DISCUMBER
DISCUMBER, verb transitive [dis and cumber.] To unburden; to throw off any thing cumbersome; to disengage from any troublesome weight, or impediment; to disencumber. [The latter...
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DISCURE
DISCURE, verb transitive To discover; to reveal. [Not used.]
DISCURRENT
DISCURRENT, adjective Not current. [Not used.]
DISCURSION
DISCURSION, noun [Latin, to run.] A running or rambling about.
DISCURSIST
DISCURSIST, noun [See Discourse.] A disputer. [Not in use.]
DISCURSIVE
DISCURSIVE, adjective [Latin, supra.]1. Moving or roving about; desultory.2. Argumentative; reasoning; proceeding regularly from premises to consequences; sometimes written disc...
DISCURSIVELY
DISCURSIVELY, adverb Argumentatively; in the form of reasoning or argument.
DISCURSIVENESS
DISCURSIVENESS, noun Range or gradation of argument.
DISCURSORY
DISCURSORY, adjective Argumental; rational.
DISCUS
DISCUS, noun [Latin]1. A quoit; a piece of iron, copper or stone, to be thrown in play; used by the ancients.2. In botany, the middle plain part of a radiated compound flower, g...
DISCUSS
DISCUSS, verb transitive [Latin] Literally, to drive; to beat or to shake in pieces; to separate by beating or shaking.1. To disperse; to scatter; to dissolve; to repel; as, to ...
DISCUSSED
DISCUSSED, participle passive Dispersed; dissipated; debated; agitated; argued.
DISCUSSER
DISCUSSER, noun One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.
DISCUSSING
DISCUSSING, participle present tense Dispersing; resolving; scattering; debating; agitating; examining by argument.DISCUSSING, noun Discussion; examination.
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION, noun1. In surgery, resolution; the dispersion of a tumor or any coagulated matter.2. Debate; disquisition; the agitation of a point or subject with a view to elicit ...
DISCUSSIVE
DISCUSSIVE, adjective Having the power to discuss, resolve or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.DISCUSSIVE, noun A medicine that discusses; a discutient.
DISCUTIENT
DISCUTIENT, adjective [Latin] Discussing; dispersing morbid matter.DISCUTIENT, noun A medicine or application which disperses a tumor or any coagulated fluid in the body; someti...
DISDAIN
DISDAIN, verb transitive [Latin, to think worthy; worthy. See Dignity.] To think unworthy; to deem worthless; to consider to be unworthy of notice, care, regard, esteem, or unwo...
DISDAINED
DISDAINED, participle passive Despised; contemned; scorned.
DISDAINFUL
DISDAINFUL, adjective1. Full of disdain; as disdainful soul.2. Expressing disdain; as a disdainful look.3. Contemptuous; scornful; haughty; indignant.
DISDAINFULLY
DISDAINFULLY, adverb Contemptuously; with scorn; in a haughty manner.
DISDAINFULNESS
DISDAINFULNESS, noun Contempt; contemptuousness; haughty scorn.
DISDAINING
DISDAINING, participle present tense Contemning; scorning.DISDAINING, noun Contempt; scorn.
DISDIACLASTIC
DISDIACLASTIC, adjective An epithet given by Bartholine and others to a substance supposed to be crystal, but which is a fine pellucid spar, called also Iceland crystal, and by ...
DISDIAPASON
DISDIAPASON, BISDIAPASON, noun [See Diapason.] In music, a compound concord in the quadruple ratio of 4:1 or 8:2.DISDIAPASON diapente, a cocord in a sectuple ratio of 1:6.DISDIA...
DISEASE
DISEASE, noun Dizeze. [dis and ease.]1. In its primary sense, pain, uneasiness, distress, and so used by Spenser; but in this sense, obsolete.2. The cause of pain or uneasiness;...
DISEASED
DISEASED, participle passive or adjective Dizezed. Disordered; distempered; sick.