Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z disassortive disassortative disaster An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment. disasterclass A terrible performance. disasterless Without disaster. disasterly disastrously disasteroid An asteroid that causes a disaster, as by colliding with a planet. disasterology The study of disasters. disasterpiece An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster. disastrophe A disastrous catastrophe. disastrous Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. disastrously In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.) disastrousness The state or condition of being disastrous. disattach To detach. disattachment The process of disattaching; the removal of something attached. disattend To be distracted (from); used with to. disattention A lack of attention; a failure to pay attention. disattenuate To counter the effects of attenuation. disattenuation A correction to account for attenuation disattire To undress. disattract Synonym of repel. disattribution Synonym of misattribution disattune To put out of harmony. disaturated Having two saturated fatty acids disaugment To perform the opposite of augmentation upon. disauthorize To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. disavail To disadvantage or harm. disavouch To disavow. disavow To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like. disavowable Capable of being disavowed. disavowal A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone. disavowance disavowal disavowed Strongly disowned or denied. disavowedly In a disavowed manner. disavower One who disavows. disavowingly So as to disavow. disavowment disavowal disawa The governor of a province in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka). disazo Containing two azo groups. disbalance A lack of balance, imbalance. disbalanced Synonym of unbalanced. disbalancement Imbalance. disband To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse. disbandable Able to be disbanded. disbander One who disbands something. disbanding A disbandment. disbandment The act of disbanding disbar 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 To strip (a tree, etc.) of bark. disbarment The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred. disbarrable Meriting disbarment. disbarrer One who disbars. disbarring A disbarment. disbase To debase or degrade. disbecome To misbecome; to fail to suit; to be unfitting. disbelief An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case. disbelievable Able to be disbelieved; susceptible to disbelief. disbelievably In a disbelievable manner. disbelieve To not believe; to exercise disbelief. disbelieved Not believed; discounted; ignored disbeliever One who disbelieves; one who does not believe. disbelievers The 109th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. disbelieving refusing to believe; skeptical or incredulous disbelievingly In a disbelieving manner. disbench To drive from a bench or seat. disbenchment The act of disbenching. disbend To unbend (figurative senses) disbenefit A drawback or disadvantage. disbind To unbind; to loosen. disblame To free from blame; to excuse. disbloomed Deprived of blooms or (figurative) of youthful freshness. disbodied disembodied disbond A delaminated area of a layered material. disbondment Separation of a coating from a metal surface due to excessive voltage in cathodic protection. Disborough A surname from Old English. disboscation Deforestation for the purpose of creating cleared arable land for farming. disbosom Synonym of unbosom. disbound removed from a bound volume disbowel To disembowel. disbranch To remove a branch or branches. Disbrow A surname. Disbrowe A surname. disbud To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds. disbudder One who or that which disbuds. disbudding Removal of superfluous bud growths from a plant, done to encourage more robust growth of the fruit. disburden To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload. disburdenment The removal of a burden; an unburdening. disbursable Able to be disbursed. disbursal The act of disbursing money. disburse To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury. disbursement The act, instance, or process of disbursing. disburser One who disburses money. disbutton To remove the button from (fruit). disc A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. discabinet To reveal (something secret). discage To free from, or as from, a cage. discal Pertaining to, or resembling, a disc (disk). Discala A surname. discalceate To remove shoes or other footwear. discalceated Not wearing footwear. discalceation The act of removing footwear. discalced Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes. discamp To drive away from a camp. discandium Two scandium atoms in a molecule. discandy To melt; to dissolve or thaw. discapacitate To deprive of capacity or ability; to incapacitate. discard To throw away, to reject. discardable That can be discarded. discarder One who, or that which, discards. discarding The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away. discardment The act of discarding or throwing away. discardure rejection; dismissal discarnate Stripped of flesh. discarnation The process of becoming, or state of being, discarnate; dissolution of the physical body. discarthrosis arthrosis of an intervertebral disc discase To strip; to undress (remove cclothes) discectomize To perform a discectomy discectomy The surgical procedure to remove all or part of an intervertebral disc; discotomy. discede To yield, give up, depart or dissolve. discept To debate; to discuss. disceptation Controversy; disputation; discussion. disceptatious Disputable. disceptator One who arbitrates or decides; a judge. discer A kind of disc harrow. discern To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes. discernability The state of being discernable. discernably In a way that can be discerned; observably. discernance discernment discerner One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, or judges. discernibility The state or quality of being discernible. discernible Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect. discernibleness The state or quality of being discernible. discernibly In a discernible manner. discerning Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive. discerningly In a discerning manner. discerningness The quality of being discerning; discernment. discernment The act of distinguishing between things. discerp To tear into pieces; to rend. discerpible Capable of being discerped. discerptibility Capability or liability to be discerped. discerptibleness The quality of being discerptible. discerption The act of pulling or tearing something to pieces discerptive Tending to separate or disunite parts. discerptor A person who pulls something apart; a person who divides or separates. discession departure discette Dated spelling of diskette. discful the amount that a disc can hold. discharge To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. dischargeability The quality of being dischargeable. dischargeable Capable of being discharged (in various senses). dischargeant The person who is called on to discharge a charge placed by the chargeant.