| acidification | (noun) the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid | - |
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| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| codification | (noun) the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order | - |
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| (noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | Synonyms: code |
| codified | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: statute |
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| codify | (verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law | - |
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| cordiform | (adjective) (of a leaf) shaped like a heart | Synonyms: cordate, heart-shaped |
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| dandified | (adjective) affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner | Synonyms: dandyish, foppish |
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| dandify | (verb) dress like a dandy | - |
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| dedifferentiate | (verb) lose specialization in form or function | - |
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| dedifferentiated | (adjective) having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| dedifferentiation | (noun) the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| dehumidifier | (noun) an appliance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable | - |
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| dehumidify | (verb) make less humid | - |
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| differ | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: disagree, dissent, take issue |
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| (verb) be different | - |
| difference | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | - |
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| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference of opinion, dispute |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: departure, deviation, divergence |
| (noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: remainder |
| (noun) a significant change | - |
| different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
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| (adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
| (adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
| (adjective) distinct or separate | - |
| differentia | (noun) distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
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| differentiable | (adjective) possessing a differential coefficient or derivative | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being perceived as different | - |
| differential | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference | - |
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| (adjective) involving or containing one or more derivatives | - |
| (noun) a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves | Synonyms: differential gear |
| (noun) a quality that differentiates between similar things | - |
| (noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative |
| differentially | (adverb) in a differential manner | - |
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| differentiate | (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character | - |
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| (verb) become different during development | - |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: specialise, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | - |
| (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: distinguish, mark |
| differentiated | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment | - |
| differentiation | (noun) the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function | - |
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| (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | Synonyms: distinction |
| (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: specialisation, specialization |
| differentiator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: discriminator |
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| differently | (adverb) in another and different manner | Synonyms: otherwise |
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| difficult | (adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | Synonyms: hard |
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| (adjective) hard to control | Synonyms: unmanageable |
| difficultness | (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficulty |
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| difficulty | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: trouble |
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| (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficultness |
| diffidence | (noun) lack of self-confidence | Synonyms: self-distrust, self-doubt |
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| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| diffidently | (adverb) in a diffident manner | - |
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| difflugia | (noun) a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains | - |
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| diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
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| diffraction | (noun) when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | - |
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| diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
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| (adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
| (adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| (verb) move outward | Synonyms: fan out, spread, spread out |
| diffused | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, soft |
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| (adjective) (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material | - |
| diffusely | (adverb) in a diffuse manner | - |
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| diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
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| diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
| diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
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| diffusion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: dispersal, dispersion, dissemination |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: dissemination |
| (noun) the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | - |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration | - |
| diffusive | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative |
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| diffusor | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
| diflunisal | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions | Synonyms: Dolobid |
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| edification | (noun) uplifting enlightenment | Synonyms: sophistication |
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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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| edified | (adjective) instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement | - |
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| edify | (verb) make understand | Synonyms: enlighten |
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| edifying | (adjective) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | Synonyms: enlightening |
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| humidifier | (noun) an appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building | - |
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| humidify | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: moisturise, moisturize |
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| indifference | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, numbness, spiritlessness |
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| (noun) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern | Synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern |
| (noun) unbiased impartial unconcern | - |
| (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
| indifferent | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed | Synonyms: deaf |
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| (adjective) characterized by a lack of partiality | Synonyms: unbiased, unbiassed |
| (adjective) fairly poor to not very good | - |
| (adjective) neither too great nor too little | - |
| (adjective) being neither good nor bad | Synonyms: so-so |
| (adjective) showing no care or concern in attitude or action | - |
| (adjective) (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other | Synonyms: immaterial |
| (adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: apathetic |
| (adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive | Synonyms: inert, neutral |
| (adjective) marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another | - |
| indifferently | (adverb) with indifference; in an indifferent manner | - |
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| lapidify | (verb) change into stone | Synonyms: petrify |
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| modifiable | (adjective) capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme) | - |
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| modification | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: adjustment, alteration |
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| (noun) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy | - |
| (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | Synonyms: alteration, change |
| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, qualifying |
| modified | (adjective) changed in form or character | - |
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| (adjective) mediocre | Synonyms: limited |
| modifier | (noun) a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene | Synonyms: modifier gene |
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| (noun) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Synonyms: qualifier |
| (noun) a person who changes something | Synonyms: changer |
| (noun) a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising | - |
| modify | (verb) make less severe or harsh or extreme | - |
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| (verb) add a modifier to a constituent | Synonyms: qualify |
| (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: alter, change |
| nidifugous | (adjective) (of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching | - |
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| rigidification | (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidifying, stiffening |
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| rigidify | (verb) become rigid | - |
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| (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: ossify, petrify |
| rigidifying | (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, stiffening |
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| solidification | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidifying |
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| solidified | (adjective) changed into a solid mass | Synonyms: coagulated |
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| solidify | (verb) become solid | - |
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| (verb) make solid or more solid; cause to solidify | - |
| solidifying | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidification |
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| splendiferous | (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: glorious, resplendent, splendid |
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| undifferentiated | (adjective) not differentiated | Synonyms: uniform |
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| unedifying | (adjective) not edifying | Synonyms: unenlightening |
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| unmodifiable | (adjective) incapable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme) | - |
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| unmodified | (adjective) not changed in form or character | - |
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