which something has a tendency to develop | - |
(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
(noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, counselling, guidance |
(noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | Synonyms: charge, commission |
(noun) a message describing how something is to be done | Synonyms: instruction |
(noun) a line leading to a place or point | Synonyms: way |
(noun) the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves | - |
directionality | (noun) the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another | Synonyms: directivity |
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(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction | - |
directioner | (noun) a fan on the band One Direction | - |
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directive | (noun) a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity | - |
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directiveness | (noun) the quality of being directive | Synonyms: directivity |
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directivity | (noun) the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another | Synonyms: directionality |
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(noun) the quality of being directive | Synonyms: directiveness |
directmate | (noun) A type of problem where White, moving first, is required to checkmate Black in a specified number of moves against any defence. | - |
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directness | (noun) trueness of course toward a goal | Synonyms: straightness |
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(noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, forthrightness, frankness |
director | (noun) someone who controls resources and expenditures | Synonyms: manager, managing director |
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(noun) the person who leads a musical group | Synonyms: conductor, music director |
(noun) someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show | Synonyms: theater director, theatre director |
(noun) member of a board of directors | - |
(noun) the person who directs the making of a film | Synonyms: film director |
directorate | (noun) a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution | Synonyms: board of directors |
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directorship | (noun) the position of a director of a business concern | - |
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directory | (noun) an alphabetical list of names and addresses | - |
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(noun) (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk) | - |
dirge | (noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | Synonyms: coronach, lament, requiem, threnody |
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dirham | (noun) worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils | Synonyms: Kuwaiti dirham |
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(noun) 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya | Synonyms: Libyan dirham |
(noun) 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia | Synonyms: Tunisian dirham |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes | Synonyms: Moroccan dirham |
(noun) the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 100 fils | Synonyms: United Arab Emirate dirham |
(noun) 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar | Synonyms: Qatari dirham |
dirigible | (noun) a steerable self-propelled aircraft | Synonyms: airship |
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dirk | (noun) a relatively long dagger with a straight blade | - |
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dirndl | (noun) a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt | - |
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(noun) a full skirt with a gathered waistband | - |
dirt | (noun) disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people | Synonyms: malicious gossip, scandal |
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(noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: filth, grease, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
(noun) the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | Synonyms: soil |
(noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: crap, poop, shit, shite, turd |
dirtiness | (noun) obscenity in speech or writing | Synonyms: smuttiness |
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(noun) the state of being unsanitary | Synonyms: uncleanness |
(noun) the state of containing dirty impurities | - |
dirtying | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: soiling, soilure |
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disa | (noun) any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions | - |
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disability | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disablement, handicap, impairment |
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disabled | (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped | Synonyms: handicapped |
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disablement | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, handicap, impairment |
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disaccharidase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides | - |
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disaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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disadvantage | (noun) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | - |
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disaffection | (noun) disloyalty to the government or to established authority | - |
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(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: alienation, estrangement |
disaffirmation | (noun) the act of asserting that something alleged is not true | Synonyms: denial |
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disagreeableness | (noun) an ill-tempered and offensive disposition | - |
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(noun) the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
disagreement | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: discrepancy, divergence, variance |
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(noun) the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing | - |
(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: dissension, dissonance |
disambiguation | (noun) clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity | - |
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disambiguator | (noun) (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used | - |
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disappearance | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearing |
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(noun) gradually ceasing to be visible | Synonyms: fade |
(noun) the event of passing out of sight | - |
(noun) ceasing to exist | - |
disappearing | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearance |
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disappointment | (noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone | Synonyms: dashing hopes |
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(noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: letdown |
disapprobation | (noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable | Synonyms: condemnation |
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disapproval | (noun) the act of disapproving or condemning | - |
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(noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour, dislike |
(noun) the expression of disapproval | - |
(noun) a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing | - |
disarmament | (noun) act of reducing or depriving of arms | Synonyms: disarming |
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disarmer | (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: pacificist, pacifist |
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disarming | (noun) act of reducing or depriving of arms | Synonyms: disarmament |
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disarrangement | (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disorganisation, disorganization |
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disarray | (noun) untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) | Synonyms: disorderliness |
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(noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusedness, confusion, mental confusion, muddiness |
disassembly | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: dismantlement, dismantling |
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disassociation | (noun) a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | Synonyms: dissociation |
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(noun) the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination | - |
disaster | (noun) an act that has disastrous consequences | - |
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(noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy |
(noun) a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | Synonyms: catastrophe |
disavowal | (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disclaimer |
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disbandment | (noun) the act of disbanding | - |
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disbarment | (noun) the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law | - |
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disbelief | (noun) doubt about the truth of something | Synonyms: incredulity, mental rejection, scepticism, skepticism |
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(noun) a rejection of belief | Synonyms: unbelief |
disbursal | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursement, outlay, spending |
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(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursement, expense |
disbursement | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, outlay, spending |
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(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursal, expense |
disburser | (noun) someone who spends money to purchase goods or services | Synonyms: expender, spender |
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disc | (noun) a flat circular plate | Synonyms: disk |
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(noun) sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | Synonyms: disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record |
(noun) (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored | Synonyms: disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk |
(noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate | Synonyms: disk, saucer |
discant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: descant |
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discard | (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | Synonyms: throwing away |
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(noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | - |
(noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | - |
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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discernability | (noun) distinctness that makes perception easy | Synonyms: legibility |
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discernment | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discretion |
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(noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity |
(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: apprehension, savvy, understanding |
(noun) perception of that which is obscure | Synonyms: perceptiveness |
(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: appreciation, perceptiveness, taste |
discharge | (noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: firing, firing off |
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(noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
(noun) a formal written statement of relinquishment | Synonyms: release, waiver |
(noun) the act of venting | Synonyms: venting |
(noun) the sudden giving off of energy | - |
(noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: outpouring, run |
(noun) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | Synonyms: arc, electric arc, electric discharge, spark |
(noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: emission, expelling |
(noun) a substance that is emitted or released | Synonyms: emission |
discina | (noun) any fungus of the genus Discina | - |
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disciple | (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: adherent |
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discipleship | (noun) the position of disciple | - |
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disciplinarian | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: martinet, moralist |
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discipline | (noun) training to improve strength or self-control | - |
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(noun) the act of disciplining | Synonyms: correction |
(noun) the trait of being well behaved | - |
(noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
(noun) a system of rules of conduct or method of practice | - |
disclaimer | (noun) (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something | - |
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(noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disavowal |
disclosure | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: revealing, revelation |
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disco | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: discotheque |
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(noun) popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques | Synonyms: disco music |
discography | (noun) a descriptive catalog of musical recordings | - |
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discoloration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discolouration |
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(noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discolouration, stain |
discolouration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discoloration |
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(noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, stain |
discombobulation | (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: confusion |
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discomfited | (noun) people who are defeated | Synonyms: defeated |
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discomfiture | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment |
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discomfort | (noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | Synonyms: irritation, soreness |
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(noun) the state of being tense and feeling pain | Synonyms: uncomfortableness |
discomposure | (noun) a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure | - |
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(noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, disconcertion, disconcertment |
discomycete | (noun) any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes | Synonyms: cup fungus |
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disconcertion | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment |
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disconcertment | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion |
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disconnect | (noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnection, gulf |
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disconnectedness | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture |
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disconnection | (noun) the act of breaking a connection | Synonyms: disjunction |
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(noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnect, gulf |
(noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture |
disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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discontent | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontentedness, discontentment |
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discontentedness | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentment |
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discontentment | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentedness |
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discontinuance | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuation |
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discontinuation | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuance |
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discontinuity | (noun) lack of connection or continuity | - |
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discord | (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement | Synonyms: discordance |
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(noun) a harsh mixture of sounds | Synonyms: discordance |
(noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate | Synonyms: dissension |
(noun) lack of agreement or harmony | Synonyms: strife |
discordance | (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement | Synonyms: discord |
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(noun) a harsh mixture of sounds | Synonyms: discord |
discotheque | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: disco |
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discount | (noun) the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise | Synonyms: deduction, price reduction |
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(noun) an amount or percentage deducted | Synonyms: deduction |
(noun) interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan | Synonyms: bank discount, discount rate |
(noun) a refund of some fraction of the amount paid | Synonyms: rebate |
discounter | (noun) a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price | Synonyms: discount house, discount store, wholesale house |
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discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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(noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
(noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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(noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
(noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
discourtesy | (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: offence, offense, offensive activity |
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(noun) a manner that is rude and insulting | Synonyms: rudeness |
(noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: disrespect |