Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 79
Disturb (n.) Disturbance. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Disturb (v.) Move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: {disturb}, {upset}, {trouble}].
Disturb (v.) Change the arrangement or position of [syn: {agitate}, {vex}, {disturb}, {commove}, {shake up}, {stir up}, {raise up}].
Disturb (v.) Tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!" [syn: {touch}, {disturb}].
Disturb (v.) Destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" [syn: {interrupt}, {disturb}].
Disturb (v.) Damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
Disturbance (n.) [U] [C] 擾亂；打擾；騷擾，混亂；引起騷動的事物 An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.
Disturbance (n.) Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation. -- Burke.
Disturbance (n.) Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. -- Bancroft.
Disturbance (n.) (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. -- Blackstone.
Syn: Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance.
Disturbance (n.) Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" [syn: {perturbation}, {disturbance}].
Disturbance (n.) An unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: {disturbance}, {perturbation}, {upset}].
Disturbance (n.) A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance}, {disruption}, {commotion}, {flutter}, {hurly burly}, {to-do}, {hoo-ha}, {hoo-hah}, {kerfuffle}].
Disturbance (n.) A noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {fray}, {ruffle}].
Disturbance (n.) The act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion.
Disturbance (n.) (Psychiatry) A psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness [syn: {mental disorder}, {mental disturbance}, {disturbance}, {psychological disorder}, {folie}].
Disturbance (n.) Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: {noise}, {interference}, {disturbance}].
Disturbance (n.) Torts. A wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament, by hindering or disquieting the owner in the enjoyment of it. Finch. L. 187; 3 Bl. Com. 235; 1 Swift's Dig. 522; Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a disturbance, Pleader, 3 I 6; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 298.
Disturbation (n.) Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Disturber (n.) One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.
A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. -- Hooker.
Disturber (n.) (Law) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.
Disturber (n.) A troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion.
Compare: Disquiet
Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] -- Shak.
Disquiet (v. t.) 使焦急不安；使憂慮To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? -- Ps. xlii. 11.
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. -- Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
Disquiet (n.) 不安；憂慮 [U] Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. -- Swift.
Disquiet (n.) A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments [syn: anxiousness, disquiet].
Disquiet (n.) The trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease, uneasiness].
Disquiet (v.) Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder].
Disturn (v. t.) To turn aside. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Distyle (a.) (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.
Distyle in antis, Having columns between two ant[ae]. See Anta.
Disulphate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
Disulphate (n.) (Chem.) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Disulphide (n.) (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
Disulphuret (n.) (Chem.) See Disulphide.
Compare: Pyrosulphuric
Pyrosulphuric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of alizarin, and in dehydration.
Disulphuric (a.) (Chem.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
Disulphuric acid, A thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric.
Disuniform (a.) Not uniform. [Obs.]
Disunion (n.) The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.
Disunion (n.) A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.
Such a disunion between the two houses as might much cloud the happiness of this kingdom. -- Clarendon.
Disunion (n.) The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.
I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion. -- D. Webster.
Disunion (n.) The termination or destruction of union [ant: conjugation, jointure, unification, union, uniting].
Disunionist (n.) An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.
Disunited (imp. & p. p.) of Disunite.
Disuniting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disunite.
Disunite (v. t.) To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
Disunite (v. t.) To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! -- Milton.
Disunite (v. i.) To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. -- South.
Disunite (v.) Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" [syn: disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint].
Disunite (v.) Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide, part].
Disuniter (n.) One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.
Disunity (n.) A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. -- Dr. H. More.
Disunity (n.) Lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension).
Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [R.] -- Hooker.
Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disuse.
Disusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disuse.
Disuse (v. t.) 不用；廢棄 [H] To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." -- Donne.
Disuse (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. -- Addison.
Church discipline then fell into disuse. -- Southey.
Disuse (n.) The state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect, disuse].
Disutilize (v. t.) To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning.
Disvaluation (n.) Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute. -- Bacon.
Compare: Depreciation
Depreciation (n.) [U] 降價，跌價；貶值；輕視，貶低； 【美】折舊 The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.
Depreciation (n.) The falling of value; reduction of worth. -- Burke.
Depreciation (n.) The state of being depreciated.
Depreciation (n.) A decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen" [ant: appreciation].
Depreciation (n.) Decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use [syn: depreciation, wear and tear].
Depreciation (n.) A communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: disparagement, depreciation, derogation].
Disvalue (v. t.) 【罕】輕視 To undervalue; to depreciate. -- Shak.
Disvalue (n.) Disesteem; disregard. -- B. Jonson.
Disvantageous (a.) Disadvantageous. [Obs.] "Disadvantageous ground." -- Drayton.
Disvelop (v. t.) To develop. [Obs.]
Disventure (n.) A disadventure. [Obs.] -- Shelton.
Disvouch (v. t.) To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Diswarn (v. t.) To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]
Diswitted (a.) Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Diswont (v. t.) To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] -- Bp. Hall.
Disworkmanship (n.) Bad workmanship. [Obs.] -- Heywood.
Disworship (v. t.) To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Disworship (n.) A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Disworth (v. t.) To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Disyllable (n.) 雙音節詞 A word having two syllables [syn: disyllable, dissyllable].
Disyoke (v. t.) To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] -- R. Browning.
Dit (n.) A word; a decree. [Obs.]
Dit (n.) A ditty; a song. [Obs.]
Dit (v. t.) To close up. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Dit (n.) The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: dot, dit].
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Ditation (n.) The act of making rich; enrichment. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Ditched (imp. & p. p.) of Ditch.
Ditching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ditch.
Ditch (v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch. -- Shak.
Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
Ditch (v. i.) To dig a ditch or ditches. -- Swift.
Ditches (n. pl. ) of Ditch.
Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.
Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
Ditch (n.) A long narrow excavation in the earth.
Ditch (n.) Any small natural waterway.
Ditch (v.) Forsake; "ditch a lover."
Ditch (v.) Throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: chuck, ditch].
Ditch (v.) Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" [syn: dump, ditch].
Ditch (v.) Make an emergency landing on water.
Ditch (v.) Crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane."
Ditch (v.) Cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" [syn: trench, ditch].
Ditcher (n.) One who digs ditches.
Dite (v. t.) To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.]
His hideous club aloft he dites. -- Spenser.
Diterebene (n.) (Chem.) See Colophene. Dithecal
Compare: Colophene
Colophene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
Dithecal (a.) Alt. of Dithecous.
Dithecous (a.) (Bot.) Having two thecae, cells, or compartments.
Ditheism (n.) 善惡二神論 The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.
Ditheist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. -- Cudworth. Ditheistic
Ditheistic (a.) Alt. of Ditheistical.
Ditheistical (a.) Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
Compare: Hyposulphuric
Hyposulphuric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.
Hyposulphuric acid, An acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also dithionic acid. See Dithionic.
Dithionic (a.) (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.
Dithionic acid (Chem.), An unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.
Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. -- Bentley.
Dithyramb (n.) A wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing.
Dithyramb (n.) (Ancient Greece) A passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus).
Dithyrambic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. "Dithyrambic sallies." --Longfellow.
Dithyrambic (n.) A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.
Dithyrambic (a.) Of or in the manner of a dithyramb.
Dithyrambus (n.) [L.] See Dithyramb.
Dition (n.) Dominion; rule. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
Ditionary (a.) Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Ditionary (n.) A subject; a tributary. [Obs.] -- Eden.
Ditokous (a.) (Zool.) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.
Ditokous (a.) (Zool.) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.
Ditolyl (n.) (Chem.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.
Ditone (n.) (Mus.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Ditrichotomous (a.) Divided into twos or threes.
Ditrichotomous (a.) (Bot.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem. [R.] -- Loudon.
Ditrochean (a.) (Pros.) Containing two trochees.
Ditrochee (n.) (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
Ditroite (n.) (Min.) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.
Ditt (n.) See Dit, n., 2. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Dittander (n.) (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass ({Lepidium latifolium).
Dittany (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the Mint family ({Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
Dittany (n.) (Bot.) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
Dittany (n.) (Bot.) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.
Dittany (n.) Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather [syn: fraxinella, dittany, burning bush, gas plant, Dictamnus alba].
Dittied (a.) Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.
Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. -- Milton.
Dittos (n. pl. ) of Ditto.
Ditto (n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. -- Dickens.
Ditto (adv.) As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
Ditto (n.; pl. Dittos.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. -- Dickens.
Ditto (n.) A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated [syn: ditto mark, ditto].
Ditto (v.) Repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument."
Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [R.]
Ditties (n. pl. ) of Ditty.
Ditty (n.) 歌謠；小調 A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.
O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. -- Spenser.