• DIS
adj. 1925 colloq. – disconnected; hence, broken, not working
n. 1. World War II Amer. sl. – discipline
n. 2. 1979 US sl. – Death while In the Saddle, or Death while engaged In Sexual intercourse
n. 3. 1986 sl., orig. US, esp. African-American – failure to show respect; abuse, disparagement; an expression of scorn or contempt, an insult
vb. 1. 1982 US sl. – to show disrespect, to disparage
vb. 2. 1990 US sl. – to release, to discharge, as from prison
vb. 3. 2000 US sl. – to insult in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit, esp. in a competitive rap battle
• DISABLE
adj. a1500 rare – unable; incapable; impotent
• DISABLEBODIED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – not able-bodied, not strong or active
• DISABLED
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – unable to do something because of illness or incapacity
• DISABLEMENT
n. 1485 rare – the imposition of a legal disability; also, a penalty, a disqualification
n. 1597 – a disabling; a disability
• DISABLIST
adj. 1984 – discriminating or prejudiced against disabled people
• DISABRIDGE
vb. 1605 obs. rare – to reverse the abridgement of; to extend, to expand
• DISABUNDANCE
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. – to deprive, to inconvenience, to discommode
• DISABUSE
n. Bk1900 Sc. – disturbance
vb. 1. 1607 Sc. obs.. – to abuse, to misuse
vb. 2. 1607 Sc. obs. – to mar, to spoil
• DISACCEPT
vb. 1647 obs. rare – to refuse to accept; to decline
• DISACCEPTABLE
adj. 1653 obs. – unacceptable
• DISACCOMMODATE
vb. 1586 – to cause to become less well accommodated; to inconvenience, to incommode
• DISACCORD
vb. a1500 – to disagree, to quarrel
• DISACKLY
adv. 1874 Eng. dial. – exactly
• DISACTLY
adv. 1740 Eng. dial. – exactly
• DISANFRENLY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – unfriendly
• DISANNUL
vb. 1. 1857 Eng. dial. – to disarrange, to inconvenience, to interfere with, to injure
vb. 2. 1892 Eng. dial. – to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove
vb. 3. 1892 Eng. dial. – to countermand; to refute
vb. 4. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to forbid, to hinder, to refuse
• DISAPPOINT
adj. 1928 Amer. dial. – disappointed
n. 1922 Amer. dial. – disappointment
vb. 1857 Amer. dial. – to reject in love or marriage
• DISASSIST
vb. 1669 obs. rare – to do the reverse of assisting; to hinder, to obstruct
• DISASTER
n. Bk1900 Sc. – disgust
vb. 1. 1812 Sc. – to injure seriously
vb. 2. Bk1900 Sc. – to disgust
• DISBAND
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a discarded playing card
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to discard a playing card
• DISBEHAVE
vb. Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. – to misbehave, to behave badly
• DISBELIKED
adj. 1885 Eng. dial. – disliked, unpopular
• DISBOAST
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to disburse
• DISBOST
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to disburse
• DISBOSTMENT
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – disbursement
• DISBURST
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to disburse
• DISBUST
n. Bk1900 Sc. – an uproar, a broil
• DISCABOOBULATION
n. 1986 Amer. dial. – disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity
• DISCERNING OF DAY
n. 1952 Amer. dial. – daybreak; the first appearance of day
• DISCHARGE
vb. 1631 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to forbid, to prohibit, to charge not to do
• DISCIPLE
n. 1848 Ireland – a fellow; a chap
• DISCIPLINATE
vb. a1586 obs. – to discipline, to train, to teach
• DISCLANDER
n. 1. c1300 obs. – malicious speech bringing opprobrium upon anyone; slander
n. 2. 1362 obs. – reproach or reprobation called forth by what is considered shameful or wrong; public disgrace or opprobrium; scandal
vb. 1. c1290 obs. – to speak evil of, so as to expose to opprobrium; to slander; to calumniate
vb. 2. c1385 obs. – to bring into public disgrace or opprobrium; to bring scandal upon
• DISCO DANCER
n. 20C Aust. sl. – cancer
• DISCOMBOBBERATE
vb. 1838 US sl. – to confuse, to bewilder
• DISCOMBOBERATE
vb. 1840 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOBBLE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOBOLATE
vb. 1943 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOBOLATION
n. 1911 Amer. dial. – disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity
• DISCOMBOBRACATE
vb. 1834 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOBULATE
vb. 1916 sl., orig. & chiefly US – to confuse, to bewilder
• DISCOMBOBULATION
n. 1839 Amer. dial. – disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity
• DISCOMBOOBELATE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOOBERATE
vb. 1943 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOOBLE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBOOMERATE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMBULATE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCOMFISH
vb. 1825 Sc. – to defeat, to overthrow
• DISCOMFIT
vb. 1913 Amer. dial. – to inconvenience, to bother
• DISCOMFRONTLE
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. obs. – to disarrange, to discompose
• DISCOMFUFFLE
vb. Bk1900 N. Ireland – to cause inconvenience, to trouble
• DISCOMGOLLIFUSTICATED
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – bewildered; confused; disconcerted, discomforted, embarrassed
• DISCOMMODABLE
adj. 1579 obs. rare – disagreeable, annoying
• DISCONBOBBERATE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCONSOLATORY
adj. 1823 Sc. – disheartening, saddening
• DISCONVENIENCE
n. 1825 Sc. – an inconvenience
vb. 1825 Sc. – to inconvenience; to be put to discomfort
• DISCONVENIENT
adj. 1825 Sc. – inconvenient
• DISCORDFUL
adj. 1596 rare – full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious
• DISCORDOUS
adj. 1597-8 – full of discord; disagreeing, quarrelsome
• DISCOURSE
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – bad language, obscenity, swearing
• DISCOURSY
adj. 1825 Sc. – conversable
• DISCREPATE
vb. 1. 1623 obs. rare – to differ; to be discrepant
vb. 2. 1846 rare – to discriminate or make a distinction; to distinguish
• DISCRIMINOUS
adj. 1666 obs. rare – hazardous, dangerous, perilous, full of jeopardy
• DISCUMBOBERATE
vb. 1916 Amer. dial. – to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert
• DISCUMFUDDLED
adj. 1911 Amer. dial. – very much bewildered, or shaken; confused, disconcerted
• DISCUMGALLIGUMFRICATED
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – very greatly astonished but pleased
• DISCURSE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to discuss
• DISCUTABLE
adj. 1893 rare – capable of being discussed
• DISDOING
adj. 1825 Sc. – not thriving
• DISE
n. Bk1914 criminals’ sl. – loot, plunder; effects that can readily be disposed of in the market as new goods; ‘merchandise’
• DISEASE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – annoyance, discomfort, inconvenience, unpleasantness
• DISEASED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – deceased
• DISELL; DISLE; DISSEL
n. 1816 Eng. dial. – the thistle
• DISENABLED
adj. disabled …1974 Amer. dial.
• DISENCOURAGE
vb. to discourage …1903 Amer. dial.
• DISERTITUDE
n. 1656 obs. rare – eloquence, fluency
• DISFORMED
adj. 1825 Sc. – deformed
• DISFURNISH
vb. 1886 Amer. dial. – to deprive, to inconvenience, to discommode
• DISGRACIVE
adj. 1602 obs. rare – tending to disgrace or reproach; disgraceful, shameful
• DISGRUBBLE
vb. 1689 obs. rare – to disgruntle, to put into a sulky dissatisfaction or ill humour, to make discontented
• DISGUISE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk
• DISGUISED
adj. 1607 euphemism – intoxicated with alcohol
• DISGUST
vb. 1913 Amer. dial. – to detest, to be disgusted by
• DISH
int. 20C US colloq. – damn, dash
n. 1. 1921 Brit. & US sl. – an attractive man or woman; usually refers to a woman
n. 2. 1961 Amer. dial. – the seat of a saddle
vb. 1. 1822 Sc. – to push violently, or butt with the horns
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to rain heavily, to pour with rain
vb. 1. L19 Amer. dial. – to cheat or deceive
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to ruin; to destroy
vb. 3. M20 US homosexual sl. – to engage in gossip; to dish out gossip
• DISHABILLE
n. 1853 Sc. & Eng. dial. – disorder, untidiness, state of confusion
• DISHABILLES
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – working dress, a labourer’s clothes
• DISH AND SPOON
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – everything, the whole lot
• DISHAUNT
vb. 1721 Sc. obs. – to leave, to go away from; to cease to frequent
• DISH-CALM
adj. 1976 Amer. dial. – perfectly calm
• DISHCLOTH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a lackey; someone or something of little value or importance
• DISH-CLOUT
n. L18 sl. – a dirty slattern
• DISH-DOWN
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a sudden reverse of fortune; a disappointment; humiliation
• DISHEARKEN
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to dishearten
• DISHEARTEN
vb.20C sl. – to abate or cancel a man’s sexual arousal
• DISHEARTSOME
adj. 1825 Sc. – disheartening, saddening
• DISHED
adj. 1. 1826 Eng. dial. – fuddled, overcome with fatigue or drink
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• DISHED FACE
n. 1878 Amer. dial. – a face which appears slightly concave
• DISHED NOSE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a flat or concave nose
• DISHEIGHTEN
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – to disparage; to disgrace
• DISHER
n. 1886 Eng. dial. obs. – one who makes wooden bowls or dishes
• DISHER OF DIAMOND DIRT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a baseball sports-writer
• DISH FACE
n. 1898 Amer. dial. – a face which appears slightly concave
• DISH-FACED
adj. 1883 Amer. dial. – having a slightly concave face
• DISH-FACE NOSE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a flat or concave nose
• DISH GRAVY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – meat drippings served as gravy
• DISHINS
n. 1825 Sc. – a beating, a drubbing
• DISH IT OUT
vb. 1930 sl., orig. US – to fight with forceful hitting
• DISH-LADLE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a tadpole
• DISHMAN
n. 1887 Sc. – one who hawks or goes about selling crockery
• DISH NOSE
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a flat or concave nose
• DISH OF RAILS
n. L18 sl. – a lecture or scolding, esp. from a married woman to her husband
• A DISH OF TEA
n. 1897 Sc. – a cup of tea
• A DISH OF TONGUES
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a scolding
• DISHORT
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a disappointment, a mischief, injury
n. 2. 1843 Sc. & Ireland – a deficiency, loss
• DISH-PAN NOSE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a flat or concave nose
• DISH QUEEN
n. M20 US homosexual usage – a homosexual male who delights in spreading rumours and gossiping
• DISHRAG
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – a lackey; someone or something of little value or importance
• DISH SAFE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a piece of furniture with a flat top for keeping tablecloths, dishes, etc.
• DISH SCRATCHER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a scouring pad
• DISH THE GAB
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to talk, to converse
• DISH THE HASH
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to talk, to converse
• DISHWASHY
adj. 1969 Amer. dial. – of coffee: weak, dilute
• DISHWATER
n. Bk1942 Amer. dial. – a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer
• DISHWATER DIARRHEA
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease afflicting reluctant dishwashers
• DISH-WHEELED
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – knock-kneed; said of a man or an animal
• DISHY
adj. 1961 colloq. – sexy; sexually attractive
• DISHYBILL
n. 1920 Amer. dial. – a state of disorder; dishevelment
• DISHYBILLY
adj. 1. 1920 Amer. dial. – dishevelled
adj. 2. 20C US – in a state of undress
n. 1. World War I Amer. sl. – a state of undress or careless dress; ‘deshabille’
n. 2. 1920 Amer. dial. – a state of disorder; dishevelment
• DISIMPROVE
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to deteriorate, to grow worse
• DISINFECT
n. 1941 Amer. dial. – disinfectant
• DISJASKED
adj. 1. 1816 Sc. – broken down, dilapidated, worn out, exhausted
adj. 2. 1836 Sc. – dejected, downcast, forlorn
• DISJECTED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – dejected
• DISJUNE
n. 1491 arch., chiefly Sc. – the first meal of the day, breakfast
vb. 1536 Sc. obs. – to breakfast
• DISKNOWLEDGE
vb. 1888 Eng. dial. – to be ignorant of, not to know; to deny, to disown
• DISLIKEN
vb. 1611 obs. – to make unlike, to disguise; to dissemble
• DISLIPPENED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – disappointed
• DISLOAD
vb. 1796 Sc. obs. – to unload
• DISLOCK
vb. 1830 Sc. – to dislocate, to put out of joint
• DISMALS
n. 1. 1777 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a melancholy mood; the blues, gloom, low spirits
n. 2. 1963 Amer. dial. – work clothes
• DISMARRY
vb. 1525 obs. rare – to free from the bonds of marriage; to annul the marriage of; to divorce
• DISMAY
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to go wrong
• DISMINISHED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – diminished
• DISMISS
vb. 1. M19 US sl. – to leave
vb. 2. 1980s US students’ sl. – to end a relationship
• DISMISS WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
vb. 1972 US espionage sl. – to assassinate someone
• DISNEYFIED
adj. 1970s African-American sl. – sickeningly, sentimentally happy
• DISNEYLAND
n. 20C US criminals’ sl. – a prison known for its liberal regime
• DISOBEISANT
adj. c1381 obs. – not submissive, disobedient
n. 1542 obs. – a rebel; a disobedient person
• DISOBEY THE POPE
vb. 1980s sl. – to masturbate
• DISORDERLY
adj. 20C US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol
n. 19C Brit. sl. – a prostitute
• DISORDERLY-HOUSE
n. Bk1902 sl. – a brothel
• DISPARABLE
adj. 1413 obs. rare – unlike; unequalled
• DISPATCHER(S)
n. L18 sl. – a form of false dice, on which the pips are arranged in wrong numbers; a ‘high dispatcher’ cannot throw less than 2, while a ‘low dispatcher’ cannot throw higher than 3
• DISPATCH ONE’S CARGO
vb. E20 Brit. sl. – to defecate
• DISPENDIOUS
adj. 1. 1557 obs. – causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious
adj. 2. 1727 – costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous
• DISPERLITE
adj. 1883 Amer. dial. – impolite, rude
• DISQUANTITY
vb. 1. 1605 – to lessen in quantity, to diminish
vb. 2. 1866 – to deprive of metrical quantity
• DISRECOGNIZE
vb. 1. 1937 Amer. dial. – to recognize
vb. 2. 1974 Amer. dial. – to discount, to ignore
• DISRECOLLECT
vb. 1940 Amer. dial. – to forget, to fail to remember
• DISREGARDLESS
adj./adv. 1917 Amer. dial. – regardless
• DISREGUSTING
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – disgusting
• DISREMEMBER
vb. 1815 – to forget, to be unable to remember
• DISS
vb. 1. 1982 US sl. – to show disrespect, to disparage
vb. 2. 1990 US sl. – to release, to discharge, as from prison
vb. 3. 2000 US sl. – to insult in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit, esp. in a competitive rap battle
• DISSENTIATE
vb. 1627 obs. rare – to throw into a state of dissent or discord
• DISSENTIOUS
adj. 1. 1560 rare – given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious
adj. 2. a1568 obs. – inclined to differ or dissent in religious or ecclesiastical matters
• DISSIDY
n. 1657 obs. rare – disagreement, difference, disharmony
• DISSIN’
adj. 20C teen & high school sl. – treating a person with disrespect
• DISSOLVER
n. 1910s Aust. sl. – a revolver
• DISTANCE
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – an extent of time
• DISTANT
adj. 1969 Amer. dial. – distantly related
n. c1938 Amer. dial. – a distance
• DISTERR
vb. c1645 obs. rare – to banish from one’s country; to exile
• DISTILLER
n. 1. Bk1898 Aust. convicts’ sl. – one who is easily vexed and betrays his chagrin
n. 2. L19 Aust. – one who cannot take a joke
• DISTILLERY STIFF
n. 20C US sl. – a drunken tramp; a hobo-drunkard
• DISTINCT
vb. 1982 Amer. dial. – to distinguish
• DISTRACTIOUS
adj. 1667 obs. – abounding in or fraught with distractions, distracting
• DISTRESS
vb. 1980s Black British sl. – of a gang: to carry out a robbery of a collection of people, as on the underground
• THE DISTRICT
n. 1940s African-American & jazz sl. – the Storyville area of New Orleans, centre of the city’s jazz community
• DISTRICT ATTORNEY
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – a stew made of whatever is available
• DISTROUBLANCE
n. a1400 obs. – disturbance, molestation
• DISTROUBLE
n. c1450 obs. – disturbance, trouble, molestation
vb. c1369 obs. – to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex
• DISTURBANCE
n. L19 US sl. – alcohol
• DISTURBANT
adj. a1617 – causing disturbance; disturbing, turbulent
n. 1865 – one who disturbs or interferes with peace or quiet; one who causes tumult or disorder
• DISTURBMENT
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – a disturbance
• DISVENTUROUS
adj. 1742 obs. – unfortunate, disastrous
• DISWORTH
vb. 1627 obs. rare – to deprive of worth; to render worthless or unworthy; to degrade, to disparage
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