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diabetical adjective Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment.
diabolical adjective Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act.
diacaustic adjective Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic., That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun’s rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery., A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
diacoustic adjective Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.
diadelphia noun pl. A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.
diaglyphic adjective Alt. of Diaglyphtic
diagnostic adjective Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease., The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
diagometer noun A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.
diagonally adverb In a diagonal direction.
diagraphic adjective Alt. of Diagraphical
dialectics noun That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.
dialogical adjective Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical.
diamantine adjective Adamantine.
diamondize verb t. To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich.
diapedesis noun The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.
diaphanous adjective Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
diaphonics noun The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
diarrhoeal adjective Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.
diarrhetic adjective Alt. of Diarrhoetic
diathermal adjective Freely permeable by radiant heat.
diathermic adjective Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.
diatribist noun One who makes a diatribe or diatribes.
diazeuctic adjective Alt. of Diazeutic
dibasicity noun The property or condition of being dibasic.
dicarbonic adjective Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.
dichloride noun Same as Bichloride.
dichroitic adjective Dichroic.
dichromate noun A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; — called also bichromate.
dickcissel noun The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana).
dictatress noun A woman who dictates or commands.
dictionary noun A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook., Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.
dicynodont noun One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.
didactical adjective Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
didascalar adjective Didascalic.
didascalic adjective Didactic; preceptive.
didelphian adjective Of or relating to the Didelphia., One of the Didelphia.
didelphous adjective Didelphic., Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix.
diducement noun Diduction; separation into distinct parts.
didynamian adjective Didynamous.
didynamous adjective Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
dielectric noun Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.
diesinking noun The process of engraving dies.
dietetical adjective Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
difference noun The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?, Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy., That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute., Choice; preference., An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency., The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia., The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other., To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
difficulty noun The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; — opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty., Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology., A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil., Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; — usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
diffidence noun The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others., Distrust of one’s self or one’s own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
diffidency noun See Diffidence.
diffission noun Act of cleaving or splitting.
difflation noun A blowing apart or away.
diffluence noun Alt. of Diffluency
diffluency noun A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
difformity noun Irregularity of form; diversity of form; want of uniformity.
diffracted imp. & past participle of Diffract
diffusible adjective Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused., Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.
digammated adjective Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek /.
digestedly adverb In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.
digestible adjective Capable of being digested.
digitation noun A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
digitiform adjective Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.
digitorium noun A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; — called also dumb piano.
digladiate verb i. To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.
diglottism noun Bilingualism.
dignifying present participle & vb. noun of Dignify
digressing present participle & vb. noun of Digress
digression noun The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject., A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense., The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; — said chiefly of the inferior planets.
digressive adjective Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
diisatogen noun A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dijudicant noun One who dijudicates.
dijucating present participle & vb. noun of Dijudicate
dijudicate verb i. To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
dilacerate verb t. To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.
dilapidate verb t. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; — said of a building., To impair by waste and abuse; to squander., To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.
dilatation noun Prolixity; diffuse discourse., The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation., A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
dilatorily adverb With delay; tardily.
dilettanti plural of Dilettante
dilettante verb t. An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
diligently adverb In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity.
dilucidate verb t. To elucidate.
diluteness noun The quality or state of being dilute.
dimication noun A fight; contest.
dimidiated imp. & past participle of Dimidiate
diminished imp. & past participle of Diminish
diminisher noun One who, or that which, diminishes anything.
diminuendo adverb In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; — expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.
diminutely adverb Diminutively.
diminution noun The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; — opposed to augmentation or increase., The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement., Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record., In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.
diminutive adjective Below the average size; very small; little., Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word., Tending to diminish., Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing., A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
dimorphism noun Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly., Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
dimorphous adjective Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic., Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.
dimplement noun The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
dinaphthyl noun A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.
dingthrift noun A spendthrift.
dinichthys noun A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.
dinnerless adjective Having no dinner.
dinosauria noun pl. An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large “bird tracks,” so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.
diocesener noun One who belongs to a diocese.
dioptrical adjective Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope.
diorthotic adjective Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
dipetalous adjective Having two petals; two-petaled.
diphtheria noun A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.
diphtheric adjective Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.
diphygenic adjective Having two modes of embryonic development.
diphyllous adjective Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc.
diphyodont adjective Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; — opposed to monophyodont., An animal having two successive sets of teeth.
diplococci plural of Diplococcus
diplogenic adjective Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.
diplomatic adjective Alt. of Diplomatical, A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist., The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
dipneumona noun pl. A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.
diprotodon noun An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; — so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.
dipsomania noun A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
dipyrenous adjective Containing two stones or nutlets.
dipyridine noun A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.
directness noun The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
directress noun A woman who directs.
diremption noun A tearing apart; violent separation.
disability noun State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like., Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
disabusing present participle & vb. noun of Disabuse
disacidify verb t. To free from acid.
disadvance verb t. & i. To draw back, or cause to draw back.
disageeing present participle & vb. noun of Disagree
disalliege verb t. To alienate from allegiance.
disallowed imp. & past participle of Disallow
disanimate verb t. To deprive of life., To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.
disapparel verb t. To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.
disappoint verb t. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil., To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
disapprove verb t. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others., To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.
disarrange verb t. To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
disarrayed imp. & past participle of Disarray
disasterly adverb Disastrously.
disastrous adjective Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding., Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
disaugment verb t. To diminish.
disavaunce verb t. To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
disavowing present participle & vb. noun of Disavow
disbanding present participle & vb. noun of Disband
disbarring present participle & vb. noun of Disbar
disbarment noun Act of disbarring.
disbelieve verb t. Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.
disburgeon verb t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud.
disbursing present participle & vb. noun of Disburse
disburthen verb t. To disburden; to relieve of a load.
discarding present participle & vb. noun of Discard
discardure noun Rejection; dismissal.
discarnate adjective Stripped of flesh.
discerning present participle & vb. noun of Discern, Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.
discession noun Departure.
discharged imp. & past participle of Discharge
discharger noun One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.
dischevele adjective Disheveled.
discipling present participle & vb. noun of Disciple
discipless noun A female disciple.
discipline noun The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral., Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill., Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience., Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc., Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training., The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge., The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member., Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge., A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline., To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train., To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill., To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct., To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
disclaimed imp. & past participle of Disclaim
disclaimer noun One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces., A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate., A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.
disclosing present participle & vb. noun of Disclose
disclosure verb t. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure., That which is disclosed or revealed.
disclusion noun A shutting off; exclusion.
discobolus noun A thrower of the discus., A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.
discolored imp. & past participle of Discolor, Altered in color; /tained., Variegated; of divers colors.
discomfort verb t. To discourage; to deject., To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family., Discouragement., Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.
discommend verb t. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove., To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.
discommode verb t. To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.
discompany verb t. To free from company; to dissociate.
discompose verb t. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up., To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate., To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
disconcert verb t. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy., To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash., Want of concert; disagreement.
disconnect verb t. To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
discontent adjective Not content; discontented; dissatisfied., To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy., Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet., A discontented person; a malcontent.
discophora noun pl. A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species.
discordant noun Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious., Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds., Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
discordful adjective Full of discord; contentious.
discordous adjective Full of discord.
discounsel verb t. To dissuade.
discounted imp. & past participle of Discount
discounter noun One who discounts; a discount broker.
discourage verb t. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; — the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt., To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts., Lack of courage; cowardliness.
discoursed imp. & past participle of Discourse
discourser noun One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer., The writer of a treatise or dissertation.
discovered imp. & past participle of Discover
discoverer noun One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact., A scout; an explorer.
discrepant adjective Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different., A dissident.
discretely adverb Separately; disjunctively.
discretion noun Disjunction; separation., The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness., Discrimination., Freedom to act according to one’s own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
discretive adjective Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
discrowned imp. & past participle of Discrown
disculpate verb t. To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
discurrent adjective Not current or free to circulate; not in use.
discursion noun The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.
discursist noun A discourser.
discursive adjective Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory., Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
discursory adjective Argumentative; discursive; reasoning.
discussing present participle & vb. noun of Discuss
discussion noun The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like., The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
discussive adjective Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter., Doubt-dispelling; decisive., A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.
discutient adjective Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application., An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter.
disdaining present participle & vb. noun of Disdain
disdainful adjective Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
disdainous adjective Disdainful.
diseaseful adjective Causing uneasiness., Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.
diselenide noun A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
disembayed imp. & past participle of Disembay
disembogue verb t. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc., To eject; to cast forth., To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out contents.
disembowel verb t. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate., To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
disembroil verb t. To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.
disempower verb t. To deprive of power; to divest of strength.
disenchant verb t. To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
disencharm verb t. To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
disenclose verb t. See Disinclose.
disencrese verb i. To decrease., Decrease.
disengaged imp. & past participle of Disengage, Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant.
disennoble verb t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
disenslave verb t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.
disentitle verb t. To deprive of title or claim.
disentrail verb t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.
disentwine verb t. To free from being entwined or twisted.
disepalous adjective Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
disespouse verb t. To release from espousal or plighted faith.
disfashion verb t. To disfigure.
disfavored imp. & past participle of Disfavor
disfavorer noun One who disfavors.
disfeature verb t. To deprive of features; to mar the features of.
disfigured imp. & past participle of Disfigure
disfigurer noun One who disfigures.
disformity noun Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
disfurnish verb t. To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.
disgallant verb t. To deprive of gallantry.
disgarland verb t. To strip of a garland.
disgarnish verb t. To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
disgaveled imp. & past participle of Disgavel, of Disgavel
disgestion noun Digestion.
disglorify verb t. To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
disgorging present participle & vb. noun of Disgorge
disgracing present participle & vb. noun of Disgrace
disgracive adjective Disgracing.
disgregate verb t. To disperse; to scatter; — opposite of congregate.
disgruntle verb t. To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger.
disguising present participle & vb. noun of Disguise, A masque or masquerade.
disgusting present participle & vb. noun of Disgust, That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.
disgustful adjective Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.
dishabille noun An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.
dishabited p. adjective Rendered uninhabited.
disharmony noun Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.
dishearten verb t. To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
disherison noun The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion.
disherited imp. & past participle of Disherit
disheritor noun One who puts another out of his inheritance.
disheveled imp. & past participle of Dishevel, Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair., Having the hair in loose disorder.
dishonesty noun Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame., Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness., Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act., Lewdness; unchastity.
dishonored imp. & past participle of Dishonor
dishonorer noun One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity.
dishwasher noun One who, or that which, washes dishes., A European bird; the wagtail.
disimprove verb t. To make worse; — the opposite of improve., To grow worse; to deteriorate.
disincline verb t. To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
disinclose verb t. To free from being inclosed.
disinflame verb t. To divest of flame or ardor.
disinherit verb t. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent., To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
disinuring present participle & vb. noun of Disinure
disinvolve verb t. To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
disjection noun Destruction; dispersion.
disjoining present participle & vb. noun of Disjoin
disjointed imp. & past participle of Disjoint, Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.
disjointly adverb In a disjointed state.
dislikeful adjective Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable.
dislocated imp. & past participle of Dislocate
dislodging present participle & vb. noun of Dislodge
disloyally adverb In a disloyal manner.
disloyalty noun Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.
dismalness noun The quality of being dismal; gloominess.
dismantled imp. & past participle of Dismantle
dismarshal verb t. To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder.
dismasting present participle & vb. noun of Dismast
dismettled adjective Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit.
dismissing present participle & vb. noun of Dismiss
dismission noun The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury., Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace., Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.
dismissive adjective Giving dismission.
dismounted imp. & past participle of Dismount
disnatured adjective Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.
disobeying present participle & vb. noun of Disobey
disobliged imp. & past participle of Disoblige
disobliger noun One who disobliges.
disopinion noun Want or difference of belief; disbelief.
disordered imp. & past participle of Disorder, Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment., Disorderly.
disorderly adjective Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state., Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind., Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies., Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house., In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
disownment noun Act of disowning.
disoxidate verb t. To deoxidate; to deoxidize.
dispansion noun Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded.
disparaged imp. & past participle of Disparage
disparager noun One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.
disparates noun pl. Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
disparting present participle & vb. noun of Dispart
dispassion noun Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.
dispatched imp. & past participle of Dispatch
dispatcher noun One who dispatches.
dispathies plural of Dispathy
dispelling present participle & vb. noun of Dispel
dispensary noun A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price., A dispensatory.
dispensing present participle & vb. noun of Dispense
dispeopled imp. & past participle of Dispeople
dispeopler noun One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
dispersing present participle & vb. noun of Disperse
dispersion noun The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel., The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
dispersive adjective Tending to disperse.
dispirited imp. & past participle of Dispirit, Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.
dispiteous adjective Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.
displacing present participle & vb. noun of Displace
di/planted imp. & past participle of Displant
displaying present participle & vb. noun of Display
displeased imp. & past participle of Displease
displeaser noun One who displeases.
displenish verb t. To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disploding present participle & vb. noun of Displode
displosion noun Explosion.
displosive adjective Explosive.
displuming present participle & vb. noun of Displume
disporting present participle & vb. noun of Disport
disposable adjective Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
disposited adjective Disposed.
dispositor noun A disposer., The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is.
dispossess verb t. To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; — usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
dispraised imp. & past participle of Dispraise
dispraiser noun One who blames or dispraises.
dispreader noun One who spreads abroad.
disprepare verb t. To render unprepared.
disprofess verb t. To renounce the profession or pursuit of.
disproving present participle & vb. noun of Disprove
disprovide verb t. Not to provide; to fail to provide.
dispurpose verb t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots.
disputable verb i. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions., Disputatious; contentious.
disputison noun Dispute; discussion.
disqualify verb t. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; — with for or from before the purpose, state, or act., To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
disquieted imp. & past participle of Disquiet
disquietal noun The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet.
disquieter noun One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
disquietly adverb In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night.
disrealize verb t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain.
disrespect noun Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy., To show disrespect to.
disrooting present participle & vb. noun of Disroot
disrupting present participle & vb. noun of Disrupt
disruption noun The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.
disruptive adjective Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.
disrupture noun Disruption.
dissatisfy verb t. To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one’s fortune.
dissecting present participle & vb. noun of Dissect, Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery., Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound., Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.
dissection noun The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I., Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination., Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
disseizing present participle & vb. noun of Disseize
disseizure noun Disseizin.
dissembled imp. & past participle of Dissemble
dissembler noun One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
dissension noun Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
dissenting present participle & vb. noun of Dissent
dissentany adjective Dissentaneous; inconsistent.
dissentive adjective Disagreeing; inconsistent.
dissertate verb i. To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.
disserving present participle & vb. noun of Disserve
disservice noun Injury; mischief.
dissevered imp. & past participle of Dissever
dissheathe verb i. To become unsheathed.
dissidence adjective Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
dissilient adjective Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
dissimilar adjective Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
dissimuler noun A dissembler.
dissipable adjective Capable of being scattered or dissipated.
dissipated imp. & past participle of Dissipate, Squandered; scattered., Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
disslander verb t. To slander., Slander.
dissociate verb t. To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
dissoluble adjective Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid., Capable of being disunited.
dissolving present participle & vb. noun of Dissolve, Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
dissolvent adjective Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach., That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent., A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
dissonance noun A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord., Want of agreement; incongruity.
dissonancy noun Discord; dissonance.
dissuading present participle & vb. noun of Dissuade
dissuasion noun The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation., A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
dissuasive adjective Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice., A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.
dissuasory noun A dissuasive.
dissweeten verb t. To deprive of sweetness.
distaining present participle & vb. noun of Distain
distancing present participle & vb. noun of Distance
distantial adjective Distant.
distasting present participle & vb. noun of Distaste
distasture noun Something which excites distaste or disgust.
distending present participle & vb. noun of Distend
distension noun Same as Distention.
distensive adjective Distending, or capable of being distended.
distention noun The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs., Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
distichous noun Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.
distilling present participle & vb. noun of Distill
distillate noun The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
distillery noun The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on., The act of distilling spirits.
distinctly adverb With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly., With meaning; significantly.
distorting present participle & vb. noun of Distort
distortion noun The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body., A wresting from the true meaning., The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion., An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
distortive adjective Causing distortion.
distracted imp. & past participle of Distract, Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
distraught past participle of Distract, Torn asunder; separated., Distracted; perplexed.
distracter noun One who, or that which, distracts away.
distrained imp. & past participle of Distrain
distrainer noun Same as Distrainor.
distrainor noun One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
distressed imp. & past participle of Distress
distribute verb t. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot., To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice., To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc., To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases., To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table., To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise., To make distribution.
districted imp. & past participle of District
districtly adverb Strictly.
distringas noun A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
distrouble verb t. To trouble.
distrusted imp. & past participle of Distrust
distruster noun One who distrusts.
disturbing present participle & vb. noun of Disturb
disulphate noun A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate., An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide noun A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; — formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
disuniform adjective Not uniform.
disuniting present participle & vb. noun of Disunite
disutilize verb t. To deprive of utility; to render useless.
disventure noun A disadventure.
disworship verb t. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy., A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
diterebene noun See Colophene.
ditheistic adjective Alt. of Ditheistical
ditrochean adjective Containing two trochees.
diuretical adjective Diuretic.
diurnalist noun A journalist.
diurnation noun Continuance during the day., The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.
diuturnity noun Long duration; lastingness.
divagation noun A wandering about or going astray; digression.
divaricate verb i. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork., To diverge; to be divaricate., To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart., Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging., Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
divedapper noun A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.
divergence noun Alt. of Divergency
divergency noun A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines., Disagreement; difference.
divertible adjective Capable of being diverted.
diverticle noun A turning; a byway; a bypath., A diverticulum.
divestible adjective Capable of being divested.
divestment noun The act of divesting.
dividingly adverb By division.
dividually adverb By dividing.
divination noun The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means., An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
divinatory adjective Professing, or relating to, divination.
divinement noun Divination.
divineness noun The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.
divineress noun A woman who divines.
diviningly adverb In a divining manner.
divinistre noun A diviner.
divinities plural of Divinity
divisional adjective That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
divisionor noun One who divides or makes division.
divorcible adjective Divorceable.
divulgater noun A divulger.
discrasies plural of Dyscrasy