Disturb (n.) Disturbance.
Disturbance (n.) An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.
Disturbance (n.) Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
Disturbance (n.) Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
Disturbance (n.) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.
Disturbation (n.) Act of disturbing; disturbance.
Disturber (n.) One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.
Disturber (n.) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.
Disturn (v. t.) To turn aside.
Distyle (a.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.
Disulphate (n.) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
Disulphate (n.) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Disulphide (n.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
Disulphuret (n.) See Disulphide.
Disulphuric (a.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
Disuniform (a.) Not uniform.
Disunion (n.) The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.
Disunion (n.) A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.
Disunion (n.) The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.
Disunionist (n.) An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.
Disunited (imp. & p. p.) of Disunite
Disuniting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disunite
Disunite (v. t.) To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
Disunite (v. t.) To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
Disunite (v. i.) To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
Disuniter (n.) One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.
Disunity (n.) A state of separation or disunion; want of unity.
Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disuse
Disusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disuse
Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
Disuse (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
Disutilize (v. t.) To deprive of utility; to render useless.
Disvaluation (n.) Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute.
Disvalue (v. t.) To undervalue; to depreciate.
Disvalue (n.) Disesteem; disregard.
Disvantageous (a.) Disadvantageous.
Disvelop (v. t.) To develop.
Disventure (n.) A disadventure.
Disvouch (v. t.) To discredit; to contradict.
Diswarn (v. t.) To dissuade from by previous warning.
Diswitted (a.) Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted.
Diswont (v. t.) To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom.
Disworkmanship (n.) Bad workmanship.
Disworship (v. t.) To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.
Disworship (n.) A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
Disworth (v. t.) To deprive of worth; to degrade.
Disyoke (v. t.) To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin.
Dit (n.) A word; a decree.
Dit (n.) A ditty; a song.
Dit (v. t.) To close up.
Ditation (n.) The act of making rich; enrichment.
Ditches (pl. ) of Ditch
Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.
Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
Ditched (imp. & p. p.) of Ditch
Ditching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ditch
Ditch (v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.
Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
Ditch (v. i.) To dig a ditch or ditches.
Ditcher (n.) One who digs ditches.
Dite (v. t.) To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight.
Diterebene (n.) See Colophene.
Dithecal (a.) Alt. of Dithecous
Dithecous (a.) Having two thecae, cells, or compartments.
Ditheism (n.) The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.
Ditheist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.
Ditheistic (a.) Alt. of Ditheistical
Ditheistical (a.) Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
Dithionic (a.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.
Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.
Dithyrambic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.
Dithyrambic (n.) A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.
Dithyrambus (n.) See Dithyramb.
Dition (n.) Dominion; rule.
Ditionary (a.) Under rule; subject; tributary.
Ditionary (n.) A subject; a tributary.
Ditokous (a.) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.
Ditokous (a.) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.
Ditolyl (n.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.
Ditone (n.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Ditrichotomous (a.) Divided into twos or threes.
Ditrichotomous (a.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.
Ditrochean (a.) Containing two trochees.
Ditrochee (n.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
Ditroite (n.) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.
Ditt (n.) See Dit, n., 2.
Dittander (n.) A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).
Dittany (n.) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
Dittany (n.) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
Dittany (n.) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.
Dittied (a.) Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.
Dittos (pl. ) of Ditto
Ditto (n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
Ditto (adv.) As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.
Ditties (pl. ) of Ditty
Ditty (v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.