| dishonourably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| dolour | (noun) (poetry) painful grief | Synonyms: dolor |
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| dolourous | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping |
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| dour | (adjective) showing a brooding ill humor | Synonyms: dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen |
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| (adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding |
| (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: forbidding, grim |
| doura | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: dourah, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| dourah | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: doura, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| dourly | (adverb) in a sullen manner | Synonyms: glumly, sullenly |
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| douroucouli | (noun) nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur | Synonyms: Aotus trivirgatus |
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| downpour | (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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| ecotourism | (noun) tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature | - |
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| enamour | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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| (verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
| encouraged | (adjective) inspired with confidence | Synonyms: bucked up |
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| encouragement | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: boost |
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| (noun) the expression of approval and support | - |
| (noun) the feeling of being encouraged | - |
| encouraging | (adjective) giving courage or confidence or hope | - |
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| (adjective) furnishing support and encouragement | Synonyms: supporting |
| encouragingly | (adverb) in an encouraging manner | - |
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| endeavour | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, try |
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| (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, enterprise |
| (verb) attempt by employing effort | Synonyms: endeavor, strive |
| entourage | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: cortege, retinue, suite |
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| faubourg | (noun) a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city | - |
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| favour | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favor |
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| (noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favor, party favor, party favour |
| (noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favor |
| (noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favor |
| (noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favor |
| (verb) consider as the favorite | Synonyms: favor |
| (verb) promote over another | Synonyms: favor, prefer |
| (verb) treat gently or carefully | Synonyms: favor |
| (verb) bestow a privilege upon | Synonyms: favor, privilege |
| favourable | (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate | Synonyms: favorable |
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| (adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing | Synonyms: favorable |
| (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: advantageous, favorable |
| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, golden, lucky, prosperous |
| favourableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favorableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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| favourably | (adverb) showing approval | Synonyms: favorably |
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| favoured | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred |
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| favourite | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, pet, preferent, preferred |
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| (adjective) appealing to the general public | Synonyms: favorite |
| (noun) something regarded with special favor or liking | Synonyms: favorite |
| (noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, pet |
| (noun) a competitor thought likely to win | Synonyms: favorite, front-runner |
| (verb) To mark an item as a personal favorite on social media | Synonyms: favorite |
| favouritism | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: discrimination, favoritism |
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| (noun) an inclination to favor some person or group | Synonyms: favoritism |
| fervour | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire |
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| (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation |
| flavour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavor |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, season |
| flavourer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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| flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavourous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoursome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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| flour | (noun) fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain | - |
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| (verb) convert grain into flour | - |
| (verb) cover with flour | - |
| flouriness | (noun) The state or condition of resembling flour, of being a fine soft powder. | - |
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| flourish | (noun) the act of waving | Synonyms: brandish |
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| (noun) a display of ornamental speech or language | - |
| (noun) a showy gesture | - |
| (noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: fanfare, tucket |
| (noun) an ornamental embellishment in writing | - |
| (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, expand, thrive |
| (verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: brandish, wave |
| (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | Synonyms: fly high, prosper, thrive |
| flourishing | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| floury | (adjective) resembling flour in fine powdery texture | - |
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| fluorouracil | (noun) an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers | - |
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| forecourt | (noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings | - |
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| four | (adjective) being one more than three | Synonyms: 4, iv |
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| (noun) a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips | Synonyms: four-spot |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
| fourfold | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
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| (adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple |
| (adverb) by a factor of four | Synonyms: four times |
| fourhanded | (adjective) (of card games) involving or requiring four players | - |
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| fourpence | (noun) a former English silver coin worth four pennies | Synonyms: groat |
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| fourpenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 1 1/2 in or 3.8 cm long | - |
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| fourscore | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, eighty, lxxx |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | Synonyms: 80, eighty, LXXX |
| foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
| foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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| (noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: square |
| (adverb) with firmness and conviction; without compromise | Synonyms: squarely, straightforwardly |
| (adverb) in a square position | - |
| fourteen | (adjective) being one more than thirteen | Synonyms: 14, xiv |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one | Synonyms: 14, XIV |
| fourteenth | (adjective) coming next after the thirteenth in position | Synonyms: 14th |
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| (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
| fourth | (adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, quaternary |
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| (noun) the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it | - |
| (noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent |
| (noun) following the third position; number four in a countable series | - |
| (adverb) in the fourth place | Synonyms: fourthly |
| fourthly | (adverb) in the fourth place | Synonyms: fourth |
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| genitourinary | (adjective) of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions | Synonyms: GU |
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| glamour | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamor |
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| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, hex, jinx, witch |
| glamourisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization |
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| glamourise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, romanticise, romanticize |
| glamourization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation |
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| glamourize | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourise |
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| glamourous | (adjective) having an air of allure, romance and excitement | Synonyms: glamorous |
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| gourd | (noun) bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd | Synonyms: calabash |
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| (noun) any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds | Synonyms: gourd vine |
| (noun) any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds | - |
| gourde | (noun) the basic unit of money in Haiti | - |
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| gourmand | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmandizer, trencherman |
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| gourmandism | (noun) the disposition and habits of a gourmand | - |
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| gourmandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gourmandizer | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, trencherman |
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| gourmet | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome |
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| handcolour | (verb) color by hand | Synonyms: handcolor |
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| harbour | (noun) a place of refuge and comfort and security | Synonyms: harbor |
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| (noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | Synonyms: harbor, haven, seaport |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, hold, nurse |
| (verb) hold back a thought or feeling about | Synonyms: harbor, shield |
| (verb) keep in one's possession; of animals | Synonyms: harbor |
| (verb) secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) | Synonyms: harbor |
| harbourage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harborage |
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| honour | (noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name | Synonyms: honor |
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| (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, pureness, purity |
| (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honor, laurels |
| (noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honor, laurels |
| (verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honor |
| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, reward |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, observe, respect |
| honourable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honorable |
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| (adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honorable |
| honourableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honorableness |
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| honourably | (adverb) with honor | Synonyms: honorably |
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| honoured | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: esteemed, honored, prestigious |
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| honouring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, observance |
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| honours | (noun) a university degree with honors | Synonyms: honours degree |
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| hour | (noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it | Synonyms: minute |
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| (noun) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day | Synonyms: 60 minutes, hr |
| (noun) clock time | Synonyms: time of day |
| (noun) a special and memorable period | - |
| hourglass | (noun) a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes | - |
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| houri | (noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: nymph |
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| (noun) (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise | - |
| hourlong | (adjective) lasting for an hour | - |
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| hourly | (adjective) occurring every hour or payable by the hour | - |
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| (adverb) every hour; by the hour | - |
| hours | (noun) a period of time assigned for work | - |
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| (noun) an indefinite period of time | - |
| humour | (noun) the quality of being funny | Synonyms: humor |
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| (noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | Synonyms: humor, sense of humor, sense of humour |
| (noun) the liquid parts of the body | Synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance |
| (noun) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state | Synonyms: humor |
| (noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humor, wit, witticism, wittiness |
| (noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humor, mood, temper |
| (verb) put into a good mood | Synonyms: humor |
| humouring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| humourist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humorist |
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| humourless | (adjective) lacking humor | Synonyms: humorless, unhumorous |
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| humourlessly | (adverb) in a humorless manner | Synonyms: humorlessly |
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| humourous | (adjective) full of or characterized by humor | Synonyms: humorous |
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| inpour | (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpouring, inrush |
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| inpouring | (adjective) pouring inward | - |
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| (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpour, inrush |
| intercourse | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| (noun) communication between individuals | Synonyms: social intercourse |
| journal | (noun) the part of the axle contained by a bearing | - |
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| (noun) a record book as a physical object | - |
| (noun) a periodical dedicated to a particular subject | - |
| (noun) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations | Synonyms: diary |
| (noun) a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred | Synonyms: daybook |
| journalese | (noun) the style in which newspapers are written | - |
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| journalism | (noun) the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media | - |
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| (noun) newspapers and magazines collectively | Synonyms: news media |
| journalist | (noun) a writer for newspapers and magazines | - |
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| (noun) someone who keeps a diary or journal | Synonyms: diarist, diary keeper |
| journalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism | - |
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| journalistically | (adverb) by journalists | - |
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