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 dischargee One who is discharged. dischargement An instance or act of discharging. discharger Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm discharging The act or process by which something is discharged. discharity Lack of charity. discharm To remove the charm, or power of a charm, from. Discher A surname from German. dischizotomous Furcating from two points. Dischner A surname. dischuffed Very displeased or unsatisfied. dischurch To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. discicristate An assemblage of eukaryotic protists of the clade Discicristata discid Any snail in the family Discidae. discide To cut apart; to cut into pieces. discided Cut; severed. disciferous Bearing discs. discifloral Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle. disciform Having a flat, rounded shape. discigerous Synonym of disciferous. discina Any member of the brachiopod genus Discina. discinct ungirded or loosely dressed discind To divide or split (something). discinid Any brachiopod in the family Discinidae. disciple A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others. discipled Having been converted or trained as a disciple or a group of disciples. disciplelike Resembling or characteristic of a disciple. discipler One who disciples. discipleship The condition of being a disciple. discipless A female disciple. disciplic Of or pertaining to disciples or discipleship. disciplinability The quality of being disciplinable. disciplinable That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught. disciplinableness The quality of being disciplinable. disciplinal relating to discipline, i.e. order and/or punishment disciplinant One who subjects themselves to a certain discipline. disciplinarian One who exercises discipline. disciplinarianism A disciplinarian approach or attitude. disciplinarily In a disciplinary way. disciplinarity The quality of being an academic discipline. disciplinarium A scourge for penitential flogging. disciplinary Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline. disciplinate Synonym of discipline. disciplinative disciplinary disciplinatory disciplinary discipline A controlled behaviour; self-control. disciplined Possessing mental discipline. disciplinedly In a disciplined manner, with discipline, with self-control or organization. disciplineless Without discipline; undisciplined. disciplining The use of punishment to compel behavior. disciplinism An educational approach aiming to foster effective thought and action. disciplinist A proponent of disciplinism. discipular Of or relating to a disciple. discission incision, especially of a soft cataract discitis An infection in the intervertebral disc space. disclaim To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for disclaimant One who disclaims. disclaimer One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces. disclamation The act of disclaiming or something disclaimed. disclamatory being in the nature of a disclamation disclarity The quality of being inconsistent; inconsistency disclassify To remove from a class or classification; to decategorize. discless Without a disc or discs. disclike Resembling or characteristic of a disc. disclimactic Relating to disclimax. disclimax A plagioclimax. disclinated Modified by disclination disclination Any of several defects in rotational symmetry, especially in the orientation of the molecules of a liquid crystal; related to dislocation and dispiration. discloak To remove a cloak from. disclosable Able to be disclosed disclose To open up; unfasten. disclosed Made known; admitted. discloser A person who discloses disclosing An act of disclosure. disclosive Relating to disclosure. disclosure The act of revealing something. discloud To clear of clouds. disclude To disclose, make known. disclusion A shutting off; exclusion. discman A portable personal compact disc player with headphones. disco A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. discoast To depart; to leave the coast (literally, or figuratively the side or border); to be separated. discoblastic Having a form of egg cleavage where only a small disc separates from the rest of the egg, associated with osseous fishes. discoblastula A discoid blastula formed by cleavage of a meroblastic egg discobolus A discus thrower. discocellular One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect. discocephalid Any ciliate of the family Discocephalidae discocephaline Any ciliate of the suborder Discocephalina discocone An organism or fossil with a discoconic shell, or the shell itself. discoconic Having an extremely narrow conch shape (between 0 and 30% of the diameter) with umbilical width index between 20 and 30%. discocyte A discoid form of red blood cell. discocytic Of, pertaining to, or containing discocytes discodermolide A natural polyketide that is a potent inhibitor of tumour cell growth. discodrilid Any member of the Discodrilidae. discoer A person who goes to discos. discoesque Synonym of discoish. discoey Characteristic of disco music. discofied Adapted to disco music or disco culture. discogenic That originates in (damaged) vertebral discs discoglossid Any frog or toad in the family Discoglossidae, a synonym of the Alytidae. discoglossidean Any of the family Discoglossidae of primitive frogs. discogram The diagnostic image produced by discography. discographer One who compiles a discography. discographic Of or pertaining to discography. discographical Of or pertaining to discography. discographically In terms of discography. discography A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases). discoherent incoherent discohesion The disruption of cohesion discohesive That disrupts cohesion discohesiveness The condition of being discohesive discohexact A hexact with axes enlarged at the extremity. discohexaster A sponge spicule with six rays octahedrally arranged, ending with disks. discoid Shaped like a disc/disk. discoidal Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit discoidin A protein domain associated with blood coagulation discoish Reminiscent of disco music. discolichen Any member of the Discolichenes. discoligamentous Relating to, or affecting the intervertebral discs and ligaments discolike Resembling or characteristic of a disco (nightclub where dancing takes place). discolith A kind of coccolith with an oval discoidal body, a thick strongly refracting rim and a thinner central portion. discolor To change or lose color. discolorate To discolor. discoloration The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; an alteration of hue or appearance. discolored Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained. discoloredness The quality of being discolored. discolorer One who discolors. discoloring discoloration discolorization A process of losing color. discolorment A loss of color. discolorous Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours. discolorously In a discolorous manner. discolour British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor. discoloured UK standard spelling of discolored. discolouring discoloration discomania Enthusiasm for disco music. discombobulate To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex. discombobulated Confused, embarrassed, upset. discombobulatedly In a discombobulated manner. discombobulating Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex. discombobulatingly So as to discombobulate; perplexingly. discombobulation An embarrassing feeling that leaves a person confused. discombobulative Distinguished by discombobulation; discombobulating. discombobulator One who or that which discombobulates. discombooberate Synonym of discombobulate. discomedusan A jellyfish of the subclass Discomedusae. discomfit To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert. discomfiter A person or thing that discomfits. discomfiting Tending to discomfit (“embarrass greatly; upset the composure of, disconcert”). discomfitingly In a manner that discomfits. discomfiture Defeat in battle.