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dag
daglock, taglock, dagging, dung tag, dirtball
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dai
Daizhou, Taichow, Tai-chou
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daily
journal, quotidian, per diem, circadian, diurnal
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dal
legume, pulse
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dame
woman
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damp
thoan, thone, melancholy, sorrowful
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dance
get some, have sex
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dandy
barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck
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danger
adventure, distress, harm's way, peril, jeopardy
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dangerous
dangersome, hazardous, jeopardous, wicked, parlous
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dark
blear, caliginous, cimmerian, crepuscular, darkling
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darkness
dark
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database
DB, database management system
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date
go out [with], go with, go together, hang together, have a thing
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dated
old-fashioned, retro, old hat
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dawn
ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn
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day
yearday
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dazed
stupid
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dazzle
herd, zeal
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dead
asleep, at rest, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold
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deadbeat
idler
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deaf
hard of hearing, hearing-impaired
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death
tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction
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debriefing
debrief
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debris
detritus, remains, ruins, rubbish, rubble
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decapitate
behead, decollate
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decapitation
beheading
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decay
fester
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decayed
blighted, cankered, dotterel, forworn, moldering
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deceased
departed
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deceit
deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dissimulation, duplicity, fraudulence
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deceiver
bamboozler, bouncer, cheat, cheater, cogger
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decide
choose up, determine, find, judge, posken
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decisive
decided, positive, conclusive
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declare
assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch
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decorate
adore, adorn, apparel, array, invest
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decoration
adornment, embellishment, ornament, garniture, garnish
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decoy
body double, red herring
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decrease
fall, go down, plummet, plunge, reduce
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dedicate
behallow, hallow, earmark
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deed
act, action
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deem
account, appraise, count, esteem, see
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deepen
depthen
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defame
assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul
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defeat
vanquish, overcome, beat, bring down, convince
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defecate
boo-boo, choke a darkie, cack, do one's ease, ease oneself
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defect
fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming, drawback
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defend
beshield, beward, brood, cape for, fend
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defense
defence, fortification, guard, preservation, protection
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deference
honor, respect
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defiant
dareful, rebellious, recalcitrant, truculent
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deficit
fiscal deficit, shortfall
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definite
finite, limited
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definitely
by all means, positively
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definition
meaning
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degeneration
nerf
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degree
compass, grade, level, magnitude, scale
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dehydration
hypohydration
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del
atled, nabla
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delay
hold-up, deferment, dilation, detain, hinder
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delete
erase, clear, strike, terminate, remove
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deliberate
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delicious
ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delish
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delight
delection
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delinquent
cavalier
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demand
call for, insist, stipulate
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demean
abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, debase, defame
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democracy
democratism
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demon
genius, tutelary deity, barghest, bogie, bogeyman
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departure
leaving, exit
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dependent
reliant, contingent
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depose
declare, depone, testify
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depressing
grim
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deprive
bereave, impoverish
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deputy
substitute, representative, legate, delegate, envoy
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der
duh
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derail
unrail
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derivative
derivate, derived word, contingent claim, derived function
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descendant
offspring, scion, and see Thesaurus:child & relative
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describe
betell, depict, report, delineate, draw
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desecrate
unhallow, corrupt, profanate, profane, profanize
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deserve
merit, brook, earn, garner, reap
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design
blueprint, plan, plot, project, proposal
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designate
entitle, name, style, earmark
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desire
want-to, ambition, appetite, appetition, aspiration
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despise
contemn, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem
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destroy
annihilate, break, demolish, kill, ruin
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destruction
annihilation, demolition, elimination, eradication, extermination
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destructive
calamitous, catastrophic, devastating, disastrous, eradicative
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detach
unfasten, deadhere, earmark
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detection
demodulation
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detective
DT, Det, Det., sleuth, beagle
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deteriorate
worsen, to go off, nerf, degenerate, weaken
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detriment
harm, hurt, illfare, damage, expense
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devastate
decimate, destroy, raze, ruin
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devastation
havoc
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developed
advanced, first-world, industrialised, adult
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deviant
nonconformist, irregularity, outlier
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Devon
Devonshire
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devout
Allah-fearing, devoutful, frum, godfearing, inward
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diabolical
cacodaemoniacal, daemonical, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic
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diagonal
slash
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diagram
chart, design, map, graph, graphic
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diaper
diap, diapee, diapy, diapie, didee
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diarrhea
poop water, the runs, the squirts, the squits, the trots
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dibble
police
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dice
astragals
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dicey
chancy, iffy
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dickens
on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck
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dickhead
idiot
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dictatorship
absolutism, autocracy, despotism, tyranny
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dictionary
dict, dict., explanatory dictionary, interpreter, lexicon
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diddle
take for a ride, sleep with, play with oneself, lollygag, reel
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die
assume room temperature, bite the dust, bite the big one, buy the farm, check out
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differ
ablude, dissent, mismatch, vary
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difference
differentiation, differentness, distinction, distinguishedness, nonidentity
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different
differing, dissimilar, diverse, other, unalike
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differentiate
transform, differentialize (rare) ?, distinguish, individualize, particularize
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difficult
burdensome, cumbersome, hard, arduous, challenging
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diffuse
forspread, thin, prolix, dispersed, incompact
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dignity
worth, worthiness
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dilemma
Catch-22, Hobson's choice, Morton's fork, no-win situation, quandary
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diligence
worksomeness
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dim
dusk, bland, colourless, dingy, dull
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dimension
construct whereby objects, individuals can be distinguished
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diminish
decline, ebb, ooze, abase, abate
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diminished
lessened, reduced
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DIN
ballyhoo, blast, bobbery, bombilation, charivari
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dine
dinner
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dinghy
tender
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diplomat
diplomatist
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direct
patent, univocal
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directly
clearly, downrightly, unambiguously, dead, precisely
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dirty
assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood)
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disable
unable, deactivate, disenable, cripple, incapacitate
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disabled
incapacitated, indisposed, invalid
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disagreement
contention. See also Thesaurus:dispute
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disappointed
discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
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disappointment
let-down, setback
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disaster
adversity, apocalypse, calamity, catastrophe, misery
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disastrous
apocalyptic, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic
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disbelief
incredulity
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discern
behold, see, spy, distinguish
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disciple
student
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discipline
drill
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disclose
expose, reveal, make known, publish
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disclosure
revelation
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disconnect
decouple, detach, disengage, rip off, tear off
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discontinue
break off, terminate, intermit
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discontinued
retired, obsolete, defunct, superannuated, superseded
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