dump | (noun) a place where supplies can be stored | - |
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(noun) (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs | - |
(noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | Synonyms: dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard |
(noun) a coarse term for defecation | Synonyms: shit |
(verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: coldcock, deck, floor, knock down |
(verb) drop (stuff) in a heap or mass | - |
(verb) fall abruptly | Synonyms: plunge |
(verb) throw away as refuse | - |
(verb) sell at artificially low prices | Synonyms: underprice |
(verb) sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | Synonyms: ditch |
dumpcart | (noun) a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling | - |
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dumper | (noun) truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity | Synonyms: dump truck, tip truck, tipper, tipper lorry, tipper truck |
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dumpiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: squattiness |
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dumping | (noun) selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market | - |
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dumpling | (noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | Synonyms: dumplings |
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(noun) dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry | - |
dumplings | (noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | Synonyms: dumpling |
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dumps | (noun) an informal expression for a mildly depressed state | Synonyms: mopes |
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dumpsite | (noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | Synonyms: dump, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard |
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dumpy | (adjective) resembling a garbage dump | - |
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(adjective) short and plump | Synonyms: podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby |
(adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy |
dun | (adjective) of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color | - |
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(noun) horse of a dull brownish grey color | - |
(noun) a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | Synonyms: fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown |
(verb) make a dun color | - |
(verb) cure by salting | - |
(verb) persistently ask for overdue payment | - |
(verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, frustrate, rag, torment |
dunce | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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duncical | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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duncish | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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dunderhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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dune | (noun) a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans | Synonyms: sand dune |
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dung | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: droppings, muck |
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(verb) defecate; used of animals | - |
(verb) fertilize or dress with dung | - |
dungaree | (noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | Synonyms: denim, jean |
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dungeon | (noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | Synonyms: donjon, keep |
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(noun) a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined | - |
dunghill | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: midden, muckheap, muckhill |
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(noun) a foul or degraded condition | - |
dunk | (noun) a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket | Synonyms: dunk shot, stuff shot |
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(verb) dip into a liquid while eating | Synonyms: dip |
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | Synonyms: dip, douse, plunge, souse |
(verb) make a dunk shot, in basketball | - |
dunker | (noun) a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots | - |
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(noun) an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it | - |
dunlin | (noun) small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions | Synonyms: Erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper |
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dunnock | (noun) small brownish European songbird | Synonyms: hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, sparrow |
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duo | (noun) a musical composition for two performers | Synonyms: duet, duette |
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(noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duet, twosome |
(noun) two performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: duet, duette |
(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
duodecimal | (adjective) based on twelve | - |
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(noun) one part in twelve equal parts | Synonyms: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part |
duodenal | (adjective) in or relating to the duodenum | - |
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duodenum | (noun) the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum | - |
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duodiode | (noun) an electron tube having two diodes in the same envelope, with either a common cathode or separate cathodes. | - |
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duologue | (noun) a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors | - |
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(noun) a conversation between two persons | Synonyms: dialog, dialogue |
duomo | (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: cathedral |
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dupe | (noun) a person who is tricked or swindled | Synonyms: victim |
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(verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
dupery | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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duple | (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: double, dual |
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duplex | (adjective) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously | - |
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(adjective) (used technically of a device or process) having two parts | - |
(noun) an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase | Synonyms: duplex apartment |
(noun) a house with two units sharing a common wall | Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house |
(verb) change into a duplex | - |
duplicability | (noun) the quality of being reproducible | Synonyms: reproducibility |
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duplicable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicatable |
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duplicatable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicable |
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duplicate | (adjective) being two identical | Synonyms: matching, twin, twinned |
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(adjective) identically copied from an original | - |
(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplication |
(noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: extra |
(verb) increase twofold | Synonyms: double |
(verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
(verb) make a duplicate or duplicates of | - |
(verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: parallel, twin |
duplication | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: gemination |
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(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplicate |
duplicator | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: copier |
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duplicitous | (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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duplicity | (noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: double-dealing |
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(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: fraudulence |
dura | (noun) the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: dura mater |
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durability | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: enduringness, lastingness, strength |
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durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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(adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
(adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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dural | (adjective) of or relating to the dura mater | - |
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duramen | (noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood | Synonyms: heartwood |
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durance | (noun) imprisonment (especially for a long time) | - |
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duration | (noun) continuance in time | Synonyms: length |
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(noun) the property of enduring or continuing in time | Synonyms: continuance |
(noun) the period of time during which something continues | Synonyms: continuance |
durative | (noun) the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration | Synonyms: durative aspect |
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durbar | (noun) the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur | - |
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duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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durian | (noun) huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts | - |
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(noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durion |
durion | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian, durian tree, Durio zibethinus |
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durmast | (noun) deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood | Synonyms: Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora |
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durometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like. | - |
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durra | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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durum | (noun) wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America | Synonyms: durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum |
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dusk | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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(verb) become dusk | - |
duskiness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: darkness, swarthiness |
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(noun) the state of being poorly illuminated | Synonyms: dimness |
dusky | (adjective) naturally having skin of a dark color | Synonyms: dark-skinned, swart, swarthy |
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(adjective) lighted by or as if by twilight | Synonyms: twilight, twilit |
dust | (noun) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air | - |
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(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble |
(noun) free microscopic particles of solid material | - |
(verb) remove the dust from | - |
(verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle |
(verb) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | - |
(verb) cover with a light dusting of a substance | - |
dustbin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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dustcart | (noun) a truck for collecting domestic refuse | Synonyms: garbage truck |
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dustcloth | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: duster, dustrag |
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duster | (noun) a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter | - |
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(noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | Synonyms: dust coat, gabardine, gaberdine, smock |
(noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, dustrag |
(noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco |
dustiness | (noun) the state of being covered with dust | - |
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dustlike | (adjective) as fine and powdery as dust | - |
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dustman | (noun) someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse | Synonyms: garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector |
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dustmop | (noun) a dry swab for dusting floors | Synonyms: dry mop, dust mop |
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dustpan | (noun) a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept | - |
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(noun) the quantity that a dustpan will hold | Synonyms: dustpanful |
dustpanful | (noun) the quantity that a dustpan will hold | Synonyms: dustpan |
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dustrag | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, duster |
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dustup | (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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dusty | (adjective) covered with a layer of dust | Synonyms: dust-covered |
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(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, moth-eaten, stale |
duteous | (adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Synonyms: dutiful |
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dutiable | (adjective) subject to import tax | - |
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dutiful | (adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Synonyms: duteous |
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dutifully | (adverb) out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner | - |
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dutifulness | (noun) piety by virtue of devotion to duty | - |
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duty | (noun) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force | Synonyms: obligation, responsibility |
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(noun) work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons | - |
(noun) a government tax on imports or exports | Synonyms: tariff |
duvet | (noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | Synonyms: continental quilt, eiderdown |
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educate | (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, prepare, train |
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(verb) give an education to | - |
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, cultivate, school, train |
educated | (adjective) possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) | - |
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(adjective) characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved | Synonyms: enlightened |
educatee | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: pupil, student |
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education | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
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(noun) the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) | - |
(noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | Synonyms: breeding, training |
(noun) knowledge acquired by learning and instruction | - |
(noun) the gradual process of acquiring knowledge | - |
educational | (adjective) relating to the process of education | - |
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(adjective) providing knowledge | - |
educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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educationally | (adverb) in an educational manner | - |
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educationist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationalist |
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educative | (adjective) resulting in education | - |
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educator | (noun) someone who educates young people | Synonyms: pedagog, pedagogue |
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educe | (verb) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state | Synonyms: derive |
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(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, elicit, evoke, extract |
edulcorate | (verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcify, dulcorate, sweeten |
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edutainment | (noun) entertainment that is intended to be educational | - |
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endue | (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, gift, indue, invest |
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endurable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: bearable, sufferable, supportable |
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endurance | (noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress | - |
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(noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: survival |