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diablerie noun Alt. of Diabley
diabolify verb t. To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil.
diabolism noun Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil., Possession by the devil.
diabolize verb t. To render diabolical.
diachylon noun Alt. of Diachylum
diachylum noun A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
diacodium noun A sirup made of poppies.
diaconate noun The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons., Governed by deacons.
diacritic adjective Alt. of Diacritical
diactinic adjective Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.
diaereses plural of Dieresis
diaeresis noun Alt. of Dieresis
diaeretic adjective Caustic.
diagnoses plural of Diagnosis
diagnosis noun The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at., Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species., Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.
diagonial adjective Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed.
dialectal adjective Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.
dialectic noun Same as Dialectics., Alt. of Dialectical
dialector noun One skilled in dialectics.
dialogism noun An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue.
dialogist noun A speaker in a dialogue., A writer of dialogues.
dialogite noun Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite.
dialogize verb t. To discourse in dialogue.
dialyzate noun The material subjected to dialysis.
dialyzing present participle & vb. noun of Dialyze
diamagnet noun A body having diamagnetic polarity.
diametral adjective Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical., A diameter.
diametric adjective Alt. of Diametrical
diamonded adjective Having figures like a diamond or lozenge., Adorned with diamonds; diamondized.
diamylene noun A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.
diandrian adjective Diandrous.
diandrous noun Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.
dianoetic adjective Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
diapering noun Same as Diaper, n., 2.
diaphaned adjective Transparent or translucent.
diaphanic adjective Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.
diaphanie noun The art of imitating //ined glass with translucent paper.
diaphonic adjective Alt. of Diaphonical
diaphragm noun A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it., The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff., A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts., A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope., A partition in any compartment, for various purposes.
diaphysis noun An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence., The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.
diarrhoea noun A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.
diarrheal adjective Alt. of Diarrhoeal
diastasic adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment.
diastasis noun A forcible of bones without fracture.
diastatic adjective Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.
diastolic adjective Of or pertaining to diastole.
diathesis noun Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.
diathetic adjective Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease.
diatomous adjective Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; — said of crystals.
diazeutic adjective Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth.
diazotize verb t. To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.
dicacious adjective Talkative; pert; saucy.
dicastery noun A court of justice; judgment hall.
dichastic adjective Capable of subdividing spontaneously.
dichogamy noun The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.
dichotomy noun A cutting in two; a division., Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts., That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures., Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation., The place where a stem or vein is forked., Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.
dichroism noun The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
dichroite noun Iolite; — so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See Iolite.
dichromic adjective Furnishing or giving two colors; — said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three.
dichroous adjective Dichroic.
diclinous adjective Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers.
dicoccous adjective Composed of two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccous capsule.
dicrotous adjective Dicrotic.
dicrotism noun A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.
dictamnus noun A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.
dictating present participle & vb. noun of Dictate
dictation noun The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated., The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
dictatory adjective Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial.
dictatrix noun A dictatress.
dictature noun Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
dictyogen noun A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
dicyanide noun A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; — called also bicyanide.
dicyemata noun pl. An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.
didactics noun The art or science of teaching.
didelphia noun pl. The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.
didelphic adjective Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.
didelphid adjective Same as Didelphic., A marsupial animal.
didelphyc adjective Same as Didelphic.
didrachma noun A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.
diduction noun The act of drawing apart; separation.
didynamia noun pl. A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
diesinker noun An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.
dies irae Day of wrath; — the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
dietarian noun One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.
dietaries plural of Dietary
dietetics noun That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.
dietetist noun A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.
dietitian noun One skilled in dietetics.
differing present participle & vb. noun of Differ
different adjective Distinct; separate; not the same; other., Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.
difficile adjective Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn.
difficult adjective Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous., Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person., To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.
diffident adjective Wanting confidence in others; distrustful., Wanting confidence in one’s self; distrustful of one’s own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.
diffluent adjective Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
diffusate noun Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.
diffusing present participle & vb. noun of Diffuse
diffusely adverb In a diffuse manner.
diffusion noun The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion., The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.
diffusive adjective Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.
digammate adjective Alt. of Digammated
digastric adjective Having two bellies; biventral; — applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw., Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.
digenesis noun The faculty of multiplying in two ways; — by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.
digesting present participle & vb. noun of Digest
digestion noun The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration., The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood., Generation of pus; suppuration.
digestive adjective Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments., That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine., A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration., A tonic.
digesture noun Digestion.
digitalis noun A genus of plants including the foxglove., The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.
digitated adjective Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.
dignation noun The act of thinking worthy; honor.
dignified adjective Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge., of Dignify
dignitary noun One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.
dignities plural of Dignity
dignotion noun Distinguishing mark; diagnostic.
digraphic adjective Of or pertaining to a digraph.
digressed imp. & past participle of Digress
dilaniate verb t. To rend in pieces; to tear.
dilatable adjective Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; — opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.
dilatator noun A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.
dilatedly adverb In a dilated manner.
dilection noun Love; choice.
dilettant adjective Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation., A dilettante.
diligence noun The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; — the opposite of negligence., Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service., Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings., A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
diligency noun Diligence; care; persevering endeavor.
dilogical adjective Ambiguous; of double meaning.
diluviate verb i. To run as a flood.
diluviums plural of Diluvium
dimension noun Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; — usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom., Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions., The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension., A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree., The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.
dimensity noun Dimension.
dimensive adjective Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.
dimidiate adjective Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form., Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed., Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism., To divide into two equal parts., To represent the half of; to halve.
diminuent adjective Lessening.
diminutal adjective Indicating or causing diminution.
dimission noun Leave to depart; a dismissing.
dimissory adjective Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart.
dimorphic adjective Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.
dimyarian adjective Like or pertaining to the Dimya., One of the Dimya.
diner-out noun One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.
dinetical adjective Revolving on an axis.
dinginess noun Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.
dinoceras noun A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; — called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix.
dinothere noun Alt. of Dinotherium
dioecious adjective Having the sexes in two separate individuals; — applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; — opposed to monoecious.
dionysian adjective Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.
dioptrics noun The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; — distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.
dioristic adjective Distinguishing; distinctive; defining.
dioscorea noun A genus of plants. See Yam.
dioxindol noun A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; — hence its name.
dipaschal adjective Including two passovers.
diphthong noun A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; — called a proper diphthong., A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; — called an improper diphthong., To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize.
diploetic adjective Diploic.
diplomacy noun The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed., Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact., The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.
diplomate noun A diplomatist., To invest with a title o/ privilege by diploma.
diplopoda noun pl. An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
dipterous adjective Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera., Having two wings; two-winged.
dipyridil noun A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.
directing present participle & vb. noun of Direct
direction noun The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank., That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants., The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter., The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction., The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors., The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; — distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.
directive adjective Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way., Able to be directed; manageable.
directory adjective Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial., A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book., A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory., A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic., Direction; guide.
directrix noun A directress., A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface., A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.
direption noun The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away.
dirigible adjective Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.
dirtiness noun The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.
diruption adjective Disruption.
disabling present participle & vb. noun of Disable
disabused imp. & past participle of Disabuse
disaccord verb i. To refuse to assent., Disagreement.
disadvise verb t. To advise against; to dissuade from.
disaffect verb t. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness., To disturb the functions of; to disorder., To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike.
disaffirm verb t. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; — said of that which has been asserted., To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.
disagreed imp. & past participle of Disagree
disagreer noun One who disagrees.
disanchor verb t. & i. To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
disanoint verb t. To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king.
disappear verb i. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port., To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared.
disarming imp. & past participle of Disarm, of Disarm
disassent verb i. To dissent., Dissent.
disattire verb t. To unrobe; to undress.
disavouch verb t. To disavow.
disavowed imp. & past participle of Disavow
disavowal noun The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.
disavower noun One who disavows.
disbanded imp. & past participle of Disband
disbarred imp. & past participle of Disbar
disbecome verb t. To misbecome.
disbelief noun The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
disbodied adjective Disembodied.
disbranch verb To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.
disburden verb t. To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve., To relieve one’s self of a burden; to ease the mind.
disbursed imp. & past participle of Disburse
disburser noun One who disburses money.
discalced adjective Unshod; barefooted; — in distinction from calced.
discarded imp. & past participle of Discard
discerned imp. & past participle of Discern
discerner noun One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong.
discharge verb t. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel., To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, — to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar., To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear., To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss., To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner., To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo., To let fly, as a missile; to shoot., To set aside; to annul; to dismiss., To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one’s self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part., To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one’s debt or obligation to., To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath., To prohibit; to forbid., To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely., The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo., Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery., Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor., Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty., Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer., Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner., The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal., That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document., A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
dischurch verb t. To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.
disciform adjective Discoid.
discipled imp. & past participle of Disciple
disclosed imp. & past participle of Disclose, Represented with wings expanded; — applied to doves and other birds not of prey.
discloser noun One who discloses.
discoboli plural of Discobolus
discoidal adjective Disk-shaped; discoid.
discolith noun One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter.
discomfit verb t. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat., To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert., Discomfited; overthrown., Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
discommon verb t. To deprive of the right of common., To deprive of privileges., To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating.
discosent verb i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent.
discourse noun The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty., Conversation; talk., The art and manner of speaking and conversing., Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty., Dealing; transaction., To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason., To express one’s self in oral discourse; to expose one’s views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse., To relate something; to tell., To treat of something in writing and formally., To treat of; to expose or set forth in language., To utter or give forth; to speak., To talk to; to confer with.
discovert adjective Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; — applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow., An uncovered place or part.
discovery noun The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot., A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets., Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of the blood., That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery., Exploration; examination.
discradle verb t. To take from a cradle.
discredit noun The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit., Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; — applied to persons or things., To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited., To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of., To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
discumber verb t. To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
discursus noun Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.
discussed imp. & past participle of Discuss
discusser noun One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.
disdained imp. & past participle of Disdain, Disdainful.
diseasing present participle & vb. noun of Disease
disembark verb t. To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops., To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
disembody verb t. To divest of the body or corporeal existence., To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers.
disemploy verb t. To throw out of employment.
disenable verb t. To disable; to disqualify.
disenamor verb t. To free from the captivity of love.
disengage verb t. To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study., To release one’s self; to become detached; to free one’s self.
disenroll verb i. To erase from a roll or list.
disentail verb t. To free from entailment.
disentomb verb t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
disesteem noun Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute., To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight., To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.
disfigure verb t. To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform., Disfigurement; deformity.
disforest verb t. To disafforest., To clear or deprive of forests or trees.
disgorged imp. & past participle of Disgorge
disgospel verb i. To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel.
disgraced imp. & past participle of Disgrace
disgracer noun One who disgraces.
disguised imp. & past participle of Disguise
disguiser noun One who, or that which, disguises., One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker.
disgusted imp. & past participle of Disgust
dishallow verb t. To make unholy; to profane.
dishcloth noun A cloth used for washing dishes.
dishclout noun A dishcloth.
dishevele past participle & adjective Disheveled.
dishonest adjective Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd., Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured., Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man., Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust., To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.
dishwater noun Water in which dishes have been washed.
disimpark verb t. To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disinfect verb t. To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
disinhume verb t. To disinter.
disinsure verb t. To render insecure; to put in danger.
disinured imp. & past participle of Disinure
disjoined imp. & past participle of Disjoin
disliking present participle & vb. noun of Dislike
dislocate verb t. To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones., Dislocated.
dislodged imp. & past participle of Dislodge
dismantle verb t. To strip or deprive of dress; to divest., To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship., To disable; to render useless.
dismasted imp. & past participle of Dismast
dismaying present participle & vb. noun of Dismay
dismayful adjective Terrifying.
dismember verb t. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up., To deprive of membership.
dismissed imp. & past participle of Dismiss
dismissal noun Dismission; discharge.
disobeyed imp. & past participle of Disobey
disobeyer noun One who disobeys.
disoblige verb t. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to., To release from obligation.
disorient verb t. To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one’s bearings.
disowning present participle & vb. noun of Disown
disparage verb t. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage., To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue., Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
disparate adjective Unequal; dissimilar; separate., Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.
disparity noun Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; — followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
disparkle verb t. To scatter abroad.
disparted imp. & past participle of Dispart
dispauper verb t. To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.
dispelled imp. & past participle of Dispel
dispender noun One who dispends or expends; a steward.
dispensed imp. & past participle of Dispense
dispenser noun One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
dispeople verb t. To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
disperple verb t. To scatter; to sprinkle.
dispersal noun The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
dispersed imp. & past participle of Disperse, Scattered.
disperser noun One that disperses.
displaced imp. & past participle of Displace
displacer noun One that displaces., The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.
displayed imp. & past participle of Display, Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously., With wings expanded; — said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle., Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.
displayer noun One who, or that which, displays.
displease verb t. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; — often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke., To fail to satisfy; to miss of., To give displeasure or offense.
disploded imp. & past participle of Displode
displumed imp. & past participle of Displume
dispoline noun One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.
dispondee noun A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
disporous adjective Having two spores.
disported imp. & past participle of Disport
disposing present participle & vb. noun of Dispose
disposure noun The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction., Disposition; arrangement; position; posture.
dispraise verb t. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame., The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.
disprince verb t. To make unlike a prince.
disprison verb t. To let loose from prison, to set at liberty.
disprofit noun Loss; damage., To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.
disproval noun Act of disproving; disproof.
disproved imp. & past participle of Disprove
disprover noun One who disproves or confutes.
dispurvey verb t. To disfurnish; to strip.
disputant verb i. Disputing; engaged in controversy., One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
disputing present participle & vb. noun of Dispute
disregard verb t. Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience., The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
disrelish noun Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food., Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness., Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at., To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.
disrepair noun A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.
disrepute noun Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit., To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.
disrobing present participle & vb. noun of Disrobe
disrooted imp. & past participle of Disroot
disrudder verb t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.
disrulily adverb In a disorderly manner.
disrupted imp. & past participle of Disrupt
dissected imp. & past participle of Dissect, Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map., Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
dissector noun One who dissects; an anatomist.
disseized imp. & past participle of Disseize
disseizee noun A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; — correlative to disseizor.
disseizin noun The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
disseizor noun One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold.
dissemble verb t. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask., To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign., To conceal the real fact, motives, /tention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.
dissented imp. & past participle of Dissent
dissenter noun One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement., One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.
dissertly adverb See Disertly.
dissettle verb t. To unsettle.
disshadow verb t. To free from shadow or shade.
disshiver verb t. & i. To shiver or break in pieces.
dissident adjective No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different., One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
dissimile noun Comparison or illustration by contraries.
dissimule verb t. & i. To dissemble.
dissipate verb t. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; — used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored., To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander., To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates., To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
dissocial verb t. Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.
dissolute adjective With nerves unstrung; weak., Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched.
dissolved imp. & past participle of Dissolve
dissolver noun One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
dissonant adjective Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious., Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, — with from or to.
disspirit verb t. See Dispirit.
dissuaded imp. & past participle of Dissuade
dissuader noun One who dissuades; a dehorter.
dissunder verb t. To separate; to sunder; to destroy.
distained imp. & past participle of Distain
distanced imp. & past participle of Distance
distantly adverb At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
distasted imp. & past participle of Distaste
distemper verb t. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of., To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease., To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant., To intoxicate., To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size., An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts., Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold., A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; — at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle., Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor., Political disorder; tumult., A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms., A painting done with this preparation.
distended imp. & past participle of Distend
disthrone verb t. To dethrone.
distilled imp. & past participle of Distill
distiller noun One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation., The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
distorted imp. & past participle of Distort
distorter noun One who, or that which, distorts.
distraint noun The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
disturbed imp. & past participle of Disturb
disturber noun One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler., One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.
disunited imp. & past participle of Disunite
disuniter noun One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.
diswitted adjective Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted.
dithecous adjective Having two thecae, cells, or compartments.
dithionic adjective Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.
dithyramb noun A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.
ditionary adjective Under rule; subject; tributary., A subject; a tributary.
ditrochee noun A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
dittander noun A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).
dittology noun A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.
ditty-bag noun A sailor’s small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; — also called sailor’s housewife.
ditty-box noun A small box to hold a sailor’s thread, needless, comb, etc.
diurnally adverb Daily; every day.
diuturnal adjective Of long continuance; lasting.
divellent adjective Drawing asunder.
diverging present participle & vb. noun of Diverge, Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.
divergent adjective Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; — opposed to convergent., Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens., Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
diversely adverb In different ways; differently; variously., In different directions; to different points.
diversify verb t. To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
diversion noun The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business., That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth., The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
diversity noun A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness., Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety., Variegation.
diversory adjective Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing., A wayside inn.
diverting present participle & vb. noun of Divert, Amusing; entertaining.
divertise verb t. To divert; to entertain.
divertive adjective Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
divesting present participle & vb. noun of Divest
divesture noun Divestiture.
dividable adjective Capable of being divided; divisible., Divided; separated; parted.
dividedly adverb Separately; in a divided manner.
divi-divi noun A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.
dividuous adjective Divided; dividual.
divinator noun One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
divisible adjective Capable of being divided or separated., A divisible substance.
divorcing present participle & vb. noun of Divorce
divorcive adjective Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.
divulgate adjective Published., To divulge.
divulging present participle & vb. noun of Divulge
divulsive adjective Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.
dizziness noun Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.