| cardiomegaly | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart | Synonyms: enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia |
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| caregiver | (noun) a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult | - |
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| (noun) a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability | Synonyms: health care provider, health professional, PCP, primary care provider |
| categorem | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categoreme |
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| categorematic | (adjective) of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition | - |
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| categoreme | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categorem |
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| categorial | (adjective) of or relating to the concept of categories | - |
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| categoric | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categorical |
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| (adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categorical, flat, unconditional |
| categorical | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categoric |
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| (adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categoric, flat, unconditional |
| categorically | (adverb) in an unqualified manner | Synonyms: flatly, unconditionally |
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| categorisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorization, classification, sorting |
| (noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorization, classification |
| categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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| categorised | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorized |
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| categorization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, classification, sorting |
| (noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorisation, classification |
| categorize | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorise |
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| categorized | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorised |
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| category | (noun) a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme | - |
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| (noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: class, family |
| cleg | (noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | Synonyms: clegg, horse fly, horsefly |
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| clegg | (noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | Synonyms: cleg, horse fly, horsefly |
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| college | (noun) a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | - |
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| (noun) the body of faculty and students of a college | - |
| (noun) an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university | - |
| collegial | (adjective) characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues | - |
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| (adjective) of or resembling or typical of a college or college students | Synonyms: collegiate |
| collegian | (noun) a student (or former student) at a college or university | Synonyms: college boy, college man |
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| collegiate | (adjective) of or resembling or typical of a college or college students | Synonyms: collegial |
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| congregant | (noun) a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue) | - |
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| congregate | (verb) come together, usually for a purpose | - |
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| congregating | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregation |
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| congregation | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregating |
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| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: faithful, fold |
| (noun) an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together | - |
| congregational | (adjective) relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation | - |
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| cortege | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: entourage, retinue, suite |
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| (noun) a funeral procession | - |
| cystoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoparalysis |
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| cytomegalic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells | - |
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| cytomegalovirus | (noun) any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems | Synonyms: CMV |
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| dactylomegaly | (noun) abnormally large fingers or toes | - |
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| degage | (adjective) free and relaxed in manner | - |
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| (adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: detached, uninvolved |
| degas | (verb) remove gas from | - |
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| degauss | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: demagnetise, demagnetize |
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| degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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| degeneracy | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
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| (noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneration |
| degenerate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
| (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: deteriorate, devolve, drop |
| degeneration | (noun) passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Synonyms: retrogression |
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| (noun) the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Synonyms: devolution |
| (noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | Synonyms: decadence, decadency, degeneracy |
| degenerative | (adjective) (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function | - |
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| deglaze | (verb) dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring | - |
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| deglutition | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: drink, swallow |
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| deglycerolise | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolize |
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| deglycerolize | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolise |
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| degradation | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: debasement |
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| (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, abjection |
| degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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| (verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
| degraded | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| (adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, devalued |
| degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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| degrading | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: debasing |
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| (adjective) harmful to the mind or morals | Synonyms: corrupting |
| degras | (noun) a semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. | - |
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| degrease | (verb) remove grease or oil from (a pan) | - |
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| degreaser | (noun) a chemical substance that dissolves water-insoluble substances, such as greases and oils. | - |
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| degree | (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: grade, level |
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| (noun) the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) | - |
| (noun) the highest power of a term or variable | - |
| (noun) an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study | Synonyms: academic degree |
| (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: arcdegree |
| (noun) a unit of temperature on a specified scale | - |
| (noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: level, point, stage |
| degressive | (adjective) going down by steps | - |
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| (adjective) (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount | - |
| degust | (verb) taste with relish | - |
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| degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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| delegacy | (noun) the appointment of a delegate | - |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegation, deputation, mission |
| (noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent | Synonyms: agency, representation |
| delegate | (noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others | - |
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| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, depute, designate |
| (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: depute |
| delegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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| delegation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, deputation, mission |
| deregulate | (verb) lift the regulations on | - |
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| deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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| deregulation | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulating |
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| desegrated | (adjective) rid of segregation; having had segregation ended | Synonyms: nonsegregated, unsegregated |
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| desegregate | (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: integrate, mix |
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| desegregation | (noun) the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community | Synonyms: integrating, integration |
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| diplegia | (noun) paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body | - |
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| disintegrable | (adjective) capable of melting | Synonyms: meltable |
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| disintegrate | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity | - |
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| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, decompose |
| (verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles | - |
| disintegration | (noun) total destruction | Synonyms: annihilation |
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| (noun) separation into component parts | Synonyms: dissolution |
| (noun) the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | Synonyms: decay, radioactive decay |
| (noun) in a decomposed state | Synonyms: decomposition |
| (noun) a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system | - |
| disintegrative | (adjective) tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts | - |
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| disregard | (noun) willful lack of care and attention | Synonyms: neglect |
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| (noun) lack of attention and due care | Synonyms: neglect |
| (verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: ignore, neglect |
| (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, ignore, push aside |
| (verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, ignore, snub |
| disregarded | (adjective) not noticed inadvertently | Synonyms: forgotten |
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| disregarding | (adverb) in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks | Synonyms: disregardless, irrespective, no matter, regardless |
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| disregardless | (adverb) in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks | Synonyms: disregarding, irrespective, no matter, regardless |
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| dogleg | (noun) a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway | - |
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| (noun) angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog | - |
| dreg | (noun) a small amount of residue | - |
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| dregs | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: settlings |
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| egalitarian | (adjective) favoring social equality | Synonyms: classless |
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| (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: equalitarian |
| egalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: equalitarianism |
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| egalite | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egality |
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| egality | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egalite |
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| egest | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: eliminate, excrete, pass |
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| egg | (noun) animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds | - |
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| (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
| (noun) oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food | Synonyms: eggs |
| (verb) coat with beaten egg | - |
| (verb) throw eggs at | - |
| eggar | (noun) moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons | Synonyms: egger |
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| eggbeater | (noun) a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream | Synonyms: eggwhisk |
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| (noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | Synonyms: chopper, helicopter, whirlybird |
| eggcup | (noun) dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg | Synonyms: egg cup |
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| egger | (noun) moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons | Synonyms: eggar |
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| eggfruit | (noun) ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies | Synonyms: canistel |
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| egghead | (noun) an intellectual; a very studious and academic person | - |
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| eggnog | (noun) a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor | - |
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| eggplant | (noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow | Synonyms: aubergine, mad apple |
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| (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
| eggs | (noun) oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food | Synonyms: egg |
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| eggshake | (noun) a milkshake with egg in it | - |
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| eggshell | (noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: shell |
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| eggwhisk | (noun) a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream | Synonyms: eggbeater |
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| egis | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, breastplate |
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| eglantine | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
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| ego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind | - |
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| (noun) your consciousness of your own identity | Synonyms: self |
| (noun) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | Synonyms: egotism, self-importance |
| egocentric | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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| (noun) a self-centered person with little regard for others | Synonyms: egoist |