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- DIVERSplural of diver
- DRAGOONSynonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”). Originally , a soldier armed wit
- DUCALOf or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.
- DUNNYSomewhat dun, dusky brownish.
- DYSPHONIAA difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
- DYSPHONICHaving or relating to dysphonia.
- ECHELONA level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- ECONOMISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of economize.
- EDUCATIVEServing to educate; educational.
- EDUCETo direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- EELYResembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
- EFFLUENTFlowing out; outflowing.
- EGESTTo eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
- EGESTIONThe act or result of egesting
- EGRESSIONThe act of going; egress.
- ELEGIACOf or relating to an elegy.
- ELUCIDATETo make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).
- ELUSIONThe act of eluding.
- EMBANKto put up a bank so as to confine or to defend
- EMPIRICALPertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- ENCAPSULATEDsimple past and past participle of encapsulate
- ENFILADEA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
- ENSORCELAlternative spelling of ensorcell.
- ENTREATYThe act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
- ESCARPObsolete spelling of scarp.
- ESCARPMENTA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- EXCORIATEDsimple past and past participle of excoriate
- EXCULPATINGpresent participle and gerund of exculpate
- EXHORTINGpresent participle and gerund of exhort.
- EXHUMATIONThe act of digging up that which has been buried.
- EXPLICATEDsimple past and past participle of explicate
- EXPULSIONThe act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
- EXTEMPORALExtemporaneous.
- EXTEMPORISINGpresent participle and gerund of extemporise
- EXTRUDETo push or thrust out.
- EXULTTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
- EXURBANOf, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb.
- FARTHINGA quarter of any monetary unit or measure.
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FECUNDITYAbility to produce offspring.
- FELICITOUSCharacterized by felicity.
- FESTOONERYThat which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.
- FETCHINGLYIn a fetching manner
- FETISHIZETo make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
- FETISHIZEDsimple past and past participle of fetishize
- FICTIVEHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
- FINAGLETo obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- FINIALEspecially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.
- FISSILEAble to be split.
- FISTULARTubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder.
- FLAKGround-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- FLANEUROne who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
- FLANKERA player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
- FLECTIONAlternative spelling of flexion.
- FLENSETo strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
- FLEXIONThe act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- FLUMEA ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- FLUNKYA person who always agrees with their superior or employer.
- FLUORIDATETo add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
- FOLDEROLNonsense or foolishness.
- FORECASTLEA raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it.
- FRABJOUSFabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
- FRACTIONALIZETo separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
- FRACTIOUSGiven to troublemaking.
- FRAGMENTIZETo break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
- FRAMBOISERaspberry liqueur.
- FRICATIVEAny of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonan
- FROSHA frog.
- FURTIVELYIn a furtive manner.
- FUSILIERAn infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
- FUSTIANOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, whic
- GAINSAYTo say something in contradiction to.
- GAITERA covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
- GALUMPHTo move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
- GALUMPHEDsimple past and past participle of galumph
- GAMBOLTo move about playfully; to frolic.
- GANTRYA framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
- GEFILTEEllipsis of gefilte fish.
- GENDARMEA member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
- GENUFLECTTo bend the knee, as in servitude.
- GEODESICThe shortest curve between two points on a specific surface.
- GEODESYThe discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in thr
- GOLPEA roundel purpure (purple circular spot).
- GRADATIONA sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
- GRAPHENEAny polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
- HALFLINGA fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
- HARANGUEDsimple past and past participle of harangue
- HOVELAn open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- HUMINTAlternative letter-case form of HUMINT.
- HUTCHA box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- HYDROPLANETo skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
- HYPOMANIAA mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.
- IDYLAlternative spelling of idyll.
- IMMANENTNaturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.
- IMMENSITYThe characteristic or state of being immense.
- IMPERIALRelated to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- IMPERIOUSDomineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
- IMPIOUSNot pious.
- IMPLICATETo show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.