DISTAINING
DISTAINING, participle present tense Staining; discoloring; blotting; tarnishing.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DISTANCE
DISTANCE, noun [Latin, to stand apart; to stand.]1. An interval or space between two objects; the length of the shortest line which intervenes between two things that are separa...
DISTANCED
DISTANCED, participle passive Left far behind; cast out of the race.
DISTANT
DISTANT, adjective [Latin, standing apart.]1. Separate; having an intervening space of any indefinite extent. One point may be less than a line or a hairs breadth distant from a...
DISTANTLY
DISTANTLY, adverb Remotely; at a distance; with reserve.
DISTASTE
DISTASTE, noun [dis and taste.]1. Aversion of the taste; dislike of food or drink; disrelish; disgust, or a slight degree of it. distaste for a particular kind of food may be co...
DISTASTED
DISTASTED, participle passive Disrelished; disliked; offended; displeased.
DISTASTEFUL
DISTASTEFUL, adjective1. Nauseous; unpleasant or disgusting to the taste.2. Offensive; displeasing; as a distasteful truth.3. Malevolent; as distasteful looks.
DISTASTEFULNESS
DISTASTEFULNESS, noun Disagreeableness; dislike.
DISTASTING
DISTASTING, participle present tense Disrelishing; disliking; offending; displeasing.
DISTASTIVE
DISTASTIVE, noun That which gives disrelish or aversion.
DISTEMPER
DISTEMPER, noun [dis and temper.]1. Literally, an undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts. Hence,2. Disease; malady; indisposition; any morbid state of a...
DISTEMPERANCE
DISTEMPERANCE, noun Distemperature.
DISTEMPERATE
DISTEMPERATE, adjective Immoderate. [Little used.]
DISTEMPERATURE
DISTEMPERATURE, noun1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; a noxious state; as the distemperature of the air of climate.2. Violent t...
DISTEMPERED
DISTEMPERED, participle passive or adjective1. Diseased in body, or disordered in mind. We speak of a distempered body, a distempered limb, a distempered head or brain.2. Distur...
DISTEMPERING
DISTEMPERING, participle present tense Affecting with disease or disorder; disturbing; depriving of moderation.
DISTEND
DISTEND, verb transitive [Latin, to tend, to stretch; to hold. Gr., to stretch.]1. To stretch or spread in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge; to expand; to swell; as, to dis...
DISTENDED
DISTENDED, participle passive Spread; expanded; dilated by an inclosed substance or force.
DISTENDING
DISTENDING, participle present tense Stretching in all directions; dilating; expanding.
DISTENSIBILITY
DISTENSIBILITY, noun The quality or capacity of being distensible.
DISTENSIBLE
DISTENSIBLE, adjective Capable of being distended or dilated.
DISTENT
DISTENT, adjective Spread. [Not in use.]DISTENT, noun Breadth. [Not used.]
DISTENTION
DISTENTION, noun [Latin]1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being distended; as the distention of the lungs or bowels.2...
DISTERMINATE
DISTERMINATE, adjective [Latin] Separated by bounds.
DISTERMINATION
DISTERMINATION, noun Separation.
DISTHENE
DISTHENE, noun [Gr., two; force.] A mineral so called by Hauy, because its crystals have the property of being electrified both positively and negatively. It is the sappare of S...