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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: disciplinable - discomfort</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="disciplinable"> disciplinable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that can be disciplined or instructed. <DD> 2. deserving discipline. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinal"> disciplinal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with discipline. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinant"> Disciplinant, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a former religious order in Spain whose followers whipped and punished themselves publicly. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinant"> disciplinant, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who subjects himself to discipline. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinarian"> disciplinarian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person who enforces discipline or who believes in strict discipline. <DD>adj. =disciplinary. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinarianism"> disciplinarianism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles and practice of a disciplinarian. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinary"> disciplinary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with discipline. Ex. Our teacher has no disciplinary problems, since the children in the class are well behaved. <DD> 2. for discipline; intended to improve discipline. Ex. After the prisoners rioted, the warden took disciplinary measures. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinatory"> disciplinatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disciplinary. </DL> <A NAME="discipline"> discipline, noun, verb, -plined, -plining.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. training, especially training of the mind or character. Ex. Children who have had no discipline are often hard to teach. <DD> 2. the training effect of experience, misfortune, or other happenings. Ex. The discipline of his early hardships contributed to his success. <DD> 3. a trained condition of order and obedience. Ex. Learning a language imposes a discipline on the mind. <DD> 4. order kept among school pupils, soldiers, or members of any group. Ex. When the fire broke out, the students showed good discipline. <DD> 5. a particular system of rules for conduct. Ex. The discipline of a military school is usually strict. <DD> 6. punishment; chastisement. Ex. A little discipline would do him good. <DD> 7. a branch of instruction or education. Ex. Both Latin and mathematics are disciplines that require an analytical approach. <DD> 8. methods or rules for regulating the conduct of members of a church. <DD> 9. control exercised over members of a church. <DD>v.t. 1. to train; bring to a condition of order and obedience; bring under control. Ex. An officer must know how to discipline the untrained recruits. <DD> 2. to punish; chastise. Ex. You ought to discipline that rude boy for bad behavior. </DL> <A NAME="disciplinedly"> disciplinedly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a disciplined or controlled manner; with discipline. Ex. The ... performers all work disciplinedly at their jobs in the best tradition of ensemble acting (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="discipliner"> discipliner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who disciplines. </DL> <A NAME="discipular"> discipular, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or befitting a disciple; being a disciple. </DL> <A NAME="discjockey"> disc jockey, =disk jockey.</DL> <A NAME="disclaim"> disclaim, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to refuse to recognize as one's own; deny connection with. Ex. The motorist disclaimed responsibility for the accident. <DD> 2. to give up all claim to. Ex. She disclaimed any share in the inheritance. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) to renounce; disavow. <DD>v.i. to give up all legal claim or right. </DL> <A NAME="disclaimer"> disclaimer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of disclaiming; denial; rejection. <DD> 2. a person who disclaims. <DD> 3a. a statement denying responsibility for some act or condition. <DD> b. a clause in an agreement relieving one party of responsibility for carrying out certain provisions under certain circumstances. </DL> <A NAME="disclamation"> disclamation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal. </DL> <A NAME="disclamatory"> disclamatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disclaiming; like a disclamation. </DL> <A NAME="discless"> discless, adjective. =diskless.</DL> <A NAME="disclose"> disclose, verb, -closed, -closing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to open to view; uncover. Ex. The lifting of the curtain disclosed a beautiful painting. <DD> 2. to make known; reveal. Ex. This letter discloses a secret. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) to unfold; unfasten. <DD>noun (Obsolete.) disclosure. </DL> <A NAME="discloser"> discloser, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who discloses or reveals. </DL> <A NAME="disclosure"> disclosure, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of disclosing. Ex. disclosure of a secret. His reluctant disclosure of his whereabouts led to many misunderstandings. <DD> 2. a thing disclosed; revelation. Ex. The newspaper's disclosures shocked the public. </DL> <A NAME="disco"> disco, noun, pl. -cos, verb, -coed, -coing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. (Informal.) discotheque. <DD> 2. (U.S.) music played in discotheques, especially rhythm and blues characterized by a strong, rhythmic bass. Ex. WPIX-FM recently switched several hours of its nightly programming over to "disco" (New York Times). <DD>v.i. (U.S.) to dance to disco music. Ex. You can disco to your heart's content at Clark Center (New York Post). </DL> <A NAME="discobolus"> discobolus, noun, pl. -li.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thrower of the discus in ancient Greece or Rome. </DL> <A NAME="discobolus"> Discobolus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a statue of a man about to throw the discus, made by the Greek sculptor Myron in the 400's B.C. </DL> <A NAME="discographer"> discographer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the compiler of a discography. </DL> <A NAME="discographic"> discographic, adjective. =discographical.</DL> <A NAME="discographical"> discographical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with discography. </DL> <A NAME="discography"> discography, noun, pl. -phies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a list of phonograph disks or of writings about them. Ex. The 120-page discography is exhaustive (Manchester Guardian). <DD> 2. the history of recorded music, records, and recording performers. </DL> <A NAME="discoid"> discoid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having the form of a disk; disk-shaped. <DD> 2. (Botany.) (of composite plants) having a flower head containing only tubular flowers in the central disk, with no ray flowers. The tansy is a discoid plant. <DD>noun a disk-shaped thing. </DL> <A NAME="discoidal"> discoidal, adjective. =discoid.</DL> <A NAME="discolor"> discolor, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to change or spoil the color of; stain. Ex. Smoke had discolored the building. <DD>v.i. to become changed in color. Ex. Many materials fade and discolor if exposed to sunshine. </DL> <A NAME="discoloration"> discoloration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of discoloring. <DD> 2. the state of being discolored. <DD> 3. a stain. </DL> <A NAME="discolorment"> discolorment, noun. =discoloration.</DL> <A NAME="discolour"> discolour, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) discolor. </DL> <A NAME="discomania"> discomania, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> love of phonograph records. Ex. The most disturbing feature of the current discomania is that many quite sincere music lovers are losing the taste for live music (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="discombobulate"> discombobulate, transitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) to confuse; disconcert; perplex. Ex. ... a platoon of press agents and photographers, who had instructions to discombobulate opponents (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="discombobulation"> discombobulation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a discombobulated state or condition. </DL> <A NAME="discomfit"> discomfit, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to defeat completely; rout. Ex. The enemy was discomfited by our sudden attack from ambush. Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword (Exodus 17:13). (SYN) overthrow, vanquish. <DD> 2. to defeat the plans or hopes of; frustrate. Ex. Our dreams are often discomfited by reality. (SYN) foil. <DD> 3. to embarrass greatly; confuse; disconcert. Ex. Those who did not do the reading were discomfited by the teacher's question. (SYN) abash. <DD>noun (Obsolete.) discomfiture. noun discomfiter. </DL> <A NAME="discomfitingly"> discomfitingly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a discomfiting manner; embarrassingly. Ex. By discomfitingly small margins, the measure squeaked through Congress (Time). </DL> <A NAME="discomfiture"> discomfiture, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a complete defeat; rout. (SYN) overthrow. <DD> 2. a defeat of plans or hopes; frustration. Ex. After five days' exertion, this man of indomitable will and invincible fortune resigns the task in discomfiture and despair (Benjamin Disraeli). <DD> 3. great embarrassment; confusion. Ex. The crowd laughed at the discomfiture of the fireman who had to ask where the fire was. </DL> <A NAME="discomfort"> discomfort, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. lack of comfort; uneasiness. Ex. Embarrassing questions cause discomfort. <DD> 2. a thing that causes discomfort. Ex. Mudand cold were the discomforts the campers minded most. (SYN) inconvenience. <DD>v.t. to make uncomfortable or uneasy. Ex. The hiker was discomforted by a pair of tight boots. </DL> <A NAME="discomfortable"> discomfortable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> making uncomfortable or uneasy; lacking comfort or convenience. Ex. Pacing to and fro in his discomfortable house (Robert Louis Stevenson). </DL> <A NAME="discomfortindex"> discomfort index, =temperature-humidity index.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) DI (no periods), D.I. </DL> <A HREF="discomme.dic">NEXT</A>