dismally | (adverb) in a dreadful manner | Synonyms: dreadfully |
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(adverb) in a cheerless manner | Synonyms: drearily |
distally | (adverb) far from the center | - |
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doctrinally | (adverb) as a matter of doctrine | - |
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dogmatically | (adverb) in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner | - |
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domestically | (adverb) with respect to home or family | - |
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(adverb) with respect to the internal affairs of a government | - |
dorsally | (adverb) in a dorsal location or direction | - |
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dorsoventrally | (adverb) in a dorsoventral direction | - |
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downfall | (noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: fall |
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(noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: ruin, ruination |
(noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: precipitation |
dramatically | (adverb) in a dramatic manner | - |
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(adverb) with respect to dramatic value | - |
(adverb) in a very impressive manner | - |
drastically | (adverb) in a drastic manner | - |
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drywall | (noun) a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | Synonyms: dry wall, wallboard |
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dynamically | (adverb) in a forceful dynamic manner | - |
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earthball | (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball |
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eccentrically | (adverb) not symmetrically with respect to the center | - |
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(adverb) in an eccentric or bizarre manner | - |
ecclesiastically | (adverb) in an ecclesiastic manner | - |
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ecologically | (adverb) with respect to ecology | - |
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economically | (adverb) with respect to economic science | - |
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(adverb) with respect to the economic system | - |
(adverb) in an economical manner | - |
ecstatically | (adverb) in an ecstatic manner | Synonyms: rapturously, rhapsodically |
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editorially | (adverb) by means of an editorial | - |
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educationally | (adverb) in an educational manner | - |
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effectually | (adverb) in an effectual manner | - |
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egotistically | (adverb) in an egotistical manner | Synonyms: selfishly |
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electrically | (adverb) by electricity | - |
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electronically | (adverb) by electronic means | - |
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electrostatically | (adverb) in an electrostatic manner | - |
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emotionally | (adverb) with regard to emotions | - |
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(adverb) in an emotional manner | - |
empathetically | (adverb) in a sympathetic manner | Synonyms: sympathetically |
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emphatically | (adverb) without question and beyond doubt | Synonyms: by all odds, decidedly, definitely, in spades, unquestionably |
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empirically | (adverb) in an empirical manner | Synonyms: by trial and error, through empirical observation |
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enallage | (noun) a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') | - |
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energetically | (adverb) in an energetic manner | - |
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enigmatically | (adverb) in a cryptic manner | Synonyms: cryptically, mysteriously |
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enthrall | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport |
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enthralled | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced |
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enthralling | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating |
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enthrallingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, captivatingly, enchantingly |
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enthrallment | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, fascination |
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enthusiastically | (adverb) with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner | - |
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(adverb) in a lavish or enthusiastic manner | Synonyms: sky-high |
environmentally | (adverb) for the environment | - |
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episodically | (adverb) in an episodic manner | - |
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equally | (adverb) to the same degree (often followed by `as') | Synonyms: as, every bit |
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(adverb) in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way | Synonyms: evenly |
equivocally | (adverb) in an ambiguous manner | Synonyms: ambiguously |
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erotically | (adverb) in an erotic manner | - |
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erratically | (adverb) in an erratic unpredictable manner | Synonyms: unpredictably |
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escallop | (noun) edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | Synonyms: scallop, scollop |
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(noun) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | Synonyms: scallop, scollop |
(noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | Synonyms: cutlet, scallop, scollop |
(verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
eschatologically | (adverb) in relation to eschatology | - |
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especially | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: particularly, peculiarly, specially |
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(adverb) in a special manner | Synonyms: specially |
essentially | (adverb) in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | Synonyms: basically, fundamentally |
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esthetically | (adverb) in a tasteful way | Synonyms: aesthetically |
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eternally | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: everlastingly, evermore, forever |
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ethically | (adverb) in an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics | - |
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ethnically | (adverb) with respect to ethnicity | - |
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euphemistically | (adverb) in a euphemistic manner | - |
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evenfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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eventually | (adverb) after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay | Synonyms: finally |
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exceptionally | (adverb) to an exceptional degree | - |
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experimentally | (adverb) in an experimental fashion | Synonyms: by experimentation, through an experiment |
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exponentially | (adverb) in an exponential manner | - |
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externally | (adverb) with respect to the outside | Synonyms: outwardly |
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(adverb) on or from the outside | - |
eyeball | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: orb |
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(verb) look at | Synonyms: eye |
facially | (adverb) with respect to the face | - |
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factually | (adverb) as a fact or based on fact | - |
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fall | (noun) a sudden drop from an upright position | Synonyms: spill, tumble |
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(noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, surrender |
(noun) a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity | - |
(noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | Synonyms: dip, drop, free fall |
(noun) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity | Synonyms: drop |
(noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: downfall |
(noun) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat | Synonyms: pin |
(noun) a movement downward | - |
(noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope |
(noun) the season when the leaves fall from the trees | Synonyms: autumn |
(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
(verb) occur at a specified time or place | - |
(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen |
(verb) pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind | - |
(verb) be born, used chiefly of lambs | - |
(verb) come out; issue | - |
(verb) assume a disappointed or sad expression | - |
(verb) begin vigorously | - |
(verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: descend, settle |
(verb) be cast down | - |
(verb) go as if by falling | - |
(verb) fall or flow in a certain way | Synonyms: flow, hang |
(verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, descend, go down |
(verb) move in a specified direction | - |
(verb) descend in free fall under the influence of gravity | - |
(verb) slope downward | - |
(verb) drop oneself to a lower or less erect position | - |
(verb) lose an upright position suddenly | Synonyms: fall down |
(verb) to be given by assignment or distribution | - |
(verb) be captured | - |
(verb) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed | Synonyms: light |
(verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: accrue |
(verb) to be given by right or inheritance | - |
(verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, pass, return |
(verb) lose office or power | - |
(verb) yield to temptation or sin | - |
(verb) suffer defeat, failure, or ruin | - |
(verb) lose one's chastity | - |
(verb) die, as in battle or in a hunt | - |
(verb) be due | - |
(verb) come under, be classified or included | Synonyms: come |
(verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | Synonyms: shine, strike |
(verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, precipitate |
fallacious | (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: deceitful, fraudulent |
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(adjective) based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information | - |
(adjective) containing or based on a fallacy | Synonyms: unsound |
fallaciousness | (noun) result of a fallacy or error in reasoning | - |
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fallacy | (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: false belief |
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fallal | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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fallback | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: disengagement, pullout |
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fallboard | (noun) the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played | Synonyms: fall-board |
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fallen | (adjective) killed in battle | - |
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(adjective) having fallen in or collapsed | - |
(adjective) having dropped by the force of gravity | - |
(adjective) having lost your chastity | - |
faller | (noun) a person who falls | - |
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(noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman |
fallibility | (noun) the likelihood of making errors | - |
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fallible | (adjective) likely to fail or make errors | - |
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(adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: frail, imperfect, weak |
falling | (adjective) becoming lower or less in degree or value | - |
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(adjective) decreasing in amount or degree | - |
(adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: dropping |
falloff | (noun) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality | Synonyms: drop-off, falling off, slack, slump |
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fallout | (noun) any adverse and unwanted secondary effect | Synonyms: side effect |
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(noun) the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion | Synonyms: radioactive dust |
fallow | (adjective) undeveloped but potentially useful | - |
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(adjective) left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season | - |
(noun) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | - |
falls | (noun) a steep descent of the water of a river | Synonyms: waterfall |
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(noun) the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) | - |
fanatically | (adverb) in a passionately fanatic manner | - |
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fantastically | (adverb) exceedingly; extremely | Synonyms: fabulously, incredibly |
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farcically | (adverb) in a farcical manner | - |
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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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fastball | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, heater, hummer, smoke |
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fatally | (adverb) with fatal consequences or implications | - |
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federally | (adverb) by federal government | - |
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feudally | (adverb) in a feudal manner | - |
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finally | (adverb) as the end result of a succession or process | Synonyms: at last, at long last, in the end, ultimately |
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(adverb) after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay | Synonyms: eventually |
(adverb) the item at the end | Synonyms: in conclusion, last, lastly |
financially | (adverb) from a financial point of view | - |
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fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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fireball | (noun) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | - |
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(noun) a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | - |
(noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse |
(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: bolide |
firewall | (noun) (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust | - |
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(noun) a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
(noun) (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet | - |
fiscally | (adverb) in financial matters | Synonyms: in fiscal matters |
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focally | (adverb) in a focal manner | - |
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football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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(noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
footballer | (noun) an athlete who plays American football | Synonyms: football player |
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footfall | (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footstep, step |
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footstall | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: pedestal, plinth |
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footwall | (noun) the lower wall of an inclined fault | - |
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forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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