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