Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
disard |
noun |
See Dizzard. |
disarm |
verb t. |
To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless., To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man’s wrath. |
disbar |
verb t. |
To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. |
disbud |
verb |
To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree. |
discal |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells. |
discus |
noun |
A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill., The exercise with the discus., A disk. See Disk. |
disert |
adjective |
Eloquent. |
dished |
imp. & past participle |
of Dish |
dismal |
adjective |
Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky., Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place. |
disman |
verb t. |
To unman. |
dismaw |
verb t. |
To eject from the maw; to disgorge. |
dismay |
verb i. |
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify., To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet., To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay., Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation., Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. |
disorb |
verb t. |
To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. |
disord |
noun |
Disorder. |
disown |
verb t. |
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one’s self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one’s self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings., To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny. |
dispel |
verb t. |
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. |
disple |
verb t. |
To discipline; to correct. |
disray |
variant |
of Disarray. |
distad |
adverb |
Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally. |
distal |
adjective |
Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle, Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone. |
dister |
verb t. |
To banish or drive from a country. |
distil |
verb t. & i. |
See Distill. |
disuse |
verb t. |
To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of., To disaccustom; — with to or from; as, disused to toil., Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. |