| disengagement | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: fallback, pullout |
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| (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: detachment |
| disentangle | (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb, comb out |
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| (verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: straighten out, unsnarl |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: unwind |
| (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, extricate, untangle |
| (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disinvolve |
| disentangled | (adjective) straightened out | Synonyms: loosened, unsnarled |
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| disentanglement | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: extrication, unsnarling, untangling |
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| disentangler | (noun) a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state | Synonyms: unraveler, unraveller |
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| disequilibrium | (noun) loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others | - |
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| disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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| disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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| disesteem | (noun) the state in which esteem has been lost | - |
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| (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disrespect |
| disfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disenfranchise |
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| disfranchised | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disenfranchised, voiceless, voteless |
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| disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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| disguise | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: camouflage |
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| (noun) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity | - |
| (noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: camouflage |
| (verb) make unrecognizable | Synonyms: mask |
| disguised | (adjective) having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | Synonyms: cloaked, masked |
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| disorganise | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganize |
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| disorganised | (adjective) lacking order or methodical arrangement or function | Synonyms: disorganized |
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| dispraise | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: disparagement |
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| dogmatise | (verb) state as a dogma | Synonyms: dogmatize |
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| (verb) speak dogmatically | Synonyms: dogmatize |
| domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| dramatise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| (verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatize |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatize |
| dynamise | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamize |
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| (verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamize |
| ebonise | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonize |
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| economise | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economize, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economize, save |
| economiser | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economizer |
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| edgewise | (adverb) with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge | Synonyms: edgeways |
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| (adverb) as if by an edge; barely | Synonyms: edgeways |
| editorialise | (verb) insert personal opinions into an objective statement | Synonyms: editorialize |
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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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| eisegesis | (noun) personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas | - |
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| elasticised | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticized |
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| elegise | (verb) compose an elegy | Synonyms: elegize |
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| empathise | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathize, sympathise, sympathize, understand |
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| emphasise | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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| (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasize, underline, underscore |
| emphasised | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasized, emphatic |
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| endwise | (adverb) with the end forward or toward the observer | Synonyms: end on, endways |
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| (adverb) in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise | Synonyms: endways |
| (adverb) on end or upright | Synonyms: endways |
| energise | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energize, excite |
| energiser | (noun) a device that supplies electrical energy | Synonyms: energizer |
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| (noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: animator, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer |
| enfranchise | (verb) grant voting rights | - |
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| (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: affranchise |
| enfranchised | (adjective) endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | - |
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| enfranchisement | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: certification |
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| (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: franchise |
| (noun) freedom from political subjugation or servitude | - |
| enterprise | (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour |
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| (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative |
| (noun) an organization created for business ventures | - |
| enterpriser | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: entrepreneur |
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| epitomise | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomize, typify |
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| equalise | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalize, equate, match |
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| (verb) compensate; make the score equal | Synonyms: equalize, get even |
| equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
| equilibrise | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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| equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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| equipoised | (adjective) lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed | - |
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| eternalise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize |
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| eternise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternize, immortalise, immortalize |
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| etherialise | (verb) make ethereal | Synonyms: etherealize |
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| etherise | (verb) anesthetize with ether | Synonyms: etherize |
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| etymologise | (verb) construct the history of words | Synonyms: etymologize |
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| (verb) give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word) | Synonyms: etymologize |
| eulogise | (verb) praise formally and eloquently | Synonyms: eulogize |
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| euphemise | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemize |
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| euthanatise | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatize, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill |
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| euthanise | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanize, mercy kill |
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| evangelise | (verb) spread the Christian faith | Synonyms: evangelize |
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| (verb) preach the gospel (to) | Synonyms: evangelize |
| excise | (noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | Synonyms: excise tax |
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| (verb) remove by cutting | - |
| (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: expunge, scratch, strike |
| (verb) levy an excise tax on | - |
| exciseman | (noun) someone who collects taxes for the government | Synonyms: collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent, tax collector, taxman |
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| exercise | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation |
| (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
| (noun) an action, often used negatively and without consequences | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches | - |
| (verb) do physical exercise | Synonyms: work out |
| (verb) give a workout to | Synonyms: work, work out |
| (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, practice, practise |
| (verb) put to use | Synonyms: exert |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, practice, practise |
| exerciser | (noun) sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises | Synonyms: gymnastic apparatus |
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| exorcise | (verb) expel through adjuration or prayers | Synonyms: exorcize |
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| exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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| expertise | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | Synonyms: expertness |
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| extemporise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, improvize |
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| exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| externalise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalize, objectify |
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| (verb) regard as objective | Synonyms: externalize, project |
| factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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| familiarise | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarize |
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| familiarised | (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: adjusted, familiarized |
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| fantasise | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasize, fantasy |
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| (verb) portray in the mind | Synonyms: fantasize |
| federalise | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalize, federate |
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| (verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government | Synonyms: federalize |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalize, federate |
| feminise | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminize, womanize |
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| (verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminize |
| fertilise | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilize, inseminate |
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| (verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: feed, fertilize |
| (verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilize |
| fertiliser | (noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile | Synonyms: fertilizer, plant food |
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| fictionalise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalize, novelise, novelize |
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| (verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalize, retell |
| finalise | (verb) make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | Synonyms: finalize, nail down, settle |
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| fluoridise | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridate, fluoridize |
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| focalise | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalize, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalize, localise, localize |
| formalise | (verb) make formal or official | Synonyms: formalize |
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| (verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalize, validate |
| formalised | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalistic, formalized |
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| (adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalized |
| formularise | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularize |
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| fossilise | (verb) convert to a fossil | Synonyms: fossilize |
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| (verb) become mentally inflexible | Synonyms: fossilize |
| fossilised | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilized, ossified |
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| fragmentise | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| framboise | (noun) the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange | Synonyms: European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry |
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| franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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| (noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
| (noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
| (verb) grant a franchise to | - |
| fraternise | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternize |
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| fundraise | (verb) raise money for a cause or project | Synonyms: fund-raise, fund raise |
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| fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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| (noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
| galvanise | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanize |
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| (verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanize |
| (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanize, startle |
| galvaniser | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvanizer, inspirer |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvanizer |
| gelatinise | (verb) become gelatinous or change into a jelly | Synonyms: gelatinize |
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| (verb) convert into gelatinous form or jelly | Synonyms: gelatinize |
| generalise | (verb) become systemic and spread throughout the body | Synonyms: generalize |
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| (verb) speak or write in generalities | Synonyms: generalize |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: extrapolate, generalize, infer |
| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| generalised | (adjective) not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment | Synonyms: generalized |
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| genlisea | (noun) rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs | - |
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| genoise | (noun) rich and delicate Italian sponge cake | - |
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| ghettoise | (verb) put in a ghetto | Synonyms: ghettoize |
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| glamorise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, glamourize |
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