dis: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of dis
- saudis«Word Popularity Bar3/5
saudi
- noun a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian.
- adjective of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people
Saudi-Arabian.
- the Saudi-Arabian desert
- the Saudi royal family
- noun a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia
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addis
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- charybdis2/5
charybdis
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla .
- sardis2/5
sardis
- noun an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
- noun an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
- gaddis2/5
- wadis2/5
wadi
- noun gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season
- noun gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season
- mutandis2/5
mutandis
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- pedis2/5
pedis
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- cordis2/5
cordis
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- grandis2/5
grandis
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- viridis2/5
viridis
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- caddis2/5
caddis
A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. "Caddises, cambrics, lawns." Shak.
- vadis2/5
vadis
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- gertrudis2/5
gertrudis
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- enteritidis2/5
enteritidis
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- qadis1/5
- effendis1/5
effendi
- noun a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials
- noun a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials
- orudis1/5
orudis
- noun nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)
ketoprofen; Orudis KT; Oruvail.
- noun nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)
- cedis1/5
- maravedis1/5
maravedi
(Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
- maydis1/5
maydis
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- bidis1/5
bidis
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- kadis1/5
kadi
A Turkish judge. See Cadi .
- vigdis1/5
vigdis
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- odis1/5
odis
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- cadis1/5
cadis
A kind of coarse serge.
- gladis1/5
gladis
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- baghdadis1/5
- cardis1/5
- beedis1/5
- glottidis1/5
glottidis
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- hurdis1/5
- gadis1/5
gadis
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- fundis1/5
fundus
- noun (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening
- the uterine fundus
- the fundus of the stomach
- noun (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening
- bindis1/5
Suffixes of dis
- dispute«Word Popularity Bar5/5
dispute
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference of opinion; difference; conflict.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
- noun coming into conflict with
contravention.
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
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dispute
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference of opinion; difference; conflict.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
- noun coming into conflict with
contravention.
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
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disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
upset.
- the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
- everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
disorderliness.
- the files are in complete disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
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disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
upset.
- the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
- everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
disorderliness.
- the files are in complete disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
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disciple
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
adherent.
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- disposal5/5
disposal
- noun the power to use something or someone
- used all the resources at his disposal
- noun a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
administration.
- noun the power to use something or someone
- dishes5/5
dish
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
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dish
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- disturbance5/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- discomfort5/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
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distribution
- noun (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
statistical distribution.
- noun the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
dispersion.
- worldwide in distribution
- the distribution of nerve fibers
- in complementary distribution
- noun (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
- discovered5/5
discovered
- adjective satellite discovered or determined by scientific observation
observed; ascertained.
- variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors
- the discovered behavior norms
- discovered differences in achievement
- no explanation for the observed phenomena
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
notice; observe; detect; find; discover.
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
- adjective satellite discovered or determined by scientific observation
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discourse
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- noun an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
preaching; sermon.
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
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discovery
- noun the act of discovering something
uncovering; find.
- noun something that is discovered
- noun the act of discovering something
- distributed5/5
distributed
- adjective spread out or scattered about or divided up
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- adjective spread out or scattered about or divided up
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discipline
- noun a branch of knowledge
subject field; field of study; study; subject area; field; bailiwick; subject.
- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
- noun a system of rules of conduct or method of practice;
- he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine
- for such a plan to work requires discipline
- noun a branch of knowledge
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discover
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
notice; observe; detect; find.
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
- verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
pick up; get a line; see; hear; learn; find out; get wind; get word.
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
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distinguished
- adjective satellite (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
- our distinguished professor
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; distinguish; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- adjective satellite (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
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distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- disappeared5/5
disappear
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; vanish.
- He disappeared without a trace
- verb become invisible or unnoticeable
go away; vanish.
- The effect vanished when day broke
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
- discharge5/5
discharge
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- noun the act of venting
venting.
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
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distribution
- noun (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
statistical distribution.
- noun the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
dispersion.
- worldwide in distribution
- the distribution of nerve fibers
- in complementary distribution
- noun (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
- displacement5/5
displacement
- noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
supplanting.
- noun an event in which something is displaced without rotation
shift.
- noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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disposition
- noun your usual mood
temperament.
- he has a happy disposition
- noun the act or means of getting rid of something
disposal.
- noun your usual mood
- dismissed5/5
dismissed
- adjective satellite having lost your job
laid-off; pink-slipped; discharged; fired.
- verb bar from attention or consideration
dismiss; brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; push aside; disregard.
- She dismissed his advances
- adjective satellite having lost your job
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disabled
- noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
handicapped.
- technology to help the elderly and the disabled
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
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disappear
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; vanish.
- He disappeared without a trace
- verb become invisible or unnoticeable
go away; vanish.
- The effect vanished when day broke
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
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disturbed
- adjective satellite having the place or position changed
- the disturbed books and papers on her desk
- disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
- verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- adjective satellite having the place or position changed
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discourse
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- noun an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
preaching; sermon.
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
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discipline
- noun a branch of knowledge
subject field; field of study; study; subject area; field; bailiwick; subject.
- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
- noun a system of rules of conduct or method of practice;
- he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine
- for such a plan to work requires discipline
- noun a branch of knowledge
- dissolved5/5
dissolved
- adjective satellite (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
- add the dissolved gelatin
- verb become weaker
dissolve; fade away; fade out.
- The sound faded out
- adjective satellite (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
- distal5/5
distal
- adjective situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
- adjective directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body
- adjective situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
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disposed
- adjective satellite having made preparations
fain; inclined; prepared.
- prepared to take risks
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
dispose.
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
- adjective satellite having made preparations
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dissolution
- noun separation into component parts
disintegration.
- noun the process of going into solution
dissolving.
- the dissolving of salt in water
- noun separation into component parts
- displaced5/5
displace
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
- verb take the place of or have precedence over
preempt.
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
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disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
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disturbing
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing; distressful; perturbing; troubling; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
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disease
- noun an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
- noun an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
- discussion5/5
discussion
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
treatment; discourse.
- the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
- his treatment of the race question is badly biased
- noun an exchange of views on some topic
word; give-and-take.
- we had a good discussion
- we had a word or two about it
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
- distance5/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- discussed5/5
discuss
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
discus; saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- district5/5
district
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
- verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- display5/5
display
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
show.
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
- noun something shown to the public
exhibit; showing.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
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discuss
- verb to consider or examine in speech or writing
discourse; talk about.
- The author talks about the different aspects of this question
- The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- verb to consider or examine in speech or writing
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distinction
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
differentiation.
- it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; eminence; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
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disease
- noun an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
- noun an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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discrimination
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
favouritism; favoritism.
- noun the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
secernment.
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
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distant
- adjective separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
- distant villages
- the sound of distant traffic
- a distant sound
- a distant telephone call
- adjective far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
remote.
- a distant cousin
- a remote relative
- a distant likeness
- considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics
- adjective separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
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discussion
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
treatment; discourse.
- the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
- his treatment of the race question is badly biased
- noun an exchange of views on some topic
word; give-and-take.
- we had a good discussion
- we had a word or two about it
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
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display
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
show.
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
- noun something shown to the public
exhibit; showing.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
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disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
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display
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
show.
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
- noun something shown to the public
exhibit; showing.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
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disability
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
handicap; impairment; disablement.
- reading disability
- hearing impairment
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
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disaster
- noun a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
catastrophe.
- lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system
- his policies were a disaster
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
tragedy; calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe.
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- noun a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
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district
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
- verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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discuss
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
discus; saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- disclosure5/5
disclosure
- noun the speech act of making something evident
revealing; revelation.
- noun the speech act of making something evident
- disabilities5/5
disability
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
handicap; impairment; disablement.
- reading disability
- hearing impairment
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- distances5/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- discretion5/5
discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- discount5/5
discount
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
deduction; price reduction.
- noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
bank discount; discount rate.
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
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discuss
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
discus; saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- disappointed5/5
disappointed
- adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
thwarted; defeated; foiled; discomfited; frustrated.
- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
disappoint; let down.
- Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
- adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
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dissertation
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
thesis.
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
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distinction
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
differentiation.
- it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; eminence; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
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disc
- noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
phonograph recording; platter; phonograph record; record; disk.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disk; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
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disadvantage
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
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disadvantage
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- distinct5/5
distinct
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
distinguishable.
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
- adjective easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
- a distinct flavor
- a distinct odor of turpentine
- a distinct outline
- the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette
- distinct fingerprints
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
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distinctive
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
typical.
- Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie
- that is typical of you!
- adjective satellite capable of being classified
classifiable.
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
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distress
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; hurt.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- a ship in distress
- she was the classic maiden in distress
- noun psychological suffering
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discrete
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
distinct.
- a government with three discrete divisions
- on two distinct occasions
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
- disappointment5/5
disappointment
- noun a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
letdown.
- his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment
- noun an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
dashing hopes.
- noun a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
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distinctly
- adverb clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
clearly.
- it's distinctly possible
- I could clearly see myself in his situation
- adverb in a distinct and distinguishable manner
- the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion
- adverb clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
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disputed
- adjective satellite subject to disagreement and debate
- verb take exception to
challenge; gainsay; dispute.
- She challenged his claims
- adjective satellite subject to disagreement and debate
- disturbances4/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
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discouraged
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
disheartened; demoralized; demoralised.
- desperate demoralized people looking for work
- felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
- the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage; deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
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disciple
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
adherent.
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
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discourage
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- disbelief4/5
disbelief
- noun doubt about the truth of something
skepticism; mental rejection; incredulity.
- noun a rejection of belief
unbelief.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- dissipation4/5
dissipation
- noun breaking up and scattering by dispersion
- the dissipation of the mist
- noun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
dissolution; licentiousness; looseness; profligacy.
- noun breaking up and scattering by dispersion
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discouraging
- adjective depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
- where never is heard a discouraging word
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage; deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- adjective depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
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distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- discoveries4/5
discovery
- noun the act of discovering something
uncovering; find.
- noun something that is discovered
- noun the act of discovering something
- dispersion4/5
dispersion
- noun spreading widely or driving off
scattering.
- noun the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
distribution.
- worldwide in distribution
- the distribution of nerve fibers
- in complementary distribution
- noun spreading widely or driving off
- dispersed4/5
dispersed
- adjective satellite distributed or spread over a considerable extent
spread.
- has ties with many widely dispersed friends
- eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe
- verb distribute loosely
dust; sprinkle; scatter; dot; disperse.
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
- adjective satellite distributed or spread over a considerable extent
- discovering4/5
discover
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
notice; observe; detect; find.
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
- verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
pick up; get a line; see; hear; learn; find out; get wind; get word.
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- distribute4/5
distribute
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb distribute or disperse widely
spread.
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- discharged4/5
discharged
- adjective satellite having lost your job
laid-off; pink-slipped; dismissed; fired.
- verb complete or carry out
discharge; complete; dispatch.
- discharge one's duties
- adjective satellite having lost your job
- disagreement4/5
disagreement
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
dissonance; dissension.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; discrepancy; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- distributing4/5
distribute
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb distribute or disperse widely
spread.
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- disclose4/5
disclose
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- verb disclose to view as by removing a cover
expose.
- The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- dismissal4/5
dismissal
- noun a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
judgment of dismissal; judgement of dismissal.
- noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
pink slip; dismission.
- noun a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- dismiss4/5
dismiss
- verb bar from attention or consideration
brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; push aside; disregard.
- She dismissed his advances
- verb cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
throw out.
- This case is dismissed!
- verb bar from attention or consideration
- distinguishes4/5
distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- disclosed4/5
disclosed
- adjective satellite made known (especially something secret or concealed)
- the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
disclose; reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- adjective satellite made known (especially something secret or concealed)
- dissent4/5
dissent
- noun (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion
- noun a difference of opinion
- noun (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- disguise4/5
disguise
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
camouflage.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- discern4/5
discern
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb detect with the senses
- dissolve4/5
dissolve
- noun (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
- verb become weaker
fade away; fade out.
- The sound faded out
- noun (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
- disregard4/5
disregard
- noun lack of attention and due care
neglect.
- noun willful lack of care and attention
neglect.
- noun lack of attention and due care
- distrust4/5
distrust
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
suspicion; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
distrustfulness; mistrust.
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- disturb4/5
disturb
- verb move deeply
upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- verb change the arrangement or position of
raise up; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.
- verb move deeply
- disappears4/5
disappear
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; vanish.
- He disappeared without a trace
- verb become invisible or unnoticeable
go away; vanish.
- The effect vanished when day broke
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
- disciplined4/5
disciplined
- adjective satellite obeying the rules
- verb develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
discipline; train; check; condition.
- Parents must discipline their children
- Is this dog trained?
- adjective satellite obeying the rules
- dispose4/5
dispose
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
- verb throw or cast away
cast aside; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
- Put away your worries
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- dispatch4/5
dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
despatch; communique.
- noun the act of sending off something
despatch; shipment.
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- dissociation4/5
dissociation
- noun the act of removing from association
- noun a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
disassociation.
- noun the act of removing from association
- dispositions4/5
disposition
- noun your usual mood
temperament.
- he has a happy disposition
- noun the act or means of getting rid of something
disposal.
- noun your usual mood
- disappearing4/5
disappearing
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearance.
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; vanish; disappear.
- He disappeared without a trace
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- discriminate4/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- discovers4/5
discover
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
notice; observe; detect; find.
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
- verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
pick up; get a line; see; hear; learn; find out; get wind; get word.
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- dispatched4/5
dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
despatch; communique.
- noun the act of sending off something
despatch; shipment.
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- dissenting4/5
dissenting
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissentient; dissident.
- verb withhold assent
dissent.
- Several Republicans dissented
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
- disintegration4/5
disintegration
- noun in a decomposed state
decomposition.
- noun a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
- a disintegration of personality
- noun in a decomposed state
- disagreed4/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- disagreements4/5
disagreement
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
dissonance; dissension.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; discrepancy; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- disdain4/5
disdain
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
scorn; despite; contempt.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
condescension; patronage.
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- distributors4/5
distributor
- noun someone who markets merchandise
distributer.
- noun a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
allocator.
- noun someone who markets merchandise
- disseminated4/5
disseminate
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb cause to become widely known
- distributor4/5
distributor
- noun someone who markets merchandise
distributer.
- noun a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
allocator.
- noun someone who markets merchandise
- distilled4/5
distil
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
condense; distill.
- water condenses
- The acid distills at a specific temperature
- verb extract by the process of distillation
extract; distill.
- distill the essence of this compound
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- discharges4/5
discharge
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- noun the act of venting
venting.
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- disordered4/5
disordered
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
broken; upset; confused.
- troops fleeing in broken ranks
- a confused mass of papers on the desk
- the small disordered room
- with everything so upset
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- disregarded4/5
disregarded
- adjective satellite not noticed inadvertently
forgotten.
- her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night
- he was scolded for his forgotten chores
- verb refuse to acknowledge
ignore; disregard; cut; snub.
- She cut him dead at the meeting
- adjective satellite not noticed inadvertently
- discerned4/5
discern
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb detect with the senses
- disable4/5
disable
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; incapacitate; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
- dissipated4/5
dissipated
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
debauched; libertine; dissolute; fast; degenerate; degraded; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
- displacements4/5
displacement
- noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
supplanting.
- noun an event in which something is displaced without rotation
shift.
- noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- discriminating4/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- disperse4/5
disperse
- verb distribute loosely
dust; sprinkle; scatter; dot.
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb distribute loosely
- dissolving4/5
dissolving
- noun the process of going into solution
dissolution.
- the dissolving of salt in water
- verb become weaker
dissolve; fade away; fade out.
- The sound faded out
- noun the process of going into solution
- dismissing4/5
dismiss
- verb bar from attention or consideration
brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; push aside; disregard.
- She dismissed his advances
- verb cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
throw out.
- This case is dismissed!
- verb bar from attention or consideration
- distillation4/5
distillation
- noun the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
distillment.
- noun a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
distillate.
- noun the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
- displace4/5
displace
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
- verb take the place of or have precedence over
preempt.
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- disabling4/5
disabling
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
crippling; incapacitating.
- a crippling injury
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
- disciplinary4/5
disciplinary
- adjective relating to discipline in behavior
- disciplinary problems in the classroom
- adjective relating to a specific field of academic study
- economics in its modern disciplinary sense
- adjective relating to discipline in behavior
- distortion4/5
distortion
- noun a change for the worse
deformation.
- noun a shape resulting from distortion
distorted shape.
- noun a change for the worse
- disruption4/5
disruption
- noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
break; interruption; gap.
- it was presented without commercial breaks
- there was a gap in his account
- noun a disorderly outburst or tumult
to-do; disturbance; hurly burly; kerfuffle; commotion; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; flutter.
- they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
- noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- displaying4/5
display
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
show.
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
- noun something shown to the public
exhibit; showing.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
- distorted4/5
distorted
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
deformed; misshapen; ill-shapen; malformed.
- deformed thalidomide babies
- his poor distorted limbs
- an ill-shapen vase
- a limp caused by a malformed foot
- misshapen old fingers
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
- discursive4/5
discursive
- adjective satellite proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
dianoetic.
- adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
excursive; digressive; rambling.
- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
- adjective satellite proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
- discarded4/5
discarded
- adjective satellite thrown away
cast-off; thrown-away; throwaway.
- wearing someone's cast-off clothes
- throwaway children living on the streets
- salvaged some thrown-away furniture
- verb throw or cast away
dispose; cast aside; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
- Put away your worries
- adjective satellite thrown away
- disappearance4/5
disappearance
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearing.
- noun the event of passing out of sight
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- disasters4/5
disaster
- noun a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
catastrophe.
- lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system
- his policies were a disaster
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
tragedy; calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe.
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- noun a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
- disastrous4/5
disastrous
- adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
fatal; calamitous; black; fateful.
- the stock market crashed on Black Friday
- a calamitous defeat
- the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
- such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- a fateful error
- adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- dislike4/5
dislike
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun a feeling of aversion or antipathy
- my dislike of him was instinctive
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
- disks4/5
disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- dissemination4/5
dissemination
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
spreading; airing; public exposure.
- noun the property of being diffused or dispersed
diffusion.
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
- dislocation4/5
dislocation
- noun an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
disruption.
- noun the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
breakdown.
- the social dislocations resulting from government policies
- his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
- noun an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
- discrepancy4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- discriminatory4/5
discriminatory
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
prejudiced.
- a prejudiced judge
- adjective satellite containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
invidious.
- discriminatory attitudes and practices
- invidious comparisons
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
- disadvantaged4/5
disadvantaged
- adjective satellite marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
deprived.
- a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity
- boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour; disadvantage.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- adjective satellite marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
- distraction4/5
distraction
- noun mental turmoil
- he drives me to distraction
- noun an obstacle to attention
- noun mental turmoil
- disguised4/5
disguised
- adjective satellite having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
cloaked; masked.
- hidden agenda
- masked threat
- verb make unrecognizable
disguise; mask.
- The herb masks the garlic taste
- We disguised our faces before robbing the bank
- adjective satellite having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
- disgrace4/5
disgrace
- noun a state of dishonor
shame; ignominy.
- one mistake brought shame to all his family
- suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
dishonour; dishonor; attaint; shame.
- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- noun a state of dishonor
- discontent4/5
discontent
- noun a longing for something better than the present situation
discontentment; discontentedness.
- verb make dissatisfied
- noun a longing for something better than the present situation
- dismay4/5
dismay
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
discouragement; disheartenment.
- noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger
alarm; consternation.
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- distortions4/5
distortion
- noun a change for the worse
deformation.
- noun a shape resulting from distortion
distorted shape.
- noun a change for the worse
- discounts4/5
discount
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
deduction; price reduction.
- noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
bank discount; discount rate.
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- discard4/5
discard
- noun anything that is cast aside or discarded
- noun (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- noun anything that is cast aside or discarded
- discounted4/5
discount
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
deduction; price reduction.
- noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
bank discount; discount rate.
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- disobedience4/5
disobedience
- noun the failure to obey
noncompliance.
- noun the trait of being unwilling to obey
- noun the failure to obey
- disliked4/5
disliked
- adjective regarded with aversion
- he was intensely disliked
- verb have or feel a dislike or distaste for
dislike.
- I really dislike this salesman
- adjective regarded with aversion
- disapproval4/5
disapproval
- noun a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
- noun the expression of disapproval
- noun a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
- dispersal4/5
dispersal
- noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something
dispersion; diffusion; dissemination.
- the dispersion of the troops
- the diffusion of knowledge
- noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something
- disconnected4/5
disconnected
- adjective (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
staccato.
- staccato applause
- a staccato command
- staccato notes
- verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
disconnect; unplug.
- unplug the hair dryer after using it
- adjective (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
- discontinued4/5
discontinued
- adjective stopped permanently or temporarily
- discontinued models
- a discontinued magazine
- a discontinued conversation
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
quit; discontinue; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
- Quit teasing your little brother
- adjective stopped permanently or temporarily
- discrepancies4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- discs4/5
disc
- noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
phonograph recording; platter; phonograph record; record; disk.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disk; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- disclosures4/5
disclosure
- noun the speech act of making something evident
revealing; revelation.
- noun the speech act of making something evident
- disagreeable4/5
disagreeable
- adjective not to your liking
- a disagreeable situation
- adjective satellite unpleasant to interact with
- a disagreeable old man
- adjective not to your liking
- distributive4/5
distributive
- adjective serving to distribute or allot or disperse
- adjective serving to distribute or allot or disperse
- discord4/5
discord
- noun lack of agreement or harmony
strife.
- noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
dissension.
- noun lack of agreement or harmony
- dissimilar4/5
dissimilar
- adjective not similar
- a group of very dissimilar people
- a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm
- their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own
- took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem
- adjective not alike or similar
unalike.
- as unalike as two people could be
- adjective not similar
- discernible4/5
discernible
- adjective perceptible by the senses or intellect
discernable.
- things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause
- the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations
- the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles
- adjective satellite capable of being perceived clearly
- an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible
- adjective perceptible by the senses or intellect
- distort4/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- disarmament4/5
disarmament
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
disarming.
- the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
- discontinuity4/5
discontinuity
- noun lack of connection or continuity
- noun lack of connection or continuity
- dispense4/5
dispense
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- dishonest4/5
dishonest
- adjective deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
dishonorable.
- adjective satellite capable of being corrupted
bribable; purchasable; corruptible; venal.
- corruptible judges
- dishonest politicians
- a purchasable senator
- a venal police officer
- adjective deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
- dislocations4/5
dislocation
- noun an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
disruption.
- noun the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
breakdown.
- the social dislocations resulting from government policies
- his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
- noun an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
- distractions4/5
distraction
- noun mental turmoil
- he drives me to distraction
- noun an obstacle to attention
- noun mental turmoil
- dispensed4/5
dispensed
- adjective satellite distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
- medicines dispensed to the sick
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- adjective satellite distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
- discredit4/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- dispensation4/5
dispensation
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- noun a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- disney4/5
disney
- noun United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Walter Elias Disney; Walt Disney.
- noun United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
- disgust4/5
disgust
- noun strong feelings of dislike
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
- noun strong feelings of dislike
- distracted4/5
distracted
- adjective satellite having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
distrait.
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect; distract.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- adjective satellite having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
- distressed4/5
distressed
- adjective satellite facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
hard put; hard-pressed; in a bad way.
- distressed companies need loans and technical advice
- financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
- we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
- found themselves in a bad way financially
- verb bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
straiten; distress.
- adjective satellite facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
- dissection4/5
dissection
- noun cutting so as to separate into pieces
- noun a minute and critical analysis
- noun cutting so as to separate into pieces
- disparate4/5
disparate
- adjective satellite fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing
- disparate ideas
- adjective satellite including markedly dissimilar elements
- a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
- adjective satellite fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- disruptive4/5
disruptive
- adjective satellite characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
tumultuous; troubled; turbulent; riotous.
- effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive
- riotous times
- these troubled areas
- the tumultuous years of his administration
- a turbulent and unruly childhood
- adjective satellite characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- discretionary4/5
discretionary
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
discretional.
- The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
- adjective satellite (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
- discretionary funds
- discretionary income
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
- disrupt4/5
disrupt
- verb make a break in
interrupt; cut off; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- verb throw into disorder
- This event disrupted the orderly process
- verb make a break in
- disrupted4/5
disrupted
- adjective satellite marked by breaks or gaps
- many routes are unsafe or disrupted
- verb make a break in
interrupt; cut off; disrupt; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- adjective satellite marked by breaks or gaps
- dissatisfied4/5
dissatisfied
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
disgruntled.
- verb fail to satisfy
dissatisfy.
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
- disposable4/5
disposable
- noun an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
- adjective free or available for use or disposition
- every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire
- disposable assets
- noun an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
- disappointing4/5
disappointing
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
unsatisfying; dissatisfactory.
- a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
disappoint; let down.
- Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
- distract4/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- disgusted4/5
disgusted
- adjective satellite having a strong distaste from surfeit
sick of; tired of; fed up; sick.
- grew more and more disgusted
- fed up with their complaints
- sick of it all
- sick to death of flattery
- gossip that makes one sick
- tired of the noise and smoke
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt; disgust.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
- adjective satellite having a strong distaste from surfeit
- diseased4/5
diseased
- adjective satellite caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
pathologic; morbid; pathological.
- diseased tonsils
- a morbid growth
- pathologic tissue
- pathological bodily processes
- adjective satellite caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
- discreet4/5
discreet
- adjective marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
- his trusted discreet aide
- a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace
- adjective satellite unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
discerning.
- a discerning editor
- a discreet silence
- adjective marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
- disgusting4/5
disgusting
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt; disgust.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- distressing4/5
distressing
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressful; perturbing; troubling; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- verb bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
straiten; distress.
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
- distinguishable4/5
distinguishable
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom
- a project distinguishable into four stages of progress
- distinguishable differences between the twins
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
distinct.
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- discontinuous4/5
discontinuous
- adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
noncontinuous.
- discontinuous applause
- the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
- he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling
- adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- disconnect4/5
disconnect
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
disconnection; gulf.
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
- verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
unplug.
- unplug the hair dryer after using it
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
- dissatisfaction4/5
dissatisfaction
- noun the feeling of being displeased and discontent
- he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received
- noun the feeling of being displeased and discontent
- disparity4/5
disparity
- noun inequality or difference in some respect
- noun inequality or difference in some respect
- disparities4/5
disparity
- noun inequality or difference in some respect
- noun inequality or difference in some respect
- dismal4/5
dismal
- adjective satellite causing dejection
blue; dingy; drear; disconsolate; dreary; dark; gloomy; drab; sorry; grim.
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- adjective satellite causing dejection
- disinterested4/5
disinterested
- adjective satellite unaffected by self-interest
- adjective satellite unaffected by self-interest
- displeasure4/5
displeasure
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- disproportionate4/5
disproportionate
- adjective out of proportion
disproportional.
- adjective satellite not proportionate
- adjective out of proportion
- disproportionately4/5
disproportionately
- adverb out of proportion
- this wall is disproportionately long
- adverb to a disproportionate degree
- his benefits were disproportionately generous
- adverb out of proportion
- dist4/5
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- diss3/5
diss
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
affront; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
Orcus; Dis.
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
- disputing3/5
dispute
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference of opinion; difference; conflict.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
- noun coming into conflict with
contravention.
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
- dissenters3/5
dissenter
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
contestant; objector; dissident; protester.
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
- dismantling3/5
dismantling
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
dismantlement; disassembly.
- Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; dismantle; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
- disrespect3/5
disrespect
- noun an expression of lack of respect
discourtesy.
- noun a disrespectful mental attitude
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- dissident3/5
dissident
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
contestant; objector; dissenter; protester.
- adjective satellite characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
heterodox; heretical.
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
- dissidents3/5
dissident
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
contestant; objector; dissenter; protester.
- adjective satellite characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
heterodox; heretical.
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
- discipleship3/5
discipleship
- noun the position of disciple
- noun the position of disciple
- discourages3/5
discourage
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- dispossession3/5
dispossession
- noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
legal ouster; eviction.
- noun freeing from evil spirits
exorcism.
- noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
- disputation3/5
disputation
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
public debate; debate.
- noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
contestation; contention; arguing; tilt; argument; controversy; disceptation.
- they were involved in a violent argument
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- disassembly3/5
disassembly
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
dismantling; dismantlement.
- Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
- disputants3/5
disputant
- noun a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
eristic; controversialist.
- noun a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- discomforts3/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- discerning3/5
discerning
- adjective having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
- a discerning critic
- a discerning reader
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- adjective having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
- dissolves3/5
dissolve
- noun (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
- verb become weaker
fade away; fade out.
- The sound faded out
- noun (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
- discriminated3/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- disclosing3/5
disclose
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- verb disclose to view as by removing a cover
expose.
- The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- disseminate3/5
disseminate
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb cause to become widely known
- discharging3/5
discharge
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- noun the act of venting
venting.
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- dismantled3/5
dismantled
- adjective satellite torn down and broken up
demolished; razed.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; dismantle; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- adjective satellite torn down and broken up
- disapproved3/5
disapprove
- verb consider bad or wrong
- verb deem wrong or inappropriate
reject.
- I disapprove of her child rearing methods
- verb consider bad or wrong
- disorderly3/5
disorderly
- adjective undisciplined and unruly
- disorderly youths
- disorderly conduct
- adjective satellite in utter disorder
topsy-turvy; jumbled; higgledy-piggledy; hugger-mugger.
- a disorderly pile of clothes
- adjective undisciplined and unruly
- disqualified3/5
disqualified
- adjective satellite disqualified by law or rule or provision
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective satellite disqualified by law or rule or provision
- disclaimer3/5
disclaimer
- noun (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
- noun denial of any connection with or knowledge of
disavowal.
- noun (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
- distributes3/5
distribute
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb distribute or disperse widely
spread.
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- dishonesty3/5
dishonesty
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
knavery.
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- disposing3/5
dispose
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
- verb throw or cast away
cast aside; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
- Put away your worries
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- disraeli3/5
disraeli
- noun British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
Benjamin Disraeli; First Earl of Beaconsfield.
- noun British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
- dissipate3/5
dissipate
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb move away from each other;
scatter; disperse; spread out.
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
- disarray3/5
disarray
- noun a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
confusion; confusedness; mental confusion; muddiness.
- a confusion of impressions
- noun untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
disorderliness.
- noun a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
- discloses3/5
disclose
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- verb disclose to view as by removing a cover
expose.
- The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- disregarding3/5
disregarding
- adverb in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
irrespective; regardless; no matter; disregardless.
- he carried on regardless of the difficulties
- verb refuse to acknowledge
ignore; disregard; cut; snub.
- She cut him dead at the meeting
- adverb in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
- dispatches3/5
dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
despatch; communique.
- noun the act of sending off something
despatch; shipment.
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- disseminating3/5
disseminate
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb cause to become widely known
- displacing3/5
displace
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
- verb take the place of or have precedence over
preempt.
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- disengagement3/5
disengagement
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
detachment.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
fallback; pullout.
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- dispossessed3/5
dispossessed
- adjective satellite physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
roofless; homeless.
- made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
dispossess.
- adjective satellite physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
- disintegrated3/5
disintegrate
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
- verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- dismantle3/5
dismantle
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; break apart; disassemble.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- disciplining3/5
discipline
- noun a branch of knowledge
subject field; field of study; study; subject area; field; bailiwick; subject.
- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
- noun a system of rules of conduct or method of practice;
- he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine
- for such a plan to work requires discipline
- noun a branch of knowledge
- disapprove3/5
disapprove
- verb consider bad or wrong
- verb deem wrong or inappropriate
reject.
- I disapprove of her child rearing methods
- verb consider bad or wrong
- dismisses3/5
dismiss
- verb bar from attention or consideration
brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; push aside; disregard.
- She dismissed his advances
- verb cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
throw out.
- This case is dismissed!
- verb bar from attention or consideration
- disinfection3/5
disinfection
- noun treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms
- noun treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms
- disarmed3/5
disarm
- verb remove offensive capability from
demilitarise; demilitarize.
- verb make less hostile; win over
- Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely
- verb remove offensive capability from
- disguises3/5
disguise
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
camouflage.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- disaffected3/5
disaffected
- adjective satellite discontented as toward authority
malcontent; ill-affected; rebellious.
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; alienate; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- adjective satellite discontented as toward authority
- disarm3/5
disarm
- verb remove offensive capability from
demilitarise; demilitarize.
- verb make less hostile; win over
- Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely
- verb remove offensive capability from
- discoverer3/5
discoverer
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
artificer; inventor.
- noun someone who is the first to observe something
spotter; finder.
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
- disagrees3/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- disorganization3/5
disorganization
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
disarrangement; disorganisation.
- noun the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion
disorganisation.
- the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
- disturbs3/5
disturb
- verb move deeply
upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- verb change the arrangement or position of
raise up; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.
- verb move deeply
- disfigured3/5
disfigured
- adjective satellite having the appearance spoiled
- a disfigured face
- strip mining left a disfigured landscape
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish; disfigure.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- adjective satellite having the appearance spoiled
- disuse3/5
disuse
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
neglect.
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
- disintegrate3/5
disintegrate
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
- verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- dispersing3/5
disperse
- verb distribute loosely
dust; sprinkle; scatter; dot.
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb distribute loosely
- disintegrating3/5
disintegrate
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
- verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- distrusted3/5
distrust
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
suspicion; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
distrustfulness; mistrust.
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- disapproving3/5
disapproving
- adjective satellite expressing or manifesting disapproval
- verb consider bad or wrong
disapprove.
- adjective satellite expressing or manifesting disapproval
- dissimilarity3/5
dissimilarity
- noun the quality of being dissimilar
unsimilarity.
- noun the quality of being dissimilar
- distention3/5
distention
- noun the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
distension; dilatation.
- noun the act of expanding by pressure from within
distension.
- noun the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
- displaces3/5
displace
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
- verb take the place of or have precedence over
preempt.
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- disarming3/5
disarming
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
disarmament.
- the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete
- verb remove offensive capability from
demilitarise; disarm; demilitarize.
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
- distally3/5
distally
- adverb far from the center
- the bronchus is situated distally
- adverb far from the center
- dispatching3/5
dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
despatch; communique.
- noun the act of sending off something
despatch; shipment.
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- disqualify3/5
disqualify
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- verb declare unfit
- She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
- disposes3/5
dispose
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
- verb throw or cast away
cast aside; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
- Put away your worries
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- disdained3/5
disdain
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
scorn; despite; contempt.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
condescension; patronage.
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- distension3/5
distension
- noun the act of expanding by pressure from within
distention.
- noun the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
dilatation; distention.
- noun the act of expanding by pressure from within
- disagreeing3/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- dissented3/5
dissent
- noun (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion
- noun a difference of opinion
- noun (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- dispersions3/5
dispersion
- noun spreading widely or driving off
scattering.
- noun the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
distribution.
- worldwide in distribution
- the distribution of nerve fibers
- in complementary distribution
- noun spreading widely or driving off
- dismissals3/5
dismissal
- noun a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
judgment of dismissal; judgement of dismissal.
- noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
pink slip; dismission.
- noun a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- distilling3/5
distil
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
condense; distill.
- water condenses
- The acid distills at a specific temperature
- verb extract by the process of distillation
extract; distill.
- distill the essence of this compound
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- disregards3/5
disregard
- noun lack of attention and due care
neglect.
- noun willful lack of care and attention
neglect.
- noun lack of attention and due care
- distemper3/5
distemper
- noun any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- noun an angry and disagreeable mood
ill humor; ill humour.
- noun any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- dissonance3/5
dissonance
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
disagreement; dissension.
- noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
racket; noise.
- modern music is just noise to me
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- discredited3/5
discredited
- adjective satellite being unjustly brought into disrepute
damaged.
- a discredited politician
- her damaged reputation
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
discredit.
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- adjective satellite being unjustly brought into disrepute
- discernment3/5
discernment
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
apprehension; savvy; understanding.
- he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
- noun delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
taste; appreciation; perceptiveness.
- arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
- to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- disorganized3/5
disorganized
- adjective lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
disorganised.
- a disorganized enterprise
- a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose
- she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate
- verb remove the organization from
disorganise; disorganize.
- adjective lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
- distinctiveness3/5
distinctiveness
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; speciality; specialty; specialness.
- noun utter dissimilarity
disparateness.
- noun a distinguishing trait
- dispensing3/5
dispense
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- dismayed3/5
dismayed
- adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
appalled; aghast; shocked.
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- disruptions3/5
disruption
- noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
break; interruption; gap.
- it was presented without commercial breaks
- there was a gap in his account
- noun a disorderly outburst or tumult
to-do; disturbance; hurly burly; kerfuffle; commotion; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; flutter.
- they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
- noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- distaste3/5
distaste
- noun a feeling of intense dislike
aversion; antipathy.
- noun a feeling of intense dislike
- dispel3/5
dispel
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
turn back; drive out; drive away; chase away; drive off; run off.
- Drive away potential burglars
- drive away bad thoughts
- dispel doubts
- The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- discounting3/5
discount
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
deduction; price reduction.
- noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
bank discount; discount rate.
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- distancing3/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- distraught3/5
distraught
- adjective satellite deeply agitated especially from emotion
overwrought.
- distraught with grief
- adjective satellite deeply agitated especially from emotion
- discontinue3/5
discontinue
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
quit; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
- Quit teasing your little brother
- verb come to or be at an end
- the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
- distanced3/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- distorting3/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- disco3/5
disco
- noun popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
disco music.
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
discotheque.
- noun popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
- discontinuities3/5
discontinuity
- noun lack of connection or continuity
- noun lack of connection or continuity
- dislikes3/5
dislike
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun a feeling of aversion or antipathy
- my dislike of him was instinctive
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
- dissected3/5
dissected
- adjective satellite having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
cleft.
- verb cut open or cut apart
dissect.
- dissect the bodies for analysis
- adjective satellite having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
- disconcerting3/5
disconcerting
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
upsetting.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
- dissociated3/5
dissociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb regard as unconnected
decouple.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb part; cease or break association with
- discarding3/5
discard
- noun anything that is cast aside or discarded
- noun (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- noun anything that is cast aside or discarded
- disqualification3/5
disqualification
- noun unfitness that bars you from participation
- noun the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
- noun unfitness that bars you from participation
- disjunction3/5
disjunction
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disconnectedness; disjuncture.
- noun the act of breaking a connection
disconnection.
- noun state of being disconnected
- discouragement3/5
discouragement
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
dismay; disheartenment.
- noun the expression of opposition and disapproval
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- dissuade3/5
dissuade
- verb turn away from by persuasion
deter.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb turn away from by persuasion
- disgraced3/5
disgraced
- adjective satellite suffering shame
discredited; dishonored; shamed.
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; attaint; shame.
- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- adjective satellite suffering shame
- discontented3/5
discontented
- adjective showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
discontent.
- saw many discontent faces in the room
- was discontented with his position
- verb make dissatisfied
discontent.
- adjective showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
- disequilibrium3/5
disequilibrium
- noun loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
- noun loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
- dissension3/5
dissension
- noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
discord.
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
dissonance; disagreement.
- noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- disengaged3/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- dishonor3/5
dishonor
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonour.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonour.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- disbursements3/5
disbursement
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
expense; disbursal.
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
spending; outlay; disbursal.
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- dislocated3/5
dislocated
- adjective satellite separated at the joint
disjointed; separated.
- a dislocated knee
- a separated shoulder
- verb move out of position
splay; dislocate; slip; luxate.
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
- adjective satellite separated at the joint
- disobey3/5
disobey
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- dissecting3/5
dissect
- verb cut open or cut apart
- dissect the bodies for analysis
- verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
take apart; analyze; analyse; break down.
- analyze a specimen
- analyze a sentence
- analyze a chemical compound
- verb cut open or cut apart
- dissertations3/5
dissertation
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
thesis.
- noun a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
- dispelled3/5
dispel
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
turn back; drive out; drive away; chase away; drive off; run off.
- Drive away potential burglars
- drive away bad thoughts
- dispel doubts
- The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- dislodge3/5
dislodge
- verb remove or force out from a position
free.
- The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
- verb change place or direction
reposition; shift.
- Shift one's position
- verb remove or force out from a position
- distorts3/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- dispatcher3/5
dispatcher
- noun the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
starter.
- noun employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- noun the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- disloyal3/5
disloyal
- adjective showing lack of love for your country
unpatriotic.
- adjective deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
- disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers
- adjective showing lack of love for your country
- distended3/5
distend
- verb become wider
dilate.
- His pupils were dilated
- verb cause to expand as it by internal pressure
- The gas distended the animal's body
- verb become wider
- disallowed3/5
disallow
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- disconnection3/5
disconnection
- noun state of being disconnected
disjunction; disconnectedness; disjuncture.
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
disconnect; gulf.
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
- noun state of being disconnected
- discoloration3/5
discoloration
- noun a soiled or discolored appearance
discolouration; stain.
- the wine left a dark stain
- noun the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded
discolouration.
- noun a soiled or discolored appearance
- disjointed3/5
disjointed
- adjective satellite lacking orderly continuity
disordered; disconnected; garbled; scattered; confused; unconnected; illogical.
- a confused set of instructions
- a confused dream about the end of the world
- disconnected fragments of a story
- scattered thoughts
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- adjective satellite lacking orderly continuity
- disjoint3/5
disjoint
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb separate at the joints
disarticulate.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disaffection3/5
disaffection
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
estrangement; alienation.
- noun disloyalty to the government or to established authority
- the widespread disaffection of the troops
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
- disparaging3/5
disparaging
- adjective satellite expressive of low opinion
derogatory; derogative.
- derogatory comments
- disparaging remarks about the new house
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; disparage; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- adjective satellite expressive of low opinion
- dissociate3/5
dissociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb regard as unconnected
decouple.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disinfectant3/5
disinfectant
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
germicide; antimicrobial; antimicrobic.
- adjective satellite preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
germicidal; bactericidal.
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
- dissect3/5
dissect
- verb cut open or cut apart
- dissect the bodies for analysis
- verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
take apart; analyze; analyse; break down.
- analyze a specimen
- analyze a sentence
- analyze a chemical compound
- verb cut open or cut apart
- distinctness3/5
distinctness
- noun the quality of being sharp and clear
sharpness.
- noun the state of being several and distinct
discreteness; severalty; separateness.
- noun the quality of being sharp and clear
- dispersive3/5
dispersive
- adjective satellite spreading by diffusion
diffusive; diffusing; disseminative.
- adjective satellite spreading by diffusion
- dislodged3/5
dislodge
- verb remove or force out from a position
free.
- The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
- verb change place or direction
reposition; shift.
- Shift one's position
- verb remove or force out from a position
- disbursement3/5
disbursement
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
expense; disbursal.
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
spending; outlay; disbursal.
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- disconcerted3/5
disconcerted
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
discombobulated.
- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
- looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- disobeyed3/5
disobey
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- disentangle3/5
disentangle
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; extricate.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb extricate from entanglement
straighten out; unsnarl.
- Can you disentangle the cord?
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- disengage3/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- disquieting3/5
disquieting
- adjective satellite causing mental discomfort
- the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite causing mental discomfort
- dishonour3/5
dishonour
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonor.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonor.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- disheartened3/5
disheartened
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
demoralized; demoralised; discouraged.
- desperate demoralized people looking for work
- felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
- the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off; dishearten.
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
- disclaim3/5
disclaim
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- verb make a disclaimer about
- He disclaimed any responsibility
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- disembarked3/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- dismemberment3/5
dismemberment
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
taking apart.
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
- disguising3/5
disguise
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
camouflage.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- dismembered3/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- dissolute3/5
dissolute
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
debauched; libertine; fast; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
- disdainful3/5
disdainful
- adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
scornful; insulting; contemptuous.
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
- disingenuous3/5
disingenuous
- adjective not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
artful.
- an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine
- a disingenuous excuse
- adjective not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
- dissonant3/5
dissonant
- adjective satellite characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
unresolved.
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony
disharmonious; discordant; inharmonic.
- adjective satellite characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- discards3/5
discard
- noun anything that is cast aside or discarded
- noun (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- noun anything that is cast aside or discarded
- discriminations3/5
discrimination
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
favouritism; favoritism.
- noun the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
secernment.
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
- disowned3/5
disown
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disinherit.
- verb cast off
repudiate; renounce.
- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- discriminative3/5
discriminative
- adjective satellite capable of making fine distinctions
discriminatory.
- adjective satellite expressing careful judgment
judicial.
- discriminative censure
- a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
- adjective satellite capable of making fine distinctions
- dissuaded3/5
dissuade
- verb turn away from by persuasion
deter.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb turn away from by persuasion
- disappearances3/5
disappearance
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearing.
- noun the event of passing out of sight
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- disparage3/5
disparage
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb express a negative opinion of
- distracting3/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- dismounted3/5
dismount
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; unhorse; get off; get down.
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- disillusionment3/5
disillusionment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disenchantment; disillusion.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- disrupting3/5
disrupt
- verb make a break in
interrupt; cut off; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- verb throw into disorder
- This event disrupted the orderly process
- verb make a break in
- displeased3/5
displeased
- adjective not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure
- verb give displeasure to
displease.
- adjective not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure
- disappoint3/5
disappoint
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
let down.
- Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
- disbanded3/5
disband
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- the principal disbanded the political student organization
- verb stop functioning or cohering as a unit
dissolve.
- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- disembodied3/5
disembodied
- adjective satellite not having a material body
unbodied; discorporate; unembodied; bodiless.
- bodiless ghosts
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
disembody.
- adjective satellite not having a material body
- discordant3/5
discordant
- adjective not in agreement or harmony
- views discordant with present-day ideas
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony
disharmonious; dissonant; inharmonic.
- adjective not in agreement or harmony
- disgruntled3/5
disgruntled
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
dissatisfied.
- verb put into a bad mood or into bad humour
disgruntle.
- The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
- distasteful3/5
distasteful
- adjective satellite not pleasing in odor or taste
unsavoury; unsavory.
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- adjective satellite not pleasing in odor or taste
- disgraceful3/5
disgraceful
- adjective satellite giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
shocking; shameful; scandalous.
- scandalous behavior
- the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- the most shocking book of its time
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
opprobrious; ignominious; shameful; inglorious; black.
- Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- an ignominious retreat
- inglorious defeat
- an opprobrious monument to human greed
- a shameful display of cowardice
- adjective satellite giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
- dissociative3/5
dissociative
- adjective satellite tending to produce dissociation
- adjective satellite tending to produce dissociation
- dismissive3/5
dismissive
- adjective satellite showing indifference or disregard
- a dismissive shrug
- the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product
- 'chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term 'housewife syndrome'
- adjective satellite stopping to associate with
- they took dismissive action after the third violation
- adjective satellite showing indifference or disregard
- disoriented3/5
disoriented
- adjective satellite having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
confused; lost.
- I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
- the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate; disorient.
- adjective satellite having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- disorientation3/5
disorientation
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
freak out.
- noun confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction
- his disorientation was the result of inattention
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
- disrupts3/5
disrupt
- verb make a break in
interrupt; cut off; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- verb throw into disorder
- This event disrupted the orderly process
- verb make a break in
- disrespectful3/5
disrespectful
- adjective exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
- remarks disrespectful of the law
- disrespectful in the presence of his parents
- disrespectful toward his teacher
- adjective satellite neither feeling nor showing respect
awless; aweless.
- adjective exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
- disprove3/5
disprove
- verb prove to be false
confute.
- The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
- verb prove to be false
- disenfranchised3/5
disenfranchised
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise; disenfranchise.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- discontinuation3/5
discontinuation
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
discontinuance.
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
- disobedient3/5
disobedient
- adjective not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- disobedient children
- adjective satellite unwilling to submit to authority
unruly.
- unruly teenagers
- adjective not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- disloyalty3/5
disloyalty
- noun the quality of being disloyal
- noun the quality of being disloyal
- discontents3/5
discontent
- noun a longing for something better than the present situation
discontentment; discontentedness.
- verb make dissatisfied
- noun a longing for something better than the present situation
- disenchantment3/5
disenchantment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disillusion; disillusionment.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- disreputable3/5
disreputable
- adjective lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
- adjective lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
- disheveled3/5
disheveled
- adjective satellite in disarray; extremely disorderly
tousled; frowzled; rumpled; dishevelled.
- her clothing was disheveled
- powder-smeared and frowzled
- a rumpled unmade bed
- a bed with tousled sheets
- his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers
- verb disarrange or rumple; dishevel
tousle; dishevel; tangle.
- The strong wind tousled my hair
- adjective satellite in disarray; extremely disorderly
- disjunctive3/5
disjunctive
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- disenchanted3/5
disenchanted
- adjective freed from enchantment
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective freed from enchantment
- disquiet3/5
disquiet
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
anxiousness.
- noun the trait of seeming ill at ease
uneasiness; unease.
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
- disinterest3/5
disinterest
- noun tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement
neutrality.
- noun tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement
- dispenser3/5
dispenser
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- noun a person who dispenses
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- disadvantageous3/5
disadvantageous
- adjective constituting a disadvantage
- adjective constituting a disadvantage
- dispensary3/5
dispensary
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- distrustful3/5
distrustful
- adjective having or showing distrust
- a man of distrustful nature
- my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo
- vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
- adjective having or showing distrust
- disharmony3/5
disharmony
- noun a lack of harmony
inharmoniousness.
- noun a lack of harmony
- disproved3/5
disprove
- verb prove to be false
confute.
- The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
- verb prove to be false
- disunity3/5
disunity
- noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
- noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
- dismount3/5
dismount
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; unhorse; get off; get down.
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- disbursed3/5
disburse
- verb expend, as from a fund
pay out.
- verb expend, as from a fund
- discoverable3/5
discoverable
- adjective satellite capable of being ascertained or found out
ascertainable.
- ascertainable facts
- adjective satellite capable of being ascertained or found out
- disinclined3/5
disinclined
- adjective unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
- disinclined to say anything to anybody
- verb make unwilling
indispose; disincline.
- adjective unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
- disavowal3/5
disavowal
- noun denial of any connection with or knowledge of
disclaimer.
- noun denial of any connection with or knowledge of
- disappointments3/5
disappointment
- noun a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
letdown.
- his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment
- noun an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
dashing hopes.
- noun a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
- distinctively3/5
distinctively
- adverb in an identifiably distinctive manner
- the distinctively conservative district of the county
- adverb in an identifiably distinctive manner
- disillusioned3/5
disillusioned
- adjective satellite freed from illusion
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective satellite freed from illusion
- discreetly3/5
discreetly
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
- I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
- distributional3/5
distributional
- adjective of or relating to spatial distribution
- distributional requirements
- adjective of or relating to spatial distribution
- disneyland3/5
disneyland
- noun an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney
- noun an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney
- dishwasher3/5
dishwasher
- noun a machine for washing dishes
dish washer; dishwashing machine.
- noun someone who washes dishes
- noun a machine for washing dishes
- dispassionate3/5
dispassionate
- adjective satellite unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
cold-eyed.
- a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact
- adjective satellite unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
- distantly3/5
distantly
- adverb from or at a distance
- dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness
- adverb from or at a distance
- discriminant3/5
discriminant
(Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant .
- disulfide3/5
disulfide
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- dispositional3/5
dispositional
Pertaining to disposition.
- disord3/5
disord
Disorder. Obs. Holland.
- disaggregated3/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- dissipative3/5
dissipative
Tending to dissipate.
- disused2/5
disused
- adjective satellite no longer in use
obsolete.
- obsolete words
- adjective satellite no longer in use
- dissenter2/5
dissenter
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
contestant; objector; dissident; protester.
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
- disputations2/5
disputation
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
public debate; debate.
- noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
contestation; contention; arguing; tilt; argument; controversy; disceptation.
- they were involved in a violent argument
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- discriminator2/5
discriminator
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
differentiator.
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
- disposals2/5
disposal
- noun the power to use something or someone
- used all the resources at his disposal
- noun a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
administration.
- noun the power to use something or someone
- disrespected2/5
disrespect
- noun an expression of lack of respect
discourtesy.
- noun a disrespectful mental attitude
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- disputant2/5
disputant
- noun a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
eristic; controversialist.
- noun a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- dismantlement2/5
dismantlement
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
dismantling; disassembly.
- Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
- disputatious2/5
disputatious
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
combative; contentious; litigious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- disrespecting2/5
disrespect
- noun an expression of lack of respect
discourtesy.
- noun a disrespectful mental attitude
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- discriminators2/5
discriminator
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
differentiator.
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
- discriminates2/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- disclaimers2/5
disclaimer
- noun (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
- noun denial of any connection with or knowledge of
disavowal.
- noun (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
- disrepair2/5
disrepair
- noun in need of repairs
- noun in need of repairs
- discolored2/5
discolor
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- The painting discolored
- verb cause to lose or change color
- The detergent discolored my shirts
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- dissipating2/5
dissipate
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb move away from each other;
scatter; disperse; spread out.
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
- dissipates2/5
dissipate
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb move away from each other;
scatter; disperse; spread out.
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
- disables2/5
disable
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; incapacitate; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
- discerns2/5
discern
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb detect with the senses
- disassembled2/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- distill2/5
distill
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; purify; sublimate.
- purify the water
- verb undergo the process of distillation
distil.
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- disapprobation2/5
disapprobation
- noun an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
condemnation.
- his uncompromising condemnation of racism
- noun an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
- discoverers2/5
discoverer
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
artificer; inventor.
- noun someone who is the first to observe something
spotter; finder.
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
- disapproves2/5
disapprove
- verb consider bad or wrong
- verb deem wrong or inappropriate
reject.
- I disapprove of her child rearing methods
- verb consider bad or wrong
- dissimilarities2/5
dissimilarity
- noun the quality of being dissimilar
unsimilarity.
- noun the quality of being dissimilar
- discomfited2/5
discomfited
- noun people who are defeated
defeated.
- the Romans had no pity for the defeated
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; disconcert; discomfit.
- noun people who are defeated
- disintegrates2/5
disintegrate
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
- verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- disfiguring2/5
disfigure
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
- disassemble2/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- disqualifying2/5
disqualifying
- adjective depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
disabling.
- certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
- disperses2/5
disperse
- verb distribute loosely
dust; sprinkle; scatter; dot.
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb distribute loosely
- discoursed2/5
discourse
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- noun an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
preaching; sermon.
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- discoursing2/5
discourse
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- noun an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
preaching; sermon.
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- dissembling2/5
dissembling
- noun pretending with intention to deceive
pretence; pretense; feigning.
- noun the act of deceiving
deceit; dissimulation; deception.
- noun pretending with intention to deceive
- disjunct2/5
disjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- adjective satellite having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- dissents2/5
dissent
- noun (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion
- noun a difference of opinion
- noun (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- disseminates2/5
disseminate
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb cause to become widely known
- dissemble2/5
dissemble
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; feign; pretend; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
- verb hide under a false appearance
mask; cloak.
- He masked his disappointment
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
- distaff2/5
distaff
- noun the sphere of work by women
- noun the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
- noun the sphere of work by women
- disputable2/5
disputable
- adjective satellite capable of being disproved
debatable.
- adjective satellite open to argument or debate
moot; arguable; debatable.
- that is a moot question
- adjective satellite capable of being disproved
- disdaining2/5
disdain
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
scorn; despite; contempt.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
condescension; patronage.
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- disassociation2/5
disassociation
- noun the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
- I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife
- noun a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
dissociation.
- noun the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
- disfigure2/5
disfigure
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
- disdains2/5
disdain
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
scorn; despite; contempt.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
condescension; patronage.
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- distrusting2/5
distrust
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
suspicion; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
distrustfulness; mistrust.
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- dissociations2/5
dissociation
- noun the act of removing from association
- noun a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
disassociation.
- noun the act of removing from association
- disqualifies2/5
disqualify
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- verb declare unfit
- She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
- disbelievers2/5
disbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
nonbeliever; unbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- discourtesy2/5
discourtesy
- noun an expression of lack of respect
disrespect.
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
rudeness.
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- distrusts2/5
distrust
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
suspicion; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
distrustfulness; mistrust.
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- disassembling2/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- disorganisation2/5
disorganisation
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
disarrangement; disorganization.
- noun the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion
disorganization.
- the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
- discolor2/5
discolor
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- The painting discolored
- verb cause to lose or change color
- The detergent discolored my shirts
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- disbarment2/5
disbarment
- noun the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
- noun the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
- disconfirming2/5
disconfirming
- adjective not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
negative.
- the HIV test was negative
- adjective satellite establishing as invalid or untrue
invalidating.
- adjective not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
- disgorgement2/5
disgorgement
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
emesis; puking; vomiting; vomit; regurgitation.
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- dissembled2/5
dissemble
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; feign; pretend; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
- verb hide under a false appearance
mask; cloak.
- He masked his disappointment
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
- disordering2/5
disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
upset.
- the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
- everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
disorderliness.
- the files are in complete disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
- distills2/5
distill
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; purify; sublimate.
- purify the water
- verb undergo the process of distillation
distil.
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- distempers2/5
distemper
- noun any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- noun an angry and disagreeable mood
ill humor; ill humour.
- noun any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- dissolutions2/5
dissolution
- noun separation into component parts
disintegration.
- noun the process of going into solution
dissolving.
- the dissolving of salt in water
- noun separation into component parts
- dismantles2/5
dismantle
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; break apart; disassemble.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- disarms2/5
disarm
- verb remove offensive capability from
demilitarise; demilitarize.
- verb make less hostile; win over
- Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely
- verb remove offensive capability from
- dissimulation2/5
dissimulation
- noun the act of deceiving
deceit; deception; dissembling.
- noun the act of deceiving
- distillery2/5
distillery
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
still.
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- disbelieve2/5
disbelieve
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit.
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
- discontinuing2/5
discontinue
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
quit; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
- Quit teasing your little brother
- verb come to or be at an end
- the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
- discrediting2/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- disservice2/5
disservice
- noun an act intended to help that turns out badly
ill turn; ill service.
- he did them a disservice
- noun an act intended to help that turns out badly
- disobeying2/5
disobey
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- dissensions2/5
dissension
- noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
discord.
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
dissonance; disagreement.
- noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- disheartening2/5
disheartening
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralizing; demoralising; dispiriting.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off; dishearten.
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
- dishonorable2/5
dishonorable
- adjective lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
dishonourable.
- dishonorable in thought and deed
- adjective deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
dishonest.
- adjective lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
- disparaged2/5
disparage
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb express a negative opinion of
- disallow2/5
disallow
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- discernable2/5
discernable
- adjective perceptible by the senses or intellect
discernible.
- things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause
- the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations
- the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles
- adjective perceptible by the senses or intellect
- disinfectants2/5
disinfectant
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
germicide; antimicrobial; antimicrobic.
- adjective satellite preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
germicidal; bactericidal.
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
- dispenses2/5
dispense
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- disbelieving2/5
disbelieving
- adjective satellite denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
skeptical; unbelieving; sceptical.
- a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
disbelieve; discredit.
- adjective satellite denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
- discrepant2/5
discrepant
- adjective satellite not compatible with other facts
incompatible.
- adjective satellite not in agreement
inconsistent.
- adjective satellite not compatible with other facts
- disfigurement2/5
disfigurement
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; deformity.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
disfiguration; defacement.
- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
- dispensations2/5
dispensation
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- noun a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- disown2/5
disown
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disinherit.
- verb cast off
repudiate; renounce.
- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- disclaimed2/5
disclaim
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- verb make a disclaimer about
- He disclaimed any responsibility
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- disenfranchisement2/5
disenfranchisement
- noun the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- noun the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- disembark2/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- disinformation2/5
disinformation
- noun misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)
- noun misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)
- dispelling2/5
dispel
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
turn back; drive out; drive away; chase away; drive off; run off.
- Drive away potential burglars
- drive away bad thoughts
- dispel doubts
- The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- disfavor2/5
disfavor
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavour.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
dislike; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- discography2/5
discography
- noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
- noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
- displeasing2/5
displeasing
- adjective causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
- verb give displeasure to
displease.
- adjective causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
- distillate2/5
distillate
- noun a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
distillation.
- noun a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
- dissociates2/5
dissociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb regard as unconnected
decouple.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disliking2/5
dislike
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun a feeling of aversion or antipathy
- my dislike of him was instinctive
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
- disjuncture2/5
disjuncture
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disconnectedness.
- noun state of being disconnected
- disinfected2/5
disinfect
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- disinfect a wound
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- dished2/5
dished
- adjective satellite shaped like a dish or pan
patelliform; dish-shaped.
- verb provide (usually but not necessarily food)
dish; dish out; serve up; serve; dish up.
- We serve meals for the homeless
- She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
- The entertainers served up a lively show
- adjective satellite shaped like a dish or pan
- dissidence2/5
dissidence
- noun disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
- noun disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
- disentangled2/5
disentangled
- adjective satellite straightened out
unsnarled; loosened.
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- adjective satellite straightened out
- disestablishment2/5
disestablishment
- noun the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England
- noun the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England
- disentangling2/5
disentangle
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; extricate.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb extricate from entanglement
straighten out; unsnarl.
- Can you disentangle the cord?
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- discordance2/5
discordance
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
discord.
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
discord.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- discoloured2/5
discolour
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
color; discolor; colour.
- The shirts discolored
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
- disassociate2/5
disassociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disquisition2/5
disquisition
- noun an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
- noun an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
- dishwashing2/5
dishwashing
- noun the act of washing dishes
washup.
- noun the act of washing dishes
- disengaging2/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- dislodging2/5
dislodge
- verb remove or force out from a position
free.
- The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
- verb change place or direction
reposition; shift.
- Shift one's position
- verb remove or force out from a position
- discos2/5
disco
- noun popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
disco music.
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
discotheque.
- noun popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
- disablement2/5
disablement
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
handicap; impairment; disability.
- reading disability
- hearing impairment
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- disorganised2/5
disorganised
- adjective lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
disorganized.
- a disorganized enterprise
- a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose
- she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate
- verb remove the organization from
disorganise; disorganize.
- adjective lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
- disinfect2/5
disinfect
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- disinfect a wound
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- dispels2/5
dispel
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
turn back; drive out; drive away; chase away; drive off; run off.
- Drive away potential burglars
- drive away bad thoughts
- dispel doubts
- The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- disembarking2/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- discords2/5
discord
- noun lack of agreement or harmony
strife.
- noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
dissension.
- noun lack of agreement or harmony
- disbelieved2/5
disbelieve
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit.
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
- dissociating2/5
dissociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb regard as unconnected
decouple.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disjunctions2/5
disjunction
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disconnectedness; disjuncture.
- noun the act of breaking a connection
disconnection.
- noun state of being disconnected
- disassociated2/5
disassociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disinfecting2/5
disinfect
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- disinfect a wound
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- distilleries2/5
distillery
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
still.
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- disulfiram2/5
disulfiram
- noun a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested
Antabuse.
- noun a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested
- disallowing2/5
disallow
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- dishing2/5
dish
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- disclaims2/5
disclaim
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- verb make a disclaimer about
- He disclaimed any responsibility
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- distil2/5
distil
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
condense; distill.
- water condenses
- The acid distills at a specific temperature
- verb extract by the process of distillation
extract; distill.
- distill the essence of this compound
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- disallows2/5
disallow
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- disfavored2/5
disfavor
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavour.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
dislike; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- dispatchers2/5
dispatcher
- noun the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
starter.
- noun employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- noun the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- dispossess2/5
dispossess
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
- dissonances2/5
dissonance
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
disagreement; dissension.
- noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
racket; noise.
- modern music is just noise to me
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- disfavour2/5
disfavour
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavor.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; dislike; disapproval.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- districting2/5
district
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
- verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- disunited2/5
disunited
- adjective satellite having been divided; having the unity destroyed
fragmented; disconnected; split.
- Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell
- a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White
- a fragmented coalition
- a split group
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- adjective satellite having been divided; having the unity destroyed
- discoid2/5
discoid
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
disklike; discoidal; disc-shaped; disk-shaped; disclike.
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
- disclaiming2/5
disclaim
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- verb make a disclaimer about
- He disclaimed any responsibility
- verb renounce a legal claim or title to
- disabuse2/5
disabuse
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- disqualifications2/5
disqualification
- noun unfitness that bars you from participation
- noun the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
- noun unfitness that bars you from participation
- disquisitions2/5
disquisition
- noun an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
- noun an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
- dislocating2/5
dislocate
- verb move out of position
splay; slip; luxate.
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
- verb put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
- The colonists displaced the natives
- verb move out of position
- dislocate2/5
dislocate
- verb move out of position
splay; slip; luxate.
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
- verb put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
- The colonists displaced the natives
- verb move out of position
- disgorge2/5
disgorge
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
shed; spill.
- spill the beans all over the table
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- dismember2/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- disquietude2/5
disquietude
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; inquietude; uneasiness.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- dismembering2/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- discreteness2/5
discreteness
- noun the state of being several and distinct
severalty; separateness; distinctness.
- noun the state of being several and distinct
- discouragements2/5
discouragement
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
dismay; disheartenment.
- noun the expression of opposition and disapproval
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- disgorged2/5
disgorge
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
shed; spill.
- spill the beans all over the table
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- disabused2/5
disabused
- adjective satellite freed of a mistaken or misguided notion
undeceived.
- some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
disabuse.
- adjective satellite freed of a mistaken or misguided notion
- disowning2/5
disowning
- noun refusal to acknowledge as one's own
disownment.
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disown; disinherit.
- noun refusal to acknowledge as one's own
- disobeys2/5
disobey
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
- verb refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
- disinterred2/5
disinter
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
exhume.
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- disbarred2/5
disbar
- verb remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
- The corrupt lawyer was disbarred
- verb remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
- disintegrative2/5
disintegrative
- adjective tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts
- adjective tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts
- dissects2/5
dissect
- verb cut open or cut apart
- dissect the bodies for analysis
- verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
take apart; analyze; analyse; break down.
- analyze a specimen
- analyze a sentence
- analyze a chemical compound
- verb cut open or cut apart
- dismaying2/5
dismaying
- adjective satellite causing consternation
appalling.
- appalling conditions
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite causing consternation
- disconnections2/5
disconnection
- noun state of being disconnected
disjunction; disconnectedness; disjuncture.
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
disconnect; gulf.
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
- noun state of being disconnected
- discredits2/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- dissuading2/5
dissuade
- verb turn away from by persuasion
deter.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb turn away from by persuasion
- disrobe2/5
disrobe
- verb get undressed
uncase; peel; strip down; undress; strip; unclothe; discase.
- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
- verb get undressed
- disrobed2/5
disrobe
- verb get undressed
uncase; peel; strip down; undress; strip; unclothe; discase.
- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
- verb get undressed
- disbandment2/5
disbandment
- noun the act of disbanding
- the orchestra faced the prospect of disbandment
- noun the act of disbanding
- discolouration2/5
discolouration
- noun a soiled or discolored appearance
stain; discoloration.
- the wine left a dark stain
- noun the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded
discoloration.
- noun a soiled or discolored appearance
- disarranged2/5
disarranged
- adjective having the arrangement disturbed; not in order
- her disarranged hair
- verb destroy the arrangement or order of
disarrange.
- My son disarranged the papers on my desk
- adjective having the arrangement disturbed; not in order
- disturber2/5
disturber
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- distillates2/5
distillate
- noun a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
distillation.
- noun a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
- disrobing2/5
disrobe
- verb get undressed
uncase; peel; strip down; undress; strip; unclothe; discase.
- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
- verb get undressed
- distend2/5
distend
- verb become wider
dilate.
- His pupils were dilated
- verb cause to expand as it by internal pressure
- The gas distended the animal's body
- verb become wider
- discomposed2/5
discomposed
- adjective having your composure disturbed
- looked about with a wandering and discomposed air
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; disconcert; discomfit.
- adjective having your composure disturbed
- distempered2/5
distemper
- noun any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- noun an angry and disagreeable mood
ill humor; ill humour.
- noun any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- disparages2/5
disparage
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb express a negative opinion of
- distending2/5
distend
- verb become wider
dilate.
- His pupils were dilated
- verb cause to expand as it by internal pressure
- The gas distended the animal's body
- verb become wider
- disturbers2/5
disturber
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- disgracing2/5
disgrace
- noun a state of dishonor
shame; ignominy.
- one mistake brought shame to all his family
- suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
dishonour; dishonor; attaint; shame.
- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- noun a state of dishonor
- disconcert2/5
disconcert
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
- disgraces2/5
disgrace
- noun a state of dishonor
shame; ignominy.
- one mistake brought shame to all his family
- suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
dishonour; dishonor; attaint; shame.
- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- noun a state of dishonor
- dispossessing2/5
dispossess
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
- disengages2/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- disjunctures2/5
disjuncture
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disconnectedness.
- noun state of being disconnected
- disemboweled2/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- discountenanced2/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- disestablished2/5
disestablish
- verb deprive (an established church) of its status
- verb deprive (an established church) of its status
- disconnecting2/5
disconnect
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
disconnection; gulf.
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
- verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
unplug.
- unplug the hair dryer after using it
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
- disavowed2/5
disavow
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- dispirited2/5
dispirited
- adjective satellite marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
listless.
- a dispirited and divided Party
- reacted to the crisis with listless resignation
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
- discursively2/5
discursively
- adverb in a rambling manner
ramblingly.
- adverb in a rambling manner
- disillusion2/5
disillusion
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disenchantment; disillusionment.
- verb free from enchantment
disenchant.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- discomfiture2/5
discomfiture
- noun anxious embarrassment
disconcertment; disconcertion; discomposure.
- noun anxious embarrassment
- distresses2/5
distress
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; hurt.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- a ship in distress
- she was the classic maiden in distress
- noun psychological suffering
- disparagement2/5
disparagement
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
depreciation; derogation.
- noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
dispraise.
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
- disrepute2/5
disrepute
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
discredit.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- dishonored2/5
dishonored
- adjective satellite suffering shame
disgraced; discredited; shamed.
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; attaint; shame.
- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- adjective satellite suffering shame
- diskette2/5
diskette
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
floppy; floppy disk.
- floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- disavow2/5
disavow
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- disband2/5
disband
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- the principal disbanded the political student organization
- verb stop functioning or cohering as a unit
dissolve.
- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- dissections2/5
dissection
- noun cutting so as to separate into pieces
- noun a minute and critical analysis
- noun cutting so as to separate into pieces
- disunion2/5
disunion
- noun the termination or destruction of union
- noun the termination or destruction of union
- dishevelled2/5
dishevelled
- adjective satellite in disarray; extremely disorderly
tousled; frowzled; rumpled; disheveled.
- her clothing was disheveled
- powder-smeared and frowzled
- a rumpled unmade bed
- a bed with tousled sheets
- his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers
- verb disarrange or rumple; dishevel
tousle; dishevel; tangle.
- The strong wind tousled my hair
- adjective satellite in disarray; extremely disorderly
- disincentives2/5
disincentive
- noun a negative motivational influence
deterrence.
- noun a negative motivational influence
- discus2/5
discus
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- disastrously2/5
disastrously
- adverb in a disastrous manner
- the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began
- adverb in a disastrous manner
- disciplinarian2/5
disciplinarian
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
moralist; martinet.
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- disincentive2/5
disincentive
- noun a negative motivational influence
deterrence.
- noun a negative motivational influence
- disinherited2/5
disinherited
- adjective satellite deprived of your rightful heritage
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disown; disinherit.
- adjective satellite deprived of your rightful heritage
- disinclination2/5
disinclination
- noun that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike
- his disinclination for modesty is well known
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; reluctance; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike
- disorienting2/5
disorienting
- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting
- a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate; disorient.
- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- distracts2/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- disdainfully2/5
disdainfully
- adverb in a proud and domineering manner
cavalierly.
- he treated his staff cavalierly
- adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner
contemptuously; contumeliously; scornfully.
- she spoke of him contemptuously
- adverb in a proud and domineering manner
- discontinuance2/5
discontinuance
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
discontinuation.
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
- displease2/5
displease
- verb give displeasure to
- verb give displeasure to
- dispensable2/5
dispensable
- adjective capable of being dispensed with or done without
- dispensable items of personal property
- adjective capable of being dispensed with or done without
- dishonoured2/5
dishonour
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonor.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonor.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- dismounting2/5
dismount
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; unhorse; get off; get down.
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- dishonourable2/5
dishonourable
- adjective lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
dishonorable.
- dishonorable in thought and deed
- adjective lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
- dispensers2/5
dispenser
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- noun a person who dispenses
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- distillers2/5
distiller
- noun someone who distills alcoholic liquors
- noun someone who distills alcoholic liquors
- disconnects2/5
disconnect
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
disconnection; gulf.
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
- verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
unplug.
- unplug the hair dryer after using it
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
- disbanding2/5
disband
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- the principal disbanded the political student organization
- verb stop functioning or cohering as a unit
dissolve.
- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- dispensaries2/5
dispensary
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- disambiguation2/5
disambiguation
- noun clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
- noun clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
- distiller2/5
distiller
- noun someone who distills alcoholic liquors
- noun someone who distills alcoholic liquors
- disquieted2/5
disquieted
- adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
distressed; disturbed; upset; worried.
- too upset to say anything
- spent many disquieted moments
- distressed about her son's leaving home
- lapsed into disturbed sleep
- worried parents
- a worried frown
- one last worried check of the sleeping children
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- disburse2/5
disburse
- verb expend, as from a fund
pay out.
- verb expend, as from a fund
- dishonestly2/5
dishonestly
- adverb in a corrupt and deceitful manner
deceitfully; venally.
- he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend
- adverb in a corrupt and deceitful manner
- diskettes2/5
diskette
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
floppy; floppy disk.
- floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- dispiriting2/5
dispiriting
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralizing; demoralising; disheartening.
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
- disproving2/5
disprove
- verb prove to be false
confute.
- The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
- verb prove to be false
- disbursing2/5
disburse
- verb expend, as from a fund
pay out.
- verb expend, as from a fund
- discussants2/5
discussant
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- disfranchised2/5
disfranchised
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disenfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise; disenfranchise.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- disavowing2/5
disavow
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- disinflation2/5
disinflation
- noun a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
- noun a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
- disembarkation2/5
disembarkation
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
debarkation; disembarkment.
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
- disappoints2/5
disappoint
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
let down.
- Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
- disingenuously2/5
disingenuously
- adverb in a disingenuous manner
artfully.
- disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work
- adverb in a disingenuous manner
- disavows2/5
disavow
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children
- verb refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- disorientated2/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- disagreeably2/5
disagreeably
- adverb in a disagreeable manner
- `I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably
- adverb in a disagreeable manner
- disarticulated2/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- disinherit2/5
disinherit
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disown.
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- disproof2/5
disproof
- noun any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
falsification; refutation.
- noun the act of determining that something is false
refutal; falsification; falsifying; refutation.
- noun any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- disgusts2/5
disgust
- noun strong feelings of dislike
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
- noun strong feelings of dislike
- discotheque2/5
discotheque
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
disco.
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
- discontentment2/5
discontentment
- noun a longing for something better than the present situation
discontent; discontentedness.
- noun a longing for something better than the present situation
- disproves2/5
disprove
- verb prove to be false
confute.
- The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
- verb prove to be false
- discounters2/5
discounter
- noun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
discount store; wholesale house; discount house.
- noun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
- dishonoring2/5
dishonor
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonour.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonour.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- discussant2/5
discussant
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- disa2/5
disa
- noun any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
- noun a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Information Systems Agency.
- noun any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
- disambiguate2/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- displeases2/5
displease
- verb give displeasure to
- verb give displeasure to
- disjoined2/5
disjoined
- adjective satellite have the connection undone; having become separate
separate.
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
disjoint; disjoin.
- adjective satellite have the connection undone; having become separate
- disenfranchise2/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- distributary2/5
distributary
- noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
- noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
- discomfiting2/5
discomfit
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; disconcert.
- verb cause to lose one's composure
- disentanglement2/5
disentanglement
- noun the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
unsnarling; extrication; untangling.
- noun the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
- disinterestedness2/5
disinterestedness
- noun freedom from bias or from selfish motives
- noun freedom from bias or from selfish motives
- disconsolate2/5
disconsolate
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
unconsolable; inconsolable.
- inconsolable when her son died
- adjective satellite causing dejection
blue; dingy; drear; dreary; dark; gloomy; dismal; drab; sorry; grim.
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
- disinvestment2/5
disinvestment
- noun the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
- noun the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
- dismally2/5
dismally
- adverb in a cheerless manner
drearily.
- in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future
- adverb in a dreadful manner
dreadfully.
- as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
- adverb in a cheerless manner
- distractedly2/5
distractedly
- adverb in a distracted manner
- `Come in,' he said distractedly
- adverb in a distracted manner
- disparagingly2/5
disparagingly
- adverb in a disparaging manner
slightingly.
- these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'
- adverb in a disparaging manner
- disfranchisement2/5
disfranchisement
- noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
- noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
- discreditable2/5
discreditable
- adjective satellite tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy
- his marks were not at all discreditable
- adjective satellite tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy
- dishwashers2/5
dishwasher
- noun a machine for washing dishes
dish washer; dishwashing machine.
- noun someone who washes dishes
- noun a machine for washing dishes
- discourteous2/5
discourteous
- adjective showing no courtesy; rude
- a distant and at times discourteous young
- adjective satellite lacking social graces
ungracious.
- adjective showing no courtesy; rude
- disaccharide2/5
disaccharide
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- distressingly2/5
distressingly
- adverb unpleasantly
painfully.
- his ignorance was painfully obvious
- adverb unpleasantly
- disconcertingly2/5
disconcertingly
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- disaccharides2/5
disaccharide
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- disrespectfully2/5
disrespectfully
- adverb in a disrespectful manner
- he treats his parents rather disrespectfully
- adverb in a disrespectful manner
- dissatisfactions2/5
dissatisfaction
- noun the feeling of being displeased and discontent
- he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received
- noun the feeling of being displeased and discontent
- disgustingly2/5
disgustingly
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
revoltingly; distastefully; sickeningly.
- the beggar was disgustingly filthy
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
- disgracefully2/5
disgracefully
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
shamefully; ignominiously; ingloriously; discreditably; dishonorably; dishonourably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- dispassion2/5
dispassion
- noun objectivity and detachment
dispassionateness; dryness.
- her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone
- noun objectivity and detachment
- dishwater2/5
dishwater
- noun water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
- noun water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
- disyllabic2/5
disyllabic
- adjective satellite having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables
- adjective satellite having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables
- disinheritance2/5
disinheritance
- noun the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- noun the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- disillusioning2/5
disillusioning
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
disenchanting.
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
- dishpan2/5
dishpan
- noun large pan for washing dishes
- noun large pan for washing dishes
- disproportion2/5
disproportion
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- dispassionately2/5
dispassionately
- adverb in an impartially dispassionate manner
- although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately
- adverb in an impartially dispassionate manner
- disappointingly2/5
disappointingly
- adverb in a disappointing manner
- the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary
- adverb in a disappointing manner
- disgustedly2/5
disgustedly
- adverb with disgust
- disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse
- adverb with disgust
- disconsolately2/5
disconsolately
- adverb in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
desolately.
- adverb in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
- distressful2/5
distressful
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing; perturbing; troubling; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
- disinterestedly2/5
disinterestedly
- adverb without bias; without selfish motives
- he decided the case disinterestedly
- adverb without bias; without selfish motives
- disturbingly2/5
disturbingly
- adverb in a disturbing manner
- the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing
- adverb in a disturbing manner
- disapprovingly2/5
disapprovingly
- adverb showing disapproval
- he shook his head disapprovingly
- adverb showing disapproval
- disproportional2/5
disproportional
- adjective out of proportion
disproportionate.
- adjective out of proportion
- dismutase2/5
dismutase
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- dispositive2/5
dispositive
Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. Obs.His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.
- dismissively2/5
dismissive
- adjective satellite showing indifference or disregard
- a dismissive shrug
- the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product
- 'chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term 'housewife syndrome'
- adjective satellite stopping to associate with
- they took dismissive action after the third violation
- adjective satellite showing indifference or disregard
- disaggregation2/5
disaggregation
The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
- disempowered2/5
disempower
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
- distributable2/5
distributable
Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.
- discretely2/5
discrete
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
distinct.
- a government with three discrete divisions
- on two distinct occasions
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
- disp2/5
disp
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- disinhibition2/5
- disempowerment2/5
- disallowance2/5
disallowance
The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
- disaggregate2/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- distractibility2/5
distractibility
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- diseconomies2/5
- disulphide2/5
disulphide
(Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide .
- distributee2/5
distributee
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- disutility2/5
- disempowering2/5
disempower
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
- disodium2/5
- disarticulation2/5
disarticulation
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- discomforting2/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- disintermediation2/5
disintermediation
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- disarmingly2/5
disarming
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
disarmament.
- the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete
- verb remove offensive capability from
demilitarise; disarm; demilitarize.
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
- disegno2/5
- dispensationalism2/5
dispensationalism
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- disconfirmation2/5
- distrito2/5
distrito
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- disposer2/5
dispose
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
- verb throw or cast away
cast aside; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
- Put away your worries
- verb give, sell, or transfer to another
- disembodiment2/5
disembodiment
The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.
- distortionary2/5
- disproportionality2/5
disproportionality
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
- disequilibria2/5
disequilibria
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- disaggregating2/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- distributorship2/5
distributorship
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- disciplinarity2/5
disciplinarity
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- disconfirm2/5
disconfirm
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- disempower2/5
disempower
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
- discontinuously2/5
discontinuous
- adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
noncontinuous.
- discontinuous applause
- the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
- he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling
- adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- dissector2/5
dissector
One who dissects; an anatomist.
- dispensational2/5
dispensational
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- dissensus2/5
- disrupters2/5
- disproportionation2/5
disproportionation
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- distracters2/5
distracter
One who, or that which, distracts away.
- dispersant2/5
dispersant
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- discarnate2/5
discarnate
Stripped of flesh. Obs. "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.
- disruptors2/5
- dissention2/5
dissention
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- dispar2/5
dispar
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- dispersers2/5
- disses1/5
diss
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
Orcus; Dis.
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
affront; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
- dissipations1/5
dissipation
- noun breaking up and scattering by dispersion
- the dissipation of the mist
- noun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
dissolution; licentiousness; looseness; profligacy.
- noun breaking up and scattering by dispersion
- discalced1/5
discalced
- adjective (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals
unshod; discalceate.
- discalced friars
- adjective (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals
- disbelieves1/5
disbelieve
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit.
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
- disorderliness1/5
disorderliness
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
disorder.
- the files are in complete disorder
- noun rowdy behavior
rowdyism; rowdiness; roughness.
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
- dishabille1/5
dishabille
- noun the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
deshabille.
- noun the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
- disesteem1/5
disesteem
- noun the state in which esteem has been lost
- verb have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
disrespect.
- noun the state in which esteem has been lost
- disrespects1/5
disrespect
- noun an expression of lack of respect
discourtesy.
- noun a disrespectful mental attitude
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- disbeliefs1/5
disbelief
- noun doubt about the truth of something
skepticism; mental rejection; incredulity.
- noun a rejection of belief
unbelief.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- dispossessions1/5
dispossession
- noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
legal ouster; eviction.
- noun freeing from evil spirits
exorcism.
- noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
- disesteemed1/5
disesteem
- noun the state in which esteem has been lost
- verb have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
disrespect.
- noun the state in which esteem has been lost
- dissentient1/5
dissentient
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
recusant.
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissenting; dissident.
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- disport1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- disseminator1/5
disseminator
- noun someone who spreads the news
propagator.
- noun someone who spreads the news
- distillations1/5
distillation
- noun the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
distillment.
- noun a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
distillate.
- noun the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
- dissimilation1/5
dissimilation
- noun a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
- the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation
- noun breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
catabolism; katabolism; destructive metabolism.
- noun a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
- disbeliever1/5
disbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
nonbeliever; unbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- disseminators1/5
disseminator
- noun someone who spreads the news
propagator.
- noun someone who spreads the news
- disporting1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- disintegrations1/5
disintegration
- noun in a decomposed state
decomposition.
- noun a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
- a disintegration of personality
- noun in a decomposed state
- disfigures1/5
disfigure
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
- dissembler1/5
dissembler
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- dissevered1/5
dissever
- verb separate into parts or portions
divide; separate; split up; split; carve up.
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- verb separate into parts or portions
- distributees1/5
distribute
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb distribute or disperse widely
spread.
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- distensible1/5
distensible
- adjective satellite capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand
- the stomach is a distensible organ
- adjective satellite capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand
- disarrayed1/5
disarrayed
- adjective satellite in disarray
- disarrayed bedclothes
- verb bring disorder to
disarray; disorder.
- adjective satellite in disarray
- discoloring1/5
discolor
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- The painting discolored
- verb cause to lose or change color
- The detergent discolored my shirts
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- disinterment1/5
disinterment
- noun the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
digging up; exhumation.
- noun the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
- disarrangement1/5
disarrangement
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
disorganisation; disorganization.
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
- disported1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- disagreeableness1/5
disagreeableness
- noun the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
- noun an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
- noun the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
- disassembles1/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- dissemblers1/5
dissembler
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- dissever1/5
dissever
- verb separate into parts or portions
divide; separate; split up; split; carve up.
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- verb separate into parts or portions
- dissolvent1/5
dissolvent
- noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent.
- the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution
- noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
- discolors1/5
discolor
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- The painting discolored
- verb cause to lose or change color
- The detergent discolored my shirts
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- dissembles1/5
dissemble
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; feign; pretend; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
- verb hide under a false appearance
mask; cloak.
- He masked his disappointment
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
- dissolver1/5
dissolver
- noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent; dissolvent.
- the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution
- noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
- disfunction1/5
disfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
dysfunction.
- erectile dysfunction
- sexual relationship dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
- dishonesties1/5
dishonesty
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
knavery.
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- disports1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- discourtesies1/5
discourtesy
- noun an expression of lack of respect
disrespect.
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
rudeness.
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- distensions1/5
distension
- noun the act of expanding by pressure from within
distention.
- noun the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
dilatation; distention.
- noun the act of expanding by pressure from within
- disengagements1/5
disengagement
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
detachment.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
fallback; pullout.
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- disgorging1/5
disgorge
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
shed; spill.
- spill the beans all over the table
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- disconnectedness1/5
disconnectedness
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disjuncture.
- noun state of being disconnected
- disorganizing1/5
disorganize
- verb remove the organization from
disorganise.
- verb remove the organization from
- dismission1/5
dismission
- noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
pink slip; dismissal.
- noun the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
sacking; dismissal; firing; sack; liberation; release; discharge.
- noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
- discountenance1/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- discolorations1/5
discoloration
- noun a soiled or discolored appearance
discolouration; stain.
- the wine left a dark stain
- noun the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded
discolouration.
- noun a soiled or discolored appearance
- disadvantaging1/5
disadvantage
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- dishonors1/5
dishonor
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonour.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonour.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- discontinues1/5
discontinue
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
quit; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
- Quit teasing your little brother
- verb come to or be at an end
- the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
- disowns1/5
disown
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disinherit.
- verb cast off
repudiate; renounce.
- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- dissuasion1/5
dissuasion
- noun a communication that dissuades you
- noun persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action
- noun a communication that dissuades you
- disassociating1/5
disassociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb part; cease or break association with
- dishearten1/5
dishearten
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
- discretions1/5
discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- distils1/5
distil
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
condense; distill.
- water condenses
- The acid distills at a specific temperature
- verb extract by the process of distillation
extract; distill.
- distill the essence of this compound
- verb undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- dispersals1/5
dispersal
- noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something
dispersion; diffusion; dissemination.
- the dispersion of the troops
- the diffusion of knowledge
- noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something
- dislocates1/5
dislocate
- verb move out of position
splay; slip; luxate.
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
- verb put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
- The colonists displaced the natives
- verb move out of position
- discoidal1/5
discoidal
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
disklike; discoid; disc-shaped; disk-shaped; disclike.
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
- disembowelled1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- dislodges1/5
dislodge
- verb remove or force out from a position
free.
- The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
- verb change place or direction
reposition; shift.
- Shift one's position
- verb remove or force out from a position
- dissymmetry1/5
dissymmetry
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
asymmetry; imbalance.
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
- dissuasive1/5
dissuasive
- adjective deterring from action
- dissuasive advice
- made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand
- adjective deterring from action
- disorganize1/5
disorganize
- verb remove the organization from
disorganise.
- verb remove the organization from
- distends1/5
distend
- verb become wider
dilate.
- His pupils were dilated
- verb cause to expand as it by internal pressure
- The gas distended the animal's body
- verb become wider
- dissuades1/5
dissuade
- verb turn away from by persuasion
deter.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb turn away from by persuasion
- disuniting1/5
disunite
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disassociate.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb force, take, or pull apart
part; divide; separate.
- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disfiguration1/5
disfiguration
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
deformity; disfigurement.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
defacement; disfigurement.
- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
- disinter1/5
disinter
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
exhume.
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- distrained1/5
distrain
- verb levy a distress on
- verb confiscate by distress
- verb levy a distress on
- disembowel1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- distrain1/5
distrain
- verb levy a distress on
- verb confiscate by distress
- verb levy a distress on
- discombobulated1/5
discombobulated
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
disconcerted.
- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
- looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
bemuse; throw; bewilder; discombobulate.
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- disfigurements1/5
disfigurement
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; deformity.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
disfiguration; defacement.
- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
- disobliging1/5
disobliging
- adjective satellite intentionally unaccommodating
uncooperative.
- the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; incommode; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- adjective satellite intentionally unaccommodating
- disestablish1/5
disestablish
- verb deprive (an established church) of its status
- verb deprive (an established church) of its status
- dishonours1/5
dishonour
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonor.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonor.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- disfavoring1/5
disfavor
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavour.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
dislike; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- discolour1/5
discolour
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
color; discolor; colour.
- The shirts discolored
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
- disfavoured1/5
disfavour
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavor.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; dislike; disapproval.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- disassociates1/5
disassociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disinvest1/5
disinvest
- verb deprive of status or authority
divest.
- he was divested of his rights and his title
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
- verb reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
divest.
- The company decided to divest
- the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
- There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
- verb deprive of status or authority
- disarrange1/5
disarrange
- verb destroy the arrangement or order of
- My son disarranged the papers on my desk
- verb disturb the arrangement of
- disarrange the papers
- verb destroy the arrangement or order of
- disfavors1/5
disfavor
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavour.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
dislike; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- disoblige1/5
disoblige
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
bother; inconvenience; incommode; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb ignore someone's wishes
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- disunite1/5
disunite
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disassociate.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb force, take, or pull apart
part; divide; separate.
- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
- verb part; cease or break association with
- discordances1/5
discordance
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
discord.
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
discord.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- disemboweling1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- disentangles1/5
disentangle
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; extricate.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb extricate from entanglement
straighten out; unsnarl.
- Can you disentangle the cord?
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- discographies1/5
discography
- noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
- noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
- dissimilitude1/5
dissimilitude
- noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
unlikeness.
- noun dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
- disembarks1/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- dishy1/5
dishy
- adjective satellite (informal British) sexually attractive
- a dishy blonde
- adjective satellite (informal British) sexually attractive
- disconcerts1/5
disconcert
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
- disinvested1/5
disinvest
- verb deprive of status or authority
divest.
- he was divested of his rights and his title
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
- verb reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
divest.
- The company decided to divest
- the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
- There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
- verb deprive of status or authority
- disabusing1/5
disabuse
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- disbar1/5
disbar
- verb remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
- The corrupt lawyer was disbarred
- verb remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
- dismays1/5
dismay
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
discouragement; disheartenment.
- noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger
alarm; consternation.
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- disembowelling1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- dismembers1/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- disinterring1/5
disinter
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
exhume.
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- distaffs1/5
distaff
- noun the sphere of work by women
- noun the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
- noun the sphere of work by women
- disgorges1/5
disgorge
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
shed; spill.
- spill the beans all over the table
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- disseminations1/5
dissemination
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
spreading; airing; public exposure.
- noun the property of being diffused or dispersed
diffusion.
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
- disbursal1/5
disbursal
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
expense; disbursement.
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
spending; outlay; disbursement.
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- disburden1/5
disburden
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
unburden.
- unburden the donkey
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
- disincarnate1/5
disincarnate
- verb make immaterial; remove the real essence of
- verb make immaterial; remove the real essence of
- disestablishing1/5
disestablish
- verb deprive (an established church) of its status
- verb deprive (an established church) of its status
- disklike1/5
disklike
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
discoidal; discoid; disc-shaped; disk-shaped; disclike.
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
- discernments1/5
discernment
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
apprehension; savvy; understanding.
- he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
- noun delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
taste; appreciation; perceptiveness.
- arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
- to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- dispossesses1/5
dispossess
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
- verb deprive of the possession of real estate
- disburdened1/5
disburden
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
unburden.
- unburden the donkey
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
- discountenancing1/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- disobliged1/5
disoblige
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
bother; inconvenience; incommode; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb ignore someone's wishes
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- discolouring1/5
discolour
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
color; discolor; colour.
- The shirts discolored
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
- disaccord1/5
disaccord
- verb be different from one another
disagree; discord.
- verb be different from one another
- disquietudes1/5
disquietude
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; inquietude; uneasiness.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- dissimulations1/5
dissimulation
- noun the act of deceiving
deceit; deception; dissembling.
- noun the act of deceiving
- disarranging1/5
disarrange
- verb destroy the arrangement or order of
- My son disarranged the papers on my desk
- verb disturb the arrangement of
- disarrange the papers
- verb destroy the arrangement or order of
- disorganizes1/5
disorganize
- verb remove the organization from
disorganise.
- verb remove the organization from
- disinfects1/5
disinfect
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- disinfect a wound
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- disrobes1/5
disrobe
- verb get undressed
uncase; peel; strip down; undress; strip; unclothe; discase.
- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
- verb get undressed
- disguisings1/5
disguise
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
camouflage.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- disapprovals1/5
disapproval
- noun a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
- noun the expression of disapproval
- noun a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
- dismemberments1/5
dismemberment
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
taking apart.
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
- disheartens1/5
dishearten
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
- distraining1/5
distrain
- verb levy a distress on
- verb confiscate by distress
- verb levy a distress on
- disorganise1/5
disorganise
- verb remove the organization from
disorganize.
- verb remove the organization from
- distastes1/5
distaste
- noun a feeling of intense dislike
aversion; antipathy.
- noun a feeling of intense dislike
- disorganising1/5
disorganise
- verb remove the organization from
disorganize.
- verb remove the organization from
- discreetness1/5
discreetness
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discretion.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
finesse; delicacy; diplomacy.
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- disparateness1/5
disparateness
- noun utter dissimilarity
distinctiveness.
- noun utter dissimilarity
- discolours1/5
discolour
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
color; discolor; colour.
- The shirts discolored
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
- disinvesting1/5
disinvest
- verb deprive of status or authority
divest.
- he was divested of his rights and his title
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
- verb reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
divest.
- The company decided to divest
- the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
- There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
- verb deprive of status or authority
- disaffections1/5
disaffection
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
estrangement; alienation.
- noun disloyalty to the government or to established authority
- the widespread disaffection of the troops
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
- disabuses1/5
disabuse
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- disservices1/5
disservice
- noun an act intended to help that turns out badly
ill turn; ill service.
- he did them a disservice
- noun an act intended to help that turns out badly
- disseminative1/5
disseminative
- adjective satellite spreading by diffusion
diffusive; dispersive; diffusing.
- adjective satellite spreading by diffusion
- districted1/5
district
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
- verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- discommoded1/5
discommode
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; incommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- disjointing1/5
disjoint
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb separate at the joints
disarticulate.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb part; cease or break association with
- disburdening1/5
disburden
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
unburden.
- unburden the donkey
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
- discommode1/5
discommode
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; incommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- dissuasions1/5
dissuasion
- noun a communication that dissuades you
- noun persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action
- noun a communication that dissuades you
- disposables1/5
disposable
- noun an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
- adjective free or available for use or disposition
- every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire
- disposable assets
- noun an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
- dissociable1/5
dissociable
- adjective satellite capable of being divided or dissociated;
separable; severable.
- often drugs and crime are not dissociable
- the siamese twins were not considered separable
- a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody
- adjective satellite capable of being divided or dissociated;
- dishcloth1/5
dishcloth
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
dishrag.
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
- disorient1/5
disorient
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- dissimulate1/5
dissimulate
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- disciplinarians1/5
disciplinarian
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
moralist; martinet.
- noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- dismounts1/5
dismount
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; unhorse; get off; get down.
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- dislodgement1/5
dislodgement
- noun forced removal from a position of advantage
dislodgment.
- noun forced removal from a position of advantage
- disci1/5
discus
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- discotheques1/5
discotheque
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
disco.
- noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
- disingenuousness1/5
disingenuousness
- noun the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
- noun the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
- disharmonious1/5
disharmonious
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony
discordant; dissonant; inharmonic.
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony
- dislodgment1/5
dislodgment
- noun forced removal from a position of advantage
dislodgement.
- noun forced removal from a position of advantage
- dishonouring1/5
dishonour
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonor.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonor.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- disjoining1/5
disjoin
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
disjoint.
- verb become separated, disconnected or disjoint
disjoint.
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
- distich1/5
distich
- noun two items of the same kind
twosome; span; couple; duo; twain; yoke; couplet; pair; duet; brace; dyad; duad.
- noun two items of the same kind
- disorientating1/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- distraint1/5
distraint
- noun the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
distress.
- Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien
- noun the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
- disbelievingly1/5
disbelievingly
- adverb in an incredulous manner
incredulously; unbelievingly.
- the woman looked up at her incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
- disfluencies1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- disenfranchising1/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- dishrag1/5
dishrag
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
dishcloth.
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
- disharmonies1/5
disharmony
- noun a lack of harmony
inharmoniousness.
- noun a lack of harmony
- discomposure1/5
discomposure
- noun anxious embarrassment
disconcertment; disconcertion; discomfiture.
- noun a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
- noun anxious embarrassment
- disambiguating1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- dissing1/5
diss
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
Orcus; Dis.
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
affront; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
- dissed1/5
diss
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
Orcus; Dis.
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
affront; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
- discounter1/5
discounter
- noun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
discount store; wholesale house; discount house.
- noun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
- distributaries1/5
distributary
- noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
- noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
- disfranchise1/5
disfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disenfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- disappointedly1/5
disappointedly
- adverb in disappointment; in a disappointed manner
- she left the gambling table disappointedly
- adverb in disappointment; in a disappointed manner
- disfluency1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- disambiguated1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- dispraise1/5
dispraise
- noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
disparagement.
- noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
- dissoluteness1/5
dissoluteness
- noun indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
incontinence; self-gratification.
- noun indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
- disinheriting1/5
disinherit
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disown.
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- disavowals1/5
disavowal
- noun denial of any connection with or knowledge of
disclaimer.
- noun denial of any connection with or knowledge of
- dissimulated1/5
dissimulate
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- dissimulating1/5
dissimulate
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- distrait1/5
distrait
- adjective satellite having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
distracted.
- adjective satellite having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
- discontentedly1/5
discontentedly
- adverb with discontent; in a discontented manner
- he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets
- adverb with discontent; in a discontented manner
- discomfit1/5
discomfit
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; disconcert.
- verb cause to lose one's composure
- discursiveness1/5
discursiveness
- noun the quality of being discursive
- noun the quality of being discursive
- disillusions1/5
disillusion
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disenchantment; disillusionment.
- verb free from enchantment
disenchant.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- distributively1/5
distributively
- adverb as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)
- taken distributively, their rights are imperceptible
- adverb in a distributive manner
- marine vertebrates have their weight supported distributively by the water
- adverb as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)
- disburses1/5
disburse
- verb expend, as from a fund
pay out.
- verb expend, as from a fund
- disillusionments1/5
disillusionment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disenchantment; disillusion.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- disfranchising1/5
disfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disenfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- disbands1/5
disband
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- the principal disbanded the political student organization
- verb stop functioning or cohering as a unit
dissolve.
- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
- verb cause to break up or cease to function
- disinfestation1/5
disinfestation
- noun the activity of getting rid of vermin
- noun the activity of getting rid of vermin
- disjoin1/5
disjoin
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
disjoint.
- verb become separated, disconnected or disjoint
disjoint.
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
- dissolvable1/5
dissolvable
- adjective satellite capable of dissolving
dissoluble.
- adjective satellite capable of dissolving
- discant1/5
discant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
descant.
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- discompose1/5
discompose
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; upset; disconcert; discomfit.
- verb cause to lose one's composure
- distichs1/5
distich
- noun two items of the same kind
twosome; span; couple; duo; twain; yoke; couplet; pair; duet; brace; dyad; duad.
- noun two items of the same kind
- disciform1/5
disciform
- adjective satellite having a round or oval shape like a disc
- a disciform skin lesion
- adjective satellite having a round or oval shape like a disc
- disarticulate1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- disembowelment1/5
disembowelment
- noun the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
evisceration.
- noun the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
- dissoluble1/5
dissoluble
- adjective satellite capable of dissolving
dissolvable.
- adjective satellite capable of dissolving
- disorients1/5
disorient
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- discretional1/5
discretional
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
discretionary.
- The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
- disquiets1/5
disquiet
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
anxiousness.
- noun the trait of seeming ill at ease
uneasiness; unease.
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
- dishcloths1/5
dishcloth
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
dishrag.
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
- disquietingly1/5
disquietingly
- adverb in a disquieting manner
- the disquietingly close sounds of gunfire
- adverb in a disquieting manner
- dissimulates1/5
dissimulate
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- disaccharidase1/5
disaccharidase
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
- disenfranchises1/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- distributer1/5
distributer
- noun someone who markets merchandise
distributor.
- noun electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
distributor; electrical distributor.
- noun someone who markets merchandise
- disas1/5
disa
- noun any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
- noun a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Information Systems Agency.
- noun any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
- disenchantments1/5
disenchantment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disillusion; disillusionment.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- disbudding1/5
disbud
- verb thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
- verb destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)
- verb thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
- disgustful1/5
disgustful
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- discuses1/5
discus
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- disarticulating1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- disownment1/5
disownment
- noun refusal to acknowledge as one's own
disowning.
- noun refusal to acknowledge as one's own
- disloyally1/5
disloyally
- adverb without loyalty; in a disloyal manner
- his men acted disloyally and betrayed him in the end
- adverb without loyalty; in a disloyal manner
- dispirit1/5
dispirit
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- disinherits1/5
disinherit
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disown.
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- disaccharidases1/5
disaccharidase
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
- disorientate1/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- discomposing1/5
discompose
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; upset; disconcert; discomfit.
- verb cause to lose one's composure
- disorientations1/5
disorientation
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
freak out.
- noun confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction
- his disorientation was the result of inattention
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
- disambiguates1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- disparagements1/5
disparagement
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
depreciation; derogation.
- noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
dispraise.
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
- disyllables1/5
disyllable
- noun a word having two syllables
dissyllable.
- noun a word having two syllables
- discontinuations1/5
discontinuation
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
discontinuance.
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
- disjoins1/5
disjoin
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
disjoint.
- verb become separated, disconnected or disjoint
disjoint.
- verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
- distastefulness1/5
distastefulness
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
disgustingness; nauseatingness; unsavoriness; sickeningness.
- noun the quality of being offensive
offensiveness; odiousness.
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
- distributers1/5
distributer
- noun someone who markets merchandise
distributor.
- noun electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
distributor; electrical distributor.
- noun someone who markets merchandise
- disheartenment1/5
disheartenment
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
dismay; discouragement.
- noun a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- dishrags1/5
dishrag
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
dishcloth.
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
- disunities1/5
disunity
- noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
- noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
- dissyllable1/5
dissyllable
- noun a word having two syllables
disyllable.
- noun a word having two syllables
- disincline1/5
disincline
- verb make unwilling
indispose.
- verb make unwilling
- disloyalties1/5
disloyalty
- noun the quality of being disloyal
- noun the quality of being disloyal
- disproofs1/5
disproof
- noun any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
falsification; refutation.
- noun the act of determining that something is false
refutal; falsification; falsifying; refutation.
- noun any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- disarticulates1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- dissatisfying1/5
dissatisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- dishtowel1/5
dishtowel
- noun a towel for drying dishes
dish towel; tea towel.
- noun a towel for drying dishes
- disgruntlement1/5
disgruntlement
- noun a feeling of sulky discontent
- noun a feeling of sulky discontent
- dishonorably1/5
dishonorably
- adverb in a dishonorable manner
- he acted dishonorably
- adverb with dishonor
- he was dishonorably discharged
- adverb in a dishonorable manner
- distastefully1/5
distastefully
- adverb in an offensively distasteful manner
- a distastefully explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
revoltingly; disgustingly; sickeningly.
- the beggar was disgustingly filthy
- adverb in an offensively distasteful manner
- discouragingly1/5
discouragingly
- adverb in a discouraging manner
- the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high
- adverb in a discouraging manner
- disenchanting1/5
disenchanting
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
disillusioning.
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
- distrustfully1/5
distrustfully
- adverb with distrust
mistrustfully.
- she looked at him distrustfully
- adverb with distrust
- discordantly1/5
discordantly
- adverb in a discordant manner
unharmoniously.
- the piece ended discordantly
- adverb in a discordant manner
- disinvestments1/5
disinvestment
- noun the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
- noun the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
- dishware1/5
dishware
- noun tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
crockery.
- noun tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
- dispiritedly1/5
dispiritedly
- adverb in a dispirited manner without hope
hopelessly.
- the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
- adverb in a dispirited manner without hope
- disking1/5
disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- disenchant1/5
disenchant
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion.
- verb free from enchantment
- disencumbered1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- dispensability1/5
dispensability
- noun the quality possessed by something that you can get along without
dispensableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something that you can get along without
- dishonourably1/5
dishonourably
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
shamefully; ignominiously; ingloriously; disgracefully; discreditably; dishonorably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- disruptively1/5
disruptively
- adverb in a disruptive manner
- adverb in a disruptive manner
- disjointedly1/5
disjointedly
- adverb in a disjointed manner
- `We're not married, not really married,' she said, and slowly, reluctantly, disjointedly it came out
- adverb in a disjointed manner
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disjointedness
- noun lacking order or coherence
- noun lacking order or coherence
- discourteously1/5
discourteously
- adverb in an impolite manner
rudely; impolitely.
- he treated her impolitely
- adverb in an impolite manner
- dismissible1/5
dismissible
- adjective satellite subject to dismissal
- appointed and removable by the mayor
- adjective satellite subject to dismissal
- displeasures1/5
displeasure
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- noun the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
- disadvantageously1/5
disadvantageously
- adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
badly.
- the venture turned out badly for the investors
- angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them
- adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- dishtowels1/5
dishtowel
- noun a towel for drying dishes
dish towel; tea towel.
- noun a towel for drying dishes
- disencumber1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- disked1/5
disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- dissatisfy1/5
dissatisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- dissatisfactory1/5
dissatisfactory
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
disappointing; unsatisfying.
- a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
- disembarrass1/5
disembarrass
- verb relieve from
rid; free.
- Rid the house of pests
- verb relieve from
- dishpans1/5
dishpan
- noun large pan for washing dishes
- noun large pan for washing dishes
- disembarrassed1/5
disembarrass
- verb relieve from
rid; free.
- Rid the house of pests
- verb relieve from
- disreputably1/5
disreputably
- adverb in a disreputable manner
- adverb in a disreputable manner
- disenchants1/5
disenchant
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion.
- verb free from enchantment
- disobediently1/5
disobediently
- adverb in a disobedient manner
- he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do
- adverb in a disobedient manner
- disproportions1/5
disproportion
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- disembodying1/5
disembody
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- disembody1/5
disembody
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- distressfully1/5
distressfully
- adverb with distress
- `Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully
- adverb with distress
- discriminable1/5
discriminable
- adjective satellite capable of being discriminated
- discriminable faults
- adjective satellite capable of being discriminated
- dislikable1/5
dislikable
- adjective satellite such as to provoke dislike
- adjective satellite such as to provoke dislike
- disinhibited1/5
- dispersants1/5
- disconfirmed1/5
- discipling1/5
disciple
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
adherent.
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- dischargeable1/5
dischargeable
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- distractible1/5
distractible
Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.
- distensibility1/5
distensibility
The quality or capacity of being distensible. R.
- disjuncts1/5
disjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- adjective satellite having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- distr1/5
distr
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- distracter1/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- dissimilatory1/5
- disulfides1/5
- dismasted1/5
dismast
To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm .dismasted the ship
- dischargers1/5
discharger
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.
- disruptor1/5
disruptor
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- discernibly1/5
discernible
- adjective perceptible by the senses or intellect
discernable.
- things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause
- the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations
- the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles
- adjective satellite capable of being perceived clearly
- an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible
- adjective perceptible by the senses or intellect
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displayable
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- diskless1/5
diskless
Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.
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- discriminability1/5
- disomy1/5
- distinctives1/5
distinctive
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
typical.
- Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie
- that is typical of you!
- adjective satellite capable of being classified
classifiable.
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- disproportioned1/5
disproportion
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- noun lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
- disproven1/5
disprove
- verb prove to be false
confute.
- The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
- verb prove to be false
- displacer1/5
displace
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
- verb take the place of or have precedence over
preempt.
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
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disaffiliation
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- disclosive1/5
- discomforted1/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- disposability1/5
- disassembler1/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
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- disvalue1/5
disvalue
To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak.
- disaffirm1/5
disaffirm
To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
- dispersible1/5
- disrupter1/5
disrupt
- verb make a break in
interrupt; cut off; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- verb throw into disorder
- This event disrupted the orderly process
- verb make a break in
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disparition
Act of disappearing; disappearance. Obs. Bp. Hall.
- discoursal1/5
discoursal
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- disproportionally1/5
disproportional
- adjective out of proportion
disproportionate.
- adjective out of proportion
- distortive1/5
distortive
Causing distortion.
- discerner1/5
discerner
One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a .discerner of truth, of right and wrongA great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.
- discal1/5
discal
Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, .discal cells
- discharger1/5
discharge
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- noun the act of venting
venting.
- noun the sudden giving off of energy
- discitis1/5
discitis
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- disperser1/5
disperse
- verb distribute loosely
dust; sprinkle; scatter; dot.
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb distribute loosely
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distinctio
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- distinguishability1/5
distinguishability
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- disruptiveness1/5
disruptiveness
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- disempowers1/5
disempower
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
- discernibility1/5
discernibility
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- disanalogy1/5
- discipled1/5
disciple
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
adherent.
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- discoverability1/5
discoverability
The quality of being discoverable. R. Carlyle.
- dispensatory1/5
dispensatory
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.
- dissaving1/5
- disjointness1/5
- discriminants1/5
discriminant
(Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant .
- distractive1/5
distractive
Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp. Hall.
- discloser1/5
disclose
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- verb disclose to view as by removing a cover
expose.
- The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- dissemblance1/5
dissemblance
Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. R. Osborne.
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distortional
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- disseisin1/5
- disjunctively1/5
disjunctive
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- disclaimant1/5
disclaimant
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- dissentients1/5
dissentient
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
recusant.
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissenting; dissident.
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- dissert1/5
dissert
To discourse or dispute; to discuss. R.We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey.
- distichum1/5
distichum
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distributorships
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- disher1/5
dish
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
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- distinguisher1/5
distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
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- dispersoids1/5
- distractingly1/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- dishevelment1/5
dishevelment
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- disaggregates1/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- dismissiveness1/5
- disconformity1/5
disconformity
Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement. Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.
Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. Hakewill.
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distain
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. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser.[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser.
The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.
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discriminatory
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
prejudiced.
- a prejudiced judge
- adjective satellite containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
invidious.
- discriminatory attitudes and practices
- invidious comparisons
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
- disbenefits1/5
- disunionists1/5
disunionist
An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.
- disconfirms1/5
- disparately1/5
disparate
- adjective satellite fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing
- disparate ideas
- adjective satellite including markedly dissimilar elements
- a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
- adjective satellite fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- dispone1/5
dispone
(Her.) To dispose.
- disidentify1/5
disidentify
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- disneyfication1/5
- disinhibiting1/5
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disagreeable
- adjective not to your liking
- a disagreeable situation
- adjective satellite unpleasant to interact with
- a disagreeable old man
- adjective not to your liking
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disaffiliated
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- disunified1/5
disunify
- verb break up or separate
break apart.
- The country is disunifying
- Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989
- verb break up or separate
- dismutation1/5
- disposers1/5
disposer
One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.
- discographical1/5
- dispositionally1/5
- discriminately1/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- disendowment1/5
disendowment
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.
- disanalogies1/5
- disharmonic1/5
- disvalues1/5
- disclosable1/5
disclosable
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dissector
One who dissects; an anatomist.
- disinflationary1/5
- disaffirmance1/5
disaffirmance
The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
- disintegrator1/5
disintegrator
(Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.
- disinhibitory1/5
- discoursive1/5
discursive
- adjective satellite proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
dianoetic.
- adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
excursive; digressive; rambling.
- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
- adjective satellite proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
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- discussable1/5
discussable
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- dispersity1/5
dispersity
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distorter
One who, or that which, distorts.
- distrest1/5
distress
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; hurt.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
- noun a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- a ship in distress
- she was the classic maiden in distress
- noun psychological suffering
- dismayingly1/5
dismaying
- adjective satellite causing consternation
appalling.
- appalling conditions
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite causing consternation
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disinhibit
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- discors1/5
discourse
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- noun an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
preaching; sermon.
- noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- disapply1/5
- distortionless1/5
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disputer
One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. Where is the disputer of this world? 1 Cor. i. 20.
- disputer1/5
dispute
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference of opinion; difference; conflict.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
- noun coming into conflict with
contravention.
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
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- dissimilarly1/5
dissimilar
- adjective not similar
- a group of very dissimilar people
- a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm
- their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own
- took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem
- adjective not alike or similar
unalike.
- as unalike as two people could be
- adjective not similar
- disrelish1/5
disrelish
Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a .disrelish for some kinds of foodMen love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.
- discute1/5
discute
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- disvalued1/5
- disparates1/5
disparate
- adjective satellite fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing
- disparate ideas
- adjective satellite including markedly dissimilar elements
- a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
- adjective satellite fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
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dissocial
Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, .dissocial feelings
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- disremember1/5
disremember
To fail to remember; to forget. Obs. or Archaic
- discobolus1/5
discobolus
(Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus .(b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it ✍ The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.
- disentitled1/5
disentitle
To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
- discordancy1/5
discordancy
State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.
- disseised1/5
disseize
(Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to .disseize a tenant of his freeholdWritten also disseise .Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.
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- disentitlement1/5
- discriminatingly1/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- disconnectedly1/5
disconnected
- adjective (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
staccato.
- staccato applause
- a staccato command
- staccato notes
- verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
disconnect; unplug.
- unplug the hair dryer after using it
- adjective (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
- dispair1/5
despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
desperation.
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
- noun the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- they moaned in despair and dismay
- one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- discerningly1/5
discerning
- adjective having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
- a discerning critic
- a discerning reader
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- adjective having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
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disfellowship
To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate. An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.
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- disequilibrating1/5
- discrowned1/5
discrown
To deprive of a crown. The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.
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- disna1/5
- disomic1/5
- dispeller1/5
- disclosers1/5
- disserve1/5
disserve
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor.
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- disneyfied1/5
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display
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
show.
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
- noun something shown to the public
exhibit; showing.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
- disaffirmed1/5
disaffirm
To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
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disunionist
An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.
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disaffiliate
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- discursus1/5
discursus
(Logic) Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.
- disulfonic1/5
- diskography1/5
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displaceable
Capable of being displaced.
- dispositor1/5
dispositor
A disposer.
- disamenities1/5
- disintegrant1/5
disintegrant
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- distichous1/5
distichous
(Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
- disassemblers1/5
- disallowances1/5
disallowance
The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
- disentitle1/5
disentitle
To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
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disponer
(Scots Law) One who legally transfers property from himself to another.
- discantus1/5
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dispersoid
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- distritos1/5
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- discour1/5
discour
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- disagio1/5
- dissave1/5
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distorted
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
deformed; misshapen; ill-shapen; malformed.
- deformed thalidomide babies
- his poor distorted limbs
- an ill-shapen vase
- a limp caused by a malformed foot
- misshapen old fingers
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
- adjective satellite so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
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disregardful
Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.
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distinguishable
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom
- a project distinguishable into four stages of progress
- distinguishable differences between the twins
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
distinct.
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
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- discing1/5
discing
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- disconnector1/5
- disilicide1/5
- dissimilars1/5
dissimilar
- adjective not similar
- a group of very dissimilar people
- a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm
- their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own
- took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem
- adjective not alike or similar
unalike.
- as unalike as two people could be
- adjective not similar
- distractedness1/5
distractedness
A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
- disequilibration1/5
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disenroll
To erase from a roll or list. Written also Donne.disenrol .
- diselenide1/5
diselenide
(Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
- dispositioned1/5
disposition
- noun your usual mood
temperament.
- he has a happy disposition
- noun the act or means of getting rid of something
disposal.
- noun your usual mood
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dissymmetrical
Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
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disenthralled
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dismal
- adjective satellite causing dejection
blue; dingy; drear; disconsolate; dreary; dark; gloomy; drab; sorry; grim.
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- adjective satellite causing dejection
- disannul1/5
disannul
To annul completely; to render void or of no effect. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul ? Isaiah xiv. 27.
✍ The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.
- dishearteningly1/5
disheartening
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralizing; demoralising; dispiriting.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
put off; dishearten.
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
- disazo1/5
- dismissable1/5
- disserved1/5
disserve
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor.
- dispell1/5
dispell
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- disemployment1/5
disemployment
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.
- dissimuler1/5
dissimuler
A dissembler. Obs.
- distinguishers1/5
distinguisher
One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.
- disprivileged1/5
disprivilege
To deprive of a privilege or privileges. R.
- disassortative1/5
disassortative
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- dissociatively1/5
dissociative
- adjective satellite tending to produce dissociation
- adjective satellite tending to produce dissociation
- dismantlers1/5
- distorters1/5
distorter
One who, or that which, distorts.
- disembed1/5
disembed
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- disentailment1/5
disentailment
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- disaffirming1/5
disaffirm
To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
- discission1/5
- discovert1/5
discovert
(Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
- disciplinarily1/5
disciplinary
- adjective relating to discipline in behavior
- disciplinary problems in the classroom
- adjective relating to a specific field of academic study
- economics in its modern disciplinary sense
- adjective relating to discipline in behavior
- distad1/5
distad
(Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
- disilane1/5
- disintegrators1/5
disintegrator
(Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.
- displacers1/5
displace
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
- verb take the place of or have precedence over
preempt.
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
- verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- dissyllabic1/5
dissyllabic
Consisting of two syllab only; B. Jonsas, a .dissyllabic foot in poetry
- diseasing1/5
disease
- noun an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
- noun an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
- disjunctives1/5
disjunctive
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- disamenity1/5
- disbalance1/5
- disremembered1/5
disremember
To fail to remember; to forget. Obs. or Archaic
- disfunctional1/5
- discussible1/5
- disinvited1/5
- dissipators1/5
dissipators
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- disingenuity1/5
disingenuity
Disingenuousness. Obs. Clarendon.
- disaggregations1/5
disaggregation
The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
- dissipator1/5
dissipator
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- disulphides1/5
disulphide
(Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide .
- disrespectable1/5
disrespectable
Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.
- distillable1/5
distillable
(Chem.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable ; olive oil is notdistillable .
- dispersement1/5
dispersement
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- disenthrall1/5
disenthrall
To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. Written also Milton.disenthral .
- distractable1/5
- disenrolled1/5
- dissymmetric1/5
dissymmetric
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- disprovable1/5
disprovable
Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle.
Derived words of dis
- paradise«Word Popularity Bar5/5
paradise
- noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
promised land; heaven; Eden; nirvana; Shangri-la.
- noun (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
- noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- madison5/5
madison
- noun 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
James Madison; President Madison.
- noun capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin
capital of Wisconsin.
- noun 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
- swedish5/5
swedish
Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants.
- methodist4/5
methodist
One who observes method. Obs.
- merchandise4/5
merchandise
- noun commodities offered for sale
product; ware.
- good business depends on having good merchandise
- that store offers a variety of products
- verb engage in the trade of
trade.
- he is merchandising telephone sets
- noun commodities offered for sale
- yiddish4/5
yiddish
- noun a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
- noun a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
- predisposition4/5
predisposition
- noun susceptibility to a pathogen
sensitivity.
- noun an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
- noun susceptibility to a pathogen
- interdisciplinary4/5
interdisciplinary
- adjective drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study
- interdisciplinary studies
- an interdisciplinary conference
- adjective drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study
- redistribution4/5
redistribution
- noun distributing again
- the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth
- noun distributing again
- childish4/5
childish
- adjective satellite indicating a lack of maturity
infantile.
- childish tantrums
- infantile behavior
- adjective satellite indicating a lack of maturity
- edison4/5
edison
- noun United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
Thomas Alva Edison; Thomas Edison.
- noun United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
- indistinguishable4/5
indistinguishable
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
identical.
- rows of identical houses
- cars identical except for their license plates
- they wore indistinguishable hats
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
undistinguishable.
- the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable
- the twins were indistinguishable
- a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
- kurdish4/5
kurdish
Of or pertaining to the Kurds. Written also Koordish .
- indispensable4/5
indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- reddish4/5
reddish
- adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
scarlet; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby-red; ruby; red; ruddy.
- adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- undisturbed4/5
undisturbed
- adjective satellite untroubled by interference or disturbance
- he could pursue his studies undisturbed
- adjective satellite untroubled by interference or disturbance
- addison4/5
addison
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- multidisciplinary4/5
multidisciplinary
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- standardisation3/5
standardisation
- noun the condition in which a standard has been successfully established
standardization.
- standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars
- noun the imposition of standards or regulations
normalization; normalisation; standardization.
- a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization
- noun the condition in which a standard has been successfully established
- methodists3/5
methodist
- noun a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
Wesleyan.
- Methodist theology
- noun a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church
- standardised3/5
standardised
- adjective satellite brought into conformity with a standard
standardized.
- standardized education
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
standardise; standardize.
- adjective satellite brought into conformity with a standard
- merchandising3/5
merchandising
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
marketing; selling.
- verb engage in the trade of
merchandise; trade.
- he is merchandising telephone sets
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
- methodism3/5
methodism
(Eccl.) The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists. Bp. Warburton.
- kurdistan3/5
kurdistan
- noun an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
- noun an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability
- noun an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
- predispositions3/5
predisposition
- noun susceptibility to a pathogen
sensitivity.
- noun an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
- noun susceptibility to a pathogen
- propagandist3/5
propagandist
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
propagandistic.
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- propagandists3/5
propagandist
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
propagandistic.
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- cavendish3/5
cavendish
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
- indistinct3/5
indistinct
- adjective not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
- indistinct shapes in the gloom
- an indistinct memory
- only indistinct notions of what to do
- adjective not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
- predisposed3/5
predisposed
- adjective satellite made susceptible
- because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease
- verb make susceptible
predispose.
- This illness predisposes you to gain weight
- adjective satellite made susceptible
- rediscovered3/5
rediscover
- verb discover again
- I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child
- verb discover again
- rediscovery3/5
rediscovery
- noun the act of discovering again
- noun the act of discovering again
- redistribute3/5
redistribute
- verb distribute anew
- redistribute the troops more strategically
- verb distribute anew
- brandishing3/5
brandish
- noun the act of waving
flourish.
- verb move or swing back and forth
flourish; wave.
- She waved her gun
- noun the act of waving
- rediscover3/5
rediscover
- verb discover again
- I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child
- verb discover again
- indiscretion3/5
indiscretion
- noun the trait of being injudicious
injudiciousness.
- noun a petty misdeed
peccadillo.
- noun the trait of being injudicious
- redistributed3/5
redistributed
- adjective satellite having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas
- redistributed industries
- verb distribute anew
redistribute.
- redistribute the troops more strategically
- adjective satellite having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas
- equidistant3/5
equidistant
- adjective satellite the same distance apart at every point
- adjective satellite the same distance apart at every point
- rediscovering3/5
rediscover
- verb discover again
- I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child
- verb discover again
- horseradish3/5
horseradish
- noun the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
horseradish root.
- noun coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
Armoracia rusticana; horse radish; red cole.
- noun the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
- subsidised3/5
subsidised
- adjective satellite having partial financial support from public funds
subsidized.
- lived in subsidized public housing
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
subsidize; subsidise.
- adjective satellite having partial financial support from public funds
- standish3/5
standish
A stand, or case, for pen and ink. I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish. Swift.
- radish3/5
radish
- noun pungent fleshy edible root
- noun radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Japanese radish; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus; daikon.
- noun pungent fleshy edible root
- hypothyroidism3/5
hypothyroidism
- noun an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones
- noun an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones
- indiscriminate3/5
indiscriminate
- adjective satellite failing to make or recognize distinctions
- adjective not marked by fine distinctions
- indiscriminate reading habits
- an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles
- adjective satellite failing to make or recognize distinctions
- hyperthyroidism3/5
hyperthyroidism
- noun an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
thyrotoxicosis.
- noun an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
- outlandish3/5
outlandish
- adjective satellite conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
gonzo; freakish; eccentric; outre; flaky; bizarre; freaky; off-the-wall; flakey.
- restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
- famed for his eccentric spelling
- a freakish combination of styles
- his off-the-wall antics
- the outlandish clothes of teenagers
- outre and affected stage antics
- adjective satellite conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- hyperparathyroidism3/5
hyperparathyroidism
- noun excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis)
- noun excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis)
- sadism3/5
sadism
- noun sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others
- noun sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others
- contradistinction3/5
contradistinction
- noun a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
- sculpture in contradistinction to painting
- noun a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
- indisputable3/5
indisputable
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
incontestable; undisputable.
- undeniable guilt
- indisputable evidence of a witness
- adjective satellite impossible to doubt or dispute
sure.
- indisputable (or sure) proof
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
- indiscriminately3/5
indiscriminately
- adverb in a random manner
arbitrarily; willy-nilly; haphazardly; every which way; randomly; at random.
- the houses were randomly scattered
- bullets were fired into the crowd at random
- adverb in an indiscriminate manner
promiscuously.
- she reads promiscuously
- adverb in a random manner
- sadistic3/5
sadistic
- adjective deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
- adjective deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
- predisposing3/5
predispose
- verb make susceptible
- This illness predisposes you to gain weight
- verb make susceptible
- predispose3/5
predispose
- verb make susceptible
- This illness predisposes you to gain weight
- verb make susceptible
- undiscovered3/5
undiscovered
- adjective satellite not discovered
- with earth-based telescopes many stars remain undiscovered
- adjective satellite not yet discovered
unexplored.
- undiscovered islands
- adjective satellite not discovered
- undisciplined3/5
undisciplined
- adjective satellite not subjected to discipline
- undisciplined talent
- adjective satellite not subjected to correction or discipline
uncorrected.
- let her children grow up uncorrected
- adjective satellite not subjected to discipline
- indiscreet3/5
indiscreet
- adjective lacking discretion; injudicious
- her behavior was indiscreet at the very best
- adjective lacking discretion; injudicious
- undisputed3/5
undisputed
- adjective satellite generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute
unchallenged; unquestioned.
- the undisputed fact
- adjective satellite generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute
- undisclosed3/5
undisclosed
- adjective satellite not made known
unrevealed.
- adjective satellite not made known
- redistributive3/5
- nondiscrimination3/5
nondiscrimination
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- indisputably3/5
indisputable
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
incontestable; undisputable.
- undeniable guilt
- indisputable evidence of a witness
- adjective satellite impossible to doubt or dispute
sure.
- indisputable (or sure) proof
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
- redistricting3/5
redistrict
To divide into new districts.
- paradisiacal2/5
paradisiacal
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
paradisiac; paradisaical; paradisal; paradisaic.
- together in that paradisal place
- paradisiacal innocence
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
- paradisal2/5
paradisal
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
paradisiacal; paradisiac; paradisaical; paradisaic.
- together in that paradisal place
- paradisiacal innocence
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
- mogadishu2/5
mogadishu
- noun the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
Mogadiscio; capital of Somalia.
- noun the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
- paradises2/5
paradise
- noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
promised land; heaven; Eden; nirvana; Shangri-la.
- noun (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
- noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- fiendish2/5
fiendish
- adjective satellite extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
satanic; infernal; demonic; hellish; unholy; diabolical; diabolic.
- something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
- fires lit up a diabolic scene
- diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
- a fiendish despot
- hellish torture
- infernal instruments of war
- satanic cruelty
- unholy grimaces
- adjective satellite extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- indisposed2/5
indisposed
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; unwell; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- verb make unwilling
indispose; disincline.
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
- hybridisation2/5
hybridisation
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridizing; interbreeding; hybridization.
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- oxidised2/5
oxidised
- adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
oxidized.
- the oxidized form of iodine
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidise; oxidate.
- adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen
- jihadist2/5
jihadist
- noun a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
- noun a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
- jihadists2/5
jihadist
- noun a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
- noun a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
- childishness2/5
childishness
- noun a property characteristic of a child
puerility.
- noun a property characteristic of a child
- oxidising2/5
oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- aggrandisement2/5
aggrandisement
- noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
elevation; aggrandizement.
- the aggrandizement of the king
- his elevation to cardinal
- noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- brindisi2/5
brindisi
- noun a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
- noun a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
- nudist2/5
nudist
- noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
naturist.
- noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
- aphrodisias2/5
aphrodisia
- noun a desire for heterosexual intimacy
- noun a desire for heterosexual intimacy
- standardise2/5
standardise
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
standardize.
- verb cause to conform to standard or norm
standardize.
- The weights and measures were standardized
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
- cladistics2/5
cladistics
- noun a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms
cladistic analysis.
- noun a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms
- mahdist2/5
mahdist
- noun an adherent of Mahdism
- noun an adherent of Mahdism
- standardising2/5
standardise
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
standardize.
- verb cause to conform to standard or norm
standardize.
- The weights and measures were standardized
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
- indistinguishability2/5
indistinguishability
- noun exact sameness
identicalness; identity.
- they shared an identity of interests
- noun exact sameness
- radishes2/5
radish
- noun pungent fleshy edible root
- noun radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Japanese radish; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus; daikon.
- noun pungent fleshy edible root
- brandished2/5
brandish
- noun the act of waving
flourish.
- verb move or swing back and forth
flourish; wave.
- She waved her gun
- noun the act of waving
- aphrodisiac2/5
aphrodisiac
- noun a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
- adjective exciting sexual desire
sexy; aphrodisiacal.
- noun a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
- redistributing2/5
redistribute
- verb distribute anew
- redistribute the troops more strategically
- verb distribute anew
- indiscretions2/5
indiscretion
- noun the trait of being injudicious
injudiciousness.
- noun a petty misdeed
peccadillo.
- noun the trait of being injudicious
- indisposition2/5
indisposition
- noun a slight illness
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; reluctance; disinclination.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a slight illness
- hasidism2/5
hasidism
- noun a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
Chassidim; Hassidim; Chasidim; Hasidim.
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
Hassidism; Chasidism; Chassidism.
- noun a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
- blandishments2/5
blandishment
- noun flattery intended to persuade
cajolery; palaver.
- noun the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
wheedling.
- noun flattery intended to persuade
- sadist2/5
sadist
- noun someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
- noun someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
- prudish2/5
prudish
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
puritanical; prissy; square-toed; straight-laced; straitlaced; strait-laced; tight-laced; victorian; prim; straightlaced; priggish.
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
- jeopardise2/5
jeopardise
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
peril; jeopardize; imperil; endanger; threaten; menace.
- The pollution is endangering the crops
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
- propagandistic2/5
propagandistic
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
propagandist.
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
- indispensability2/5
indispensability
- noun the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
vitalness; indispensableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
- subsidise2/5
subsidise
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
subsidize.
- verb support through subsidies
subsidize.
- The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
- cryptorchidism2/5
cryptorchidism
- noun failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
cryptorchidy; cryptorchism.
- noun failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
- merchandisers2/5
merchandiser
- noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
merchant.
- noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- roundish2/5
roundish
- adjective satellite somewhat round in appearance or form
- adjective satellite somewhat round in appearance or form
- redistributes2/5
redistribute
- verb distribute anew
- redistribute the troops more strategically
- verb distribute anew
- jeopardised2/5
jeopardise
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
peril; jeopardize; imperil; endanger; threaten; menace.
- The pollution is endangering the crops
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
- brandish2/5
brandish
- noun the act of waving
flourish.
- verb move or swing back and forth
flourish; wave.
- She waved her gun
- noun the act of waving
- sadists2/5
sadist
- noun someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
- noun someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
- subsidising2/5
subsidise
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
subsidize.
- verb support through subsidies
subsidize.
- The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
- nondisjunction2/5
nondisjunction
- noun meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
- noun meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
- merchandiser2/5
merchandiser
- noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
merchant.
- noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- subsidisation2/5
subsidisation
- noun money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy
subsidization.
- noun the act of providing a subsidy
subsidization; grant.
- noun money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy
- redistributions2/5
redistribution
- noun distributing again
- the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth
- noun distributing again
- fiendishly2/5
fiendishly
- adverb as a devil; in an evil manner
devilishly; diabolically.
- his writing could be diabolically satiric
- adverb as a devil; in an evil manner
- faddish2/5
faddish
- adjective satellite intensely fashionable for a short time
faddy.
- adjective satellite intensely fashionable for a short time
- jeopardising2/5
jeopardise
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
peril; jeopardize; imperil; endanger; threaten; menace.
- The pollution is endangering the crops
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
- rediscovers2/5
rediscover
- verb discover again
- I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child
- verb discover again
- indissoluble2/5
indissoluble
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
insoluble.
- adjective satellite used of decisions and contracts
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
- undistributed2/5
undistributed
- adjective satellite (of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities
- adjective satellite (of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities
- indiscipline2/5
indiscipline
- noun the trait of lacking discipline
undiscipline.
- noun the trait of lacking discipline
- indistinctly2/5
indistinctly
- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
dimly.
- we perceived the change only dimly
- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
- undistorted2/5
undistorted
- adjective satellite without alteration or misrepresentation
- his judgment was undistorted by emotion
- adjective satellite without alteration or misrepresentation
- childishly2/5
childishly
- adverb in a childlike manner
- he acted very childishly
- adverb in a childlike manner
- hypoparathyroidism2/5
hypoparathyroidism
- noun inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood
- noun inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood
- modish2/5
modish
- adjective satellite in the current fashion or style
in vogue; in style; a la mode; latest.
- adjective satellite in the current fashion or style
- aphrodisiacs2/5
aphrodisiac
- noun a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
- adjective exciting sexual desire
sexy; aphrodisiacal.
- noun a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
- orthopedist2/5
orthopedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopaedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- indistinctness2/5
indistinctness
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
- predisposes2/5
predispose
- verb make susceptible
- This illness predisposes you to gain weight
- verb make susceptible
- undistinguished2/5
undistinguished
- adjective satellite not worthy of notice
insignificant.
- adjective satellite not worthy of notice
- hypogonadism2/5
hypogonadism
- noun incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
- noun incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
- indiscernible2/5
indiscernible
- adjective difficult or impossible to perceive or discern
- an indiscernible increase in temperature
- adjective satellite barely able to be perceived
undetectable; insensible.
- the transition was almost indiscernible
- an almost insensible change
- adjective difficult or impossible to perceive or discern
- undismayed2/5
undismayed
- adjective satellite unshaken in purpose
unshaken; undaunted.
- wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made
- adjective satellite unshaken in purpose
- undiscriminating2/5
undiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
indiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- outdistanced2/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- undisguised2/5
undisguised
- adjective satellite plain to see
- undisguised curiosity
- adjective satellite plain to see
- undissolved2/5
undissolved
- adjective satellite retaining a solid form
- undissolved sugar in the bottom of the cup
- adjective satellite retaining a solid form
- videodisc2/5
videodisc
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
DVD; videodisk.
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
- undistinguishable2/5
undistinguishable
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
indistinguishable.
- the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable
- the twins were indistinguishable
- a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
- nondiscriminatory2/5
nondiscriminatory
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- antidiscrimination2/5
antidiscrimination
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- nondisclosure2/5
nondisclosure
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- kaddish2/5
kaddish
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- nomadism2/5
nomadism
The state of being a nomad.
- nondisabled2/5
- arrondissement2/5
arrondissement
A subdivision of a department. France✍ The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
- transdisciplinary2/5
transdisciplinary
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- indissolubly2/5
indissoluble
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
insoluble.
- adjective satellite used of decisions and contracts
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
- netherlandish2/5
- monodisperse2/5
monodisperse
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- cladistic2/5
cladistic
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- subdistrict2/5
subdistrict
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- indispensably2/5
indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- polydispersity2/5
- subdiscipline2/5
subdiscipline
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- absurdist2/5
absurdist
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- equidistance2/5
equidistance
Equal distance.
- maldistribution2/5
- subdisciplines2/5
subdisciplines
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- microdissection2/5
microdissection
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- landlordism2/5
landlordism
The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands. J. S. Mill.
- photodissociation2/5
photodissociation
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- indispensible2/5
indispensible
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- redisplay2/5
redisplay
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- polydisperse2/5
polydisperse
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- kadish2/5
kadish
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- madisonian2/5
- sadistically2/5
sadistically
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- paradisaical1/5
paradisaical
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
paradisiacal; paradisiac; paradisal; paradisaic.
- together in that paradisal place
- paradisiacal innocence
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
- vedism1/5
vedism
- noun the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas
- noun the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas
- paradisiac1/5
paradisiac
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
paradisiacal; paradisaical; paradisal; paradisaic.
- together in that paradisal place
- paradisiacal innocence
- adjective satellite relating to or befitting Paradise
- mahdism1/5
mahdism
- noun belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi
- noun belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi
- faddists1/5
faddist
- noun a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- noun a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- faddist1/5
faddist
- noun a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- noun a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- bastardised1/5
bastardised
- adjective satellite deriving from more than one source or style
bastardized.
- verb change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
bastardise; bastardize.
- adjective satellite deriving from more than one source or style
- mogadiscio1/5
mogadiscio
- noun the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
Mogadishu; capital of Somalia.
- noun the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
- agdistis1/5
agdistis
- noun Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele
- noun Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele
- druidism1/5
druidism
- noun the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies
- noun the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies
- girondists1/5
girondist
- noun a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
Girondin.
- noun a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
- oxidise1/5
oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- nudism1/5
nudism
- noun going without clothes as a social practice
naturism.
- noun going without clothes as a social practice
- nudists1/5
nudist
- noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
naturist.
- noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
- oldish1/5
oldish
- adjective satellite somewhat elderly
- adjective satellite somewhat elderly
- mahdists1/5
- merchandises1/5
merchandise
- noun commodities offered for sale
product; ware.
- good business depends on having good merchandise
- that store offers a variety of products
- verb engage in the trade of
trade.
- he is merchandising telephone sets
- noun commodities offered for sale
- merchandised1/5
merchandise
- noun commodities offered for sale
product; ware.
- good business depends on having good merchandise
- that store offers a variety of products
- verb engage in the trade of
trade.
- he is merchandising telephone sets
- noun commodities offered for sale
- goodish1/5
goodish
- adjective satellite moderately good of its kind
- a goodish wine
- adjective satellite large in amount or extent or degree
sizeable; respectable; healthy; hefty; tidy; sizable; goodly.
- it cost a considerable amount
- a goodly amount
- received a hefty bonus
- a respectable sum
- a tidy sum of money
- a sizable fortune
- adjective satellite moderately good of its kind
- oxidises1/5
oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
- blandish1/5
blandish
- verb praise somewhat dishonestly
flatter.
- verb praise somewhat dishonestly
- girondist1/5
girondist
A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.
- aphrodisia1/5
aphrodisia
- noun a desire for heterosexual intimacy
- noun a desire for heterosexual intimacy
- aggrandising1/5
aggrandise
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandize.
- verb add details to
- aggrandise1/5
aggrandise
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandize.
- verb add details to
- encyclopedism1/5
encyclopedism
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
eruditeness; encyclopaedism; learnedness; learning; erudition; scholarship.
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
- indispose1/5
indispose
- verb make unwilling
disincline.
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
disqualify; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- verb make unwilling
- propagandising1/5
propagandise
- verb subject to propaganda
propagandize.
- verb spread by propaganda
propagandize.
- verb subject to propaganda
- hybridisations1/5
hybridisation
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridizing; interbreeding; hybridization.
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- aggrandised1/5
aggrandise
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandize.
- verb add details to
- standardises1/5
standardise
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
standardize.
- verb cause to conform to standard or norm
standardize.
- The weights and measures were standardized
- verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
- keyboardist1/5
keyboardist
- noun a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
- noun a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
- brandishes1/5
brandish
- noun the act of waving
flourish.
- verb move or swing back and forth
flourish; wave.
- She waved her gun
- noun the act of waving
- hybridised1/5
hybridise
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- encyclopedists1/5
encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- parodist1/5
parodist
- noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
lampooner.
- noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
- modiste1/5
modiste
- noun someone who makes and sells hats
milliner; hatmaker; hatter.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
dressmaker; seamstress; needlewoman; sempstress.
- noun someone who makes and sells hats
- encyclopedist1/5
encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- encyclopaedists1/5
encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- chiropodist1/5
chiropodist
- noun a specialist in care for the feet
podiatrist; foot doctor.
- noun a specialist in care for the feet
- contradistinguished1/5
contradistinguish
- verb distinguish by contrasting qualities
- verb distinguish by contrasting qualities
- harpsichordist1/5
harpsichordist
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
- blandishment1/5
blandishment
- noun flattery intended to persuade
cajolery; palaver.
- noun the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
wheedling.
- noun flattery intended to persuade
- rediscoveries1/5
rediscovery
- noun the act of discovering again
- noun the act of discovering again
- jeopardises1/5
jeopardise
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
peril; jeopardize; imperil; endanger; threaten; menace.
- The pollution is endangering the crops
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
- hybridise1/5
hybridise
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- subsidises1/5
subsidise
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
subsidize.
- verb support through subsidies
subsidize.
- The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized
- verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
- cavendishes1/5
cavendish
- noun British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
Henry Cavendish.
- noun British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
- anodised1/5
anodise
- verb coat a metal with an oxide coat
anodize.
- verb coat a metal with an oxide coat
- hybridising1/5
hybridise
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- indispositions1/5
indisposition
- noun a slight illness
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; reluctance; disinclination.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a slight illness
- chiropodists1/5
chiropodist
- noun a specialist in care for the feet
podiatrist; foot doctor.
- noun a specialist in care for the feet
- iodised1/5
iodised
- adjective treated with iodine
iodinated; iodized.
- iodized salt
- verb treat with iodine
iodize; iodise.
- iodize salt
- adjective treated with iodine
- encyclopaedist1/5
encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- parodists1/5
parodist
- noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
lampooner.
- noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
- aphrodisiacal1/5
aphrodisiacal
- adjective exciting sexual desire
sexy; aphrodisiac.
- adjective exciting sexual desire
- outlandishness1/5
outlandishness
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
bizarreness; weirdness.
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
- modistes1/5
modiste
- noun someone who makes and sells hats
milliner; hatmaker; hatter.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
dressmaker; seamstress; needlewoman; sempstress.
- noun someone who makes and sells hats
- ardisia1/5
ardisia
- noun tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas
genus Ardisia.
- noun tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas
- anodising1/5
anodise
- verb coat a metal with an oxide coat
anodize.
- verb coat a metal with an oxide coat
- oxidiser1/5
oxidiser
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidizing agent; oxidizer; oxidant.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- keyboardists1/5
keyboardist
- noun a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
- noun a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
- oxidisers1/5
oxidiser
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
oxidizing agent; oxidizer; oxidant.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
- oxidisation1/5
oxidisation
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
oxidation; oxidization.
- noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
- invalidism1/5
invalidism
- noun chronic ill health
- noun chronic ill health
- prudishness1/5
prudishness
- noun excessive or affected modesty
primness; prudery; Grundyism.
- noun excessive or affected modesty
- orthopedists1/5
orthopedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopaedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- tribadism1/5
tribadism
- noun a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse
- noun a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse
- hassidism1/5
hassidism
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
Hasidism; Chasidism; Chassidism.
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
- hermaphrodism1/5
hermaphrodism
- noun congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
hermaphroditism.
- noun congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
- orthopaedist1/5
orthopaedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- prudishly1/5
prudishly
- adverb in a prudish manner
puritanically.
- she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste
- adverb in a prudish manner
- cloddish1/5
cloddish
- adjective satellite heavy and dull and stupid
doltish.
- adjective satellite heavy and dull and stupid
- chasidism1/5
chasidism
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
Hasidism; Hassidism; Chassidism.
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
- chassidism1/5
chassidism
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
Hasidism; Hassidism; Chasidism.
- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
- modishness1/5
modishness
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
stylishness; swank; smartness; last word; chicness; chichi; chic.
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- orthopaedists1/5
orthopaedist
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopedist.
- noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
- indiscreetly1/5
indiscreetly
- adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
- she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health
- adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
- outdistance1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- undisputable1/5
undisputable
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
incontestable; indisputable.
- undeniable guilt
- indisputable evidence of a witness
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
- undiscerning1/5
undiscerning
- adjective lacking discernment
- adjective lacking discernment
- aspidistra1/5
aspidistra
- noun evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
cast-iron plant; Aspidistra elatio; bar-room plant.
- noun evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
- outlandishly1/5
outlandishly
- adverb in an outlandish manner
- the Bavarian was outlandishly dressed in lederhosen
- adverb in an outlandish manner
- outdistancing1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- indiscriminating1/5
indiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
undiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- undiscouraged1/5
undiscouraged
- adjective satellite not deterred
undeterred.
- pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell
- adjective satellite not deterred
- blastodisc1/5
blastodisc
- noun a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
germinal disc; blastoderm; germinal area.
- noun a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
- modishly1/5
modishly
- adverb in a stylish manner
smartly; sprucely.
- He was smartly dressed
- adverb in a stylish manner
- outdistances1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- undiscoverable1/5
undiscoverable
- adjective satellite not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery
unascertainable.
- adjective satellite not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery
- videodiscs1/5
videodisc
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
DVD; videodisk.
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
- indiscrete1/5
indiscrete
- adjective satellite not divided or divisible into parts
- layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass
- adjective satellite not divided or divisible into parts
- caddish1/5
caddish
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
ungallant; unchivalrous.
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
- videodisk1/5
videodisk
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
DVD; videodisc.
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
- undischarged1/5
undischarged
- adjective satellite owed as a debt
owing; outstanding.
- outstanding bills
- the amount still owed
- undischarged debts
- adjective satellite still capable of exploding or being fired
unexploded.
- undischarged ammunition
- an unexploded bomb
- adjective satellite owed as a debt
- undisputedly1/5
undisputedly
- adverb in an unarguable and undisputed manner
unarguably.
- you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any company
- adverb in an unarguable and undisputed manner
- nondisposable1/5
nondisposable
- adjective (of assets) unavailable for use
- adjective not designed to be thrown away after use
- adjective (of assets) unavailable for use
- nondiscretionary1/5
nondiscretionary
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- undistracted1/5
- fluidised1/5
- indissolubility1/5
indissolubility
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- undissociated1/5
- periodisation1/5
- indiscernibility1/5
- undiscounted1/5
- recordist1/5
recordist
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- arrondissements1/5
arrondissement
A subdivision of a department. France✍ The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
- brundisium1/5
- warlordism1/5
- nondiscursive1/5
- indissociable1/5
- indistinguishably1/5
indistinguishable
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
identical.
- rows of identical houses
- cars identical except for their license plates
- they wore indistinguishable hats
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
undistinguishable.
- the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable
- the twins were indistinguishable
- a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
- tundish1/5
- interdistrict1/5
interdistrict
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- caddisflies1/5
- undisplaced1/5
- subdistricts1/5
subdistricts
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- redistributional1/5
- redissolved1/5
redissolve
To dissolve again.
- padishah1/5
padishah
Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.
- rediscount1/5
rediscount
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- undiscussed1/5
- mesiodistal1/5
mesiodistal
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- paradisi1/5
paradisi
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- indistinction1/5
indistinction
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne.
An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being agreeable to the will of God. Sprat.
- laserdisc1/5
laserdisc
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- overdistention1/5
- addisonian1/5
- luddism1/5
- yiddishkeit1/5
- photoperiodism1/5
- blondish1/5
blondish
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- talmudists1/5
talmudist
One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
- wendish1/5
wendish
Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.
- laddish1/5
laddish
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- talmudist1/5
talmudist
One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
- caddisfly1/5
- redisplayed1/5
- redissolve1/5
redissolve
To dissolve again.
- nondispersive1/5
- hybridism1/5
hybridism
The state or quality of being hybrid.
- propagandism1/5
propagandism
The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.
- bundist1/5
bundist
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- overdistension1/5
- absurdism1/5
- orchardists1/5
orchardist
One who cultivates an orchard.
- orchardist1/5
orchardist
One who cultivates an orchard.
- bundists1/5
- redisplays1/5
- vanguardism1/5
vanguardism
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- predistortion1/5
- bollandists1/5
bollandists
The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.
- predistribution1/5
- nondisruptive1/5
- vanguardist1/5
vanguardist
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- indispensables1/5
indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- parodistic1/5
- rediscounting1/5
rediscounting
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- undisguisedly1/5
undisguised
- adjective satellite plain to see
- undisguised curiosity
- adjective satellite plain to see
- rhapsodist1/5
rhapsodist
Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
- redistributable1/5
- equidistantly1/5
equidistant
- adjective satellite the same distance apart at every point
- adjective satellite the same distance apart at every point
- nondiseased1/5
- melodist1/5
melodist
A composer or singer of melodies.
- undiscussable1/5
- rhapsodists1/5
rhapsodist
Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
- undisposed1/5
undisposed
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- aridisols1/5
- paradisical1/5
paradisical
Paradisiacal. R.
- fluidisation1/5
- predischarge1/5
- faddism1/5
faddism
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- recordists1/5
recordists
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- nondiscriminating1/5
nondiscriminating
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- cladists1/5
- redistilled1/5
redistilled
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- predispute1/5
- multidiscipline1/5
multidiscipline
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- blackguardism1/5
blackguardism
The conduct or language of a blackguard; rufflanism.
- mesiodistally1/5
- predispositional1/5
- goldish1/5
- indisciplined1/5
indiscipline
- noun the trait of lacking discipline
undiscipline.
- noun the trait of lacking discipline
- wildish1/5
wildish
Somewhat wild; rather wild. "A wildish destiny." Wordsworth.
- yiddishist1/5
yiddishist
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- codiscoverer1/5
- gourmandise1/5
- polydispersities1/5
- redistributionist1/5
redistributionist
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- undistinguishing1/5
undistinguishing
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- indiscrimination1/5
indiscrimination
Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality. Jefferson.
- minidisk1/5
minidisk
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- predisaster1/5
- humidistat1/5
humidistat
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- undisrupted1/5
- afterdischarge1/5
afterdischarge
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- unsubsidised1/5
- yiddishists1/5
- intradistrict1/5
- unstandardised1/5
- redispersed1/5
- paradisiaca1/5
paradisiaca
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- maidish1/5
maidish
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- paradisial1/5
paradisial
Paradisiacal. R.
- redistrict1/5
redistrict
To divide into new districts.
- bardism1/5
bardism
The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
- oxidisable1/5
- faddishness1/5
faddishness
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- photodisintegration1/5
photodisintegration
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- redistributors1/5
redistributors
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- methodistical1/5
methodistical
Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. --Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly , adv.
- redistributor1/5
redistributor
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- redistricted1/5
redistrict
To divide into new districts.
- fiendishness1/5
fiendishness
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- undissembled1/5
- nondistribution1/5
nondistribution
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- monadism1/5
monadism
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- piebaldism1/5
- nondisciplinary1/5
nondisciplinary
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- yiddishism1/5
yiddishism
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- predisturbance1/5
- undiscernible1/5
undiscernible
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- undissected1/5
- undisbursed1/5
- redisplaying1/5
- redissolution1/5
- rediscounts1/5
rediscounts
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- undiscerned1/5
undiscerned
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- laserdiscs1/5
- nondistinctive1/5
- cladism1/5
- contrabandista1/5
contrabandista
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- nondisturbance1/5
- minidisks1/5
minidisks
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- laddishness1/5
laddishness
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- bollandist1/5
bollandist
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- undisputably1/5
undisputable
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
incontestable; indisputable.
- undeniable guilt
- indisputable evidence of a witness
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
- methodistic1/5
methodistic
Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. --Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly , adv.
- undispersed1/5
- nondisclosures1/5
- indistinctive1/5
indistinctive
Having nothing distinctive; common. --In`dis*tinc"tive*ness , n.
- foetidissima1/5
foetidissima
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- rediscounted1/5
rediscounted
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- indissociably1/5
- nondissipative1/5
- absurdists1/5
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