Dissidently (adv.) In a dissident manner.
Dissilience (n.) Alt. of Dissiliency
Dissiliency (n.) The act of leaping or starting asunder.
Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
Dissilition (n.) The act of bursting or springing apart.
Dissimilar (a.) Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
Dissimilarity (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.
Dissimilarly (adv.) In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
Dissimilate (v. t.) To render dissimilar.
Dissimilation (n.) The act of making dissimilar.
Dissimile (n.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
Dissimilitude (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Dissimilitude (n.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.
Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Dissimulation (n.) The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Dissimulator (n.) One who dissimulates; a dissembler.
Dissimule (v. t. & i.) To dissemble.
Dissimuler (n.) A dissembler.
Dissimulour (n.) A dissembler.
Dissipable (a.) Capable of being scattered or dissipated.
Dissipated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissipate
Dissipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissipate
Dissipate (v. t.) To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
Dissipate (v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.
Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
Dissipated (a.) Squandered; scattered.
Dissipated (a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
Dissipation (n.) The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Dissipative (a.) Tending to dissipate.
Dissipativity (n.) The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
Dissite (a.) Lying apart.
Disslander (v. t.) To slander.
Disslander (n.) Slander.
Disslanderous (a.) Slanderous.
Dissociability (n.) Want of sociability; unsociableness.
Dissociable (a.) Not /ell associated or assorted; incongruous.
Dissociable (a.) Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.
Dissocial (v. t.) Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.
Dissocialize (v. t.) To render unsocial.
Dissociated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissociate
Dissociating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissociate
Dissociate (v. t.) To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
Dissociation (n.) The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
Dissociation (n.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
Dissociative (a.) Tending or leading to dissociation.
Dissolubility (n.) The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.
Dissoluble (a.) Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid.
Dissoluble (a.) Capable of being disunited.
Dissolubleness (n.) The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility.
Dissolute (a.) With nerves unstrung; weak.
Dissolute (a.) Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched.
Dissolutely (adv.) In a dissolute manner.
Dissoluteness (n.) State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.
Dissolution (n.) The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
Dissolution (n.) Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
Dissolution (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
Dissolution (n.) The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
Dissolution (n.) The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
Dissolution (n.) The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.
Dissolution (n.) The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.
Dissolution (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
Dissolution (n.) Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.
Dissolvability (n.) Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
Dissolvable (a.) Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble.
Dissolvative (n.) Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent.
Dissolved (imp. & p. p.) of Dissolve
Dissolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissolve
Dissolve (v. t.) To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Dissolve (v. t.) To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
Dissolve (v. t.) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
Dissolve (v. t.) To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Dissolve (v. t.) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Dissolve (v. i.) To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
Dissolve (v. i.) To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
Dissolve (v. i.) To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
Dissolvent (a.) Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.
Dissolvent (n.) That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Dissolvent (n.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
Dissolver (n.) One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
Dissolving (a.) Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
Dissonance (n.) A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Dissonance (n.) Want of agreement; incongruity.
Dissonancy (n.) Discord; dissonance.
Dissonant (a.) Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
Dissonant (a.) Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to.
Disspirit (v. t.) See Dispirit.
Dissuaded (imp. & p. p.) of Dissuade
Dissuading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissuade
Dissuade (v. t.) To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
Dissuade (v. t.) To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
Dissuader (n.) One who dissuades; a dehorter.
Dissuasion (n.) The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.
Dissuasion (n.) A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
Dissuasive (a.) Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.
Dissuasive (n.) A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.