Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
Dirgeful (a.) Funereal; moaning.
Dirige (n.) A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge.
Dirigent (a.) Directing.
Dirigent (n.) The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix.
Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.
Diriment (a.) Absolute.
Dirk (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
Dirked (imp. & p. p.) of Dirk
Dirking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dirk
Dirk (v. t.) To stab with a dirk.
Dirk (a.) Dark.
Dirk (v. t.) To darken.
Dirkness (n.) Darkness.
Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.
Dirt (n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
Dirt (n.) Meanness; sordidness.
Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
Dirt (v. t.) To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
Dirtily (adv.) In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.
Dirtiness (n.) The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.
Dirty (superl.) Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
Dirty (superl.) Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.
Dirty (superl.) Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.
Dirty (superl.) Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.
Dirtied (imp. & p. p.) of Dirty
Dirtying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dirty
Dirty (v. t.) To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
Dirty (v. t.) To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
Diruption (a.) Disruption.
Dis- () .
Dis- () A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever.
Dis- () A prefix from Gr. di`s- twice. See Di-.
Dis (n.) The god Pluto.
Disabilities (pl. ) of Disability
Disability (n.) State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
Disability (n.) Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
Disable (a.) Lacking ability; unable.
Disabled (imp. & p. p.) of Disable
Disabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disable
Disable (v. t.) To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.
Disable (v. t.) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.
Disable (v. t.) To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue.
Disablement (n.) Deprivation of ability; incapacity.
Disabused (imp. & p. p.) of Disabuse
Disabusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disabuse
Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Disaccommodate (v. t.) To put to inconvenience; to incommode.
Disaccommodation (n.) A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited.
Disaccord (v. i.) To refuse to assent.
Disaccord (n.) Disagreement.
Disaccordant (a.) Not accordant.
Disaccustom (v. t.) To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.
Disacidify (v. t.) To free from acid.
Disacknowledged (imp. & p. p.) of Disacknowledge
Disacknowledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disacknowledge
Disacknowledge (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown.
Disacquaint (v. t.) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.
Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
Disacryl (n.) A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.
Disadorn (v. t.) To deprive of ornaments.
Disadvance (v. t. & i.) To draw back, or cause to draw back.
Disadvantage (n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.
Disadvantage (n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.
Disadvantage (v. t.) To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.
Disadvantageable (a.) Injurious; disadvantageous.
Disadvantageous (a.) Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense.
Disadventure (n.) Misfortune; mishap.
Disadventurous (a.) Unprosperous; unfortunate.
Disadvise (v. t.) To advise against; to dissuade from.
Disaffected (imp. & p. p.) of Disaffect
Disaffecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disaffect
Disaffect (v. t.) To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.
Disaffect (v. t.) To disturb the functions of; to disorder.
Disaffect (v. t.) To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike.
Disaffected (a.) Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal.
Disaffection (n.) State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.
Disaffection (n.) Disorder; bad constitution.
Disaffectionate (a.) Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected.
Disaffirm (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
Disaffirm (v. t.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.
Disaffirmance (n.) The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
Disaffirmance (n.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.
Disaffirmation (n.) The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.
Disafforested (imp. & p. p.) of Disafforest
Disafforesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disafforest
Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
Disaggregate (v. t.) To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
Disaggregation (n.) The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
Disagreed (imp. & p. p.) of Disagree
Disageeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disagree
Disagree (v. i.) To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
Disagree (v. i.) To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.
Disagree (v. i.) To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
Disagreeable (a.) Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Disagreeable (a.) Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
Disagreeableness (n.) The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
Disagreeably (adv.) In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.
Disagreeance (n.) Disagreement.
Disagreement (n.) The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.