| adjourn | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: break up, recess |
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| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: retire, withdraw |
| adjournment | (noun) the termination of a meeting | Synonyms: dissolution |
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| (noun) the act of postponing to another time or place | - |
| amour | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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| antitumour | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor |
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| arbour | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbor, bower, pergola |
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| ardour | (noun) intense feeling of love | Synonyms: ardor |
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| (noun) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) | Synonyms: ardor, elan, zeal |
| (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
| armour | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armor |
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| (noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armor |
| (noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armor |
| (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armor |
| armoured | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armored |
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| (adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armored |
| armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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| (noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
| (noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
| armoury | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
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| (noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
| (noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
| (noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armory, inventory |
| behaviour | (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself | Synonyms: behavior, conduct, doings |
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| (noun) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | Synonyms: behavior |
| (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment |
| (noun) the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances | Synonyms: behavior |
| behavioural | (adjective) of or relating to behavior | Synonyms: behavioral |
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| behaviourism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology |
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| behaviourist | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviouristic |
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| (noun) a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist |
| behaviouristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist |
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| belabour | (verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism | Synonyms: belabor |
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| (verb) beat soundly | Synonyms: belabor |
| (verb) to work at or to absurd length | Synonyms: belabor |
| bicolour | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicoloured, dichromatic |
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| bicoloured | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, dichromatic |
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| bourbon | (noun) whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels | - |
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| bourdon | (noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone | Synonyms: drone, drone pipe |
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| bourgeois | (adjective) (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the middle class | - |
| (adjective) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | Synonyms: conservative, materialistic |
| (noun) a member of the middle class | Synonyms: burgher |
| (noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: businessperson |
| bourgeoisie | (noun) the social class between the lower and upper classes | Synonyms: middle class |
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| bourgeon | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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| bourguignon | (noun) reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter | Synonyms: bourguignon sauce, Burgundy sauce |
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| bourn | (noun) an archaic term for a goal or destination | Synonyms: bourne |
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| (noun) an archaic term for a boundary | Synonyms: bourne |
| bourne | (noun) an archaic term for a goal or destination | Synonyms: bourn |
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| (noun) an archaic term for a boundary | Synonyms: bourn |
| bourtree | (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | Synonyms: black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra |
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| candour | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, fair-mindedness, fairness |
| carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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| clamour | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry |
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| (verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamor |
| (verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamor |
| clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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| clangour | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clank, clash, crash |
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| (verb) make a loud resonant noise | Synonyms: clangor |
| colour | (adjective) having or capable of producing colors | Synonyms: color |
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| (noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colouring |
| (noun) the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation | Synonyms: color |
| (noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colouration |
| (noun) interest and variety and intensity | Synonyms: color, vividness |
| (noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | Synonyms: color, gloss, semblance |
| (noun) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction | Synonyms: color |
| (noun) any material used for its color | Synonyms: color, coloring material, colouring material |
| (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, discolor, discolour |
| (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize |
| (verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, distort, tinge |
| (verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: color, gloss |
| (verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: color, emblazon |
| (verb) modify or bias | Synonyms: color |
| colouration | (noun) choice and use of colors (as by an artist) | Synonyms: coloration |
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| (noun) appearance with regard to color | Synonyms: coloration |
| (noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colour |
| colourcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colorcast |
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| coloured | (adjective) having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: colored, colorful, colourful |
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| (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: bleached, colored, dyed |
| (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: colored, negro |
| (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: biased, colored, one-sided, slanted |
| (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
| colourful | (adjective) having much or varied color | Synonyms: colorful |
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| (adjective) striking in variety and interest | Synonyms: colorful |
| (adjective) having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: colored, colorful, coloured |
| colouring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: coloring |
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| (noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colour |
| (noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
| colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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| colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise |
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| colourless | (adjective) weak in color; not colorful | Synonyms: colorless |
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| (adjective) lacking in variety and interest | Synonyms: colorless |
| colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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| colours | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colors |
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| (noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colors |
| concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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| (noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
| (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
| contour | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, form, shape |
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| (noun) a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure | - |
| (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | Synonyms: contour line |
| (verb) form the contours of | - |
| cornflour | (noun) starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | Synonyms: cornstarch |
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| courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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| courageous | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: brave |
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| courageously | (adverb) in a courageous manner | Synonyms: bravely |
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| courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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| courante | (noun) a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats | - |
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| courbaril | (noun) West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood | Synonyms: Hymenaea courbaril |
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| courgette | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: zucchini |
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| (noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: zucchini |
| courier | (noun) a person who carries a message | Synonyms: messenger |
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| courlan | (noun) wading bird of South America and Central America | Synonyms: Aramus guarauna |
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| course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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| (noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
| (noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
| (noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
| (noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
| (noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
| (noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
| (noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
| (adverb) as might be expected | Synonyms: naturally, of course |
| (verb) hunt with hounds | - |
| (verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: feed, flow, run |
| (verb) move swiftly through or over | - |
| courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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| (noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
| (noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
| (noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
| coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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| coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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| court | (noun) respectful deference | Synonyms: homage |
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| (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: courtyard |
| (noun) a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played | - |
| (noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: courtroom |
| (noun) a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area | Synonyms: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court |
| (noun) the residence of a sovereign or nobleman | - |
| (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: judicature, tribunal |
| (noun) the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state | Synonyms: royal court |
| (noun) the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince | Synonyms: royal court |
| (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: romance, solicit, woo |
| (verb) seek someone's favor | Synonyms: woo |
| (verb) engage in social activities leading to marriage | - |
| courteous | (adjective) characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness | Synonyms: gracious, nice |
| courteously | (adverb) in a polite manner | Synonyms: politely |
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| courtesan | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, doxy, paramour |
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| courtesy | (noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate act | - |
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| (noun) a courteous manner | Synonyms: good manners |
| (noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate remark | - |
| courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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| (noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
| courtier | (noun) an attendant at the court of a sovereign | - |
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| courting | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courtship, suit, wooing |
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| courtliness | (noun) elegance suggestive of a royal court | - |
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| courtly | (adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: formal, stately |
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| courtroom | (noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: court |
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| courtship | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courting, suit, wooing |
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| courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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| crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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| damourite | (noun) a variety of muscovite | - |
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| decolour | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| demeanour | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, deportment |
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| deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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| deodourise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodorize |
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| detour | (noun) a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) | Synonyms: roundabout way |
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| (verb) travel via a detour | - |
| devour | (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: guttle, pig, raven |
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| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, demolish, down, go through |
| (verb) to consume | - |
| (verb) enjoy avidly | - |
| devourer | (noun) someone who eats greedily or voraciously | - |
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| devouring | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, esurient, greedy |
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| discolour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolor |
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| discolouration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discoloration |
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| (noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, stain |
| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| discouraged | (adjective) lacking in resolution | - |
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| (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, disheartened |
| discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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| (noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
| (noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
| discouraging | (adjective) depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action | - |
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| (adjective) expressing disapproval in order to dissuade | - |
| discouragingly | (adverb) in a discouraging manner | - |
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| discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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| (noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
| (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
| (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
| (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
| discourteous | (adjective) showing no courtesy; rude | - |
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| (adjective) lacking social graces | Synonyms: ungracious |
| discourteously | (adverb) in an impolite manner | Synonyms: impolitely, rudely |
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| discourtesy | (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: offence, offense, offensive activity |
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| (noun) a manner that is rude and insulting | Synonyms: rudeness |
| (noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: disrespect |
| disfavour | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, dislike |
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| (noun) the state of being out of favor | Synonyms: disfavor |
| (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disadvantage, disfavor |
| dishonour | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonor |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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