| cult | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cultus, religious cult |
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| (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, fad, furor, furore, rage |
| (noun) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false | - |
| (noun) followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | - |
| (noun) followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
| culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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| cultism | (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: devotion, veneration |
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| (noun) devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult | - |
| cultist | (noun) a member of a religious cult | - |
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| (noun) a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
| cultivable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: arable, cultivatable, tillable |
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| cultivar | (noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation | - |
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| cultivatable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: arable, cultivable, tillable |
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| cultivate | (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
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| (verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: crop, work |
| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, educate, school, train |
| (verb) promote the growth of | Synonyms: foster, further |
| cultivated | (adjective) (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing | - |
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| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultured, genteel, polite |
| (adjective) no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use | - |
| cultivation | (noun) (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | - |
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| (noun) socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners | - |
| (noun) the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale) | - |
| (noun) the process of fostering the growth of something | - |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: culture, finish, polish, refinement |
| cultivator | (noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | Synonyms: tiller |
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| (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser |
| cultural | (adjective) of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors | - |
| (adjective) relating to the raising of plants or animals | - |
| (adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | Synonyms: ethnic, ethnical |
| culturally | (adverb) with regard to a culture | - |
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| culturati | (noun) people interested in culture and cultural activities | - |
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| culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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| (noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
| (noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
| (noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
| (noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
| (verb) grow in a special preparation | - |
| cultured | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, genteel, polite |
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| cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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| culverin | (noun) a medieval musket | - |
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| (noun) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
| culvert | (noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
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| cumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, conglomerate, gather, pile up |
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| cumulation | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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| cumulative | (adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: accumulative |
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| cumulatively | (adverb) in a cumulative manner | - |
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| cumuliform | (adjective) shaped like a cumulus cloud | - |
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| cumulonimbus | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud |
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| cumulous | (adjective) of or related to cumulous clouds | Synonyms: cumulus |
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| (adjective) thrown together in a pile | - |
| cumulus | (adjective) of or related to cumulous clouds | Synonyms: cumulous |
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| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile |
| (noun) a globular cloud | Synonyms: cumulus cloud |
| cupful | (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cup |
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| cupular | (adjective) shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | Synonyms: cupulate |
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| cupulate | (adjective) shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | Synonyms: cupular |
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| cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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| (noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
| curricular | (adjective) of or relating to an academic course of study | - |
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| curriculum | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, program, programme, syllabus |
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| cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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| cuticular | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: dermal, epidermal, epidermic |
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| cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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| cymule | (noun) a small cyme, generally with few flowers | - |
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| deceitful | (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: ambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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| (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: fallacious, fraudulent |
| deceitfully | (adverb) in a corrupt and deceitful manner | Synonyms: dishonestly, venally |
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| deceitfulness | (noun) the quality of being deceitful | - |
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| decoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication |
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| default | (noun) loss due to not showing up | - |
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| (noun) an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified | Synonyms: default option |
| (noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: nonpayment, nonremittal |
| (noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: nonpayment, nonremittal |
| (verb) fail to pay up | Synonyms: default on |
| defaulter | (noun) a contestant who forfeits a match | - |
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| (noun) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: deadbeat |
| (noun) someone who fails to make a required appearance in court | - |
| delightful | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delicious |
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| delightfully | (adverb) in a delightful manner | - |
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| demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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| demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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| demodulate | (verb) extract information from a modulated carrier wave | - |
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| demodulation | (noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave | - |
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| demodulator | (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: detector |
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| demulcent | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: emollient, salving, softening |
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| (noun) a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin | - |
| demulsify | (verb) break down into components | - |
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| (verb) cause to demulsify | - |
| denticulate | (adjective) having a very finely toothed margin | - |
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| depopulate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: desolate |
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| depopulated | (adjective) having lost inhabitants as by war or disease | - |
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| depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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| deregulate | (verb) lift the regulations on | - |
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| deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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| deregulation | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulating |
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| despiteful | (adjective) showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite | Synonyms: spiteful, vindictive |
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| despitefully | (adverb) in a maliciously spiteful manner | Synonyms: spitefully |
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| dessertspoonful | (noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold | Synonyms: dessertspoon |
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| desulfurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulphurize |
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| desulphurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulfurize |
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| desultory | (adjective) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another | - |
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| difficult | (adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | Synonyms: hard |
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| (adjective) hard to control | Synonyms: unmanageable |
| difficultness | (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficulty |
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| difficulty | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: trouble |
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| (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficultness |
| direful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| direfully | (adverb) in a direful manner | - |
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| disarticulate | (verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disjoint |
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| discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| discombobulated | (adjective) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | Synonyms: disconcerted |
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| discombobulation | (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: confusion |
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| disdainful | (adjective) expressing extreme contempt | Synonyms: contemptuous, insulting, scornful |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| disdainfully | (adverb) without respect; in a disdainful manner | Synonyms: contemptuously, contumeliously, scornfully |
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| (adverb) in a proud and domineering manner | Synonyms: cavalierly |
| disdainfulness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, superciliousness |
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| disgraceful | (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful |
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| (adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | Synonyms: scandalous, shameful, shocking |
| disgracefully | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| disgracefulness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: ignominiousness, shamefulness |
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| disgustful | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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| dishful | (noun) the quantity that a dish will hold | Synonyms: dish |
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| 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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| dissimulate | (verb) hide (feelings) from other people | - |
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| dissimulation | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissembling |
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| dissimulative | (adjective) concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive | - |
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| dissimulator | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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| distasteful | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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| (adjective) not pleasing in odor or taste | Synonyms: unsavory, unsavoury |
| distastefully | (adverb) in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree | Synonyms: disgustingly, revoltingly, sickeningly |
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| (adverb) in an offensively distasteful manner | - |
| distastefulness | (noun) the quality of being offensive | Synonyms: odiousness, offensiveness |
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| (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
| 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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| distrustful | (adjective) having or showing distrust | - |
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| distrustfully | (adverb) with distrust | Synonyms: mistrustfully |
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| distrustfulness | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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| disulfiram | (noun) a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested | Synonyms: Antabuse |
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| diverticulitis | (noun) inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation | - |
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| diverticulosis | (noun) presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon | - |
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