DISSOLUBLE
DISSOLUBLE, adjective [Latin See Dissolve.]1. Capable of being dissolved; that may be melted; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid.2. That ma...
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DISSOLUTE
DISSOLUTE, adjective [Latin]1. Loose in behavior and morals; given to vice and dissipation; wanton; lewd; luxurious; debauched; not under the restraints of law; as a dissolute m...
DISSOLUTELY
DISSOLUTELY, adverb Loosely; wantonly; in dissipation or debauchery; without restraint; as, to live dissolutely
DISSOLUTENESS
DISSOLUTENESS, noun Looseness of manners and morals; vicious indulgences in pleasure, as in intemperance and debauchery; dissipation; as dissoluteness of life or manners.
DISSOLUTION
DISSOLUTION, noun [Latin] In a general sense, the separation of the parts of a body which, in the natural structure, are united; or the reduction of concrete bodies into their s...
DISSOLVABLE
DISSOLVABLE, adjective Dizzolvable. [See Dissolve.] That may be dissolved; capable of being melted; that may be converted into a fluid. Sugar and ice are dissolvable bodies.
DISSOLVE
DISSOLVE, verb transitive dizzolv. [Latin, to loose, to free.]1. To melt; to liquefy; to convert from a solid or fixed state to a fluid state, by means of heat or moisture.To de...
DISSOLVED
DISSOLVED, participle passive Melted; liquefied; disunited; parted; loosed; relaxed; wasted away; ended.DISSOLVED blood, is that which does not readily coagulate.
DISSOLVENT
DISSOLVENT, adjective Having power to melt or dissolve; as the dissolvent juices of the stomach.DISSOLVENT, noun1. Any thing which has the power or quality of melting, or conver...
DISSOLVER
DISSOLVER, noun That which dissolves or has the power of dissolving. Heat is the most powerful dissolver of substances.
DISSOLVING
DISSOLVING, participle present tense Melting; making or becoming liquid.
DISSONANCE
DISSONANCE, noun [Latin, to be discordant; to sound.]1. Discord; a mixture or union of harsh, unharmonious sounds, which are grating or unpleasing to the ear; as the dissonance ...
DISSONANT
DISSONANT, adjective1. Discordant; harsh; jarring; unharmonious; unpleasant to the ear; as dissonant notes or intervals.2. Disagreeing; incongruous; usually with from; as, he ad...
DISSUADE
DISSUADE, verb transitive [Latin, to advise or incite to any thing.]1. To advise or exhort against; to attempt to draw or divert from a measure, by reason or offering motives to...
DISSUADED
DISSUADED, participle passive Advised against; counseled or induced by advice not to do something; diverted from a purpose.
DISSUADER
DISSUADER, noun He that dissuades; a dehorter.
DISSUADING
DISSUADING, participle present tense Exhorting against; attempting, by advice, to divert from a purpose.
DISSUASION
DISSUASION, noun Disuazhun. Advice or exhortation in opposition to something; the act of attempting, by reason or motives offered, to divert from a purpose or measure; dehortation.
DISSUASIVE
DISSUASIVE, adjective Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose; dehortatory.DISSUASIVE, noun Reason, argument, or counsel, employed to deter one from a measure o...
DISSUNDER
DISSUNDER, verb transitive [dis and sunder.] To separate; to rend.
DISSWEETEN
DISSWEETEN, verb transitive To deprive of sweetness. [Not used.]
DISSYLLABIC
DISSYLLABIC, adjective Consisting of two syllables only; as a dissyllabic foot in poetry.
DISSYLLABLE
DISSYLLABLE, noun [Gr., two or twice; a syllable.] A word consisting of two syllables only; as, paper, whiteness, virtue.
DISTAFF
DISTAFF, noun1. The staff of a spinning-wheel, to which a bunch of flax or tow is tied, and from which the thread is drawn.She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hol...
DISTAFF-THISTLE
DISTAFF-THISTLE, noun A species of thistle; a name of the Atraetylis, and of the Carthamus, or false saffron.
DISTAIN
DISTAIN, verb transitive [dis and stain. Latin See Stain.]1. To stain; to tinge with any different color from the natural or proper one; to discolor. We speak of a sword distain...
DISTAINED
DISTAINED, participle passive Stained; tinged; discolored; blotted; sullied.