| dissolution |
the act, process, or result of decomposition, disintegration, or dispersion into parts or elements. [5 definitions] |
| dissolve |
to cause to go into solution. [11 definitions] |
| dissonance |
lack of harmony; discord, esp. of musical sounds. [2 definitions] |
| dissonant |
not in harmony; discordant. [2 definitions] |
| dissuade |
to persuade against doing something (often fol. by "from"). |
| dissyllable |
variant of disyllable. |
| dist. |
abbreviation of "district." |
| distaff |
a staff with one cleft end to hold the material from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand or on a spinning wheel. [3 definitions] |
| distal |
located at a distance from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. (Cf. proximal.) |
| distance |
the measure of separation between things, places, or points in time. [7 definitions] |
| distance learning |
a form of education where the students are not in the same place as the teacher. Distance learning often happens by means of computers. |
| distant |
far away in time or space. [3 definitions] |
| distaste |
dislike or repugnance. |
| distasteful |
unpleasant or offensive. |
| distemper |
any of various infectious viral diseases affecting mammals, characterized by fever and by diarrhea, vomiting and loss of appetite in dogs and cats, and respiratory difficulties in horses. [2 definitions] |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| distention |
the act of stretching or swelling, or the condition of being so enlarged. |
| distich |
two successive lines of verse, usu. forming a self-contained statement; couplet. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. [5 definitions] |
| distillate |
the liquid produced by vaporization followed by condensation. [2 definitions] |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. [2 definitions] |