deodourant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodorant |
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department | (noun) a specialized sphere of knowledge | - |
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(noun) a specialized division of a large organization | Synonyms: section |
(noun) the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) | - |
dependant | (adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
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(adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependent, qualified |
(noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependent |
dependent | (adjective) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed | - |
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(adjective) (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | Synonyms: subordinate |
(adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
(adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependant, qualified |
(adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | Synonyms: subject |
(adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: pendant, pendent |
(noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | Synonyms: dependant |
deployment | (noun) the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work | - |
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deponent | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deposer, testifier |
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deportment | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour |
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depressant | (adjective) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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(noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
derailment | (noun) an accident in which a train runs off its track | - |
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derangement | (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: overthrow, upset |
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(noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: mental unsoundness, unbalance |
descant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: discant |
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(verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
(verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
(verb) sing in descant | - |
descendant | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendent |
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(adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
(noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
descendent | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendant |
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(adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
(noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
descent | (noun) the act of changing your location in a downward direction | - |
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(noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: extraction, origin |
(noun) a movement downward | - |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall |
(noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | Synonyms: filiation, line of descent, lineage |
desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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despoilment | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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despondent | (adjective) without or almost without hope | Synonyms: heartsick |
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detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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(noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
(noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
(noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
(noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
detainment | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detention, hold |
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detent | (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, dog, pawl |
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detergent | (adjective) having cleansing power | Synonyms: detersive |
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(noun) a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension | - |
(noun) a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering | - |
determent | (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: deterrence, intimidation |
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determinant | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | Synonyms: deciding, determinative, determining |
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(noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
(noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
(noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
deterrent | (adjective) tending to deter | - |
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(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
dethronement | (noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | Synonyms: deposition |
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detriment | (noun) a damage or loss | Synonyms: hurt |
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development | (noun) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | - |
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(noun) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | Synonyms: exploitation |
(noun) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | - |
(noun) a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | - |
(noun) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | - |
(noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: developing |
(noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
(noun) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | Synonyms: evolution |
(noun) a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | - |
deviant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: aberrant, deviate |
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(noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviate, perv, perve, pervert |
devilment | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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devolvement | (noun) the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | Synonyms: devolution |
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dicynodont | (noun) a kind of therapsid | - |
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different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
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(adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
(adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
(adjective) distinct or separate | - |
diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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(adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
diligent | (adjective) characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks | - |
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(adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: persevering |
diluent | (noun) a diluting agent | Synonyms: dilutant, thinner |
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dilutant | (noun) a diluting agent | Synonyms: diluent, thinner |
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dint | (noun) interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of' | - |
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disablement | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, handicap, impairment |
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disagreement | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: discrepancy, divergence, variance |
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(noun) the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing | - |
(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: dissension, dissonance |
disappoint | (verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | Synonyms: let down |
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disappointment | (noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone | Synonyms: dashing hopes |
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(noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: letdown |
disarmament | (noun) act of reducing or depriving of arms | Synonyms: disarming |
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disarrangement | (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disorganisation, disorganization |
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disbandment | (noun) the act of disbanding | - |
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disbarment | (noun) the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law | - |
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disbursement | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, outlay, spending |
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(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursal, expense |
discant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: descant |
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discernment | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discretion |
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(noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity |
(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: apprehension, savvy, understanding |
(noun) perception of that which is obscure | Synonyms: perceptiveness |
(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: appreciation, perceptiveness, taste |
disconcertment | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion |
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discontent | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontented |
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(noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontentedness, discontentment |
(verb) make dissatisfied | - |
discontentment | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentedness |
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discordant | (adjective) not in agreement or harmony | - |
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(adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic |
discount | (noun) the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise | Synonyms: deduction, price reduction |
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(noun) an amount or percentage deducted | Synonyms: deduction |
(noun) interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan | Synonyms: bank discount, discount rate |
(noun) a refund of some fraction of the amount paid | Synonyms: rebate |
(verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
(verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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(noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
(noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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(adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
(adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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disembarkment | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: debarkation, disembarkation |
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disembarrassment | (noun) something that extricates you from embarrassment | - |
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disembowelment | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | Synonyms: evisceration |
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disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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disenchantment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disillusion, disillusionment |
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disenfranchisement | (noun) the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise | - |
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disengagement | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: fallback, pullout |
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(noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: detachment |
disentanglement | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: extrication, unsnarling, untangling |
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disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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disfigurement | (noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | Synonyms: defacement, disfiguration, mutilation |
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(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | Synonyms: deformity, disfiguration |
disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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disgorgement | (noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting |
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disgruntlement | (noun) a feeling of sulky discontent | - |
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disheartenment | (noun) a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted | - |
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(noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: discouragement, dismay |
disillusionment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disenchantment, disillusion |
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disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, germicide |
disinterment | (noun) the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried | Synonyms: digging up, exhumation |
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disinvestment | (noun) the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation | - |
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disjoint | (adjective) having no elements in common | - |
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(verb) become separated, disconnected or disjoint | Synonyms: disjoin |
(verb) make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of | Synonyms: disjoin |
(verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disarticulate |
(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
dislodgement | (noun) forced removal from a position of advantage | Synonyms: dislodgment |
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dislodgment | (noun) forced removal from a position of advantage | Synonyms: dislodgement |
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dismantlement | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantling |
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dismemberment | (noun) the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces | Synonyms: taking apart |
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dismount | (noun) the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) | - |
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(verb) alight from (a horse) | Synonyms: get down, get off, light, unhorse |
disobedient | (adjective) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority | - |
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(adjective) unwilling to submit to authority | Synonyms: unruly |
disorient | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorientate |
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disownment | (noun) refusal to acknowledge as one's own | Synonyms: disowning |
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disparagement | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: dispraise |
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(noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: depreciation, derogation |
displacement | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: supplanting |
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(noun) act of removing from office or employment | - |
(noun) the act of uniform movement | Synonyms: translation |
(noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: deracination |
(noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation | Synonyms: shift |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one | - |
(noun) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | Synonyms: displacement reaction |
disputant | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, eristic |
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dissent | (noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | Synonyms: objection, protest |
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(noun) (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority | - |
(noun) a difference of opinion | - |
(verb) withhold assent | - |
(verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: differ, disagree, take issue |
(verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: protest, resist |
dissentient | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissenting, dissident |
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(adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: recusant |
dissident | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissenting |
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(adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: heretical, heterodox |
(noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, objector, protester |
dissilient | (adjective) bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels | - |
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dissolvent | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent |
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dissonant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, discrepant |
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(adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic |
(adjective) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved | Synonyms: unresolved |
distant | (adjective) separated in space or coming from or going to a distance | - |
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(adjective) far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship | Synonyms: remote |
(adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: aloof, upstage |
(adjective) located far away spatially | Synonyms: remote |
(adjective) separate or apart in time | Synonyms: remote, removed |
distillment | (noun) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | Synonyms: distillation |
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distraint | (noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | Synonyms: distress |
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divalent | (adjective) having a valence of two or having two valences | Synonyms: bivalent |
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divergent | (adjective) tending to move apart in different directions | Synonyms: diverging |
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(adjective) diverging from another or from a standard | - |
divorcement | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorce |
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divulgement | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgence |
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docent | (noun) a teacher at some universities | - |
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