| dietician | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietitian |
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| dieting | (noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | Synonyms: diet |
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| dietitian | (noun) a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition | Synonyms: dietician |
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| dignified | (adjective) having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance | - |
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| (adjective) having or showing self-esteem | Synonyms: self-respectful, self-respecting |
| dillydallier | (noun) someone who wastes time | Synonyms: dallier, dilly-dallier, lounger, mope |
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| disbelief | (noun) doubt about the truth of something | Synonyms: incredulity, mental rejection, scepticism, skepticism |
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| (noun) a rejection of belief | Synonyms: unbelief |
| disbelieve | (verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: discredit |
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| disbelieving | (adjective) denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion | Synonyms: sceptical, skeptical, unbelieving |
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| disbelievingly | (adverb) in an incredulous manner | Synonyms: incredulously, unbelievingly |
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| disembodied | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: bodiless, discorporate, unbodied, unembodied |
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| disobedience | (noun) the failure to obey | Synonyms: noncompliance |
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| (noun) the trait of being unwilling to obey | - |
| disobedient | (adjective) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority | - |
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| (adjective) unwilling to submit to authority | Synonyms: unruly |
| disobediently | (adverb) in a disobedient manner | - |
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| disorient | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorientate |
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| disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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| disorientation | (noun) a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) | Synonyms: freak out |
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| (noun) confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | - |
| disoriented | (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, lost |
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| (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, anomic |
| disorienting | (adjective) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings | - |
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| disqualified | (adjective) disqualified by law or rule or provision | - |
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| (adjective) barred from competition for violation of rules | - |
| disquiet | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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| (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: anxiousness |
| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
| disquieted | (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: distressed, disturbed, upset, worried |
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| disquieting | (adjective) causing mental discomfort | - |
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| disquietingly | (adverb) in a disquieting manner | - |
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| disquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: edginess, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| dissatisfied | (adjective) in a state of sulky dissatisfaction | Synonyms: disgruntled |
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| dissentient | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissenting, dissident |
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| (adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: recusant |
| dissilience | (noun) the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe | - |
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| dissilient | (adjective) bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels | - |
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| diversified | (adjective) having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety | - |
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| dixie | (noun) a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps | - |
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| doggie | (noun) informal terms for dogs | Synonyms: barker, bow-wow, doggy, pooch |
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| dogie | (noun) motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | Synonyms: dogy, leppy |
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| dominie | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominee, dominus |
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| dormie | (adjective) in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played | Synonyms: dormy |
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| dossier | (noun) a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record) | - |
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| dovekie | (noun) small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions | Synonyms: little auk, Plautus alle |
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| downfield | (adjective) located at, or relatively closer to, the defending team's end of the playing field | - |
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| (adverb) in the direction of the defending team's end of the playing field | - |
| dried | (adjective) not still wet | - |
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| (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, desiccated |
| drier | (noun) an appliance that removes moisture | Synonyms: dryer |
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| (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: desiccant, drying agent, siccative |
| dubiety | (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty |
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| earlier | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earliest |
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| (adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: before |
| (adverb) comparatives of `soon' or `early' | Synonyms: sooner |
| (adverb) before now | Synonyms: in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with |
| earliest | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earlier |
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| (adverb) with the least delay | Synonyms: soonest |
| earpiece | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earphone, headphone, phone |
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| ebullience | (noun) overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | Synonyms: enthusiasm, exuberance |
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| ebullient | (adjective) joyously unrestrained | Synonyms: exuberant, high-spirited |
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| ebulliently | (adverb) in an ebullient manner | Synonyms: expansively, exuberantly |
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| ecofriendly | (adjective) Good for the environment | - |
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| edified | (adjective) instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement | - |
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| eerie | (adjective) inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening | Synonyms: eery |
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| (adjective) suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious | - |
| efficiency | (noun) skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of the output to the input of any system | - |
| efficient | (adjective) being effective without wasting time or effort or expense | - |
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| (adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: effective |
| efficiently | (adverb) with efficiency; in an efficient manner | Synonyms: expeditiously |
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| eighties | (noun) the time of life between 80 and 90 | Synonyms: mid-eighties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1980 to 1989 | Synonyms: 1980s |
| (noun) the decade from 1880 to 1889 | Synonyms: 1880s |
| eightieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of eighty in counting order | Synonyms: 80th |
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| (noun) position 80 in a countable series of things | - |
| embodied | (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, corporate, incarnate |
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| emollient | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: demulcent, salving, softening |
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| (noun) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | Synonyms: cream, ointment |
| emulsifier | (noun) a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion | - |
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| epauliere | (noun) armor plate that protects the shoulder | - |
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| erythropoiesis | (noun) the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow | - |
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| erythropoietic | (adjective) of or relating to the formation of red blood cells | - |
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| erythropoietin | (noun) a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells | - |
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| espalier | (noun) a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat | - |
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| esurience | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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| (noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: edacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity |
| esurient | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, devouring, greedy |
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| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
| expedience | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expediency |
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| (noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking |
| expediency | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expedience |
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| expedient | (adjective) serving to promote your interest | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to a purpose; practical | - |
| (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | - |
| expediently | (adverb) in an expedient manner | Synonyms: inadvisably |
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| experience | (noun) the content of direct observation or participation in an event | - |
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| (noun) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities | - |
| (noun) an event as apprehended | - |
| (verb) undergo | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: know, live |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: feel |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: get, have, receive |
| (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: go through, see |
| experienced | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experient |
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| experient | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experienced |
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| experiential | (adjective) relating to or resulting from experience | - |
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| (adjective) derived from experience or the experience of existence | Synonyms: existential |
| eyepiece | (noun) combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | Synonyms: ocular |
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| eyrie | (noun) any habitation at a high altitude | Synonyms: aerie, aery, eyry |
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| (noun) the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) | Synonyms: aerie, aery, eyry |
| faerie | (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faery, fairyland |
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| (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faery, fairy, fay, sprite |
| faience | (noun) glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors | - |
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| falsie | (noun) padding that is worn inside a brassiere | - |
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| (noun) artificial eyelashes | - |
| falsifier | (noun) someone who falsifies | - |
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| fancied | (adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination | Synonyms: fabricated, fictional, fictitious |
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| fancier | (noun) a person having a strong liking for something | Synonyms: enthusiast |
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| farrier | (noun) a person who shoes horses | Synonyms: horseshoer |
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| fief | (noun) a piece of land held under the feudal system | Synonyms: feoff |
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| fiefdom | (noun) an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group | - |
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| (noun) the domain controlled by a feudal lord | - |
| field | (noun) a particular kind of commercial enterprise | Synonyms: field of operation, line of business |
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| (noun) a place where planes take off and land | Synonyms: airfield, flying field, landing field |
| (noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
| (noun) the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) | Synonyms: field of view |
| (noun) (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1 | - |
| (noun) all of the horses in a particular horse race | - |
| (noun) all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information | - |
| (noun) a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed | - |
| (noun) somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected | - |
| (noun) a piece of land prepared for playing a game | Synonyms: athletic field, playing area, playing field |
| (noun) a region in which active military operations are in progress | Synonyms: field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations |
| (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor |
| (noun) a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found | - |
| (noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: champaign, plain |
| (noun) the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it | Synonyms: field of force, force field |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, domain, orbit, sphere |
| (verb) select (a team or individual player) for a game | - |
| (verb) answer adequately or successfully | - |
| (verb) play as a fielder | - |
| (verb) catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket | - |
| fielder | (noun) a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat | - |
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| (noun) a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting | Synonyms: fieldsman |
| fieldfare | (noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: snowbird, Turdus pilaris |
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| fieldhand | (noun) a hired hand on a farm | Synonyms: farm worker, farmhand, field hand |
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| fielding | (noun) (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field | - |
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| fieldmouse | (noun) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | Synonyms: field mouse |
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| fieldsman | (noun) a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting | Synonyms: fielder |
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| fieldstone | (noun) stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material | - |
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| fieldwork | (noun) a temporary fortification built by troops in the field | - |
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| fieldworker | (noun) a researcher who works in the field | - |
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| fiend | (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, devil, monster, ogre |
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| (noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fanatic |
| (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, devil |
| fiendish | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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| fiendishly | (adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner | Synonyms: devilishly, diabolically |
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| fierce | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: tearing, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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| (adjective) ruthless in competition | Synonyms: bowelless, cutthroat |
| (adjective) violently agitated and turbulent | Synonyms: boisterous, rough |
| (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, furious, savage |
| fiercely | (adverb) in a physically fierce manner | Synonyms: ferociously |
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| (adverb) in an emotionally fierce manner | - |
| fierceness | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| fierily | (adverb) with passionate fervor | Synonyms: fervently, fervidly |
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