English words: disadhesion to discarding

300 English words, part 69 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 59 have a page of their own.

English words disadhesion to discarding

disadhesion noun: A loss of adhesion, especially that which leads to dehiscence
disadhesive adjective: Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by disadhesion.
disadjust verb: to undo an adjustment.
disadorn verb: To deprive of ornaments.
disadvance verb: To draw back, pull back.
disadvantage noun, verb /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/: A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
disadvantageable adjective: injurious; disadvantageous.
disadvantaged adjective, verb /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/: Lacking an advantage relative to another.
disadvantagedness noun: The quality of being disadvantaged.
disadvantageous adjective /dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/: Not advantageous.
disadvantageously adverb: In a disadvantageous manner.
disadvantageousness noun: The state or quality of being disadvantageous.
disadventure noun: Synonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.
disadventurous adjective: Unfortunate; calamitous.
disadvise verb: To advise against.
disaffect verb /dɪsəˈfɛkt/: To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
disaffectation noun: Alternative form of disaffection.
disaffected adjective, verb /dɪsəˈfɛktɪd/: Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect.
disaffectedly adverb: In a disaffected manner.
disaffectedness noun: The quality of being disaffected.
disaffection noun /dɪsəˈfɛkʃən/: Discontent; unrest.
disaffectionate adjective: Not disposed to affection; unfriendly.
disaffiliate verb: To cease to have an affiliation (with); to take steps to break an affiliation or association.
disaffiliation noun: The termination of an affiliation; the act of ceasing to be associated with something.
disaffiliative adjective: Relating to disaffiliation
disaffinity noun: Lack of affinity.
disaffirm verb /dɪsəˈfɜːm/: To deny, contradict or repudiate.
disaffirmance noun: The act of disaffirming; denial.
disaffirmation noun /dɪsˌæfɜːˈmeɪʃən/: The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
disaffirmative adjective: That disaffirms.
disafforest verb: To deforest.
disafforestation noun: The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
disafforestment noun: disafforestation
disagglomerate verb: Synonym of deagglomerate.
disagglomeration noun: Alternative form of deagglomeration.
disaggregase noun: Any enzyme that breaks up protein aggregates
disaggregate adjective, verb: not aggregate
disaggregation noun: A division or breaking up into constituent parts, particularly the analytic disassembly of categories which have been aggregated or lumped together.
disaggregative adjective: Of or relating to disaggregation.
disaggregator noun: Anything that carries out disaggregation
disaggregin noun: A fibrinogen receptor antagonist present in the tick Ornithodoros moubata
disagree verb /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/: To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
disagree with verb: To cause (a person or animal) to feel sick; to cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhea when consumed.
disagreeability noun: The quality of being disagreeable.
disagreeable adjective, noun /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/: Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
disagreeableness noun: The state or quality of being disagreeable.
disagreeably adverb: In a disagreeable manner.
disagreeance noun: disagreement
disagreein' verb: Pronunciation spelling of disagreeing.
disagreeing noun, verb: Disagreement.
disagreeingly adverb: Not agreeingly; with disagreement or objection.
disagreement noun /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/: An argument or debate.
disagreer noun: One who disagrees.
disalicylate noun: Any salt or ester that contains two salicylate anions or groups
disalign verb: Synonym of misalign.
disalignment noun: Synonym of misalignment.
disallow verb /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/: To refuse to allow.
disallowability noun: The quality of being disallowable.
disallowable adjective: Able to be disallowed.
disallowance noun: The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
disallowed adjective, verb: forbidden
disallower noun: One who disallows or forbids.
disally verb /dɪsəˈlaɪ/: To separate
DiSalvo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
disamara noun: A two-winged samara
disamarium noun /ˌdɪsəˈmɛəɹi.əm/: Two samarium atoms in a molecule.
disambiguate verb /ˌdɪ.samˈbɪɡjuːeɪt/: To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous...
disambiguation noun /dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/: The removal of ambiguity.
disambiguative adjective: Serving to disambiguate.
disambiguator noun /ˌdɪ.samˈbɪɡ.juːeɪt.ə/: Anything that serves to disambiguate.
disambiguatory adjective: Disambiguating; tending or intending to disambiguate.
disambiguity noun: Lack of ambiguity; disambiguation.
disambulatory adjective, noun: An extension of the ambulatory that allows one to walk along the sides of a cathedral.
disamenity noun: A disadvantage or drawback, especially of a location
disanalogous adjective /dɪsəˈnælədʒəs/: Of, pertaining to, or produced by disanalogy.
disanalogously adverb: In a disanalogous fashion; by disanalogy.
disanalogy noun: A lack or failure of analogy.
disanchor verb: To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
disangelical adjective: Not angelical.
disanimate verb: To deprive of life.
disanimated adjective, verb: despirited
disanimating adjective, verb: That deprives of vigour or courage; disheartening, dispiriting.
disanimation noun /ˌdɪsænɪˈmeɪʃən/: loss of animation; loss of vigor, courage, or zeal.
disannex verb: To relinquish (land etc.) previously annexed.
disannexation noun: The process of disannexing.
disannul verb /dɪsəˈnʌl/: To annul, do away with; to cancel.
disannuller noun: One who disannuls.
disannulment noun: Total annulment.
disanoint verb: To invalidate the consecration of.
disanthropic adjective /ˌdɪsænˈθɹɒpɪk/: Of or pertaining to disanthropy; desiring a world without human life, or pertaining to such a world, as expressed in literature.
disanthropy noun /dɪsˈænθɹəpi/: A misanthropic desire for a world without human life, expressed in literature.
DiSanto proper noun: A surname from Italian.
disaposin noun: A dimer of two (normally different) saposins
disapparate verb: To disappear magically.
disapparel verb: To disrobe; to strip of clothing.
disapparent adjective: Withcalling apparence, but fleeing perception.
disapparition noun: Disappearance
disappear verb /dɪsəˈpɪə/: To vanish.
disappearable adjective, noun: That can be disappeared.
disappearance noun /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/: The action of disappearing or vanishing.
disappeared adjective, noun, verb /dɪsəˈpɪəd/: Caused to disappear by someone, often for political reasons.
disappearer noun: One who disappears.
disappearing noun, verb: disappearance
disappearing act noun: A sudden disappearance; the act of leaving unexpectedly.
disappearing bed noun: A bed designed to be folded for storage while not in use.
disappearing carriage noun: A carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection.
disappearing disease noun: An unexplained phenomenon marked by a decrease in bee populations.
disappearing stairs noun: Synonym of attic ladder.
disappearingly adverb: In a disappearing fashion.
disapplication noun: exemption from a legal requirement
disapply verb: To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied
disappoint verb /dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/: To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
disappointable adjective: That can be disappointed.
disappointed adjective, verb /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/: Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
disappointedly adverb: In a disappointed manner.
disappointedness noun: The feeling or quality of being disappointed.
disappointer noun: One who or that which disappoints (all senses).
disappointing adjective, verb: Causing disappointment.
disappointingly adverb: In a disappointing manner.
disappointingness noun: The state or quality of being disappointing.
disappointment noun /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/: The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something...
disappreciate verb /dɪsəˈpɹiːʃɪeɪt/: To undervalue; to not appreciate.
disapprobation noun /dɪsˌæpɹəˈbeɪʃən/: An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
disapprobative adjective: disapproving
disapprobatory adjective: Containing or showing disapprobation; that disapproves.
disappropriate adjective, verb /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/: To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
disappropriation noun /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪʃən/: The act of disappropriating; of taking something away from someone.
disapprovable adjective: Able or suitable to be disapproved.
disapproval noun /dɪsəˈpɹuvəl/: The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapprove verb /dɪsəˈpɹuːv/: To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
disapprovement noun: disapproval
disapprover noun: One who disapproves.
disapproving adjective, verb: Expressing or conveying disapproval.
disapprovingly adverb: In a disapproving manner
disarm noun, verb /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/: To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
disarmament noun /dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/: The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
disarmature noun: The act of stripping of armor or defence.
disarmer noun: A proponent of disarmament.
disarming adjective, verb: Charming; likely to put one at ease.
disarmingly adverb: In a disarming manner.
disarmingness noun: charm; the quality of being disarming
disarmoured adjective: Stripped of armour; rendered defenceless.
disarrange verb: To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.
disarrangement noun: Upset of the normal order.
disarranger noun: One who disarranges.
disarray noun, verb /dɪsəˈɹeɪ/: To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
disarrayed adjective, verb: In a state of disarray; unkempt.
disarrayment noun: Disorder; disarray.
disarrest verb: To release something that has been seized.
disarticulate verb /dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/: To disjoint.
disarticulated adjective, verb: Disjointed.
disarticulation noun: The act of disarticulating.
disarticulator noun: An instrument to disarticulate
disassemblable adjective: That can be disassembled.
disassemble verb /dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/: To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
disassembler noun: A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target...
disassembly noun /dɪsəˈsɛmbli/: The process of disassembling.
disassembly line noun: A slaughterhouse production line, where carcasses are strung up, and butchers successively process the same cuts progressively at each succeeding station,...
disassent verb: To dissent.
disassiduity noun: Lack of assiduity or care.
disassimilate verb: To subject to disassimilation.
disassimilation noun: catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy)
disassimilative adjective: Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
disassociate verb /dɪsəˈsəʊʃieɪt/: To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
disassociation noun /ˌdɪs.əˌsəʊ̯.siˈeɪ̯.ʃən/: dissociation.
disassociative adjective: That disassociates; that causes disassociation
disassociator noun: One who or that which disassociates.
disassortative adjective: Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes of a high degree
disassortatively adverb: In a disassortative manner
disassortativeness noun: The condition of being disassortative
disassortativity noun: The condition of being disassortative.
disassortive adjective: disassortative
disaster noun /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/: An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent...
disaster area noun: An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive...
disaster film noun: A film (movie) whose main plot device is a natural or man-made disaster.
disaster flora noun: Any flora that quickly recolonises a landscape that has been devastated by a catastrophic event (such as a lava flow or mudslide).
disaster movie noun: Synonym of disaster film.
disaster tourism noun: The practice of visiting locations at which an environmental disaster, either natural or human-made, has occurred.
disaster tourist noun: One who takes part in disaster tourism.
disaster waiting to happen noun: Something potentially very dangerous or likely to fail.
disasterclass noun: A terrible performance.
disasterless adjective: Without disaster.
disasterly adverb: disastrously
disasteroid noun: An asteroid that causes a disaster, as by colliding with a planet.
disasterology noun: The study of disasters.
disasterpiece noun: An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster.
disastrophe noun /dɪˈzæstɹəfi/: A disastrous catastrophe.
disastrous adjective /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/: Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
disastrously adverb /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs.li/: In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
disastrousness noun: The state or condition of being disastrous.
disattach verb: To detach.
disattachment noun: The process of disattaching; the removal of something attached.
disattend verb: To be distracted (from); used with to.
disattention noun: A lack of attention; a failure to pay attention.
disattenuate verb: To counter the effects of attenuation.
disattenuation noun: A correction to account for attenuation
disattire verb: To undress.
disattract verb: Synonym of repel.
disattribution noun: Synonym of misattribution
disattune verb: To put out of harmony.
disaturated adjective: Having two saturated fatty acids
disaugment verb: To perform the opposite of augmentation upon.
disauthorise verb: Alternative form of disauthorize.
disauthorize verb: To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit.
disavail verb [dɪsəˈveɪɫ]: To disadvantage or harm.
disavouch verb: To disavow.
disavow verb /dɪsəˈvaʊ/: To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
disavowable adjective: Capable of being disavowed.
disavowal noun [dɪsəˈvaʊ(ə)ɫ]: A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
disavowance noun: disavowal
disavowed adjective, verb /dɪsəˈvaʊd/: Strongly disowned or denied.
disavower noun: One who disavows.
disavowingly adverb: So as to disavow.
disavowment noun: disavowal
disawa noun: The governor of a province in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
disawe noun: Alternative form of disawa.
disazo adjective: Containing two azo groups.
disbalance noun, verb: A lack of balance, imbalance.
disbalanced adjective, verb: Synonym of unbalanced.
disbalancement noun: Imbalance.
disband verb /dɪsˈbænd/: To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
disbandable adjective: Able to be disbanded.
disbander noun: One who disbands something.
disbanding noun, verb: A disbandment.
disbandment noun: The act of disbanding
disbar verb /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/: To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
disbark verb /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)k/: To strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.
disbarment noun /dɪsˈbɑːmənt/: The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
disbarrable adjective: Meriting disbarment.
disbarrer noun: One who disbars.
disbarring noun, verb: A disbarment.
disbase verb /dɪsˈbeɪs/: To debase or degrade.
disbecome verb: To misbecome; to fail to suit; to be unfitting.
disbelief noun /dɪsbɪˈliːf/: An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case.
disbelievable adjective: Able to be disbelieved; susceptible to disbelief.
disbelievably adverb: In a disbelievable manner.
disbelieve verb /dɪsbɪˈliːv/: To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
disbelieved adjective, verb: Not believed; discounted; ignored
disbeliever noun: One who disbelieves; one who does not believe.
disbelieving adjective, verb /dɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ(ɡ)/: refusing to believe; skeptical or incredulous
disbelievingly adverb: In a disbelieving manner.
disbench verb: To drive from a bench or seat.
disbenchment noun: The act of disbenching.
disbend verb: To unbend (figurative senses)
disbenefit noun: A drawback or disadvantage.
disbind verb: To unbind; to loosen.
disblame noun, verb: To free from blame; to excuse.
disbloomed adjective: Deprived of blooms or (figurative) of youthful freshness.
disbodied adjective /dɪsˈbɒdiːd/: disembodied
disbond noun, verb: A delaminated area of a layered material.
disbondment noun: Separation of a coating from a metal surface due to excessive voltage in cathodic protection.
disboscation noun: Deforestation for the purpose of creating cleared arable land for farming.
disbosom verb: Synonym of unbosom.
disbound adjective, verb: removed from a bound volume
disbowel verb: To disembowel.
disbranch verb: To remove a branch or branches.
Disbrow proper noun: A surname.
disbud verb /dɪsˈbʌd/: To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
disbudder noun: One who or that which disbuds.
disbudding noun: Removal of superfluous bud growths from a plant, done to encourage more robust growth of the fruit.
disburden verb /dɪsˈbɜː(ɹ)dən/: To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.
disburdenment noun: The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
disbursable adjective: Able to be disbursed.
disbursal noun [dɪsˈbɜːsəɫ]: The act of disbursing money.
disburse verb /dɪsˈbɝs/: To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
disbursement noun: The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
disburser noun: One who disburses money.
disbutton verb: To remove the button from (fruit).
disc noun, verb /dɪsk/: A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
DISC assessment noun: A group of psychometric tests based on word association.
disc brake noun: A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc (or rotor) made of steel or ceramic.
disc drive noun: Alternative spelling of disk drive.
disc golf noun /ˈdɪsk ɡɒlf/: A sport (game) in which players take turns to throw a disc (“frisbee”) on a course to eventually reach a goal (target, netting) attempting to reach the...
disc harrow noun: A harrow comprising a series of angled discs
disc horse noun: Alternative form of disk horse.
disc image noun: Alternative spelling of disk image.
disc jockey noun /ˌdɪsk ˈdʒɒki/: A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; or as a backup musician for spoken word,...
disc number noun: An identification number engraved on a disc and worn, formerly used for identification of Inuit individuals in Canada.
disc of confusion noun: Synonym of circle of confusion.
disc owl noun: Synonym of barn owl.
disc pack noun: Alternative spelling of disk pack
disc rot noun: The process by which optical discs become unreadable due to physical or chemical deterioration.
disc-tongued frog noun: Any frog in the former family Discoglossidae, now known as the Alytidae.
discabinet verb: To reveal (something secret).
discage verb /dɪsˈkeɪd͡ʒ/: To free from, or as from, a cage.
discaire noun /dɪsˈkɛə/: Alternative spelling of disquaire (“disc jockey”).
discal adjective, noun: Pertaining to, or resembling, a disc (disk).
discalceate adjective, verb [dɪsˈkæɫsɪeɪt]: To remove shoes or other footwear.
discalceated adjective: Not wearing footwear.
discalceation noun: The act of removing footwear.
discalced adjective /dɪsˈkælst/: Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
discamp verb: To drive away from a camp.
discandium noun: Two scandium atoms in a molecule.
discandy verb: To melt; to dissolve or thaw.
discant noun, verb: Alternative form of descant.
discapacitate verb: To deprive of capacity or ability; to incapacitate.
discard noun, verb /dɪsˈkɑːd/: To throw away, to reject.
discardable adjective, noun: That can be discarded.
discarder noun: One who, or that which, discards.
discarding noun, verb: The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.