| dissuasion | (noun) persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action | - |
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| (noun) a communication that dissuades you | - |
| dissuasive | (adjective) deterring from action | - |
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| dissyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: disyllable |
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| dissymmetry | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: disproportion, imbalance |
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| ecrevisse | (noun) small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America | Synonyms: Old World crayfish |
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| (noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, crayfish |
| edelweiss | (noun) alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts | Synonyms: Leontopodium alpinum |
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| emissary | (noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | Synonyms: envoy |
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| emission | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | Synonyms: emanation |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) | - |
| (noun) the release of electrons from parent atoms | - |
| (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, expelling |
| (noun) a substance that is emitted or released | Synonyms: discharge |
| fissile | (adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain | - |
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| (adjective) capable of undergoing nuclear fission | Synonyms: fissionable |
| fission | (noun) a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | Synonyms: nuclear fission |
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| (noun) reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts | - |
| fissionable | (adjective) capable of undergoing nuclear fission | Synonyms: fissile |
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| fissiparity | (noun) the tendency to break into parts | - |
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| (noun) reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish | - |
| fissiparous | (adjective) reproducing by fission | - |
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| (adjective) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude | Synonyms: breakaway, separatist |
| fissiped | (noun) terrestrial carnivores having toes separated to the base: dogs, cats, bears, badgers, raccoons | Synonyms: fissiped mammal |
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| fissure | (noun) (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | - |
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| (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, crevice, scissure |
| (noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, crevice |
| (verb) break into fissures or fine cracks | - |
| 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 |
| frisson | (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle |
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| generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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| glissade | (noun) (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet | - |
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| (verb) perform a glissade, in ballet | - |
| glissando | (noun) a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale | - |
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| (adverb) (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes) | - |
| gneiss | (noun) a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite | - |
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| grissino | (noun) a long slender crusty breadstick | - |
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| hiss | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |
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| (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hissing, hushing, sibilation |
| (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: sibilate, siss, sizz |
| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: sibilate, siss, sizz |
| (verb) show displeasure, as after a performance or speech | Synonyms: boo |
| (verb) move with a whooshing sound | Synonyms: whoosh |
| hisser | (noun) someone who communicates disapproval by hissing | - |
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| hissing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation |
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| impermissibility | (noun) inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted | - |
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| impermissible | (adjective) not permitted | - |
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| (adjective) not allowable | - |
| impermissibly | (adverb) not permissibly | - |
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| impuissance | (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, weakness |
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| impuissant | (adjective) lacking physical strength or vigor | - |
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| inadmissibility | (noun) unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible | - |
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| inadmissible | (adjective) not deserving to be admitted | - |
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| indissoluble | (adjective) (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved | Synonyms: insoluble |
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| (adjective) used of decisions and contracts | - |
| inspissate | (verb) become thick or thicker | Synonyms: thicken |
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| (verb) make thick or thicker | Synonyms: thicken |
| (verb) make viscous or dense | Synonyms: thicken |
| inspissation | (noun) the act of thickening | Synonyms: thickening |
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| (noun) the process of thickening by dehydration | - |
| intermission | (noun) the act of suspending activity temporarily | - |
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| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, interruption, pause, suspension |
| intromission | (noun) the act of putting one thing into another | Synonyms: insertion, introduction |
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| issuance | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issue, issuing |
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| issue | (noun) the act of issuing printed materials | Synonyms: publication |
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| (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issuing |
| (noun) an opening that permits escape or release | Synonyms: exit, outlet, way out |
| (noun) some situation or event that is thought about | Synonyms: matter, subject, topic |
| (noun) an important question that is in dispute and must be settled | - |
| (noun) one of a series published periodically | Synonyms: number |
| (noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: egress, emergence |
| (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: offspring, progeny |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot |
| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
| (noun) supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government | Synonyms: government issue, military issue |
| (verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth |
| (verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, publish, put out, release |
| (verb) bring out an official document (such as a warrant) | - |
| (verb) make out and issue | Synonyms: cut, make out, write out |
| (verb) circulate or distribute or equip with | Synonyms: supply |
| issuer | (noun) an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.) | - |
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| issuing | (noun) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | Synonyms: issuance, issue |
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| janissary | (noun) a loyal supporter | - |
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| kiss | (noun) the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: buss, osculation |
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| (noun) a light glancing touch | - |
| (noun) any of several bite-sized candies | Synonyms: candy kiss |
| (noun) a cookie made of egg whites and sugar | - |
| (verb) touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | Synonyms: buss, osculate, snog |
| (verb) touch lightly or gently | - |
| kisser | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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| (noun) someone who kisses | Synonyms: osculator |
| kissing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| koumiss | (noun) an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia | Synonyms: kumis |
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| larghissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible | - |
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| lentissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) very slow | - |
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| lissom | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissome, lithe, lithesome, sinuous, supple |
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| lissome | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lithe, lithesome, sinuous, supple |
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| lissomeness | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple | Synonyms: litheness, suppleness |
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| mantissa | (noun) the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808 | Synonyms: fixed-point part |
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| manumission | (noun) the formal act of freeing from slavery | - |
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| miss | (noun) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | Synonyms: misfire |
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| (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman |
| (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
| (verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: escape |
| (verb) fail to reach | - |
| (verb) feel or suffer from the lack of | - |
| (verb) fail to reach or get to | - |
| (verb) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | Synonyms: lose |
| (verb) be without | Synonyms: lack |
| (verb) fail to attend an event or activity | - |
| (verb) be absent | - |
| missal | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year | - |
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| missed | (adjective) not caught with the senses or the mind | Synonyms: lost |
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| misshapen | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed |
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| misshapenness | (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: deformity, malformation |
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| missile | (noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: projectile |
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| (noun) a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control | - |
| missing | (adjective) not able to be found | - |
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| (adjective) nonexistent | Synonyms: absent, lacking, wanting |
| mission | (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: charge, commission |
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| (noun) an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters | Synonyms: military mission |
| (noun) the organized work of a religious missionary | Synonyms: missionary work |
| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation |
| (noun) an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work | Synonyms: foreign mission, missionary post, missionary station |
| missional | (adjective) relating to or connected to a religious mission | Synonyms: missionary |
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| missionary | (adjective) relating to or connected to a religious mission | Synonyms: missional |
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| (noun) someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | - |
| (noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country | Synonyms: missioner |
| missioner | (noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country | Synonyms: missionary |
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| missis | (noun) informal term of address for someone's wife | Synonyms: missus |
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| missive | (noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization | Synonyms: letter |
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| misspeak | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: mispronounce |
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| misspell | (verb) spell incorrectly | - |
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| misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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| misspend | (verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely | - |
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| (verb) spend time badly or unwisely | - |
| misstate | (verb) state something incorrectly | - |
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| misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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| misstep | (noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: stumble, trip-up, trip |
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| missus | (noun) informal term of address for someone's wife | Synonyms: missis |
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| missy | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, girl, miss, young lady, young woman |
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| narcissism | (noun) an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself | Synonyms: narcism, self-love |
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| narcissist | (noun) someone in love with themselves | Synonyms: narcist |
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| narcissistic | (adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | Synonyms: egotistic, egotistical, self-loving |
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| narcissus | (noun) bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters | - |
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| noncommissioned | (adjective) (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel | - |
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| nonfissile | (adjective) not fissile | - |
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| nonfissionable | (adjective) not capable of undergoing fission | - |
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| nontransmissible | (adjective) (of disease) not capable of being passed on | Synonyms: noncommunicable, noncontagious |
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| (adjective) not acquirable by inheritance | Synonyms: nonhereditary |
| omissible | (adjective) capable of being left out | - |
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| omission | (noun) a mistake resulting from neglect | Synonyms: skip |
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| (noun) neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something | - |
| (noun) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | Synonyms: deletion |
| (noun) something that has been omitted | - |
| omissive | (adjective) characterized by omissions | - |
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| paragneiss | (noun) a gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock. | - |
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| patisserie | (noun) a bakery specializing in French pastry | - |
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| pelisse | (noun) a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur | - |
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| perissodactyl | (noun) placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot | Synonyms: odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl mammal |
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| permissibility | (noun) admissibility as a consequence of being permitted | - |
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| permissible | (adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule | Synonyms: allowable |
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| (adjective) that may be accepted or conceded | - |
| permissibly | (adverb) in a permissible manner | Synonyms: allowably |
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| permission | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: license, permit |
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| (noun) approval to do something | - |
| permissive | (adjective) granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline | - |
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| (adjective) not preventive | - |
| permissively | (adverb) in a permissive manner | - |
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| permissiveness | (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: tolerance |
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| permissivism | (noun) lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior. | - |
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| petrissage | (noun) massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed | - |
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| photoemission | (noun) an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) | - |
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