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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DISARTIC</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="disarticulate"> disarticulate, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to separate at the joints. Ex. One of the party, ... found a large part of the disarticulated skeleton of a mammoth, an extinct elephant (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="disarticulation"> disarticulation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of separating or condition of being separated at the joints. </DL> <A NAME="disarticulator"> disarticulator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that disarticulates. </DL> <A NAME="disassemble"> disassemble, transitive verb, -bled, -bling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to take apart. Ex. The mechanic disassembled the motor to repair it. The 65 crystal chandeliers in the U.S. Capitol had been taken down, disassembled, washed prism by prism, reassembled and rehung (Time). </DL> <A NAME="disassembly"> disassembly, noun, pl. -blies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of disassembling. <DD> 2. the state of being disassembled. </DL> <A NAME="disassimilate"> disassimilate, transitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to transform (assimilated substances) into less complex or waste substances; transform by catabolism. </DL> <A NAME="disassimilation"> disassimilation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of disassimilating; catabolism. </DL> <A NAME="disassociate"> disassociate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating. =dissociate.</DL> <A NAME="disassociation"> disassociation, noun. =dissociation.</DL> <A NAME="disaster"> disaster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an event that causes much suffering or loss; great misfortune. A destructive fire, flood, earthquake, or shipwreck, or great loss of money is a disaster. Ex. Some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster followed fast and followed faster (Edgar Allan Poe). <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet. </DL> <A NAME="disasterarea"> disaster area,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any area which has suffered a disaster. <DD> 2. any area in the United States so severely stricken by disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or business depression, that the people living in it are unable to maintain normal economic activity. By decree of the President such an area may become entitled to federal assistance. </DL> <A NAME="disastrous"> disastrous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. bringing disaster; causing much suffering, loss, pain, or sorrow; calamitous. Ex. A disastrous hurricane struck the city, leaving thousands of people without food or homes. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) foreboding disaster; or evil omen. Ex. As when the sun ... In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds (Milton). adv. disastrously. noun disastrousness. </DL> <A NAME="disavow"> disavow, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to deny that one knows about, approves of, or is responsible for; disclaim; repudiate. Ex. The prisoner disavowed any share in the plot to escape. noun disavower. </DL> <A NAME="disavowal"> disavowal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disavowing; denial; repudiation. Ex. An official disavowal followed (Edward Edwards). </DL> <A NAME="disbalance"> disbalance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being unbalanced; disproportion. Ex. Undeveloped countries have a disbalance between population growth and economic resources. </DL> <A NAME="disband"> disband, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to break up (a band or company); dismiss from service. Ex. When peace is declared, armies are disbanded. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to dissolve; disintegrate. <DD>v.i. to break ranks; become scattered. Ex. The class disbanded for the summer vacation. </DL> <A NAME="disbandment"> disbandment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of disbanding or state of being disbanded. Ex. There are those whose attachment to the traditions of our conventional forces prevents their accepting the disbandment of famous regiments or the closing of historic dockyards (Sunday Times). </DL> <A NAME="disbar"> disbar, transitive verb, -barred, -barring.<DL COMPACT><DD> to take away from (a lawyer) the right to practice law. </DL> <A NAME="disbarment"> disbarment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of disbarring or state of being disbarred. </DL> <A NAME="disbelief"> disbelief, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of belief; refusal to believe. Ex. When he heard the shocking rumor, he immediately expressed disbelief. His father showed disbelief in Michael's fantastic story of lions and tigers. </DL> <A NAME="disbelieve"> disbelieve, verb, -lieved, -lieving.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to have no belief in; refuse to believe. Ex. His father disbelieved the boy's story that a lion had come into his room in the middle of the night. <DD> 2. to reject as false or undocumented. Ex. The extermination camps of the Nazi terror are in danger of being forgotten or disbelieved by some people (Manchester Guardian). <DD>v.i. to have no faith or belief (in). </DL> <A NAME="disbeliever"> disbeliever, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who disbelieves. </DL> <A NAME="disbelieving"> disbelieving, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or showing disbelief. Ex. He broke off, realizing that ... he was getting no more than a polite and disbelieving attention (Harper's). adv. disbelievingly. </DL> <A NAME="disbench"> disbench, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to remove from or deprive of a bench or seat. <DD> 2. (in English law) to deprive of the status of a bencher. </DL> <A NAME="disbenchment"> disbenchment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of disbenching or state of being disbenched. </DL> <A NAME="disbenefit"> disbenefit, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lack or absence of benefit. Ex. The disbenefits are difficult to establish and easy to underestimate: how much is a clean river worth to the citizens along its banks? (New Scientist and Science Journal). </DL> <A NAME="disbody"> disbody, transitive verb, -bodied, -bodying. =disembody.</DL> <A NAME="disbosom"> disbosom, transitive verb. =unbosom.</DL> <A NAME="disbound"> disbound, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a torn, loose, or poor binding; having come unbound. Ex. Disbound copies of books should be repaired. </DL> <A NAME="disbowel"> disbowel, transitive verb, -eled, -eling. or (especially British) -elled, -elling. =disembowel.</DL> <A NAME="disbrain"> disbrain, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive of the brain; remove the brain from. </DL> <A NAME="disbranch"> disbranch, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to cut or break off the branches of. <DD> 2. to cut or break off (a branch). </DL> <A NAME="disbud"> disbud, transitive verb, -budded, -budding.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to deprive of buds or shoots. <DD> 2. to remove unnecessary buds from. Ex. Many plants, if they are disbudded, will produce larger, though fewer, flowers. </DL> <A NAME="disburden"> disburden, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to relieve of a burden. Ex. (Figurative.) The boy disburdened his mind to his mother by confessing that he had broken the expensive lamp accidentally. <DD> 2. to get rid of (a burden); unload. <DD>v.i. to unload; discharge a load. </DL> <A NAME="disburdenment"> disburdenment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of disburdening or state of being disburdened. </DL> <A NAME="disbursable"> disbursable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be disbursed. </DL> <A NAME="disbursal"> disbursal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of disbursing; disbursement. </DL> <A NAME="disburse"> disburse, transitive verb, -bursed, -bursing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to pay out; expend. Ex. The treasurer is in charge of disbursing money to pay the club's bills. Our city treasurer disburses thousands of dollars each week. </DL> <A NAME="disbursement"> disbursement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of paying out. Ex. Our treasurer attends to the disbursement of funds. <DD> 2. money paid out; expenditure. Ex. Disbursements must stay within the budget. </DL> <A NAME="disburser"> disburser, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that disburses. </DL> <A NAME="disburthen"> disburthen, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) disburden. </DL> <A NAME="disburthenment"> disburthenment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) disburdenment. </DL> <A NAME="disc"> disc (1), noun, transitive verb. =disk.</DL> <A NAME="disc"> disc (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) discotheque. Ex. After that, how about a night on the town at one of the local discs (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="disc"> disc.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. discount. <DD> 2a. discovered. <DD> b. discoverer. </DL> <A NAME="discage"> discage, transitive verb, -caged, -caging.<DL COMPACT><DD> to release from or as if from a cage. </DL> <A NAME="discaire"> discaire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who selects the records to be played at a discotheque. </DL> <A NAME="discal"> discal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a disk; having to do with or like a disk. </DL> <A NAME="discalceate"> discalceate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> barefooted; unshod. </DL> <A NAME="discalced"> discalced, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> barefooted; unshod. Ex. The members of certain orders of friars and nuns are discalced. </DL> <A NAME="discant"> discant, intransitive verb, noun. =descant.</DL> <A HREF="discard.dic">NEXT</A>