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disfigure |
To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of. |
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dishabille |
Undress or negligent attire. |
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dishonest |
Untrustworthy. |
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disillusion |
To disenchant. |
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disinfect |
To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases. |
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disinfectant |
A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases. |
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disinherit |
To deprive of an inheritance. |
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disinterested |
Impartial. |
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disjunctive |
Helping or serving to disconnect or separate. |
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dislocate |
To put out of proper place or order. |
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dismissal |
Displacement by authority from an office or an employment. |
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dismount |
To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like. |
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disobedience |
Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction. |
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disobedient |
Neglecting or refusing to obey. |
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disown |
To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself. |
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disparage |
To regard or speak of slightingly. |
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disparity |
Inequality. |
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dispel |
To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions. |
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dispensation |
That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. |
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displace |
To put out of the proper or accustomed place. |
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dispossess |
To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate. |
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disputation |
Verbal controversy. |
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disqualify |
To debar. |
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disquiet |
To deprive of peace or tranquillity. |
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disregard |
To take no notice of. |
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disreputable |
Dishonorable or disgraceful. |
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disrepute |
A bad name or character. |
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disrobe |
To unclothe. |
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disrupt |
To burst or break asunder. |
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dissatisfy |
To displease. |
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dissect |
To cut apart or to pieces. |
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dissection |
The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal. |
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dissemble |
To hide by pretending something different. |
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disseminate |
To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. |
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dissension |
Angry or violent difference of opinion. |
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dissent |
Disagreement. |
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dissentient |
One who disagrees. |
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dissentious |
Contentious. |
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dissertation |
Thesis. |
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disservice |
An ill turn. |
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dissever |
To divide. |
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dissimilar |
Different. |
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dissipate |
To disperse or disappear. |
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dissipation |
The state of being dispersed or scattered. |
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dissolute |
Lewd. |
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dissolution |
A breaking up of a union of persons. |
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dissolve |
To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture. |
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dissonance |
Discord. |
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dissonant |
Harsh or disagreeable in sound. |
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dissuade |
To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading. |
