| diagnostics | (noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease | Synonyms: nosology |
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| diethylstilbesterol | (noun) synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy | Synonyms: DES, stilbesterol |
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| diethylstilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| diethylstilboestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| digestibility | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibleness |
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| digestible | (adjective) capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal | - |
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| digestibleness | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibility |
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| digestion | (noun) learning and coming to understand ideas and information | - |
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| (noun) the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body | - |
| (noun) the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat | - |
| digestive | (adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion | - |
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| (noun) any substance that promotes digestion | - |
| dipstick | (noun) a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level | - |
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| disgusting | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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| disgustingly | (adverb) in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree | Synonyms: distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly |
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| disgustingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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| (noun) the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unsavoriness |
| dislogistic | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dyslogistic, pejorative |
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| distich | (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
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| distil | (verb) give off (a liquid) | Synonyms: distill |
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| (verb) undergo the process of distillation | Synonyms: distill |
| (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distill, extract |
| (verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops | Synonyms: condense, distill |
| (verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | Synonyms: distill, make pure, purify, sublimate |
| distill | (verb) give off (a liquid) | Synonyms: distil |
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| (verb) undergo the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil |
| (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, extract |
| (verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, make pure, purify, sublimate |
| (verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops | Synonyms: condense, distil |
| distillate | (noun) a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling | Synonyms: distillation |
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| distillation | (noun) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | Synonyms: distillment |
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| (noun) a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling | Synonyms: distillate |
| distiller | (noun) someone who distills alcoholic liquors | - |
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| distillery | (noun) a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation | Synonyms: still |
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| distillment | (noun) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | Synonyms: distillation |
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| distinct | (adjective) easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined | - |
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| (adjective) clearly or sharply defined to the mind | Synonyms: clear-cut, trenchant |
| (adjective) recognizable; marked | Synonyms: decided |
| (adjective) (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality | Synonyms: distinguishable |
| (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: discrete |
| distinction | (noun) a distinguishing difference between similar things or people | - |
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| (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | Synonyms: differentiation |
| (noun) an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority | - |
| (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: eminence, note, preeminence |
| distinctive | (adjective) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing | Synonyms: typical |
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| (adjective) capable of being classified | Synonyms: classifiable |
| distinctively | (adverb) in an identifiably distinctive manner | - |
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| distinctiveness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: disparateness |
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| (noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty |
| distinctly | (adverb) clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | Synonyms: clearly |
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| (adverb) in a distinct and distinguishable manner | - |
| (adverb) to a distinct degree | - |
| distinctness | (noun) the quality of being sharp and clear | Synonyms: sharpness |
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| (noun) the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | Synonyms: otherness, separateness |
| (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, separateness, severalty |
| distinguish | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: differentiate, mark |
| (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: signalise, signalize |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| distinguishability | (noun) Capability of being perceived as different or distinct. | - |
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| distinguishable | (adjective) capable of being perceived as different or distinct | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality | Synonyms: distinct |
| distinguished | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: grand, imposing, magisterial |
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| (adjective) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation | - |
| divestiture | (noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | - |
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| (noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior | - |
| domestic | (adjective) of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | - |
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| (adjective) of or involving the home or family | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to the home | - |
| (adjective) produced in a particular country | - |
| (adjective) converted or adapted to domestic use | Synonyms: domesticated |
| (noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | Synonyms: domestic help, house servant |
| domestically | (adverb) with respect to home or family | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to the internal affairs of a government | - |
| domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
| domesticated | (adjective) accustomed to home life | - |
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| (adjective) converted or adapted to domestic use | Synonyms: domestic |
| domestication | (noun) accommodation to domestic life | - |
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| (noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: tameness |
| (noun) adaptation to intimate association with human beings | - |
| domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| domesticity | (noun) domestic activities or life | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being domestic or domesticated | - |
| domesticize | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame |
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| drastic | (adjective) forceful and extreme and rigorous | - |
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| drastically | (adverb) in a drastic manner | - |
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| drumstick | (noun) a stick used for playing a drum | - |
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| (noun) the lower joint of the leg of a fowl | - |
| dualistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism | Synonyms: Manichaean |
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| dustiness | (noun) the state of being covered with dust | - |
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| dynastic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty | - |
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| dyslogistic | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dislogistic, pejorative |
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| dysphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of dysphemism | - |
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| dysplastic | (adjective) relating to or evidencing dysplasia | - |
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| ecclesiastic | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastical |
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| (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
| ecclesiastical | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastic |
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| ecclesiastically | (adverb) in an ecclesiastic manner | - |
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| ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
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| (noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
| egoistic | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egocentric, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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| egoistical | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egocentric, egoistic, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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| egotistic | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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| (adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | Synonyms: egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving |
| egotistical | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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| (adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | Synonyms: egotistic, narcissistic, self-loving |
| egotistically | (adverb) in an egotistical manner | Synonyms: selfishly |
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| elastic | (adjective) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy | - |
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| (adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: flexible, pliable, pliant |
| (noun) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material | - |
| (noun) a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together | Synonyms: elastic band, rubber band |
| elasticised | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticized |
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| elasticity | (noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | Synonyms: snap |
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| elasticized | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticised |
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| elastin | (noun) a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries | - |
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| encaustic | (noun) a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application | - |
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| encomiastic | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical |
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| enlisting | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: recruitment |
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| enthusiastic | (adjective) having or showing great excitement and interest | - |
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| enthusiastically | (adverb) with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a lavish or enthusiastic manner | Synonyms: sky-high |
| eristic | (adjective) given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments | Synonyms: eristical |
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| (noun) the art of logical disputation (especially if specious) | - |
| (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, disputant |
| eristical | (adjective) given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments | Synonyms: eristic |
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| estimable | (adjective) deserving of respect or high regard | - |
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| (adjective) may be computed or estimated | Synonyms: computable |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, good, honorable, respectable |
| estimate | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimation |
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| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimation, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimation |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimation |
| (noun) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job | - |
| (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, gauge, guess, judge |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon |
| estimation | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimate |
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| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimate |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimate |
| estimator | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, figurer, reckoner |
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| estival | (adjective) (rare) of or occurring in summer | Synonyms: aestival |
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| estivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: aestivate |
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| estivation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | Synonyms: aestivation |
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| (noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | Synonyms: aestivation |
| eulogistic | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: encomiastic, panegyric, panegyrical |
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| euphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of euphemism | - |
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| euphemistically | (adverb) in a euphemistic manner | - |
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| evangelistic | (adjective) relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel | - |
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| (adjective) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | Synonyms: evangelical |
| everlasting | (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
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| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (noun) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | Synonyms: everlasting flower |
| everlastingly | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, evermore, forever |
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| everlastingness | (noun) the property of lasting forever | - |
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| exhaustible | (adjective) capable of being used up | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted | - |
| exhausting | (adjective) having a debilitating effect | Synonyms: draining |
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| (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: tiring, wearing, wearying |
| exhaustion | (noun) the act of exhausting something entirely | - |
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| (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy | Synonyms: debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement |
| (noun) extreme fatigue | - |
| exhaustive | (adjective) performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial | Synonyms: thorough, thoroughgoing |
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| exhaustively | (adverb) in an exhaustive manner | Synonyms: thoroughly |
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| exhibitionistic | (adjective) compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior | - |
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| existing | (adjective) having existence or being or actuality | Synonyms: existent |
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| (adjective) presently existing | - |
| (adjective) existing in something specified | - |
| expressionistic | (adjective) of or relating to expressionism | Synonyms: expressionist |
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| extralinguistic | (adjective) not included within the realm of language | - |
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| fantastic | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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| (adjective) extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance | - |
| (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastical, grotesque |
| (adjective) existing in fancy only | Synonyms: fantastical |
| (adjective) fanciful and unrealistic; foolish | Synonyms: wild |
| fantastical | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastic, grotesque |
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| (adjective) existing in fancy only | Synonyms: fantastic |
| fantastically | (adverb) exceedingly; extremely | Synonyms: fabulously, incredibly |
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| fantasticalness | (noun) The state or condition of pertaining to fantasy; of being fanciful or whimsical. | - |
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| fascistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascist |
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