dorbeetle | (noun) Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound | - |
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dottle | (noun) the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking | - |
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double | (adjective) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | Synonyms: bivalent |
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(adjective) used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements | - |
(adjective) having two meanings with intent to deceive | Synonyms: forked |
(adjective) large enough for two | - |
(adjective) twice as great or many | Synonyms: doubled, two-fold, twofold |
(adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: dual, duple |
(adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold |
(noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base | Synonyms: two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser |
(noun) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | Synonyms: doubling |
(noun) a quantity that is twice as great as another | - |
(noun) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) | Synonyms: image, look-alike |
(noun) a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts | - |
(adverb) to double the degree | Synonyms: doubly, twice |
(adverb) two together | - |
(adverb) downward and forward | - |
(verb) increase twofold | Synonyms: duplicate |
(verb) hit a two-base hit | - |
(verb) do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions | - |
(verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
(verb) bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain | Synonyms: double over, double up |
(verb) make a demand for (a card or suit) | - |
downscale | (adjective) intended for people with low incomes | - |
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draggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: bedraggle |
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dribble | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribbling |
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(noun) saliva spilling from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slobber |
(noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: drip, trickle |
(verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber |
(verb) propel | Synonyms: carry |
(verb) let or cause to fall in drops | Synonyms: drip, drop |
(verb) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | Synonyms: filter, trickle |
drinkable | (adjective) suitable for drinking | Synonyms: potable |
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(noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, potable |
drizzle | (noun) very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower | Synonyms: mizzle |
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(verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: moisten |
(verb) rain lightly | Synonyms: mizzle |
dubitable | (adjective) open to doubt or suspicion | Synonyms: doubtful, dubious, in question |
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ductile | (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile |
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(adjective) easily influenced | Synonyms: malleable |
ductule | (noun) a very small duct | Synonyms: ductulus |
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duffle | (noun) a coarse heavy woolen fabric | Synonyms: duffel |
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(noun) a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings | Synonyms: duffel, duffel bag, duffle bag |
duple | (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: double, dual |
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duplicable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicatable |
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duplicatable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicable |
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durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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(adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
(adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
dutiable | (adjective) subject to import tax | - |
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dwindle | (verb) become smaller or lose substance | Synonyms: dwindle away, dwindle down |
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eagle | (noun) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | Synonyms: bird of Jove |
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(noun) an emblem representing power | - |
(noun) a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars | - |
(noun) (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole | - |
(verb) shoot in two strokes under par | - |
(verb) shoot two strokes under par | Synonyms: double birdie |
eatable | (adjective) suitable for use as food | Synonyms: comestible, edible |
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(noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
ecobabble | (noun) using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware | - |
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edible | (adjective) suitable for use as food | Synonyms: comestible, eatable |
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(noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals |
effaceable | (adjective) capable of being effaced | Synonyms: erasable |
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eligible | (adjective) qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen | - |
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embattle | (verb) prepare for battle or conflict | - |
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(verb) fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense | - |
embezzle | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate |
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embrangle | (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: snarl, snarl up |
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embrittle | (verb) make brittle | - |
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empale | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: impale, spike, transfix |
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employable | (adjective) physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available | - |
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(noun) a person who is qualified and ready to work | - |
empurple | (verb) color purple | Synonyms: purple, purpurate |
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enable | (verb) render capable or able for some task | - |
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encephalocele | (noun) protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull | - |
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encircle | (verb) bind with something round or circular | Synonyms: gird |
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(verb) form or draw a circle around | Synonyms: circle |
endurable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: bearable, sufferable, supportable |
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enfeeble | (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, drain |
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enforceable | (adjective) capable of being enforced | - |
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enjoyable | (adjective) affording satisfaction or pleasure | Synonyms: gratifying, pleasurable |
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enkindle | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
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(verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: conflagrate, inflame, kindle |
ennoble | (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: entitle, gentle |
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(verb) confer dignity or honor upon | Synonyms: dignify |
enophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: oenophile |
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ensemble | (noun) a coordinated outfit (set of clothing) | - |
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(noun) the chorus of a ballet company | Synonyms: corps de ballet |
(noun) a group of musicians playing or singing together | - |
(noun) an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole | Synonyms: tout ensemble |
(noun) a cast other than the principals | Synonyms: supporting players |
ensile | (verb) store in a silo | - |
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entangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: mat, snarl, tangle |
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(verb) entrap | Synonyms: mire |
entitle | (verb) give a title to | Synonyms: title |
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(verb) give the right to | - |
(verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: ennoble, gentle |
enumerable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: countable, denumerable, numerable |
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enviable | (adjective) causing envy | - |
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eosinophile | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophil |
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epicondyle | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | - |
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epicycle | (noun) a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid | - |
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epistle | (noun) a specially long, formal letter | - |
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equable | (adjective) not easily irritated | Synonyms: even-tempered, good-tempered, placid |
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(adjective) not varying | - |
equiprobable | (adjective) equally probable | - |
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equitable | (adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | Synonyms: just |
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eradicable | (adjective) able to be eradicated or rooted out | - |
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erasable | (adjective) capable of being effaced | Synonyms: effaceable |
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erectile | (adjective) capable of being raised to an upright position | - |
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(adjective) filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | Synonyms: cavernous |
erstwhile | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime |
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(adverb) at a previous time | Synonyms: at one time, erst, formerly, once |
escadrille | (noun) an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) | - |
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(noun) a small squadron | - |
escarole | (noun) variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges | Synonyms: chicory escarole, endive |
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espadrille | (noun) a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part | - |
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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 |
evaporable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
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evitable | (adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off | Synonyms: avertable, avertible, avoidable |
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example | (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: exercise |
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(noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: illustration, instance, representative |
(noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: exemplar, good example, model |
(noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: model |
(noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson |
(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: case, instance |
exceptionable | (adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to | Synonyms: objectionable |
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exchangeable | (adjective) suitable to be exchanged | - |
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(adjective) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value | Synonyms: convertible |
(adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: interchangeable, similar, standardised, standardized |
excitable | (adjective) easily excited | - |
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(adjective) capable of responding to stimuli | Synonyms: irritable |
excusable | (adjective) capable of being overlooked | - |
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(adjective) easily excused or forgiven | Synonyms: forgivable, venial |
execrable | (adjective) deserving to be execrated | Synonyms: damnable |
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(adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: abominable, detestable, odious |
(adjective) of very poor quality or condition | Synonyms: deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched |
executable | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: feasible, practicable, viable, workable |
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exercycle | (noun) an exercise device resembling a stationary bike | Synonyms: exercise bike |
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exhale | (verb) expel air | Synonyms: breathe out, expire |
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(verb) give out (breath or an odor) | Synonyms: emanate, give forth |
exhaustible | (adjective) capable of being used up | - |
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(adjective) capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted | - |
exile | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, expatriation, transportation |
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(noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: deportee |
(noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: expat, expatriate |
(verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, expatriate |
expandable | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandible, expansible, expansile |
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(adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandible, expansible |
expandible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expansible, expansile |
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(adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expansible |
expansible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansile |
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(adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expandible |
expansile | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansible |
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expectable | (adjective) to be expected | - |
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expendable | (adjective) suitable to be expended | - |
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(adjective) (used of funds) remaining after taxes | Synonyms: spendable |
expiable | (adjective) capable of being atoned for | - |
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explainable | (adjective) capable of being understood | Synonyms: interpretable |
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explicable | (adjective) capable of being explicated or accounted for | - |
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exportable | (adjective) suitable for export | - |
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expressible | (adjective) capable of being expressed | - |
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extendable | (adjective) capable of being lengthened | Synonyms: extendible |
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extendible | (adjective) capable of being lengthened | Synonyms: extendable |
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extensible | (adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out | Synonyms: extensile |
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extensile | (adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out | Synonyms: extensible |
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exterminable | (adjective) capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out | Synonyms: extirpable |
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extinguishable | (adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed | - |
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extirpable | (adjective) capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out | Synonyms: exterminable |
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extractable | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractible |
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extractible | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractable |
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extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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extricable | (adjective) capable of being extricated | - |
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eyehole | (noun) a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | Synonyms: eyelet |
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(noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: peephole, spyhole |
fable | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: allegory, apologue, parable |
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(noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: legend |
(noun) a deliberately false or improbable account | Synonyms: fabrication, fiction |
facile | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | Synonyms: eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken |
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(adjective) performing adroitly and without effort | - |
(adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: neat, slick |