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conversionnoun
Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
1002
convertibleadjective
Interchangeable.
1003
convexadjective
Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
1004
conveyancenoun
That by which anything is transported.
1005
convivialadjective
Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
1006
convolutionnoun
A winding motion.
1007
convolveverb
To move with a circling or winding motion.
1008
convoynoun
A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
1009
convulseverb
To cause spasms in.
1010
convulsionnoun
A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
1011
copiousadjective
Plenteous.
1012
coquettenoun
A flirt.
1013
cornicenoun
An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
1014
cornucopianoun
The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
1015
corollarynoun
A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
1016
coronationnoun
The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
1017
coronetnoun
Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
1018
corporaladjective
Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
1019
corporateadjective
Belonging to a corporation.
1020
corporealadjective
Of a material nature; physical.
1021
corpsnoun
A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
1022
corpsenoun
A dead body.
1023
corpulentadjective
Obese.
1024
corpusclenoun
A minute particle of matter.
1025
correlateverb
To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
1026
correlativeadjective
Mutually involving or implying one another.
1027
corrigibleadjective
Capable of reformation.
1028
corroborateverb
To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
1029
corroborationnoun
Confirmation.
1030
corrodeverb
To ruin or destroy little by little.
1031
corrosionnoun
Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
1032
corrosivenoun
That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
1033
corruptibleadjective
Open to bribery.
1034
corruptionnoun
Loss of purity or integrity.
1035
cosmeticadjective
Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
1036
cosmicadjective
Pertaining to the universe.
1037
cosmogonynoun
A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
1038
cosmographynoun
The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
1039
cosmologynoun
The general science of the universe.
1040
cosmopolitanadjective
Common to all the world.
1041
cosmopolitanismnoun
A cosmopolitan character.
1042
cosmosnoun
The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
1043
counter-claimnoun
A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
1044
counteractverb
To act in opposition to.
1045
counterbalanceverb
To oppose with an equal force.
1046
counterchargeverb
To accuse in return.
1047
counterfeitadjective
Made to resemble something else.
1048
counterpartnoun
Something taken with another for the completion of either.
1049
countervailverb
To offset.
1050
counting-housenoun
A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
1051
countrymannoun
A rustic.
1052
courageousadjective
Brave.
1053
coursenoun
Line of motion or direction.
1054
coursernoun
A fleet and spirited horse.
1055
courtesynoun
Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
1056
covenantnoun
An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
1057
covertadjective
Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
1058
coveynoun
A flock of quails or partridges.
1059
cowerverb
To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
1060
coxswainnoun
One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship’s boat and its crew under an officer.
1061
cragnoun
A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
1062
craniumnoun
The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
1063
crassadjective
Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
1064
cravingnoun
A vehement desire.
1065
creaknoun
A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
1066
creamerynoun
A butter-making establishment.
1067
creamyadjective
Resembling or containing cream.
1068
credencenoun
Belief.
1069
credibleadjective
Believable.
1070
credulousadjective
Easily deceived.
1071
creednoun
A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
1072
crematoryadjective
A place for cremating dead bodies.
1073
crevassenoun
A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
1074
crevicenoun
A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
1075
criterionnoun
A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
1076
critiquenoun
A criticism or critical review.
1077
crockerynoun
Earthenware made from baked clay.
1078
cruciblenoun
A trying and purifying test or agency.
1079
crusadenoun
Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
1080
crustaceanadjective
Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
1081
crustaceousadjective
Having a crust-like shell.
1082
cryptogramnoun
Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
1083
crystallizeverb
To bring together or give fixed shape to.
1084
cudgelnoun
A short thick stick used as a club.
1085
culinaryadjective
Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
1086
cullverb
To pick or sort out from the rest.
1087
culpableadjective
Guilty.
1088
culpritnoun
A guilty person.
1089
culvertnoun
Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
1090
cupiditynoun
Avarice.
1091
curableadjective
Capable of being remedied or corrected.
1092
curatornoun
A person having charge as of a library or museum.
1093
curionoun
A piece of bric-a-brac.
1094
cursiveadjective
Writing in which the letters are joined together.
1095
cursoryadjective
Rapid and superficial.
1096
curtadjective
Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
1097
curtailverb
To cut off or cut short.
1098
curtsynoun
A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
1099
cycloidadjective
Like a circle.
1100
cygnetnoun
A young swan.
1101
cynicaladjective
Exhibiting moral skepticism.
1102
cynicismnoun
Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
1103
cynosurenoun
That to which general interest or attention is directed.
1104
daringadjective
Brave.
1105
darklingadverb
Blindly.
1106
darwinismnoun
The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
1107
dastardnoun
A base coward.
1108
datumnoun
A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
1109
dauntlessadjective
Fearless.
1110
day-mannoun
A day-laborer.
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dead-heatnoun
A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
1112
dearthnoun
Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
1113
death’s-headnoun
A human skull as a symbol of death.
1114
debaseverb
To lower in character or virtue.
1115
debatableadjective
Subject to contention or dispute.
1116
debonairadjective
Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
1117
debutnoun
A first appearance in society or on the stage.
1118
decagonnoun
A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
1119
decagramnoun
A weight of 10 grams.
1120
decaliternoun
A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
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decaloguenoun
The ten commandments.
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decameronnoun
A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
1123
decameternoun
A length of ten meters.
1124
decampverb
To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
1125
decapitateverb
To behead.
1126
decapodadjective
Ten-footed or ten-armed.
1127
decasyllablenoun
A line of ten syllables.
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deceitnoun
Falsehood.
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deceitfuladjective
Fraudulent.
1130
deceiveverb
To mislead by or as by falsehood.
1131
decencynoun
Moral fitness.
1132
decentadjective
Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
1133
deciduousadjective
Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
1134
decimaladjective
Founded on the number 10.
1135
decimateverb
To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
1136
decipherverb
To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
1137
decisive ad. Conclusive.
1138
declamationnoun
A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
1139
declamatoryadjective
A full and formal style of utterance.
1140
declarativeadjective
Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
1141
declensionnoun
The change of endings in nouns andadjective
to express their different relations of gender.
1142
decorateverb
To embellish.
1143
decorousadjective
Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
1144
decoynoun
Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
1145
decrepitadjective
Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
1146
dedicationnoun
The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
1147
deduceverb
To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
1148
defaceverb
To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
1149
defalcateverb
To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
1150
defamationnoun
Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
1151
defameverb
To slander.
1152
defaultnoun
The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
1153
defendantnoun
A person against whom a suit is brought.
1154
defensibleadjective
Capable of being maintained or justified.
1155
defensiveadjective
Carried on in resistance to aggression.
1156
deferverb
To delay or put off to some other time.
1157
deferencenoun
Respectful submission or yielding, as to another’s opinion, wishes, or judgment.
1158
defiantadjective
Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
1159
deficiencynoun
Lack or insufficiency.
1160
deficientadjective
Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
1161
definiteadjective
Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
1162
deflectverb
To cause to turn aside or downward.
1163
deforestverb
To clear of forests.
1164
deformverb
To disfigure.
1165
deformitynoun
A disfigurement.
1166
defraudverb
To deprive of something dishonestly.
1167
defrayverb
To make payment for.
1168
degeneracynoun
A becoming worse.
1169
degenerateverb
To become worse or inferior.
1170
degradationnoun
Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
1171
degradeverb
To take away honors or position from.
1172
dehydrateverb
To deprive of water.
1173
deifyverb
To regard or worship as a god.
1174
deignverb
To deem worthy of notice or account.
1175
deistnoun
One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
1176
deitynoun
A god, goddess, or divine person.
1177
dejectverb
To dishearten.
1178
dejectionnoun
Melancholy.
1179
delectableadjective
Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
1180
delectationnoun
Delight.
1181
deleteriousadjective
Hurtful, morally or physically.
1182
delicacynoun
That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
1183
delineateverb
To represent by sketch or diagram.
1184
deliquesceverb
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
1185
deliriousadjective
Raving.
1186
deludeverb
To mislead the mind or judgment of.
1187
delugeverb
To overwhelm with a flood of water.
1188
delusionnoun
Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
1189
demagnetizeverb
To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
1190
demagoguenoun
An unprincipled politician.
1191
demeanornoun
Deportment.
1192
dementedadjective
Insane.
1193
demeritnoun
A mark for failure or bad conduct.
1194
demisenoun
Death.
1195
demobilizeverb
To disband, as troops.
1196
demolishverb
To annihilate.
1197
demonstrableadjective
Capable of positive proof.
1198
demonstrateverb
To prove indubitably.
1199
demonstrativeadjective
Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
1200
demonstratornoun
One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
1201
demulcentnoun
Any application soothing to an irritable surface
1202
demurragenoun
the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
1203
dendroidadjective
Like a tree.
1204
dendrologynoun
The natural history of trees.
1205
denizennoun
Inhabitant.
1206
denominateverb
To give a name or epithet to.
1207
denominationnoun
A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
1208
denominatornoun
Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
1209
denoteverb
To designate by word or mark.
1210
denouementnoun
That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
1211
denounceverb
To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
1212
dentifricenoun
Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
1213
denudeverb
To strip the covering from.
1214
denunciationnoun
The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
1215
depleteverb
To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
1216
deplorableadjective
Contemptible.
1217
deploreverb
To regard with grief or sorrow.
1218
deponentadjective
Laying down.
1219
depopulateverb
To remove the inhabitants from.
1220
deportverb
To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
1221
deportmentnoun
Demeanor.
1222
depositionnoun
Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
1223
depositornoun
One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
1224
depositorynoun
A place where anything is kept in safety.
1225
depraveverb
To render bad, especially morally bad.
1226
deprecateverb
To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
1227
depreciateverb
To lessen the worth of.
1228
depreciationnoun
A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
1229
depressverb
To press down.
1230
depressionnoun
A falling of the spirits.
1231
depthnoun
Deepness.
1232
derelictadjective
Neglectful of obligation.
1233
derideverb
To ridicule.
1234
derisibleadjective
Open to ridicule.
1235
derisionnoun
Ridicule.
1236
derivationnoun
That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
1237
derivativeadjective
Coming or acquired from some origin.
1238
deriveverb
To deduce, as from a premise.
1239
dermatologynoun
The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
1240
derricknoun
An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
1241
descendantnoun
One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
1242
descendentadjective
Proceeding downward.
1243
descentnoun
The act of moving or going downward.
1244
descryverb
To discern.
1245
desertverb
To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
1246
desiccantnoun
Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
1247
designateverb
To select or appoint, as by authority.
1248
desistverb
To cease from action.
1249
desistancenoun
Cessation.
1250
despairnoun