| diaphragm | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: stop |
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| (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | - |
| (noun) a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary |
| (noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: midriff |
| fragment | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: shard, sherd |
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| (noun) an incomplete piece | - |
| (noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else | - |
| (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragmentise, fragmentize |
| fragmental | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmentary |
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| fragmentary | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmental |
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| fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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| (noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
| (noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |
| fragmented | (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disconnected, disunited, split |
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| fragmentise | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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| fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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| phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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| phragmocone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmacone |
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| pragmatic | (adjective) of or concerning the theory of pragmatism | Synonyms: pragmatical |
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| (adjective) concerned with practical matters | Synonyms: matter-of-fact, pragmatical |
| (adjective) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: hard-nosed, hardheaded, practical |
| (noun) an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land | Synonyms: pragmatic sanction |
| pragmatical | (adjective) of or concerning the theory of pragmatism | Synonyms: pragmatic |
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| (adjective) concerned with practical matters | Synonyms: matter-of-fact, pragmatic |
| pragmatically | (adverb) in a practical manner, as opposed to theoretically or idealistically | - |
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| pragmatics | (noun) the study of language use | - |
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| pragmatism | (noun) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | Synonyms: realism |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value | - |
| pragmatist | (noun) a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of philosophical pragmatism | - |