Reverse Dictionary: EXPLAIN

ADJECTIVES
1597 ► LUCULENT of explanations: lucid, luminous
1762 ► ILLUMINATORY explanatory, illuminative

NOUNS
1374 ► DECLARATION the act of making clear or clearing up anything obscure or not understood; elucidation, explanation, interpretation → obs.
1646 ► DECLAREMENT the act of showing or setting forth; exposition, explanation, manifestation, declaring → obs.
1659 ► SALVO a solution, explanation of a difficulty; an answer to an objection; an excuse or evasion → obs.
1673 ► ÉCLAIRCISSEMENT a clearing up or revelation of what is obscure or unknown; an explanation
1843 ► EXPLIFICATION an explanation → Amer. dial.
1902 ► INCENSING instruction, explanation → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
2006 ► THE DOWN LOW the information or explanation → US street sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1812 ► ENLARGER one who explains or enlarges on anything → Sc.

PHRASES
1850 ► THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MILK IN THE COCOA-NUT a rejoinder upon having a thing explained for the first time; that explains things
1988 ► MOUTH OPEN, STORY JUMP OUT used for explaining why something that was perhaps better unsaid was said → Trinidad and Tobago

VERBS
1200 ► ONOPEN to open up, to explain → obs.
1200 ► OPEN to unfold the sense of; to expound, to explain, to interpret → obs.
1325 ► DECLARE to make clear or plain anything that is obscure or imperfectly understood; to clear up, to explain, to elucidate, to interpret → obs.
1538 ► DILUCIDATE to make clear, plain, or evident; to free from obscurity; to elucidate, to explain → obs.
1571 ► SALVE to clear up, to explain, to account for a difficulty, point in dispute, etc.; to overcome a doubt or objection; to reconcile a discrepancy → obs.
1596 ► ELIQUIDATE to make clear, to explain → obs.
1607 ► UNBOLT to unfold, to explain → obs.
1613 ► SAMPLE to illustrate; to explain by examples or analogies; to symbolize → obs.
1800 ► READ to explain, to solve → Sc.
1804 ► INSENSE to cause to understand; to explain, to inform; to enlighten → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1870 ► RIDDLE to explain, to solve, to understand → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1891 ► EXPLANIFY to explain → Amer. dial.
1915 ► DECODE to explain → World War II Amer. sl.
1936 ► CHEW IT FINE to explain fully or simply; to consider thoroughly → Amer. dial.
1940 ► MARK SOMEONE’S CARD to explain, to point out, to warn → sl.
1946 ► GIVE WITH THE GOO to explain fully → Can. teen sl. obs.
1950 ► LAY IT ON THE LINE to explain thoroughly, with the implication that the hearer must act accordingly → colloq.
1970 ► DAYLIGHT to enlighten; to explain → African-American sl.
1970 ► RUN SHIT DOWN to discuss something; to inform someone; to explain something → US sl.
1992 ► DROP SCIENCE to explain, to educate, to make sense → US sl.