| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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. |
| discrasies | plural | of Dyscrasy |