| centrepiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centerpiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centerpiece |
| crepe | (noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface | Synonyms: crape |
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| (noun) small very thin pancake | Synonyms: crape, French pancake |
| (noun) paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations | Synonyms: crepe paper |
| (verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crape |
| crepitate | (verb) make a crackling sound | Synonyms: crackle |
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| crepitation | (noun) the sharp sound of snapping noises | Synonyms: crackle, crackling |
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| crepuscle | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| crepuscular | (adjective) like twilight; dim | - |
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| crepuscule | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| decrepit | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) worn and broken down by hard use | Synonyms: creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone |
| decrepitate | (verb) to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops | - |
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| (verb) undergo decrepitation and crackle | - |
| decrepitation | (noun) the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated | - |
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| decrepitude | (noun) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use | Synonyms: dilapidation |
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| (noun) The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age. | - |
| dihydrostreptomycin | (noun) antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | - |
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| discrepancy | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, divergence, variance |
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| (noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: variance, variant |
| discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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| (adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
| (adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
| disrepair | (noun) in need of repairs; in need of repair | - |
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| disreputability | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputableness, unrespectability |
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| disreputable | (adjective) lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance | - |
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| disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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| disreputably | (adverb) in a disreputable manner | - |
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| disrepute | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: discredit |
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| entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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| (noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
| entrepreneur | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: enterpriser |
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| entrepreneurial | (adjective) of or relating to an entrepreneur | - |
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| (adjective) willing to take risks in order to make a profit | - |
| fireplace | (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace |
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| fireplug | (noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | Synonyms: fire hydrant, plug |
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| firepower | (noun) (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
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| fireproof | (adjective) impervious to damage by fire | - |
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| (verb) make resistant to fire | - |
| forepart | (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: front, front end |
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| forepaw | (noun) front paw; analogous to the human hand | - |
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| foreperson | (noun) the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf | - |
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| foreplay | (noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: arousal, stimulation |
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| intrepid | (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, unfearing |
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| intrepidity | (noun) resolute courageousness | Synonyms: dauntlessness |
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| intrepidly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: dauntlessly, fearlessly |
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| irreparable | (adjective) impossible to repair, rectify, or amend | - |
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| irreparably | (adverb) in an irreparable manner or to an irreparable degree | - |
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| irreplaceable | (adjective) impossible to replace | Synonyms: unreplaceable |
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| irreplaceableness | (noun) the quality of being irreplaceable | - |
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| irrepressibility | (noun) irrepressible liveliness and good spirit | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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| irrepressible | (adjective) impossible to repress or control | Synonyms: uncontrollable |
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| irreproachable | (adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: blameless, inculpable, unimpeachable |
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| irreproachably | (adverb) in an irreproachable and blameless manner | Synonyms: blamelessly |
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| irreproducibility | (noun) the quality of being unreproducible | - |
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| irreproducible | (adjective) impossible to reproduce or duplicate | Synonyms: unreproducible |
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| madrepore | (noun) corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands | Synonyms: madriporian coral, stony coral |
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| misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
| misrepresentation | (noun) a willful perversion of facts | Synonyms: falsification |
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| (noun) a misleading falsehood | Synonyms: deceit, deception |
| misrepresented | (adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | Synonyms: distorted, perverted, twisted |
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| nonrepetitive | (adjective) marked by the absence of repetition | - |
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| nonrepresentational | (adjective) of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature | - |
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| nonrepresentative | (adjective) not standing for something else | Synonyms: unsymbolic |
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| norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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| obstreperous | (adjective) boisterously and noisily aggressive | - |
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| (adjective) noisily and stubbornly defiant | - |
| obstreperously | (adverb) in manner that attracts attention | Synonyms: clamorously, loudly |
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| obstreperousness | (noun) noisy defiance | - |
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| ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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| prep | (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: preparation |
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| prepackaged | (adjective) prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale | Synonyms: prepacked |
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| prepacked | (adjective) prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale | Synonyms: prepackaged |
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| prepaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: postpaid |
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| preparation | (noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | Synonyms: grooming, training |
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| (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: prep |
| (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: readying |
| (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, cooking |
| (noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: planning, provision |
| (noun) (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord | - |
| (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparedness, readiness |
| (noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: formulation |
| preparative | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparatory, propaedeutic |
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| preparatory | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparative, propaedeutic |
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| prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
| (verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
| (verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
| prepared | (adjective) made ready or fit or suitable beforehand | - |
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| (adjective) equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources | - |
| (adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, fain, inclined |
| preparedness | (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, readiness |
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| prepay | (verb) pay for something before receiving it | - |
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| prepayment | (noun) payment in advance | - |
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| preponderance | (noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: prevalence |
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| (noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | - |
| (noun) superiority in power or influence | - |
| preponderant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating |
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| preponderantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: predominantly |
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| preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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| preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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| prepose | (verb) place before another constituent in the sentence | - |
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| preposition | (noun) a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word | - |
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| (noun) (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached) | - |
| prepositional | (adjective) of or relating to or formed with a preposition | - |
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| prepositionally | (adverb) as a preposition | - |
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| prepossess | (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prejudice |
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| (verb) cause to be preoccupied | - |
| (verb) make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand | - |
| (verb) possess beforehand | - |
| prepossessing | (adjective) creating a favorable impression | - |
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| prepossession | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception |
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| (noun) the condition of being prepossessed | - |
| preposterous | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous |
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| preposterously | (adverb) so as to arouse or deserve laughter | Synonyms: laughably, ludicrously, ridiculously |
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| prepotency | (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, predomination |
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| prepper | (noun) someone who prepares for a disaster | - |
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| preprandial | (adjective) preceding a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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| prepubertal | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubescent |
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| prepuberty | (noun) a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur | - |
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| prepubescent | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubertal |
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| prepuce | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: foreskin |
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| (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: foreskin |
| prepupal | (adjective) of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages | - |
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| rep | (noun) a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs | Synonyms: repp |
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| (noun) informal abbreviation of `representative' | - |
| repaint | (verb) to apply another layer of paint | - |
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| (verb) paint a particular subject again | - |
| repair | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation |
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| (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground |
| (noun) a formal way of referring to the condition of something | - |
| (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify |
| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on |
| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy |
| (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: resort |
| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense |
| repairer | (noun) a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | Synonyms: fixer, mender |
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| repairman | (noun) a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | Synonyms: maintenance man, service man |
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| repand | (adjective) having a slightly undulating margin | - |
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| reparable | (adjective) capable of being repaired or rectified | Synonyms: rectifiable |
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| reparation | (noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong | Synonyms: amends |
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| (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair |
| (noun) (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors | - |
| (noun) compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | - |
| repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
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| repast | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time | Synonyms: meal |
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