| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| disable | adjective | Lacking ability; unable., To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair., To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable., To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. |
| disally | verb t. | To part, as an alliance; to sunder. |
| disavow | verb t. | To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime., To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. |
| disband | verb t. | To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army., To divorce., To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization. |
| disbark | verb t. | To disembark., To strip of bark; to bark. |
| disbase | verb t. | To debase or degrade. |
| disbend | verb t. | To unbend. |
| disbind | verb t. | To unbind; to loosen. |
| discage | verb t. | To uncage. |
| discamp | verb t. | To drive from a camp. |
| discant | noun | See Descant, n. |
| discard | verb t. | To throw out of one’s hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards)., To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away., To put or thrust away; to reject., To make a discard., The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded. |
| discase | verb t. | To strip; to undress. |
| discede | verb i. | To yield or give up; to depart. |
| discept | verb i. | To debate; to discuss. |
| discern | verb t. | To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish., To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference., To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood., To make cognizance. |
| discerp | verb t. | To tear in pieces; to rend., To separate; to disunite. |
| discide | verb t. | To divide; to cleave in two. |
| discina | noun | A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle. |
| discind | verb t. | To part; to divide. |
| discoid | adjective | Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus., Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell. |
| discord | verb i. | Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; — applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes., Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord., To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. |
| discost | verb i. | Same as Discoast. |
| discous | adjective | Disklike; discoid. |
| discure | verb t. | To discover; to reveal; to discoure. |
| discuss | verb t. | To break to pieces; to shatter., To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; — said especially of tumors., To shake; to put away; to finish., To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate., To deal with, in eating or drinking., To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. |
| disdain | verb t. | A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn., That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion., The state of being despised; shame., To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act., To reject as unworthy of one’s self, or as not deserving one’s notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc., To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. |
| disease | noun | Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet., An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; — applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc., To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress., To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; — used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. |
| disedge | verb t. | To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull. |
| diserty | adverb | Expressly; clearly; eloquently. |
| disfame | noun | Disrepute. |
| disgage | verb t. | To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. |
| disgest | verb t. | To digest. |
| disgust | verb t. | To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; — often with at, with, or by., Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; — said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. |
| dishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Dish, Dish-shaped; concave. |
| disheir | verb t. | To disinherit. |
| dishelm | verb t. | To deprive of the helmet. |
| dishful | noun | As much as a dish holds when full. |
| dishorn | verb t. | To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. |
| disjoin | verb t. | To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder., To become separated; to part. |
| dislade | verb t. | To unlade. |
| disleal | adjective | Disloyal; perfidious. |
| dislike | verb t. | To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish., To awaken dislike in; to displease., A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; — the opposite of liking or fondness., Discord; dissension. |
| dislimb | verb t. | To tear limb from limb; to dismember. |
| dislimn | verb t. | To efface, as a picture. |
| dislink | verb t. | To unlink; to disunite; to separate. |
| dislive | verb t. | To deprive of life. |
| dismail | verb t. | To divest of coat of mail. |
| dismask | verb t. | To divest of a mask. |
| dismast | verb t. | To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship. |
| dismiss | verb t. | To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away., To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant., To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court., Dismission. |
| disobey | verb t. | Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws., To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient. |
| dispace | verb i. | To roam. |
| dispair | verb t. | To separate (a pair). |
| dispand | verb t. | To spread out; to expand. |
| dispark | verb t. | To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common., To set at large; to release from inclosure. |
| dispart | verb t. | To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers., To separate, to open; to cleave., The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance., A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; — called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight., To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim., To furnish with a dispart sight. |
| dispeed | verb t. | To send off with speed; to dispatch. |
| dispend | verb t. | To spend; to lay out; to expend. |
| displat | verb t. | To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. |
| display | verb t. | To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread., To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line., To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest., To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade., To make conspicuous by large or prominent type., To discover; to descry., To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration., An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation., Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. |
| dispond | noun | See Despond. |
| dispone | verb t. | To dispose., To dispose of., To make over, or convey, legally. |
| dispope | verb t. | To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. |
| disport | verb i. | Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness., To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one’s self., To divert or amuse; to make merry., To remove from a port; to carry away. |
| dispose | verb t. | To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent., To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine., To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of., To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; — usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object., To exercise finally one’s power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one’s time., To bargain; to make terms., Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control., Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. |
| dispost | verb t. | To eject from a post; to displace. |
| dispute | verb i. | To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle., To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss., To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments., To strive or contend about; to contest., To struggle against; to resist., Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate., Contest; struggle; quarrel. |
| disrank | verb t. | To degrade from rank., To throw out of rank or into confusion. |
| disrate | verb t. | To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. |
| disrobe | verb t. & i. | To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. |
| disroof | verb t. | To unroof. |
| disroot | verb t. | To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot. |
| disrout | verb i. | To put to rout. |
| disruly | adjective | Unruly; disorderly. |
| disrupt | adjective | Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted., To break asunder; to rend. |
| disseat | verb t. | To unseat. |
| dissect | verb t. | To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize., To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. |
| dissent | verb i. | To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; — followed by from., To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government., To differ; to be of a contrary nature., The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement., Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity., Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. |
| dissert | verb i. | To discourse or dispute; to discuss. |
| disship | verb t. | To dismiss from service on board ship. |
| dissite | adjective | Lying apart. |
| distaff | noun | The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand., Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. |
| distain | verb t. | To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; — used chiefly in poetry. |
| distant | adjective | Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away., Far separated; far off; not near; remote; — in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives., Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner., Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance., Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. |
| distend | verb t. | To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch., To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc., To become expanded or inflated; to swell. |
| distent | adjective | Distended., Breadth. |
| distich | noun | A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses., Alt. of Distichous |
| distill | noun & v | To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle., To flow gently, or in a small stream., To practice the art of distillation., To let fall or send down in drops., To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water., To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc., To dissolve or melt. |
| distoma | noun | A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2. |
| distort | adjective | Distorted; misshapen., To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body., To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally., To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. |
| distune | verb t. | To put out of tune. |
| disturb | verb t. | To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest., To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy., To turn from a regular or designed course., Disturbance. |
| disturn | verb t. | To turn aside. |
| distyle | adjective | Having two columns in front; — said of a temple, portico, or the like. |
| disused | imp. & past participle | of Disuse |
| diswarn | verb t. | To dissuade from by previous warning. |
| diswont | verb t. | To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. |
| disyoke | verb t. | To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. |