| deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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| (noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
| degressive | (adjective) going down by steps | - |
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| (adjective) (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount | - |
| depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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| (verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
| (verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
| (verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
| depressant | (adjective) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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| (noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
| depressed | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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| (adjective) lower than previously | Synonyms: down |
| (adjective) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces | - |
| depressing | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, uncheerful |
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| depressingly | (adverb) in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree | - |
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| depression | (noun) pushing down | - |
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| (noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | - |
| (noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation | Synonyms: natural depression |
| (noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
| (noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: impression, imprint |
| (noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | - |
| (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: low |
| (noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | Synonyms: economic crisis, slump |
| (noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | Synonyms: clinical depression, depressive disorder |
| depressive | (noun) someone suffering psychological depression | - |
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| depressor | (noun) a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | - |
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| (noun) any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | Synonyms: depressor muscle |
| (noun) any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | Synonyms: depressor nerve |
| depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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| depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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| derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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| destress | (verb) reduce the emphasis | Synonyms: de-emphasise, de-emphasize |
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| diaeresis | (noun) a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel | Synonyms: dieresis |
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| diaphoresis | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating |
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| dieresis | (noun) a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel | Synonyms: diaeresis |
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| digress | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: divagate, stray, wander |
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| (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, sidetrack, straggle |
| digression | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) wandering from the main path of a journey | Synonyms: excursion |
| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
| digressive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling |
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| (adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: tangential |
| digressiveness | (noun) The characteristic quality of poetry that is marked by departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; or by an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. | - |
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| disafforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disforest |
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| disforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disafforest |
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| disforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: deforestation |
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| disinterest | (noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: neutrality |
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| (noun) lack of interest | - |
| disinterested | (adjective) unaffected by self-interest | - |
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| disinterestedly | (adverb) without bias; without selfish motives | - |
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| disinterestedness | (noun) freedom from bias or from selfish motives | - |
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| disrespect | (noun) a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous | Synonyms: contempt |
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| (noun) a disrespectful mental attitude | - |
| (noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: discourtesy |
| (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disesteem |
| (verb) show a lack of respect for | - |
| disrespectful | (adjective) exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous | - |
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| (adjective) neither feeling nor showing respect | Synonyms: aweless, awless |
| disrespectfully | (adverb) in a disrespectful manner | - |
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| distress | (noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | Synonyms: distraint |
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| (noun) psychological suffering | Synonyms: hurt, suffering |
| (noun) extreme physical pain | - |
| (noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | - |
| (verb) cause mental pain to | - |
| (verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: straiten |
| distressed | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: dysphoric, unhappy |
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| (adjective) facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty | Synonyms: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way |
| (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried |
| (adjective) suffering severe physical strain or distress | Synonyms: stressed |
| distressful | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
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| distressfully | (adverb) with distress | - |
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| distressfulness | (noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress | Synonyms: seriousness |
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| distressing | (adjective) bad; unfortunate | Synonyms: deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
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| (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
| distressingly | (adverb) unpleasantly | Synonyms: painfully |
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| distressingness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: painfulness |
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| diuresis | (noun) increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus | - |
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| dress | (adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes | Synonyms: full-dress |
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| (adjective) suitable for formal occasions | Synonyms: full-dress |
| (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
| (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
| (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
| (verb) put on clothes | Synonyms: get dressed |
| (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
| (verb) apply a bandage or medication to | - |
| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set |
| (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: plume, preen, primp |
| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, groom |
| (verb) dress in a certain manner | Synonyms: dress up |
| (verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption | Synonyms: dress out |
| (verb) convert into leather | - |
| (verb) put a dressing on | - |
| (verb) put a finish on | - |
| (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim |
| (verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: decorate |
| (verb) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width | - |
| (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: garnish, trim |
| (verb) arrange in ranks | Synonyms: line up |
| dressage | (noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
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| dressed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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| (adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: polished |
| (adjective) treated with medications and protective covering | - |
| (adjective) dressed in fancy or formal clothing | Synonyms: dolled up, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up |
| dresser | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest, chest of drawers |
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| (noun) a cabinet with shelves | - |
| (noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dressing table, toilet table, vanity |
| (noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor | Synonyms: actor's assistant |
| (noun) a person who dresses in a particular way | - |
| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| dressmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: garment-worker, garment worker, garmentmaker |
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| dressmaking | (noun) the craft of making dresses | - |
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| dressy | (adjective) in fancy clothing | - |
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| duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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| effloresce | (verb) come into or as if into flower | Synonyms: burst forth |
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| (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
| (verb) become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation | - |
| efflorescence | (noun) a powdery deposit on a surface | Synonyms: bloom |
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| (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
| (noun) any red eruption of the skin | Synonyms: rash, roseola, skin rash |
| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
| efflorescent | (adjective) when the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower | Synonyms: abloom |
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| egress | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egression, emergence |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse | Synonyms: emersion |
| (noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: emergence, issue |
| (verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, emerge, go forth, issue |
| egression | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egress, emergence |
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| electrophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis |
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| embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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| empress | (noun) a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor | - |
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| enchantress | (noun) a female sorcerer or magician | Synonyms: witch |
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| (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress |
| encopresis | (noun) involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness | - |
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| entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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| enuresis | (noun) inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination | Synonyms: urinary incontinence |
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| espresso | (noun) strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans | - |
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| excrescence | (noun) (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | - |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
| excrescent | (adjective) forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth) | - |
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| express | (adjective) not tacit or implied | - |
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| (adjective) without unnecessary stops | - |
| (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: expressage |
| (noun) public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops | Synonyms: limited |
| (noun) mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system | Synonyms: express mail |
| (adverb) by express | - |
| (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
| (verb) give expression to | Synonyms: evince, show |
| (verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: carry, convey |
| (verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: state |
| (verb) send by rapid transport or special messenger service | - |
| (verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: extract, press out |
| (verb) manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) | - |
| expressage | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: express |
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| expressed | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | Synonyms: explicit |
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| (adjective) communicated in words | Synonyms: uttered, verbalised, verbalized, voiced |
| expressible | (adjective) capable of being expressed | - |
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| expression | (noun) the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing | - |
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| (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, face, facial expression, look |
| (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: locution, saying |
| (noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: formulation |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion |
| (noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: formula |
| (noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions | Synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism |
| (noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: construction, grammatical construction |
| (noun) (genetics) the process of expressing a gene | - |
| expressionism | (noun) an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
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| expressionist | (adjective) of or relating to expressionism | Synonyms: expressionistic |
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| (noun) an artist who is an adherent of expressionism | - |
| expressionistic | (adjective) of or relating to expressionism | Synonyms: expressionist |
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| expressionless | (adjective) deliberately impassive in manner | Synonyms: deadpan, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive |
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| expressive | (adjective) performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by expression | - |
| expressively | (adverb) with expression; in an expressive manner | - |
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| expressiveness | (noun) the quality of being expressive | - |
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| expressly | (adverb) with specific intentions; for the express purpose | - |
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| expressway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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| extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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| (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
| fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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| (noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
| firestone | (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns | - |
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| (noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
| firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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| (noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
| florescence | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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| fluoresce | (verb) exhibit or undergo fluorescence | - |
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| fluorescein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein |
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| fluoresceine | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein |
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| fluorescence | (noun) light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength | - |
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| fluorescent | (adjective) brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light | - |
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| (adjective) emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source | - |
| (noun) a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp | Synonyms: fluorescent fixture |
| footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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| foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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| foresee | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, previse |
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| (verb) picture to oneself; imagine possible | Synonyms: envision |
| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, forestall |
| foreseeable | (adjective) capable of being anticipated | - |
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| foreshadow | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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| (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
| foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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| foreshock | (noun) a tremor preceding an earthquake | - |
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| foreshore | (noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | - |
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| foreshorten | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten |
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| (verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | - |
| foreshow | (verb) foretell by divine inspiration | - |
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| foresight | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresightedness, foresightfulness |
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| (noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, prevision, prospicience |