Commonly used words in written English - letter D with 627 words, sorted alphabetically
The list of words starting with the letter D that occur frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
| Word | Frequency | Definition |
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225 | (noun) the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
29 | (noun) an official prosecutor for a judicial district | |
21 | (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | |
8 | (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | |
100 | (adverb) every day; without missing a day; (adjective) of or belonging to or occurring every day | |
11 | (noun) a farm where dairy products are produced | |
8 | (noun) a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux | |
6 | (noun) an open river valley (in a hilly area) | |
7 | (noun) a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields | |
18 | (verb) obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; (noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | |
55 | (verb) inflict damage upon; (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | |
15 | (adjective) harmed or injured or spoiled | |
21 | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | |
6 | (adjective) (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury | |
9 | (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | |
12 | (adjective) used as expletives; (noun) something of little value | |
8 | (adverb) in a damnable manner; (noun) people who are condemned to eternal punishment | |
14 | (verb) restrain or discourage; (adjective) slightly wet | |
59 | (verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way; (noun) an artistic form of nonverbal communication | |
11 | (noun) a performer who dances professionally | |
20 | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | |
87 | (noun) the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury | |
51 | (adjective) involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | |
29 | (noun) (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC) | |
9 | (noun) light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese; (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language | |
9 | (noun) an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) | |
30 | (verb) to be courageous enough to try or do something; (noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | |
10 | (noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | |
122 | (adjective) devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; (noun) absence of light or illumination | |
36 | (noun) an unilluminated area | |
9 | (noun) a special loved one | |
6 | (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily; (noun) a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot | |
10 | (noun) English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) | |
24 | (noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes | |
6 | (verb) destroy or break; (noun) distinctive and stylish elegance | |
8 | (adjective) having gaps or spaces | |
341 | (noun) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | |
36 | (noun) an organized body of related information | |
158 | (verb) go on a date with; (noun) the specified day of the month | |
29 | (adjective) marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past | |
13 | (noun) use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens | |
109 | (noun) a female human offspring | |
91 | (noun) patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) | |
29 | (noun) United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964) | |
10 | (noun) English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829) | |
23 | (verb) appear or develop; (noun) the first light of day | |
633 | (noun) time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis | |
9 | (noun) light during the daytime | |
316 | (noun) the time during which someone's life continues | |
7 | (noun) a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity | |
26 | (noun) the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia | |
570 | (noun) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies | |
6 | (noun) a Protestant layman who assists the minister | |
120 | (adjective) no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; (noun) people who are no longer living | |
6 | (noun) the point in time at which something must be completed | |
11 | (adverb) as if dead; (adjective) causing or capable of causing death | |
11 | (adjective) lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part; (noun) people who have severe hearing impairments | |
169 | (verb) take action with respect to (someone or something); (noun) a particular instance of buying or selling | |
20 | (noun) a firm engaged in trading | |
47 | (noun) method or manner of conduct in relation to others | |
7 | (noun) social or verbal interchange (usually followed by 'with') | |
21 | (noun) an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college | |
72 | (adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | |
6 | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | |
305 | (noun) the event of dying or departure from life | |
66 | (verb) argue with one another; (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | |
7 | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | |
70 | (noun) the state of owing something (especially money) | |
14 | (noun) a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt | |
7 | (noun) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere | |
64 | (noun) a period of 10 years | |
23 | (verb) fall into decay or ruin; (noun) the process of gradually becoming inferior | |
14 | (adjective) dead; (noun) someone who is no longer alive | |
15 | (verb) be false to; be dishonest with | |
99 | (noun) the last (12th) month of the year | |
10 | (adjective) conforming to conventions of sexual behavior | |
7 | (noun) the act of deceiving | |
53 | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | |
98 | (adjective) recognizable; marked | |
7 | (adverb) without question and beyond doubt | |
12 | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding; (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision | |
8 | (adjective) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; (noun) a number in the decimal system | |
221 | (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | |
17 | (adjective) determining or having the power to determine an outcome | |
26 | (verb) be beautiful to look at; (noun) any of various platforms built into a vessel | |
41 | (noun) a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) | |
40 | (verb) state emphatically and authoritatively | |
62 | (adjective) made known or openly avowed | |
81 | (verb) grow smaller; (noun) change toward something smaller or lower | |
7 | (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | |
10 | (noun) the analysis of a vector field | |
12 | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | |
15 | (noun) something used to beautify | |
8 | (adjective) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | |
55 | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; (noun) a change downward | |
24 | (adjective) made less in size or amount or degree | |
11 | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | |
25 | (verb) issue a decree; (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | |
22 | (adjective) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose | |
9 | (noun) complete and wholehearted fidelity | |
9 | (verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction | |
8 | (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | |
19 | (noun) an amount or percentage deducted | |
18 | (noun) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it | |
17 | (noun) performance of moral or religious acts | |
31 | (verb) keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view | |
165 | (adverb) to an advanced time; (adjective) relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply | |
6 | (verb) make deeper | |
42 | (adverb) to a great depth; far down or in | |
15 | (noun) distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers | |
24 | (verb) fail to pay up; (noun) loss due to not showing up | |
35 | (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | |
20 | (adjective) beaten or overcome; not victorious; (noun) people who are defeated | |
40 | (verb) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; (noun) an imperfection in a bodily system | |
12 | (adjective) having a defect | |
46 | (noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | |
40 | (verb) argue or speak in defense of | |
53 | (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | |
10 | (noun) a person who cares for persons or property | |
9 | (adjective) attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | |
68 | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | |
14 | (adjective) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; (noun) an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive') | |
11 | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | |
7 | (noun) intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude | |
28 | (noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | |
9 | (adjective) inadequate in amount or degree | |
22 | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | |
55 | (verb) give a definition for the meaning of a word | |
106 | (adjective) clearly characterized or delimited | |
18 | (noun) any process serving to define the shape of something | |
38 | (adjective) precise; explicit and clearly defined | |
21 | (adverb) without question and beyond doubt | |
102 | (noun) a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol | |
8 | (adjective) clearly defined or formulated | |
7 | (noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting | |
10 | (noun) alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it | |
6 | (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | |
8 | (verb) resist or confront with resistance | |
8 | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | |
7 | (noun) the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | |
13 | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | |
198 | (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | |
17 | (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | |
9 | (noun) a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay | |
48 | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed; (noun) time during which some action is awaited | |
18 | (adjective) not as far along as normal in development | |
28 | (verb) transfer power to someone; (noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others | |
14 | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | |
14 | (verb) remove or make invisible | |
18 | (noun) a city in north central India | |
15 | (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | |
17 | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | |
8 | (noun) (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question | |
6 | (noun) refined taste; tact | |
23 | (adjective) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | |
7 | (noun) variety of sweet eating apples | |
28 | (verb) take delight in; (noun) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | |
14 | (adjective) greatly pleased | |
12 | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | |
6 | (noun) nonpayment of a debt when due | |
6 | (adjective) guilty of a misdeed; (noun) a young offender | |
77 | (verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) | |
41 | (noun) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) | |
14 | (noun) a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | |
8 | (noun) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary | |
207 | (verb) request urgently and forcefully; (noun) an urgent or peremptory request | |
15 | (adjective) requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill | |
5 | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | |
54 | (noun) the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | |
22 | (noun) an advocate of democratic principles | |
65 | (adjective) characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality | |
11 | (adjective) of or relating to demography; (noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | |
12 | (noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | |
51 | (verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | |
42 | (adjective) having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt | |
29 | (noun) a show of military force or preparedness | |
30 | (noun) a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts | |
16 | (noun) the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) | |
13 | (noun) a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea | |
8 | (noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | |
27 | (verb) be a sign or indication of | |
12 | (verb) speak out against | |
16 | (adjective) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | |
59 | (noun) the amount per unit size | |
5 | (noun) an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) | |
14 | (adjective) of or relating to the teeth | |
6 | (noun) a person qualified to practice dentistry | |
7 | (noun) the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river | |
77 | (verb) declare untrue; contradict | |
14 | (verb) leave | |
13 | (adjective) well in the past; former; (noun) someone who is no longer alive | |
193 | (noun) a specialized division of a large organization | |
30 | (noun) the act of departing | |
158 | (verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) | |
29 | (noun) the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | |
13 | (noun) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | |
65 | (adjective) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed | |
9 | (verb) show in, or as in, a picture | |
12 | (adjective) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | |
6 | (noun) the act of decreasing something markedly | |
8 | (verb) place troops or weapons in battle formation | |
6 | (noun) the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work | |
71 | (verb) put into a bank account; (noun) the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | |
16 | (noun) the natural process of laying down a deposit of something | |
6 | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | |
14 | (noun) a decrease in price or value | |
15 | (adjective) lower than previously | |
47 | (noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | |
7 | (noun) the disadvantage that results from losing something | |
9 | (verb) take away possessions from someone | |
16 | (adjective) marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | |
55 | (noun) the extent downward or backward or inward | |
15 | (noun) (plural) the deepest and most remote part | |
29 | (noun) someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies | |
7 | (noun) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | |
18 | (adjective) resulting from or employing derivation; (noun) a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound | |
24 | (verb) obtain | |
68 | (adjective) formed or developed from something else; not original | |
100 | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | |
6 | (noun) French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650) | |
24 | (verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | |
12 | (noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor | |
10 | (adjective) coming down or downward | |
18 | (noun) a movement downward | |
130 | (verb) give a description of | |
176 | (adjective) represented in words especially with sharpness and detail | |
119 | (noun) a statement that represents something in words | |
14 | (adjective) serving to describe or inform or characterized by description | |
37 | (verb) leave behind; (noun) arid land with little or no vegetation | |
12 | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | |
24 | (verb) be worthy or deserving | |
8 | (adjective) properly deserved | |
186 | (verb) plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | |
34 | (verb) assign a name or title to | |
10 | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | |
84 | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | |
19 | (noun) a person who devises plots or intrigues | |
10 | (adjective) concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | |
36 | (adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving | |
135 | (verb) feel or have a desire for; want strongly; (noun) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | |
58 | (adjective) wanted intensely | |
6 | (adjective) having or expressing desire for something | |
29 | (noun) a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments | |
20 | (verb) abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; (noun) a state in which all hope is lost or absent | |
11 | (verb) send away towards a designated goal; (noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | |
17 | (adjective) desperately determined; (noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help | |
8 | (adverb) in intense despair | |
6 | (adjective) treated with dislike or contempt | |
86 | (preposition) in spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; (noun) contemptuous disregard | |
18 | (noun) the ultimate goal for which something is done | |
14 | (adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students' | |
19 | (noun) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | |
5 | (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | |
47 | (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | |
44 | (adjective) spoiled or ruined or demolished | |
5 | (noun) a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship | |
45 | (noun) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | |
15 | (adjective) causing destruction or much damage | |
10 | (adjective) used of buildings; standing apart from others | |
11 | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | |
65 | (verb) provide details for; (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | |
55 | (adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail | |
73 | (noun) true confidential information | |
8 | (verb) stop or halt | |
16 | (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
20 | (adjective) perceived or discerned | |
22 | (noun) the perception that something has occurred or some state exists | |
11 | (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | |
12 | (noun) any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner | |
6 | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | |
6 | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | |
8 | (verb) become worse or disintegrate | |
8 | (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | |
11 | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | |
61 | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | |
115 | (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | |
127 | (adjective) having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation | |
39 | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | |
14 | (noun) the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor | |
110 | (verb) make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation | |
158 | (adjective) being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful | |
10 | (noun) someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use) | |
72 | (adjective) relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply | |
427 | (noun) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | |
22 | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting development | |
5 | (verb) turn aside; turn away from | |
27 | (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | |
46 | (noun) an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | |
38 | (noun) an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase 'left to your own devices' | |
29 | (verb) coat or stuff with a spicy paste; (noun) an evil supernatural being | |
20 | (verb) give by will, especially real property; (noun) a will disposing of real property | |
7 | (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | |
14 | (verb) set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use | |
42 | (adjective) zealous in devotion or affection | |
21 | (noun) feelings of ardent love | |
6 | (noun) water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air | |
7 | (noun) United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) | |
14 | (noun) a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to or causing diabetes; (noun) someone who has diabetes | |
9 | (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | |
46 | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | |
18 | (adjective) concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis | |
7 | (adjective) connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; (noun) (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent | |
42 | (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed; (noun) a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts | |
10 | (verb) operate a dial to select a telephone number; (noun) the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours | |
12 | (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | |
15 | (noun) a conversation between two persons | |
28 | (noun) a conversation between two persons | |
46 | (noun) the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference | |
21 | (noun) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | |
7 | (noun) English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) | |
6 | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | |
23 | (noun) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations | |
13 | (noun) someone who is a detective | |
8 | (noun) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870) | |
11 | (verb) say out loud for the purpose of recording; (noun) an authoritative rule | |
8 | (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | |
7 | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | |
22 | (noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | |
927 | (verb) past tense of do | |
270 | (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; (noun) a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers | |
5 | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | |
42 | (verb) follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons; (noun) a prescribed selection of foods | |
9 | (adjective) of or relating to the diet; (noun) a regulated daily food allowance | |
74 | (verb) be different | |
266 | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | |
513 | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | |
29 | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference; (noun) a quality that differentiates between similar things | |
12 | (verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | |
10 | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | |
18 | (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | |
18 | (adverb) in another and different manner | |
175 | (adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | |
140 | (noun) a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | |
6 | (noun) when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | |
11 | (verb) move outward; (adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | |
22 | (noun) (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration | |
9 | (verb) turn up, loosen, or remove earth; (noun) the site of an archeological exploration | |
13 | (verb) convert food into absorbable substances; (noun) a periodical that summarizes the news | |
8 | (noun) the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat | |
6 | (adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; (noun) any substance that promotes digestion | |
7 | (noun) the act of digging | |
11 | (noun) one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration | |
24 | (adjective) displaying numbers rather than scale positions | |
6 | (adjective) having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance | |
28 | (noun) the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect | |
5 | (verb) become wider | |
16 | (noun) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | |
5 | (noun) conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation | |
8 | (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | |
5 | (adjective) reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity | |
6 | (noun) a diluted solution | |
12 | (verb) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam; (adjective) lacking in light; not bright or harsh | |
63 | (verb) indicate the dimensions on; (noun) the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) | |
21 | (adjective) of or relating to dimensions | |
12 | (verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | |
16 | (adjective) impaired by diminution | |
6 | (adjective) becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so | |
6 | (verb) instill (into a person) by constant repetition | |
9 | (verb) have supper; eat dinner | |
16 | (noun) the act of eating dinner | |
53 | (noun) the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday | |
7 | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | |
6 | (noun) a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier | |
14 | (noun) an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | |
12 | (verb) go down momentarily; (noun) a depression in an otherwise level surface | |
9 | (noun) negotiation between nations | |
6 | (noun) an official engaged in international negotiations | |
18 | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of diplomacy | |
6 | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | |
160 | (verb) command with authority; (adjective) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | |
65 | (adjective) (often used in combination) having a specified direction | |
10 | (adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | |
179 | (noun) a line leading to a place or point | |
13 | (noun) a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity | |
121 | (adverb) without deviation | |
99 | (noun) someone who controls resources and expenditures | |
22 | (noun) an alphabetical list of names and addresses | |
12 | (adjective) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel; (noun) the state of being covered with unclean things | |
16 | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; (adjective) soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime | |
11 | (noun) (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades | |
26 | (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | |
12 | (adjective) having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness; (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped | |
22 | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; (noun) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | |
12 | (verb) be of different opinions | |
11 | (noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | |
48 | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | |
8 | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | |
13 | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | |
14 | (noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | |
25 | (noun) an act that has disastrous consequences | |
9 | (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | |
16 | (noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate | |
6 | (verb) throw or cast away; (noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | |
7 | (adjective) thrown away | |
10 | (verb) detect with the senses | |
44 | (verb) pour forth or release; (noun) the sudden giving off of energy | |
14 | (adjective) having lost your job | |
24 | (noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | |
6 | (adjective) relating to discipline in behavior | |
52 | (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; (noun) a branch of knowledge | |
5 | (adjective) obeying the rules | |
10 | (verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover | |
7 | (adjective) made known (especially something secret or concealed) | |
14 | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | |
9 | (noun) the state of being tense and feeling pain | |
8 | (verb) make dissatisfied | |
22 | (verb) give a reduction in price on; (noun) the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise | |
6 | (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | |
7 | (adjective) lacking in resolution | |
46 | (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing; (noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | |
49 | (verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | |
70 | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | |
58 | (noun) the act of discovering something | |
10 | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | |
11 | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | |
17 | (noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | |
7 | (verb) recognize or perceive the difference; (adjective) marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions | |
32 | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | |
12 | (noun) an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible | |
172 | (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | |
158 | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | |
196 | (noun) an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | |
7 | (noun) a state of dishonor; (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | |
9 | (verb) make unrecognizable; (noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | |
5 | (adjective) having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | |
7 | (verb) fill with distaste; (noun) strong feelings of dislike | |
24 | (verb) make concave; shape like a dish; (noun) a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food | |
5 | (noun) a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system | |
28 | (noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate | |
11 | (verb) have or feel a dislike or distaste for; (noun) a feeling of aversion or antipathy | |
9 | (noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity | |
10 | (verb) bar from attention or consideration | |
8 | (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job | |
17 | (adjective) having lost your job | |
67 | (verb) bring disorder to; (noun) a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | |
6 | (noun) inequality or difference in some respect | |
14 | (verb) send away towards a designated goal; (noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | |
6 | (verb) grant a dispensation; grant an exemption | |
10 | (adjective) distributed or spread over a considerable extent | |
10 | (noun) spreading widely or driving off | |
15 | (verb) cause to move, usually with force or pressure | |
20 | (noun) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | |
101 | (verb) attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals; (noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression | |
20 | (noun) the power to use something or someone | |
11 | (verb) give, sell, or transfer to another | |
19 | (adjective) having made preparations | |
30 | (noun) your usual mood | |
49 | (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | |
7 | (adjective) subject to disagreement and debate | |
8 | (noun) lack of attention and due care | |
8 | (noun) the act of causing disorder | |
7 | (noun) the feeling of being displeased and discontent | |
6 | (verb) cause to become widely known | |
7 | (verb) withhold assent; (noun) (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority | |
13 | (noun) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree | |
5 | (noun) the act of removing from association | |
13 | (noun) separation into component parts | |
11 | (verb) become weaker; (noun) (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out | |
19 | (adjective) (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form | |
10 | (adjective) situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone | |
146 | (verb) keep at a distance; (noun) the property created by the space between two objects or points | |
40 | (adjective) separated in space or coming from or going to a distance | |
8 | (verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops | |
59 | (adjective) easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined | |
70 | (noun) a distinguishing difference between similar things or people | |
19 | (adjective) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing | |
16 | (adverb) clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | |
48 | (verb) mark as different | |
52 | (adjective) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation | |
8 | (adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | |
13 | (noun) a change for the worse | |
5 | (noun) mental turmoil | |
22 | (verb) cause mental pain to; (noun) psychological suffering | |
5 | (adjective) facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty | |
16 | (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | |
41 | (adjective) spread out or scattered about or divided up | |
147 | (noun) (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence | |
7 | (noun) someone who markets merchandise | |
139 | (noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | |
9 | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in; (noun) the trait of not trusting others | |
8 | (verb) move deeply | |
29 | (noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | |
18 | (adjective) having the place or position changed | |
10 | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | |
10 | (verb) forsake; (noun) a long narrow excavation in the earth | |
7 | (verb) drop steeply; (noun) a headlong plunge into water | |
6 | (noun) the act of moving away in different direction from a common point | |
6 | (adjective) many and different | |
22 | (adjective) distinctly dissimilar or unlike | |
7 | (noun) an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates | |
29 | (noun) the condition or result of being changeable | |
42 | (verb) separate into parts or portions; (noun) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) | |
72 | (adjective) separated into parts or pieces | |
20 | (noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly | |
79 | (verb) perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers; (adjective) emanating from God | |
11 | (noun) the quality of being divine | |
135 | (noun) an army unit large enough to sustain combat | |
25 | (verb) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | |
7 | (adjective) of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved | |
5 | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | |
34 | (noun) (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information | |
2,237 | (verb) get (something) done; (noun) the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization | |
10 | (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | |
13 | (verb) come into dock; (noun) an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial | |
96 | (verb) give medical treatment to; (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | |
83 | (noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | |
108 | (verb) record in detail; (noun) writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | |
8 | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or derived from documents; (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | |
13 | (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | |
11 | (adjective) furnished with or supported by documents | |
6 | (verb) make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; (noun) a quick evasive movement | |
6 | (noun) mature female of mammals of which the male is called 'buck' | |
84 | (noun) a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds | |
7 | (noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | |
10 | (noun) a small replica of a person; used as a toy | |
84 | (noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents | |
47 | (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | |
10 | (noun) a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward | |
79 | (adjective) of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; (noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | |
11 | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | |
39 | (adjective) exercising influence or control; (noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | |
13 | (verb) be in control | |
23 | (adjective) controlled or ruled by superior authority or power | |
12 | (noun) social control by dominating | |
20 | (noun) dominance or power through legal authority | |
35 | (noun) a Spanish gentleman or nobleman | |
8 | (noun) a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause | |
276 | (verb) past participle of do; (adjective) having finished or arrived at completion | |
16 | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | |
7 | (adjective) marked for certain death; (noun) people who are destined to die soon | |
176 | (noun) a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle | |
11 | (noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | |
12 | (adjective) belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part | |
9 | (noun) an operating system that is on a disk | |
8 | (noun) the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | |
47 | (verb) treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; (noun) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time | |
14 | (verb) scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; (noun) the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | |
6 | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | |
81 | (adverb) downward and forward; (verb) increase twofold | |
9 | (adjective) twice as great or many | |
141 | (verb) consider unlikely or have doubts about; (noun) the state of being unsure of something | |
17 | (adjective) open to doubt or suspicion | |
19 | (adverb) without doubt; certainly | |
22 | (noun) United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861) | |
7 | (noun) any of numerous small pigeons | |
573 | (preposition) in a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | |
6 | (adverb) on a floor below; (adjective) on or of lower floors of a building | |
6 | (adjective) in the direction of a stream's current | |
8 | (adverb) toward or in the lower or central part of town; (adjective) of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center | |
14 | (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; (adjective) extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | |
27 | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | |
6 | (noun) a large number or amount | |
38 | (verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something; (noun) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another | |
26 | (verb) pull, as against a resistance; (noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | |
5 | (adjective) marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner | |
10 | (noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | |
16 | (verb) flow off gradually; (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | |
16 | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | |
8 | (adjective) emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid) | |
6 | (noun) adult male of a wild or domestic duck | |
35 | (noun) an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional | |
37 | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | |
11 | (adverb) in a very impressive manner | |
6 | (adjective) forceful and extreme and rigorous | |
76 | (verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind; (noun) a gully that is shallower than a ravine | |
6 | (noun) the quality of being a hindrance | |
6 | (noun) a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out | |
81 | (noun) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper | |
87 | (adjective) having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut | |
11 | (verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | |
11 | (adjective) extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | |
85 | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy; (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | |
8 | (adjective) conceived of or imagined or hoped for | |
6 | (noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | |
48 | (verb) put on clothes; (adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes | |
29 | (adjective) treated with medications and protective covering | |
16 | (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | |
43 | (noun) United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862) | |
22 | (adjective) not still wet | |
21 | (verb) vary or move from a fixed point or course; (noun) a force that moves something along | |
14 | (verb) train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons; (noun) a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) | |
7 | (noun) the act of drilling | |
66 | (verb) take in liquids; (noun) a single serving of a beverage | |
31 | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | |
81 | (verb) operate or control a vehicle; (noun) the act of applying force to propel something | |
44 | (adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency | |
36 | (noun) the operator of a motor vehicle | |
34 | (adjective) having the power of driving or impelling; (noun) the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal | |
103 | (verb) let fall to the ground; (noun) a shape that is spherical and small | |
10 | (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | |
9 | (noun) a shortage of rainfall | |
28 | (noun) a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together | |
13 | (verb) get rid of as if by submerging | |
116 | (verb) administer a drug to; (noun) a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic | |
19 | (verb) make a rhythmic sound; (noun) a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end | |
14 | (noun) someone who is intoxicated | |
90 | (verb) remove the moisture from and make dry; (adjective) free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet | |
16 | (adjective) a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural) | |
15 | (noun) capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic | |
8 | (noun) the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | |
14 | (verb) to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; (noun) small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs | |
14 | (noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | |
225 | (adverb) directly or exactly; straight; (adjective) owed and payable immediately or on demand | |
9 | (noun) an udder or breast or teat | |
54 | (noun) a British peer of the highest rank | |
19 | (verb) make dull in appearance; (adjective) lacking in liveliness or animation | |
12 | (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | |
7 | (adjective) lacking the power of human speech | |
7 | (verb) throw away as refuse; (noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | |
8 | (noun) United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927) | |
11 | (verb) make or do or perform again; (adjective) identically copied from an original | |
6 | (adjective) existing for a long time | |
35 | (noun) the period of time during which something continues | |
7 | (noun) a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University | |
602 | (preposition) throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of | |
36 | (verb) remove the dust from; (noun) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air | |
38 | (adjective) of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; (noun) the people of the Netherlands | |
160 | (noun) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force | |
8 | (verb) check the growth of; (noun) a person who is markedly small | |
20 | (verb) originate (in) | |
22 | (noun) housing that someone is living in | |
12 | (verb) color with dye; (noun) a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair | |
30 | (adjective) in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be | |
37 | (adjective) characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality | |
23 | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | |
16 | (noun) a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | |
7 | (noun) (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |