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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DISHERIT</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="disherit"> disherit, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) to disinherit. </DL> <A NAME="disheritment"> disheritment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) disinheritance. </DL> <A NAME="dishevel"> dishevel, transitive verb, -eled, -eling or (especially British) -elled, -elling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to disarrange or rumple (hair, clothing, bedding, feathers, or other arranged things). </DL> <A NAME="disheveled"> disheveled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not neat; rumpled; mussed; untidy. Ex. His disheveled appearance showed that he had slept with his clothes on. (SYN) disordered. <DD> 2. hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt. Ex. disheveled hair. (SYN) tousled. <DD> 3. poorly organized; disjointed. Ex. A disheveled comedy about Organization Men at a Convention (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="disheelled"> disheelled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) disheveled. </DL> <A NAME="dishevelment"> dishevelment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of disheveling. <DD> 2. disheveled condition. Ex. He apologized for his dishevelment and offered to repair it (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="dishfaced"> dish-faced, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a flattened or somewhat hollow face. Ex. ... a short, shrivelled little fellow, dish-faced and battered (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="dishful"> dishful, noun, pl. -fuls.<DL COMPACT><DD> as much as a dish can hold. </DL> <A NAME="dishgravy"> dish gravy,<DL COMPACT><DD> meat juice in the platter after carving meat. </DL> <A NAME="dishing"> dishing, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that dishes. <DD> 2. taking or having the form of a dish; concave. </DL> <A NAME="dishoard"> dishoard, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to release (that which was hoarded). Ex. Such dishoarding was a major influence in curtailing the earlier recessions (E. C. Harwood). </DL> <A NAME="dishonest"> dishonest, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not fair play; showing lack of honesty. Ex. Lying, cheating, and stealing are dishonest. (SYN) corrupt, underhand. <DD> 2. not honest; ready to cheat; not upright. Ex. A person who lies or steals is dishonest. (SYN) thievish. <DD> 3. arranged to work in an unfair way. Ex. dishonest scales weighted to cheat the customer. (SYN) fraudulent. </DL> <A NAME="dishonesty"> dishonesty, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lack of honesty. Ex. A liar, cheater, or thief can't be trusted because of his dishonesty. The dishonesty of the city officials was exposed by the newspapers. <DD> 2. a dishonest act. </DL> <A NAME="dishonor"> dishonor, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. loss of reputation or standing; shame; disgrace. Ex. The robber brought dishonor to his family. <DD> 2. a person or thing that causes dishonor. Ex. The team's poor sportsmanship in the tournament was a dishonor to the school. <DD> 3. the refusal or failure to pay a check, bill, or other obligation. <DD>v.t. 1. to bring reproach or shame upon. Ex. The player who cheated dishonored the entire team. <DD> 2a. to refuse or fail to pay (a check, bill, or other obligation). Ex. A bank will dishonor your checks if you do not have money in the bank to pay them. <DD> b. to fail to keep (a promise or the like). Ex. On a few rare occasions an individual elector has dishonored his commitment (New Yorker). noun dishonorer. </DL> <A NAME="dishonorable"> dishonorable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. causing loss of honor; shameful; disgraceful. Ex. a dishonorable career. (SYN) base, ignominious. <DD> 2. without honor; unprincipled. Ex. A dishonorable student has no scruples about cheating. (SYN) despicable. noun dishonorableness. </DL> <A NAME="dishonorabledischarge"> dishonorable discharge,<DL COMPACT><DD> a military discharge given for such reasons as theft, desertion, and destruction of government property. It deprives the holder of all veteran benefits and some citizenship rights. </DL> <A NAME="dishonorably"> dishonorably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a dishonorable manner; with dishonor. </DL> <A NAME="dishonour"> dishonour, noun, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) dishonor. </DL> <A NAME="dishorn"> dishorn, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove the horns from; dehorn. </DL> <A NAME="dishouse"> dishouse, transitive verb, -housed, -housing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to evict from a house. <DD> 2. to clear (ground) of houses. </DL> <A NAME="dishpan"> dishpan, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pan in which to wash dishes. </DL> <A NAME="dishpanhands"> dishpan hands,<DL COMPACT><DD> chapped hands, especially as caused by frequent immersion in water containing detergent compounds, soap flakes, and the like. </DL> <A NAME="dishrag"> dishrag, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1. a cloth to wash dishes with; dishcloth. <DD> 2. anything wet and limp. <DD> 3. =dishcloth gourd. </DL> <A NAME="dishshaped"> dish-shaped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a dish. Ex. With this 140-foot, dish-shaped antenna to catch radio radiation from vast regions of space ... (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="dishtowel"> dishtowel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a towel to dry dishes with. </DL> <A NAME="dishware"> dishware, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> dishes used for meals: chinaware. Ex. The quake jarred dishware off the shelves but no severe damage was reported (San Francisco Chronicle). </DL> <A NAME="dishwasher"> dishwasher, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a machine for washing dishes, pots, glasses, and silverware. Ex. These modern heaters can deliver ... superhot water for laundry and dishwasher (Harper's). <DD> 2. a person who washes dishes in a restaurant kitchen or the like. Ex. I've been a dishwasher all my life and I'm sick of it (Maclean's). </DL> <A NAME="dishwashing"> dishwashing, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the washing of dishes. <DD>adj. for washing dishes. Ex. a dishwashing machine, a dishwashing compound. </DL> <A NAME="dishwater"> dishwater, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. water to wash dishes with. <DD> 2. water in which dishes have been washed. Ex. (Figurative.) You don't win campaigns with a diet of dishwater and milk toast (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="dishwatery"> dishwatery, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling dishwater. </DL> <A NAME="dishy"> dishy, adjective. dishier, dishiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British. Slang.) attractive; pretty. Ex. ... two dishy chicks with plenty talent (Observer). Charbol's "Les Bonnes Femmes" defined very exactly what it is to be a dishy girl bored stiff with selling electrical equipment (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="disillusion"> disillusion, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to free from illusion; deprive of one's belief or hope; disappoint; disenchant. Ex. The boys became disillusioned about the romance of camping once the heavy rains collapsed their tent and soaked their bedding. ... a chic forty-year-old who is disillusioned but not embittered (New Yorker). <DD>noun freedom from illusion; disenchantment. Ex. a painful disillusion. </DL> <A NAME="disillusioner"> disillusioner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that disillusions. </DL> <A NAME="disillusionist"> disillusionist, noun. =disillusioner.</DL> <A NAME="disillusionize"> disillusionize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing. =disillusion.</DL> <A NAME="disillusionment"> disillusionment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the process of disillusioning. <DD> 2. the state of being disillusioned. Ex. Ravel's great orchestral suite, La Valse, is a brilliant study of the composer's own disillusionment (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="disillusive"> disillusive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to disillusion. </DL> <A NAME="disimmure"> disimmure, transitive verb, -mured, -muring.<DL COMPACT><DD> to free from confinement; liberate. </DL> <A NAME="disimpassioned"> disimpassioned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dispassionate; calm. </DL> <A NAME="disimprison"> disimprison, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to release from imprisonment. noun disimprisonment. </DL> <A NAME="disimprove"> disimprove, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -proved, -proving.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or become worse. </DL> <A NAME="disimprovement"> disimprovement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a worsening. Ex. ... an utter neglect and disimprovement of the earth (John Norris). </DL> <A NAME="disincentive"> disincentive, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thing that discourages effort or incentive. Ex. High taxation is one of the causes of inflation, and a disincentive to hard work (Economist). </DL> <A NAME="disinclination"> disinclination, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> slight dislike; unwillingness; averseness. Ex. His most noticeable quality was a marked disinclination for work. (SYN) reluctance. </DL> <A NAME="disincline"> disincline, verb, -clined, -clining.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to make unwilling; turn away; alienate. Ex. to disincline one's affections. The hard rain disinclined him to go. <DD>v.i. to be unwilling. Ex. Many hobos disincline to work. </DL> <A NAME="disinclined"> disinclined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> unwilling; averse. Ex. The lazy boy was disinclined to clean up his room. (SYN) loath. </DL> <A NAME="disincorporate"> disincorporate, transitive verb, -rated, -rating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove from the state of incorporation; deprive of the privileges of incorporation. Ex. to disincorporate a village. </DL> <A HREF="disinfec.dic">NEXT</A>