| copyright | (verb) secure a copyright on a written work | - |
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| corduroy | (verb) build (a road) from logs laid side by side | - |
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| cosplay | (verb) wear a costume to resemble a character from some media especially anime | - |
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| crayon | (verb) write, draw, or trace with a crayon | - |
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| crucify | (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, pillory, savage |
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| (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, dun, frustrate, rag, torment |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: mortify, subdue |
| (verb) kill by nailing onto a cross | - |
| cry | (verb) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain | Synonyms: weep |
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| (verb) bring into a particular state by crying | - |
| (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
| (verb) proclaim or announce in public | Synonyms: blazon out |
| (verb) utter a characteristic sound | - |
| (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | Synonyms: call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout |
| (verb) demand immediate action | - |
| crystalise | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystalize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystallise | (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
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| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystallize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| curry | (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: dress, groom |
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| (verb) treat by incorporating fat | - |
| (verb) season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking | - |
| currycomb | (verb) clean (a horse) with a currycomb | - |
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| curtsey | (verb) bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | Synonyms: curtsy |
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| curtsy | (verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect | Synonyms: bob |
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| (verb) bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | Synonyms: curtsey |
| cybernate | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, computerize |
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| cycle | (verb) recur in repeating sequences | - |
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| (verb) ride a motorcycle | Synonyms: motorbike, motorcycle |
| (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel |
| (verb) pass through a cycle | - |
| (verb) cause to go through a recurring sequence | - |
| cyclostyle | (verb) print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil | - |
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| cypher | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, work out |
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| (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
| dally | (verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: play, trifle |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
| (verb) waste time | Synonyms: dawdle |
| (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: flirt, play, toy |
| dandify | (verb) dress like a dandy | - |
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| daydream | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: dream, stargaze, woolgather |
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| (verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | Synonyms: moon |
| decalcify | (verb) remove calcium or lime from | - |
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| (verb) lose calcium or calcium compounds | - |
| decarboxylate | (verb) lose a carboxyl group | - |
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| (verb) remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) | - |
| decay | (verb) fall into decay or ruin | Synonyms: crumble, dilapidate |
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| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decompose, disintegrate |
| (verb) undergo decay or decomposition | - |
| decertify | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: derecognise, derecognize |
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| declassify | (verb) lift the restriction on and make available again | - |
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| decoy | (verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy | - |
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| decry | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate |
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| decrypt | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decode |
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| defray | (verb) bear the expenses of | - |
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| defy | (verb) challenge | Synonyms: dare |
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| (verb) resist or confront with resistance | Synonyms: hold, hold up, withstand |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: refuse, resist |
| deglycerolise | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolize |
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| deglycerolize | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolise |
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| dehumidify | (verb) make less humid | - |
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| dehydrate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: desiccate, dry up, exsiccate |
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| (verb) remove water from | Synonyms: desiccate |
| (verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: desiccate |
| dehydrogenate | (verb) remove hydrogen from | - |
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| deify | (verb) exalt to the position of a God | - |
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| (verb) consider as a god or godlike | - |
| delay | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed | Synonyms: detain, hold up |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: detain, stay |
| (verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: check, retard |
| (verb) act later than planned, scheduled, or required | - |
| demulsify | (verb) break down into components | - |
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| (verb) cause to demulsify | - |
| demyelinate | (verb) destroy the myelin sheath of | - |
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| demystify | (verb) make less mysterious or remove the mystery from | - |
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| demythologise | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologize |
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| demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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| denazify | (verb) free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance | - |
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| denitrify | (verb) remove nitrogen from | - |
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| deny | (verb) declare untrue; contradict | - |
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| (verb) refuse to accept or believe | - |
| (verb) refuse to recognize or acknowledge | - |
| (verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | Synonyms: traverse |
| (verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: refuse |
| (verb) refuse to grant, as of a petition or request | - |
| (verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: abnegate |
| deoxygenate | (verb) remove oxygen from (water) | - |
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| deploy | (verb) to distribute systematically or strategically | Synonyms: roll out |
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| descry | (verb) catch sight of | Synonyms: espy, spot, spy |
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| destroy | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: demolish |
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| (verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: ruin |
| (verb) put (an animal) to death | Synonyms: put down |
| (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destruct |
| desynchronise | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronize |
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| desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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| detoxify | (verb) treat for alcohol or drug dependence | Synonyms: detox |
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| (verb) remove poison from | Synonyms: detoxicate |
| devitrify | (verb) become crystalline | - |
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| (verb) make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque | - |
| dialyse | (verb) separate by dialysis | Synonyms: dialyze |
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| dialyze | (verb) separate by dialysis | Synonyms: dialyse |
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| dignify | (verb) raise the status of | - |
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| (verb) confer dignity or honor upon | Synonyms: ennoble |
| dillydally | (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall |
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| dirty | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil |
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| disarray | (verb) bring disorder to | Synonyms: disorder |
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| disembody | (verb) free from a body or physical form or reality | - |
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| dismay | (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, horrify |
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| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down |
| disobey | (verb) refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient | - |
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| display | (verb) to show, make visible or apparent | Synonyms: exhibit, expose |
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| (verb) attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals | - |
| disqualify | (verb) make unfit or unsuitable | Synonyms: indispose, unfit |
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| (verb) declare unfit | - |
| dissatisfy | (verb) fail to satisfy | - |
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| disunify | (verb) break up or separate | Synonyms: break apart |
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| diversify | (verb) vary in order to spread risk or to expand | Synonyms: branch out, broaden |
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| (verb) make (more) diverse | - |
| (verb) spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | Synonyms: radiate |
| dizzy | (verb) make dizzy or giddy | - |
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| downplay | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: background, play down |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: minimise, minimize, understate |
| dry | (verb) become dry or drier | Synonyms: dry out |
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| (verb) remove the moisture from and make dry | Synonyms: dry out |
| drydock | (verb) maneuver (a ship) into a drydock | Synonyms: dry-dock |
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| dulcify | (verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten |
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| dummy | (verb) make a dummy of | Synonyms: dummy up |
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| dye | (verb) color with dye | - |
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| (verb) color for microscopic study | Synonyms: stain |
| dyke | (verb) enclose with a dike | Synonyms: dike |
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| dynamise | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamize |
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| (verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamize |
| dynamite | (verb) blow up with dynamite | - |
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| dynamize | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamise |
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| (verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamise |
| eddy | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool |
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| edify | (verb) make understand | Synonyms: enlighten |
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| electrify | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: wire |
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| (verb) charge (a conductor) with electricity | - |
| (verb) excite suddenly and intensely | - |
| embody | (verb) represent, as of a character on stage | Synonyms: be, personify |
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| (verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, incarnate, substantiate |
| (verb) represent or express something abstract in tangible form | - |
| employ | (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, use, utilise, utilize |
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| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: engage, hire |
| empty | (verb) excrete or discharge from the body | Synonyms: evacuate, void |
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| (verb) become empty or void of its content | Synonyms: discharge |
| (verb) make void or empty of contents | - |
| (verb) remove the contents of a container | - |
| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: abandon, vacate |
| emulsify | (verb) form into or become an emulsion | - |
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| (verb) cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion | - |
| encrypt | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encipher, inscribe, write in code |
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| enjoy | (verb) take delight in | Synonyms: delight, revel |
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| (verb) have benefit from | - |
| (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, relish, savor, savour |
| (verb) get pleasure from | Synonyms: love |
| (verb) have for one's benefit | - |
| ensky | (verb) exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise | - |
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| envy | (verb) be envious of; set one's heart on | Synonyms: begrudge |
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| (verb) feel envious towards; admire enviously | - |
| epoxy | (verb) glue with epoxy | - |
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| espy | (verb) catch sight of | Synonyms: descry, spot, spy |
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| essay | (verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: assay, attempt, seek, try |
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| (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: examine, prove, test, try, try out |
| esterify | (verb) change (a compound) into an ester | - |
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| etherify | (verb) change into an ether | - |
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| etymologise | (verb) construct the history of words | Synonyms: etymologize |
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| (verb) give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) | Synonyms: etymologize |
| etymologize | (verb) construct the history of words | Synonyms: etymologise |
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| (verb) give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) | Synonyms: etymologise |
| exemplify | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: illustrate, instance |
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| (verb) be typical of | Synonyms: represent |
| eye | (verb) look at | Synonyms: eyeball |
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| eyeball | (verb) look at | Synonyms: eye |
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