| disforest | 1. To disafforest. 2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| disgerminoma | <oncology, tumour> A cancerous neoplasm, or abnormal growth, of the ovary which is thought to arise from primordial germ line cells while the individual is still an embryo and the ovary has not yet been sexually differentiated from the generic gonad. (09 Oct 1997) |
| disgregation | <physiology> The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disguise | 1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. "There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride." (Addison) 2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. "That eye which glances through all disguises." (D. Webster) 3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. 4. A masque or masquerade. "Disguise was the old English word for a masque." (B. Jonson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disgust | Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. "The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received." (Locke) "In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust." (Macaulay) Synonym: Nausea, loathing, aversion, distaste, dislike, disinclination, abomination. See Dislike. Origin: Cf. OF. Desgoust, F. Degout. See Disgust. To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; often with at, with, or by. "To disgust him with the world and its vanities." (Prescott) "aerius is expressly declared . . . To have been disgusted at failing." (J. H. Newman) "Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention." (Macaulay) Origin: OF. Desgouster, F. Degouter; pref. Des- (L. Dis-) + gouster to taste, F. Gouter, fr. L. Gustare, fr. Gustus taste. See Gust to taste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dish | 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. 3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. To dish out. 1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc, and put in dishes to be served at table. Origin: Dished; Dishing. 1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. "She brought forth butter in a lordly dish." (Judg. V. 25) 2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." "Home-home dishes that drive one from home." (Hood) 3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel. 4. A hollow place, as in a field. 5. <chemical> A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. Origin: AS. Disc, L. Discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. Quoit, fr. To throw. Cf. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dish face | A facial malformation characterised by protuberant forehead, depressed nose and maxilla, and prominent chin. Synonym: dish face. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disharmony | The state of being deranged or lacking in orderliness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disheart | To dishearten. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dishearten | To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. "Regiments . . . Utterly disorganised and disheartened." (Macaulay) Synonym: To dispirit, discourage, depress, deject, deter, terrify. Origin: Pref. Dis- + hearten. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disheartenment | Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dishing | Dish-shaped; concave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dishpan fracture | Regular cranial concavity in infants; may or may not be associated with fracture Synonym: dishpan fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dishwasher | 1. One who, or that which, washes dishes. 2. <zoology> A European bird; the wagtail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| DISIDA | <abbreviation> Diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid or disofenin. (05 Mar 2000) |