| discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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| (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
| discriminative | (adjective) expressing careful judgment | Synonyms: judicial |
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| (adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminatory |
| discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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| discriminatory | (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | Synonyms: prejudiced |
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| (adjective) manifesting partiality | Synonyms: preferential |
| (adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminative |
| (adjective) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | Synonyms: invidious |
| dissimilar | (adjective) not similar | - |
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| (adjective) not alike or similar | Synonyms: unalike |
| dissimilarity | (noun) the quality of being dissimilar | Synonyms: unsimilarity |
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| dissimilate | (verb) become dissimilar or less similar | - |
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| (verb) make dissimilar; cause to become less similar | - |
| (verb) become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities | - |
| dissimilation | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: catabolism, destructive metabolism, katabolism |
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| (noun) a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other | - |
| dissimilitude | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: unlikeness |
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| dissimulate | (verb) hide (feelings) from other people | - |
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| dissimulation | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissembling |
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| dissimulative | (adjective) concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive | - |
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| dissimulator | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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| divertimento | (noun) a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form | Synonyms: serenade |
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| dosimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) | Synonyms: dosemeter |
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| dosimetry | (noun) measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source | - |
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| downtime | (noun) a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) | - |
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| dulcimer | (noun) a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers | - |
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| (noun) a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings | - |
| duodecimal | (adjective) based on twelve | - |
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| (noun) one part in twelve equal parts | Synonyms: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part |
| eimeria | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: coccidium |
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| eliminate | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, excrete, pass |
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| (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
| (verb) terminate, end, or take out | Synonyms: do away with, extinguish, get rid of |
| (verb) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | - |
| (verb) dismiss from consideration or a contest | Synonyms: reject, rule out, winnow out |
| (verb) remove from a contest or race | - |
| (verb) get rid of something | Synonyms: obviate, rid of |
| elimination | (noun) the murder of a competitor | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: riddance |
| (noun) the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations | - |
| (noun) analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives | Synonyms: reasoning by elimination |
| (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding |
| eliminator | (noun) an agent that eliminates something | - |
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| embodiment | (noun) giving concrete form to an abstract concept | - |
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| (noun) a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | Synonyms: shape |
| (noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: avatar, incarnation |
| encrimson | (verb) make crimson | - |
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| epimorphic | (adjective) characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages | - |
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| epimythium | (noun) a moral at the end of a story. | - |
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| equanimity | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, composure |
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| equanimous | (adjective) in full control of your faculties | Synonyms: collected, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed |
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| estimable | (adjective) deserving of respect or high regard | - |
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| (adjective) may be computed or estimated | Synonyms: computable |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, good, honorable, respectable |
| estimate | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimation |
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| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimation, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimation |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimation |
| (noun) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job | - |
| (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, gauge, guess, judge |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon |
| estimation | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimate |
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| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimate |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimate |
| estimator | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, figurer, reckoner |
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| ethosuximide | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: Emeside, Zarontin |
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| eudaimonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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| exanimate | (adjective) deprived of life; no longer living | Synonyms: lifeless |
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| exclaim | (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | Synonyms: call out, cry, cry out, outcry, shout |
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| (verb) state or announce | Synonyms: proclaim, promulgate |
| exclaiming | (noun) an abrupt excited utterance | Synonyms: exclamation |
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| experiment | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experimentation |
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| (noun) a venture at something new or different | - |
| (noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experimentation |
| (verb) to conduct a test or investigation | - |
| (verb) try something new, as in order to gain experience | Synonyms: try out |
| experimental | (adjective) relating to or based on experiment | - |
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| (adjective) relying on observation or experiment | Synonyms: data-based, observational |
| (adjective) of the nature of or undergoing an experiment | - |
| experimentalism | (noun) an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation | - |
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| (noun) an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | - |
| experimentally | (adverb) in an experimental fashion | Synonyms: by experimentation, through an experiment |
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| experimentation | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experiment |
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| (noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experiment |
| experimenter | (noun) a research worker who conducts experiments | - |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas | - |
| facsimile | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax |
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| (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: autotype |
| (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: fax, telefax |
| ferrimagnetism | (noun) a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment | - |
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| fimbria | (noun) thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube) | - |
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| fimbriate | (adjective) having a fringe of slender processes | - |
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| flimflam | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, hustle, sting |
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| flimsily | (adverb) in a weak and flimsy manner | - |
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| flimsiness | (noun) the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction | Synonyms: shoddiness |
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| flimsy | (adjective) not convincing | Synonyms: unconvincing |
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| (adjective) lacking solidity or strength | Synonyms: insubstantial |
| (adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: fragile, slight, tenuous, thin |
| (noun) a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies | Synonyms: onionskin |
| forelimb | (noun) the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) | - |
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| fortissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly | - |
| (adverb) a direction in music; to be played very loudly | Synonyms: very loudly |
| gallimaufry | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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| gimbal | (noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | - |
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| gimbaled | (adjective) supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips | - |
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| gimcrack | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
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| (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
| gimcrackery | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery |
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| gimel | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| gimlet | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, screw auger, wimble |
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| (noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice | - |
| gimmick | (noun) any clever maneuver | Synonyms: device, twist |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| (noun) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident | Synonyms: catch |
| gimmickry | (noun) a collection of gimmicks | - |
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| gimp | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: hitch, hobble, limp |
| gimpiness | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimp, lameness, limping |
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| gimpy | (adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: crippled, game, halt, halting, lame |
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| glimmer | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmering, inkling, intimation |
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| (noun) a flash of light (especially reflected light) | Synonyms: gleam, gleaming |
| (verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light | Synonyms: gleam |
| glimmering | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, inkling, intimation |
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| glimmery | (adjective) shining softly and intermittently | - |
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| glimpse | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glance |
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| (noun) a brief or incomplete view | - |
| (noun) a vague indication | - |
| (verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly | - |
| glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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| gravimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid | Synonyms: hydrometer |
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| (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth | Synonyms: gravity meter |
| gravimetric | (adjective) of or relating to hydrometry | Synonyms: hydrometric |
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| gravimetry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: hydrometry |
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| grim | (adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | Synonyms: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick |
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| (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low-spirited, low |
| (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry |
| (adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | Synonyms: inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
| (adjective) harshly ironic or sinister | Synonyms: black, mordant |
| (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: dour, forbidding |
| grimace | (noun) a contorted facial expression | Synonyms: face |
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| (verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state | Synonyms: make a face, pull a face |
| grime | (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grunge, soil, stain |
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| (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, soil |
| griminess | (noun) the state of being grimy | Synonyms: grubbiness |
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| grimly | (adverb) in a grim implacable manner | - |
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| grimness | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: asperity, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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| (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness |
| grimoire | (noun) a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons) | - |
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| grimy | (adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grubby, grungy, raunchy |
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| guesstimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guestimate |
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| (verb) estimate based on a calculation | - |
| guestimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guesstimate |
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| guimpe | (noun) a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress | - |
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| (noun) a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit | - |
| habiliment | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, vesture, wear, wearable |
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| habilimented | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, robed |
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| hakim | (noun) a Muslim physician | Synonyms: hakeem |
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| (noun) a Muslim ruler or governor or judge | - |
| halftime | (noun) an intermission between the first and second half of a game | - |
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| hemimetabolic | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous |
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| hemimetabolism | (noun) incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: hemimetaboly, hemimetamorphosis |
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| hemimetabolous | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous |
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| hemimetaboly | (noun) incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: hemimetabolism, hemimetamorphosis |
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| hemimetamorphic | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphous |
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| hemimetamorphosis | (noun) incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects | Synonyms: hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly |
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| hemimetamorphous | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic |
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| hemimorphite | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: calamine |
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| hexadecimal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base | Synonyms: hex |
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| hindlimb | (noun) a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals | Synonyms: hind limb |
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