czaritza | (noun) the wife or widow of a czar | Synonyms: czarina, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina |
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czworniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using three units of water for each unit of honey. | - |
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daminozide | (noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time | Synonyms: Alar |
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damozel | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damsel, demoiselle |
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daze | (noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity | Synonyms: fog, haze |
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(noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally | Synonyms: shock, stupor |
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief | Synonyms: bedaze, stun |
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | Synonyms: bedazzle, dazzle |
dazed | (adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock | Synonyms: stunned, stupefied, stupid |
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(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | Synonyms: foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous |
dazedly | (adverb) in a daze; in a dazed manner | Synonyms: torpidly |
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dazzle | (noun) brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily | - |
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(verb) amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill | - |
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | Synonyms: bedazzle, daze |
dazzled | (adjective) having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light | - |
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(adjective) stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering | - |
dazzling | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary |
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(adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | Synonyms: eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous |
dazzlingly | (adverb) in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder | - |
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deaminization | (noun) removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound | Synonyms: deamination |
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deaminize | (verb) remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | Synonyms: deaminate |
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decarbonize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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decarburize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decoke |
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decentralization | (noun) the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments | Synonyms: decentralisation |
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(noun) the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts | Synonyms: decentalisation |
decentralize | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, deconcentrate |
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decentralized | (adjective) withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | Synonyms: decentralised |
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decentralizing | (adjective) tending away from a central point | Synonyms: decentralising |
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decimalization | (noun) the act of changing to a decimal system | Synonyms: decimalisation |
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decimalize | (verb) change to the decimal system | Synonyms: decimalise |
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(verb) change from fractions to decimals | Synonyms: decimalise |
decolonization | (noun) the action of changing from colonial to independent status | Synonyms: decolonisation |
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decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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decolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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decriminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalisation |
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decriminalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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defeminize | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminise |
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deglaze | (verb) dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring | - |
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deglycerolize | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolise |
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dehumanization | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanisation |
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dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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(verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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delabialization | (noun) the pronouncing of a sound without lip rounding. | - |
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delocalize | (verb) remove from the proper or usual locality | - |
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demagnetization | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetisation |
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demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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(verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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dematerialize | (verb) become immaterial; disappear | Synonyms: dematerialise |
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demilitarize | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarise |
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(verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, disarm |
demineralization | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
demineralize | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralise |
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demobilization | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilisation |
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demobilize | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilise |
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(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, inactivate |
democratization | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratisation |
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democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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(verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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demonization | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonisation |
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demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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demoralization | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralisation |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralisation |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralisation |
demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder | - |
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(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
demoralized | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened |
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demoralizing | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting |
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demythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologisation |
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demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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demythologized | (adjective) having mythical elements removed | Synonyms: demythologised |
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denationalization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, privatisation, privatization |
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denationalize | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalise |
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denaturalize | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalise |
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(verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalise |
denaturized | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturised |
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denazification | (noun) social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism | Synonyms: de-Nazification |
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denazify | (verb) free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance | - |
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denizen | (noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region | - |
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(noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
deodorize | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodourise |
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deoxidize | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, reduce |
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depersonalization | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalisation, reification |
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(noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
(noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalisation |
depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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depolarization | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarisation |
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depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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desacralize | (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: secularize |
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desalinization | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinisation |
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desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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desensitization | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitisation |
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desensitize | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
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(verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
desensitizing | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitising |
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desexualize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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(verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualise |
destabilization | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilisation |
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(noun) an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) | - |
destabilize | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
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(verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
destalinization | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation |
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destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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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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desynchronization | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronizing |
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desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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desynchronizing | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization |
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detransitivize | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, intransitivise, intransitivize |
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detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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(noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
detribalize | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalise |
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deutzia | (noun) any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters | - |
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devilize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, diabolise, diabolize |
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devitalization | (noun) the act of reducing the vitality of something | Synonyms: devitalisation |
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devitalize | (verb) sap of life or energy | Synonyms: devitalise |
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diabolize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, devilize, diabolise |
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diagonalizable | (adjective) capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix | - |
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diagonalization | (noun) changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | Synonyms: diagonalisation |
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