| disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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| (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
| disinfection | (noun) treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms | - |
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| disinfector | (noun) an apparatus for applying disinfectants. | - |
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| disinfest | (verb) rid of vermin | - |
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| disinfestation | (noun) the activity of getting rid of vermin | - |
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| drawknife | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawshave |
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| duffel | (noun) a coarse heavy woolen fabric | Synonyms: duffle |
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| (noun) a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings | Synonyms: duffel bag, duffle, duffle bag |
| duffer | (noun) an incompetent or clumsy person | - |
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| effect | (noun) an outward appearance | Synonyms: impression |
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| (noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: force |
| (noun) an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) | - |
| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, essence, gist |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
| (noun) a symptom caused by an illness or a drug | - |
| (verb) produce | Synonyms: effectuate, set up |
| (verb) act so as to bring into existence | - |
| effected | (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, established |
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| effecter | (noun) one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose | Synonyms: effector |
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| effective | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effectual, efficacious |
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| (adjective) existing in fact; not theoretical; real | - |
| (adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: efficient |
| (adjective) works well as a means or remedy | - |
| (adjective) ready for service | - |
| (adjective) exerting force or influence | Synonyms: good, in effect, in force |
| effectively | (adverb) in actuality or reality or fact | Synonyms: in effect |
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| (adverb) in an effective manner | Synonyms: efficaciously |
| effectiveness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectivity, effectuality, effectualness |
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| (noun) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects | Synonyms: potency, strength |
| effectivity | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness |
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| effector | (noun) an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses | - |
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| (noun) a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion | - |
| (noun) one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose | Synonyms: effecter |
| effects | (noun) property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business | Synonyms: personal effects |
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| effectual | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effective, efficacious |
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| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: legal, sound |
| effectuality | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness |
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| effectually | (adverb) in an effectual manner | - |
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| effectualness | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | Synonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality |
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| effectuate | (verb) produce | Synonyms: effect, set up |
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| effectuation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: implementation |
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| effeminacy | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effeminate | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
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| effeminateness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness |
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| effeminise | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize |
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| effeminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, feminise, feminize, womanize |
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| effendi | (noun) a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials | - |
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| efferent | (adjective) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS | Synonyms: motorial |
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| (noun) a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands | Synonyms: efferent nerve, motor nerve |
| effervesce | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
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| effervescence | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness |
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| (noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes | - |
| effervescent | (adjective) (of a liquid) giving off bubbles | - |
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| (adjective) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: sparkling |
| (adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly |
| effervescing | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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| effete | (adjective) deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective | - |
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| (adjective) affected, overrefined, and effeminate | - |
| enfeeble | (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, drain |
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| enfeeblement | (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy | Synonyms: debilitation, enervation, exhaustion |
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| enfeebling | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, weakening |
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| enfeoff | (verb) put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society | - |
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| enfeoffment | (noun) under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service | - |
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| ergocalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, cholecalciferol, D, viosterol, vitamin D |
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| falafel | (noun) small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds | Synonyms: felafel |
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| farfetched | (adjective) (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable | Synonyms: far-fetched |
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| (adjective) (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing | Synonyms: far-fetched |
| fealty | (noun) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) | Synonyms: allegiance |
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| fear | (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fearfulness, fright |
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| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, concern |
| (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration |
| (verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | Synonyms: dread |
| (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: revere, reverence, venerate |
| (verb) be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement | - |
| (verb) be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event | - |
| (verb) be uneasy or apprehensive about | - |
| fearful | (adjective) lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted | Synonyms: cowardly |
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| (adjective) experiencing or showing fear | - |
| (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
| (adjective) extremely distressing | Synonyms: frightful |
| (adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity | Synonyms: timorous, trepid |
| fearfully | (adverb) in fear | - |
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| (adverb) in an alarming manner | - |
| fearfulness | (noun) the trait of being afraid | - |
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| (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fear, fright |
| fearless | (adjective) oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them | Synonyms: unafraid |
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| (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
| fearlessly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: dauntlessly, intrepidly |
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| fearlessness | (noun) the trait of feeling no fear | - |
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| (noun) feeling no fear | Synonyms: bravery |
| fearsome | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| fearsomely | (adverb) in a fearsome manner | - |
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| feasibility | (noun) the quality of being doable | Synonyms: feasibleness |
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| feasible | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: executable, practicable, viable, workable |
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| feasibleness | (noun) the quality of being doable | Synonyms: feasibility |
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| feasibly | (adverb) in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible | Synonyms: practicably |
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| feast | (noun) something experienced with great delight | - |
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| (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: fete, fiesta |
| (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, spread |
| (noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: banquet |
| (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
| (verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
| (verb) gratify | Synonyms: feed |
| feasting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: banqueting |
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| feat | (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: effort, exploit |
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| feather | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feathering |
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| (noun) branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds | - |
| (verb) grow feathers | Synonyms: fledge |
| (verb) turn the oar, while rowing | Synonyms: square |
| (verb) turn the paddle; in canoeing | Synonyms: square |
| (verb) cover or fit with feathers | - |
| (verb) join tongue and groove, in carpentry | - |
| featherbed | (noun) a mattress stuffed with feathers | Synonyms: feather bed |
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| (verb) hire more workers than are necessary | - |
| (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
| featherbedding | (noun) the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required | - |
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| featherbrained | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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| feathered | (adjective) having or covered with feathers | - |
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| (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes | Synonyms: feathery, plumy |
| featheredge | (noun) a thin tapering edge | - |
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| featheredged | (adjective) having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade | Synonyms: deckle-edged, deckled |
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| featherfoil | (noun) a plant of the genus Hottonia | Synonyms: feather-foil |
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| featheriness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, fluffiness |
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| feathering | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feather |
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| featherless | (adjective) having no feathers | Synonyms: unfeathered |
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| featherlike | (adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | Synonyms: feathery |
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| feathertop | (noun) northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles | Synonyms: feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum |
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| (noun) a variety of reed grass | Synonyms: Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass |
| featherweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the bantamweight division and lighter than those in the lightweight division. | - |
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| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs 126-139 pounds | - |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds | - |
| feathery | (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes | Synonyms: feathered, plumy |
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| (adjective) characterized by a covering of feathers | - |
| (adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | Synonyms: featherlike |
| feature | (noun) an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: lineament |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: characteristic |
| (noun) (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind | Synonyms: feature of speech |
| (noun) the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater | Synonyms: feature film |
| (noun) a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: feature article |
| (verb) have as a feature | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | Synonyms: boast, sport |
| featured | (adjective) made a feature or highlight; given prominence | - |
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| (adjective) having facial features as specified; usually used in combination | - |
| featureless | (adjective) lacking distinguishing characteristics or features | - |
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| featurelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being without distinguishing features. | - |
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| febricity | (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febrility, fever, feverishness, pyrexia |
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| febrifuge | (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: antipyretic |
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| febrile | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by fever | Synonyms: feverish |
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| febrility | (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, fever, feverishness, pyrexia |
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| fecal | (adjective) of or relating to feces | Synonyms: faecal |
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| fecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, faecalith, stercolith |
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| feces | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, ordure, stool |
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| feckless | (adjective) generally incompetent and ineffectual | Synonyms: inept |
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| (adjective) not fit to assume responsibility | - |
| fecklessly | (adverb) with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner | Synonyms: ineptly |
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| (adverb) in a feckless manner; irresponsibly and incompetently | - |
| fecklessness | (noun) worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual | - |
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| fecula | (noun) excreta (especially of insects) | - |
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| feculence | (noun) something that is feculent | - |
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| feculent | (adjective) foul with waste matter | - |
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| fecund | (adjective) capable of producing offspring or vegetation | - |
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| (adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fertile, prolific |
| fecundate | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize, inseminate |
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| (verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
| fecundation | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation |
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| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: dressing, fertilisation, fertilization |
| fecundity | (noun) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth | Synonyms: fruitfulness |
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| (noun) the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination | Synonyms: fruitfulness |
| (noun) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring | Synonyms: fertility |
| fedayeen | (noun) (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel | - |
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| fedelline | (noun) extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli | - |
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| federal | (adjective) characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the central government of a federation | - |
| (adjective) national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units | - |
| federalisation | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalization |