| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |