| commode | (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet |
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| (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: chiffonier |
| comrade | (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, familiar, fellow |
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| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: brother |
| concede | (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: confess, profess |
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| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: grant, yield |
| (verb) acknowledge defeat | - |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, grant, yield |
| conclude | (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: reason, reason out |
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| (verb) bring to a close | - |
| (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) reach agreement on | - |
| (verb) come to a close | Synonyms: close |
| confide | (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially | - |
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| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust |
| consuetude | (noun) a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law | - |
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| corrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off |
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| correctitude | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: properness, propriety |
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| corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
| countryside | (noun) rural regions | - |
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| countrywide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a country or nation | Synonyms: nationwide |
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| countywide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a county | - |
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| couvade | (noun) a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child | - |
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| cowhide | (noun) a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow | - |
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| (noun) leather made from the hide of a cow | Synonyms: cowskin |
| (noun) the hide of a cow | - |
| (verb) flog with a cowhide | - |
| crassitude | (noun) the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement | Synonyms: crassness |
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| crude | (adjective) not refined or processed | Synonyms: unprocessed, unrefined |
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| (adjective) belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness | Synonyms: primitive, rude |
| (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: earthy, gross, vulgar |
| (adjective) not processed or subjected to analysis | Synonyms: raw |
| (adjective) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | Synonyms: blunt, stark |
| (adjective) not carefully or expertly made | Synonyms: rough |
| (noun) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | Synonyms: crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil |
| crusade | (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement |
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| (verb) go on a crusade; fight a holy war | - |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, fight, press, push |
| curbside | (noun) the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb | - |
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| cyanamide | (noun) a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) | Synonyms: cyanamid |
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| (noun) a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds | Synonyms: calcium-cyanamide |
| cyanide | (noun) an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid | - |
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| (noun) any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | Synonyms: nitril, nitrile |
| cyanuramide | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: melamine |
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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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| decade | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | Synonyms: 10, ten, tenner, X |
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| (noun) a period of 10 years | Synonyms: decennary, decennium |
| decide | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | Synonyms: determine, make up one's mind |
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| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: adjudicate, resolve, settle |
| (verb) cause to decide | - |
| (verb) influence or determine | - |
| decode | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decrypt |
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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. | - |
| defilade | (noun) the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire | - |
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| degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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| (verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
| delude | (verb) be false to; be dishonest with | Synonyms: cozen, deceive, lead on |
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| demimonde | (noun) a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior | - |
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| demode | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
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| denude | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: bare, denudate, strip |
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| deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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| deride | (verb) treat or speak of with contempt | - |
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| desuetude | (noun) a state of inactivity or disuse | - |
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| diazoxide | (noun) vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension | Synonyms: Hyperstat |
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| dichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: bichloride |
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| digitigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) | - |
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| (noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
| diode | (noun) a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction | Synonyms: crystal rectifier, junction rectifier, semiconductor diode |
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| (noun) a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier | Synonyms: rectifying tube, rectifying valve |
| dioxide | (noun) an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
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| disaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| disquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: edginess, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| dissimilitude | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: unlikeness |
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| dissuade | (verb) turn away from by persuasion | Synonyms: deter |
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| divide | (noun) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems | Synonyms: water parting, watershed |
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| (noun) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) | - |
| (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: fraction |
| (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: part, separate |
| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, part, separate |
| (verb) make a division or separation | Synonyms: separate |
| (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up |
| (verb) act as a barrier between; stand between | Synonyms: separate |
| dockside | (noun) the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
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| downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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| (verb) rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
| downside | (noun) a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | - |
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| dude | (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
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| (noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: buster, fellow |
| duodiode | (noun) an electron tube having two diodes in the same envelope, with either a common cathode or separate cathodes. | - |
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| eastside | (adjective) of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan | - |
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| ebbtide | (noun) the tide while water is flowing out | - |
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| electrode | (noun) a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | - |
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| elide | (verb) leave or strike out | - |
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| elude | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) escape, either physically or mentally | Synonyms: bilk, evade |
| (verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: escape |
| encainide | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Enkaid |
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| encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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| enfilade | (noun) gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation | Synonyms: enfilade fire |
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| (verb) rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction | - |
| episode | (noun) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie | Synonyms: sequence |
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| (noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: installment, instalment |
| (noun) a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series | - |
| (noun) a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events | - |
| erode | (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, fret |
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| (verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away |
| escalade | (noun) an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | - |
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| (verb) climb up and over | - |
| escapade | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: lark |
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| (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture |
| esplanade | (noun) a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore | - |
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| ethanamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: acetamide |
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| ethosuximide | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: Emeside, Zarontin |
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| etude | (noun) a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity | - |
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| evade | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid | - |
| (verb) escape, either physically or mentally | Synonyms: bilk, elude |
| (verb) practice evasion | - |
| eventide | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, evening |
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| exactitude | (noun) the quality of being exact | Synonyms: exactness |
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| exaltolide | (noun) the macrocyclic lactone having fifteen carbon atoms; it has a musky scent, similar to exaltone. | - |
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| exclude | (verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted | Synonyms: except, leave off, leave out, omit, take out |
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| (verb) prevent from entering; keep out | Synonyms: bar, debar |
| (verb) put out or expel from a place | Synonyms: boot out, chuck out, eject, turf out, turn out |
| (verb) prevent from entering; shut out | Synonyms: keep out, shut, shut out |
| (verb) lack or fail to include | - |
| exode | (noun) a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater | - |
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| explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
| (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
| (verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
| (verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
| (verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
| (verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
| (verb) destroy by exploding | - |
| extrude | (verb) form or shape by forcing through an opening | Synonyms: squeeze out |
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| exude | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exudate, ooze, ooze out, transude |
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| (verb) make apparent by one's mood or behavior | - |
| eyeshade | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, peak, visor, vizor |
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| facade | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: frontage, frontal |
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| (noun) a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant | Synonyms: window dressing |
| fade | (noun) gradually ceasing to be visible | Synonyms: disappearance |
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| (noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: slice, slicing |
| (verb) become feeble | Synonyms: languish |
| (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fleet, pass, pass off |
| (verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | Synonyms: wither |
| (verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly | Synonyms: melt |
| ferricyanide | (noun) salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide | - |
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| ferrocyanide | (noun) salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate | - |
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| feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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| fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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| filicide | (noun) the murder of your own son or daughter | - |
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| (noun) a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
| finitude | (noun) the quality of being finite | Synonyms: boundedness, finiteness |
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| 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 |
| flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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| fluoride | (noun) a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
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| fluoroboride | (noun) a salt of fluoroboric acid | - |
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| forebode | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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| formaldehyde | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: methanal |
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| fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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| fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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| (noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
| (noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
| fungicide | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent |
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| furfuraldehyde | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfural |
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| furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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| fusillade | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, salvo, volley |
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| (verb) attack with fusillade | - |
| gasconade | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, vaporing |
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| (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| genocide | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | Synonyms: race murder, racial extermination |
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| geode | (noun) (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals | - |
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